Leap-Frog (comics)

La Lunatica

Lacuna

Lady Bullseye

Lady Deathstrike

Lady Dorma

Lady Grey

Lady Lark

Lady Lark (Linda Lewis), later named Skylark, is a character in the Marvel Comics series Squadron Supreme and hails from Earth-712. She first appeared in ''Avengers'' #85 (February 1971), and was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. She is based on Black Canary and later on Hawkgirl in DC Comics.

Linda Lewis was a singer before an enemy of the Squadron Supreme, Doctor Decibel, surgically implanted synthetic vocal cords into her throat, giving her the ability to generate a "sonic cry" which could incapacitate opponents. A reluctant hero at best, Linda often wished to return to her singing career.

She often partnered in crime-fighting, and later romantically, with the character Golden Archer (mirroring the relationship between the modern Black Canary and Green Arrow); however, she refused his marriage proposal. The Archer then used a mind-altering device to literally change her mind, but this had the unintended side effect of altering her personality to an air-headed, vapid persona that put her feelings for the Archer above all other priorities. When the Squadron finally learn this fact, Golden Archer is removed from the team, and Lark follows after him. Lark disappeared for some time, next being seen at the end of the first year of the Squadron's Utopia program, having become separated from Golden Archer while still obsessive about him.

When the Archer died under his later identity of the Black Archer, Lady Lark seemed to slowly shake off the effects of the mental modification, and returned to active status with the Squadron. Feeling she needed to increase her abilities to stand beside teammates that she perceived as more powerful, she began using the artificial wings that once belonged to deceased teammate Blue Eagle to gain the power of flight, and renamed herself Skylark. With this new ability came greater confidence, and Skylark became far more aggressive in combat than she had been as Lady Lark.

When returning to her native dimension with the team, she is injured and remanded to hospital care.

An alternate version of Lady Lark appears in the Supreme Power: Hyperion mini-series.

Lady Lotus

Lady Mastermind

Lady Octopus

Lamprey

Steven Lang

David Langford

Dr. David Langford is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Len Kaminski and Ron Wagner, he first appeared in ''Morbius: The Living Vampire'' #1 (September 1992). A business partner to Doctor Paine, he worked to create Morbius, the Living Vampire's experimental blood disease cure which backfired (which is partially due to the Lilin Fang on Lilith's behalf and later turned into Bloodthrist) and killed Martine Bancroft to cover his actions, but ultimately killed by the Living Vampire out of vengeance.

Lascivious

Lasher

Lasher is the name used by a symbiote in Marvel Comics. The symbiote, created by David Michelinie and Ron Lim, first appeared in '' Venom: Lethal Protector'' #4 (May 1993), and was named in ''Carnage, U.S.A.'' #2 (March 2012). It was created as one of five symbiote "children" forcefully spawned from the Venom symbiote along with Riot, Agony, Phage and Scream. Lasher primarily uses symbiote tendrils.

The Lasher symbiote's first host was Ramon Hernandez, a mercenary hired by Carlton Drake's Life Foundation in San Francisco. Hernandez bonded with Lasher in conjunction with Scream (Donna Diego), Agony (Leslie Gesneria), Riot (Trevor Cole) and Phage (Carl Mach). After Lasher and his "siblings" are defeated by Spider-Man and Venom, they kidnap Eddie Brock in an attempt to communicate with alien symbiotes in Chicago. When Brock refuses to aid them, Hernandez is by Diego, who developed schizophrenia due to Scream's influence.

Lasher's second host was Marcus Simms, a Lieutenant assigned to the Mercury Team. While Cletus Kasady is on the loose in Colorado, Marcus trains with Lasher in specific tasks alongside Riot (Howard Odgen), Phage (Rico Axelson) and Agony (James Murphy). While Simms and his teammates are later killed by Carnage in their secret base, the four symbiotes bond to Deadpool to fight Carnage before bonding with Mercury Team's dog.

After being possessed by Knull, the four symbiotes possess a bickering family, with Lasher taking the daughter Sadie. The four head to New York to help Carnage and hunt Dylan Brock and Normie Osborn, but are defeated and separated from their respective hosts by the Maker.

The Lasher symbiote's fourth host is William, a senile and elderly individual. Manipulated by the Carnage symbiote, William is subsequently killed while Lasher takes a fifth host to help the symbiote enforcers participate in a conspiracy involving the Friends of Humanity. Nevertheless, they are defeated by Flash Thompson, Silence and Toxin and taken into Alchemax's custody.

Lasher in other media

* The Ramon Hernandez incarnation of Lasher appears as a boss in '' Spider-Man and Venom: Separation Anxiety''.
* The Ramon Hernandez incarnation of Lasher appears as a playable character in ''Spider-Man Unlimited''.

Laufey

Laughing Mask

The Laughing Mask (Dennis Burton) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a Timely Comics Golden Age superhero which appeared in ''Daring Mystery Comics'' #2, 1940, and reappeared in '' The Twelve''. He was a deputy district attorney who took to murdering criminals in the vein of Marvel's later The Punisher, although the Laughing Mask used a phosphorescent mask to scare his victims prior to the kill.

His one Golden Age story was reprinted in ''The Twelve'' #0.

For unknown reasons he became The Purple Mask (''Daring Mystery Comics'' #3,4) and was the cover feature on ''Daring Mystery Comics'' #3. The first Purple Mask story was reprinted in ''Daring Mystery 70th Anniversary Special''.

Michael J. Vasallo identifies The Falcon (appearing in ''Daring Mystery Comics'' #5-6) as a revamp of The Purple Mask. That character was also a deputy district attorney, but his name was Carl Burgess and was, in terms of continuity, a distinct character. The Falcon appeared on the cover of ''Daring Mystery Comics'' #5. The Falcon did not kills his foes per se, but he allowed them to be killed by their own actions.

Lauri-Ell

Lauri-Ell is a Kree warrior and a supporting character in Kelly Thompson's 2020 run on '' Captain Marvel'', first appearing in issue #18.

During the ''Empyre'' event, Captain Marvel is given Ronan's hammer by Hulkling and is officially made the Accuser of the newly-formed Kree/Skrull Alliance. Hulking sends Carol on a mission to K'in-Al, an experimental colony world where both Kree and Skrull could live together in peace and the first of its kind. Hulking reveals to Carol that the city was destroyed in an explosion and that his men had been in a stalemate with the one responsible ever since. Arriving on the scene, the suspect surrenders immediately and reveals herself to be Lauri-ell, a soldier who was artificially bred by Kree scientists using the DNA of two powerful warriors. Using the hammer, Carol sees a vision of her mother Mari-Ell, confirming that she and Lauri-Ell are half-sisters. Lauri-ell maintains that she is innocent but states that she understands that Carol's role as Accuser necessitates her arrest but Carol defies her orders and smuggles Lauri-Ell to Earth while she conducts her investigation into the bombing. Carol and her team discover that anti-Kree criminal Wastrel is responsible for destroying the colony and Lauri-Ell's name is cleared. During a battle with the Cotati, Lauri-Ell picks up the hammer when Carol is disabled and officially becomes the new Accuser.

Morgan le Fay

Leader

Leap-Frog

Leap-Frog is the alias of two fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The characters use a frog suit that contains electrical coils on the soles of each of the two flippers, which allow the wearer to leap great distances up to 60 ft (18 m) high or 100 ft (30 m) long. The boots' power source is worn on their backs like a backpack, and triggered via hidden buttons in their gloves. Additionally, the costume later gained a strength-boosting exoskeleton along with substantial internal padding and a computer-guided system for leaping accuracy. The first Leap-Frog, Vincent Patillo, appeared in '' Daredevil'' #25-26 (February–March 1967), and was created by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, and Frank Giacoia while the second Leap-Frog, Buford Lange, debuted in ''Daredevil'' (vol. 2) #16 and was created by Brian Michael Bendis and David W. Mack.

Vincent Patilio

Following his wife Rose's death due to cancer-related illness, engineer Vincent Patilio became bitter and overwhelmed with grief. Wanting to provide better resources for his son Eugene and tired of his lack of success as an engineer for toy companies, Patilio attempted to make money with personal inventions. After having his work dismissed by others, Vincent decided his inventions could be used for crime. While in civilian clothes, Vincent tested shoes he equipped with his invention of electric "leaping coils" by leaping through a New York airport. Believing he could be a threat, police arrived on the scene, leading Patilio to protect himself by takes Matt Murdock hostage by chance. Satisfied the police would not attack, Patilio then leaves, declaring his test is done and he is now ready to strike "for real".

Vincent then incorporates the electric coils into a frog-like costume that provided better protection from impact and strong opponents. As Leap-Frog, he is quickly defeated by Daredevil. Afterwards, Murdock's law partner Foggy Nelson agrees to act as Patilio's defense attorney. In court, Patilio dons his Leap-Frog boots and flees through the windows before realizing the safety fasteners were removed by authorities. Rather than landing safely, he breaks one of his legs, foiling his own attempt to escape authorities. Later on, Leap-Frog accepts an offer from the criminal Electro to join the Emissaries of Evil, a team of villains targeting Daredevil for revenge. Despite their efforts, Daredevil defeats them. Later, Leap-Frog joins several villains who embark on a crime spree while declaring themselves to be new members of the Defenders team. The real Defenders (along with other heroes acting as Defenders that day) defeat the collected villains. Leap-Frog then joins another group of villains alongside the Beetle, whom he had fought alongside against the Defenders and now considers a friend. This group targets Iron Man but was defeated. Leap-Frog decides to give up his career as a super-villain, pleading guilty and accepting a prison sentence.''Marvel Team-Up'' #121 (Marvel Comics, 1982)

Due to his good behavior, cooperative nature, and the fact that he had never seriously harmed anyone as Leap-Frog, Vincent is released from prison on early parole. He returns home to live with his sister Marie and his son Eugene. Triggered by reminders of a criminal past that now humiliates him, Vincent falls into despair. To show his father that his actions and inventions lead to good results too, Eugene uses the frog-suit to help Spider-Man and Johnny Storm capture Speed Demon. Despite having little understanding or control over the suit's power and endangering himself during the adventure, Eugene decides to become a true superhero using his father's technology and declares himself the "fabulous Frog-Man." While he is proud of his son for helping in the capture of a villain, Vincent insists that superheroics are too dangerous for his well-meaning but unskilled son. Despite his father's wishes, Eugene occasionally adopts the Frog-Man identity again, engaging in several adventures and frequently crossing paths with Spider-Man. Over time, Spider-Man becomes an idol of Eugene's and develops a level of trust and friendship with Vincent.''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #185. Marvel Comics, 1992.

Despite his objections to his son's efforts at being a superhero, Vincent Patilio studies ways to improve the frog-suit's abilities and power. When the villains White Rabbit and Walrus later target Frog-Man out of a desire for revenge, Vincent Patilio dons a new and improved frog-suit that grants super-human upper body strength and uses computer guidance for more accurate power control and leaping ability. He dons this improved suit and uses it to help Spider-Man fight the White Rabbit and Walrus. Afterward, Vincent allows Eugene to use the improved suit when he wishes. Since then, Vincent Patilio remains retired from criminal activity.

Buford Lange

Buford Lange is an abusive father who lives in Hell's Kitchen with his wife Allison and their autistic son Timmy. He stumbles upon an abandoned Leap-Frog costume and embarks on a short-lived criminal career by robbing small businesses. As Leap-Frog, Lange later engages in a rooftop fight with Daredevil. Timmy, not wishing to see his hero Daredevil hurt, intervenes and electrocutes Lange. Lange then falls to his death, plummeting off the rooftop and into a garbage truck below.

The Hand later employs dark magic to resurrect Lange, among others, and send them to attack the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier. However, most of the resurrected individuals are killed by Wolverine soon afterward.

Leap-Frog in other media

* While he does not appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Disney+ series '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'' episode "Ribbit and Rip It" (2022), the Vincent Patilio incarnation of Leap-Frog is stated to be a wealthy client of Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway (GLK&H) and the inspiration behind his son Eugene Patilio becoming the new Leap-Frog.

Leather Boy

Leather Boy (Gene Lorrene) is a fictional villain in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Dan Slott and Paul Pelletier, first appeared in ''G.L.A.'' #1 (June 2005).

Gene Lorrene is a BDSM obsessed individual who answered an ad left in the paper by Mister Immortal to join his team the Great Lakes Avengers as Leather Boy. When they discovered that he did not have any superpowers (he misread the ad), he was immediately booted off the team. Much later, Leather Boy, now donning a Doctor Doom-inspired version of his outfit, learned of Squirrel Girl's indoctrination into the team and set out to take revenge. He broke into their base and snapped Mister Immortal's neck, though clearly he did not die, and killed Squirrel Girl's companion Monkey Joe. However, he was immediately stopped by Big Bertha who had just returned from a modeling session, and was defeated by being sat on by her. The rest of the team returned home and interrogated him where he revealed that Doctor Doom had battled the Fantastic Four in Greenwich Village hence why he was wearing a Doom inspired costume, it had been "all the rage" in his area. Leather Boy was dropped off at the police station shortly afterwards.

Leather Boy got out, but Deadpool managed to catch him after the two somehow caused major destruction.

Leather Boy once again tried to take revenge on Squirrel Girl by kidnapping Tippy-Toe at a Deadpool cosplay contest she was hosting. The real Deadpool, who had at that point gained total sympathy for her, caught Leather Boy and proceeded to allow the local squirrels to take revenge for their fallen comrade.

Ganke Lee

Ganke Lee is a fictional supporting character in stories featuring Miles Morales / Spider-Man. The character, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, first appeared in ''Ultimate Comics Spider-Man'' (vol. 2) #2 (November 2011), which was published as part of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel line of books, which are set in a universe and continuity separate from the "mainstream" Marvel Universe.

Ganke is a black-haired, fat, Asian-American boy and Miles's classmate, best friend and confidant. After the accident behind Miles's superhuman abilities, Ganke is the first one with whom Miles shares this secret, and is the one who immediately suggests that Miles use these new powers as the new Spider-Man. When Marvel Comics ended the Ultimate Marvel imprint with the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, in which the Marvel Universe was merged with other alternate universes (including the Ultimate Universe), Molecule Man's efforts transported Miles, Ganke and their respective families and friends to the mainstream universe. Ganke befriends Danika Hart, a YouTuber obsessed with Spider-Man. He acts as an indirect source for Danika, but asks to be called "Ned" rather than use his real name.

Ganke Lee in other media

* The Marvel Cinematic Universe's depiction of Ned Leeds (portrayed by Jacob Batalon) has several elements of Ganke Lee's character, primarily an Asian heritage and technological and software expertise.
* Ganke Lee makes a non-speaking appearance in the 2018 animated film '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse''. He was originally going to play a more substantial role with Peter Sohn providing his voice, but the filmmakers ultimately decided to develop his character's storyline in future movies due to Ned Leeds' similarities in the MCU.Zahed, Ramin. (2018) ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie'' (Hardcover). Titan Books.
* Ganke Lee appears as a supporting character in the 2020 video game '' Spider-Man: Miles Morales'', voiced by Griffin Puatu. This version's the first to learn of Miles Morales's abilities and aids the second Spider-Man using his technical and software expertise.

Leech

Ned Leeds

Left Hand

Left Hand (Diego Casseas) is a fictional supervillain from Marvel Comics. The character, created by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley, first appeared in ''The New Warriors'' #16 (October 1991).

He is a member of the Folding Circle. Diego Casseas' wife was one of the brides of the ''Dragon's Breadth'' cult that Diego's military unit, the "Half-Fulls", encountered in Cambodia during the Vietnam war. The cult had been breeding superhumans for centuries, hoping to tap into the vast power of the Well of All Things, a mystic portal in an ancient temple. The Half-Fulls became part of this breeding program, each member fathering a child with a cult member. Diego's wife died and their daughter was left comatose after the fall of an elevator. Diego, having studied sorcery, stole his daughter's powers ten years later and became the Left Hand. The Left Hand had the ability to access and manipulate the energy of the Darkforce dimension. He used this ability to project blasts of extreme concussive force (sufficient to kill a human being with little effort), and to teleport himself and others over long distances.

Left-Winger

Prudence Leighton

Lei Kung

Leir

Harry Leland

Leo

Daniel Radford

Male android

Female android

Ecliptic

Thanos' Leo

Leonus

Leper Queen

Letha

Libra

Gustav Brandt

Android

Thanos' Libra

Lifeform

Lifeguard

Lightmaster

Tommy Lightning

Lightspeed

Lilith

Lilith Dracul

Demon

Lionheart

Litterbug

Live Wire

Live Wire (Rance Preston) is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. He first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' Annual #5 (November 1967), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

The character subsequently appears in ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #70 (December 1980), and then as a member of the Circus of Crime in ''Ghost Rider'' (vol. 2) #72-73 (September–October 1982).

Rance Preston was born in Houston, Texas. His weapon is an electrified lariat of which he is a master. He also has various skills that he learned working on a ranch as a cowboy, such as horseback riding. He was once an agent of the Psycho-Man. Live Wire later teamed up with Shellshock, another former agent of the Psycho-Man.

Live Wire frees the Circus of Crime from a prison wagon on its way to the penitentiary, and he then joins the group. The group captures Power Man, but with the help of Black Goliath, Power Man defeats the Circus. Live Wire also fights the original Ghost Rider as part of the Circus of Crime.

While battling John Steele, Live Wire was apparently accidentally eaten by Princess Python's pet snake.

Live Wire has an electrified cable that he uses as a lariat. Anyone ensnared by it suffers damage from the electricity. He wears insulated gloves and clothing that protects him from electricity.

Living Brain

Living Diamond

The Living Diamond first appeared in ''X-Men'' #39 (December 1967), and was created by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth. The Living Diamond was a criminal whose latent mutations were activated by exposure to atomic radiation, which gave him flexible living diamond-like hands and telepathic and teleportational powers. After further exposure to radiation, his entire body took on the same diamond-like properties which increased his strength yet slowed him down.

Living Laser

Living Lightning

Living Monolith

Living Tribunal

Lizard

Llan the Sorcerer

Llan the Sorcerer is an extradimensional entity and enemy of Alpha Flight, specifically Talisman. Once every 10,000 years, he manifests on Earth and attempts to corrupt, conquer & annex it into the Twisted Realms, a coalition of predominantly 'evil' dimensions (such as Svartalfheim). This plot culminates in opening The Gateway of Night; a magical nexus point the Twisted Realms can converge at & invade through, located in the northern wastes of Canada. However, by decree of Eternity, he must follow strict ritualistic rules of engagement against a mortal avatar of the Talisman power acting in Earth's defense. Despite ultimately being thwarted each time, his penchant for vast collateral damage was enough to implicate him in " the great devastation" 20,000 years before modern day. Elizabeth Twoyoungmen even implies that Canada's propensity towards eldritch mystical threats stems from Llan's routine incursions.

Llyra

Llyron

Llyron is the son of Llyra, and was genetically accelerated in age by Llyra so that he might take the crown of Atlantis. His mother Llyra was a Lemurian/human hybrid and a foe of Namor. She decided to conceive a child with Namor and introduce him as a successor to the Atlantean throne. After discovering that Namor was sterile, Llyra instead seduced a human named Leon McKenzie to create Llyron. Leon's father Lawrence was Namor's half-brother via their father Leonard, thus making Leon Namor's nephew and by extension Llyron is Namor's great nephew

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