PISCES
Real Name: None
Identity/Class: Android (LMD)
Occupation: Crimelord
Group Membership: Zodiac (LMDs)
Affiliations: Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff);
as a Pisces, presumably has
some association with Set;
see also the Catalogue
of Correspondences for Set from Ian McNee's reading of the First
Tarot
Enemies: Avengers (Black Panther/T'Challa, Black Widow/Natasha Romanova, Falcon/Sam Wilson, Iron Man/James Rhodes, Thor/Odinson), Jack Norriss, West Coast Avengers (Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Iron Man/Tony Stark, Mockingbird/Barbara Barton, Moon Knight/Marc Spector, Henry Pym, Tigra/Greer Nelson, Wonder Man/Simon Williams), Zodiac Cartel
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: The
Ankh Dimension;
formerly Miami, Florida;
formerly the
Theater of Genetics, Belleville, New Jersey
First Appearance: Defenders I#50 (August, 1977); (second version) West Coast Avengers Annual#1 (1986); (third version) West Coast Avengers II#26 (November, 1987)
Powers/Abilities: In his original form, Pisces was adapted for life underwater, possessing fins, scales and gills.
In his second human-like form, Pisces possessed enhanced strength and durability.
In the third form, Pisces possessed a female appearance, fins, gills and scales to assist her in underwater combat, and the ability to produce a watery mist from her body. She exhibited a personality based on the Pisces sign of the Zodiac, claiming to have prophetic dreams.
Height: Unrevealed (6'; by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Unrevealed
History:
(Defenders I#48 - BTS) - Pisces was one of the LMDs (Life Model Decoys) created in the Theater
of Genetics by Scorpio
(Jake Fury), who wanted him to serve as a member of his Zodiac, and to
be his friend.
(Defenders I#49 - BTS) - When the Defenders invaded the Theater of Genetics, Scorpio was forced to activate the LMDs prematurely.
(Defenders I#50) - Unfortunately, Pisces was not yet ready to be awakened, and collapsed upon the floor with Capricorn soon after coming to life. When Scorpio found him dying, Pisces begged his creator to explain what had happened.
(West Coast Avengers II#26 (fb) - BTS) - Now existing in an LMD body himself, Scorpio created a new Pisces using the Zodiac Key.
(West Coast Avengers Annual#1) - Pisces joined the other Zodiac LMDs under the leadership of Quicksilver in his attempt to gain revenge upon the Avengers. Pisces joined Aquarius, Capricorn and Sagittarius at the "Anthill," an abandoned base formerly used by the Sentinels. Pisces faced Thor in battle, and was destroyed when Thor crushed him beneath a giant piece of machinery.
(West Coast Avengers II#26 (fb) - BTS) - Using the Zodiac Key, Scorpio redesigned Pisces with a female appearance.
(West Coast Avengers II#26) - Pisces joined the Zodiac LMDs in an assault upon the human Zodiac Cartel in Dallas, Texas, killing all of them except for Cornelius Van Lunt, and assuming control of the Cartel. Later, Pisces joined the LMDs in an attempt to rob businessmen at a cattle auction in Wichita, but they were interrupted by the West Coast Avengers. Pisces confronted Henry Pym, but was horrified when Sagittarius was slain by Hawkeye. Claiming that she had had a prophetic dream in which Sagittarius had died, Pisces panicked, and the other LMDs soon followed, forcing Scorpio to call a retreat. He berated Pisces afterwards, but she observed that it was part of her programming.
(West Coast Avengers II#27) - Pisces joined the LMDs in an attack upon Hawkeye, but when she attempted to unleash her mist attack, Hawkeye cut the cord to Aquarius' gun, causing his weapon's electrical energy to stun her, Aquarius and Gemini. After Scorpio had replaced Hawkeye with his new Sagittarius LMD, he met with the other LMDs to explain their plan to trap the Avengers, which Pisces agreed with.
(West Coast Avengers II#28) - Pisces joined the LMDs in robbing the Denver Mint, but they were interrupted by the Avengers, though Scorpio managed to teleport them to Death Valley along with their loot. When the Avengers caught up to them once more, Pisces clashed with the new Leo LMD, which had been made to look like Tigra, and possibly allowed herself to be defeated. When Scorpio brought the Avengers and LMDs to the Ankh Dimension, hoping to have an advantage, the LMDs were all shut down instead, leaving them immobile in the Ankh Dimension.
Comments: Created by David Kraft, Keith Giffen, Mike Royer, John Tartaglione and Dave Cockrum.
I'm assuming that the Pisces and Cancer LMDs were destroyed in West Coast Avengers Annual#1 because the human Cancer identifies two as having been destroyed in that encounter when he does a recap in West Coast Avengers II#26, and those are the only two who suffered serious damage.
Improved images by Ron Fredricks.
Profile by Prime Eternal.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Pisces should not be confused with:
images: (without ads)
West Coast Avengers II#26, p20, pan2 (female Pisces)
Defenders I#50, p8 pan3 (original Pisces)
West Coast Avengers Annual#1, p30, pan2 (second Pisces)
Appearances:
Defenders I#50 (August, 1977) - David Kraft (writer), Keith Giffen (pencils), Mike Royer, Keith Giffen, John Tartaglione & Dave Cockrum (inks), Archie Goodwin (editor)
West Coast Avengers Annual#1 (1986) - Steve Englehart & Mark Bright (writers), Mark Bright (pencils), Geoff Isherwood (inks), Michael Higgins (editor)
West Coast Avengers II#26-27 (November-December, 1987) - Steve Englehart (writer), Al Milgrom (pencils), Mike Machlan (inks), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
West Coast Avengers II#28 (January, 1988) - Steve Englehart (writer), Al Milgrom (pencils), David Hunt (inks), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
First posted: 01/31/2005
Last updated: 03/20/2025
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