PHILIP LEROUPHILIP LEROU
Real Name: Philip Lerou (see comments)
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Correspondent
Group Membership: Unrevealed
Affiliations: Unidentified man with the story and cylindrical container
Enemies: While they weren't his enemies, the apparent Russian agents who took away the man with the story and cylinder were likely a threat to him
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
last seen in Moscow, Russia (see comments)
First Appearance: Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2 (October, 1977)
Powers/Abilities: Philip has unspecified reporting and communication skills.
He came into possession of cylindrical container of unrevealed nature.
Height: Unrevealed (he was only seen sitting
down, although he did not appear to be particularly short or tall;
likely between 5'6" and 6')
Weight: Unrevealed (perhaps 150 to 180 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (black and white comic)
Hair: Unrevealed (dark; presumably brown or black)
History:
(Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2 (fb) - BTS) -
When he wasn't bickering with Russian (see comment) officials, European
correspondent Philip collected the stories of the people of Moscow.
(Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2) - Seated at what
appeared to be a coffee shop or some other restaurant and sipping
coffee while reading the newspaper (a man walked past him and dropped a
small cylindrical container onto the table in front of him. A pair of
men -- whom Lerou presumed to be Russian security (see comments)
-- then apparently arrested the man, or at least took him into custody.
Staring at the cylinder, Philip wondered what he had gotten himself
mixed up with.
Comments: Created by John Warner, Val Mayerik, and Bob Wiacek.
This was a 5 panel (including one showing only
the exterior of the Kremlin) interlude (the second
interlude in a row) as the Conspiracy plotted against Bloodstone. The
cylindrical container was the key to some story (perhaps it was
microfiche or rolled up images or notes, although the sliding timescale
would allow it to be a thumb drive or something) I
don't believe it was ever resolved or followed up on, as the main plot
was dramatically resolved in Rampaging Hulk magazine#8/2.
Lerou or LeRou? It's impossible to tell when the story used all capital letters...
At the time of the story in the real world, Russia was part of the USSR, which broke up in 1991; the sliding timescale has caused the 13-15 years of the "modern era" to slip well past 1991, and so it was just Russia.
Similarly, while Lerou noted that he thought the men were KGB, the KGB broke apart in 1991 as well. Since they were within Moscow, I would think that this would be the modern Federal Security Service (FSB). Then again, it was only Lerou's assumption that the men were Russian agents.
In some unexplained way, he was intended to have some connection to Ulysses Bloodstone.
This profile was completed 2/27/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Snood.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Philip Lerou should be distinguished from
 | (Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2) - An unidentified man with an unrevealed story was present in some sort of coffee shop in Moscow, Russia. He discretely dropped some sort of cylindrical container (which would apparently reveal information about his story) onto the table in front of Russian correspondent Philip Lerou, who did not know him. Almost immediately thereafter a pair of what Lerou assumed to be Russian agents (see comments) grabbed the man by the arms and took him away. Note: See comments, but that's pretty much all we know. Had he planned to give the information to Lerou all along? Did he see the Russian agents and know that he was going to be taken away and just decide to Did he know who Lerou was? His story wasn't cylindrical, but whatever the container was that held the secret of his story was cylindrical...but it seemed like a more catchy title than "cylinder dropper." I was going to give the two men who grabbed the man a sub-profile, too, and the cylinder a sub-profile, too, but there's nothing we know about them that's not covered in the main or this sub-profile, so I didn't bother. |
 | (Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2 (fb) - BTS) - An unidentified man with an unrevealed story he wished to reveal put something (information, images, data, and/or something else) in some sort of cylindrical container. (Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2) - The unidentified man was present in some sort of coffee shop in Moscow, Russia. He discretely dropped some sort the cylindrical container onto the table in front of Russian correspondent Philip Lerou, who did not know him; it bounced ont he table in front of him, after which he picked it up. Almost immediately thereafter a pair of what Lerou assumed to be Russian agents (see comments) grabbed the man by the arms and took him away. Staring at the cylinder, Philip wondered what he had gotten himself mixed up with. |
(Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2) - Waiting in some sort of coffee shop in Moscow, Russia in observation of an unidentified man, two men grabbed the man by the arms and took him away. They were apparently unaware that the man had dropped some sort of cylindrical container (which would apparently reveal information about his story) into the possession of Russian correspondent Philip Lerou. Note: At the time of the story in the real world, Russia was part of the USSR, which broke up in 1991; the sliding timescale has caused the 13-15 years of the "modern era" to slip well past 1991, and so it was just Russia. Similarly, while Lerou noted that he thought the men were KGB, the KGB broke apart in 1991 as well.Since they were within Moscow, I would think that this would be the modern Federal Security Service (FSB). Then again, it was only Lerou's assumption that the men were Russian agents. |  |
Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2, pg. 8 (including the two pages of
prologues before the main story started), panel 4 (seated with coffee
and paper; and dropper standing nearby...with Russian agent seated
toward the back);
panel 5 (cylinder dropped);
panel 6 (man arrested by Russian agents?);
panel 7 (Philip considering the cylinder)
Appearances:
Rampaging Hulk magazine#5/2
(October, 1977) - John Warner (writer), Val Mayerik (penciler), Bob
Wiacek (inker), Ralph Macchio (associate editor), Roger Slifer
(editor), Roy Thomas & Len Wein (consulting editors)
First posted: 09/24/2021
Last updated: 09/23/2021
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