SAMISDAT
Real Name: Alexi Kalishnikov
Identity/Class: Human/Criminal mastermind
Occupation: KGB agent, cult leader
Affiliations: Member of: KGB, leader of: The Dawning Light ; Agent Syn and the Syn Variants
Enemies: Shang-Chi, Freelance Restorations
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Unrevealed
Base of Operations: Samisdat Island
Appearances: Master of Kung-Fu#93 (November; 1980)
Powers/Abilities: Samisdat is a born leader, tough and ruthless
History: (MOKF#93-bts): Black Jack
tells Shang-Chi and Leiko that Sir Denis means that Samisdat is
the one behind The Dawning Light. Black Jack shows
them a photograph of Samisdat
(MOKF#94-bts): Melissa Greville uses a computer to get as much
info about Samisdat as she can. She gets a photo, and learns that
he has connections with KGB and that he is from Rumania
(MOKF#95): At the Samisdat island, Samisdat is
making his plan come to life. He plans to use The Dawning
Light culties as terrorists against the western
civilization. The plans are destroyed by Shang-Chi, Leiko Wu,
Black Jack Tarr and Clive Reston. He tries to send his five new
Agents Syn against them but they all fails, as a last desperate
attempt, he tries to activate his satellite and escape it in, but
Reston has destroyed the satellite, Samisdat is killed when the
satellite crashes
(MOKF#96-fb): The satellite crashes down in Samisdats home
on Samisdat island killing Samisdat, Yugoslavian
intelligence is revealed to have tried to obtain intelligence
files on Samisdat
Comments: Created by Doug Moench & Mick Zeck
Profile by: The Beetle
Clarifications:
No known connections to:
Black Jack Tarr is not to be confused with:
Blackjack @ Marvel: The Lost Generation#9
Melissa Greville is:
the cousin of Robert Greville @ Master of Kung-Fu#26
the sister of Mandy Greville @ Master of Kung-Fu#93
Last updated: 09/11/02
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