Karl Malus
Karl Malus is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Karl Malus
Malus immodestly called his facility the Institute for Supranormality Research despite the fact that he composed its entire staff. (Spider-Woman v1 #31)
In the course of his research, Malus came up with a number of special toxins and other chemical-based weaponry, which he sold to such Los Angeles criminals such as the Enforcer. (Spider-Woman v1 #30) Malus invented and sold a mnemonic scrambler to Kraven the Hunter. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #67) At some point, Malus was contacted by Jack Russell who was seeking chemical means to control his Werewolf transformations. (Spider-Woman v1 #32) Malus encountered the Human Fly who had sought him out to bolster his waning powers. He sent him out to steal some special equipment, but the theft led the Fly into battle with Jessica Drew, the first Spider-Woman. Malus determined that to cure the Fly he had to transfer Spider-Woman's powers to the Fly. The Fly then lured Spider-Woman to Malus' facility by stealing the comatose body of Spider-Woman's then partner, criminologist Scotty McDowell, who had been stricken by one of the Enforcer's bullets. After Spider-Woman defeated the Fly, Malus offered to resuscitate McDowell in exchange for lenient treatment. While reviving him, Malus injected McDowell with an extract of the Fly's blood along with the antidote for the Enforcer's bullet. (Spider-Woman v1 #30) While incarcerated in jail, Malus listened with interest to radio reports of McDowell as the Hornet and his encounters with Spider-Woman. As the Hornet seemed to go on a rampage, Malus finagled his own release from jail in order to help them capture the Hornet. Malus was actually interested in obtaining Spider-Woman for his personal study. The police equipped him with a high-powered tranquilizer gun, but Malus actually used it to keep Spider-Woman from defeating the Hornet. In the resulting confusion, he escaped his police custody. (Spider-Woman v1 #31)
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Notes
- Karl Malus was created by Michael Fleisher, Steve Leialoha and Jim Mooney where he made his first appearance in Spider-Woman v1 #30 (September, 1980).
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Television
Appearances
- Spider-Woman v1: (1980)
- Superior Carnage v1:
- Captain America: Sam Wilson v1:
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