Origin
Commedia Dell'Morte translated The Comedy of Death are a group of assassins from Europe dressed as "stock characters" from classical opera. The group is led by
Pagliacci and also consist of
Mister Punch,
Pantalone,
La Signora and
Captain Scaramouche. They claim to be Europe's greatest assassins and they come to New York City in search of one of their members named Columbina. This group competed with a mercenary known as
Crime-Buster for the same contract on a Camorra mafia informant when he had kidnapped Columbina and brought her to the states. Crime-Buster is later found dead in his apartment and the Comedy of Death confront the new
Power Man after he leaves the apartment of the dead mercenary.
Iron Fist comes to the aid of his partner and a brief scuffle occurs. Pagliacci tells Iron Fist that he will not leave the country without his beloved Columbina before escaping from the police.
El Aguila would see
Danny Rand during a meeting and informed him that the Commedia Dell'Morte are quite renowned on the other side of the Atlantic and he fought them to a standstill in Grenada before he lost his mutant powers.
Creation
Commedia Dell'Morte was created by
Fred Van Lente and
Wellington Alves in 2011 and first appeared in
Power Man and Iron Fist # 1.
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