List of Marvel Comics characters: L

La Bandera is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Wolverine vol. 2 #19.

La Bandera was a young mutant with the power to influence groups of people to do whatever she wills. Additionally, La Bandera could fire energy blasts from her staff, the potency of which was determined by the number of people she was "inspiring" at the time.^[1]

La Bandera is later reportedly slain by Zeitgeist.^[2]

Lactuca the Knower is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Planet-Size X-Men #1 (August 2021), created by Gerry Duggan and Pepe Larraz.

Lactuca is a mutant from Arakko and a member of the Great Ring of Arakko, acting a consultant on all matters related to the heavens. She assisted in the relocation of Arakko to Mars.^[3] During the Eternals' assault on the new Planet Arakko, Lactuca helped disable the enemy's weapons.^[4][5]

When Genesis returned to Arakko and confronted the Great Ring for their perceived weakness in their conflict with the Eternals, Lactuca was initially neutral until it became clear that Genesis was using the Annihilation Staff to influence other members of the Ring. In the interest of balance, Lactuca teleported Storm and her allies away. Throughout the civil war that followed, Lactuca remained a neutral observer and took no action on behalf of either faction.^[6][7]

Lady Deadpool is a character from Marvel Comics. The character, created by Victor Gischler and Robert Liefeld, first appeared in Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #7 (January 2010). She is depicted as a lone rebel, leading a resistance against a group of loyalists serving a fascist regime led by General America in Washington, D.C.^[10]

She is the female counterpart of Deadpool and a member of the Deadpool Corps. Hailing from an alternate universe (Earth-3010), her story unfolds in a dystopian reality where the United States is fractured and on the brink of collapse. In this world, Lady Deadpool navigates complex alliances and battles to thwart a rebellion, ultimately facing off against the cosmic entity Awareness, whose insatiable appetite for destruction threatens all existence.^[11]

Lady Hellbender (Marguerite Hellbender) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was created by Greg Pak and Frank Cho, first appearing in Totally Awesome Hulk #1 (December 2015).

Hellbender is an alien originating from the planet Seknarf Nine. As a child, her father sold her pet Beez to pay his gambling debts. Beez was forced into a gladiatorial arena and killed in battle, traumatizing Hellbender.^[15]

As an adult, Hellbender travels the galaxy, hunting and capturing monsters to bring them to a sanctuary on Seknarf Nine. She comes into conflict with Amadeus Cho, who has also been battling monsters. When Amadeus defeats Fin Fang Foom, Hellbender captures him, believing him to be the strongest monster on Earth. Amadeus battles Hellbender's captive monsters before escaping.^[16]

Lady Lark (Linda Lewis), later named Skylark, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Avengers #85 (February 1971), and was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. Lady Lark is based on the DC Comics characters Black Canary and Hawkgirl.

Lady Lotus (also known as Lotus Newmark) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Lady Lotus first appeared in The Invaders #37 (Feb. 1979), and was created by Don Glut, Rick Hoberg, Chic Stone and Alan Kupperberg.

Lady Lotus was born in Japan, and exhibited strong psychic powers at a young age. She developed these abilities through constant meditation, and supplemented her powers with the sacred lotus flower. At the age of 21, she moved to the United States. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States began holding Japanese-Americans in concentration camps to determine their loyalties. Disgusted by this, Lady Lotus took refuge in New York's Chinatown and opened a curio shop called "The House of Lotus". She cast a subtle hypnotic suggestion over anyone who came into the store, convincing her customers that she was actually Chinese. Angered at how her people were being treated by the Americans, she vowed to destroy the United States, and allied with the Axis Powers.^[23] Lotus becomes an enemy of the Invaders.

Lady Lotus possesses the ability to hypnotize others from miles away, forcing them to obey her will. She can also psychically project images into a crystal ball, cast mental illusions and had limited powers of precognition. Exposure to lotus flowers heightened her powers, and she would bathe for an hour in a bath of the flowers to increase her abilities. Due to apparent mystical means, she also does not age.

Lady Shadra is an evolved humanoid black panther created by the High Evolutionary as one of his New Men, animals given humanoid form and intelligence. She was a member of her master's high guard, the Knights of Wundagore, and had her own squire named Gulo. Together they took part in the earliest battle against the Man-Beast after he ousted the Evolutionary from his own citadel, and later joined their creator on his journey into space.^[24]

Her exploits became the favorite stories of the New Men tale-weaver Prosimia, and her armor would be taken up by Kitty Pryde in her own battle against the Man-Beast sometime later.^[25]

Lady Stilt-Man (Callie Ryan) is a criminal inspired by Stilt-Man. Deadpool defeats her by removing a manhole cover, causing one of her legs to fall in, and her other to step onto a high heel attached to the top of a truck. She does not appear to be connected to any of the other Stilt-Men, and claims she is using the name as an "homage". This version is more clumsy and uncoordinated, and Spider-Man himself says she is "trying too hard."^[26]

In the "Villains for Hire" miniseries, Lady Stilt-Man reappears as a member of Misty Knight's villain subgroup for Heroes for Hire going by just "Stilt-Man".^[27] Lady Stilt-Man is later recruited by Max Fury to join the Masters of Evil.^[28]

Lady Yulan is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was created by Jed MacKay and Alessandro Cappuccio, and first appeared in Moon Knight vol. 9 #16 (October 2022).

Lady Yulan was born in the Yuan dynasty and was raised from birth to be an assassin before she was turned into a vampire through Chinese alchemy. Yulan left China and spent the next centuries creating her own clandestine criminal empire called Clan Yulan, eventually establishing her own vampire territory in New York City by the present day.^[29]Moon Knight approaches her for information regarding the Tutor, a former vampire acquaintance of hers, which she obliges due to her hatred of the Tutor.^[29]

In the "Gang War" storyline, Lady Yulan is shown to have territories within East Village and the Lower East Side within New York's criminal underworld. When tensions between the criminal organizations escalates to a city-wide war, she engages in a turf war with Mister Negative and the Inner Demons due to the preexisting animosity between the two and the close proximity of their territories. The destruction wrought between the two forces Shang-Chi and the Five Weapons Society to intervene.^[30]

In the "Blood Hunt" storyline, Lady Yulan confronts Reese, Soldier, and 8-Ball of the Midnight Mission commenting that she locked down Chinatown and that Earth will become a world of monsters. After a brief fight with Reese, Yulan escapes.^[31]

As a vampire created through alchemy, Lady Yulan is immune to aging and presumably possesses the same powers and weaknesses of other vampires.^[29]

Adria Lafayette is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 (2015), but was initially unnamed. She was named Adria in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (vol. 2), a change inspired by her counterpart from the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur animated series.

Adria Lafayette is the mother of Lunella Lafayette.^[32]

James Lafayette is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1 (2015), but was initially unnamed. He was named James in Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (vol. 2), a change inspired by his counterpart from the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur animated series.

James Lafayette is the father of Lunella Lafayette.^[32]

Lamprey is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared in the original Squadron Supreme series. He was initially created as a pastiche of the DC ComicssupervillainParasite.

Donald McGuiggin is a professional criminal and member of the criminal group called the Institute of Evil on the Squadron's alternate Earth. He has the power to drain energy from other living beings and duplicate their superhuman powers.

Lamprey is one of the Institute members captured by the Squadron and subjected to the Behavior Modification process invented by Squadron member Tom Thumb, altering his personality. He joins the Squadron and aids them in their efforts to conquer the world in order to turn it into a utopia.^[36]

Squadron member Nighthawk objected to the extreme methods the Squadron was using to achieve its goals, and left the group. Haywire tricks Lamprey into undergoing Behavior Modification brainwashing along with several of the former Institute of Evil criminals, using a device created by Master Menace. Nighthawk uses them to form his own group, the America Redeemers, who fought back against the Squadron's "benevolent" tyranny.^[37]

The Redeemers enter an all-out battle against the remaining Squadron members at Squadron City. During this battle, Lamprey tries to absorb the power of Doctor Spectrum, but is overwhelmed by energy and dies.^[38]

Dr. David Langford is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Len Kaminski and Ron Wagner, he first appeared in Morbius: The Living Vampire #1 (September 1992).

A business partner to Doctor Paine, he worked to create Morbius' experimental blood disease cure which backfired (which is partially due to the Lilin Fang on Lilith's behalf and later turned into Bloodthrist) and killed Martine Bancroft to cover his actions, but was ultimately killed by Morbius out of vengeance.^[39]

Lasher is the name used by a symbiote in Marvel Comics. The symbiote, created by David Michelinie and Ron Lim, first appeared in Venom: Lethal Protector #4 (May 1993), and was named by a Planet of the Symbiotes action figure, before being canonized in Carnage, U.S.A. #2 (March 2012).^[40] It was created as one of five symbiote "children" forcefully spawned from the Venom symbiote along with Riot, Agony, Phage and Scream. Lasher is usually depicted as a green symbiote with four tendrils which protrude from its back.

Petra Laskov is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics' alternate Ultimate Marvel imprint. The character, created by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch, first appeared in The Ultimates 2 #9 (December 2005). Petra is a Syrian female mutant.

The wife of Georgian activist Nikolai Laskov, Petra was held at gunpoint and forced to kill Nikolai. Nonetheless, her (and Nikolai's) child was killed.^[53]

Years later, Petra is the supervillain Swarm (aka Insect Queen) of the Liberators group, which invades the United States to kill many to put a stop to perceived American aggression.^[53] A showdown with the Ultimates resulted in Laskov being defeated by the Wasp.^[54]

However, she returns as the superheroine Red Wasp of the Avengers led by Nick Fury and Gregory Stark.^[55] The Avengers fight and defeat the Red Skull, and later Petra (disguised as a nurse) killed her family's executioner in a hospital.^[56]

The Laughing Mask (Dennis Burton) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a Timely Comics Golden Age superhero which appeared in Daring Mystery Comics #2, 1940, and reappeared in The Twelve.^[58][59]

Dennis Burton was a deputy district attorney who took to murdering criminals in the vein of Marvel's later Punisher, although the Laughing Mask used a phosphorescent mask to scare his victims prior to the kill.

His one Golden Age story was reprinted in The Twelve #0.

For unknown reasons he became the Purple Mask (Daring Mystery Comics #3–4) and was the cover feature on Daring Mystery Comics #3. The first Purple Mask story was reprinted in Daring Mystery 70th Anniversary Special.

Michael J. Vasallo identifies the Falcon (appearing in Daring Mystery Comics #5–6) as a revamp of The Purple Mask.^[60] That character was also a deputy district attorney, but his name was Carl Burgess and was, in terms of continuity, a distinct character. The Falcon appeared on the cover of Daring Mystery Comics #5. The Falcon did not kills his foes per se, but he allowed them to be killed by their own actions.

Lauri-Ell is a Kree warrior and a supporting character in Kelly Thompson's 2020 run on Captain Marvel, first appearing in issue #18.

During the Empyre event, Captain Marvel is given Ronan's hammer by Hulkling and is officially made the Accuser of the newly-formed Kree/Skrull Alliance. Hulking sends Carol on a mission to K'in-Al, a first experimental colony world where Kree and Skrull could live together in peace. Hulking reveals to Carol that the city was destroyed in an explosion and that his men had been in a stalemate with the one responsible ever since. Arriving on the scene, the suspect surrenders immediately and reveals herself to be Lauri-ell, a soldier who was artificially bred by Kree scientists using the DNA of two powerful warriors. Using the hammer, Carol sees a vision of her mother Mari-Ell, confirming that she and Lauri-Ell are half-sisters. Lauri-ell maintains that she is innocent but states that she understands that Carol's role as Accuser necessitates her arrest but Carol defies her orders and smuggles Lauri-Ell to Earth while she conducts her investigation into the bombing.^[61] Carol and her team discover that anti-Kree criminal Wastrel is responsible for destroying the colony and Lauri-Ell's name is cleared. During a battle with the Cotati, Lauri-Ell picks up the hammer when Carol is disabled and officially becomes the new Accuser.^[62]

Demetrius Lazer is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Chris Claremont, Randy Green and Aaron Lopresti, first appeared in Decimation: House of M - The Day After #1 (November 2005).

Demetrius Lazer was a director of O*N*E and Sentinel Squad O*N*E while being an antagonistic colleague of Valerie Cooper.^{[63][64][65][66]}

Leather Boy (Gene Lorrene) is a villain in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Dan Slott and Paul Pelletier, first appeared in G.L.A. #1 (June 2005).

Gene Lorrene is a BDSM-obsessed individual who answered an ad left in the paper by Mister Immortal to join his team the Great Lakes Avengers as Leather Boy. When they discovered that he did not have any superpowers, he was immediately booted off the team.^[67] Much later, Leather Boy, now donning a Doctor Doom-inspired version of his outfit, learned of Squirrel Girl's indoctrination into the team and set out to take revenge. He broke into their base and killed Squirrel Girl's companion Monkey Joe. However, Leather Boy was immediately stopped by Big Bertha who had just returned from a modeling session, and was defeated by being sat on by her. The rest of the team returned home and interrogated him where he revealed that Doctor Doom had battled the Fantastic Four in Greenwich Village hence why he was wearing a Doom-inspired costume, it had been "all the rage" in his area. Leather Boy was dropped off at the police station shortly afterwards.^[68]

Leather Boy once again tried to take revenge on Squirrel Girl by kidnapping Tippy-Toe at a Deadpool cosplay contest she was hosting. The real Deadpool, who had at that point gained total sympathy for her, caught Leather Boy and proceeded to allow the local squirrels to take revenge for their fallen comrade Monkey Joe.^[69]

Lectronn (Tommy Samuels) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comicsuniverse. Created by Sholly Fisch and James Fry, he first apepared in Marvel Age #49 (January 1987).

As a child, Tommy Samuels contracted polio and lost the use of his legs. Years later, an alien came to Earth looking for a worthy person to bestow power upon. He chose Samuels, and granted him atomic powers and healed his legs. Thrilled with his new powers, Samuels becomes the hero Lectronn, but soon learns the responsibility associated with his powers.

Lectronn later appears in the Civil War storyline, where he is apprehended by Iron Man and Spider-Man after opposing the Superhuman Registration Act. The one-shot Civil War: Battle Damage Report elaborates on the circumstances of his early activities, retirement, and return to action.^[70]

Ganke Lee^[71] is a supporting character in stories featuring Miles Morales / Spider-Man. The character, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, first appeared in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (vol. 2) #2 (November 2011), which was published as part of Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel line of books, which are set in a universe and continuity separate from the "mainstream" Marvel Universe.

Ganke is a Korean-American boy and Miles's classmate,^[72] best friend and confidant. After the accident behind Miles's superhuman abilities, Ganke is the first one with whom Miles shares this secret,^[73] and is the one who immediately suggests that Miles use these new powers as the new Spider-Man.^[72][74][75] Marvel Comics ended the Ultimate Marvel imprint with the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline,^[76] in which the Marvel Universe was merged with other alternate universes (including the Ultimate Universe).^[77][78][79]Molecule Man's efforts transported Miles, Ganke and their respective families and friends to the mainstream universe.^[80]

Ganke befriends Danika Hart, a YouTuber obsessed with Spider-Man. He acts as an indirect source for Danika, but asks to be called "Ned" rather than use his real name.^[81][82]

Left Hand (Diego Casseas) is a supervillain from Marvel Comics. The character, created by Fabian Nicieza and Mark Bagley, first appeared in The New Warriors #16 (October 1991).

He is a member of the Folding Circle. Diego Casseas' wife was one of the brides of the Dragon's Breadth cult that Diego's military unit, the "Half-Fulls", encountered in Cambodia during the Vietnam war. The cult had been breeding superhumans for centuries, hoping to tap into the vast power of the Well of All Things, a mystic portal in an ancient temple. The Half-Fulls became part of this breeding program, each member fathering a child with a cult member. Diego's wife died and their daughter was left comatose after the fall of an elevator. Diego, having studied sorcery, stole his daughter's powers ten years later and became the Left Hand.^[88]

The Left Hand had the ability to access and manipulate the energy of the Darkforce Dimension. He used this ability to project blasts of extreme concussive force (sufficient to kill a human being with little effort), and to teleport himself and others over long distances.

Leonus is a lion-like Inhuman who is one of several Inhuman criminals who Black Bolt finds guilty of treason and banishes to another dimension. When the Hulk attacks Lockjaw, he teleports the Hulk to the dimension where the evil Inhumans have been banished. Maximus appears and recruits them all as part of his military takeover of Attilan, and teleports them all back to the Hidden Land. Maximus seeks a device created by the ancient Inhuman scientist Romnar, which can absorb people. The evil Inhumans use the Hulk to gain access to the device, and build a ray gun to attack Black Bolt. The evil Inhumans squabble over the device for their own ideals of conquest, and Black Bolt is able to defeat them. To try to regain Black Bolt's favor, the evil Inhumans try to stop the Hulk as he rampages through Attilan, but only Black Bolt is able to stop the Hulk.^[89]

Lifeforce is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Cable (vol. 1) #17 (September, 1994) and was created by Jeph Loeb and Steve Skroce.

Along with the rest of the Dark Riders, Lifeforce was sent to hunt down mutants found unfit by their leader Genesis. Their first target was the former Dark Rider Foxbat. Lifeforce maliciously sucked the life out of him, leaving him for dead. As the Dark Riders went up against a few of the X-Men, Lifeforce battled Domino but was defeated. Lifeforce eventually joined her comrades Spyne and Hurricane in breaking the mutant Cyber out of prison. She was killed during an adamantium bonding process on Wolverine when the latter rejected the adamantium, causing shrapnel to stab into her body.^[90]

Lifter (Ned Lathrop) is a mutantsupervillain in the Marvel Comicsuniverse. He was created by Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Captain America Annual #4 (1977).

Lifter first appears as a member of the second incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.^[91] His name has been included on a list of Mutants who have been depowered by the events of House of M and "Decimation" that was printed by Wizard Magazine. However the accuracy of the list has been disputed,^[92] and Lifter has not yet been listed or shown as depowered in any Marvel Comics publications.

Lifter's mutant power gives him the ability to lift heavy objects by canceling the effect of gravity upon them.

Lifter appeared as part of the "Mutant Force" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9.

Lightbright (Obax Majid) first appeared in Silver Sable #16, (September 1993), and was created by Gregory Wright and Steven Butler.

At one point in her life, Lightbright was apprehended by the Bio-Genes, a part of the terrorist group Hydra, due both to her mutant powers and the fact she was a Somali rebel. The Bio-Genes were defeated by Silver Sable and her Wild Pack organization. Battlestar offered Lightbright a chance to redeem herself and she agreed to join the group. Joining the Wild Pack on several of its missions, Lightbright apparently liked the idea of being a super-hero. However, the group disbanded.

Lightbright, one of the few mutants to keep their mutant powers after M-Day, is a photokinetic, able to generate and manipulate heat and light energy in a variety of ways. In addition to flight and creating powerful blasts of energy, she can glow with a light which induces calm in people.

When next seen, Lightbright was one of the many heroes who opposed the Super-hero Registration Act during the Civil War event. Returning to her rebellious ways, she was stopped by Iron Man, Spider-Man and the local police.

William Lincoln is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by David W. Mack and Joe Quesada, first appeared in Daredevil vol. 2 #9 (December 1999). The character is the father of Maya Lopez / Echo.

Lin Feng, later known as War Fist, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Shuizhu and artist Gunji, and made his first appearance in Warriors of Three Sovereigns #11 (July 2019). He is the older brother of Lin Lie, the former Sword Master and current Iron Fist.

Lin Feng and his archeologist father go missing while excavating the tomb of the dark god Chiyou, prompting Feng's younger brother Lin Lie to take up the Sword of Fu Xi he received from their father and search for them, while beginning a superhero career as Sword Master.^[93][94] However, Feng had actually pledged himself to Chiyou, who imbued him with his power and sent him off to unseal his three tombs.^[95][96]

When the Sword of Fu Xi is destroyed, Feng destroys Chiyou's first tomb before making his way to destroy the second one with an army of Chiyou's demons.^[97] He is confronted by Lie, who became the new Iron Fist after the Sword's destruction and fails to convince his brother into joining him.^[98] Feng is wounded by Lie as Sparrow arrives with reinforcements from K'un-Lun to back up Iron Fist; having anticipated this, Feng steals her portal to K'un-Lun, where Chiyou's third tomb is located. With Iron Fist, the Yu-Ti and K'un-Lun's best warriors trapped on Earth, Feng has his army sack K'un-Lun in search of the tomb.^[99]

During the A.X.E.: Judgment Day crossover event, Feng continues to raze K'un-Lun while Loki offers to bring Iron Fist to him. However, due to the intervention of the Progenitor, Loki reneges on his deal. Feng is also subjected to judgement by the Progenitor, who gives him a failing judgement.^[100]

In Deadly Hands of K'un-Lun, Feng leads his army to in destroying the other Capital Cities of Heaven and kills the Immortal Weapons. Feng then targets Attilan and sends the Steel Serpent and the War Fists to invade New York City to find the Inhuman Tower of Wisdom, but they are stopped by Lie and his allies.^[101] Feng decides to lead the invasion himself and confronts his brother in battle. Feng uses his sorcery to extract the Sword of Fu Xi's shards from Lie's arms and forges them into the Sword of Chiyou, which he then uses to sever Lie's right arm.^[102] However, Feng's plans fall apart when more of Lie's allies arrive as backup, resulting in his portal's destruction and losing his control over the War Fists. Desperate and goaded by Chiyou's voice, Feng uses Chiyou's Soul Orbs and Sword to revive him, who takes over Feng's body.^[103] Chiyou is defeated by Lie, which allows Feng to regain control over his body. However, Loki stabs Feng from behind with the Sword of Chiyou, which seals Chiyou within it, and takes Feng prisoner. Having renounced Chiyou, Feng discovers that he still has a sliver of his power and declares himself as the Immortal War Fist.^[104]

Lion is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first was created by Simon Furman and Geoff Senior, and debuted in Dragon's Claws #1 (May 1988). The second was created by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Juan Doe, and debuted in Fear Itself: Monkey King #1 (September 2011).

Live Wire (Rance Preston) is a character in Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Fantastic Four Annual #5 (November 1967), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character subsequently appears in Marvel Two-in-One #70 (December 1980), and then as a member of the Circus of Crime in Ghost Rider (vol. 2) #72–73 (September–October 1982).

Rance Preston was born in Houston, Texas. His weapon is an electrified lariat of which he is a master. He also has various skills that he learned working on a ranch as a cowboy, such as horseback riding. He was once an agent of the Psycho-Man.^[107] Live Wire later teamed up with Shellshock, another former agent of the Psycho-Man.^[108]

Live Wire frees the Circus of Crime from a prison wagon on its way to the penitentiary, and he then joins the group.^[109] The group captures Power Man, but with the help of Black Goliath, Power Man defeats the Circus.^[110] Live Wire also fights the original Ghost Rider as part of the Circus of Crime.^[111]

While battling John Steele, Live Wire was apparently accidentally eaten by Princess Python's pet snake.^[28]

Live Wire has an electrified cable that he uses as a lariat. Anyone ensnared by it suffers damage from the electricity. He wears insulated gloves and clothing that protects him from electricity.

Living Diamond is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. first appeared in X-Men #39 (December 1967), and was created by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth.

Jack Winters was a criminal whose latent mutations were activated by exposure to atomic radiation, which gave him flexible living diamond-like hands, telepathy, and teleportation. After further exposure to radiation, his entire body took on the same diamond-like properties.^[112] Living Diamond tries to convince Cyclops to convince Scott to join him in a life of crime, but Professor X intervened. Professor X used an ultrasonic vibration inducer to subdue the Living Diamond. When Living Diamond resisted, he exploded and was killed.^[113]

Living Diamond survived and went on to join Department H. Now known as Jack O'Diamonds, he is paired up with Wolverine by Colonel Bernardo to go after Mesmero and Wildlife (who was actually an amnesiac and mind-controlled Beast). Jack O'Diamonds attacks Wolverine, who kills him by shattering his body^[114]

Years later, when Black Talon was battling She-Hulk, he resurrected Living Diamond, Changeling, Scaleface, and Harry Leland as the X-Humed.^[115] Black Talon is unable to control all of them at once, with Changeling breaking free of Black Talon's control long enough for She-Hulk to stop the X-Humed.^[116]

Living Totem is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in Rawhide Kid #22 (March 1961).

The Living Totem is an alien resembling a totem pole who crash-landed on Earth and fought Rawhide Kid, who tricked it into falling into a ravine.^[117] Years later, the Totem climbed its way out and was recovered by Iron Mask, who wanted to use it as part of his own supervillain gang, but the Totem was buried under a collapsing cliff by the time-stranded West Coast Avengers.^[118]

At some later point, the adventurer Ulysses Bloodstone unsuccessfully searched for the Totem.^[119]

Llan the Sorcerer is an extradimensional entity and enemy of Alpha Flight, specifically Talisman. Once every 10,000 years, he manifests on Earth and attempts to corrupt, conquer and annex it into the Twisted Realms, a coalition of predominantly 'evil' dimensions (such as Svartalfheim). This plot culminates in opening The Gateway of Night; a magical nexus point the Twisted Realms can converge at and invade through, located in the northern wastes of Canada. However, by decree of Eternity, he must follow strict ritualistic rules of engagement against a mortal avatar of the Talisman power acting in Earth's defense. Despite ultimately being thwarted each time, his penchant for vast collateral damage was enough to implicate him in "the great devastation" 20,000 years before modern day. Elizabeth Twoyoungmen implies that Canada's propensity towards eldritch mystical threats stems from Llan's routine incursions.^[120]

Llyron is the son of Llyra and was genetically accelerated in age by Llyra so that he might take the crown of Atlantis. His mother Llyra was a Lemurian/human hybrid and a foe of Namor. She decided to conceive a child with Namor and introduce him as a successor to the Atlantean throne. After discovering that Namor was sterile, Llyra instead seduced a human named Leon McKenzie to create Llyron. Leon's father Lawrence was Namor's half-brother via their father Leonard, thus making Leon Namor's nephew and by extension Llyron is Namor's great nephew. The Atlantean Council voted Namor off the throne, and declared Llyron to be his rightful heir. However, the sorceress Morgan le Fay raised Atlantis from the ocean floor, and in the resulting chaos Llyron left with a number of Atlantean refugees to find a new home.

Llyron is named after his maternal grandfather Llyron who was Lemurian. His maternal grandmother was a human named Rhonda Morris.

He has resurfaced in the Thunderbolts series, as the leader of Fathom Five, a militant Atlantean splinter group determined to destroy humanity. Llyron was defeated and nearly killed by Radioactive Man. He escaped and returned to Atlantis, only to discover that he had radiation poisoning, and furthermore had spread the poisoning among the Atlantean population. Radioactive Man was able to reverse the poisoning.^[121]

Llyron has super-human strength, agility, endurance, and some resistance to physical and energy attacks. He also possesses gills, allowing him to breathe underwater as well as on land, and can swim incredibly fast compared to humans. Llyron is resistant to cold, presumably another adaptation to undersea life.

The Lobo Brothers are two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The brothers are Carlos and Eduardo and are later joined by their sister: Esmeralda Lobo. They first appeared in Spectacular Spider-Man #143 (October 1988) and were created by Gerry Conway and Sal Buscema.

Carlos and Eduardo Lobo grew up in poverty on the streets of Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico, surviving by stealing and scavenging for food. As a teenager, Eduardo had fallen in love with a girl named Esmelda Valdez, the daughter of a wealthy ranch owner. The two had a romantic relationship until it was discovered by Esmelda's brother Ramón. One full moon night, Ramón and his men ambushed the two lovers and tried to drive Eduardo away by using whips on him. Pain and rage from this whipping triggered Eduardo's mutant ability to transform into a werewolf-like form, causing him to kill Ramón, his men, and Esmelda. Carlos later discovers that he possesses the same abilities as Eduardo. The brothers then turned to crime using their powers to unite all the mobs of South Texas into Los Hermanos De La Luna. The Lobo Brothers were so successful that they not only gained a mansion in a Dallas suburb but drew the attention of the Arranger, the Kingpin's lieutenant. The Arranger used the Persuader to brainwash the Punisher into attempting an assassination of the Lobo Brothers. The plan failed thanks to Spider-Man's interference and the iron will of the Punisher, who ended up killing the Persuader instead. The Lobo Brothers knew who was responsible for the attempt and they vowed revenge.^[122]

Soon after arriving in New York, Eduardo encounters Glory Grant, secretary of J. Jonah Jameson, and plans to seduce her.^[123][124] During a subsequent meeting with the Kingpin, Glory kills Eduardo, claiming she was aiming at Spider-Man and missed.^[125]

Sometime later, Carlos was eventually released (or escaped) and along his sister Esmeralda started to run a new criminal organization - the Lobo Cartel in Mexico. Among their illicit operations, in at least one occasion they agreed to human trafficking to supply the Roxxon Energy Corporation's request of "living test subjects". The Cartel filled a truck with people that they intended to deliver to Roxxon at Houston Harbor. However, at the behest of a mysterious old man called Mr. Moctezuma, the Cartel let a girl called Aracely be placed at the last minute with those in the truck before departing for Houston.

After Aracely turned out to have survived this ordeal and an enforcer of Moctezuma called the Salamander, the Lobo siblings were called to finish her, but were defeated by Scarlet Spider.^[126] Moctezuma kills Carlos and reveals that he needs Hummingbird to be killed so that the Sixth Creation can begin.^[127]

During the "Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy" storyline, Eduardo Lobo is resurrected by Jackal and his company New U Technologies.^[128]

The Lobo brothers are mutants who can both transform into werewolf-like forms. This gives them superhuman physical abilities both while transformed and in their human forms.

Dog Logan is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the elder half-brother of Wolverine. He first appeared in Origin #1 (September 2001), and was created by Bill Jemas, Paul Jenkins, Joe Quesada and Andy Kubert.

Dog is a servant on the Howlett estate in the late 19th century, located in Alberta, Canada. His father Thomas Logan works as groundskeeper of the Howlett estate. As an adolescent, Dog is the playmate of James Howlett and Rose O'Hara. The three children are good friends. At one point, Dog saves James from drowning in a river. However, Dog gets frequent beatings from his abusive alcoholic father for spending time with members of the upper class.^[129] As a young teenager, Dog is cruel, sadistic and brash, going so far as to make unwanted sexual advances toward Rose. James, witnessing and foiling a later attempt by Dog to assault Rose sexually, reports the incident to John Howlett Jr. Dog kills James's dog in retaliation, resulting in both Dog's and Thomas's expulsion from the estate (for failing to rein in his son). Enraged, Thomas returns to the Howlett estate later that night with Dog and tells Elizabeth Howlett, James's mentally-disturbed mother, that he was leaving and that he plans to take her with him - implying he is James' father. Thomas and Dog, however, are soon discovered by John as he comes into the bedroom. The two men quickly engage in a heated verbal exchange that culminates with Thomas shooting John in the head with the shotgun he was carrying. Just when Thomas pulls the trigger, James walks into the room and witnesses his father's death. The trauma of the event triggers James' mutant powers, particularly his bone claws, and he uses them against Thomas and Dog, resulting in Thomas's death and Dog being slashed severely across his face, leaving three large scars.^[130] Elizabeth loses her fragile hold on her sanity and screams insults at James, who runs crying from the room and house with Rose pursuing him. Elizabeth kills herself in front of Dog moments later using Thomas' gun. As the only survivor left at the scene when the police arrived, Dog fraudulently-reports that Rose is responsible.^[131]

Years later, Dog is hired by John Howlett Sr. (James's grandfather) to track James. Dog accepted, but with the intention of killing James rather than return him to his dying grandfather. Now fully grown, Dog is large and powerfully built with lightly colored hair.^[132] He eventually tracks James to the mining town where he and Rose have been staying since they ran from the Howlett estate. Dog spends some time in the town, learning James' habits and watches as James and Smitty, the foreman of the camp and James' close friend, participate in a cage fight. James, despite being enraged over Smitty's relationship with Rose, allows Smitty to win the fight. After the fight, Dog suddenly attacks James. During the fight, Dog claims that he is responsible for John Howlett's death (even though Dog's father is actually the one responsible). James manages to defeat Dog and extends his bone claws, preparing to kill him. However, Rose suddenly arrives. As James prepares to strike, Rose runs into his claws and is fatally wounded. Grief-stricken, James runs from the camp and into the forest, leaving Dog behind.^[133]

Later in the Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine mini series, Dog encounters Spider-Man travelling through time. Dog enters a mine containing the glowing diamonds responsible for Spider-Man's time travel. The diamonds send him to the present day.^[134]

In the present day, Dog Logan is seen alive in the Canadian wilderness, obsessed with reading newspaper articles about Wolverine creating his own school.^[135] While in the future (the present) in his cabin, he is greeted by a future version of himself who tells him it was time for him to start hunting his brother in the Savage Land, without giving out anything of the outcome of the battle. Through unknown means, he made it to the Savage Land and shot down his brother with a laser pistol while he was jumping around the trees in order to teach Wolverine a lesson.^[136]

Dog was offered a teaching job at the Hellfire Club's Hellfire Academy, where he became a gym teacher.^[137] Amidst the destruction of the Hellfire Academy, Dog escapes into the Siege Perilous.^[138]

Lodestone is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Logos is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Terry Kavanagh and Adam Pollina, the character first appeared in The Rise of Apocalypse #1 (August 1996). He is an acquaintance of En Sabah Nur during ancient Egypt times.^[149]

Lodus Logos is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Al Ewing and Guiu Vilanova, he first appeared in S.W.O.R.D. (vol. 2) #8 (November 2021).

Lodus Logos is an ArakkiiOmega-level mutant with the ability to create and manipulate metal with his voice. A renowned poet, he sat on the Great Ring of Arakko, consulted on matters related to artistic expression. After Arakko is relocated to Mars and Storm becomes its new regent, he befriends her.^[150]

After Arakko is nearly destroyed by the Eternal Uranos, Lodus proposes a new direction for the island and its people, prompting Storm to yield the regency of Arakko to him.^[151] When Genesis returns to Arakko and incites a civil war, Lodus sides with Storm.^[6]

Longneck (William Hanover) is a character appearing in X-Men comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Grant Morrison and Phil Jimenez, first appearing in New X-Men #140 (April 2003).

Longneck was a student at Xavier Institute, whose mutation led to his neck become longer. He had been a member of Cyclops' Street team X-Men to battle against Xorn during his rampage through New York. He was depowered after "M-Day".^[152]

Lord Dark Wind (Kenji Oyama) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the father of X-MensupervillainessLady Deathstrike and Lord Deathstrike and the inventor of the adamantium bonding process. The character first appeared in Daredevil #196 (July 1983).^[153] He was created by Denny O'Neil, Larry Hama, and Klaus Janson.

Professor Kenji Oyama was a Japanese scientist who was also a powerful crime lord known as Lord Dark Wind. Kenji is most famous for inventing the adamantium-to-bone bonding process that would be used on Wolverine, Bullseye, and others. He is also the father of Yuriko Oyama, the woman who would later become Lady Deathstrike, and Lord Deathstrike/Kazou Oyama,^[154] a Japanese mobster, later killed by Punisher.^[155]

A Japanese kamikaze pilot during World War II, the bombs on his plane failed to explode when he crashed into an American aircraft carrier, and he miraculously survived, though his face was scarred.^[156] He wrote a book about his experiences and made a fortune from its sales, which he used to buy a private island and set himself up as a lord.^[157] During this time he married and had three children. Feeling shamed by his failure decades earlier, he adorned his face with a black cowl and scarred the faces of his children in a ritual design.^[157] Seeing mercantilism as inherently dishonorable,^[158] he began funding violent political activity, and ordered his two sons to assassinate the Japanese Prime Minister; they died in the attempt.^[157]

Intending to employ the assassin Bullseye, he freed him from prison and performed surgeries to replace the damaged bone in his vertebrae with adamantium.^[159]Daredevil pursued Bullseye to his estate. His daughter Yuriko allied herself with Daredevil. To free her lover, Kiro, from her father's servitude, and to gain vengeance for her scarring and the death of her two brothers, she killed Lord Dark Wind.^[157]

Lord Deathstrike (Kazuo Oyama) is the brother of Yuriko Oyama (Lady Deathstrike). He later became an assassin, working for Sabretooth and becoming an instructor at the Hellfire Academy.

Lord of Light (Nathan Tyler) is the father of Tandy Bowen in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Bret Blevins, first appeared in Strange Tales (vol. 2) #1 (April 1987).

Tyler married Melissa Bowen and together they had a daughter named Tandy. As time went on, Melissa grew into a hateful materialistic woman, causing Tyler to leave his home for good.^[163] He left his entire estate to her while he traveled to India to search for enlightenment.^[164]

He studied under several gurus until he learned how to absorb and distribute light. This power caused the negative effect of killing people and thus would initially only use it on the ones who were dying. But as time went on, he started using it on innocents. He gained a following and earned the name the Lord of Light until one day he ran into his daughter and Tyrone Johnson now going by Cloak and Dagger. He temporarily cured Tyrone of the darkness and then tried to convert Tandy so that they could both reach godhood. Tyrone and Tandy battled Tyler who was attempting to drain the light from the latter when his daughter refused. Realizing what he had become, Tyler kills himself by diving into Tyrone's cloak and is devoured by the Predator who lived in the Darkforce Dimension.^[165]

Lorelei is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

James Leonard Lucas (legally changed to James Greary) is a character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Marcus McLaurin and Dwayne Turner, first appeared in Cage #3 (June 1992).

Lucas joined the police force at a young age and rose in the ranks, eventually becoming a detective. During the 70's, Lucas teamed up with reporter Constance Molina, Blue Marvel, Kaluu, Blade, and the mysterious woman known as The Bear and formed The Mighty Avengers. They disbanded after their first and only mission.^[167] James settled down with his wife Esther and they both had two sons: James Lucas Jr. aka Coldfire and Carl Lucas aka Luke Cage. James had a rough relationship with Carl who was always getting arrested due to being in a gang. After his wife's death, James and Carl's relationship was strained even more.^[168][169] Years later, James Jr. joined The Corporation which did not settle well with James Sr. due to its racist history.^[170] Luke rescues James Sr. from The Corporation, but is unable to save James Jr. who had transformed into Coldfire. Father and son reconcile, but are driven apart by Esther's memory.^[171] Luke asks Jessica Jones to look for James who had remarried and changed his name. Though he refuses to speak to Luke initially, he finally sees his son and asks how life is with the Avengers.^[172]

Lucid (Maya Jackson) is a character that appeared in Extraordinary X-Men #17 (December 2016) published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Jeff Lemire and Eric Koda.

When Maya Jackson was affected by M-Pox due the Terrigen Cloud being lethal to mutants, she and her family relocated to X-Haven. Despite receiving medical care, her condition worsen and she asked to meet Storm for her final wish. When Storm arrived, she learned that Maya has admired her and dreamed of joining X-Men. She was given honorary membership by Storm under the codename Lucid, before she died.^[175]

Ludi is a demon who has clashed with Doctor Strange. Ludi allies himself with the demon known as Dweller-in-Darkness. His power was amplified by the Dweller, who sent him to kill Doctor Strange. The magician and his ally, Clea, used the mystical weapon known as the 'Ebony Blade' to injure Ludi and send him back into his own portal.^[176]

Luis is a character who originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before appearing in Marvel comics. The character was created by Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay and Paul Rudd, and appeared in Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).

Anton Lupeski is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #45 and was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan. Anton Lupeski's name and background were patterned after Satanic cult leader Anton LaVey.

Lupeski was a Satanic cult leader who summoned Dracula, believing that he was actually summoning Satan himself. Unable to control Dracula as he had hoped, Lupeski then began conspiring to destroy the Lord of Vampires. He even went so far as to conspire with Dracula's most hated enemies: Quincy Harker and his trained team of vampire hunters.

Lycaon Two Wolves is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in X-Men Red (vol. 2) #13 (July, 2023) and was created by Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli, and Jacopo Camagni.

Lycaon is an ArakkiiOmega-level mutant who resembles a two-headed "wolftaur" with retractable claws and a healing factor.^[6][179] After the Eternals attacked Planet Arakko, Lycaon claimed the seat on the Great Ring of Arakko previously held by Idyll the Future Seer.^[180]

When Genesis returned to Arakko and incited a civil war, Lycaon sided with her and was later killed by Xilora after refusing to surrender.^[181][182]

Lyla, which stands for LYrate Lifeform Approximation, is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by writer Peter David and artist Rick Leonardi, made her first appearance in Spider-Man 2099 #1 (September 1992).

Lyla is an artificial intelligence and the assistant of Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099.^[183]

Lylla is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily as a supporting character of Rocket Raccoon. Created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema, she first appeared in Incredible Hulk #271 (February 1982).^{[187][188][189][190][191][192]}

Lylla is an anthropomorphic otter and the heiress to the toymaking empire Mayhem Mekaniks.^{[193][194][195][196]}

She appeared in the 2011 Annihilators series,^{[197][198][199]} as well as the 2023 Rocket Raccoon: Marvel Talesanthologyone-shot.^[200]

Lylla inherits the toymaking company Mayhem Mekaniks after her parents are murdered by rival Judson Jakes, who wants to take over the company.^[201] The only way for Lylla to gain full control is through marriage. Lylla soon comes under threat from not just Jakes, but also Lord Dyvyne, with both wanting to control her toy company.^[202] Luckily, Rocket Raccoon comes to her aid. With the help of their friends, Wal Rus and Pyko, they defeat both parties.^[203] Lylla travels with Rocket afterward to start a new life together.^[204] These events are later revealed to be false. Lylla, along with the rest of the Halfworlders, are service animals who care for mental patients on their planet. After returning to Halfworld, Lylla marries Blackjack O'Hare.^[205]

Lylla possesses the normal attributes of an Earth otter, which includes being an excellent swimmer.^[206][207]

Michael Lynch is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Mike Carlin and Paul Neary, he first appeared in The Thing #35.

A lieutenant in the United States army, Michael Lynch first appears saving Sharon Ventura from a group of muggers. Later ambushed by the muggers seeking revenge, he is saved by Ben Grimm, who is looking for Sharon himself, trying to prevent her being subject to the Power Broker's augmentation process. The two men rescue an empowered Sharon and take her to safety. On seeing Sharon in a wrestling outfit, Lynch compares her to the heroine Ms. Marvel, prompting Sharon to take it for her own.^[226]

Unbeknownst to Venture or Grimm, Lynch was secretly in league with the Power Broker, as part of a government project to produce a super-soldier, and his encounter with Sharon was part of this plan. Lynch betrays Sharon, returning her to the Power Broker for experimentation, where she is found by Captain America in a brainwashed state. Lynch has the super-soldier G.I. Max attack Captain America in an attempt to cover up his treachery, but in trying to shoot him fatally wounds G.I. Max instead. Lynch is arrested and put in prison.^[227]