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Background
(Individual personal data is featured in their individual profiles)
The Legion was composed by Kangaroo II, Grizzly, The Gibbon and
Spot.
It all started with Maxwell Markham (Grizzly) wanting revenge against Spider-
Man,
and Brian Hibbs (the second Kangaroo) being defeated by Spider-Man in two
consecutive
weeks. First, Hibbs, who worshiped the original Kangaroo, Frank Oliver,
stumbled upon
Spidey on his first day of crime and and got easily knocked out. Escaping on
his way
to court, Hibbs ordered a powerful battle armor from the Super-Villain's
Catalogue and
went on his second crime spree. He met Spidey again, and his battle armor self-
destructed...
Spidey left him hanging for the cops, but the Grizzly came to him with an
offer, and
cut him down.
At Markham's place, the Hibbs cynnically points out that the Grizzly's track
record
isn't any better than his. Markham replies that he killed Spider-Man once, but
he got
better... Hibbs heads for the door, when Markham suggests they should form a
team.
Hibbs isn't very interested, and the sudden arrivals of Martin Blank (The
Gibbon) and
Jonathan Ohm (The Spot) don't make it better for him.
Regardless, a team is born, and the first thing that the Spider-Man Revenge
Squad
(which everyone else came to know as the Legion of Losers) does is... to rob a
bank.
Dissention soon spreads, as the Grizzly and Gibbon were disenchanted - they
were in
it to get back at Spider-Man, not to to rob banks. The Spot and Kangaroo think
otherwise, and they flee through one of Spot's portals when the other two
decide to
walk away through the door... triggering the burglar alarm. Being chased by the
cops,
which Grizzly refuses to stand up to, because he has nothing against them -
they are
just doing their job - the two G's managed to escape, but they met with Spidey.
A
"fight" ensues, with the highlights being Spidey trying to convince them to
return
the money and the Grizzly sticking his hand through a wall... But
reinforcements soon
arrived, in the form of the less moral half of the Legion, and Gibbon and the
Kangaroo
managed to KO Spidey. The Spot suggested that they return to Grizzly's
appartment...
after they pull Grizzly's arm off the wall.
At the Grizzly's, the Legion debates. Kangaroo is checking the Super-Villain's
Catalogue and picking his future purchases, the Spot is wondering what's the
best way
to kill Spider-Man, and the Gibbon is asking if they weren't just gonna hit him.
That's when dissent starts again. The Grizzly says that Spidey actually tried
to help
them, and that they'd do better to do like he said, just return the money and
forget
the revenge. The Kangaroo takes offense at the suggestion, but the Gibbon sides
with
Grizzly. The Grizzly ducks a charge from the Kangaroo and he falls through one
of
Spot's portals, KO'ing himself in the process. Then the G's KO Spot easily.
When they
turn to release Spidey, they realize that Spidey was never KO, just faking to
see how
everything would play out. Spidey took the Spot and Kangaroo, and thanked the
G's and
told them to stay out of trouble. They decided to form an heroic duo, The
Gargantuous
Grizzly and Gibbon, the Boy Monkey. They still patrol New York today, making
everyone
safer. Thier arch enemy is the White Rabbit and her gang. The nefarious
Rabbit at one point kidnapped Grizzly and the Boy Monkey and threatened to
feed them to genetically engineered killer bunnies unless the City of New York
paid a ransom. The mayor offered her $1.50.
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.
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