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 Cover art for Spider-Man Family #7. Art by Karl Kerschl. |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Amazing Spider-Man #36 (May 1966) |
| Created by | Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Norton G. Fester |
| Species | Mutated human |
| Team affiliations | Defenders Impersonators |
| Notable aliases | Meteor Man |
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The Looter is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in the Spider-Man comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Publication history
The character first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #36 (May 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (who is believed to have created the concept[citation needed]).
The character subsequently appears in Marvel Team-Up #33-34 (May-June 1975), Defenders #63-64 (September-October 1978), Spectacular Spider-Man #41 (April 1980), Web of Spider-Man #39 (June 1988), The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #26 (1992), Amazing Scarlet Spider #1 (November 1995), Spectacular Scarlet Spider #1 (November 1995), Web of Scarlet Spider #2 (December 1995), The Sensational Spider-Man #8 (September 1996), Untold Tales of Spider-Man (October 1997), Sensational Spider-Man #27 (May 1998), Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #6 (November 2004), Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #5 (April 2006), and Spider-Man Family #7 (April 2008).
The Looter received an entry in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #6 (2006) #6.
Fictional character biography
Norton G. Fester was always a poor scientist, and was considered a crackpot by his colleagues. One day, however, he found an unusual meteor that crashed into the Earth. Excited by his discovery, Fester searched for funding into a project, but investors went for more commercial ventures.
Fester decided to continue without funding, and while chiseling the meteor, he struck a pocket of gas. Immersed in the strange compound, he discovered that he now had super-strength and agility thanks to the meteor's powers. Fester decided to devote his time and new powers to crime from then on.
Calling himself the Looter, he struck banks and offices everywhere, gaining his current name. However, after attempting to steal another meteor to continually supply himself with his powers, he was defeated by Spider-Man after a battle in a hot-air balloon.[volume & issue needed]
Since then, the Looter has had no success whatsoever, even after a name change to the Meteor Man.[volume & issue needed] He has used several of the strange meteors to change himself into a superhumanly strong giant, teamed up with Aura and Override,[volume & issue needed] and almost retired,[volume & issue needed] but he has been defeated every time.
He attempted to steal yet another meteor, at a museum display, to grow further in power. Spider-Man defeated him once more in the museum bathroom, in front of a woman named Vanna Smith, who was obsessed with the wallcrawler.[1]
Powers, abilities, and equipment
Fester has super-strength, and agility comparable to Captain America's, but he needs a supply of meteor gas or he will eventually lose his powers. He also has extraordinary leaping ability and a high degree of durability.
The Looter has had a large arsenal of gadgets and weapons in his bizarre career. He used a "Dazzle Gun" (a gun that could create a dazzling light and a quick getaway) and a helium balloon in his first appearance; these also appeared in Spider-Man Family #7. In Sensational Spider-Man #8, he used weapons from Stilt-Man, the Shocker, the Trapster, and the Mauler. Other weapons include a Wave-Motion gun and a "Meteor-Powered" gun (although this did not actually work).
Other versions
The character also appeared in Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, where not Fester, but Mary Jane's high school counsellor Mr. Limke uses the identity.[volume & issue needed]
References
- ^ Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man[volume & issue needed]
External links
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