Larry Markson

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Larry Markson


Larry Markson

Publisher Flag of Japan Shogakukan
Flag of Canada Flag of United States VIZ Media (Defunct)
Flag of France Glenat (Defunct)
Flag of Germany Planet Manga
Flag of Hong Kong Jade Dynasty
Flag of Indonesia Elex Media
Flag of Malaysia Komik Remaja (Defunct)
Flag of Netherlands Big Balloon
Flag of Singapore Chuang Yi (English)
Flag of South Korea Junior Special Comics (Original), Daiwon & Gang Dok Mok? (Collector's Edition)
Flag of Spain Planeta DeAgostini
Flag of Republic of China Youth Comic Series
First appearance Spriggan, Volume 4
Created by Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa
Characteristics
Full name See Character Name
Species Human
Affiliations Trident Corporation

Larry Markson (ラリー・マーカスン Rarii Makusun?) is a fictional character in the manga series Spriggan. He is the antagonist that ARCAM confronts during the middle of the manga series.

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[edit] Origin

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Pre-Trident Days

Nothing much is known with Larry Markson, with the exception that he was responsible for founding Trident Corporation after NATO had declared the former R&D division as a rogue organization. Thanks to him, he was able to get funding from the major corporations including Clovers Heavy Industries, Campbell Company and Takasumi Zaibatsu. One of his major goals was to kidnap a young Jean Jacquemonde and extract some of his cells for Trident's covert biological weapons program.

He had played a role that resulted in the death of Maria and Mark Felton, Jean's mother and younger brother. Jean swore revenge after Tea Flatte assisted him in breaking out of the Trident research facility in France.

[edit] In Romania

Larry went to Romania with platoons of Trident soldiers, accompanied by Iwao Akatsuki and Dary Graham in order to confront the Spriggans that were assembling there. With them was Jean's estanged father, Rick Bordeau. Though Trident forces were defeated by Spriggans with one killed by Dary's vampiric powers, Rally seemed satisfied that the Spriggans were driven off for now.

[edit] Cooperation

As the series progressed, he gained the cooperation of ARCAM President Henry Garnum in securing relics from the South Pole, including the ability to use the South Pole Shrine.[1] He had the initial cooperation from ARCAM personnel from the likes of Rie Yamabishi to Eva McMahon in their excavation. Unfortunately, Iwao Akatsuki came to the area and had Yu Ominae and Jean Jacquemonde to help him after he defected from the Trident Corporation, forcing him to send COSMOS to execute him for betraying the company.

As the trio foiled the attempts of Larry to unleash the Fire Snake, he tried to escape in a helicopter. Bad thing for him was that Iwao cornered him and punched him in the face.

[edit] Known Conditions

It was known that Iwao Akatsuki helped him on his feet after punching him in the face. This move indicates that Akatsuki could have reconciled with Larry. Though others may have other opinions as this scene was left to the interpretation of the readers also.[2]

[edit] Character

Larry is a shrewed man, who would use anything to gain an advantage over his enemies. At one point, he had thought of using Bowman and Rick Bordeau to fight against Yu Ominae and Jean Jacquemonde as the two had prior relationships before they became Spriggan operatives.[3] Though his plans failed, Larry still keeps on using more leverages to give him an advantage, such as gaining an alliance with Henry Garnum and to use Rie Yamabishi, Mayzel and other ARCAM personnel who are suspicious of the alliance in order to keep them in line.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The part of using the Fire Snakes when unleashed from the South Pole Shrine were accidentally including in their operations
  2. ^ This is left to the interpretation of the readers.
  3. ^ Bowman was Yu's COSMOS instructor, while Rick was Jean's estranged father.

[edit] See also

Spriggan by Hiroshi Takashige and Ryoji Minagawa
Characters
Yu Ominae | Jean Jacquemonde | Tea Flatte | Oboro | Yamamoto | Rie Yamabishi | Yoshino Somei | Mayzel | Iwao Akatsuki | Bo Brantz | Larry Markson | Henry Garnum | Sho Kanaya | Minor Spriggan characters
Organizations
ARCAM Corporation | ARCAM Private Army | Trident Corporation | COSMOS | Spriggans | Minor Spriggan organizations
Mystical locations
Forest of No Return | Phantom Island | Reverse Babel Tower | South Pole Shrine
Mystical artifacts
Fire Orb | Mask of Palenque | Noah's Ark | Berserker | Crystal Skull | Program YAMA | Holy Grail | Vajrayana | Ark of the Covenant | Megiddo Flame | Gold Statue of Pachacamac
Other mystical items
Armored Machine Suit | Armored Muscle Suit | Hihiirokane | Magical Circle of Chaos | Message Plate | Omihalcon | Soma
Others
Franchise | ISBN Codes