Cancer (comics)

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comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Cancer
real_name=Jack Klevano
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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Avengers" #72 (Jan 1970)
creators=Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=Zodiac
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Cancer is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Publication history

The original Cancer first appeared in "Avengers" #72 (January 1970), and was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema.

The character subsequently appears in "Ghost Rider" #7 (August 1974), "Iron Man" #184 (July 1984), and "West Coast Avengers" #26 (November 1987), in which he is killed.

Cancer appeared as part of the "Zodiac" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #20.

Fictional character biography

Jack Klevano is a founding member of the Zodiac criminal cartel, and his base of operations was Houston, Texas. The Zodiac Cartel was founded by Cornelius van Lunt (Taurus), handpicking the eleven other members; van Lunt concealed his own identity, while he was the only one who knew the identities of the others. Each member was based in a different American city as part of his nationwide criminal network, with the ultimate goal of world economic and political domination.

Cancer dresses in a crab-like costume. He wears pincer-like prosthetic devices with great strength for gripping on his hands.

Some time later, Jack was murdered by the LMD Zodiac team. ["West Coast Avengers" #26 (November 1987)]

Android Cancer

An android Cancer was a life model decoy created by Scorpio (Jacob Fury) in his "Theatre Of Genetics" to be part of his Zodiac crime organization.

This Cancer has enhanced strength and endurance and an armored shell that provides some protection from physical and energy attacks. He can project powerful jets of water from its hands and has a set of pincers which he can use as a weapon.

Other media

Cancer appears in "" as a member of the Zodiac. He is depicted as a crab-like alien.

References

External links

*http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/cancerzodiac.htm