Pinky Pinkerton
{{Short description|Fictional character}}
{{for-multi|the 20th-century English translator|Percy E. Pinkerton|the sportscaster on Bunnytown|Bunnytown}}
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|caption=Pinky Pinkerton as depicted in Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers #1 (April 2010). Art by Denys Cowan (penciler), Klaus Janson (inker), and Pete Pantazis (colorist).
|character_name=Pinky Pinkerton
|real_name=Percival Pinkerton
|publisher=Marvel Comics
|debut=Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #8 (July 1964)
|creators= Stan Lee (writer)
Jack Kirby (artist)
|alliances=Howling Commandos
S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character's first appearance was in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #8 (July 1964), in which he replaced Jonathan Junior Juniper who was killed in issue #4. He was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby.
Pinky Pinkerton was portrayed by Richard Short, in the TV series Agent Carter which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Fictional character biography
Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton was an English member of the original Howling Commandos who fought alongside the team during World War II.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=January 2012}} A British Army commando and gentleman ranker who used an umbrella as a weapon along with his Thompson submachine gun, Pinkerton had served alongside the unit commander Captain Samuel Happy Sam Sawyer prior to Pearl Harbor when both were with the British Commandos.
Along with Col Timothy Dum Dum Dugan and Dino Manelli, he helped organize the Deadly Dozen.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=January 2012}}
Though never explained in the series, Pinkerton wore a Carlist Requetés type red beret with a yellow tassel with his battledress that may have involved service in the Spanish Civil War. Pinkerton also wore his battle dress with an open collar with scarf rather than having the buttoned collar of a British other rank.
In issue #23 ("The Man Who Failed") of Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, Percy's older brother, Lieutenant Colonel Pinkerton appeared. The story, set in Burma revealed that Pinkerton came from an English family with a long tradition of service as officers to the Crown. Why Pinkerton never accepted a commission was explained as his living a playboy womanizing life style during his initial military training that led him to be unable to catch up with his studies and resigning.Lee, Stan The Man Who Failed #23 Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos
In the first Sgt Fury Annual taking place with the Howlers (Howling Commandos) being recalled up to service in the Korean War, Pinkerton was a sergeant as were all the other former private soldiers of the unit.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=January 2012}} At the time of their 1966 Vietnam War mission (Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos Annual #3) Pinkerton was managing a Playboy Club in London.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=January 2012}}
Pinkerton, Izzy Cohen and Dino Manelli had a reunion with Fury aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #44 (February 1993)
As with several other members of the Howling Commandos, Pinkerton joined S.H.I.E.L.D.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=November 2010}} He later dies from cancer, with Dum Dum Dugan at his side.Secret Warriors #19
Pinkerton and the Essex Regiment
Pinkerton wore Essex Regiment shoulder flashes on his battledress. The battalion that Lt. Colonel Pinkerton led was referred to as the "Burma Dragons". During the Burma Campaign the Essex Regiment were part of the Chindits. A famous member of the regiment was Arthur Percival, who was commissioned into the regiment in 1916 and achieved fame as a Regimental Intelligence Officer. He later commanded the Imperial Garrison at Singapore, surrendering his command to the Japanese in 1942.
Ancestry
Three ancestors of Percy were mentioned in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. These include:
- A Pinkerton who survived the winter at Valley Forge in 1777-1778
- Pinkerton who fought in the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
- An ancestor who fought during World War I.
Character basis
In a 2002 interview with the Traditional Values Coalition's executive director Andrea Sheldon Lafferty about the latest incarnation of the comic book character of the Rawhide Kid, who was now homosexual, Stan Lee said, "years ago [a comic book] that I did, Sgt Fury, ...had a gay character. One member of the platoon was called, I think, Percy Pinkerton. He was gay. We didn't make a big issue of it. In this comic book that I read, the word gay wasn't even used. He's just a colorful character who follows his own different drummer. He follows a different beat. But we're not proselytizing for gayness".[http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/cf.opinion.rawhide.kid/ CNN.com - Marvel Comics unveils gay gunslinger - Dec. 13, 2002] In a 2005 interview, however, Lee stated that Pinkerton came off as being gay, but that "it wasn't purposely done that way".{{cite journal|last= Thomas|first= Roy|date= August 2011|title= Stan Lee's Amazing Marvel Interview!|journal= Alter Ego|issue= 104| page= 22}}
In Sgt Fury #23 Pinkerton was portrayed as a playboy. Artist Dick Ayers said in an interview that Lee told him to base Pinkerton on actor David Niven.[http://home.gate.net/~images/ww2a1. Page Not Found]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In other media
- Pinky Pinkerton makes a non-speaking appearance in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Meet Captain America" as a member of the Howling Commandos.{{cite web |title=Pinky Pinkerton Voice - The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/The-Avengers-Earths-Mightiest-Heroes/Pinky-Pinkerton/ |access-date=August 26, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}}
- Pinky Pinkerton appears in the Agent Carter episode "The Iron Ceiling", portrayed by Richard Short.{{cite web |author=Cavanaugh |first=Patrick |date=January 16, 2015 |title=DEBRIEFING MARVEL'S AGENT CARTER: THE IRON CEILING |url=https://www.marvel.com/news/tv/23954/debriefing_marvels_agent_carter_the_iron_ceiling |access-date=January 16, 2015 |work=Marvel.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119222847/https://www.marvel.com/news/tv/23954/debriefing_marvels_agent_carter_the_iron_ceiling |archive-date=2015-01-19 }}{{cite episode|title=The Iron Ceiling|series=Marvel's Agent Carter|credits=Leto, Peter (director); Jose Molina (writer)|network=ABC|airdate=February 3, 2015|season=1|number=5}}
References
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External links
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Category:Characters created by Jack Kirby
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Category:Fictional World War II veterans
Category:LGBTQ characters in comics