LOC DO
Real Name: Loc Do
Identity/Class: Human (Asian) technology user
Occupation: Engineer/machinist
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Yellow Claw (Plan Tzu)
Enemies: Mandarin
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Mandarin's fortress, somewhere in China
First Appearance: Iron Man I#69 (August, 1974)
Powers/Abilities: Having no paranormal abilities, Loc Do had sufficient technological skills to activate the functions of the Mandarin's ten rings (including ice-blast, mento-intensifier, electro-blast, flame blast, white light, black light, disintegration beam, vortex beam, impact beam, and matter-rearranger).
However, he apparently died shortly after putting the rings on his fingers, when the Mandarin downloaded his mental essence from the rings into Loc Do's brain.
Height: Unrevealed (see comments)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eye: Unrevealed
Hair: Black
History:
(Iron Man I#69 (fb) - BTS) - The past of Loc
Do is largely unrevealed, but at some point he used his skills to
become one of the Yellow Claw's humble lackeys; although he served
only as a "lowly machinist," Loc Do had higher ambitions, and secretly
desired to overthrow the Yellow Claw.
While the Mandarin was away battling Iron Man (Tony Stark), the Yellow Claw and his underlings--including Loc Do--seized control of his fortress arsenal in China. Expecting an impending attack when the Mandarin returned, the Yellow Claw stationed Loc Do at one of the fortress' windows to keep watch.
(Iron Man I#69) - Loc Do warned the Claw when he saw a nearby mountainside erupt in savage fury (caused by the Mandarin activating Ultimo).
(Iron Man I#70) - As Iron Man and Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) dealt with Ultimo, the Mandarin used a secret entrance into his fortress, so he could confront the Yellow Claw by surprise; but the Claw that he faced was actually a robot double, which exploded and fatally wounded the Mandarin...
(Iron Man I#100 (fb)) - ...however, in the moment before his death, the Mandarin secretly transferred his consciousness into his rings.
(Iron Man I#70) - Following the Mandarin's death, the Yellow Claw ordered Loc Do to dispose of the corpse. But craving power of his own, Loc Do first confiscated the ten rings that his master so carelessly ignored from the Mandarin's dead fingers; Loc Do was determined to someday find a way to restore the rings' power...and on that day, a new Mandarin would arise!
(Iron Man I#71) - Loc Do reported to the Yellow Claw that he had disposed of the body, and personally scattered the Mandarin's ashes. But with the rings still in his possession, the power-hungry Loc Do was planning to one day become the Mandarin himself.
(Iron Man I#100 (fb)) - At some point, Loc Do began to master the rings he wore on his fingers; but shortly after activating the rings, he felt an excruciating pain in his head, as the Mandarin uploaded his own mental essence from the rings into Loc Do's brain--on that day, Loc Do died, and the true Mandarin was reborn!
(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#8: Mandarin) - Using his matter-rearranger ring, the Mandarin transformed Loc Do's body into a younger duplicate of his original one.
Comments: Created by Mike Friedrich and George Tuska.
Loc Do's height and weight were probably close to those of the Mandarin's original body.
This profile covers only the appearances of Loc Do as a separate character, before his mind was displaced by the Mandarin's--technically, his altered body still appears in every story after the Mandarin's resurrection.
And Dr. Doom (Victor von Doom) would later use similar methods to bring himself back after his "death" (see Remembrancer and Norman McArthur).
Profile by Ron Fredricks.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Loc Do has no known connections to:
images: (without ads)
Iron Man I#70, p13, pan3 (main image - Loc Do [left] and Yellow Claw approach Mandarin's remains [foreground])
Iron Man I#100, p10, pan6 (headshot - Loc Do confiscates Mandarin's rings)
Iron Man I#100, p10, pan7-8 ([in Mandarin's narrative flashback] Loc Do learns how to use Mandarin's rings; Loc Do has his mind taken over by Mandarin's consciousness)
Iron Man I#100, p11, pan1 ([in Mandarin's narrative flashback] Loc Do's body completely transformed into the Mandarin)
Appearances:
Iron Man I#69 (August, 1974) - Mike Friedrich (writer), George Tuska (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks), Tom Orzechowski (letters), Petra Goldberg (colors), Roy Thomas (editor)
Iron Man I#70 (September, 1974) - Mike Friedrich (writer), George Tuska (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks), Tom Orzechowski (letters), George Roussos (colors), Roy Thomas (editor)
Iron Man I#71 (November, 1974) - Mike Friedrich (writer), George Tuska (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks), Tom Orzechowski (letters), George Roussos (colors), Roy Thomas (editor)
Iron Man I#100 (July, 1977) - Bill Mantlo (writer), George Tuska (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks), R. Holloway (letters), J. Cohen (colors), Archie Goodwin (editor)
First posted: 03/12/2024
Last updated: 03/12/2024
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