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Religion: manifestly non-religious 
Name: Boss
Classification:
villain
Publisher(s): 
First Appearance: Captain America (vol. 1) #149 (May 1972): "All the Colors -- of Evil!"
Creators: Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: Falcon
Ally: Gunner
Occupation: criminal
Worked for: Batroc the Leaper, Jakar
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Race: black
Gender: male
Note: kidnapped children for Jakar
The man known only as "Boss" (which is probably not his name, and may not even be a street name, but is simply what one member of his crew called him) was a relatively small-time criminal in New York City.
"Boss" (a black man) and two cohorts (a white man named "Gunner" and an unidentified black man) were kidnapping children from all over New York City. They delivered the children to "some guy on 46th Street," a man whose identity they seemed to be unaware of, but who turned out to be Batroc the Leaper.
Batroc was really just a middle man in this operation. Batroc was turning the children over to a mysterious individual whose identity he didn't really know, but who turned out to be an alien named Jakar.
Jakar wanted to use the children as an energy source to try to restore the health of his wife and other members of his race who were dying from a strange plague.
Gunner and his cohorts used a warehouse on Ninety-Fourth Street as a hideout.
In panel 1 on page 17, Gunner complains: "--don't like it, Boss. Why hasn't he called us?"
Gunner's boss replies: "Give the man time, Gunner. Maybe he's caught up in something, y'know?"
In the next panel (panel 2 on page 17), Gunner asks: "Yeh, well -- what if we're caught with this kid, Boss? I mean, kidnapping's a life offense, y'know?"
The man Gunner calls "Boss" replies: "Don't sweat it, Gunner. If it comes to that--we won't get caught with the kid -- I promise you!"
In panel 3 on page 17, we see the Falcon crashing through the skylight and attacking Gunner and the two black men he works with. It is at this point that these men are actually seen for the first time. (In the issue's first scene, in which they kidnap Rico Santiago, the men are never seen through the windows of the van/Volkswagen they are using.)
The story never explicitly identifies which of the three men is Gunner, but it can be deduced from their different speech patterns that Gunner is the white man.
Technically, Gunner is working for the man he calls "Boss," who in turn is working for Batroc the Leaper, who in turn is working for Jakar. Neither Gunner, Buss, nor Batroc actually knew what Jakar wanted to do with the kids, but they were all guilty of kidnapping nonetheless. Batroc seemed reluctant and regretful after learning who his client really was. But based on their dialogue, it is clear that Gunner and Boss were willing to kill the kids they kidnapped rather than leave evidence that could lead to them being apprehended or prosecuted.
Captain America (vol. 1) #149 (May 1972): "All the Colors -- of Evil!"