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'''Darkman''' was once '''Dr. Peyton Westlake''', a brilliant chemist. He was trying to invent a synthetic "[[Liquid Skin|liquid skin]]" for use in creating prosthetics for burn victims, but the skin would only last 99 minutes in the light before melting. Peyton's life took a turn for the worse when his girlfriend [[Hastings, Julie|Julie Hastings]] discovered that [[Strack, Louis, Jr.|Louis Strack, Jr.]] was secretly paying off city zoning officials to renovate the "bad" section of town. | '''Darkman''' was once '''Dr. Peyton Westlake''', a brilliant chemist. He was trying to invent a synthetic "[[Liquid Skin|liquid skin]]" for use in creating prosthetics for burn victims, but the skin would only last 99 minutes in the light before melting. Peyton's life took a turn for the worse when his girlfriend [[Hastings, Julie|Julie Hastings]] discovered that [[Strack, Louis, Jr.|Louis Strack, Jr.]] was secretly paying off city zoning officials to renovate the "bad" section of town. | ||
| − | Acting on orders from Strack, [[Durant, Robert G.|Robert G. Durant]] and his gang broke into Peyton's laboratory looking for the | + | Acting on orders from Strack, [[Durant, Robert G.|Robert G. Durant]] and his gang broke into Peyton's laboratory looking for the [[Bellasarious Memorandum]] that proved what Strack was up to. They killed his assistant [[Yakitito]] and then tortured Peyton by burning his hands and dunking him into volatile chemicals, then leaving him for dead after rigging the lab to exlode. When the building blew up, a badly-burned Peyton was flung into the nearby river. He barely survived and was found as a John Doe and taken to the hospital, where doctors performed a radical life-saving procedure that severed his pain receptors, giving him augmented strength and increased rage. |
Now "Darkman," he escaped from the hospital and tracked down his tormentors. After interrogating and then killing [[Anderson, Rick|Rick Anderson]], Darkman learned the name of Robert G. Durant and then rebuilt his ruined lab, making masks of Durant and his remaining henchmen in order to fool them and sow distrust throughout Strack's organization. He set [[Mazzoluca, Pauly|Pauly Mazzoluca]] up to be killed by Durant in this fashion. After framing Durant himself for robbing a convenience store, Darkman used a Durant mask to impersonate the henchman leader and steal some of Strack's payoff money from [[Hung Fat]]. This plan backfired when the real Durant got out of jail and interrupted Darkman. | Now "Darkman," he escaped from the hospital and tracked down his tormentors. After interrogating and then killing [[Anderson, Rick|Rick Anderson]], Darkman learned the name of Robert G. Durant and then rebuilt his ruined lab, making masks of Durant and his remaining henchmen in order to fool them and sow distrust throughout Strack's organization. He set [[Mazzoluca, Pauly|Pauly Mazzoluca]] up to be killed by Durant in this fashion. After framing Durant himself for robbing a convenience store, Darkman used a Durant mask to impersonate the henchman leader and steal some of Strack's payoff money from [[Hung Fat]]. This plan backfired when the real Durant got out of jail and interrupted Darkman. | ||
Revision as of 23:10, 27 January 2006
Darkman was once Dr. Peyton Westlake, a brilliant chemist. He was trying to invent a synthetic "liquid skin" for use in creating prosthetics for burn victims, but the skin would only last 99 minutes in the light before melting. Peyton's life took a turn for the worse when his girlfriend Julie Hastings discovered that Louis Strack, Jr. was secretly paying off city zoning officials to renovate the "bad" section of town.
Acting on orders from Strack, Robert G. Durant and his gang broke into Peyton's laboratory looking for the Bellasarious Memorandum that proved what Strack was up to. They killed his assistant Yakitito and then tortured Peyton by burning his hands and dunking him into volatile chemicals, then leaving him for dead after rigging the lab to exlode. When the building blew up, a badly-burned Peyton was flung into the nearby river. He barely survived and was found as a John Doe and taken to the hospital, where doctors performed a radical life-saving procedure that severed his pain receptors, giving him augmented strength and increased rage.
Now "Darkman," he escaped from the hospital and tracked down his tormentors. After interrogating and then killing Rick Anderson, Darkman learned the name of Robert G. Durant and then rebuilt his ruined lab, making masks of Durant and his remaining henchmen in order to fool them and sow distrust throughout Strack's organization. He set Pauly Mazzoluca up to be killed by Durant in this fashion. After framing Durant himself for robbing a convenience store, Darkman used a Durant mask to impersonate the henchman leader and steal some of Strack's payoff money from Hung Fat. This plan backfired when the real Durant got out of jail and interrupted Darkman.
Later, Darkman made a mask of his old self as Peyton Westlake in order to try and get back together with Julie, but the 99-minute limit of the liquid skin, combined with his heightened temper, culminated in him attacking a carnival booth worker and fleeing back to his warehouse hideout. Julie followed, and it was through her that Strack learned who Darkman was and sent Durant and the remaining henchmen to eliminate the vigilante scientist, kidnapping Julie in the process. After killing both Smiley and Rudy Guzman, Darkman battled Durant in a helicopter and finally killed him (or so he thought) when he caused the 'copter to crash.
Impersonating Durant once again Darkman joined Strack and a captive Julie atop Strack's partially constructed new skyscraper, but Strack uncovered the imposter when Darkman was mistakenly led into believing that Durant had children when he was actually childless. Initially Strack tried to persuade Darkman to join his side, and when Darkman refused the two battled. Strack was slain when Darkman dropped him off the side of the building. He saved Julie and, his revenge complete, Darkman declared that Peyton Westlake was dead forever and fully embraced his new vigilante persona.
