LEATHERBOY

Real Name: Gene Lorrene

Identity/Class: Human

Occupation: Leather/bondage/S & M aficionado

Group Membership: Formerly Great Lakes Avengers

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Great Lakes Avengers (Big Bertha, Doorman, Flatman, Mr. Immortal, Squirrel Girl), Monkey Joe

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: "Our li'l Doomanatrix", "the Naugahyde Kid" (by Big Bertha)

Base of Operations: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

First Appearance: GLA#1 (June, 2005)

Powers/Abilities: None

 

 

 

History:
(GLA#1 (fb)) - Seeing Mr. Immortal's classified ad seeking "costumed adventurers" with "special talents", leather-enthusiast Gene Lorrene went to the Milwaukee YMCA as Leatherboy; there, he met up with local heroes Big Bertha, Dinah Soar, Doorman, Flatman, and Mr. Immortal. He joined the others in forming the Great Lakes Avengers and was present long enough to appear in the first official team photo, but he was let go after his teammates learned that he didn't actually have any leather-based powers -- it turned out that he had just misread the personal ad (obviously, he thought it was for... something else).

(GLX-Mas Spec#1 (fb)) - "3 years ago...", Leatherboy crashed the GLA Christmas party, but was asked to leave.

(GLA#3) - Now wearing a costume resembling Dr. Doom's armor (but made of leather, of course (actually quite similar to the armor Doom forged from Valeria's flesh) ), Lorrene became enraged when a TV news broadcast announced that Squirrel Girl had been admitted into the GLA, yet they had never even asked him to return. Seeking revenge, the suede-scofflaw broke into GLA headquarters and snapped Mr. Immortal's neck, killing him (don't worry, he got better). Leatherboy then proceeded to brutally kill Squirrel Girl's pet squirrel, Monkey Joe. Just then, Big Bertha walked in...

(GLA#4) - ...and sat on Leather Boy, pinning him to the floor (an experience which he rather enjoyed). After the remaining members of the GLA returned, they took the leather-clad law-breaker to the police and then went off to combat the menace of Maelstrom.

(GLA#4 (BTS)) - When the Great Lakes Avengers were ordered to change their team name, they decided to call themselves "The Great Lakes X-Men" (GLX) and adopted new leather uniforms...all--unbeknownst to them--designed by Gene Lorrene.

(GLX-Mas Special#1 - BTS) - After learning of Lorrene's involvement in the design their new uniforms, the GLX members all returned to wearing their original costumes.

 

 

Comments: Created by Dan Slott and Paul Pelletier.

The GLA miniseries is a parody of various recent (at the time) grim, gritty, and depressing comic series - Avengers Disassembled, Identity Crisis, and so forth. The killer in Identity Crisis turned out to be Jean Loring, ex-wife of the Atom. The killer (well, of Monkey Joe, at least) in GLA turned out to be...*Gene Lorrene*. ARGH.
--Minor Irritant

Profile by John Kaminski

CLARIFICATIONS:
Leatherboy has no known connection to:

images:
GLA#1, p10, pan1 (main image)
  #3, p20, pan1 (head shot)
  #4, p9, pan1 (body shot)

Appearances:
GLA#1 (June, 2005) - Dan Slott (writer), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Rick Magyar (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
GLA#3-4 (August-September, 2005) - Dan Slott (writer), Paul Pelletier (pencils), Rick Magyar (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
GLX-Mas Special#1 (February, 2006) - Dan Slott (writer), Georges Jeanty (pencils), Drew Geraci (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)

Last updated: 12/16/06

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