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Mysterio
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Also known as Quentin Beck

Key facts

Comics character.character_name
Other characters named Mysterio
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Mysterio.png
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Francis Klum as Mysterio, art by Todd Nauck
Comics character.real_name
Quentin Beck
Comics character.publisher
Marvel Comics
Comics character.debut
The Amazing Spider-Man #13(June 1964)
Comics character.creators
Stan LeeSteve Ditko
Comics character.species
Human
Comics character.alliances
Sinister SixMaggia
Comics character.aliases
Dr. Ludwig RinehartCage McKnightGerdesNicholas MacabesRudolph HinesMysty
Comics character.powers
Master illusionist Expert in special effects and robotics Uses suit embedded with advanced technology and gadgetry

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Encyclopedic overview

38 sections
Contents
  • Publication history
  • Fictional character biography
  • Background and first appearances
  • Further appearances and decline
  • "Guardian Devil" and death
  • Resurrection
  • Subsequent schemes
  • Retirement and return to villainy
  • Dealings with Kindred
  • Sinister War
  • Other characters named Mysterio
  • Daniel Berkhart
  • Francis Klum
  • Mysterion
  • Powers and abilities
  • Equipment
  • Other versions
  • ''Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows''
  • ''Marvel 1602''
  • ''Marvel Noir''
  • ''Marvel Zombies''
  • ''Wolverine: Old Man Logan''
  • ''Spider-Man Reign''
  • ''Spider-Verse''
  • Ultimate Marvel
  • Ultimate Universe
  • ''Spider-Gwen''
  • ''Spider-Man: Fake Red''
  • Reception
  • Accolades
  • In other media
  • Television
  • Film
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • Video games
  • Merchandise
  • References
  • External links

Mysterio is the alias of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #13 (June 1964). He is one of the superhero Spider-Man's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery. He is also a founding member of the supervillain team the Sinister Six, and has fought other heroes, including Daredevil. In Wolverine: Old Man Logan, an alternate Mysterio serves as the archenemy of Old Man Logan, an elderly Wolverine tricked by Mysterio into killing the rest of the X-Men, with another alternate Mysterio serving as the villain of Spider-Man: Fake Red, becoming Venom.

The first and best-known version of the character is Quentin Beck, a former special effects artist, illusionist and actor who turns to crime. The second incarnation of the character, Daniel Berkhart, is a stuntman initially hired by J. Jonah Jameson to pretend to be Mysterio's ghost before assuming the mantle for real. The third incarnation of the character, Francis Klum, is a mutant with the ability to teleport who blames Spider-Man for the loss of his leg. The fourth incarnation of the character, Mysterion, is a black man who buys the Mysterio identity from Roderick Kingsley, opposing the Superior Spider-Man and Squirrel Girl.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mysterio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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