Batroc the Leaper
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Batroc the Leaper as depicted in Unbelievable Gwenpool #24 (January 2018). Art by Gurihiru. | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Tales of Suspense #75 (March 1966) |
| Created by | Stan Lee Jack Kirby |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Georges Batroc |
| Species | Human |
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| Partnerships | Gwen Poole |
| Notable aliases | The Leaper |
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Georges Batroc the Leaper (French: Batroc le Sauteur) is a fictional character 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, commonly depicted as an adversary of Captain America, and a mentor of Gwen Poole. Batroc's name derives from the word batrachia, a classification of amphibians that includes frogs, which also plays on the stereotype of calling French people frogs.
Georges St-Pierre portrays Batroc in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and animated series What If…? (both 2021).