Leech

Real Name
Unrevealed

Occupation
Survivor, former student

Citizenship
U.S.A. (presumed)

Place of Birth
U.S.A.

Known Relatives
Annalee (foster mother, deceased)

Group Affiliation
Morlocks; formerly Generation X, Daydreamers, 198, X-Factor (trainee), X-Terminators

Education
Unrevealed

Height
4'2"

Weight
67 lbs.

Eyes
White (no irises or pupils)

Hair
Black

Powers
Able to nullify the abilities of other mutants in his close proximity

Other Info
The green-skinned Leech was orphaned as a toddler. His parents left him to die when his mutations became apparent. He was found by the Morlock named Caliban, and taken to a woman named Annalee who raised him and several other young mutant orphans as her children. During his life in the Morlock tunnels, he made friends with a mutant his age named Artie Maddicks. (To learn about the Morlocks and Leech's friends, click on their names above.)

At one point, Mister Sinister rallied his henchmen, the Marauders, and infiltrated the sewers to massacre all the Morlocks living there in an effort to rid the world of "genetically impure" mutants. Many Morlocks were killed, but Leech, Artie, and Caliban survived because they were rescued by the Power Pack and the X-Terminators (the X-Factor in their mutant roles). Leech and Artie were placed in the care of X-Factor until they could be enrolled in private school. (To learn about the character and teams above, just click on their highlighted names. Note: Beware of the Marauders' bio page; one of the female characters is in a tight-fitted/revealing outfit.)

Later, Leech and Artie were captured by the Gene Nation (a group, composed of second-generation Morlocks who were the descendants of those who survived the massacre in the tunnels. They were born and raised in an alternate dimension with a faster flow of time.) They sought revenge for those who wronged their forbearers. The Gene Nation led a campaign to hunt down and kill as many humans as possible, since it was the humans' unwillingness to accept them that led their parents to the tunnels in which they were massacred. Leech and Artie wanted no part of this, but were trapped until they were rescued by Generation X (a young mutant superhero team lead and tutored by Banshee and Emma Frost). After being rescued, they were made junior members of Generation X, and remained with the team until it disbanded. (To learn about the characters, group of people, and team above, click on their highlighted names. Note: As always, beware of Emma Frosts bio page...very revealing and tight-fitting outfits everywhere!)

Leech and Artie continued to live in the Massachusetts Academy under the care of Emma Frost. When they met Franklin Richards, they were inducted into his own short-lived team, the Daydreamers. However, when Richard's family returned from an alternate universe, the group was disbanded. Leech and Artie returned to the academy to take on more active roles. (To learn about the Daydreamers, and one of their members, click on their highlighted names above.)

When the Academy became bankrupt, Emma gave Leech and Artie an image inducer which allowed them to appear normal to the human eye and let them live a normal life. For a time, the academy was shut down and, although it is never made clear, Leech may have transferred to another school. What is known is that he was eventually captured by the revived Weapon X program and forced into a machine that was designed to be attached to a mutant, take their powers, and then project them to any other mutant in the world. (Sabretooth, then a part of Weapon X, used the machine, at one point, to strip Wolverine of his healing abilities in order to finish him off once and for all.) Leech survived, but continued to be used by the Weapon X program to keep imprisoned mutants under their control. (To learn about the team and characters above, just click on their names.)

After the events of "M-Day" (where almost all the mutants were stripped of their powers), Leech reappeared unharmed. He is one of the estimated 198 mutants who had retained their powers (these group of mutants are also known as, The 198). (To learn more about M-Day and The 198, click on their names above. Note: Beware of the M-Day bio page, Emma Frost is in a revealing outfit...as usual.)

Leech has the ability to negate any kind of powers no matter what its origin is, within 10 yards of him: whether it is mutant or extraterrestrial power. Leech's powers were once uncontrollable and involuntary, but as time passed by, he learned how to take control of of his powers. If you would like to learn a little more about Leech, click on the following link, http://marvel.com/universe/Leech.

Green Goblin

Real Name
Norman Osborn

Occupation
Government agent; former professional criminal, leader of the Order of the Goblin / Cabal of Scrier, businessman

Citizenship
U.S.A.

Place of Birth
Hartford, Connecticut

Known Relatives
Emily Osborn (wife, deceased), Harold "Harry" Osborn (son), Sarah Stacy (daughter), Gabriel Stacy (son), Liz Osborn (daughter-in-law), Norman "Normie" Osborn Jr. (grandson), Amberson "Ambrose" Osborn (father, deceased), Alton Osborn Jr. (grandfather, deceased), Alton Osborn Sr. (great-grandfather, deceased)

Group Affiliation
Avengers (leader); formerly Thunderbolts (director); formerly Order of the Goblin (leader), Cabal of Scrier (leader), Sinister Twelve, Hellfire Club, Executives Club

Education
College graduate

Height
5'11"

Weight
185 lbs.

Eyes
Blue

Hair
Reddish-brown

Powers
Due to the "Goblin Formula" Norman possesses super-human strength (lifting 9 tons under optimal conditions), increased speed, reflexes, endurance, and healing rate. Though much slower than the likes of Wolverine, he can regenerate damaged tissue and organs. His intelligence has been enhanced to gifted levels, though at the price of his sanity. His involvement with the Gathering of the Five loosened his grip on reality, though he is able to maintain his sanity via chemically treated dermal patches. When not impaired by mental illness, Osborn is a cunning businessman, masterful strategist, and highly skilled at electronics, mechanics, and chemistry.

Abilities
As a result of exposure to the experimental serum, Osborn's intellect has been greatly enhanced, augmenting his aptitude for genetics, robotics, engineering, and applied chemistry...at the cost of his sanity. His sanity is maintained via chemically treated dermal patches. As The Iron Patriot Osborn is now a Super genius just like iron man's.

Other Info
Norman Osborn had an oppressively stern upbringing by an alcoholic father who lost the family fortune. Because of this, Norman raised his son, Harry, dispassionately, often devoid of fatherly warmth. (To learn about Harry Osborn, click on his name above.)

Norman Osborn was the co-owner of a leading New York firm, Osborn Industries, which specialized in chemical manufacturing via Osborn Chemicals, as well as other areas of research and development, including robotics. His wife, Emily, died within a year after the birth of their son Harry. After some time, Norman had his business partner, Professor Mendel Stromm, arrested so he could gain full control of the firm. Osborn tested a serum, that Stromm had been working on, upon himself in his private lab. But, the unstable concoction exploded in his face, leaving him hospitalized for weeks. He emerged smarter and extremely strong, but at the cost of his sanity. (To learn about Norman's buisness partner, click on his name above.)

Osborn became power-hungry, and organized a world-wide crime group, targeting Spider-Man, as a means to establish his reputation. Osborn designed a grotesque green costume based on an image from a childhood nightmare and the color of Stromm’s serum, and armed himself with high-tech weaponry and a broomstick-like glider, becoming the Green Goblin. (As the Green Goblin, Osborn uses concussive, smoke, gas, and incendiary "pumpkin" bombs. He also has gloves capable of channeling pulsed discharges of up to 10,000 volts of high-frequency electric power, and flying 'razor bats' which ram into and cut things. Goblin also uses a vertical thrust "goblin glider" powered by a miniature turbo-fan. It can reach speeds between 90 to nearly 300 miles per hour and support 400 pounds--including Osborn's own weight.) (To learn about Spider-Man, click on his name above.)

Green Goblin tried to take out Spider-Man early in his villain career, but has been failed multiple times. The Hulk and the Human Torch have been there to save Spider-Man in a couple of these confrontations. (To learn about the characters above, just click on their names.)

Some time later, unaware of the Goblin's secret identity, Spider-Man protected an ungrateful Norman Osborn from the vengeance of Professor Stromm, who had been released from prison. Norman was able to create a compound that weakened Spider-Man's spider-sense so he could follow Spider-Man home to find out his secret identity as Peter Parker, one of Harry's classmates. Later, the Green Goblin confronted Spider-Man at his home, captured him, and carried him to a hideout at Osborn Chemicals. There the Goblin revealed to Spider-Man of his own secret identity and how he came to be. However, Spider-Man broke free, and in the ensuing battle, the Goblin fell back into live wires and vials of chemicals which left Osborn unconscious. From this, Osborn couldn't remember the past few years and his criminal alter-ego. Spider-Man decided Osborn was rendered an innocent man and burned his costume before police and firefighters arrived on the scene. The world believed the Green Goblin had perished. (Subsequently, Osborn’s insane mind developed a dual-personality disorder, as traumatic events triggered a switch between being a memory-impaired kinder Norman Osborn, concerned about his relationship with his son, and the villainous Green Goblin who is aware of Spider-Man's secret identity.)

After some time, Osborn's amnesia wore off and he relapsed into his Goblin persona twice more only to be defeated by Spider-Man each time. After helping rescue Peter Parker's girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, and her father, retired police captain George Stacy, from a kidnapping by the Kingpin, Osborn had a brief affair with Gwen which resulted in an unusually rapid pregnancy and secret birth of twins, Gabriel and Sarah. Even though Gwen left the twins in the care of Osborn's people in France, Gwen refused to give Norman custody of the twins, fearing that the fate of Norman's son, Harry (mentally deteriorating and turning to illegal hallucinogenic drugs) would befall her own children. Osborn threatened Gwen, but she insisted that she would tell Peter the truth. Gwen believed Peter would marry her and raise the twins, trusting that Parker's love for her would oversee her failings. After this, the Green Goblin kidnapped Gwen and took her to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge and threw her off. Spider-Man attempted to save her, but she had already died. Filled with rage, Spider-Man savagely attacked the Goblin, but came to his senses and stopped before he nearly killed the Goblin. The Goblin took advantage of the opportunity and remotely controlled his damaged goblin glider to impale the wall crawler. However, Spider-Man was able to dodge the glider, and the glider impaled the Goblin instead, seemingly killing him. (To learn about the characters above, just click on their highlighted names.)

Harry Osborn (Norman's son) had witnessed the apparent death of his father at the hands of Spider-Man and removed the Goblin costume before the authorities could arrive, thus preserving his secret identity. He even bribed the coroner so that further autopsy reports would show no mention of the "goblin" formula in Norman's blood. And for many years, the world believed Norman Osborn to be dead.

After this apparent death of the Green Goblin, others tried to follow in his footsteps, including his son Harry, Harry's therapist Bart Hamilton, and millionaire Roderick Kingsley who attempted to create his own variation and legacy on the Goblin motif as the murderous Hobgoblin. Each subsequent version of the Goblin was defeated, and Harry eventually died as a result of exposure to an untested experimental version of the formula that had given his father his abilities. (To learn more about some of the Green Goblin followers, click on their highlighted names above.)

The same formula that had given Osborn his heightened strength and intellect, also gave him powerful regenerative abilities, allowing him to survive the impalement by his goblin glider. He escaped the morgue, replaced his body with that of a drifter he had murdered, and fled to Europe. In Europe, he joined the Cabal of Scriers, eventually moving up in their ranks and completely taking them over. Osborn also manipulated Gwen Stacy's children into believing that Peter Parker was their father and had abandoned them and that Spider-Man had killed Gwen. Osborn also raised them to believe he was a loving and kind figure, preparing them to become his heirs. (To learn about the team above, click on it's name.)

After some more battles with Spider-Man, Norman Osborn was finally revealed to the public as the Green Goblin and after an another climatic battle with Spider-Man and Luke Cage that raged across Manhattan, he was finally imprisoned. (Click on the highlighted Luke Cage, to learn more about him.)

From behind bars, Osborn once again masterminded a plan against Spider-Man. This time he had Mac Gargan (aka Scorpion, or the recent Venom) kidnap Peter's Aunt May. The plan was for Spider-Man to break Osborn out of prison in exchange for his Aunt's life. Peter reluctantly agreed and with the help of the Black Cat proceeded to break Osborn out; however, Osborn had assembled the Sinister Twelve (twelve of Spider-Man's greatest enemies) who were waiting for Spider-Man outside the prison. But, Mary Jane had contacted S.H.I.E.L.D. and the villains were faced with the combined might of Captain America, Iron Man, Yellowjacket, Daredevil and the Fantastic Four. During the battle, Green Goblin escaped and kidnapped Mary Jane. He took her to the George Washington Bridge in order to replay his murder of Gwen Stacy to get at Spider-Man one more time. However, a drugged Doctor Octopus intervened and attacked the Goblin. Spider-Man was able to save Mary Jane after a bolt of lightning sent the two villains into the river. Osborn escaped, but he gave Spider-Man some verbal clues so he could find his Aunt May. Peter then received a letter, mailed by Osborn before the fight, thanking Peter for giving his life meaning and purpose. (To learn about all the characters and teams above, just click on their highlighted names. Note: Beware of Black Cat's bio page. She has a form-fitting and revealing costume!)

After Osborn was picked up by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in France and returned to jail, the twins of Gwen Stacy resurfaced to destroy Spider-Man. (They had rapidly aged to teenagers due to their superhuman physiology inherited from their father, and had developed superhuman strength and endurance.) The twins confronted Spider-Man, whom they believed to be their real father who had killed their mother and abandoned them. Spider-Man told the twins the truth; however, Gabriel rejected Spider-Man, and accepted the Goblin mantle as the Gray Goblin, becoming insane in the process. Sarah, on the other hand, sought training to use her powers for good.

The passage of the Superhuman Registration Act provided an opportunity for Osborn to offer his abilities for the good of the country. Injected with nanites by Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) capable of delivering a powerful shock should he go astray, Osborn was offered leadership of a new government sponsored Thunderbolts with a small army of super-powered evildoers as a temporary means to round up rogue heroes who refused to register. (To learn about the Thunderbolts, click on their name above. Note: the main picture on the Thunderbolts' bio page has a character in a very form-fitting outfit!)

Later, Osbron was able to find someone to remove the nanites in his body. Now, he was able to set up the media to see him as a hero and Iron Man as a coward in a confrontation with aliens known as Skrulls. With the government on his side, and Iron Man out of the picture, Osborn organized a new group of Avengers, who are villains disguised as heroes. This new new team is known as the "Dark Avengers." Osborn was able to steal some armored suits from Iron Man and he now wears armor and goes by the name "Iron Patriot." (The fifth picture posted is of Osborn as the Iron Patriot. Also, to learn more about the Skrulls or the Avengers, click on their names above. Marvel.com doesn't have a good description of the Dark Avengers yet, but here is a link to a different website if you would like to learn more about the "Dark Avengers," http://www.comicvine.com/dark-avengers/65-55990/.)

To learn more about Norman Osborn/Green Goblin/Iron Patriot, click on the following link, http://marvel.com/universe/Green_Goblin.

Invisible Woman

Real Name
Susan Storm Richards

Occupation
Adventurer, substitute teacher; former actor, model, student

Citizenship
U.S.A.

Place of Birth
Glenville, Long Island, New York

Known Relatives
Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic, husband), Franklin Richards (son), Valeria Richards (daughter), Johnny Storm (Human Torch, brother), Franklin Storm (father, deceased), Mary Storm (mother, deceased), Marygay Jewel Dinkins (aunt), "Bones" (cousin), Evelyn Richards (mother-in-law, deceased), Nathaniel Richards (father-in-law), Cassandra Richards (Warlord, mother-in-law, deceased), unnamed child of Nathaniel Richards (brother-in-law), Tara Richards (Huntara, sister-in-law), Kristoff Vernard (alleged brother-in-law), Lyja (sister-in-law)

Group Affiliation
Fantastic Four; formerly Secret Avengers, Avengers, Brides of Set, pawns of Death

Education
High school education, incomplete college studies

Height
5'6"

Weight
120 lbs.

Eyes
Blue

Hair
Blonde

Powers
Sue can render herself wholly or partially invisible at will. She can also render other people or objects invisible, affecting up to forty thousand cubic feet of volume. She achieves these feats by mentally bending all wavelengths of light in the vicinity around herself or the target in question, and she somehow does this without causing any visible distortion effects; she also somehow directs enough undistorted light to her eyes to retain her full range of vision while invisible. Sue can also mentally generate a psionic field of invisible force apparently drawn from hyperspace, which she manipulates for a variety of effects. Most commonly, Sue generates near-indestructible invisible force fields around herself or other targets. She can vary the texture and tensile strength of her field to some extent, rendering it highly rigid or as soft and yielding as foam; softer variations on the field enable her to cushion impacts more gently, and are less likely to result in a psionic backlash against Sue herself (in rare cases, sufficiently powerful attacks on her psionic fields can cause her mental or physical pain).

Sue can shape her psionic force fields into invisible constructs, usually simple shapes such as barriers, columns, cones, cylinders, darts, discs, domes, platforms, rams, ramps, slides and spheres. By generating additional force behind her psionic constructs, Sue can turn them into offensive weapons, ranging from massive invisible battering rams to small projectiles such as spheres and darts. She can generate solid force constructs as small as a marble or as large as 100 feet in diameter, and her hollow projections such as domes can extend up to several miles in area. By forming one of her force fields within an object and expanding the field, Sue can cause her target to explode. She can also travel atop animated constructs such as ramps, stairs, slides, columns and stepping discs, enabling her to simulate a limited approximation of levitation or flight. She is capable of generating and manipulating multiple psionic force fields simultaneously. Sue once swapped powers with her brother Johnny for a brief period, and during that time had the ability to generate and manipulate flames for various effects.

Abilities
Sue has some modest experience and ability in the field of acting, and has recently taken up teaching. She is a capable unarmed combatant. She is renowned for her changing hairstyles (once said to match the Wasp's changing costumes).

Other Info
Susan "Sue" Storm, and her brother Johnny (future Human Torch) had a happy childhood until their mother Mary was killed in a car crash. Their father, Doctor Franklin Storm, survived the crash without injury, but was unable to save his wife despite his medical efforts. From the sadness of losing his wife, Dr. Storm abandoned his practice, became a gambler and a drunk. He was eventually sent to prison after he accidentally killed an underworld loan shark during a struggle. After this, Sue became more like a mother than a sister to Johnny, even though both were soon placed in the custody of their loving aunt Marygay. While she was still there, Sue became smitten with her aunt's tenant, Reed Richards (future Mister Fantastic). Later, in her college years, Sue began doing some minor acting and modeling work and renewed her contact with Reed and dated him steadily for some time. Reed's old friend Ben Grimm (future Thing) took an interest in Sue as well, but Sue remained loyal to Reed. (To learn about the other members of the Fantastic Four and Sue's father, click on their highlighted names above.)

When a sudden loss of funding threatened to derail Reed's experimental starship project, Reed urged his pilot, Ben, to join him in making an unauthorized test flight before the project shut down. Grimm was reluctant, but accepted the challenge after Sue questioned his courage. Sue also took her brother Johnny with them. Once in space, the team was hit by cosmic rays and they were forced back to Earth. Back on Earth, they discovered they had all mutated into superhumans; Sue became the Invisible Girl. The four decided to use their new powers for super-heroics and scientific exploration: becoming the Fantastic Four. At first, Sue had relatively static invisibility power, but later developed her ability to project and manipulate invisible force fields. (Click on the Fantastic Four team name above to learn more about them.)

While Reed provided the Fantastic Four with a Manhattan headquarters in the Baxter Building, Sue and Johnny stayed in a suburban home in their native Glenville for some time. One of the earliest foes of the Fantastic Four was Namor the Sub-Mariner, who was strongly attracted to Sue and competed with Reed for her affections. Sue was drawn to Namor, but remained true to Reed. (Later Namor became a good ally to the Fantastic Four.) When Sue was gravely injured during a battle with the Mole Man, her father (who had just recently escaped from prison) came out of hiding to operate on her, saving her life and finally reconciled with his children, Sue and Johnny. (To learn about the characters and the Fantastic Four headquarters above, just click on their names.)

Reed and Sue were married and Sue, soon after, became pregnant with her first child and stepped down from an active role in Fantastic Four, and was replaced by Crystal (then Johnny's girlfriend). Her and Reed's baby was named Franklin, after Sue's father (who had died by this time). Franklin proved to be a very powerful mutant whose fluctuating abilities have alternately saved or menaced both the Fantastic Four and the world over the years. At one time, Franklin's powers were raging out of control and Reed was forced to shut down his son's mind for a time. Along with Sue becoming upset over this, she was frustrated by her growing belief that Reed did not regard her as an equal. Because of these feelings, Sue separated from Reed and quit the Fantastic Four again, taking Franklin with her. (She was replaced by Medusa at that time). However, Sue reclaimed her spot after she and Reed finally reconciled. Sue became pregnant a second time, but because this baby was conceived during a stay in the Negative Zone, Sue was exposed to radiation that made this pregnancy result in a stillbirth. (To learn about a couple of the replacements to the Fantastic Four, Sue and Reed's son, and about the Negative Zone, just click on their names above. Note: Beware of Medusa's bio page that has her in some tight-fitting and revealing outfits. But, definitely beware of Crystal's bio page because she's in a very tight-fitting outfit!)

Soon after this, Sue's emotions were manipulated by Psycho-Man and his Hate-Monger android, making her give into her darker impulses. This changed Sue into the mad villainess known as, Malice (shown in the forth picture posted). As Malice, Sue turned against the Fantastic Four and almost defeated them. However, Reed was able to free Sue from her emotional prison and she got revenge on Psycho-Man by subjecting him to his own emotion-warping technology. After this experience, Sue felt that she had been forced to mature and she let go of the pains of her past. Therefore, she changed her codename from Invisible Girl to Invisible Woman. During this same time, Sue learned the full extent of her powers: she could create actual objects from the force-fields she manipulated to create her protective shield. (To learn about the highlighted villains, just click on their names.)

Both Sue and Reed have tried to retire from the Fantastic Four and live normal lives, but each time seemed to be short-lived and they returned to the team. Once, Sue and Reed teamed up with several Avengers to rescue their son, Franklin, during an invasion. They reluctantly joined the Avengers, who were critically short-handed at the time. Later, both stepped down from active role in the Avengers and eventually resigned from the Avengers completely after they rejoined the Fantastic Four. (The Fantastic Four remain strong allies with the Avengers). Some of Sues close friends from her time with the Avengers are Wasp and She-Hulk (both who have filled empty places in the Fantastic Four when Ben Grimm had left the team). (To learn about the Avengers, or Sue's friends, just click on their highlighted names above. Note: Beware of the She-Hulk's bio page: she's in a very tight-fitting outfit.)

When Reed was seemingly killed in action, Sue took over the leadership of the Fantastic Four and recruited Ant-Man as the team's new scientist. However, she refused to believe Reed was truly dead and she lead a search for her husband and rejected romantic advances from Namor. (Reed had been abducted and time-displaced by the villain Hyperstorm). However, after some time, the Fantastic Four was finally able to rescue Reed. (To learn about Ant-Man or Hyperstorm, just click on their highlighted names above.)

Later, during a reality-warping conflict with the cosmic being Abraxas, Franklin revealed he had used his powers to rescue Sue's stillborn second child years earlier. As a side-effect of Abraxas' defeat, the child was returned to its unborn state in Sue's womb. Sue had a rough pregnancy, but she gave birth to a healthy baby girl named, Valeria. (To learn more about Abraxas, or Sue and Reed's daughter, just click on their names above.)

Reed led the Fantastic Four in dismantling Doom's Latverian regime, despite international condemnation of his actions, which hurt their public image and their standing with the authorities. At that time, the Fantastic Four broke up, Reed and Sue split up, and Reed signed over most of his patents to the government as part of a deal to escape prosecution. However, the team was able to reunite. Currently, the Fantastic Four is working to rebuild their reputations and their finances. During this time, they have dabbled into more conventional fields of employment, such as teaching.

Sue was recently captured by Zius. Knowing Sue's power could overcome a device designed to hide planets from Galactus, Zius intended to execute Sue. But, Reed was able to use a device to swap Johnny and Sue's powers, tricking Zius into thinking the invisibility powers Sue possessed had been completely neutralized. (The fifth picture posted is of Sue with the Human Torch's powers.) Eventually, Sue was able to regain her original powers. (To learn more about Zius, click on his name above.)

When the United States government instituted a Superhero Registration in response to a schoolyard tragedy in Stamford, Connecticut, Reed joined alongside Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) using his scientific genius to work against unregistered heroes. Sue disagreed with Reed's decision, and the tension between them grew after a crowd outside a nightclub attacked Johnny and put him into a coma. While Sue visited him daily, Reed brushed it off and lost himself in his work for the government. The tension finally came to a head and Sue left Reed in a spectacular exit that blew a hole through the ceiling and floor of the building they were in. Sue joined up with the anti-Registration side (against her husband) led by Captain America. However, the Captain America soon turned himself in after an all-out battle in downtown New York that devastated the people he meant to protect. Afterward, Sue was left to pick up the pieces of her team and her marriage. (To learn more about the leaders of the different sides of the Marvel "Civil War," click on their names above.)

Sue currently moonlights as a substitute teacher while juggling her roles as wife, mother and celebrity adventurer. If you would like to learn more about the Invisible Woman, click on the following link, http://marvel.com/universe/Invisible_Woman.

Battle Royal 3 Results

Jean Grey is the victor with 10 votes! Silver Surfer came in 2nd with 7 votes! And in 3rd...ummm...nobody. I was surprised to see that everyone voted one of two characters! Crazy!?! But, Cool!!! Those two were the most powerful, in my opinion! Thank you for all those who participated, and thanks to all those who just check out my Marvel Madness blog! You are all Marvel Maniacs!

P.S. There will be a Battle Royal 4 after the next 13 characters. So, hang in there for a few more months.

Bullseye

Real Name
Lester (last name unrevealed)

Occupation
Government operative; former freelance assassin, professional thief, Major League Baseball pitcher, mercenary, extortionist

Citizenship
U.S.A.

Place of Birth
Unrevealed

Known Relatives
Unnamed father (deceased) and mother

Group Affiliation
Avengers; formerly Thunderbolts, formerly allied with Eric Slaughter's and the Kingpin's criminal organizations, as well as the Kingpin's rival former agents

Education
Unrevealed (education beyond high school unlikely)

Height
6'

Weight
175 lbs. (before Adamantium implants), 200 lbs. (with Adamantium implants)

Eyes
Blue

Hair
Blonde

Powers
None

Abilities
Bullseye has no superhuman powers. However, his uncanny ability to use virtually any common object as a lethal projectile actually makes him more dangerous than many characters who do have superhuman powers. Although he is not technically superhuman, Bullseye can accomplish many feats with thrown projectiles. He has demonstrated the ability to lacerate a person's throat with a thrown playing card, spit his own tooth through a human skull, toss a paper airplane to a distant rooftop, and kill a person with a toothpick thrown through a window from a hundred yards away.

Bullseye is in overall exceptional physical condition, with the agility, reflexes, stamina, and speed of a professional or Olympic athlete. A result of his naturally perfect athletic gift for hand-eye coordination is that his reflexes are actually honed to a level well beyond that of any normal human. He is physically strong enough to lift at least 350 pounds. Several of Bullseye's bones have been reinforced with strips of Adamantium, and his spine is now entirely made of it, effectively increasing his resistance to injury in unarmed combat. This reinforcement also allows Bullseye to consistently utilize a range of motion in his acrobatic maneuvers impossible for an ordinary human (as his bones are protected from fracture).

Aside from his ability to throw projectiles with lethal accuracy, Bullseye is also a master of many martial arts disciplines and is extremely talented in the use of edged weapons and conventional firearms. Often, his outspoken attitude during combat about using his abilities seems to have become one of his favorite weapons: intimidation. As such, he believes that his attention in the media grants him more effectiveness in combat with a near flawless reputation, rather than an assassin who often uses fear of the unknown.

Other Info
Bullseye is truly a mercenary of mystery. Throughout the years Bullseye has told different stories concerning his life. Therefore, no one truly knows what is real and what is false concerning his childhood and background.

Before his mercenary career, it’s been suggested that Bullseye tried his formidable throwing skills to become a Major League baseball player, but he was too selfish and sadistic for that. And according to Bullseye himself, he became bored and annoyed of pitching no-hitters. So, for his last pitch of a game, he threw the ball at the batter, killing him.

Bullseye found his true calling as a special operative of the United States National Security Agency. From there, he became a freelance assassin. He created his signature use of thrown weapons during one of his first outings as a soldier we confronted by a guerrilla fighter: Bullseye’s weapon failed to shoot, so, he just threw the gun instead, killing his assailant with his bayonet. As an assassin, Bullseye uses shurikens as a main weapon, but he uses many other weapons including peanuts, paperclips, playing cards, Daredevil's billy club, and a pencil (the third picture posted shows a few of the weapons Bullseye can use.) Also, he has a compulsive need to study his targets' histories, abilities, and relationships before engaging them. As a result, he can anticipate his opponent's every move.

At one time, Bullseye worked alongside fellow mercenary, Deadpool. (To learn about Deadpool, just click on his name.)

Later, Bullseye was hired to murder the lawyer Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil), but was defeated by Daredevil. In his mind, Bullseye believed his reputation was ruined, and he swore vengeance, fighting Daredevil at any opportunity. Each time, he was captured and given over to the police by Daredevil. At one point, Bullseye was declared insane due to a brain tumor, and he began hallucinating, seeing random people as Daredevil, and tried killing them all. The real Daredevil managed to defeat him, and the tumor was removed. (To learn about Daredeveil, click on his name above.)

Some time later, when following an assignment to kill the Kingpin, Bullseye simply received a better offer from the Kingpin and agreed to work with him, instead. However, after returning from yet another imprisonment by Daredevil, Bullseye was furious that the Kingpin had chosen Elektra as his assassin in the meantime. Therefore, Bullseye hunted Elektra down and killed her with nothing more than a playing card and her own sai weapon. Because of the romantic relationship between Daredevil and Elektra's, Bullseye fought an enraged Daredevil high over the tops of New York City where Bullseye was allowed to fall to his death by Daredevil. He did not die, but his spine shattered, paralyzing him. With the help of a Japanese crime lord, Lord Dark Wind, Bullseye's bones were laced with Adamantium in the hopes that Bullseye would freely serve Lord Dark Wind as his head assassin. Instead, once Bullseye was recovered, he returned to New York to continue his mercenary career. However, before Kingpin would employ him again, Bullseye had to prove himself by fighting his former mercenary friend, Deadpool. The fight was very close, but Bullseye was triumphant. (To learn about the highlighted characters above, just click on their names. Note: Beware of Elektra's tight-fitting and revealing clothing on her bio page pictures.)

At one point, Daredevil left New York for a prolonged period, and Bullseye put on the Daredevil costume himself. He played the part of a hero and robbed the rich and gave to the poor. However, never a man quite sane, Bullseye began to believe himself to be the true Daredevil. But, Matt Murdock returned and put on the Bullseye costume to confront him. Murdock won, and the defeat allowed Bullseye to realize that he was Bullseye and not Daredevil.

On seperate occastion, Bullseye killed Karen Page (Daredevil's current love at the time) furthering Daredevil's anger towards him. When the news of Daredevil’s secret identity (Matt Murdock) leaked to the media, Bullseye hoped to capitalize on the information and kill Daredevil both for his own satisfaction and to help the Kingpin’s struggling criminal empire. He targeted Murdock and his new girlfriend, Millie Donovan, but this time Daredevil snapped! Dardevil beat Bullseye to a pulp and carved a bullseye pattern into Bullseye's forehead with a rock. (This is shown in the movie Bullseye which is the second picture posted. Also, if you would like to learn more about some of the loves in Daredevil's life, click on their names above. Note: Beware of the revealing and outfit on Karen Page's bio page.)

Later, Bullseye starts operating under the name of "Hawkeye" (and wears Hawkeye's costume, as well) in Norman Osborn's new team of Dark Avengers. (If you would like to learn about the true Hawkeye or Norman Osborn, click on their highlighted names above. A picture of Bullseye as the "new" Hawkeye is posted in the fifth picture above.)

If you would like to learn more about this crazy guy, Bullseye, click on the following link, http://marvel.com/universe/Bullseye.

Battle Royal 3

BATTLE ROYAL 3 Time! Imagine if thirteen Marvel characters were to be in a giant battle where there could only be one victor. Put the good and evil notion to the side. It's everyone vs. everyone. No alliances. Only one can be left standing. Please choose who you think would win among the thirteen Marvel characters in the poll. Also, if you have time, please leave the reason why you think the character you chose would win in the "comment" section below. This way, we can all see your reasoning in choosing your winner. Who will be the victor? Only you can decide!

The thirteen characters that are involved, are the last thirteen characters that have been highlighted on the Marvel Madness blog: Ghost Rider, Iron Monger, Punisher, Kingpin, Mister Fantastic, Doctor Octopus, Angel, Toad, Kitty Pryde, Venom, Jean Grey, Pyro, and Silver Surfer. (If you have forgotten some of these characters' powers/abilities, go ahead and check out their bios right here on the Marvel Madness blog.)