Quentin Beck (Earth-616)

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Mysterio

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Real Name

Quentin Beck

Current Alias

Mysterio

Aliases

Nicholas Macabes, Rudolph Hines, Gerdes, Doctor Ludwig Rinehart

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Bad

Affiliation

Sinister Six, former partner of The Wizard

Relatives

Henrietta Beck (mother), Elmore Beck (father), Vincent (uncle), Maguire Beck (cousin)

Universe

Earth-616

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Height

5' 11"

Weight

175 lbs (80 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Black

Unusual Features

Recently a hole in the head

Status

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Former Hollywood special effects designer and Stunt man

Education

High school

Origin

Origin

A special effects designer who became a techno based criminal.

Place of Birth

Riverside, California

Creators

Stan Lee, Steve Ditko

First appearance

Last appearance

As Bogus Alien Amazing Spider-Man #2, As Mysterio Amazing Spider-Man #13, As Dr. Ludwig Rinehart Amazing Spider-Man #24, As undead Mysterio Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man # 11

As living person Daredevil Volume 2 # 7

History

Quentin Beck was born in Riverside, California. Before becoming Mysterio, Beck was a special-effects wizard who worked for a major studio and had dreams to make a name for himself in the film industry. Quentin Beck began his career as a movie stuntman in Hollywood then became interested in Special effects. He became one of the most accomplished special effects designers in the industry but due to lack of recognition wanted to become an actor with no success. However, he lacked the looks and talent to be a star and the patience to be a director, and saw his career in special-effects to be a dead-end job. When a friend jokingly suggested that the quickest way to become famous is to take out a costumed hero, Beck realized that his expertise in illusions could make him an effective supervillain. Choosing Spider-Man, a relatively weak and inexperienced target, Beck prepared his resources for a few months before attempting to eliminate the wall-crawler. Mysterio, his chosen identity, became one of Spider-Man's most elusive and persistent foes.

He studied Spider-Man and wanted to emulate and eventually take Spider-Mans place as a costumed Crime-fighter.Under the guidance of the Tinkerer he became a convincing alien^[1] but was defeated by Spider-Man. Later he posed as Spider-Man and created the identity of Mysterio^[2] but again was defeated. He joined the Sinister Six^[3] and was one of Spider-man's more frequent villains. In later years he was succumbing to cancer and decided to drive a hero insane in the form of Daredevil. After finding out Daredevil's true identity and hiring Bullseye to kill Daredevil's ex girlfriend Karen Page he then committed suicide leaving all evidence pointing to Daredevil^[4].

Recently it seems the original Mysterio has somehow come back from the dead. When he and the other new Mysterios took over the High School where Peter Parker was teaching as a Science teacher. It is yet to be seen how he was animated or what sort of new powers he has or whether this was just an illusion.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known.

Abilities

Beck was a master of make-up, physical stunt work, mechanical and visual special effects. He knew basic psychiatry and could employ hypnotism successfully. He also learned a great deal of applied chemistry, especially the use of hallucinogens, and electronics. Beck was a meticulous planner and organizer, and a skilled actor who kept himself in top physical form .

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

None known.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: Mysterio (in any incarnation) has personal weaponry that include a one-way acrylic glass helmet (with 30 minute air supply) and holographic projector, and gloves and boots armed with nozzles which emit hallucinogenic gas. He developed a gas that can cancel Spider-Man's spider-sense, and when he is cloaked in his mist gases, he uses sonar to detect objects and beings nearby. He also has more advanced technology (not of his own design) at his disposal.

Notes

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Trivia

• This character appears in TSR Inc.'s RPG adventure The Weird, Weird West. In the plot, he had been hired by Doctor Doom in 1968 to travel back in time to 1871 Dodge City. Alongside with other super-villains (including Sandman, Black Knight and Scorpion), he was to provide support to Doom while he analysed a time anomaly and tried to obtain profit from it. Doom took his lackeys (no name was provided for the team) to a Krozzar camp to deal with the Krozzars. Doom eventually found the origin of the anomaly, a chronovore, but he and his lackeys were also found by time-travelling heroes from 1989, and defeated.

See Also

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• Character Gallery: Quentin Beck (Earth-616)
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Links and References

• OHMU #9, SEP 1986, MARVEL COMICS GROUP ©