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Leo is the name of several supervillains, all of whom are members of the Zodiac organization in the Marvel Universe.

Daniel Radford[]

Leo I

Daniel Radford

Real Name
Daniel Radford
First Appearance
Avengers (Vol. 1) #72 (January, 1970)
Creators
Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema
Team Affliations
Zodiac
Aliases
None
Base of Operations
Los Angeles, California
Powers
None
Skills and Abilities
Career Criminal, Criminal Leader
Paraphenalia
Claws

Daniel Radford was the first person to take on the role of Leo within the Zodiac organization.

Origin[]

A criminal recruited by a mysterious man named Taurus helped form the criminal organization known as Zodiac.

Biography[]

Not much is known about his early life (though it is known he was born under the star sign of Leo), but it can be assumed that Radford was a criminal who had been approached by Taurus at some point to join his Zodiac cartel. He was put in charge of the Zodiac's Los Angeles branch in the guise of Leo, with his real identity hidden from the world, including all Zodiac members save for Taurus. Also, he was head of Zodiac at any point his star sign was in ascendance.

Daniel Radford as Leo

Daniel Radford in costume

Radford was present when fellow Zodiac member Scorpio brought the defeated Avengers before the Zodiac to be executed for interfering with their business. However, it turned out to be a trap: who they thought was Scorpio was actually Nick Fury and he and the Avengers defeated the Zodiac together.

Leo took part in many schemes and criminal activities for the Zodiac cartel, including assisting in the capturing the entire island of Manhattan and attempting to murder everyone in Manhattan born under the sign of Gemini, only to be defeated again by the Avengers.

Radford, along with many other Zodiac members, was killed by android doppelgangers controlled by Zodiac member Scorpio. The android doppelganger went onto replace Radford.

Personality[]

Like the other members of the Zodiac cartel, he's a competent crime boss who was presumably ambitious enough to help form the cartel and is callous enough to murder a twelfth of the population of Manhattan to further his goals.

Skills and Abilities[]

Radford was a career criminal and was probably particularly skilled and talented in order to be selected by Van Lunt to join the Zodiac Cartel.  Due to the structure of the Zodiac Cartel's leadership, he also has criminal leadership experience in the period of July 22 to August 22 of each year he has been a member.

Paraphernalia[]

Claws - Daniel Radford's "Leo" costume came equipped with short claws that he would use in combat.

Leo LMD[]

Leo II

Leo LMD

Real Name
Leo
First Appearance
Defenders (Vol. 1) #48 (June, 1977)
Creators
David Kraft, Keith Giffen
Team Affiliations
Zodiac
Aliases
None
Base of Operations
Dallas, Texas
Powers
Super Strength
Skills and Abilities
Criminal Leader
Paraphernalia
Claws

The second Leo was an android known as a Life Model Decoy who was part of a Zodiac Cartel made up of androids, save for the leader Scorpio.

Origin[]

The second Leo was an android created by the villain Scorpio to serve as his agent.

Biography[]

Using the Life Model Decoy technology of SHIELD, the Zodiac member Scorpio created an entire army of androids to replace the original Zodiac cartel leaders. This included a human-looking android who was the replacement for the original Leo. This new Zodiac, including Leo, was activated earlier than planned by Scorpio when he need their help to defeat the Defenders, a superhero team made of disparate and often contentious members.

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