Ai Apaec

Ai Apaec
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Osborn #1
Created by	Kelly Sue DeConnick Jamie McKelvie
In-story information
Alter ego	Ai Apaec
Species	God
Team affiliations	Dark Avengers
Notable aliases	Spider-Man Decapitator
Abilities	Super-Strength Enhanced Senses Underwater Adaption

Ai Apaec is the name of a Marvel Comics supervillain.

Fictional character biography

Ai Apaec is a chimeric being that has the head, torso, and arms of a human, the lower half being a spider's body, snakes for hair, and long sharp fangs. He was worshipped by the Moche people of South America (Peru). He was eventually captured by government officials and held in a secret government base somewhere underwater.^[1] Ai Apaec ends up meeting Norman Osborn when he ends up transferred to the secret base from the Raft. He joins Norman Osborn and Dr. June Covington into staging a break-out.^[2] The inmates secure an escape pod to get to the surface. Afterwards, Ai Apaec returns to the jungle.^[3]

During the Spider-Island storyline, Shang-Chi and Iron Fist discover that Ai Apaec was controlling Bride of Nine Spiders of the Immortal Weapons to capture the other members.^[4] As Iron Fist fights Ai Apaec, Shang-Chi manages to free the other members where Shang-Chi mutates into a humanoid spider. Upon Iron Fist using his Chi Force to cure Shang-Chi, Iron Fist gets the other Immortal Weapons members to safety while Shang-Chi collapses the hideout on top of Ai Apaec. Afterwards, the Avengers arrested Ai Apaec.^[5]

When Norman Osborn reclaimed ownership of H.A.M.M.E.R., Norman Osborn manages to locate Ai Apaec and recruit him to his latest incarnation of the Dark Avengers. To make Ai Apaec his latest Spider-Man, Norman Osborn gives Ai Apaec a genetic-modifying drug that alters his appearance to resemble a six-armed version of the black suit Spider-Man.^[6] Ai Apaec and the other members of the Dark Avengers are defeated by both Avengers teams when it turns out that his teammate Skaar was the Avengers' double-agent. Ai Apaec's drug wore off and Captain America knocked him unconscious.^[7]

Powers and abilities

Ai Apaec has superhuman strength where it was stated that he was strong enough to rip off a man's head. His long sharp teeth contains a powerful poison and he has enhanced senses. His spider legs can enable him to cling to solid walls and surfaces. Like the diving bell spider, Ai Apaec can wrap himself in a bell-shaped web held by the hair on his legs and abdomen and collect oxygen from the water to exchange the carbon dioxide with the oxygen.

References

External links

• Ai Apaec at Marvel Wiki
• Ai Apaec at Comic Vine

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