Roussel Dupont (Earth-616)

Rapido
Name	Roussel Dupont
Current Alias	Rapido
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Batroc's Brigade; former employee of the Kingpin, formerly French Army (Foreign Legion)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′3″ (1.91 m)
Weight	290 lbs (131.54 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Blond
Unusual Features	One Arm. Rapido's right arm has been replaced with a chain gun.
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human Cyborg
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	French
Occupation	Mercenary, former soldier in the French Foreign Legion
Base of Operations	France
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
First	Punisher (Vol. 2) #65 (May, 1992)
First	Punisher (Vol. 2) #65 (May, 1992)

 Rapido, Right? Your girlfriend give you that name? 

—Black Widow

History

Origin

Roussel Dupont was a former member of the French Foreign Legionnaire who turned mercenary for hire. His right arm has been replaced by a chain gun. He has dubbed himself Rapido.

Encountering the Punisher

Rapido has frequently encountered the Punisher.

Civil War

Rapido was one of the many mercenaries reluctantly hired by the French government to prevent more unregistered American heroes from illegally entering the country. He was supported by the French Armed Forces in his task, as well as fellow mercenary Le Peregrine.

Fear Itself

During the Fear Itself crisis due to the Serpent's actions, and especially to Mokk's attack on Paris, Rapido and other mercenaries were hired to steal the launch codes of the French government's nuclear arsenal and invade a hide-out of the Ministry of Defense in Marseilles.

They were stopped by Black Widow and Le Peregrine, but they succeeded in transmitting the codes.

Batroc's Brigade

Rapido appeared with Batroc, Zaran, and a female version of Machete in Madripoor as the new Batroc's Brigade. The Brigade crashed a weapons expo and came into conflict with Iron Man and Captain America over the Harvester Protocol which was a virus that could render technology useless. Rapido aimed his chain gun at Captain America while he was preoccupied with Zaran and Machete but Iron Man broke through a wall and hit Rapido with a repulsor blast. Batroc protected his employer Kashmir Vennema (Earth-12083) as she activated the Harvester device and it corrupted Iron Man's armor, disabled Captain America's light shield, and took control of the Pym-Stark Myriad Engine and its production of hornet drones.

Attributes

Powers

Since becoming a cyborg, Rapido's right arm has been replaced with a chain gun that he can command mentally. He has also had other modifications including a laser sight and a grenade launcher, among others.

Trivia

• "Rapido" means "quick/fast" in Italian and Spanish (In Spanish it is written Rápido, a writing that was also used for the character).

See Also

• 13 appearance(s) of Roussel Dupont (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Roussel Dupont (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Roussel Dupont (Earth-616)
• 5 image(s) of Roussel Dupont (Earth-616)

Links and References

• http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/rapidopu.htm