Freak (Marvel Comics)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Freak is the name of three fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. Most villains known as Freak are associated with Iron Man, while the most recent version is set to appear in Amazing Spider-Man.
Contents |
[edit] Eddie March
| Freak | |
 If this infobox is not supposed to have an image, please add "|noimage=yes". |
|
| Publication information | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | (as March) Iron Man #21 (Jan 1970) (as the Freak)Iron Man #67 |
| Created by | Archie Goodwin George Tuska |
| In story information | |
| Alter ego | Eddie March |
Eddie March was another friend of Tony Stark who was wearing the Iron Man armor. Eddie was badly injured in a fight with Thor. Stark decided to use the Enervator on Eddie in a desperate attempt to save him. Though Stark took precautions to prevent the device from transforming Eddie into a monstrous creature, he failed and Eddie became a new Freak. Iron Man tried to subdue him, while simultaneously protecting him from the police. He was able to knock the Freak out with a few nerve punches, and when he was unconscious he reverted to human form and Dr. Donald Blake was able to operate on Eddie to save his life.
Eddie has not transformed into the Freak since this incident.
[edit] Happy Hogan
The first Freak is a foe of Iron Man (Tony Stark) that first appeared in Tales of Suspense #74 (February 1966), when a desperately ill friend of Stark, Happy Hogan, was mutated into a giant, savage, nearly mindless, superhumanly strong humanoid known as Freak when doctors tried to cure him using a cobalt ray machine powered by Stark's experimental "Enervator" device. Though he was restored to his normal self, Hogan would turn in freak several times after being exposed to cobalt on several occasions.
[edit] Freak (Spider-Man villain)
| Freak | |
If this infobox is not supposed to have an image, please add "|noimage=yes". |
|
| Publication information | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | (as Freak) Amazing Spider-Man #552 (March 2008) |
| Created by | Bob Gale Phil Jimenez |
| In story information | |
| Notable aliases | Armadillo Man |
Villain in the Amazing Spider-Man. A drug addict named "Freak" is chased down by Spider-Man after he attempted to steal from the poor at the soup kitchen Spider-Man's Aunt May works at. He stumbles into a laboratory owned by Curt Connors and injects hiself with animal gene fluids, thinking they were crystal meth. Freak then began to form a chrysalis around his body, emerging as a skinless monster. After being shot at by police, he falls into the sewer and forms another chrysalis. Emerging as an animal hybrid, and completely bulletproof, Freak tracks Spider-Man by his scent. After a violent confrontation, Freak gives in to his addictions, and finds a meth lab. Spidey follows him, and during the ensuing fight, the building is set ablaze. Freak is caught under the flaming debris, but survives and creates a new chrysalis, which has made him fireproof and even stronger. Freak emerges as an armadillo-like creature, and again tries to kill Spider-Man. When Connors arrives with the quicklime nessecary to incapacitate Freak, Spider-Man tricks him into thinking Connors has drugs. Freak tears open the bags, and is covered in the quicklime. He again forms a chrysalis, with Spider-Man pouring quicklime over it, to permanently incapacitate him. The chrysalis is taken by a hazmat crew, which is later revealed to be an Oscorp research group.
[edit] Bibliography
App: Amazing Spiderman #546
App: Amazing Spiderman #552
App: Amazing Spiderman #553
App: Amazing Spiderman #554
App: Amazing Spiderman #558
