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Mysterio
Appearance
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 175 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Features: Wears a fish-bowl on his head
Summary
Created By: Unknown
Real Name: Quentin Beck/Nicholas Macabe
Current Aliases: None
Former Aliases: Dr. Ludwig Rinehart
Dual Identity: Known to legal authorites
Current Occupation: Professional Criminal
Former Occupation: Hollywood special effects designer and stunt man
Citizenship: United States of America
Legal Status: Criminal record in U.S.
Place of Birth: Riverside, California
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Known Confidants: Daniel Berkhart
Known Allies: the Wizard, Electro, the Vulture, Hobgoblin, Shocker, Scorpia, Beetle; (former)Doctor Octopus(deceased), Kraven(deceased), Sandman,
Major Enemies: Spider-Man, Scarlet-Spider, Kaine
Usual Bases: Mobile
Former Bases: Hollywood, California
Current Groups: Sinister Seven (Beetle, Electro, Hobgoblin, Scorpia, Shocker, the Vulture)
Former Groups: Sinister Six I (Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven, Sandman, the Vulture), Sinister Six II (Doctor Octopus, Electro, Hobgoblin, Sandman, the Vulture)
Education: Film school graduate
Powers & Paraphenalia
Strength Level: Normal
Powers: None
Abilities: Expert designer of special effects devices(hologhraphics) and stage illusions, master hypnotist & prestidigitator, taneled chemist and roboticist.
Equipment: One-way plexiglass helmet w/half-hour air supply & holographic projector; gas jets mounted in gloves and boots capable of emitting hallucinigenic, sense-dulling, or "web" disolving gases. Also elaborate stage sets and props as part of his schemes for revenge.
Weapons: Occasionally carries hypnotic aides & conventional hand held weaponry.
Limitations: His quest for an 'artistic' revenge on Spider-Man means that he never really actually wants to kill him outright.
Background
Quentin Beck stared his career as a hollywood stuntman. He later branched into special effects, and within a few months was one of the industries top special effects designers. But Beck grew tried of his continual backstage role and wanted something greater. One day a friend jokingly told him to take out one of the new cotsumed crime-fighters, that were popping out of the woodwork at the time, if he wanted to make a name for himself. Beck took the idea to heart and began to study the then fledgling Spider-Man.
He entered into a partnership with the Tinkerer to steal industrial and military plans. The two men pooled their genius and developed an alien disguise to mask the true nature of their crime. The scheme was foiled by Spider-Man, but the hero did not see through the villains' diguises. After more planning and study of his foe, Beck attacked Spider-Man as Mysterio, master of illusion, and was soundly defeated. Mysterio accepted Doctor Octopus' invitation to join the original Sinister Six, a group made up of fromer spider-foes all looking for revenge.
Mysterio has fought Spider-Man many times since then. Most notably was his prolonged campainge to recover a fortune from May Parker's house, which he eventually discovered had been eaten by silverfish. Mysterio is currently at large, plotting and planning his next move. Foremost on his mind these days is the destruction of Kaine, the enigmatic foe who has a preferance for killing spider-villains.