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Harry Leland | |
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![]() Harry Leland in The Uncanny X-Men #132 Art by John Byrne | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Uncanny X-Men #132 (April 1980) |
Created by | Chris Claremont John Byrne |
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Alter ego | Harold Leland |
Species | Human Mutant |
Team affiliations | Hellfire Club |
Notable aliases | Black Bishop |
Abilities | Able to increase mass |
Harry Leland, also known as the Black Bishop, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as an adversary of the X-Men.
Leland possesses the mutant ability to increase the mass of an object or person, making it extremely heavy. Thanks to his allegiance to Sebastian Shaw, he attained the rank of Black Bishop of the Lords Cardinal of the New York branch of The Hellfire Club, an exclusive secret society bent on world domination. In civilian life, he was a corporate lawyer.