George Stacy
George Stacy is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
George Stacy
Among his cases was into the Lucky Lobo gang and had an informant at Pappas Imports. One day, he received a call from his informant and took Lieutenants Jean DeWolff and Yuri Watanabe as backup. At the time, he went to meet his contact who turned on him and opened fire with a gunshot in Stacy's leg. The informant was then killed by a gunshot and it appeared as if Captain Stacy was responsible for killing his contact. An investigation was then conducted that revealed the informant had within his possession a ledger of bribes with police officers. This information made it appear as if Captain Stacy killed the informant to hide bribes given to him with the NYPD pushing for him to resign. Whilst the hospital, George Stacy was recovery from the gunshot with his daughter Gwen being brought to him. Around this time, Captain Stacy was approached by the Enforcers who put pressure on Stacy to resign whilst threatening to harm his family. (Gwen Stacy v1 #1)
Captain George Stacy was one of the police detectives brought in to investigate and track down a mysterious serial killer. Captain Stacy's brother Arthur Stacy had a theory about superhumans being created and born, which would soon take over society as they knew it. George Stacy shrugged off the idea as a fantasy, much to his later regret. Captain Stacy was called to the Oscorp site when a police officer was attacked by a creature lurking around the grounds. Captain Stacy on the CEO’s Norman Osborn request as refused any one else from the department to visit. Captain Stacy requested from Osborn that new head of security escort his own brother Arthur Stacy. Captain Stacy and his brother entered the building with an armed platoon of police officers looking for the mysterious assailant. They were brutally attacked by a shadowy goblin like creature with sharp claws. The mysterious creature escaped but Captain Stacy discovered a bunch of red fluid on the floor. Arthur stays on site when his brother leaves and on his rounds he found an Oscorp employee badge on the floor belonging to Dr. Nels van Adder. Arthur Stacy tried to find a connection between Dr. van Adder and the creature so he confronted Norman Osborn about it. Norman Osborn told him that Dr. van Adder was a disgruntled employee and was fired many months ago. This did not stop Arthur Stacy's questioning as it did not explain why Dr. van Adder’s badge was found lying on the floor. Norman Osborn left to get away from his meddling employee. Osborn sat in a laboratory, frustrated that he couldn't locate the missing notes from his former partner, Dr. Mendel Stromm. Osborn was the interrupted by a red goblin-like beast, who was revealed to be a mutated Dr. van Adder. The mutated researcher confronted Osborn, and tried to explain what happened, and how he used himself a guinea pig he can never return home to his beloved wife. The Proto-Goblin reveals that he killed the two men by mistake and regretted his action blaming on the transformation. Arthur tried to do his own research into the scientist and noticed that there was never any termination papers filed for a Dr. Nels Van Adder. Captain Stacy and his brother traveled to Oscorp to confront Norman Osborn, but they found the Proto-Goblin about to attack him. The two brothers tried to stop the creature, but bullets did not seem to have an effect on his tough hide. Arthur finally tried to knock the Proto-Goblin through a window where he fell into a nearby river. It was during the fight that George damaged his leg. While his leg was being treated, Norman Osborn explained to the brothers that Dr. Van Adder was a former research assistant of Dr. Mendel Stromm who he was no longer in business with. Norman Osborn explained how Dr. van Adder was experimenting with some biotechnology developed by Dr. Stromm and him, and used this to mutate himself. (Spider-Man v1 #-1)
Legacy
Overview
Personality and attributes
He had an older brother by the name of Arthur Stacy who stayed in London. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #93)
Within the police force, among the people he trusted deeply were Lieutenants Jean DeWolff and Yuri Watanabe. (Gwen Stacy v1 #1)
Powers and abilities
Notes
- George Stacy was created by Stan Lee, John Romita, Sr. and Don Heck where he made his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #56 (January, 1968).
Alternate Versions
- In Spider-Gwen v1 (2015), an alternate version of George Stacy was shown in a world where Gwen Stacy became Spider-Woman. Similar to the main reality, he was a police captain in the New York City Police Department and father of Gwen Stacy. Initially, he was unaware of his daughters superhero activities and headed a task force to arrest the vigilante. However, after learning that Spider-Woman was his daughter, he resigned from the task force and was replaced by Frank Castle.
In other media
Television
- In The Spectacular Spider-Man, George Stacy appeared in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Clancy Brown.
Films
- In Spider-Man 3, George Stacy appeared in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor James Cromwell.
- In The Amazing Spider-Man, George Stacy appeared in the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Denis Leary,
- In Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, Captain Stacy appeared in the animated film based on the Spider-Gwen universe where he was voiced by actor Steven Weber.
Video games
- In The Amazing Spider-Man, Captain Stacy was referenced several times in the video game tie-in to the live-action film.
Appearances
- Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1968)
- Spider-Man v1:
- Spider-Gwen v1:
- Gwen Stacy v1:
- Spider-Man: Shadow of the Green Goblin v1:
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