"LARCENOUS THREE"

Membership: Badd Axe, Firearms, Vampiro

Purpose: Criminal activities

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Nova (Rider), Spider-Man (Parker)

Base of Operations: New York City, New York

First Appearance: Nova III#5 (September, 1999)

History: (Nova III#5) - Somehow, the "Larcenous Three" confronted and began battling Spider-Man, destroying an apartment building in the process, possibly having been sent there to deliberately destroy it.  This building housed the parents of Richard Rider, aka Nova, who arrived shortly after hearing of the brawl.  The two heroes were getting the upper hand when Badd Axe took a hostage.  Spider-Man used his webbing to pull the hostage away, after which Nova grabbed Badd Axe and Vampiro, and flew into the air.  Badd Axe managed to free himself and fell, while Vampiro was knocked out by Nova.  After defeating Vampiro and handing him over to police, Nova realized that Firearms and Badd Axe had escaped.

Comments: Created by Erik Larsen, Coy Turnbull and Al Milgrom.

Though the team was never given an official name, I thought this would be an appropriate one, as it's a play on words with the name of their creator, Erik Larsen.

I doubt that Vampiro was a real vampire, as he was working during daylight.

Profile by Madison Carter

Clarifications:

The "Larcenous Three" have no known connection to

• Larcenous Lil, Spider-Man foe, @Hostess ads
• Larsen, Super-Soldier Program, @Truth: Red, White & Black#1
• Larson, Asgardian, @Thor I#367
• Larson, Joel, Earth-New Universe, @DP7#15
  

Badd Axe has no known connection to

• Axe, Gladiators, @New Mutants I#7
• Axe, Valkyrie, @New Mutants Special Edition#1
• Axe of Violence (Lizzy Borden), resurrected/empowered by Satannish, @Avengers West Coast #98
• Battleaxe, criminal in medieval armor, @Hostess ads
  
• Battleaxe, Microverse (or his duplicate), @Micronauts I#35
  
• Battleaxe (Anita Ehren), Grapplers, @Thing I#33
  
• Battleaxe (Jerome Hamilton), Harriers, @Wolverine II#5
• Black Axe, nearly immortal warrior, @Black Axe#1
• Bloodaxe, evil spirit in Skurge's axe, @Thor I#449
  
• or to anyone or anything else named "bad," "badd," or "axe."
  

Firearms has no known connection to

• Firearm, member of the Jury, @Venom: Lethal Protector#2
• Firearm (Alec Swan), Earth-Ultraverse, @Codename: Firearm#0
• Firearm (Peter Cordova Lopez), Earth-Ultraverse, @Firearm#0
  
• or to anyone or anything else with "fire" or "arm" in their name.

Vampiro has no known connection to

• Vampiro, Eternal and professional wrestler, @Thor I#290
  
• any other vampires.

BADD AXE

Badd Axe carried a large axe and was covered in tattoos.  He fought Spider-Man and Nova before Nova carried him into the air.  Swiping the hero with his axe, he forced Nova to drop him.  He apparently survived the fall and escaped.

--Nova III#5

FIREARMS

Firearms possessed a suit capable of shooting large bursts of flame.  He was tripped up and knocked out by Spider-Man, but managed to escape.

--Nova III#5

VAMPIRO

Vampiro fought alongside his two partners, but was later knocked out and handed over to the police.  Vampiro possessed fangs, but it is unknown if he was some sort of mutate, a true vampire, or if he just filed his teeth.

(New Avengers Most Wanted Files - BTS) - Vampiro was reported as having remained in prison since his initial capture.

--Nova III#5

Nova III#5, page 13, panel 3 (all images)

Appearances:
Nova III#5 (September, 1999) - Erik Larsen (writer), Coy Turnbull (pencils), Erik Larsen & Al Milgrom (inks), Ruben Diaz (editor)
New Avengers Most Wanted Files (December, 2005)

Last updated: 06/08/05.

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