The first was a master criminal, while the second Bushmaster was given super powers as he had a long, mechanical snake tail grafted to his torso and bionic arms.
Mustafa Shakir portrayed the original version of Bushmaster, John McIver, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as part of the second season of the television series Luke Cage.
The second Bushmaster (Quincy McIver), first appeared in Captain America #310 (October 1985), created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary.
Quincy McIver, younger brother of John, lost both his arms and legs in a boating accident while trying to avoid the police.
As he began to show interest into expanding into the United States starting with New York, he attracted the attention of the FBI, CIA, and Interpol where they have failed to infiltrate his organization.
Bushmaster returned early from his press conference and warmly greeted Maya at the Cutlass Bay resort on the Caribbean island of Ste.
Bushmaster summoned Power Man to his mansion at Lake Michigan, where he showed them the videos of the hostages and threatened to kill them if they did not bring Misty Knight to him.
In exchange, Bushmaster offered to give them videotapes provided by a technology user named Gadget that would prove his innocence for the crimes that Luke Cage was initially framed for.
[7] At Seagate Prison, Bushmaster coerced Noah Burnstein into utilizing the "Power Man" process on him to an even greater extent that was used on Cage.
When Iron Fist arrived and shattered the tank to rescue Power Man, Bushmaster reached for a signal switch to order his men to kill Emma Burnstein, but his body disintegrated, leaving only a metal skeleton.
[3] Shortly later, the Roxxon Oil Company equipped him with bionic arms and a snake-like tail in the place of his lower body.
[18] Alyosha Kraven later began collecting a zoo of animal-themed superhumans,[19] including Gargoyle, Tiger Shark, Kangaroo, Aragorn, Vulture, Mongoose, Man-Bull, Dragon Man, Swarm, Mandrill, Grizzly, Frog-Man, and Rhino.
[24] He alongside Puff Adder and Viper attack a woman in the woods when she is saved by a bearded haggard man in a World War II uniform that introduced himself as Steve Rogers.
[volume & issue needed] The second Bushmaster was given bionic prosthetic limbs and a tail attached through surgery courtesy of the Roxxon Oil Company and Brand Corporation.
He has two 6-inch (150 mm) "fangs" strapped to the back of each of his hands, which are needle sharp at the tips and contain a fast-acting poison derived from snake venom.
[volume & issue needed] In the Ultimate Marvel universe, Bushmaster is a member of the gang called the Serpent Skulls.
[29] During the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, a zombified version of Quincy McIver / Bushmaster resides in the Battleworld domain of the Deadlands was seen among several other villains enhanced by Ultron.