Ai Apaec (Marvel)

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Ai Apaec is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

Biography

Ai Apaec was a male South American chimera god who had the head, torso and arms of a human being whilst the lower half was that of a spider. He was eventually captured by government officials and held in a secret government base located underwater where he was kept imprisoned in a cell alongside other dangerous prisoners. (Osborn v1 #1) It was there that he ended up meeting Norman Osborn after he ended up being transferred to the secret base from the Raft. He joins Osborn, Dr. June Covington, Kingmaker III, and Carny Rives into staging a break-out. (Osborn v1 #2) The inmates secure an escape pod to get to the surface. Afterwards, Ai Apaec returns to the jungle. (Osborn v1 #5)

Afterwards, he came to learn of the Queen and her plans to make a world of spiders. Such a move did not displease Ai Apaec and he even offered to spread her plague. Thus, he allied with her and came to enslave the mind of Bride of Nine Spiders. Taking control over her, he intended for the Bride to bring her Immortal Weapons comrades for Apaec to feast on. Her activities later drew the attention of Shang-Chi and Iron Fist Danny Rand who looked to stop the Bride. They managed to defeat the Bride leading to Ai Apaec revealing himself to be the mastermind of recent events. (Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu v1 #2) As Iron Fist fought Ai Apaec, Shang-Chi managed to free the other captives whilst he began to mutate into a humanoid spider. Upon Iron Fist using his Chi Force to cure Shang-Chi, Iron Fist gets the other Immortal Weapons members to safety while Shang-Chi collapses the hideout on top of Ai Apaec. Afterwards, the Avengers arrested Ai Apaec. (Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu v1 #3)

When Norman Osborn reclaimed ownership of H.A.M.M.E.R., he manages to locate Ai Apaec and recruit him to his latest incarnation of the Dark Avengers alongside Barney Barton, Gorgon, June Covington, Skaar, and Superia. To make Ai Apaec his latest Spider-Man, Norman Osborn gives Ai Apaec a genetic-modifying drug that alters his appearance to resemble a six-armed version of the black suit Spider-Man.<ref>New Avengers vol. 2 #18</ref> Ai Apaec and the other members of the Dark Avengers are defeated by both Avengers teams when it turns out that his teammate Skaar was the Avengers' double-agent. Ai Apaec's drug wore off and Captain America knocked him unconscious.<ref>New Avengers vol. 2 #23</ref>

When the Thunderbolts were missing in time, Ai Apaec was present when the Dark Avengers were recruited by Luke Cage to be a replacement team. Ai Apaec and the other Dark Avengers members were implanted with nanites in order to prevent them from going rogue, and placed under the leadership of Luke Cage.<ref>Dark Avengers #175</ref>

Ai Apaec and the rest of the Dark Avengers team are thrown into an alternate world with John Walker.<ref>Dark Avengers #184</ref> Ai Apaec was shown to have been shrunken down when he is a prisoner in Iron Man's lab.<ref>Dark Avengers #186</ref> When Hank Pym mentions having regrown U.S. Agent's limbs and shrunk Ai Apaec, Iron Man lashes out at him and realizes that Henry Pym's control implant had been reworked. The Dark Avengers make their way through Hell's Kitchen to get to Strangetown. They come across a building covered with webs as Ai Apaec claims that this world's Spider-Man had gone under a profound change to have created a long-lasting web. During the fight between the Dark Avengers and Spider-Man's gang, Ai Apaec tells Barney to load him onto an arrow and fire it at Spider-Man. Spider-Man's Spider-Senses go off and he catches the arrow as Ai Apaec and Spider-Man speak in a different language while the other Dark Avengers have been subdued.<ref>Dark Avengers #187</ref> With help from Ai Apaec, June Covington tells them that they had poisoned Hawkeye on his left side and that the venom must be sucked out. Later on, the Dark Avengers and Spider-Man's gang arrive in Strangetown where they are attacked by the All-Seeing Eye and the Soulsnake. Ai Apaec tells Spider-Man to cast some webbing and give Barney Barton a sword which he uses to destroy the Soulsnake while Spider-Man lands a hard kick to the All-Seeing Eye.<ref>Dark Avengers #188</ref> Ai Apaec is climbing on Doctor Strange's leg, telepathically calling the Dark Avengers to summon an object contained by Spider-Man's webs which would grant him the perfect distraction. Enraged at the death of Clea, Doctor Strange readies an even more powerful spell. Before he can do the spell, Ai Apaec hits him with all the poison he had killing Doctor Strange and ending his slave spell on Moonstone and Skaar.<ref>Dark Avengers #189</ref> Ai Apaec and the Dark Avengers later return to their reality. When Ai Apaec reminds the Dark Avengers that he must be restored to his proper size, June Covington steps on him.<ref>Dark Avengers #190</ref>

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Ai Apaec was a hybrid being with the lower half of a spider and the upper body of a human that had snakes for hair along with fangs. He came to be known as the Decapitator due to his desire to murder people as sacrifices to him. (Osborn v1 #1) Apaec's body came to be changed into the form of Spider-Man where he came to be known as the Dark Spider-Man. (Dark Avengers v1 #175)

He was noted to be prone for torture and bloodletting. (Osborn v1 #1)

Powers and abilities

Ai Apaec was noted for being a South American chimera god with abilities beyond that of an ordinary human. These included heightened tactical and olfactory senses with superstrength, wall-climbing and a venomous bite. (Osborn v1 #1)

Ai Apaec has superhuman strength where it was stated that he was strong enough to rip off a man's head. His long sharp teeth contains a powerful poison and he has enhanced senses. His spider legs can enable him to cling to solid walls and surfaces. Like the diving bell spider, Ai Apaec can wrap himself in a bell-shaped web held by the hair on his legs and abdomen and collect oxygen from the water to exchange the carbon dioxide with the oxygen.

Notes

• Ai Apaec was created by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Jamie McKelvie where he made his first appearance in Osborn v1 #1 (January, 2011).

Alternate Versions

• During the Spider-Verse storyline, the Earth-1771 version of Ai Apaec is attacked by Karn. After a short battle, Karn drains away Apaec's essence reducing him to dust.<ref>Superior Spider-Man #33</ref>

In other media

Video games

• In Spider-Man Unlimited, Ai Apaec as Dark Spider-Man appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.

Appearances

• Osborn v1: (2011)
• Dark Avengers v2:

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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