History
Origin[]
Lord Deathstrike was the the brother of Yuriko Oyama, a.k.a Lady Deathstrike.[2] At one point, he was hired by the Red Right Hand to kill Mystique, but despite his incredible skills and technology he failed, as Mystique was killed by Wolverine.[5]
Joining Sabretooth's army[]
Soon after he was hired to kill the Hand's leader Azuma Gōda, but after successfully shooting him in the head, he discovered that Mystique, who was resurrected by the Hand, impersonated Gōda in order to face him as revenge for almost killing her previously.
After a brief fight, Mystique revealed to him her true intentions and asked him if he was interested into working for the soon to be invisible King of Asia, Sabretooth, which he accepted.[6] After facing the X-Men,[7] he was reunited with his sister and they were both invited alongside several other villains to Lowtown, Madripoor, where Sabretooth held a party to celebrate his rise to the top of the Asian criminal empire. But Wolverine heard about it and decided to crash the party, defeating Lord Deathstrike and every other villain present before wishing an "happy birthday" to Sabretooth as revenge for what he did to him in the past.[2]
Some time later, Lord Deathstrike was seen as an instructor at the Hellfire Academy[8] and fought against Wolverine once more.[9] He then tried to kill Venom and Mania after the criminal mobster Lord Ogre put a price on their heads,[10] before rejoining Sabretooth's organization as Sabretooth was about to strike Wolverine after hearing he lost his healing factor. After luring Wolverine to the place he was born, Sabretooth used his ninja army, Mystique, Lord Deathstrike, and the Silver Samurai to break Logan. Once done, Sabretooth appeared and beat Wolverine to a pulp and left him broken, both physically and mentally.[11]
After this victory, Lord Deathstrike helped Sabretooth steal a strange sphere of immeasurable power in Madripoor.[12] Sabretooth's goal was to swap this reality for another one in order to create a new primal world where there was no technology, no rules, and no powers that weren't physical. This world would benefit the strongest, and Sabretooth would be a god there.[13] His plans failed when Mystique, Lord Deathstrike, the Silver Samurai, and the Hand were defeated by Wolverine and his allies.[14] After his army fell, Sabretooth was ultimately defeated by Wolverine and, alongside the rest of his army, was taken into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s custody.[15]
Assassin Guild[]
Lord Deathstrike somehow escaped from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s custody and resumed his assassin career. He was hired to retrieve a robot that could predict the future, which put him in conflict with Deadpool and the Mercs for Money.[16] He then tried to assassinate Daredevil after hearing there was a bounty on his head, but the masked vigilante defeated him.[17]
He later joined the Assassins Guild and faced Deadpool again, but he was shot and beaten alongside the rest of the guild.[18]
King of Killers[]
After the Punisher became the new head of the Hand and the "Fist of the Beast", Lord Deathstrike and Lady Bullseye didn't believe he was fit for the position and, one night, attacked him to prove him unworthy. They easily disarmed him and were about to shoot him when the Beast's power surged through him, and he threw a dagger infused with the Beast's power, striking Deathstrike in the chest, killing him.[3]
Atelier[]
Sometimes after his death, Kazuo Oyama was revealed to be alive and a member of the élite assassin guild known as the Atelier.[4] The Atelier kept an audition for his sister and Deadpool, which they both failed.[19] The Atelier tasked Kazuo to give Lady Deathstrike another chance with a new audition[1] which she failed again. The Horned Emperor, Atelier's leader, then assigned to all the members of the group a quest to find ex-member Valentine Vuong and Deadpool and kill them.[20]Attributes
Abilities
Paraphernalia
Weapons
Notes
- Yuriko Oyama's two brothers were first mentioned in Daredevil #198, where reporter Ben Urich revealed they were "believed dead" after an assassination attempt on the Japanese Prime Minister. In the following issue, Yuriko also tells Daredevil that her brothers are dead.
- It hasn't yet been made clear if Kazuo was meant to be one of those brothers.
Trivia
- Yokai, the villain of the Big Hero 6 film, greatly resembles Lord Deathstrike.
- Lord Deathstrike initially appeared to be mute, but it was eventually revealed that he is in fact fully capable of speech. He simply does not feel like talking to anyone other than his sister and those who he deems worthy of his time.[1]
See Also
- 30 appearance(s) of Kazuo Oyama (Earth-616)
- 4 minor appearance(s) of Kazuo Oyama (Earth-616)
- 2 mention(s) of Kazuo Oyama (Earth-616)
- 8 image(s) of Kazuo Oyama (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Deadpool (Vol. 9) #3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wolverine (Vol. 2) #304
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Punisher (Vol. 13) #4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Deadpool (Vol. 9) #1
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Wolverine (Vol. 4) #9
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 2) #303
- ↑ X-Men (Vol. 3) #26
- ↑ Wolverine & the X-Men #20
- ↑ Wolverine & the X-Men #32
- ↑ Venom (Vol. 2) #37–39
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 5) #10–13
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 6) #1–9
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 6) #10
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 6) #11
- ↑ Wolverine (Vol. 6) #12
- ↑ Deadpool & the Mercs for Money #1–5
- ↑ Daredevil (Vol. 5) #15
- ↑ Deadpool: Assassin #1–5
- ↑ Deadpool (Vol. 9) #2
- ↑ Deadpool (Vol. 9) #5