Scorpion (Marvel)

Scorpion is the name used by several characters in the Marvel Universe.

Scorpion (monster)

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Scorpion (Sam Scorpio)

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Scorpion (Mac Gargan)

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Mac Gargan was originally a normal human who operated as a private investigator. One day, he came to be hired by J. Jonah Jameson who at first had him tail Peter Parker. Later, he returned to Jonah for his latest report on Peter Parker but Jameson wanted him for a new assignment that was more dangerous. Gargan showed no concern so long as the pay was good where he was taken to the laboratory of Dr. Farley Stillwell who was an experiment in artificial mutations. J. Jonah Jameson had wanted Stillwell to use Gargan as a human test subject to give him powers greater than Spider-Man. Farley agreed as he could use the money for his own experiments where he mutated Gargan with the powers of a scorpion. Provided a suit, he was sent to ambush Spider-Man where his increased abilities were perfectly tailored to fight against the Wall-Crawler. The Scorpion came to overpower his foe but then decided to abandon him and become a supervillain where he refused to work anymore for Jameson. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #20)

Scorpion (Jim Evans)

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Jim Evans was a successful apothecary in Dustville during the Old West. He began to date Sarah (the prettiest girl in town) until she began to neglect him upon stating that she already has a boyfriend in Matt Cody. Matt Cody was not pleased that Sarah went out with Jim and challenged him to a shootout. Jim drew his gun first and only managed to wing Matt in the left arm as Matt managed to shoot Jim's gun out of his hand. Matt then made Jim dance with his gun. Jim was humiliated and vowed revenge. Upon inventing a liquid paralytic that he can fire no matter where he would hit them, Jim took on the identity of Scorpion and embarked on a crime spree. Scorpion managed to hold up a stagecoach and the sound of his gun attracted the attention of Rawhide Kid. Rawhide Kid managed to tackle Scorpion who hit Rawhide Kid with a paralytic pellet and continued to rob the stagecoach where he made off with the payroll. Upon questioning the nearby town about Scorpion, Rawhide Kid learned that there had been an apothecary who had been around for four months which allowed Rawhide Kid to determine his identity. Rawhide Kid followed Jim to an abandoned mine, watched him change into Scorpion, and then confronted him. Their fight collapsed the mine and Rawhide Kid fell into an underground stream. Rawhide Kid recovered and went after Scorpion again. When Scorpion fired the paralytic pellet again, Rawhide Kid twisted Scorpion's wrist causing Scorpion to get hit by his own paralytic pellet. Rawhide Kid then turned Scorpion over to Dustville's sheriff. (Rawhide Kid v1 #57)

Scorpion (Elaine Coll)

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Scorpion (Carmilla Black)

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Notes

• The concept of the Scorpion was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby where it made its first appearance in Journey into Mystery v1 #82 (July, 1962).

Alternate Versions

• In Ultimate Spider-Man v1 #97 (2006), an alternate version of the Scorpion appeared in the Ultimate Marvel universe set on Earth-1610 in the Multiverse.

Appearances

• Journey into Mystery v1: (1962)
• Amazing Spider-Man v1:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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