Background

Carlos and Eduardo Lobo grew up on their own on the streets of Puebla De Zaragoza, Mexico, surviving by stealing and scavenging. As a teen-ager, Eduardo fell in love with Esmelda Valdez, the daughter of a wealthy range owner. The two began a secretive relationship that was discovered by Esmelda's brother Ramone. One full-moon night, Ramone and his men ambushed the lovers and tried to chase Eduardo away by whipping him. Pain and rage from this whipping triggered a mutant change in Eduardo's body. He turned into a black-furred werewolf and slaughtered Ramone and his men. But when he woke up in his human form the next morning, he discovered he had murdered Esmelda as well. Carlos also discovered he was a mutant werewolf and the brothers turned to crime, using their powers to unite all the mobs of South Texas into Los Hermanos De La Luna. The Lobos were so successful that they not only gained a mansion in a Dallas suburb but drew the attention of the Arranger, the Kingpin's lieutenant. The Arranger used the Persuader to brainwash the Punisher into attempting an assassination of the Lobos. The plan failed thanks to Spider-Man's interference and the iron will of the Punisher, who ended up killing the Persuader instead. The Lobos knew who was responsible for the attempt and they vowed revenge.

And so, the Lobos move to New York City and begin systematically slaughtering the Kingpin's men. They leave messages in blood at the murder scenes which say things like "Kingpin: Wolves Bite Back" and "Kingpin-Wolves Kill".

Soon after arriving in New York, Eduardo Lobo bumps into J. Jonah Jameson's secretary Gloria Grant in the lobby of the Daily Bugle. Eduardo plans to seduce Gloria in order to get the newspaper's file on the Kingpin. The plan succeeds. Gloria falls in love with Eduardo and, after much soul-searching, steals the file for him. Eduardo's subsequent plan to cast Gloria aside is itself cast aside when Eduardo discovers he has fallen in love with her as well.

The gang war accelerates, as Gloria comes to realize that her lover is not only a crime-lord but also a werewolf. The Lobos initiate a helicopter assault on Fisk Tower and make their way to the offices of the Kingpin. But the Kingpin has planned ahead and the figure that the brothers attack turns out to be a simulacrum of the crime leader.

Finally, the Kingpin contacts the Lobos in an attempt to make peace. They meet at the Unisphere in Queens (Eduardo brings Gloria along) and the Lobos inform the Kingpin that their price for peace is the life of the Arranger; the man who set up the attempt on their lives. The Kingpin appears ready to agree when the meeting is crashed by Hammerhead and the Chameleon who are also looking to be the crime leaders of New York (and by Spider-Man as well). In the ensuing battle, Gloria gets her hands on the Arranger's gun, which is loaded with silver bullets. As Spider-Man and Eduardo fight, Gloria fires the gun, killing her lover. Distraught, she reveals that she was actually aiming at Spider-Man and missed. Carlos Lobo is knocked unconscious in this battle and is presumably arrested and subsequently imprisoned.

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The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

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.