Man Mountain Marko

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Man Mountain Marko is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Origin

Man Mountain Marko in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #73.

Michael Marko

In his teenage years, Marko already had a run in with Peter Parker. While looking for trouble on a street corner, he targeted a seemingly normal looking teenager who walked by the scene. Parker though was so concerned with the fate of his Aunt May, who had fallen ill, that he had forgotten the world around him. Unknown to him, Parker possessed superhuman strength which he used to slam Marko away. As he hit a pile of trashcans, Marko vowed to become strong enough that nobody could ever hurt him. Over time, this dedication grew into an obsession. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #82) His first step was to become bodybuilder and to take work as a bodyguard. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #73)

After becoming a professional bodybuilder, Marko joined the service of the Maggia, a New York-based criminal empire. Through genetic enhancements subsidized by the Maggia, the brawler's physical strength was doubled while his durability was also considerably augmented. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #73) Marko was barred as a professional bodybuilder due to his genetic enhancements. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #82)

Las Vegas

Devil's Reign

Overview

Personality and attributes

Marko at some point came to marry Judith Cort though the pair would later divorce. Unknown to him initially, she came to have his daughter who inherited Marko's genetically enhanced biology. (Devil's Reign: Moon Knight v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

Originally, Marko was an ordinary human being with no inherent special powers. By adulthood though, he had focused training on his physical body and developing his strength. (Web of Spider-Man v1 #82)

Whilst working for the Maggia, they came to oversee genetic enhancements on his body. This resulted in Marko's physical strength being doubled whilst his durability was augmented to superhuman levels. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #73)

Notes

  • Man Mountain Marko was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. where he made his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #73 (March, 1969).

Alternate Versions

  • In Amazing Spider-Girl v1 #17 (2008), an alternate version of Man Mountain Marko appeared in the Marvel Comics 2 reality set on Earth-982 in the Multiverse.

In other media

Television

  • In Spider-Man, Man Mountain Marko appeared in the setting of the 1981 animated television series in the episode "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner" where he was voiced by actor Jack Angel. This version served as a henchman to the crime boss Silvermane.

Appearances

  • Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1969)
  • Web of Spider-Man v1:
  • Spider-Man 2099 v3:
  • Devil's Reign: Moon Knight v1:

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