Farley Stillwell

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Farley Stillwell is a male comic character that features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Farley Stillwell

It was known that he had a brother named Harlan Stillwell who also began a career in science and genetics. (Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1 #10)

Stillwell began to conduct experiments in the field of biological transformation where he managed to successfully allow a rat to swim like a fish whilst making a fish breath air like a rat. Farley had hoped that he could gather interest to aid farmers, botanists and others in similar fields. Around this time, he was approached by J. Jonah Jameson where Dr. Stillwell was interested in making his work more public. Jameson, however, wanted Stillwell’s work for a private project and offered $10,000. Though at first refusing, the research scientist agreed as he reasoned he could purchase many research equipment for his own work. Jameson wanted Dr. Stillwell’s knowledge to transform Mac Gargan into a superhuman being so that he could fight and defeat Spider-Man. Thus, Gargan underwent experimentation whereupon he was transformed into the Scorpion. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #20)

In an effort to defeat Spider-Man, Jameson once more sought to empower someone to match the Wall-Crawler and thus approached the late Farley Stillwell's brother. He offered a large sum of money to Harlan Stillwell though the conversation was overhead by Richard Deacon who was wounded and on the run from the police. He forced the scientist to use the process on him thus turning the man into the supervillain called the Human Fly. (Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1 #10) The equipment of the Stillwell brothers was later recovered by Professor Charles Goss who came to be employed by the Maggia where they used the machines to transform their fixer Jimmy Natale against his will into a superpowered enforcer who became the new Vulture. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #624)

Overview

Personality and attributes

His mother was a notable scientist and geneticist who operated under the moniker of Madame Monstrosity where she created human/animal hybrids that she referred to as her huanimals. (Amazing Spider-Man v6 #31) He was known to have had a brother named Harlan Stillwell who was also a doctor that specialised in genetics. (Amazing Spider-Man Annual v1 #10) In addition, he also had a younger sister named Shannon Stillwell where she also became a scientist and geneticist. (Amazing Spider-Man v6 #31)

Powers and abilities

He was noted as being a scientist who was an expert in artificial mutations. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #20)

Notes

  • Farley Stillwell was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko where he made his first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #20 (January, 1965).

Alternate Versions

  • In House of M: Avengers v1 #1 (2008), an alternate version of Farley Stillwell appeared in the reality of House of M located on Earth-58163. On this Earth, the Mutant Wars erupted between Homo Sapiens and Homo Superior where in the conflict mankind looked to create super-soldiers to fight their superpowered opponents. Farley Stillwell was part of a team that included Jonas Harrow and Michael Morbius where they operated from Seagate Prison where they were responsible for giving superhuman abilities to prisoner Luke Cage.

In other media

Television

  • In Spider-Man, Dr. Farley Stillwell appeared in the 1960s animated television series in the episode "Never Step on a Scorpion" where he was voiced by actor Tom Harvey.
  • In Spider-Man, Dr. Farley Stillwell appeared in the 1990s animated television series in the episode "Sting of the Scorpion" where he was voiced by actor Michael Rye. He was shown as a scientist who led the research into neogenics that he used as part of his experiments. In "Sting of the Scorpion", J. Jonah Jameson hires him to turn Mac Gargan into the Scorpion. Gargan later demands that Stillwell restore him to his former self, but the latter reveals he is unable to, which led to him being knocked out and hospitalized. In a flashback in "Make a Wish", Stillwell was the scientist that led an experiment involving neogenic research, that led to Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man. In "The Final Nightmare", Scorpion abducts Stillwell from the hospital so he can force him to use the neogenic recombinator to change him back, but fails. After getting into a fight with Spider-Man and Vulture, Stillwell attempts to destroy the machine, but Dr. Curt Connors tries to intervene, only to turn into the Lizard and attack him. Though Spider-man defeats him, Stillwell overloads the recombinator's transformer and causes it to explode before disappearing to make sure no one can use his neogenic research again.

Video games

  • In Spider-Man 3, an alternate evil female version of Dr. Stillwell appeared in the setting of the video game tie-in where she was voiced by actress Nika Futterman. She was the head of a science corporation called MechaBioCon who captured the Scorpion when he came to her to have his mechanical tail removed. Stillwell used him as a subject for her experiments in military cybernetics and mind control, turning him into an obedient living weapon. She orders Scorpion to break the Rhino out of a prison transport to become her bodyguard. After Spider-Man defeats Scorpion and frees him from the mind control, the two work together to strike back at Stillwell, who has taken Dr. Jessica Andrews, Scorpion's love interest, hostage. Upon defeating Rhino with Spider-Man's help, Scorpion saves Dr. Andrews and attempts to kill Stillwell, but Spider-Man and Dr. Andrews convince him not to. As Scorpion flees, Spider-Man leaves Stillwell for the police.

Appearances

  • Amazing Spider-Man v1: (1965)
  • Amazing Spider-Man v6:

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