Machete

The first known Machete was Ferdinand Lopez, a member of Batroc's Brigade and Doom's Brigade. He was also a former revolutionary of San Diablo in South America

South America

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. He became a mercenary to finance a revolution but was reportedly killed by Zeitgeist

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. He first appeared in Captain America

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#302.

Fictional character biography

Fernando Lopez was born in the country of San Diablo. He became a revolutionary, and later a mercenary. He joined Batroc's Brigade

Batroc the Leaper

Batroc the Leaper is a fictional villain from Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in Tales of Suspense #75, 1966...

. He then first battled Captain America

Captain America

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 alongside Batroc's Brigade. He next battled Hawkeye

Hawkeye (comics)

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 alongside Batroc's Brigade, which had been hired for that purpose by Trickshot

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Later, Machete was employed by Baron Zemo with the assistance of Batroc's Brigade to steal the skeleton of Ulysses Bloodstone

Ulysses Bloodstone

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. Machete traveled to the Amazon Jungle with Batroc's Brigade, and was captured by Incas. Machete battled the Incas alongside Batroc's Brigade, Zemo, Captain America, and Diamondback

Diamondback (comics)

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. Machete then battled Captain America alongside Batroc's Brigade. Machete traveled to the Bermuda Triangle, where he battled Captain America again alongside Batroc's Brigade. He traveled to Egypt alongside Batroc's Brigade in search of the Bloodstone fragment. He traveled to Tokyo alongside Batroc's Brigade. There, he battled Japanese cultists for possession of another Bloodstone fragment.

Powers and abilities

Fernando Lopez is an athletic man with no superhuman powers. He is an expert with bladed weapons and the throwing of such weapons. He has extensive knowledge of guerilla warfare tactics.

Machete wore a bulletproof Kevlar flak jacket with a variety of pockets and pouches for carrying various weapons, particularly throwing-knives. He wore custom-made combat boots with additional weapons pouches; the remainder of his costume consisted of conventional military surplus items. Machete carried a variety of specially manufactured weighted steel throwing knives, two three-foot machetes, and other items as necessary.

Machete (Alfonso Lopez)

The second Machete first appeared in Elektra

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#7. He also appeared in Hawkeye: Earth's Mightiest Marksman and Spider-Man: Gathering of the Sinister Six. He was inadvertently killed by Kali Vries while being brought in by S.T.A.R.S. in U.S. Agent

U.S. Agent

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vol. 2 #1.

Machete (Mariano Lopez)

The third Machete is the brother of the first Machete. He appeared in Great Lakes Avengers

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#2-4, New Thunderbolts #8, and Thunderbolts

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#103.

During the Civil War

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event, he was captured by Baron Zemo

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's Thunderbolts

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 and forced to join them or face jail time.

House of M

In this reality, Machete is a member of Shang-Chi

Shang-Chi

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's Dragons criminal organization, alongside, Mantis

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, Zaran

Zaran

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 and Swordsman

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