Who Is Rapido? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Rapido is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Roussel Dupont, with over 23 comic issue appearances. Roussel Dupont was a former member of the French Foreign Legion turned mercenary for hire. His right arm is replaced by a chain gun and dubs himself Rapido.

Who is Rapido?

Origin Roussel Dupont was a former member of the French Foreign Legion turned mercenary for hire. Dupont would have his right arm replaced by a chain gun and dub himself Rapido. The Kingpin would hire Rapido, Snakebite , Batroc and a computer hacker named Chauffard on a venture where he planned a hostile takeover of the European crime organizations and use a tunnel that serviced the main Chunnel link to smuggle arms and illegal goods into Britain. The Kingpin and his crew would come into conflict with the Punisher , Morgan Sinclair , Microchip and Nigel Higgins throughout Europe. Rapido, Chauffard, Snakebite and Batroc were also the Kingpin's hit squad and they were responsible for the elimination of any European cartel members that opposed the Kingpin. The Kingpin would assemble a meeting of all the major players from each European crime syndicate at the Omni Tower in London where he planned to kill them and replace the leaders with men he has infiltrated during the past year into each syndicate. Rapido and the rest of the hit squad would infiltrate the building dressed as security personnel and they were ordered to kill the syndicate leaders. Punisher, Outlaw and Tarantula entere.

Key facts

Rapido is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "Eurohit #3: Black Forest Black Bear". The character is published by Marvel. With 23 recorded issue appearances, Rapido ranks among the most featured characters in comics.