Lone member Scorpio is the first member to debut in the Marvel Universe, first appearing in the title "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." The character acquires a sentient extradimensional (from the "Ankh" dimension) artifact called the Zodiac Key, and attempts to assassinate S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury. The encounter ends with Scorpio apparently dying from a gunshot wound. The character reappears in the same title, and attempts to kill Fury once again, before being driven off by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. It is eventually revealed that this was still the original villain, but resurrected in a Life Model Decoy body by the Zodiac Key.