Hector Ayala
Hector Ayala is a comic book character that first appeared in The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #19
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As the first White Tiger, Hector possesses a magical items called the Jade Tiger Amulets. The amulets gave him enhanced strength, speed, stamina and agility. The Jade Amulet's power is addictive.
Origin
Finding the amulets in a New York subway--they had been discarded by a group known as the Sons of the Tiger - Hector uses his powers to fight crime in his neighborhood. While attending Empire State University, he is not home when his parents Nestor and Maria, his brother Filippe. and his sister Awilda are murdered during an anti-superhero criminal crusade. Badly shot while tracking down the perpetrators. White Tiger recovers with the help of Spider-Man, but eventually leaves New York with his girlfriend (and eventual wife) Holly Gillis.White Tiger, Fallen Hero
Ayala mysteriously came into possession of the amulets once again. Donning his White Tiger costume again, Hector had high hopes of becoming a hero once again. Coming too late upon a robbery at a pawn, White Tiger was unable to stop an officer from being shot. The two thugs managed to overpower Ayala and escape, leaving him holding a stolen TV and standing over the body of the policeman when his back-up arrived.
Upon being arrested and sent to trial, Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson were to defend Ayala in court. On being questioned about his marriage, he has an outburst while on the stand which was one of the reasons, presumably, for the guilty verdict the jury returned. Upon hearing this, Hector grabbed a gun from a security guard while fleeing the courthouse and was shot after being confronted by police. The true culprit finally confessed, thanks to Matt Murdock, but his confession came too late.The amulets were eventually handed down to Ayala'a niece, Angela Del Toro. She is a federal agent who volunteered to investigate Matt Murdock. Del Toro becomes the new White Tiger and rescues Murdock from ex-crimelord Alexander Bont and his reluctant henchman Gladiator.
Powers
Hector Ayala possessed slighty superhuman strength, speed, coordination, agility, stamina, reflexes, resilience, and healing conferred upon him by the mystic tiger amulets. Further, the amulets provided him a vast practical knowledge of martial arts. Although difficult to measure, Hector's physical prowess and skills seem to have more than tripled with her transformation into the White Tiger.Paraphernalia
The green jade in the form of a tiger's head and two claws possess mystical power which derives from the dimensions of the K'un-Lun. The tiger's head and paws, when connected to the jade figurine from which they were severed, enabled passage to K'un-Lun's dimension. Wielded by a sufficiently powerful sorcerer, the jade tiger could be enlarged and brought to a semblance of life. The particular significance of the White Tiger costume and whether it existed before Hector Ayala first donned it (and subsequently Angela Del Toro) are not known. The amulets, worn separately by the Sons of the Tiger, did not change their garb in any way nor provide them with as great a power as all three worn together gave the White Tigers (Hector and Angela).
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| Super Name: | Hector Ayala |
| Real Name: | Hector Ayala |
| Aliases: | White Tiger |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #19 |
| Appears in: | 53 issues |
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