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Batroc the Leaper
Georges Batroc the Leaper (French: Batroc le Sauteur) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #75, 1966. He is a mercenary and a master of the French form of kick-boxing known as savate, commonly depicted as an adversary of Captain America, and a mentor of Gwen Poole. Batroc's name derives from the word batrachia, a classification of amphibians that includes frogs, which also plays on the stereotype of calling French people frogs.
Georges St-Pierre portrays Batroc in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and animated series What If...? (both 2021).
Batroc, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Tales of Suspense #75 in March 1966. He has reappeared in various Marvel titles ever since.
Sporting a new costume designed by John Romita Jr., Batroc served as Klaw's top lieutenant in the first arc of Reginald Hudlin's 2005 re-launch of Black Panther.
Sporting a muted, subtle redesign by Gurihiru, Batroc served as the primary mentor of Gwenpool in Christopher Hastings' 2016–2018 series The Unbelievable Gwenpool, with their relationship being described as "one of the warmest aspects" of the series.
Georges Batroc was born in Marseille, France, and served in the French Foreign Legion. He is a French costumed mercenary who specializes in savate (also known as "La Boxe Française"), a form of kickboxing, with acrobatic skills and unusual articulate flexibility. Although he has primarily appeared in the pages of Captain America, he has also faced off against the Punisher, Spider-Man, Deadpool, Hawkeye, Iron Fist, and Gambit. Batroc has occasionally led his own team, "Batroc's Brigade"; his most constant companions are Zaran and Machete, although the membership has changed over time. The group has primarily fought Captain America.
In Batroc's first appearance, he is hired by Them to steal the Inferno-42 cylinder. He first battles Captain America during this mission. When Batroc introduces himself with typical bluster, Captain America reveals, to Batroc's delight, that he had already heard of him. Batroc is later hired by Hydra and abducts Sharon Carter for them. He lures Captain America into a rematch, in which he insists Hydra not intervene, and again loses. Hydra agents prepare to kill Batroc and Captain America; Batroc, incensed at such "men wizout honair", helps Captain America against Hydra.
The alien Jakar, concealing his true nature and intent, hires Batroc's Brigade to abduct children from New York and to battle Captain America and the Falcon. After learning Jakar's true nature and his intent to use the children's souls to revive his comatose race, Batroc feels that his sense of honor had been violated by the deception, and aids Captain America and Falcon in rescuing the children.
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Batroc the Leaper
Georges Batroc the Leaper (French: Batroc le Sauteur) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #75, 1966. He is a mercenary and a master of the French form of kick-boxing known as savate, commonly depicted as an adversary of Captain America, and a mentor of Gwen Poole. Batroc's name derives from the word batrachia, a classification of amphibians that includes frogs, which also plays on the stereotype of calling French people frogs.
Georges St-Pierre portrays Batroc in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and animated series What If...? (both 2021).
Batroc, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Tales of Suspense #75 in March 1966. He has reappeared in various Marvel titles ever since.
Sporting a new costume designed by John Romita Jr., Batroc served as Klaw's top lieutenant in the first arc of Reginald Hudlin's 2005 re-launch of Black Panther.
Sporting a muted, subtle redesign by Gurihiru, Batroc served as the primary mentor of Gwenpool in Christopher Hastings' 2016–2018 series The Unbelievable Gwenpool, with their relationship being described as "one of the warmest aspects" of the series.
Georges Batroc was born in Marseille, France, and served in the French Foreign Legion. He is a French costumed mercenary who specializes in savate (also known as "La Boxe Française"), a form of kickboxing, with acrobatic skills and unusual articulate flexibility. Although he has primarily appeared in the pages of Captain America, he has also faced off against the Punisher, Spider-Man, Deadpool, Hawkeye, Iron Fist, and Gambit. Batroc has occasionally led his own team, "Batroc's Brigade"; his most constant companions are Zaran and Machete, although the membership has changed over time. The group has primarily fought Captain America.
In Batroc's first appearance, he is hired by Them to steal the Inferno-42 cylinder. He first battles Captain America during this mission. When Batroc introduces himself with typical bluster, Captain America reveals, to Batroc's delight, that he had already heard of him. Batroc is later hired by Hydra and abducts Sharon Carter for them. He lures Captain America into a rematch, in which he insists Hydra not intervene, and again loses. Hydra agents prepare to kill Batroc and Captain America; Batroc, incensed at such "men wizout honair", helps Captain America against Hydra.
The alien Jakar, concealing his true nature and intent, hires Batroc's Brigade to abduct children from New York and to battle Captain America and the Falcon. After learning Jakar's true nature and his intent to use the children's souls to revive his comatose race, Batroc feels that his sense of honor had been violated by the deception, and aids Captain America and Falcon in rescuing the children.