VENOM from a SCORPION

00:00 Poison by any other name...

Macdonald Gargan, one of Spider-Man's oldest foes, has his shot at the big time! The Scorpion never went very far in his criminal career, but combined with the Venom symbiote he has another chance to become a household name in villainy!

04:09 Mac in Black

43:27 Wasted Potential...

comics covered:
Marvel Knights Spider-Man
Beyond #1 - 6
Thunderbolts issues 110 - 129
Amazing Spider-Man issues 568 - 573 and 595 - 599
Secret Invasion
Dark Avengers issues #1 to #13
Sinister Spider-Man issues #1 - #4
Dark Reign
Seige

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MacDonald "Mac" Gargan is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #19 (December 1964). Mac Gargan is a recurring antagonist of the superhero Peter Parker / Spider-Man. He debuted as a private investigator hired by J. Jonah Jameson to learn how Peter Parker took pictures of Spider-Man. In the following issue, Jameson decided to turn Gargan into a deadly adversary for Spider-Man through a barely-tested procedure, which left Gargan with an irremovable scorpion-themed armor and the predatory instincts of the arachnid. Driven insane by his mutation, Gargan instead turned to a life of crime as the Scorpion, and went on to menace both Spider-Man and Jameson, whom he held responsible for his transformation. Since then, having finally removed the armor, Gargan has also served as the third host of the Venom symbiote, and a member of the Dark Avengers as Spider-Man, but eventually returned to his Scorpion alias as it kept him alive due to the strain both the neural-armors and symbiote put on his body.

Since his original introduction during the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character has been featured in various other Marvel-licensed products, including feature films, television series, video games, and merchandise. The character made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), portrayed by Michael Mando. A version of the character appeared in animated form in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.