Ferdinand Lopez (Earth-616)

Machete
Name	Ferdinand Lopez
Current Alias	Machete
Aliases	El Liberador de San Diablo, The King of Knives
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Batroc's Brigade Formerly Doom's Brigade
Relatives	Siblings: Machete (Alfonso Lopez) (brother); Machete (Mariano Lopez) (brother)
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′2″ (1.88 m)
Weight	200 lbs (90.72 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Moustache
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Revolutionary in San Diablo, military experience and intense exercise.
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	San Diablo
Place of Death	Unclear
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	San Diabloan
Occupation	Mercenary and former revolutionary
Base of Operations	Mobile
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Michael Carlin, Paul Neary
First	Captain America #302 (October, 1984)
First	Captain America #302 (October, 1984)
Death	Captain America #442 (June, 1995)
Death	Captain America #442 (June, 1995)

History

Ferdinand Lopez was a revolutionary in his native South American country of San Diablo, but he could not manage to organize a successful revolution. He began working as an international mercenary to get the money for his revolution, considering himself "El Liberador de San Diablo." He joined Batroc's Brigade and Doom's Brigade as a means towards that goal. This led him to fight Captain America and other superheroes.

Zeitgeist (Larry Ekler) killed Machete during his serial murders of South American costumed fighters.

Attributes

Power Grid

Abilities

• Multilingual: Machete is fluent in Spanish and English.
• Strategist: Machete has extensive knowledge of guerilla warfare.
• Knives Proficiency: Machete is a expert in fighting with knives. His skill is so great, that he managed a trick-shot throw that destroyed the only vulnerable part of Captain America's shield to conventional weapons, its holding straps, while Cap was wielding it.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Machete has electromagnets in the palms of his gloves to attract a close target weighing 200 pounds or less.

Weapons

Machete always carries at least two machetes and eight to ten daggers.

Notes

• Due to his death being off-panel, later writers forget he was dead and used his character in a few stories and then killed him off again, these were later attributed to his brother Alfonso Lopez who was said to be his replacement.

Trivia

• Machete is one of the enemies in the 1989 video game The Amazing Spider-Man & Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!.

See Also

• 17 appearance(s) of Ferdinand Lopez (Earth-616)
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Ferdinand Lopez (Earth-616)
• 1 minor appearance(s) of Ferdinand Lopez (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Ferdinand Lopez (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Ferdinand Lopez (Earth-616)
• 5 image(s) of Ferdinand Lopez (Earth-616)