Sheoke Sanada (Earth-616)

Snapdragon
Name	Sheoke Sanada
Current Alias	Snapdragon
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Femizons
Relatives	Kono Sanada (brother)
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Female
Height	6′ (1.83 m)
Weight	158 lbs (71.67 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	Secret
Citizenship	Japanese
Occupation	Assassin
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Ralph Macchio, George Perez
First	Marvel Fanfare #12 (October, 1983)
First	Marvel Fanfare #12 (October, 1983)

History

Snapdragon (Sheoke Sanada)

A skilled martial artist, Snapdragon was first seen when she was hired to defeat the Black Widow in Japan. She succeeded in this mission, but Black Widow soon regained her composure and quickly dispatched Snapdragon.

Later, Snapdragon joined Superia's all-female superhuman army the Femizons and became one of her lieutenants. There, Snapdragon came across another Femizon recruit, her long-time enemy Diamondback. The two had both been trained by Anaconda in Taskmaster's Academy for training criminal mercenaries, but Diamondback had subsequently dishonored Snapdragon in some way. While on Superia's S.S. Superia cruise ship, Snapdragon faced Diamondback when she was without her trademark throwing diamond weapons. The two fought, and Snapdragon knocked Diamondback unconscious. Snapdragon threw the unconscious Diamondback overboard, leaving her to drown. Diamondback was rescued and eventually recovered, but briefly swore off her life as a costumed mercenary out of fear of dying.

After being brutalized and trained by the criminal Crossbones, Diamondback returned to her life of adventuring and sought revenge against Snapdragon. Diamondback tracked Snapdragon to an AIM weapons expo on the island Boca Caliente with her allies Captain America and Falcon and caught Snapdragon unawares. During their rematch,

Echo breaks her cover to save Moon Knight from Snapdragon.

a now more highly trained and ruthless Diamondback overpowered and strangled Snapdragon to death in a fountain. Snapdragon's body was returned to Japan and cremated by her brother, Kono.

Side by side with Moon Knight

Snapdragon somehow returned to life and started working for Los Angeles Kingpin, time later was confronted by Moon Knight. She and her henchmen got the best of him; however, he was saved by an undercover Echo. She hired Night Shift to kill Moon Knight, but the team failed. After Moon Knight and Echo managed to reveal Count Nefaria as the kingpin, a subdued Snapdragon was left to the police.

Powers and Abilities

Power Grid

Intelligence		2
Strength		2
Speed		2
Durability			3
Energy Projection	1
Fighting Skills				4

Powers

Snapdragon possessed no superhuman abilities of her own.

Abilities

Snapdragon was a proficient hand-to-hand combatant, and skilled in using various forms of weaponry.

Physical Strength

Snapdragon possessed the normal human strength of a woman of her age, height, and build who engaged in intensive regular exercise.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Snapdragon wore a protective suit of armor, which featured a helmet with infrared sensors. She also used a Bo-staff, various edged weapons and a Bola.

See Also

• 27 appearance(s) of Sheoke Sanada (Earth-616)
• 5 minor appearance(s) of Sheoke Sanada (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) of Sheoke Sanada (Earth-616)
• 9 image(s) of Sheoke Sanada (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Sheoke Sanada (Earth-616)

Links and References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_%28comics%29

Footnotes

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