Spider-Man Appendix L

 

 

 

Lament (Sarah Walks Unseen) Ultraforce II #1 (1995) Ex-mercenary able to become invisible, joined Ultraforce, met Spider-Man when Ultraforce was manipulated into attacking the Green Goblin (Urich).

 

Lamont, Lt. Jake Amazing Spider-Man II #41 (2002) Sardonic police officer, assisted Spider-Man in investigations of Shade and Digger.

 

Lana Amazing Spider-Man I #439 (1998) Archaeologist over a thousand years in the future, discovered one of Spider-Man's web-shooters with Zack.

 

Landon, Herbert Spider-Man: The Mutant Agenda #1 (1994) Head of new Brand Corporation and former co-worker of the Beast, led anti-mutant endeavor, stopped by Spider-Man and the Beast, fell into chemicals and mutated into monstrous form, defeated by the two heroes.

 

Landslide Marvel Treasury Edition #25 (1980) Outcast, emits vibrations which can cause earthquakes and shatter objects, competed against Brad Rossi.

 

Langunn, Atleza Infinity Abyss #3 (2002) Human child destined to help maintain reality, protected by Spider-Man and other heroes from X and the Nihilists, taken by Adam Warlock and Gamora to be raised for position of cosmic importance.

 

Larcenous Lil Fantastic Four I #220 and others (Hostess Twinkies Cakes advertisement, 1980) Female crime boss, briefly trapped Spider-Man, captured by him.


Lasher Amazing Spider-Man I #411 (1996) Member of Cell-12, able to create whips and nets from energy.

 

Latverian Liberation Front Amazing Spider-Man II #50 (2003) Armored rebels, attacked Doctor Doom at American airport, defeated by Spider-Man and Captain America while Mary Jane Watson watched.

 

Lava Men Avengers I #5 (1964) Race of Subterraneans mutated into molten form by the demon Cha’sa’dra, sided with Kala against Spider-Man, later broke into Project:  Pegasus, fought back by Spider-Man and the Avengers.

 

LaVeau, Marie Dracula Lives #2 (1973) Immortal witch-queen; encountered Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Ms. Marvel when they sought Silver Dagger; subsequently clashed with Doctor Strange, Morbius, Brother Voodoo, and Blade.

 

LD-50 Avengers I #326 (1990) Gang leader and drug dealer, caught in conflict between Avengers and extradimensional criminals; his gang was later fought by Spider-Man (Reilly), Venom, and the Venom Task Force.

 

Leader (Samuel Sterns) Tales to Astonish I #62 (1964) Received superhuman intellect from gamma radiation, archenemy of the Hulk; spread mutating gamma flu which struck many, including Spider-Man, until the Avengers distributed an antidote; embarked on various grand schemes, currently believed dead.

 

Leap-Frog (Vincent Patilio) Daredevil I #25 (1967) Used leaping coils and specialized suit as villain, fought Daredevil and other heroes alone and with other villains, gave up criminal career, helped capture the White Rabbit when he was recruited as a henchman, initially disapproved of his son Frog-Man's super-hero efforts, donned costume again to help his son and Spider-Man against the White Rabbit and the Walrus.

 

LeBron, Claude Marvel Treasury Edition #25 (1980) French bobsledder, given bombsled with flame-cannons by Kala to fight Digger of the Outcasts.

 

Lee, Stan (Stanley Martin Lieber) Suspense #29 (1953) Father of Marvel Comics, has reportedly encountered Spider-Man and other super-heroes a number of times, knows many secrets about their lives.

 

Leech Uncanny X-Men #179 (1984) Mutant child, Morlock, nullifies the mutant powers of others, currently held captive by Weapon X; he and Artie Maddicks once used image inducers to secretly help Spider-Man in a fight against the Sandman.

 

Leeds, Ned Amazing Spider-Man I #18 (1964) Reporter for the Daily Bugle, married Betty Brant after promotion to city editor, pursued the Hobgoblin (Kingsley) after one of the villain's fights with Spider-Man, brainwashed by him to act as his double in interactions with the Rose (Fisk), killed by the Foreigner's men in mistaken belief that he was the original Hobgoblin.

 

Legal Eagle (Ralph G. Fake) Master of Kung Fu I #58 and others (Hostess Cup Cakes advertisement, 1977) Attorney able to take green griffin-like form, sought control of Washington, DC, captured by Spider-Man.

 

Legion of Light (Man-Beast (as Hate-Monger), Brother Power, Sister Sun, Sue Hollis, others) Spectacular Spider-Man II #12 (1977) The Man-Beast and Brother Power manipulated this peaceful cult until Spider-Man and Razorback defeated the villains.

 

Legion of Losers see Spider-Man Revenge Squad.

 

Leno, Jay Amazing Spider-Man I #332 (1990) Comedian and talk show host, once paid five thousand dollars to be photographed with Spider-Man, later fought alongside him in unsanctioned reality show effort and let him guest on his show, presided over celebrity auction including Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson.

 

Leroy Amazing Spider-Man Annual I #11 (1977) Stuntman who played the role of "Man-Spider" in "Spawn of the Spider," briefly replaced by Spider-Man after being injured as part of Anton DeLionatus's efforts.

 

Leslie Web of Spider-Man #37 (1988) Hired by Harvey Finkelstein to pretend to attack Elyse Nelson as the Slasher so Harvey could rescue her.

 

Leslie Venom:  Lethal Protector #4 (1993) Bonded with one of the Life Foundation's symbiotes, fought Spider-Man and Venom.

 

Lessman Amazing Spider-Man I #191 (1979) Daily Bugle reporter.

 

Lewis, Detective Garon Amazing Spider-Man I #413 (1996) Father of Devon Lewis, ex-husband of Shirley Washington; detective with Task Force Seven, briefly mistaken for a criminal by Spider-Man (Reilly).

 

Lewis, Devon Sensational Spider-Man #0 (1996) Son of Shirley Washington, met Ben Reilly at his mother's restaurant the Daily Grind.

 

Life Foundation (Carlton Drake, Roland Treece, Pullman, others) Amazing Spider-Man I #298 (1988) Organization of survivalists, seek to build luxury compounds in case of apocalyptic developments, hired and then betrayed Chance, fought by Spider-Man, reactivated the Tri-Sentinel, established the Arachnis Project to develop disease immunity, mutated Carlton Drake into Homo Arachnis.

 

Lifeline Tablet Amazing Spider-Man I #68 (1969) Ancient Atlantean artifact, contained secrets that temporarily regressed Silvermane into non-existence and granted temporary godlike power to Hammerhead and cured his sister Toni, sought by various criminals, sent to another dimension by Doctor Strange so that its power wouldn't be misused.

 

Life Model Decoys Strange Tales I #135 (1965) Androids used by SHIELD to impersonate various people; Marrow was sent to locate rogue LMDs, in which capacity she encountered Spider-Man.

 

Light New Warriors I #54 (1994) Emits white light laser beams, one of the Soldiers of Misfortune.


Lightmaster (Dr. Edward Lansky) Spectacular Spider-Man II #3 (1977) Used battlesuit capable of light-blasts and flight, allied with the Tarantula (Rodriguez) and Kraven the Hunter, transformed into living energy during battle with Spider-Man, fought Spider-Man and Dazzler, regained human form, defeated by Cloak and Dagger.

 

Light-Master UK Spider-Man Annual (1983) Criminal who committed crimes based around a light-motif one Christmas, stealing statues of the Greek Sun and Moon gods as well as the Star of Rajpur diamond; armed with light-based weaponry, he fought Spider-Man, but failed to realize that the hero didn't need to see him to capture him.

 

Lightning Fist Peter Parker:  Spider-Man #16 (2000) Electric-powered member of the Wicked Brigade.

 

Lightwave (Aurora Dante) Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981): Mission: Save the Guardstar" Flying mutant able to manipulate light, uses laser blasts and photon force-fields, ex-SHIELD agent, manipulated by SHIELD traitor Bud Mason, fought and later helped by Spider-Man and others. (TV) 

 

Lilith Giant-Size Chillers #1 (1974) Daughter and sworn enemy of Dracula, has been both hero and villain; during one of the latter periods, she enslaved the zombie Simon Garth and fought Spider-Man and Hannibal King.

 

Litter (Dane, Terrier, Poodle, Pitbull, Basenji) Excalibur I #53 (1992) Foreign exchange students at ESU, thieves who genetically altered themselves to assume dog-like forms, fought Spider-Man and Captain Britain while the latter was staying with Peter Parker in the US.

 

Live Wire (Rance Preston) Fantastic Four Annual #5 (1967) Uses electrified rope as a member of the Circus of Crime.

 

Living Brain Amazing Spider-Man I #8 (1964) Non-sentient robot created early in Spider-Man's career, demonstrated at Midtown High, went out-of-control, halted by Spider-Man, briefly used by criminals, later rebuilt by Phreak and again defeated by Spider-Man.

 

Living Monolith (Ahmet Abdol) X-Men I #54 (1969) Formerly known as the Living Pharaoh, absorbed cosmic energy; battled the X-Men, Spider-Man, Thor, others while in gigantic form; became a "living planet" in space, eventually returned to normal.

 

Living Pharaoh (Akasha Martinez) Sensational Spider-Man #19 (1997) Fell under control of Egyptian spirits through Staff of Horus, used her new energy powers to fight Spider-Man before regaining control, left for parts unknown.

 

Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) Amazing Spider-Man I #6 (1963) Brilliant scientist, mutated into super-powered reptilian form in attempt to regenerate lost arm, fought Spider-Man several times in monstrous form, served as science consultant for Spider-Man while untransformed, went through various stages of controlling the transformation, lost arm regenerated by Hammerhead.

 

Lizard see Primal Lizard.

 

Llyra (Llyra Morris) Sub-Mariner #32 (1970) Lemurian ruler with grudge against the Sub-Mariner; joined the Frightful Four, in which capacity she clashed with Spider-Man and posed as Peter Parker's neighbor, mentally enslaving and nearly killing him before the Sub-Mariner stopped her.

 

Lobo Within Our Reach (1991) Slumlord, manipulated illegal immigrants for his own profit, shot at Spider-Man when the hero investigated his operations, downed with one punch.

 

Lobo Brothers (Carlos and Eduardo Lobo) Spectacular Spider-Man II #143 (1988) Mutants with power to take wolf-like forms, formed criminal empire in Texas; targeted by the Arranger, who sent the Persuader and the Punisher against them; came to NYC in retaliation, clashed with Spider-Man and various criminal rivals; Eduardo was accidentally shot by his lover Glory Grant, while Carlos was arrested.

 

Lobo, Lucky Amazing Spider-Man I #23 (1965) Gangster active early in Spider-Man's career, arrested when the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) attempted to take over his gang; attempted to blackmail Sundown into crime years later.

 

"Lobster Man" Amazing Spider-Man II #43 (2002) B-grade movie in which Mary Jane Watson played "the girlfriend who is killed in Act 1, giving Lobster Man his motivation."

 

Lockdown and Rosetta Stone (Jomo Kimanye and Nefer Neith Sinue) Fantastic Four III #17 (1999) Armored heroes from the Negative Zone, helped Spider-Man and other heroes against the Coterie.

 

Locke, Miss Marvel Team-Up I #65 (1978) One of Arcade's two chief assistants, later killed by him.

 

Locke, Dr. Cassandra Marvel: The Lost Generation #12 (2000) Time traveler from twenty-second century en route to the 1950s, where she ultimately died; briefly encountered Spider-Man during the Ghost's attack on Tri Corp; revealed that in her era, Spider-Man is remembered as having lived into old age, while Mary Jane Watson has been forgotten.

 

Locker, Mr. Amazing Spider-Man I #403 (1995) Attorney who defended Peter Parker for a murder committed by Kaine, did not realize when Ben Reilly took Peter's place.

 

Loki (Loki Laufeyson) Venus # 6 (1949) Asgardian god of evil with great magic power, archenemy of Thor, accidentally caused the formation of the Avengers, set the Acts of Vengeance into motion, empowered the Tri-Sentinel.

 

Longshot Longshot #1 (1985) Extradimensional adventurer, extremely agile, possesses good luck power, fought Spider-Man due to misunderstanding shortly after arrival in Earth dimension, later joined the X-Men, returned to his home dimension to overthrow Mojo.

 

Looter (Norton G. Fester) Amazing Spider-Man I #36 (1966) Granted super-strength by meteorite vapor, also known as the Meteor Man, fought Spider-Man and other heroes, stole weapons of various other super-villains, defeated by Spider-Man (both in normal identity and as the Hornet).

 

Lopez, Father Enrique Spectacular Spider-Man II #137 (1988) Delvadian-born priest who helped immigrants in NYC, encountered the Tarantula (Alvarez) during the villain's activities against Spider-Man.

 

Lorca, Maggie Spider-Man #29 (1992) Daily Bugle reporter, worked with Peter Parker on followup story about the Mad Dog Ward, suspected Peter of being a pathological liar.

 

Lubensky, Nathan Spectacular Spider-Man II #47 (1980) Wheelchair-bound senior citizen, former vaudeville performer, became engaged to May Parker, estranged from her when he made it possible for the police to shoot a criminal, troubled by gambling addiction, died of heart attack in encounter with the Vulture (Toomes).

 

Lubisch, Dr. Maxwell Amazing Spider-Man I #326 (1989) One of Peter's ESU professors, conducted the experiment in extradimensional energies that resulted in Spider-Man temporarily receiving the power of Captain Universe.

 

Lumley, Judy Peter Parker:  Spider-Man #3 (1999) Daily Bugle fashion and society reporter, interviewed Mary Jane Watson.

 

Lumpkin, Willie Fantastic Four I #11 (1963) Best known as the Fantastic Four's mailman, dated May Parker for a while.

 

Lunatic Legion (Dylon-Cir, Tazer, Dekker, Galen-Kor, Kona-Lor, Ciry, Bron Char, Talla Ron, others) Iron Man III #7 (1998) Renegade Kree faction rebelling against rule by the Shi'ar, operated from the Moon; Spider-Man once became involved in a battle between the Legion and members of the Imperial Guard.

 

Lunatik (Arisen Tyrk) Marvel Premiere #46 (1979) Three fragments of the extradimensional ruler, acted as violent vigilantes while a fourth fragment became an ESU professor named Harrison Turk, clashed with the Defenders and Spider-Man, involved the Defenders in extradimensional conflict.

 

Luthor, Lex Action Comics #23 (1940, DC Comics), original version; The Man of Steel #4 mini-series (1986, DC Comics), current version Wealthy evil genius, businessman, political figure, greatest enemy of Superman, from the DC Universe, teamed up with Doctor Octopus (Octavius) against Spider-Man and Superman in a plan to destroy the world; Doctor Octopus foiled Luthor's plot.

 

Lyja the Laserfist Fantastic Four I #265 (1984) Energy-powered Skrull who impersonated Alicia Masters, married the Human Torch, caught in complex relationship with the Fantastic Four, met Spider-Man on occasion.


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