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Samuel Barone (Earth-616)

Black Talon

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Real Name

Samuel Barone

Current Alias

Black Talon

Aliases

The Black Talon

Affiliation

Lethal Legion, X-Humed

Status

Alignment

Identity

Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation

Characteristics^[1]

Gender

Height

Weight

Eyes

Hair

Origin

Universe

Earth-616

Created by

Gerry Conway, John Buscema

First appearance

Appearance of Death

Avengers #152
(October, 1976)

Punisher Vol 8 #11
(July, 2012)

1 HistoryEdit
2 Powers and AbilitiesEdit
- 2.1 Powers
- 2.2 Strength level
3 LinksEdit
- 3.1 Discover and Discuss
- 3.2 Footnotes

HistoryEdit

The second Black Talon was a professional criminal and cult leader, like the original. He resurrected Wonder Man as a zombie at the behest of the Grim Reaper and sent him to attack the Avengers. The Black Talon battled the Avengers himself, and was defeated by the Scarlet Witch. He then joined the second Lethal Legion. With the Grim Reaper and Nekra, he battled the Vision and Scarlet Witch. Under the Grim Reaper's orders, he attempted a recreation of "Simon Williams" as a zombie. With the Man-Ape, Black Talon deserted the Lethal Legion during a battle with the West Coast Avengers.

Nekra learned the Black Talon's voodoo rites, and she later used them on two occasions to resurrect the Grim Reaper as a zombie.

When battling She-Hulk Black Talon formed X-Humed from four dead mutants Changeling, Scaleface, Living Diamond and Harry Leland but was unable to control all of them at once and Changeling was able to break his hold long enough for She-Hulk to triumph.

The Black Talon also fought Deadpool, who viciously mocked him for his chicken costume.

Black Talon technically retired from supervillainy, instead becoming a secretive cocaine producer, selling to the Hood. Talon came across the Zombie (Simon Garth) carrying the zombie head of Deadpool, and offered to sell the head to Hood.^[1]

When he attacked New York City with a zombie force, the Punisher killed him. ^[2]

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

Black Talon is a voodoo cult leaders who gain his powers from the manipulation of the forces of voodoo magic. He has the ability to create zombies and control zombies of his creation, either vocally or telepathically. However, the Black Talon cannot communicate with his zombies telepathically when they are not in his immediate vicinity.

Black Talon wore a costume with the trappings of various voodoo rituals, with razor-sharp taloned gloves and boots, and a ceremonial dagger.

Power Grid ^[3]