El Vengador

El Vengador
Portrayed by	Marco Grazzini, Ryan Guzman
First appearance	Brave New World
In-story stats
Aliases	Luis Gutierrez, Oscar Gutierrez, Carlos Gutierrez
Gender
Occupation	Vigilante

El Vengador is a vigilante who stands up against oppression.

Several different people have taken on the guise of El Vengador:

• Luis Gutierrez, a wrestler who never worked as a vigilante, but inspired the future vigilante
• Oscar Gutierrez, who was inspired by his grandfather and started fighting injustice as El Vengador
• Carlos Gutierrez, who took up his brother's mask after Oscar was murdered

Character History

Webisode:Dark Matters, Part 6

A goateed man reads a comic book entitled El Vengador with a portrait of El Vengador on the cover.

Brave New World

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Odessa

Father Mauricio Chavez indicates a knowledge of Oscar being El Vengador. In the meantime, his brother Carlos discovers a newspaper article revealing that the two men Oscar killed as El Vengador and the woman who murdered him were all cops and it was being claimed by a cop named Eugene Pakowski that El Vengador had been trying to commit rape when he killed the cops. Noticing Pankowski's name on Oscar's board, Carlos visits the man, dropping the El Vengador mask in front of him and demanding to know who set El Vengador up to be killed. He finally gets a name: Captain James Dearing of the LAPD.

After getting the name, Carlos visits Father Mauricio who confirms that he knew that Oscar was El Vengador and that Oscar was trying to protect evos in Los Angeles. Father Mauricio reveals that as El Vengador, Oscar ran an underground railroad for evos to Canada and he asks Carlos to take Oscar's place as El Vengador, revealing himself to be an evo as well. He also tells Carlos about a shadow unit within the LAPD Oscar believed to have been created to bring down the underground railroad. Carlos later lets Father Mauricio use Oscar's secret room, the beginning of the underground railroad ran by El Vengador, to smuggle an evo mother and her child out of the country.

Under the Mask

Carlos tries to get revenge on Captain James Dearing but nearly gets himself killed before Father Mauricio Chavez saves him and tells Carlos that he shouldn't be trying to get revenge.

Later, Fiona and her friends are surprised when El Vengador appears in their hideout as they are discussing using his underground railroad to get away. El Vengador warns them that Fiona was tagged and was followed by the bad guys. El Vengador tells them the street out back is clear and for them to get to Father Mauricio. As Dearing breaks in, the evos flee with their things. Dearing is surprised when he finds no one there and is attacked by El Vengador who tells Dearing he just missed the evos. Dearing is shocked to see El Vengador as he believed he'd had El Vengador killed. El Vengador demands to know who's behind Dearing hunting evos, but Dearing proves himself to be an evo himself with superhuman strength. Dearing beats up El Vengador who is shocked by Dearing having powers while Dearing realizes El Vengador's the person who had followed him to the warehouse. Dearing beats up El Vengador who proves to be no match for him, something Dearing is amused by. As Dearing approaches him with the intent to unmask him, El Vengador jumps out a window and limps away, nearly being hit by a car in the process.

The Needs of the Many

After seeing Jose's upgrades to Oscar's old car, Carlos comes up with the idea to modify his El Vengador outfit.

Later, Father Mauricio visits Carlos to discover that he has modified the El Vengador suit to have armor plating and hydraulics that give him the equivilant of superhuman strength while wearing it. Father Mauricio is not impressed, saying that Carlos needs to become a man who's fit to wear the El Vengador suit before he's impressed. Carlos tells him he's not becoming El Vengador for Oscar or Father Mauricio but because he wants to believe in something bigger than himself. Father Mauricio gives Carlos the El Vengador mask and warns him that Captain Dearing will now be looking for him and may be onto Father Mauricio as well. Carlos just tells Father Mauricio he will have to be ready for Captain Dearing then.

Shortly after Carlos leaves to take Oscar's car on a test drive, Jose discovers Oscar's old workshop and the fact that his father was his hero El Vengador. After Jose tells him that he'd been afraid to tell his father something but that they could've worked as a team if he did, Father Mauricio asks what Jose was so afraid to tell his father. Jose demonstrates his phasing power by phasing his arm, holding the El Vengador mask, through a car window. At that moment, Captain Dearing arrives with his men and Jose quickly drops the El Vengador mask inside the car he'd phased it into before trying and failing to flee as Father Mauricio attempts to cover him.

Graphic Novel:Vengeance, Part 1

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Graphic Novel:Vengeance, Part 2

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Send in the Clones

Carlos locates his El Vengador suit in Sunstone Manor's armory and dons it to help rescue the evos trapped within. Using the suit, Carlos is able to destroy a Harris clone and free Micah Sanders from his prison.

Evolved Human Abilities

Carlos Gutierrez modified the El Vengador suit so it gives the wearer superhuman strength and can match other evos in combat.

Notes

• In Spanish, "El Vengador" means "The Avenger". In the graphic novel Vengeance, Part 1, Pelon asks Oscar who he is. Oscar says, "I am vengeance. Yo soy El Vengador."
• Ryan Guzman said in an interview that he looked to Batman for inspiration in creating the character of El Vengador.

Gallery

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  A goateed man reads a comic about El Vengador.
  (Dark Matters, Part 6)