The successor to the original 8-Ball was present as one of the villains in the Bar With No Name when Spider-Man and Daredevil fought the patrons of the bar. Cue stick (equipped with mechanism enabling it to magnify any force applied to it more than a thousandfold and transmit that force to anything it strikes), ball-bombs (pool balls containing explosives which detonate on impact).
Rocket was recruited to be a part of the Super Hero Squad. Seemingly those of the Rocket Raccoon of Earth-616. Rocket first appeared as a part of Groot's third power-emotion. Search this site for: Rocket Raccoon · 89P13 · 89P13 (Earth-91119).
