Batroc the Leaper
Batroc the Leaper is a French mercenary and kickboxer known for his remarkable agility.
In 1965, Batroc was hired by a mysterious group of men to retrieve a canister containing Inferno 42, an explosive element capable of destroying a vast area in small doses when weaponized. The canister was apparently in the possession of Agent 13 of S.H.I.E.L.D., whom Batroc tailed. He witnessed her hand off the canister to another agent on the sidewalk, and Batroc attacked him. However, Batroc soon discovered that this was a decoy, and he attacked Agent 13 instead, causing the canister to drop and be exposed to the air. As a result, the Inferno 42 began to slowly leak radioactive gas. Captain America suddenly interfered, and he and Batroc fought as Agent 13 made off with the canister. Batroc realized that the Inferno would detonate in 30 minutes if left unchecked, and he convinced Captain America to help her retrieve it from Agent 13. The two chased after Agent 13, but she continued to run, believing that they had somehow teamed up to take her down.[1]
Before long, the energy leaking out of the package had a deleterious effect on Agent 13, who passed out. Cap and Batroc resumed fighting, and Batroc was able to get the upper hand and retrieve the package. Cap tailed him as he fled, following him straight to a group of shadowy men in an office building. Batroc demanded his payment for delivering the Inferno 42, but they insisted that he kill Captain America first. The men took the package, concealed it so that it was no longer an active danger, and fled into an elevator as Cap and Batroc resumed fighting. Batroc eventually fled once more, supposedly in fear of the danger that Inferno 42 still posed to the city. In fact, the canister he'd handed off was yet another decoy that Agent 13 had covertly switched for the real thing. She managed to get the real Inferno 42 safely into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.[2]