Great Gambonnos

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character_name=Great Gambonnos
real_name=Ernesto and Luigi Gambonno
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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Amazing Spider-Man" #16 (Sep 1964)
creators=Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
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alliances=Circus of Crime The Masters of Menace
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aliases=Kings of the High Trapeze The Flying Gambonnos
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The Great Gambonnos are fictional characters in the Marvel Universe.

Publication history

The Great Gambonnos first appeared in "Amazing Spider-Man" #16 (Septemper 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.

The characters subsequently appear in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #22 (March 1965), "The Avengers" #22 (November 1965), "The Amazing Spider-Man Annual" #2 (1965), "Thor" #145-147 (October-December 1967), "Super-Villain Team-Up" #8 (October 1976), "Ghost Rider" #72-73 (September-October 1982), "The Sensational She-Hulk" #1 (May 1989), "X-Men and Power Pack" #3 (February 2006), and "She-Hulk" #5 (April 2006).

The Great Gambonnos appeared as part of the "Circus of Crime" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #2.

Fictional character biography

Ernesto and Luigi Gambonno were born in Milan, Italy. They are acrobats and aerialists that work for the criminal organization, the Circus of Crime. They are identical twins and though they think of themselves as the "Kings of the High Trapeze", they are defeated pretty easily by Spider-Man and Daredevil who prove to be superior acrobats to the both of them.

Frustrated by this defeat, the Gambonnos are more than willing to throw in with the Clown, Princess Python, and Cannonball. They kick the Ringmaster out and become the Masters of Menace. When Spider-Man attacks the Masters at their hideout, the Gambonnos have a set of gymnastic rings from which to swing, but they are clobbered by the web-slinger all the same. They rejoin the Ringmaster when he tries to lure Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch into the group.

The Gambonnos (alongside Ringmaster and the Clown) were among the villains in Hammerhead's unnamed villain army when Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. raided their hideout. [Civil War: War Crimes #1 (February 2007)]

Powers and abilities

Ernesto and Luigi Gambonno have no super human powers; they are however, expert acrobats and aerialists.

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