Ghost (Marvel)
Ghost is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
The Ghost was the name of a human being who lived in the modern age where he came to erase all records of his past. Originally, he was a gifted yet a very ordinary man a number of years ago. He came to work at a dynamic emergent I.T. firm named Omnisapient Systems where he made quite a presence in the information technology field. This led to him being headhunted to take a position in research and development as his work had been noticed years earlier. It was due to his talent at excelling both in programming and engineering that led to him being valued by the Board of Directors in the company who took a hands-on approach in managing him. He was placed in charge of a new grand research project that looked into creating a processor that altered its physical state through a phase shift allowing for storing massive amounts of data. This resulted in him working long hours and brought about the development in Ghost-Tech. It was during this time that he met a co-worker named Shana with him becoming romantically interested in her despite the company placing a large strain on him. Eventually, he decided he needed a break from the constant deadlines in the company's initiative with the relationship with Shana improved his productivity leading to greater rewards coming from the company's Board of Directors that were pleased at his work. (Thunderbolts v1 #151)
Norman Osborn came to recruit the Ghost to join his Thunderbolts Initiative. (Thunderbolts v1 #128)
Osborn later had the Ghost break into the secure vault at Stark Tower in order to access the technology inside with it containing various suits of Iron Man Armor that Norman adapted to create the Iron Patriot. (Dark Avengers v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
He had ensured that no trace of his old life remained with no business or government organization aware of his identity. (Thunderbolts v1 #151)
The death of Shana affected him deeply and made him overly aware of the randomness inherent in life. This led to him devoting his time to work where he found comfort in the binary world which made more sense to him. He later learnt that she was a plant sent by his employers to keep him motivated and was later killed when she had no further use to them. This resulted in him adopting the identity of the Ghost where he considered himself to be already dead. At first, he took revenge against his employers at Omnisapient Systems but then directed his wrath to all corporate bodies of the world which he saw as corrupt groups. (Thunderbolts v1 #151)
He saw plots and conspiracies all around him. As a result, he believed privacy was important and did not share much of his past. This was because he felt it was dangerous to share data as it created pathways as well as bonds. (Thunderbolts v1 #151)
In his old life, he came to be attracted to a work colleague named Shana who was a blonde haired woman that often approached him. The pair would end up sleeping together who seemingly died after her house caught on fire following a gas leak. (Thunderbolts v1 #151)
Powers and abilities
Originally, the Ghost was a brilliant computer programmer and engineer who was capable of cutting edge research and development. (Thunderbolts v1 #151)
He was the creator of Ghost-Tech that began a processor that could alter its physical state and phase shift allowing it to store a massive amount of data. The intended purpose of the project was for the processor to change states prior to overheating yet still being able to function in its flux-state. (Thunderbolts v1 #151)
In his early life, he came to physical merge himself with computer networks in order to improve his efficiency. This saw him being wired head-to-toe with OmniSapient's flux-state processors where an attempted assassination of him using a bomb caused the Ghost-Tech to go active thus saving his life. This gave him the ability to phase through solid objects allowing him to survive attacks that would kill a normal person. (Thunderbolts v1 #151)
Notes
- Ghost was created by David Michelinie and Bob Layton where he made his first appearance in Iron Man v1 #219 (June, 1987).
In other media
Television
- In Iron Man: Armored Adventures, the Ghost appeared in the setting of the animated television series where he featured in a number of episodes and was voiced by actor Michael Dobson.
- In Spider-Man, the Ghost appeared in the 2017 animated television series in the episode "Stark Expo" where he was voiced by actor Jim Cummings. He was said to had been a former employee at Stark Industries who was fired by Tony Stark over dangerous applications of his technology. The vengeful employee then crafted a suit that allowed him to phase through objects and take over technology remotely where he adopted the name Ghost where he sought revenge against Stark. To that end, he struck at the Stark Expo leading to a battle with both Spider-Man and Iron Man with the Ghost taking over the new Mark 50 Iron Man Armour to acquire the inter-connectivity disks that allowed control voer the technology at the site.
Video games
Appearances
- Iron Man v1: (1987)
- Thunderbolts:
- Dark Avengers v1:
- Amazing Spider-Man:
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