Lou Cypher

Lou Cypher is a villain introduced in the serial "Legion of Lawndale Heroes". He makes his first appearance in Volume 3, Part 4 ("The Devil's Own.)

Cypher is sent by John Dynell to solve the problem of the Legion by getting rid of the Legion itself. It is stated that Cypher has been Dynell's "odd job man" for ten years. Cypher arrives in Lawndale and decides to creatively reinterpret Dynell's orders, proceeding to the Mayor's office in an attempt to have the zoning permit for the construction of Legion Tower revoked.

However, Mayor Mike Dunlap orders Cypher out of his office. Enraged, Cypher decides to assassinate Mayor Dunlap at a ceremony in which the Mayor will hand the key of the city of Lawndale to the Legionnaires. Dunlap is shot with a high-powered rifle, and the Legionnaires are forced to go into action and keep Dunlap from being killed.

Powers/abilities
Cypher appears to be a normal human being of slightly below average intelligence. He is skilled in the use of handguns and high-powered rifles, using such a rifle to attempt to kill Mayor Mike Dunlap of Lawndale from long distance.

In addition, Cypher carried a special handgun that fired plastic shells. The handgun's shells could not be blocked by Jane Lane's magnetic powers at the time; but recent education Jane Lane received at the United States Academy of Extranormal Studies might have provided Jane the ability to defend herself against such weapons in the future.

Trivia

 * "Lou Cypher" is obviously a play on the name "Lucifer". (Lu-CIFER)
 * Cypher drives a Trans-Am with the vanity license plate "DARK1".