Smiling Tiger got a namedrop in the latest episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Conrad Mack doesn’t actually make an appearance, but Anthony Mackie does seem to look a lot like him… Okay, so the Marvel character is actually a Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley creation. Back in New Warriors #19 (1992), the animalistic hero burst onto the scene as a member of the Folding Circle. Night Thrasher had plenty of run-ins with the villain who smiled when he killed a person. However, Conrad is not always bad, he helped out a group of heroes when faced with an evil sorceress called Tai. But, after the collective threat had been dealt with, the Folding Circle stole a Quinjet and hightailed it to Madripoor. From there, he becomes a major player in the city’s criminal underworld. Funny enough, Conrad becomes a Thunderbolt after Civil War and that could loom larger for the MCU…
