Crucible:Ratso

Real Name: Sam Kowalski

Background: Sam Kowalski is a former exterminator who spent too much time alone in the sewers, until he began to hear the little chirping rat voices. He decided to use his poisons to help his rat friends instead of harm them. Now he wields a double-barrelled trapper gun as, er, well...the champion of the rats.

Group Affiliation: The Vermin

Skills: As a former exterminator, Kowalski is quite familiar with many varieties of poison.

Tech: Ratso's trapper gun can entangle foes.

Creator: Ed Messina

First Appearance: VICEROY #23