Cardiac (Marvel)
Cardiac is a male comic superhero who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Elias Wirtham
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a masked vigilante, he came to take the name of Cardiac. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #344)
He had said that sometimes miracles had to be made. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #342)
As a physician, he took an oath to protect life yet this came to clash with his desire to find justice. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #344) As a vigilante, he considered himself to be an instrument of justice and a scourge of those society would not reprove. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #376)
He had admired the exploits of Spider-Man for years and thought it would be an honor to work alongside the hero. Despite that, the two differed on their approach leading to a clash between the pair. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #344)
Powers and abilities
Wirtham was noted to had been trained to be a doctor. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #342)
He had built a pulse staff that could disguise itself as a walking staff. A microscopic surge of energy coursing through it could result in it adopting its staff configuration. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #344)
Elias came to build the most powerful medical and biological research empire on the East Coast. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #344)
He used to reside at Wirtham Tower that was located adjacent to Midtown's Blessing Hospital. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #344)
Notes
- Cardiac was created by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen where he first appeared as Elias Wirtham in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #342 (December, 1990) before appearing as Cardiac in Amazing Spider Man v1 #344 (February, 1991).
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1990)
- Superior Spider-Man v1:
- Valkyrie: Jane Foster v1:
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