However, his largest appearance yet was in 'Team Fortress 2 #3: A Cold Day In Hell, which fleshed out Heavies backstory, revealing Heavy took up his mercenary job to support his family after they escaped from a Siberian gulag in the year 1941. Heavy has been a common character in the Team Fortress 2 comic series, generally being represented as a big, tough man with a good heart. He was voiced by Gary Schwartz, who also voices Demoman and Monoculus. It's more likely a case of Heavy seeing his weapon of choice as his pride and joy than a possible case of mental illness.

He also has a love for his heavy machine gun, which he has nicknamed 'Sasha'. The Heavy is the most iconic and the more comical among the characters of the Team Fortress universe. The Heavy Weapons Guy is known for insulting opponents and doesn't care who gets in his way, be them men, babies, or 'tiny baby-men', they will likely fall to his slow but devastating attacks. Like all Team Fortress characters, he can be good and/or evil depending on what team you are in. Mikhail, better known as the Heavy Weapons Guy or just the Heavy, is a playable character in the Team Fortress series and is depicted as a hulking brute of a man hailing from Russia and the former USSR, prone to carrying massive weapons such as mini-guns, he is a walking tank of destruction, and when partnered with a Medic, he can be the bane of many.

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