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7. Redwing

(Captain America, Marvel Comics)

Redwing is a falcon (the bird type) owned by the Falcon (the marvel hero who’s now known as Captain America). That wasn't confusing at all.

Redwing is one hardcore bird. He took out a Sentinel by himself. Half of the X-Men can't do that. Redwing and Falcon have a psychic connection so they can communicate during combat to fight crime more effectively.

But seriously, can we acknowledge that Redwing is just a bird who somehow manages to kick so much butt that criminals cower in his presence? And for most of his existence, he wasn't, like, a superpowered bird or a biomechanical bird or an alien bird. He's just a bird. I mean, I'm not one to judge. I once got seriously messed up by an angry goose, but that is a story for ANOTHER TIME.

Oh, and in the recent run, Redwing survived an encounter with Baron Blood and came away with vampire powers. This makes him infinitely more terrifying. On pretty much every level imaginable. Redwing soars in the sky before raining inevitable misery from the heavens in short violent bursts. Like a badass.