The Religious Affiliation of
General Heshin

Religion: Royalist Forces of America

Name: General Heshin

Other Names: Heshin

Classification: villain

Publisher(s):

First Appearance: Captain America (vol. 1) #194 (Feb. 1976): "The Trojan Horde"

Creators: Jack Kirby, Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito

Number of Appearances: 7

Teams/Affiliations: Royalist Forces of America; The Elite

Enemy of: Captain America, Falcon

Occupation: general

Nation: USA

Race: white

Gender: male

General Heshin's name intentionally sounds like "Hessian," a term for the German mercenary troops who were loyal to British loyalist colonists during the Revolutionary War. General Heshin answers to William Taurey, whose last name sounds like "Tory," the term for such colonists.

William Taurey's stated goal was to overthrow the current United States government and return rule of the country to British-based aristocracy the way it was before the American Revolution.

General Heshin, like the Germany mercenaries he is named for, may be more of a mercenary himself, rather than somebody who sincerely buys into Taurey's rationale and worldview.

This character is in the following 3 stories which have been indexed by this website:

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The Religious Affiliation of General Heshin

The Religious Affiliation of
General Heshin