Chance (Marvel)
Chance is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Nicholas Powell
Finding modern life too boring, professional gambler Nicholas Powell decided that only risk made it tolerable, and so became the high-tech mercenary Chance, who never charged outright for his services, but took payment for them in the form of bets and wagers. Powell lost a coin toss to dry cleaning delivery boy Johnny, costing him $1000. Displeased that underworld fence Andre Bouillon would not join his intelligence organization, the Foreigner hired Chance to kill him, which he did. Chance spotted Spider-Man leaving Andre's home, and wagered the Foreigner his fee, double or nothing, that he could take him out in 24 hours. Amused, the Foreigner agreed. Chance tracked down Spider-Man and Andre's friend the Black Fox, and attacked. Spider-Man evaded his acid darts and laser blasts, then seemingly dove off the rooftop. Chance's 360-degree vision soon revealed that Spider-Man had crawled around the building and was sneaking up behind him; Chance feigned ignorance, then lashed out with another laser barrage. Spider-Man kept dodging, however, and the fight soon attracted the attention of the building's occupants. Chance spied one, holding a shotgun, creeping onto the roof, and surmised that there would soon be more. He shot a chimney, and fled while Spider-Man saved the man from the crumbling masonry. Powell put out the word that he was looking for the Fox, who had been spotted in Spider-Man's company. Later, at his penthouse apartment, Johnny delivered his dry cleaning; Powell wagered his bill against a thousand dollars, on a coin toss. After winning the toss, Powell got a message from fence Elmo Twig, who had spotted the Black Fox. Chance found Spider-Man at a nearby construction site, and opened fire. Spider-Man, remembering Chance's 360-degree vision, tried attacking him from above, but found that he could see there, too. After hitting him in the torso with a loose board, he disappeared from sight; Chance lost him until Spider-Man attacked from below, pulling him through the floorboards and knocking him to the ground. He then tore off the connection between Chance's helmet and power supply, shutting down his weapons; the sudden interruption of his cybernetic link also knocked Chance out. Spider-Man left him for the police. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #15)
Powell came to feel that Bagalia was too lawless for proper criminal venture and thus established a gambling enterprise based on the hidden and mobile base known as the Palace. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #38)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
He came to manage a place called the Palace that was a cloaked and undetectable structure that floated high above the skyline of the city. It had the ability to teleport the entire site to another location at a second's noice. The structure served as part of a criminal gambling enterprise that was run by Powell that catered to an exclusive clientele that were unencumbered by limitations of morality or good legal standing. A key feature of this enterprise was the Sportsbook whereby hacking into a variety of surveillance systems the Palace was able to bring live-footage of superhuman conflicts anywhere around the world. This allowed the attendees to place bets and gamble on the results of fights of superpowered beings. (Amazing Spider-Man v5 #38)
Notes
- Chance was created by David Michelinie and Mike Harris where he made his first appearance in Web of Spider-Man v1 #15 (June, 1986).
Appearances
- Web of Spider-Man v1: (1986)
- Spider-Man Unlimited v1:
- Amazing Spider-Man v5: (2020)
- Jackpot and Black Cat v1: (2024)
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