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Attributes

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Eyes: Disturbingly blue, for a Korean

Hair: None

Features: Walked around in an ugly green ninja suit. Bald.

Summary

Created By: Tom DeFalco, Steve Skroce, Bud LaRosa

Real Name: Karsano

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: None

Dual Identity: Known only to his allies, his ex-fiancee, Spider-Man and Angela Yin.

Current Occupation: Dead

Former Occupation: Ninja killer, top-rank (Dragonfly)

Citizenship: Korean (North or South)?

Legal Status: None. Dead.

Place of Birth: Korea (North or South)?

Marital Status: Was engaged to Meiko Yin

Known Relatives: Meiko Yin (sort of), ex-fiancee

Known Confidants: Meiko Yin, Madam Qwa

Known Allies: The True Believers' Ninja, Madam Qwa

Major Enemies: Spider-Man, Dragonfly II

Usual Bases: None

Former Bases: Korea, New York

Current Groups: None (he's dead)

Former Groups: The True Believers

Education: Unknown

  

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Peak human

Powers: None

Abilities: All those of a Ninja, plus self-immolation

Equipment: Smoke grenades

Weapons: The 500-year old Ceremonial Sword of his family

Limitations: No match for Spider-Man

 
 

Background

Karsano was a man of honor, and a man of passion. He was engaged to Meiko Yin, cousin to the Bugle's Angela Yin. They studied martial arts together, and they both became top-notch. They joined a branch of The Hand called the True Believers and Madam Qwa, their leader, gave him the rank of Dragonfly, which means perfection. To test his loyalty, Qwa ordered him to kill Meiko. According to their code of honor, he had only three tries.

We didn't see the first. The second is foiled by Spider-Man's interference. The third too, and Spidey breaks his 500-year old Ceremonial family sword. After his dishonorable defeat, he kills himself by self-immolation. Then Meiko goes to see Madam Qwa, and is assigned the position of Dragonfly. Since Karsano always carried around a pack of ninja to try and kill Meiko, I'm guessing that either their code of honor was very flawed, or that she was already a challenger to his position, and as such had to deal with him and his men. Of course, Meiko was dishonored by Spider-Man's interference too, so she'll have to redeem herself eventually.

Thanks To:

Some of the above information is extracted from the various versions of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and the more recent Marvel Encyclopaedias.

The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

  

 
 

Character Appearances

Mar 1997 App: Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #421 (Story 1)
  Origin told. Dies.
 

 
 

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