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Maximillian Zaran (Earth-616)

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The Weapon Master

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Mercenary, assassin

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Human

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Maximillian Zaran was born in Great Britain. Early in his life, he chose to become a mercenary. Training himself thoroughly in martial arts and the use of various kinds of weapons, he became known as a super-villain as well. His first battle against a super-hero was against Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung-Fu, who easily defeated him. After a few more brawls with Shang-Chi, Zaran was also seen fighting against Captain America.

In his next attempt to defeat super-heroes, Zaran joined forces with Razorfist and Shockwave and fought the West Coast Avengers and later on Hawkeye.

During the legendary Bloodstone Hunt storyline, Zaran became good friends with fellow mercenary Batroc and joined Batroc's Brigade and fought Captain America but lost once more. From then on Zaran was mostly seen alongside Batroc, fighting heroes such as Nomad.

At one point in his life, Zaran also trained another fellow assassin and allowed him to use his codename in battle. He later participated in the hunt for the X-Men thief known as Gambit, where he was apprehended by local police officers.

Marvel Knights

Zaran would return to battle a loose collection of superheroes involving Dagger, Black Widow, Daredevil and Shang-Chi. He is initially shown stealing a chemical agent from A.I.M. for Shang-Chi's father, a super-villain sometimes known as Fu Manchu. He is then ordered to kill Shang-Chi himself.

Civil War/The Initiative

Escaping jail and facing the Thunderbolts, Zaran was forced to join said super-hero group during the Civil War event.

Zaran has been identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who are part of the Initiative program.

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Weapons Master: Zaran is a master of ancient and modern weapons including knifes, bows, staffs, maces, spears, nunchakus, shurikens, and guns.

Master Martial Artist

Expert Marksman

Strength level

Zaran possesses strength of man of his age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise. Zaran is strong enough to lift about twice his bodyweight and can press lift approximately 470 lbs.

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Weapons

Zaran wears gauntlets and a collar piece studded with small sais.

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