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Nakia Bahadir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a Turkish girl and friend of Kamala Khan.[1]
Nakia Bahadir in other media
Nakia Bahadir appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe/ Disney+ live-action series Ms. Marvel (2022), portrayed by Yasmeen Fletcher.[2] This version is a student at Coles Academic High School and friends with Kamala Khan and Bruno Carrelli. She runs for mosque board. After attending Khan's brother, Aamir's wedding, she finds out Khan is the city's "Night Light" and gets upset with her for not telling her about it. When Khan and Kamran are targeted by Department of Damage Control agents, Bahadir, along with Carrelli, Zoe Zimmer, and Aamir assists them in trying to stop them at their high school. They get arrested and put in a Humvee but Khan and Kamran defeat the agents and they are freed. Later, Bahadir, Carrelli, and Khan go out for a ride in Kamran's car before Carrelli leaves for Caltech. Bahadir is listed in Khan's profile by S.A.B.E.R. in the film, The Marvels (2023).
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Bakuto is a fictional ninja in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Andy Diggle, Antony Johnston and Marco Checchetto, first appeared in Daredevil #505 (April 2010).
Bakuto, the head Daimyo of South America, meets with the other four Daimyos in Jigoku-Chu Castle in Japan. He shows some doubt in Matt Murdock leading The Hand and especially scoffs at White Tiger's involvement due to her being a woman. Beforehand, Bakuto killed his master, Izanagi, to showcase "[his] strength of will", even going so far as to not allowing him seppuku.
In the present, while having dinner, Bakuto's food is spiked causing him to hallucinate demons. Matt goes to check on him as Daredevil and are both immediately attacked by ninjas that were secretly sent by the other Daimyos. After defeating them, Matt is led to believe that someone is attempting to take Bakuto's life and ups the security. Despite this Bakuto believes that Matt was the one who sent the ninjas and begins plotting to kill him.[3] He is later confronted by a possessed White Tiger and killed in sword combat.[4]
Bakuto in other media
- Bakuto appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Iron Fist, portrayed by Ramรณn Rodrรญguez. This version is one of the leaders of The Hand and is Colleen Wing's sensei from before the events of the series.[5] Bakuto at first appears to be a benevolent person, aiding Danny Rand in his abilities and showing him footage of the previous Iron Fist, but soon it becomes apparent that he wishes to use Danny for his own purposes and especially has plans for the Meachums.[6][7] After shooting Joy Meachum, he and his men take Danny, but end up fighting him along with Colleen and Davos. Bakuto battles Colleen with swords, but he is stabbed by his former pupil. Colleen refuses to kill Bakuto, so Davos does it for her. His body then disappears. Colleen assumes that Bakuto's people took it, but Danny recalls that Harold Meachum managed to come back from the dead.[8]
- Bakuto reappears in The Defenders, revived to full health. He is established to be one of the five Fingers of the Hand, the others being Sowande, Madame Gao, Alexandra, and Murakami. He first appears when he accosts Colleen, Danny and Luke as they are escorting Claire to the 29th Precinct for protective custody, but escapes.[9] He is later present, along with Murakami and Madame Gao, when Elektra kills Alexandra and assumes command of the Hand.[10] The three Fingers express disdain with Elektra for her actions, but she is undeterred, only interested in cultivating the substance so she can have eternal immortality.[11] Nonetheless, the Fingers accost Matt, Luke and Jessica when they break out of the precinct and return to Midland Circle seeking to rescue Danny from Elektra. Bakuto comes close to finishing off Matt until Colleen shows up to fight him off. Bakuto remains upstairs to fight Colleen, Claire and Misty. Regaining the upper hand, Colleen kills Bakuto, but not before he manages to cut off part of Misty's right arm.[12]
Balthazar or Belathauzer in his first appearance, is a demon who has clashed with the Defenders and Devil-Slayer.
Martine Bancroft is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #102 (November 1971). She is the fiancรฉe of Morbius, the Living Vampire.
Bancroft works as an assistant to Michael Morbius, whose experiments aim to cure his blood disease. They backfire and turn him into a vampire-esque individual.[13][14][15] After being manipulated by a cult,[16][17] Bancroft personally assists in finding resources to cure Morbius's "pseudo-vampirism". She is interrupted and ultimately turned into a similar creature before Morbius and Simon Stroud inject her with the cure.[18] After being killed by David Langford,[19] she is resurrected but gets possessed by the Lilin Parasite of Lilith's group before being saved by Morbius.[20] Bancroft's original personality returns albeit with a vampire-esque form,[21] and even has a friendship with Jack Russell / Werewolf.[22] She ultimately acts spiteful towards her ex-fiancรฉ.[23] After turning herself into a true vampire, Bancroft is killed by Morbius while saving Peter Parker / Spider-Man.[24]
Martine Bancroft in other media
Martine Bancroft appears in the live-action Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Morbius (2022), portrayed by Adria Arjona.[25] This version is a scientific colleague of Michael Morbius. She personally assists in the experiment that creates his vampiric form and is later killed by Morbius' adoptive brother Milo. Bancroft is later revived as a similar vampiric creature after unintentionally ingesting some of Morbius' blood.
Elaine Banner | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Savage She-Hulk #15 (April 1981) |
Created by | David Kraft (writer) Mike Vosburg (artist) |
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Full name | Elaine Ann Banner Walters |
Supporting character of | She-Hulk, Hulk |
Notable aliases | Aunt Elaine, Elaine Walters, Mrs Walters |
Elaine Banner or Elaine Walters is a fictional and supporting character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared later in multiple spin-offs and dramatizations of the Hulk and She-Hulk comic book titles. She was created by writer David Kraft and artist Mike Vosburg. She first appeared in The Savage She-Hulk #15 of April, in 1981 and was created by David Anthony Kraft and Mike Vosburg. She is the sister of Susan and Brian Banner, the wife of Morris Walters, and the aunt of Bruce Banner who would grow up to be the Gamma-Powered superhero known as the Hulk; while her daughter and Bruce's cousin would become the super-heroine known as The She-Hulk, when Bruce saved her life with a blood transfusion.
Elaine Banner is the sister of Susan Banner and Brian Banner. During their childhood, all three of them including their Mother were physically and mentally abused by their alcoholic father, Bruce Banner. For years they suffered but eventually they pulled through until he died. Even though Elaine and Susan learned to put it behind them' their brother Brian was not so fortunate.[volume & issue needed]
Susan, Elaine and Brian all wanted to move on with their lives but Brian was still suffering from the trauma of their childhood together and would do everything he could to spend as little time with his siblings as possible because he didn't want to relive anymore bad memories, straining the relationship between them.[volume & issue needed] Susan married a man by the name of Drake, and Brian ended up marrying a woman named Rebecca.
Elaine married Morris Walters, becoming Elaine Walters, and soon after gave birth to their daughter, Jennifer. Morris hoped that Jennifer would become a police officer like him, but Elaine supported her daughter's ambitions to become a professional dancer growing up instead.[volume & issue needed]
Since Morris was the Sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, he came across many enemies, the biggest one being the mobster Nicholas Trask.[volume & issue needed] Trask planned to murder Morris by making his death look like a drunk driving incident, but his plan backfired when Elaine had been the one driving to see Jennifer's dance recital with two of her friends.[volume & issue needed]
Elaine Banner in other media
- Elaine Banner Walters appears in The Incredible Hulk episode "Down Memory Lane".
- Elaine Banner appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe/ Disney+ live-action series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022), portrayed by Tess Malis Kincaid.
Bantam is a fictional mutant. Created by Jim Lee and John Byrne, the character first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #282.
Bantam is an assistant of Trevor Fitzroy who uses his power as a chronal anchor to keep track of his master's time portals.[volume & issue needed] When Fitzroy takes over a future timeline and renames himself the Chronomancer, Bantam accompanies him.[volume & issue needed] Bantam realizes that Fitzroy had been driven mad by his dreams of power, and eventually betrays his master to the rebellion led by Bishop.[volume & issue needed] Bantam assists in the raising of the gate to the Chronomancer's keep, and dies at the hands of Fitzroy's Chronotroopers.[volume & issue needed]
Bantam kept track of all of Fitzroy's time portals still in stasis. He was sensitive to the bioenergy emissions of other superhumans, allowing him to locate the site where the energy was released.
Bantam in other media
Bantam appears in the X-Men: The Animated Series two-part episode "One Man's Worth".
Eli Bard aka Eliphas is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Christopher Yost, Clayton Crain and Craig Kyle, Bard is a member of the Purifiers and an enemy of the X-Men.
Eli Bard was born "Eliphas" at the height of the Roman Empire. He was recognized as an outstanding soldier until a spear injury ended his military career. For a while he worked unsuccessfully as a poet until he met Aurelia, one of the most powerful women in Rome. He soon married her and achieved a position in the Senate. As a well-respected senator, he was known as a great orator and a friend to the army. His wife left him for a general named Mascius and conspired to give Mascius his seat in the Senate.[26]
Left with nothing, Eliphas was approached by Selene, who offered him immortality in exchange for helping her kill and absorb every soul in Rome. Eliphas drew pentagrams and performed rituals at several locations in the city, but warned a small girl to get her family out. The girl's father alerted the authorities and Eliphas and Selene were captured before the spell could be carried out. Just before they were burned at the stake, Selene killed the guards. She cursed Eliphas for his perceived betrayal with an eternal life of torture, turning him into a vampire-like creature. Eliphas was buried alive for 700 years until a farmer discovered him in his field. Eliphas killed the farmer with a swift bite to the jugular. He spent the next several hundred years searching for Selene. He ran into the ancestral Apache tribe of Warpath. They recognized him as a vampire but could not stop him from wiping out almost the entire tribe.[26]
Eliphas, having at some point in time changed his name to "Eli Bard," finally located Selene in Nova Roma, where she was worshiped as a god. Still in love with her despite her curse, Bard realized that he must make an offering to her before approaching her. Bard later joined the Purifiers, an anti-mutant terrorist group. During this time, he worked diligently to further the Purifiers' goals. Secretly, he had hoped to sacrifice thousands of Purifiers' souls using the same ritual from Rome to gain Selene's attention. He assisted in the resurrection of Bastion but the android was suspicious of him, as he had no record on him. After seeing Bastion reprogram an offspring of Magus, he changed his plan and instead re-animated the corpses in the burial grounds of the Apache tribe that he had decimated decades earlier using the Technarch transmode virus he had absorbed from an offspring of Magus. Among the bodies reanimated were those of the mutants Caliban and Thunderbird. He presented Caliban to Selene and stated that he intended to use Caliban's mutant tracking abilities to track down deceased mutants and reanimate them to form an army for Selene, an offer which she accepted.[26]
He uses the virus to resurrect a variety of mutants, including Cypher, Banshee, the original Hellions, Risque, Pyro, and Destiny.
When Bard returned to Proudstar's tribe's burial grounds to resurrect Caliban and Thunderbird, the spirits of the tribe rose to protect those buried there. Bard attacked them with Selene's mystical knife, transforming them into a Demon Bear. After fleeing the battle, Bard leaves the blade behind, unaware it was pivotal in Selene's plans. He is then dispatched to Utopia to retrieve it, taking Warpath hostage in the process.[volume & issue needed] When he returns to Selene with the blade and the hostage, Selene kills him by stabbing him in the heart with the blade, reducing him to bones.[27]
Baron Samedi is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Rolando Samedi
The A.I.M. agent version, created by Len Wein and Gene Colan, first appeared in Strange Tales #171 (December 1973).
Within the context of the stories, Baron Rolando Samedi is a Haitian agent of A.I.M. who creates pseudo-zombies while posing as the real Baron Samedi and confronts Brother Voodoo.[28]
Vodou
Within Haitian Vodou and related religions, Baron Samedi is one of the Loa.[29]
Baron Samedi in other media
The Vodou version of Baron Samedi appears in the second season of Cloak & Dagger, portrayed by Justin Sams.[30] This version resides in the Dark Dimension at Fun Arcade Games, an arcade house.
Heinrich Zemo
Helmut Zemo
Base (Hiro Sokuto) is a mutant who was born in Hiroshima, Japan, and his powers surfaced at an early age. His father sold him and his brother to the Yakuza to act as drug runners, but they were eventually captured by the Mutagenic Search Squad, and became a member of Genetix.
Basilisk is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Basilisk (Basil Elks)
Basilisk | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Marvel Team-Up #16 (December 1973) |
Created by | Len Wein Gil Kane |
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Alter ego | Basil Elks |
Team affiliations | Hood's unnamed crime syndicate |
Abilities | Enhanced strength, stamina and reflexes Energy projection Temperature and molecular manipulation Volcano generation |
The Basilisk is a supervillain who debuts in Marvel Team-Up #16 (December 1973).[31] Basil Elks, a petty thief, breaks into a museum to steal what he believes is an ordinary emeraldโbut is, in fact, an alien Kree artifact called the Alpha Stone. Elks miscalculates the security guards rounds and is caught and fired upon when he reaches for a weapon. The guard's bullet accidentally hits and shatters the gem, causing an explosion that transforms Elks into a humanoid reptilianโhis skin becomes green and scaly and his eyes are now large and red. Elks then flash-freezes the guard in place, and realizing that he now has superhuman abilities, decides to become a supervillain and calls himself the Basilisk. He faced off against Spider-Man, Mister Fantastic, Captain Marvel and the Mole Man which ended with him being imprisoned in another Kree artifact called the Omega Stone that ended up in lava.[32][33]
The Omega Stone he was imprisoned in was found in a lava river by some Moloids who worshipped it.[34] After absorbing the Omega Stone into himself (thus increasing his power to its fullest potential) and breaking free, he fought the Thing and defeated him until Spider-Man arrived.[35] After hearing the Basilisk's origin, Spider-Man manages to help the Thing regain consciousness and they fight the Basilisk. During the fight, the Basilisk disappeared during a cave-in.[34]
The Sphinx pulled the Basilisk from his timeline and paired him up with Moonstone, Ulysses Bloodstone, the Man-Wolf and Gyre to compete against the Sphinx's elder self and his team consisting of Black Bolt, Darkhawk, Mister Fantastic, Namorita, and Nova.[36]
The Basilisk reappeared in the crossover storyline involving the Scourge of the Underworld, a vigilante who assassinated numerous minor supervillains. Seeking retaliation against the Thing, the character tunneled his way to the headquarters of the Fantastic Four which was undergoing construction, but was murdered by the Scourge of the Underworld disguised as a construction worker.[37]
Dead Ringer later acquired a tissue sample from the Basilisk's body and assumed his form.[38]
During the "Dark Reign" storyline, the Basilisk was resurrectedโalong with 16 other criminals murdered by the Scourgeโby master criminal the Hood using the power of the entity Dormammu. The revived characters form a squad to attempt to eliminate the Punisher; the Basilisk completed the mission by capturing the Punisher.[39]
During the "Fear Itself" storyline, the Basilisk is among the villains that escape from the Raft after the Juggernaut takes the form of Kuurth: Breaker of Stone and damages the facility heavily. He assists the Man-Bull, the Griffin, and another escaped inmate in a bank robbery. When Hercules arrives, he recognizes that the fourth person with them is actually Hecate. The Basilisk joined the Man-Bull and the Griffin in fighting Hercules until Hecate regained her memories.[40] When a revived Kyknos attacks Hercules, the Basilisk and the Man-Bull flee.[41] Hercules and the Griffin manage to find where the Basilisk and the Man-Bull are hiding and recruit their help. The villains approach Hecate and Kyknos using a ruse involving Hercules being turned to stone. Hercules quickly revives and saves the villains by killing Kyknos, while Hecate escapes.[42]
The Basilisk was later hired by HYDRA where he was paired up with the Looter to steal the Ellsworth Sonic Reducer. Both of them are defeated by the Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus's mind in Spider-Man's body) and are webbed up for the police.[43]
Upon absorbing the Alpha Stone, Basil Elks possessed enhanced physical strength, reflexes, and stamina. The Basilisk's main offensive weapon were his eye beams, which could be concussive force (these could also be directed at the ground for limited flight) or energy that manipulated temperature (to boiling or freezing extremes) or molecules.[44] Upon absorbing the Omega Stone, Basilisk's powers increased to their full extent, allowing him to generate volcanoes worldwide, including in the Savage Land and New York City.[45]
Basilisk (Wayne Gifford)
Basilisk | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Morbius the Living Vampire #5 (January 1993) |
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Alter ego | Wayne Gifford |
Abilities | Superhuman strength and agility Paralyzing stare |
The Basilisk is a lizard-like villain who first appears in Morbius, the Living Vampire #5 (Jan. 1993). Wayne Gifford is a dysfunctional man, turns to demon-worshipping to create an alternate persona, the Basilisk. Possessing a paralyzing stare, the Basilisk battles the anti-hero Morbius the Living Vampire.[46]
Wayne Gifford was a normal human until becoming the Basilisk, a large humanoid reptile. The creature possesses superhuman strength and agility, and a paralyzing stare. The Basilisk's one weakness is sunlight. In an inversion of a common horror trope, when looking in a mirror the Basilisk sees his ordinary human form.
Basilisk (Mike Columbus)
Basilisk | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | New X-Men #135 (December 2002) |
Created by | Grant Morrison Frank Quitely |
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Alter ego | Mike Columbus[47] |
Team affiliations | Xavier Institute Student Body Brotherhood of Mutants |
Abilities | Paralyzing light pulse projection |
The Basilisk is a mutant who first appears in New X-Men #135 (December 2002). Mike Columbus is a mutant and a student at the Xavier Institute. (Basilisk is also the codename used by an alternate reality version of the X-Man Cyclops in the Age of X crossover.) Possessing limited intelligence and persecuted in his youth due to his abnormal appearance (bald, abnormally large and with one eye), the character is extremely aggressive. Once the Basilisk's mutant power manifests, he suffers from brain seizures until given a device to help regulate the ability.
The Basilisk joins the Brotherhood of Mutants. They take over New York City. While watching human prisoners march by, he makes a joke about a perceived bad smell. The Brotherhood's leader Magneto attempts to deliver a punishment, but kills the Basilisk instead.
Mike Columbus possesses an overly fleshy head devoid of all features except for sunken ears, a slit-like mouth, and a single centered eye socket. A camera-like device is located in this socket that allows the Basilisk to control his superhuman mutant ability to emit a pulse of high-frequency strobe light from his brain. The light paralyzes any sentient being that views it, while the length of the effect varies depending upon the willpower of the onlooker.
Battleaxe (Anita Ehren) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. She first appeared in The Thing #33 (March 1986), and was created by Michael Carlin and Ron Wilson.
An unlimited class wrestler, Battleaxe is a massive woman who carries an axe as her weapon of choice. Defeating Titania in a wrestling match, she claims the title as champion of the Grapplers. However, when Titania is slain by the Scourge of the Underworld, Battleaxe vows to avenge her former teammate. She takes out her aggression on the Thing, battling him in a wrestling match. Realizing Battleaxe is taking her anger out on him, the Thing purposely loses the match.[48] She later joins Superia's Femizons and battles Captain America.[49] She also fights BAD Girls, Inc. while in a costumed bar.[50]
Later, in Ms. Marvel's own series, Battleaxe fights the titular heroine in front of William Wagner's closed restaurant. Puppet Master's mind-controlled Chilean soldiers catch Battleaxe and try to take her with them. Ms. Marvel defeats them and takes the soldiers and Battleaxe on her minicarrier.[51]
Battleaxe has superhuman strength and durability. She carries a set of two axes which are her weapons of choice.
Beautiful Dreamer | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Power Pack #12 (July 1985) |
Created by | Louise Simonson June Brigman |
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Species | Human mutant |
Team affiliations | The 198 Morlocks |
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Beautiful Dreamer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman, the character made her first appearance in Power Pack #12 (July 1985). She belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.
Beautiful Dreamer's real name and past prior to joining the Morlocks are unknown. She followed the terrorist Morlock leader Masque for a time,[volume & issue needed] and committed criminal acts by manipulating others with her mental powers at his behest.[volume & issue needed] However, Beautiful Dreamer's primary motivation for doing so, as with most of her fellow Morlocks, is presumed to be her desire for company and community. Dreamer, along with several other Morlocks, confronts the Power Pack, when the young team enters the New York City sewers to look for their lost school books. The empathic Annalee, mourning her deceased children, wishes to have Beautiful Dreamer alter the memories of Power Pack. The goal is to have the Power Pack believe Annalee is their mother. Two of the X-Men, Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde, stop this plan.[52]
When the Morlock leader Callisto had left for a time, Masque decides to re-implement Annalee's desires. The Power Pack's parents have their memories altered and ultimately, three of the Pack. The last member, Energizer, summons help from the X-Men. Callisto returns in time to undo the plan and Beautiful Dreamer restores the minds of all affected.[53] Beautiful Dreamer was among the few members of the Morlocks to survive the Marauders' "Mutant Massacre", during which most members of her community were killed.[54] She stays with X-Factor, for a while, along with her friends, Tar Baby, Ape, and Erg.[55] There was a brief conflict with another group of Morlocks, as all of them do not get along. Dreamer's group eventually returns to the sewers in an attempt to create a new life for themselves.[56]
Beautiful Dreamer is one of the 198 mutants who retained their powers after the events of M-Day.[57] Beautiful Dreamer was one of the mutants who heard Cyclops's psychic call to come to San Francisco and was going there, but she was captured by Bastion's Purifiers and injected with the Legacy Virus. She was delivered by the Leper Queen to a Friends of Humanity anti-mutant rally held in Iowa, where the virus activated her powers to the extreme, killing all of the people attending the rally.[58] She eventually died as well because of the virus.[59][60]
Beautiful Dreamer possesses the ability to psionically alter the memories of others using her special "dream smoke" to implant false recollections.[53]
Beautiful Dreamer in other media
A character based on Beautiful Dreamer named Sonia Simonson / Dreamer appears in The Gifted, portrayed by Elena Satine.[61]
Beetle is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Abner Jenkins
Leila Davis
The second Beetle is Leila Davis. Created by writer Danny Fingeroth and artist Al Milgrom, the character debuted in Deadly Foes of Spider-Man #1 (May 1991).
Leila Davis was the widow of minor supervillain Ringer.[62] Her husband was manipulated by Abner Jenkins into a life of crime that included multiple conflicts with Spider-Man, he was shot by the anti-hero Scourge. Davis vows revenge on all three. She began her criminal career as a driver for the super villain Sinister Syndicate team.[63]
Leila is introduced as the widow of the Ringer (Anthony Davis). After Anthony is manipulated by Abner Jenkins into a life of crime that included multiple conflicts with Spider-Man, he was shot by the anti-hero Scourge. Leila vows revenge on all three. She joins the Sinister Syndicate team led by Jenkins to get close to him. She also serves as the group's getaway driver.[63]
She began dating Speed Demon once Boomerang was captured by Spider-Man on the first mission of the group. Eventually, the Shocker engineers a breakout for Boomerang and the team fractures, with Boomerang, Rhino and Davis, who is using her husband's old weapons battling the Beetle, Speed Demon and Hydro-Man in the middle of New York City. After attempting to kill the Beetle, Davis is disarmed by Spider-Man and arrested along with Jenkins and Boomerang.[64]
Sometime later, Leila Davis is paroled from prison and immediately returns to her old ways. Donning a new red and black suit of weaponized armor and referring to herself as Hardshell, she allies with Boomerang, Rhino and the Vulture. The group becomes involved in a massive fight that also involves Stegron, Doctor Octopus, Swarm, the Answer, Jenkins and Spider-Man, with each party trying to gain control of an experimental gun. Spider-Man eventually stood victorious and most of the costumed criminals are taken into custody. Davis is teleported away by her husband, Ringer, who had survived being shot by Scourge, and had been turned into the cyborg Strikeback by the criminal organization A.I.M.[65]
She reappears years later taking on the Thunderbolts team (which a reformed Jenkins helped found), ironically now referring to herself as the "Beetle". She is wearing a tank-like exoskeleton painted in the same paint scheme as both of Jenkins' previous Beetle costumesโa new iteration of the Beetle armor that Jenkins himself had designed while working for the Commission on Superhuman Activities.[66]
As the second Beetle, Leila eventually joins the group known as the Redeemers, which includes former members of the Thunderbolts.[67] When her true identity is revealed to the rest of her teammates, she tells them that her husband died some time earlier due to his body breaking down due to his cyborg enhancements.[68]
The group soon encounters the powerful super villain Graviton, and quickly into the fight he nonchalantly uses his gravity powers to crush the Beetle armor, with Leila inside, into a small cube, killing her instantly.[69]
Janice Lincoln
Hobgoblin's Beetle
Roderick Kingsley had sold one of Abner Jenkins's old Beetle armors and gear to an unnamed criminal. He was seen at the Bar With No Name attending the wake of Electro's servant Francine Frye. Beetle was later seen at the Bar With No Name among the patrons who want the Black Cat to be the Queen of the Criminal Underworld.[70]
The Hobgoblin later regained the services of Beetle.[71]
Earth-1610 Beetle
The Ultimate Marvel version of Beetle is a mysterious unnamed mercenary from Latveria with a completely revamped armor. Spider-Man first finds Beetle robbing a sample of the Venom symbiote from Roxxon, and ultimately stops him.[72]
Beetle later breaks into Bolivar Trask's lab where Eddie Brock is held, leading to Venom chasing after Beetle. Just as Beetle is cornered, Venom is stopped by Spider-Man. When the Venom symbiote leaves Brock and attaches to Spider-Man, Beetle escapes in the confusion.[73]
Disguised as a civilian which Brock least expected, Beetle later captures Venom in Central Park and flies off with him to deliver Venom to Latveria.[74]
Beetle's suit is later seen being repaired by the Tinkerer when a group of villains arrives for weapons against Spider-Man.[75]
Beetle in other media
- The Abner Jenkins incarnation of the Beetle appears in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, voiced by Christopher Collins.[76]
- The Abner Jenkins incarnation of the Beetle appears in Iron Man, voiced by John Reilly.[76]
- The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of the Beetle appears in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012), voiced by Steve Blum.[76]
- Additionally, imaginary versions of the Abner Jenkins and Leila Davis incarnations of the Beetle make non-speaking cameo appearances in the episode "Beetle Mania".[citation needed]
- The Abner Jenkins incarnation of the Beetle appears in Avengers Assemble.[76]
- The Abner Jenkins incarnation of the Beetle appears in Spider-Man (2017), voiced by Fred Tatasciore.[76]
- The Abner Jenkins incarnation of the Beetle makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.[77] Additionally, an alternate universe version was intended to appear, but did not make the cut.[78][79]
- The Abner Jenkins incarnation of the Beetle appears in Spider-Man (1995).[citation needed]
- The Abner Jenkins incarnation of the Beetle appears as a boss in The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes.[80]
- The Abner Jenkins incarnation of the Beetle appears in Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro, voiced by Daran Norris.[76]
- The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of the Beetle appears in Ultimate Spider-Man (2005), voiced by Tucker Smallwood.[76] This version works for Latverian agents, collecting genetic information from superhumans to genetically-engineer super-soldiers.
- The Janice Lincoln incarnation of the Beetle appears as a boss in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.[81]
- The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of the Beetle appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes.[82]
Bellona is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Bellona is a white-haired female who was among the different clones of X-23 alongside Gabby Kinney that were created by Robert Chandler of Alchemax Genetics and did not have the same mutations as her. After the revenge on Robert Chandler, Bellona went to work for Kimura.[83]
During the "Gang War" storyline, Bellona was hired to provide weapons to the Heat after rescuing Rafael Scarfe from Elektra's Daredevil appearance. While tending to Scarfe's arm, Bellona provided him with a prototype arm cannon. As Elektra attacks the Heat, Scarfe demands that Bellona have her benefactor hook the rest of the Heat up with the same arm cannons. After slicing off Scarfe's broken arm, Bellona has a brief fight with Elektra before retreating. Bellona later meets up with her benefactor Madame Masque who gives her a new mission to take out Elektra.[84]
Big Wheel is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Jackson Weele
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Big Wheel | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man #183 (1978) |
Created by | Marv Wolfman (writer) Ross Andru (artist) Mike Esposito (illustrator) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Jackson Weele |
Species | Human |
Team affiliations | Vil-Anon |
Abilities | Drives a large metal wheel equipped with guns and waldo-arms |
Big Wheel is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His secret identity is Jackson Weele, who rides around in a large metal wheel vehicle.
Jackson Weele is a businessman who has embezzled from his company. Fearing that he might be caught, he hires a youthful criminal named Rocket Racer to steal the evidence that incriminates him. However, Rocket Racer opts to use the evidence to blackmail Weele instead. Despairing, Weele tries to commit suicide, but Rocket Racer prevents him from doing so. However, Racer is not particularly kind to Weele, disparagingly referring to him as "Big Weele". Humiliated by Rocket Racer's taunts, Weele visits the mechanical genius and underworld supplier Tinkerer, who the Rocket Racer boasted had upgraded his equipment. At Weele's urging, the Tinkerer creates a large metal wheel that can climb up buildings, complete with guns and waldo-arms.[85]
With this new vehicle, Weele becomes the supervillain known as "Big Wheel". Newly empowered, Big Wheel hunts down and chases Rocket Racer across the city. In the process, he ends up fighting the title character, Spider-Man. Spider-Man is also seeking Rocket Racer, whom he had battled in a previous issue. Unfortunately, Weele lacks practice in using his new device and, in the heat of battle, the Big Wheel topples off a high rooftop and plunges into the Hudson River. Spider-Man tries to save him, but comes up empty-handed. He presumes Jackson Weele died when the Big Wheel vehicle sank to the bottom of the river.[85]
Big Wheel did not appear in another comic book for more than twenty years. However, the story was picked up again by writer Cristos Gage. Weele survives his seemingly deadly encounter, turning up again with his Big Wheel vehicle while Spider-Man is in combat with Stilt-Man. This time, Big Wheel attempts to help Spider-Man. However, due to his interference, Stilt-Man escapes. Confronted by Spider-Man, Weele reveals that, in the interim since their last meeting, he went to jail for embezzlement and joined Vil-Anon, an analog of Alcoholics Anonymous for super-villains. In fact, his attempt to help the hero was part of his twelve-step program. Out of pity, Spider-Man lets Big Wheel accompany him for the rest of the day. While foiling a bank robbery, the pair confronts the Shocker. Although they defeat him, Jackson Weele finally realizes that he is not cut out for super-heroics. He now makes his living using his Big Wheel rig in demolition derbies and speaking at events for Vil-Anon.[86]
The Big Wheel is discussed in The Spectacular Spider-Man #21 (Jan. 2005) during a super-hero poker game. Spider-Man tells Reed Richards that the Big Wheel is one of the craziest things he has ever seen (along with a gang of mimes). The Human Torch says he has met the man at the 'Rusty Nail' and he is working as a security guard. The Torch also claims the Wheel's first name is Axel, although he may be joking.[87]
During the Civil War storyline, Big Wheel is shown being chased by the Harbor Patrol, implying that he returned to super-heroics despite the doubts he harbored in Spider-Man Unlimited.[88]
Later, he is brought in by Spider-Man and Iron Man concerning black market connections that Iron Man believes may have aided Ezekiel Stane.[89]
Jackson later returns in a more jagged version of his Big Wheel machine and joins Blackout and other villains in a mission to kill Ghost Rider.[90]
As part of "Marvel NOW!", Big Wheel's original vehicle later resurfaces in possession of Overdrive, who upgrades it with his technological powers and uses it as a personal vehicle during his tenure in the Sinister Six. The Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Peter Parker's body) is later able to reverse the changes, restoring the Big Wheel to its intended appearance and power.[91]
Big Wheel is later forced into committing crimes (such as stealing a prized pair of alpacas) for Lady Caterpillar who had abducted his girlfriend Rebecca Townley.[92]
Second Big Wheel
An unnamed operator of the Big Wheel was on a crime spree until he was defeated by Spider-Man.[93]
Reception of Big Wheel
In 2022, CBR.com ranked Big Wheel 8th in their "Spider-Man's 10 Funniest Villains" list.[94]
Big Wheel in other media
- The Jackson Weele incarnation of Big Wheel appears in the Spider-Man: The Animated Series episode "Rocket Racer", voiced by Michael Des Barres. This version is an aeronautics expert who leads a gang of high-tech thieves and relies on proper timing and planning. After Rocket Racer steals technology from him, Weele seeks revenge, only to be defeated by the vigilante and Spider-Man.
- The Jackson Weele incarnation of Big Wheel appears in the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode "Make It, Don't Break It", voiced by Sam Riegel.[95] This version is a RobotWarz player who sought revenge after losing a match.
- Big Wheel appears in Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace.
- Big Wheel appears as an assist character in the PSP version of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
- A Marvel 2099-inspired incarnation of Big Wheel appears in the Nintendo DS version of Spider-Man: Edge of Time,[96] voiced by Steve Blum.
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