Leo (comics)

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character_name=Leo
real_name=Daniel Radford
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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Avengers" #72 (Jan 1970)
creators=Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema
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previous_alliances=Zodiac
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Leo is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.

Publication history

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

The character subsequently appears in "Avengers" #120-123 (February-May 1974), "Ghost Rider" #7 (August 1974), "Iron Man" #184 (July 1984), and "West Coast Avengers" #26 (November 1987), in which he is killed.

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

Fictional character biography

Daniel Radford is a founding member of the Zodiac, and his base of operations was Los Angeles, California. 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.

Leo uses his claws on his costume's "paws" as weapons.

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

Leo II

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

This Leo has super human strength, agility, endurance, a set of razor sharp claws, enhanced hearing and vision.

Other media

Leo appears in "" as a member of the Zodiacs. He is depicted as a lion-like alien.

References

External links

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