Looter (Marvel)
The Looter is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Norton G. Fester
It was said that he flunked science at school. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36)
After sighting a fallen meteor, he took a plane to investigate the site where he was the first one of the scene. He took a sample from the scene which he believed would unlock the mysteries of the universe and make him rich. However, he lacked the money to conduct his research and his efforts at securing funding were a failure. Rejected on all fronts, he decided to conduct his own research on the meteor and began chipping at it. It was then that a gas pocket blew in his face that imparted on him superpowers. With these abilities, he decided to adopt a life of crime where he became a costumed criminal called the Looter where he robbed a bank. He began to use his super-strength to the fullest as he began a one-man crime wave. Fester learnt of a similar meteor at a museum, and determined to steal it in the belief that it could further augment his powers. Coincidentally, Spider-Man was present at the scene when Fester attempted to steal the meteor. The Wall-Crawler battled the Looter who was forced to flee without the meteor. A few nights later, Fester returned to the museum only to find Spider-Man waiting for him there. In battle with Spider-Man, Fester was knocked unconscious and captured by the police. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36)
After spending years as a model inmate in the State Penitentiary, Fester was reassigned to Bill Gordon's cell. Gordon immediately began ostracising Fester, claiming that he was a phony who possessed no real power, because if he did he certainly would have used it to break out of prison. Fester claimed that he was such a law-abiding citizen before he got his powers that he never thought to break out of prison. Now, however, Fester used his fantastic strength to crash through the prison wall and escape. He was next seen again in his Looter costume stealing a meteor specimen from the New York City penthouse of Kyle Richmond. Richmond walked in on the theft dressed in his alter-ego of Nighthawk, but Fester caught him off-guard and knocked him out, stealing a valuable meteorite specimen that Richmond had purchased from the science museum. Nighthawk warned Spider-Man of his old foe's return, so he went to Fester's old hideout to find clues as to his whereabouts. Fester, now calling himself the Meteor Man, ambushed Spider-Man, nearly sending him plummeting to his death, before using his modified parachute/balloon to escape. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #33) The Meteor Man ambushed and savagely beat Spider-Man, believing he had killed the hero. Meanwhile, Nighthawk's fellow Defender, the Valkyrie, learned of the case, and set off after the Meteor Man. With Spider-Man, she battled Fester at an antique shop. Fester managed to overcome them both and make his escape, but was soon attacked again. Valkyrie used her sword to puncture Fester's balloon, and he plunged to a rooftop, left unconscious by the fall. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #34) Doctor Strange sent the Human Torch to Meteor Man's old apartment in Harlem after Valkyrie had disappeared following a battle against Meteor Man alongside Spider-Man. While examining the apartment the Human Toch gets caught by Jeremiah and his cult. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #35)
Learning that the museum meteor had been sold to Kyle Richmond, Fester broke into Richmond's penthouse apartment to steal it, only to run afoul of Richmond's costumed alter ego Nighthawk. Escaping after decking Richmond, Fester found himself in combat next with Spider-Man, whom he also surprised and overcame. Later, Nighthawk, deciding that Fester needed psychiatric help more than he needed a pounding, abandoned Spider-Man and the case. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #33) The Meteor Man ambushed and savagely beat Spider-Man, believing he had killed the hero. Meanwhile, Nighthawk's fellow Defender, the Valkyrie, learned of the case, and set off after the Meteor Man. With Spider-Man, she battled Fester at an antique shop. Fester managed to overcome them both and make his escape, but was soon attacked again. Valkyrie used her sword to puncture Fester's balloon, and he plunged to a rooftop, left unconscious by the fall. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #34) Doctor Strange sent the Human Torch to Meteor Man's old apartment in Harlem after Valkyrie had disappeared following a battle against Meteor Man alongside Spider-Man. While examining the apartment the Human Toch gets caught by Jeremiah and his cult. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #35)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Norton G. Fester was a male human with dark brown hair. When he gained powers, he wore a face-concealed costume and called himself the Looter. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36) At one point, he augmented his powers with a meteor specimen and started to call himself the Meteor Man. (Marvel Team-Up v1 #33)
Fester believed he was too smart to work and too clever to hold down a job. He came to believe that meteors contained microscopic living matter that contained the riddles of the universe. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36)
The more he took the greedier he became leading to him perpetrating more crimes. After becoming the Looter, Horton said that he was never cut for being a scientist. Instead, he believed that his greatest talent was towards crime. Fester said that he was born to be a master criminal and a super criminal. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36)
Powers and abilities
In one instance, he was studying a meteor when he was exposed to a gas pocket that imparted on him superpowers. This gave him super-strength where he was able to lift heavy objects with ease and jump over great distances. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36)
One gadget he used was the dazzle light that he could us to blind others. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36)
Notes
- The Looter was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko where he made his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #36 (May, 1966).
Alternate Versions
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1966)
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