LASCIVIOUS
Real Name: Davida DeVito
Identity/Class: Human mutate
Occupation: Wrestler;
former criminal
Group Membership: Masters of Evil;
formerly Grapplers
(Letha,
Poundcakes,
Screaming Mimi/Lanie, Screaming Mimi/Melissa Gold), the Hood (Parker Robbins)'s army of resurrected Scourge victims aka. Deadly Dozen (Basilisk/Basil Elks, Bird-Man/Achille DiBacco, Black Abbott, Blue Streak/Don Thomas, Cheetah/Esteban Carracus, Cyclone/André Gerard, Death Adder/Roland Burroughs, Firebrand/Gary Gilbert, Hijacker/Howard Mitchell, Human Fly/Richard Deacon, Letha/Helen Feliciano, Megatak/Gregory Nettles, Mind-Wave/Erik Gelden, Miracle Man/Joshua Ayers, Mirage/Desmond Charne, Turner D. Century/Clifford F. Michaels, Wraith/Brian DeWolff), Scourge
victims, Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation (Auntie
Freeze, Battleaxe,
Butterball,
Cowgirl,
Gladiatrix,
Magilla,
Sushi,
Vavavoom)
Affiliations:
Bird-Man, Brand
Corporation, Crossfire (William Cross), the Hood, Jack O'Lantern, Letha, Power Broker Inc. (Power Broker, others), Roxxon
Oil, Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation;
formerly Kowalski
Enemies: Battleaxe (competitor/rival), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Daredevil (Matt Murdock), Dazzler (Alison Blaire), Domino (Neena Thurman), Giant-Man (Bill Foster), Hercules (Herakles), Punisher (Frank Castle), Scourge of the Underworld, Secret Avengers (Black Ant/Eric O'Grady LMD, Black Widow/Natasha Romanova, Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Valkyrie/Brunnhilde, Venom/Eugene "Flash" Thompson), Secret Avengers (Black Widow/Natasha Romanova, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury Jr., Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Mockingbird/Barbara Morse), S.H.I.E.L.D. (Sharon Carter, others), Songbird (Melissa Gold), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), John Steele, Taskmaster (Tony Masters), Thing (Ben Grimm), Thundra, US war veterans self-help group, X-Men (Cyclops/Scott Summers, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Shadowcat/Kitty Pryde, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Wolverine/James Howlett)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: Titania
Place of Birth: Davidale, Maine
Base of Operations: Mobile;
formerly New York City, New York;
Los Angeles, California
First Appearance: Marvel Two-in-One I#54 (August, 1979)
Powers/Abilities: Titania was granted cybernetic enhancements by Roxxon's subsidiary, Brand, and superhuman strength and durability from the Power Broker. While under Roxxon Oil’s employ, Titania carried one-inch diameter discs containing explosives and other offensive materials, as well as a rod that fired concussive energy bursts of an unknown nature and intensity. Although able to survive grenades, she was not bullet-proof. Post resurrection as Lascivious, she was able to open the part of the brain that regulates passion, making her victims fall deeply in love with anyone she wants.
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 183 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
History:
(Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe Master Edition#10) – Marian
was born in Garden City, New Jersey. Later she took up the codename
Titania.
(Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#5: Grapplers) - Poundcakes, Screaming Mimi, Letha and Titania became protégés of Auntie Freeze. They became famous wrestlers, but despite Auntie Freeze's promotion, they didn't earn as much money as their male counterparts. A Roxxon operative saw them wrestle and offered them the chance at some extra money.
(Thunderbolts I#21 (fb) / All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe#9: Roxxon) - At some point, along with the other Grapplers, Titania received cybernetic enhancements from Roxxon's subsidiary, Brand.
(Marvel Two-in-One I#54) - After witnessing Poundcakes’ defeat in a wrestling match with Thundra, Titania and her teammates joined in the battle, only to be quickly tossed aside.
(Marvel Two-in-One I#55) - In Madison Square Garden, Titania battled Thundra in a wrestling match. Thundra proved to be more powerful, but Titania pricked her with a needle, which drugged her and allowed Titania to defeat her.
(Marvel Two-in-One I#56) - The Grapplers, along with Thundra, infiltrated Project: PEGASUS. After they finished the mission Thundra thought they were sent on, Titania and the others took off and split up. Titania and Poundcakes ran into Giant-Man, but Poundcakes made quick work of him by throwing him into a vapor-tube. He managed to escape, but the pair of women assaulted him again, with Titania using her energy rod to disorient him. With the last of his strength, Giant-Man grabbed the two women and smashed them together, knocking them unconscious.
(Dazzler I#13 - BTS) - After their mission with Thundra, the Grapplers were imprisoned at Ryker’s Island. They made the best of their time in prison by ruling the women’s wing with an iron fist, with Titania as the leader.
(Dazzler I#13) - Three Grapplers (Poundcakes, Letha, and Screaming Mimi) entered Dazzler’s room at night while in prison and brought her to Titania. They planned to punish her for supposedly killing the villain Klaw, and ruthlessly beat her. Dazzler eventually fought back and knocked all of the Grapplers out by using Screaming Mimi’s voice against them.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#9 (fb)) - Titania was at a Bar With No Name listening to Bullseye telling stories.
(Marvel Two-in-One I#96) - Having somehow escaped prison, the Grapplers waited outside the hospital the Thing was a patient in until the appropriate time to attack. However, Captain America intervened, and defeated Titania and Screaming Mimi after their joint attack. They soon recuperated and prepared to attack once again. Fortunately for Captain America, the X-Men showed up and held off the Grapplers. Later, Titania and the other Grapplers joined a super-villain army on their way to attack the Thing, and they participated in the battle against several superheroes.
(Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide#1) - Hercules had a match against numerous wrestlers of the UCWF, including D-Man, Mangler, Songbird, Titania and Thing. He easily knocked Titania out.
(Thing I#33 - BTS) - Some time after their stint with villainy, the Grapplers became assimilated into the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, and they were completely willing to give up a life of crime for a higher paying (legal) gig as wrestlers. They were also granted superhuman strength from the Power Broker.
(Thing I#33) – After she suffered defeat in the wrestling ring against Battleaxe, Titania lost leadership of the Grapplers. Enraged, Titania attacked Battleaxe, only to be restrained by her teammates, who attempted to calm her down. In the locker-rooms, Poundcakes scolded Titania for being a poor sport. Feeling abandoned by her team, Titania stormed off into the showers. Soon after, Golddigger, who was really the Scourge of the Underworld, approached Titania in the showers and shot the wrestler, killing her.
(Punisher VII#5) - Aided by Dormammu's dark magic, the Hood resurrected Titania along with several other of Scourge's victims to fight the Punisher.
(Punisher VII#6) - The Hood addressed the assembled resurrected villains (including Titania, now dubbing herself Lascivious), warning them that failure to kill the Punisher would leave them dead again after 30 days, but lying to them that it was the Punisher disguised as Scourge who had killed them. Each one resurrected had been augmented, armed and costumed by the Hood
(Punisher VII#7) - Letha and Lascivious walked into the room where Mirage, Firebrand, Mind-Wave and Cyclone were playing cards. The two women derided the others, Lascivious using her newfound seductive powers to bring Mirage to his knees. Letha then declared that their group of resurrected villains had the advantage because others would underestimate them.
(Punisher VII#8) - Mirage facilitated the disguise of Lascivious and various resurrected villains to appear like (1980s era) Avengers as part of an elaborate masquerade to engage the Punisher, but the vigilante saw past the ruse and fought back. Lascivious survived the grenade trap the Punisher left with Mind-Wave's body. Lascivious and Letha then rode atop Hijacker's tank, taking the fight to the Punisher.
(Punisher VII#9) - The Punisher managed to incapacitate Lascivious by hurling the electrified Fly onto her, knocking her out.
(Punisher Annual II#1) - To attract the Punisher's attention and exact revenge, Letha and Lascivious went to a US war veterans self-help group, forcing them to brutally kill each other. The Punisher tracked the two down and resisted Letha's mind manipulations and fought back, jamming a pumpkin bomb into Lascivious' mouth. Lascivious and Letha then took a car to chase down the Punisher and Spider-Man, who were fighting each other due to Letha's rage manipulations. The Punisher destroyed the car, Lascivious then using her powers to make Spider-Man hold the Punisher while she and Letha escaped using Bird-Man.
(Deadpool Team-Up I#888) - Letha and Lascivious had a wrestling match against each other at Mega-Match. They were fifth on the card.
(Women of Marvel#2/2 (fb) - BTS) - Letha, Lascivious and Poundcakes reunited as the Grapplers and took in runaway Lanie as the new Screaming Mimi, outfitting her with the same technology Melissa Gold originally used. They had their new Mimi to contact Melissa Gold, who was now the heroine Songbird.
(Women of Marvel#2/2) - The three villainesses offered Songbird to rejoin them for a bank robbery, but Songbird denied their offer. They sent the new Mimi against her, but Songbird defeated the Grapplers, holding them in check with her light constructs, and took off Mimi's technology, telling her to go back home, which she did. Songbird handed over Letha, Lascivious and Poundcakes to the police.
(Secret Avengers I#29) - Lascivious joined the Masters of Evil alongside hundreds of members in Bagalia. They attacked John Steele on behalf of Max Fury; Steele later died.
(Secret Avengers I#30) - The Masters of Evil were taken over by the Abyss, who sought to spread them to the outside world.
(Secret Avengers I#31) - The Abyss-possessed villains moved to Bagalia's borders as the Secret Avengers tried to stop them.
(Secret Avengers I#32) - The Abyss was vanquished and the Avengers let the villains go free, having no authority in Bagalia.
(Secret Avengers II#2) - Lascivious was among the villains of Bagalia who battled the Secret Avengers, who sought to free Taskmaster.
(X-Men III#38) - Lascicious visited an underground casino that catered to a super-villainous clientele. When Daredevil and Domino crashed the party, Lascivious attacked Domino with a cue, but was chocked out with her own weapon.
(Avengers Arena#7 (fb)) - Lascivious attended Arcade's birthday party.
(Avengers Undercover#2) - Back in Bagalia Letha and Lascivious hung out at "The Hole". They hit on Murderworld survivor Chase Stein when he entered the bar and played Rock, Paper, Scissors to determine who would leave with him. Lascivious won and made out with him.
(All-New Captain America#2) - Letha and Lascivious were hanging out with Jack O'Lantern at a bar in Bagalia.
SECRET WARS HAPPENED
(Uncanny Avengers III#5) - Letha and Lascivious were present on the Queen Kathleen casino yacht when the Avengers Unity Squad came asking for the Red Skull's whereabouts.
(Captain America: Steve Rogers#3) - Letha and Lascivious were leaving a club in Bagalia with Crossfire when they encountered Free Spirit and her injured boyfriend Jack Spirit on the outside. Lascivious joked they would check on his wallet when Free Spirit told them to move along, which angered the three criminals. They left when Sharon Carter arrived with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on an aircraft and shot the ground in front of the villains. Lascivious angrily left with Letha, who proclaimed they had Mariah Carey tickets anyway.
Comments: Created by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, John Byrne & Joe Sinnott.
Titania received a two-page handbook entry in the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition #20. Her physical attributes in this entry are different from her appearance in Marvel Two-in-One#55 – the handbook lists her as being 6’1” and 194 lbs. whereas the announcer in #55 states she is 6’2” and 183 lbs.
The murderer who killed Titania was most likely Caprice, though it remains unclear whether or not the killer is a woman. It certainly seems that way, but the handbooks make a point of stating the uncertainty.
Update by Markus Raymond: Women of Marvel, Secret Avengers, onward.
Profile by Clint Theron.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Titania, Davida DeVito, has no known connections to
images:
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Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Update#3, Lascivious (main)
Marvel Two-in-One I#55, pg 10 (punching Thundra)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition#20, pg 23 (original costume)
Appearances:
Marvel Two-in-One I#54 (August, 1979) - Mark Gruenwald & Ralph Macchio (writer), John Byrne (penciler), Joe Sinnott (inker), Roger Stern (editor)
Marvel Two-in-One I#55 (September, 1979) - Mark Gruenwald & Ralph Macchio (writer), John Byrne (penciler), Joe Sinnott (inker), Roger Stern (editor)
Marvel Two-in-One I#56 (October, 1979) - Mark Gruenwald & Ralph Macchio (writer), George Perez (penciler), Gene Day (inker), Roger Stern (editor)
Dazzler I#13 (March, 1982) - Danny Fingeroth (writer), Frank Springer (penciler), Vince Colletta (inker), Jim Shooter (editor)
Marvel Two-in-One I#96 (February, 1983) - Tom Defalco (writer), Ron Wilson (penciler), Mike Esposito (inker), Linda Grant & Lance Tooks (editor)
Thing I#33 (March, 1986) - Michael Carlin (writer), Ron Wilson (penciler), Kim DeMulder (inker), Mark Gruenwald (editor)
Thunderbolts I#21 (December, 1998) - Kurt Busiek (writer), Mark Bagley (penciler), Scott Hanna (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide#1 (June, 2008) - Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), Bob Layton (artist), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Punisher VII#5 (July, 2009) - Rick Remender (writer), Jerome Opena (art), Axel Alonso (editor)
Punisher VII#6-9 (August-November, 2009) - Rick Remender (writer), Tan Eng Huat (art), Axel Alonso (editor)
Punisher Annual II#1 (2010) - Rick Remender (writer), Jason Pearson (art), Axel Alonso (editor)
Deadpool Team-Up I#888 (December, 2010) - Cullen Bunn (writer), Tom Fowler (artist), Sebastian Girner (editor)
Women of Marvel#2/2 (February, 2011) - Jim McCann (writer), Michael Ryan (artist), Michael Horwitz (editor)
Secret Avengers I#29-32 (September-December, 2012) - Rick Remender (writer), Matteo Scalera (penciler/inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
X-Men III#38 (January, 2013) - Seth Peck (writer), Paul Azaceta (artist), Jeanine Schaefer (editor)
Secret Avengers II#2 (May, 2013) - Nick Spencer (writer), Luke Ross (artist), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Avengers Arena#7 (June, 2013) - Dennis Hopeless (writer), Alessandro Vitti (penciler/inker), Bill Rosemann (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#9 (May, 2014) - Nick Spencer (writer), Steve Lieber, Rich Ellis (artists), Tom Brennan (editor)
Avengers Undercover#2 (June, 2014) - Dennis Hopeless (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Bill Rosemann (editor)
All-New Captain America#2 (January-February, 2015) - Rick Remender (writer), Stuart Immonen (pencils), Wade von Grawbadger (inks), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Uncanny Avengers III#5 (April, 2016) - Gerry Duggan (writer), Carlos Pacheco (pencils), Mariano Taibo & Dave Meikis (inks), Tom Brevoort with Daniel Ketchum (editors)
Captain America: Steve Rogers#3 (September, 2016) - Nick Spencer (writer), Jesus Saiz (artist), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First Posted: 12/31/2007
Last updated: 11/13/2023
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