Battlestar (Lemar Hoskins), who was also the fifth Bucky, is a fictional character, who is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary in Captain America #323 (November 1986).
Lemar Hoskins was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was once a soldier who, along with his his army buddies John Walker, Hector Lennox, and Jerome Johnson was given superhuman strength by Dr. Karl Malus on behalf of the Power Broke...
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Battlestar (Lemar Hoskins), who was also the fifth Bucky, is a fictional character, who is a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary in Captain America #323 (November 1986).
Lemar Hoskins was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was once a soldier who, along with his his army buddies John Walker, Hector Lennox, and Jerome Johnson was given superhuman strength by Dr. Karl Malus on behalf of the Power Broker, and they all became wrestlers. The four later formed the Bold Urban Commandos (also known as the "BUCkies"), and were employed by John Walker, now known as the Super-Patriot. The Buckies staged a fake attack on the Super-Patriot for publicity, and battle Captain America. As a Bucky, Lemar also attacked a group of foreign students.
When the federal Commission on Superhuman Activities eventually selected Walker to replace Steve Rogers as the fifth Captain America, Lemar was the only one in his group allowed to accompany the new Captain...
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