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Carlos Lobo
Real Name:
Carlos Lobo Occupation: Professional criminal, leader of a criminal organization Identity: Publicly known Legal Status: Citizen of Mexico with no known criminal record Other Aliases: None known Place of Brth: An unidentified village in Mexico Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: Eduardo (brother, deceased), unnamed mother,
unnamed sisters Group Affiliation: Former partner of Eduardo Lobo, leader of
Los Hermanos de la Luna Base of Operations: Originally Mexico, later south Texas (with
a headquarters in a mansion on Grapevine lake near Dallas) and New York City First Appearance: SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #143
History: Eduardo and Carlos Lobo were brothers who grew up
in poverty in a rural Mexican village. Even as children they stole to feed themselves
and their family. When they were very young they stole chickens, and as teenagers
they stole sheep. Even as children the two Lobo brothers could move faster than
other boys of their age, and could see in the dark better than their friends.
One day, when Eduardo was seventeen, he was climbing over the fence of a cattle
ranch to steal a calf when he saw Bonita, a girl of roughly the same age, who
was the ranch owners daughter Eduardo's presence frightened the cattle, causing
Bonita's horse to be frightened as well, and it throw her off. Eduardo caught
Bonita, and they soon fell in love.
One night Bonita's brothers found Eduardo with Bonita, and, infuriated that
a lower class boy would become involved with their sister, attacked him with
whips. Then, as the full moon rose, Eduardo underwent the transformation into
the form of a humanoid wolf for the first time. Seized with bloodlust, Eduardo
killed not only Bonita's brothers but Bonita herself. At dawn Eduardo transformed
back to human form and was horrified at what he had done to Bonita. As a result
both he and Carlos left Mexico, settling in south Texas.
In Texas the two Lobo brothers intervened in a gang war among various Hispanic
criminal gangs, and made peace among them. The gangs united, calling themselves
Los Hermanos de Is Luna. But soon, the gang leaders all disappeared, and the
Lobo brothers headed the organization in their place. The Lobos swiftly built
their organization into a powerful and prosperous one. Among other illegal activities,
they ran a sophisticated drug smuggling operation. They made their headquarters
in a mansion on Grapevine Lake outside Dallas and became the leaders of a notorious
and powerful criminal organization.
Learning of the Lobos' plans to move into the New York City territory of Wilson
Fisk, the Kingpin of Crime, Fisk's
right-hand man, the Arranger, planned to take countermeasures. The Arranger
employed a mutant known as Roland Raymond, alias the Persuader, to take mental
control of the vigilante known as the Punisher and to compel him to assassinate
the Lobo brothers. The costumed crimefighter Spider-Man
intervened to prevent the assassination, and the Punisher
broke free of the Persuader's control and shot the Persuader.
Seeking vengeance on the Kingpin for this attempt on their lives, the Lobo
brothers then came to New York City and initiated a gang war against the Kingpin's
organization. While in New York, Eduardo fell in love with Daily
Bugle secretary Gloria "Glory" Grant, who learned of his ability
to assume lupine form. The Lobo brothers clashed with Spider-Man during their
gang war in New York City, and the war eventually led to Eduardo's death at
the hand of Gloria Grant, who shot him with a silver bullet from the Arrangers
gun. Ironically, Gloria was aiming for Spider-Man. The current whereabouts and
activities of Carlos Lobo are unknown, but it is assumed he is plotting revenge
against Spider-Man for causing his brother's death.
Height: 6 ft. 2 in. Weight: 200 lbs. Eyes: (as human being) Brown, (as werewolf) Red Hair: (as human being) Black, (as werewolf) Gray
Strength Level: In his normal human form Carlos Lobo possesses
the normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and build who engages
in intensive regular exercise. In his lupine form Eduardo Lobo possesses superhuman
strength, enabling him to lift (press) at least ten tons
Known Superhuman Powers: Carlos Lobo is a mutant with the
superhuman ability to transform into a humanoid wolf under a full moon. Like
Wolfsbane, Lobo is not a true werewolf, in that his powers derive from mutation
and not from supernatural causes. Unlike Wolfsbane, however, Lobo resembles
supernatural werewolves in that his transformations to lupine form occur at
the rising of the full moon. He reverts to human form at dawn. Also similar
to supernatural werewolves, Carlos can only be harmed by weapons composed of
silver but as a human being he is open to harm from conventional weapons.
In lupine form Lobo possesses superhuman strength and agility. He also possesses
superhumanly acute night vision and superhuman senses of hearing and smell (comparable
to those of a wolf) when he is in lupine form. When he is in lupine form, Lobo
retains his normal intelligence, although it is dominated by an animalistic
bloodlust.
Other Abilities: Even in human form Eduardo Lobo is faster
and more agile than most people and can see in the dark
better than most people can, but these abilities do not
reach superhuman levels unless Lobo is in lupine form.