Dirk Anger

Dirk Anger
File:Dirkanger.PNG Art by Stuart Immomen
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Nextwave #1 January 2006
Created by	Warren Ellis Stuart Immonen
In-story information
Team affiliations	H.A.T.E.
Abilities	Chemically retarded aging process

General Dirk Anger is a satiric Marvel Comics character appearing in the book Nextwave. He was created by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen.

Anger is a thinly veiled, over-the-top parody of Nick Fury. Ellis originally intended to use Fury, but when that character was unavailable, he created Dirk Anger.

Character history

Dirk Anger is the Director of the Highest Anti Terrorist Effort (H.A.T.E.), and apparently oversees all operations aboard the Aeromarine (a reference to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier - but while the Helicarrier is essentially a flying aircraft carrier, the Aeromarine appears to consist of several submarines, bolted together, with rocket engines). Anger is fully aware that The Beyond Corporation©, which funds H.A.T.E., is the newest version of terrorist cell S.I.L.E.N.T. However, he simply doesn't care.

Anger is over ninety years old, but has, through chemical means ("H.A.T.E. has the best drugs"), an extended lifespan. It has been hinted that Anger has been married at least once, and that he has met Winston Churchill (and bested him in a hula hoop contest).

Anger has a multitude of psychological issues, including misogyny, bulimia, alcoholism, nicotine addiction, depression, and a fixation on a flowery-house dress that may have belonged to his mother. At one point he was fed chopped-up baby chicks through an intravenous tube; it is unknown whether this is a regular treatment.