Batroc the Leaper

Batroc the Leaper
Batroc the Leaper Art by Luke Ross
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Tales of Suspense #75 (March 1966)
Created by	Stan Lee Jack Kirby
In-story information
Alter ego	Georges Batroc
Team affiliations	Thunderbolts Batroc's Brigade Masters of Evil Legion Accursed
Notable aliases	The Leaper
Abilities	Master French kickboxer Expert hand to hand combatant Olympic level athlete and weightlifter Extraordinary agility, flexibility and reflexes Experienced thief and smuggler

Batroc (Georges Batroc) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #75, 1966. He is a mercenary and a master of the French form of kick boxing known as savate. Writer Mark Waid described the character as ahead of his time, elaborating "He was a Jean-Claude Van Damme, but he was in the 1960s."

Georges St-Pierre plays the character in the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Batroc, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Tales of Suspense #75 in March 1966. He has reappeared in various Marvel titles ever since.

Sporting a new costume designed by John Romita, Jr., Batroc served as Klaw's top lieutenant in the first arc of the 2005 re-launch of Reginald Hudlin's Black Panther.

Georges Batroc was born in Marseille, France, and served in the French Foreign Legion. He is a French costumed mercenary who specializes in savate (also known as "La Boxe Française"), a form of kickboxing, with acrobatic skills and articulate unusual flexibility. Although he has primarily appeared in the pages of Captain America, he has also faced off against the Punisher, Spider-Man, Deadpool, Hawkeye, Iron Fist and Gambit. Batroc has occasionally led his own team "Batroc's Brigade" although membership has changed over time. The group has primarily fought Captain America.