Religion: not determined yet
Name: Dr. Edward Lansing
Other Names: Edward Lansing; Dr. Lansing
Classification: villain scientist
First Appearance: The Champions (vol. 1) #4 (Mar. 1976): "Murder at Malibu!"
Creators: Chris Claremont, George Tuska, Vince Colletta
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: The Champions
Ally: Old Billy
Ally: Dr. Lansing's Mutates
Employer: San Marino State Hospital
Occupation: professor, scientist
Location: San Marino, California, USA
Gender: male
Note: created strong, mentally slow mutates
Dr. Edward Lansing was fired from his full professorship position at a prestigious teaching hospital due to his unethical experiments.
Lansing moved to San Marino, California, where he found a steady supply of outcasts he could experiment on. In trying to recreate the Super-Soldier formula that created Captain America, Lansing was able to imbue people with great strength, but it degraded their mental faculties considerably.
Edward Lansing died in issue he first appeared in.
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://comicbookdb.com/character.php?ID=18717
- https://www.comics.org/issue/29644/
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Champions_Vol_1_4
- http://www.chronology.net/default.pl/cited/rd_champions
- http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveData/Issue.aspx?id=3a88c10c-85ec-4d45-bc1a-0dd5e56133aa