Inner Demons (Marvel)

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The Inner Demons in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #547.

The Inner Demons are an organization that features in Marvel Comics.

History

The Inner Demons were a criminal organization that was created by Mister Negative.

Members of the Inner Demons were dispatched by Mister Negative to abduct Bruno Karnelli of the Karnelli family. The man was a secret ally of Mister Negative who believed that the new crime lord would help him become the head of the Maggia crime families. However, he was imply used as a means of eliminating the competition with the Inner Demons sent to translate the Lemurian formula on the Tablet of Death and Entropy to create a poison called the Devil's Breath. With Bruno, they began to harvest his blood to have the poison target only his family line among the Maggia. Spider-Man arrived at the scene to stop the Inner Demons from harvesting all of Karnelli's blood but they managed to escape where the infiltrated the Vandemeer Hotel that served as the site of the Maggia meeting after which they released the poison to kill the crime families inside. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #547) All genetic relatives of the Karnelli and Manfredi families at the scene died to the gas though those that had no blood ties were spared. The Inner Demons were then sent to eliminate the Maggia spouses and children who were being entertained at the circus where they intended to release the Devil's Breath gas. Despite it activating, their plans were thwarted by Spider-Man who managed to get the wives and children to safety. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #580)

In the chaos caused at Shadowland, Mister Negative sought to expand his criminal enterprises operations whilst the heroes battled the Hand but the Inner Demons faced opposition from Spider-Man and Shang-Chi. (Shadowland: Spider-Man v1 #1)

During the Avengers Vs. X-Men conflict, the Inner Demons moved to strike at a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. warehouse located by the New York Harbour that contained all the war machines recovered from the Red Skull's onslaught in Fear Itself. They managed to eliminate the guards but their attempted recovery operation was thwarted by Hawkeye and Spider-Woman after Jessica Drew received a type from Madame Hydra. (Avengers v4 #30)

Three weeks ago, the Inner Demons using a mind controlled Cloak and Dagger came to attack a Department of Justice prison transport in order to free Mister Negative. Martin Li attempted to stop them but they succeeded in bringing back their boss whereupon they decided to head to China. (Amazing Spider-Man v4 #6)

Overview

Items tied to the Inner Demons included:

• Devil's Breath : a poison derived from a formula inscribed on the Lemurian Tablet of Death and Entropy. The mixture was capable of selectively targeting and killing anyone of a specific bloodline introduced into the poison. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 547)
• Shade : a drug that chemically induced a refined version of Mister Negative's touch allowing it to corrupt a person allowing them to control them. (Amazing Spider-Man v4 #6)
• Nanobacteria :

Members

• Mister Negative :
• Neon Dragon :
• Donald :
• Overdrive : a superpowered individual who served as a courier. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 547)

Notes

• The Inner Demons were created by Dan Slott and Steve McNiven where they made their first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #547 (March, 2008).

In other media

Television

Video games

Appearances

• Amazing Spider-Man v1: (2008)
• Avengers v4:
• Amazing Spider-Man v4: (2015)

External Links

• Marvel Database Entry

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