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| Mac Gargan | |
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 Mac Gargan / Scorpion battling Peter Parker / Spider-Man. Textless variant cover of Avengers vol. 8 #17. (March 2019). Art by Lee Garbett. | |
| Publication information | |
| First appearance | As Mac Gargan: The Amazing Spider-Man #19 (December 1964)[1] As the Scorpion: Amazing Spider-Man #20 (January 1965) As Venom: Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #10 (March 2005) As Spider-Man: Dark Avengers #1 (March 2009) As Virus: Venom (vol. 4) #25 (July 2020) |
| Created by | Stan Lee (writer) Steve Ditko (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | MacDonald "Mac" Gargan |
| Species | Human mutate |
| Team affiliations | Sinister Twelve Masters of Evil Sinister Twelve Dark Avengers Thunderbolts Savage Six Sinister Six Alchemax Cape-Killers |
| Notable aliases | Scorpion Venom Spider-Man Virus |
| Abilities | As Scorpion:
As Venom:
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MacDonald "Mac" Gargan is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko,[2] the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #19 (December 1964).[3] Mac Gargan is a recurring antagonist of the superhero Peter Parker / Spider-Man.[4] He debuted as a private investigator hired by J. Jonah Jameson to learn how Peter Parker took pictures of Spider-Man.[5] In the following issue, Jameson decided to turn Gargan into a deadly adversary for Spider-Man through a barely-tested procedure, which left Gargan with an irremovable scorpion-themed armor and the predatory instincts of the arachnid. Driven insane by his mutation, Gargan instead turned to a life of crime as the Scorpion, and went on to menace both Spider-Man and Jameson, whom he held responsible for his transformation. Since then, having finally removed the armor, Gargan has also served as the third host of the Venom symbiote,[6] and a member of the Dark Avengers as Spider-Man,[7] but eventually returned to his Scorpion alias as it kept him alive due to the strain both the neural-armors and symbiote put on his body.
Since his original introduction during the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character has been featured in various other Marvel-licensed products, including feature films, television series, video games, and merchandise. The character made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), portrayed by Michael Mando.
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- ^ Magnett, Chase (July 14, 2019). "The 10 Best Spider-Man Villains Who Still Need a Live-Action Adaptation". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ Lealos, Shawn S. (July 25, 2023). "Spider-Man's 20 Strongest Villains, Ranked". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ Beaty, Drew (2021-05-27). "10 Most Powerful Hosts Of The Venom Symbiote, Ranked". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ Brevoort, Tom; DeFalco, Tom; Manning, Matthew K.; Sanderson, Peter; Wiacek, Win (2017). Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History. DK Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 978-1465455505.
- ^ Lovett, Jamie (December 4, 2016). "Every Venom Host In The Marvel Universe Ranked". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
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