Claiming superiority and believing that the Zodiac would eventually kill the Avengers as the androids could never be stopped, Scorpio wanted to use the Key to transport everyone on the scene to the Key's native dimension where the conflict, he believed, could be prolonged indefinitely. The Zodiac Key immediately resurrected the Scorpio LMD. He battled Scorpio directly, seemingly destroying him.
A new Leo LMD helped the Zodiac gain an upper hand when the Avengers tracked the Zodiac to their refuge in Death Valley, California, but the first android Leo took offence at being replaced. In their initial foray, the Avengers failed, although several androids were destroyed. Immediately afterward, Van Lunt sought out the services of the Avengers' West Coast branch to confront and defeat the android Zodiac. He arranged the ambush in which the android Zodiac killed all of the remaining human Zodiac leaders except Cornelius van Lunt, alias Taurus. The Avengers managed to defeat the group and most were remanded into federal custody. The Zodiac LMD's were recruited by Quicksilver during his bout with temporary insanity, and Quicksilver ordered the Zodiac LMD's to destroy Avengers for their imagined wrongdoings. Scorpio went after his brother, Nick Fury, with his new group, but was defeated by Defenders and Moon Knight. Android Leo Īn android Leo was a Life Model Decoy created by Scorpio (Jacob Fury) in his "Theatre Of Genetics" to be part of his Zodiac crime organization. A new android version of the Zodiac later appeared, led by Scorpio in a new android body, massacred the human Zodiac, and took over their criminal operations. Taurus's faction attempted to kill the Zodiac dissident faction, but all twelve leaders were captured by the Avengers.
Led by Taurus, the Zodiac later attempted to kill all Manhattan residents born under the sign of Gemini as a show of power, but were thwarted by the Avengers. The Zodiac was infiltrated by Nick Fury, posing as Scorpio the Zodiac fought the Avengers and escaped. Each member was based in a different American city as part of his nationwide criminal network, with the ultimate goal of world economic and political domination. The Zodiac Cartel was founded by Cornelius van Lunt (Taurus), handpicking the eleven other members van Lunt concealed his own identity, while he was the only one who knew the identities of the others. Leo appeared as part of the "Zodiac" entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #20.įictional character biography Daniel Radford Leoĭaniel Radford is a founding member of the Zodiac, and his base of operations was Los Angeles, California. 1974), Iron Man #184 (July 1984), and The West Coast Avengers vol. The character subsequently appears in The Avengers #120-123 (Feb.–May 1974), Ghost Rider #7 (Aug. 1970), and was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema. The original Leo first appeared in The Avengers #72 (Jan.