he is the special-effects wizard that
uses illusions to take on spider-man in
order to achieve fame welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the comic book origins of
Quentin Beck otherwise known as Mysterio
enough it’s payback time
hey back for what you did it all to
yourself
yes that’s what my psychiatrist said but
you know what his sessions never made me
feel this good
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1963 s the amazing
spider-man number 13 and was expanded
upon in issue number 66 and the amazing
spider-man annual number one Quentin
Beck was once a Hollywood stuntman
before becoming one of the most talented
special effects Wizards in the industry
unable to garner significant attention
or recognition for his talents he
decided to change career paths however
he soon realized that he didn’t have the
looks to make it as an actor nor the
patience to become a director frustrated
he soon decided to take his expertise in
theatrics and illusion to become a
costumed superhero as New York City
already had a champion Beck decided to
undermine and replace spider-man
inspired by the Daily Bugle ‘s
willingness to cast spider-man in a
negative light
he developed a plan to frame the web
slinging hero for crimes that he didn’t
commit in order to accomplish this Beck
studied the hero and copied his suit
while forging special gadgets that would
duplicate the web crawlers powers the
end goal of which was to reveal his own
superhero identity as he dramatically
brought the real spider-man to justice
succeeding and turning the public
against Spidey the plan had the
unintended effect of causing Peter
Parker to believe that he had developed
multiple personality disorder
and that he was somehow responsible for
the burglaries however back soon
revealed himself to jonah Jameson and
his staff at the Daily Bugle as Mysterio
a costume hero that kept his identity
hidden behind a dome helmet mysterious
and promising to apprehend spider-man he
asked the paper to publish a challenge
for spider-man which he used as bait
luring the webslinger into a
confrontation on a bridge Mysterio kept
the upper hand having
prepared for each and every one of
spider-man’s tricks and abilities with
spider-man strategically retreating the
dome headed illusionist claimed victory
and was honored by the city seizing the
opportunity Peter Parker showed up at
the event to shake Mysterio’s hand
secretly embedding a tracking device
following the villain to his movie
studio workshop spider-man got the
gloating mastermind to explain how and
why he framed him
– Mysterio surprise spider-man recorded
the entire conversation on tape in the
ensuing battle he was defeated by the
one power he couldn’t replicate the
spidey sense following this spider-man
cleared his name and delivered Mysterio
to the local police station eventually
released Beck focused his complete
attention on getting revenge on
spider-man among his many attempts to
accomplish this he used hypnotic
suggestion and illusion to make Spidey
believe that he was only six inches tall
and on the run in a miniature theme park
thwarted time and time again Mysterio
even joined up with Doctor Octopus and
other supervillains as a member of the
sinister six he has gone on to regularly
cause trouble for the friendly
neighborhood spider-man in countless
comics and other media for nearly half a
century I’m more than ready to take you
on
uses illusions to take on spider-man in
order to achieve fame welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
exploring the comic book origins of
Quentin Beck otherwise known as Mysterio
enough it’s payback time
hey back for what you did it all to
yourself
yes that’s what my psychiatrist said but
you know what his sessions never made me
feel this good
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
that unfolded in 1963 s the amazing
spider-man number 13 and was expanded
upon in issue number 66 and the amazing
spider-man annual number one Quentin
Beck was once a Hollywood stuntman
before becoming one of the most talented
special effects Wizards in the industry
unable to garner significant attention
or recognition for his talents he
decided to change career paths however
he soon realized that he didn’t have the
looks to make it as an actor nor the
patience to become a director frustrated
he soon decided to take his expertise in
theatrics and illusion to become a
costumed superhero as New York City
already had a champion Beck decided to
undermine and replace spider-man
inspired by the Daily Bugle ‘s
willingness to cast spider-man in a
negative light
he developed a plan to frame the web
slinging hero for crimes that he didn’t
commit in order to accomplish this Beck
studied the hero and copied his suit
while forging special gadgets that would
duplicate the web crawlers powers the
end goal of which was to reveal his own
superhero identity as he dramatically
brought the real spider-man to justice
succeeding and turning the public
against Spidey the plan had the
unintended effect of causing Peter
Parker to believe that he had developed
multiple personality disorder
and that he was somehow responsible for
the burglaries however back soon
revealed himself to jonah Jameson and
his staff at the Daily Bugle as Mysterio
a costume hero that kept his identity
hidden behind a dome helmet mysterious
and promising to apprehend spider-man he
asked the paper to publish a challenge
for spider-man which he used as bait
luring the webslinger into a
confrontation on a bridge Mysterio kept
the upper hand having
prepared for each and every one of
spider-man’s tricks and abilities with
spider-man strategically retreating the
dome headed illusionist claimed victory
and was honored by the city seizing the
opportunity Peter Parker showed up at
the event to shake Mysterio’s hand
secretly embedding a tracking device
following the villain to his movie
studio workshop spider-man got the
gloating mastermind to explain how and
why he framed him
– Mysterio surprise spider-man recorded
the entire conversation on tape in the
ensuing battle he was defeated by the
one power he couldn’t replicate the
spidey sense following this spider-man
cleared his name and delivered Mysterio
to the local police station eventually
released Beck focused his complete
attention on getting revenge on
spider-man among his many attempts to
accomplish this he used hypnotic
suggestion and illusion to make Spidey
believe that he was only six inches tall
and on the run in a miniature theme park
thwarted time and time again Mysterio
even joined up with Doctor Octopus and
other supervillains as a member of the
sinister six he has gone on to regularly
cause trouble for the friendly
neighborhood spider-man in countless
comics and other media for nearly half a
century I’m more than ready to take you
on
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