MARIO
RIZZO
Real
Name: Mario Rizzo
Identity/Class: Normal human
(citizen of Italy)
Occupation: Thief
Group
Membership: None
Affiliations: Thor (Thor
Odinson)
Enemies: Leonard
Tippit
Known
Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base
of Operations: Naples,
Italy
First
Appearance: Avengers
I#101 (July, 1972)
Powers/Abilities: Mario
Rizzo had no superhuman
powers but was mildly skilled at simple thievery.
History:
(Avengers
I#101 (fb) – BTS) – Mario Rizzo was named by the
cosmic Watcher as someone Leonard Tippit needed to kill in order to
“save
Earth.”
(Avengers
I#101) – Making a
meager existence stealing food to survive, Mario Rizzo was shocked to
see the
mental energy being Leonard Tippit just as Rizzo prepared to steal some
apples.
The Asgardian Thor arrived soon after in pursuit of Tippit, who zapped
Rizzo
with an energy blast, putting Rizzo into a coma.
Comments: Created by Harlan
Ellison, Roy Thomas,
Rich Buckler and Dan Adkins.
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Mario Rizzo has no known connections to
- Rizzo, criminal defeated by Black Widow
@ Amazing Adventures II#1
- Rizzo,
one
of the Rats of Central Park @ Thor I#364
- Rizzo,
Det. Sgt., police officer, transferred Jeff
Piper to organized crime bureau @ Code of Honor#2
- Rizzo, Daniel, brother of Thomas, killed in duty
@ Thunderstrike#8
- Rizzo,
Thomas, designed Officer ZERO, committed
suicide to stop ZERO @ Thunderstrike#8
- any other "Mario" or "Rizzo"
characters
images: (without ads)
Avengers I#101, p15, pan6 (Mario Rizzo, main image)
Avengers I#101, p15, pan4 (Mario Rizzo headshot)
Appearances:
Avengers I#101 (July, 1972) – Harlan Ellison (plot), Roy Thomas
(script), Rich
Buckler (pencils), Dan Adkins (inks), Stan Lee (editor)
Last
updated:
03/29/13
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
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