Mac Gargan/Scorpion (1994-1998)

History
Mac Gargan was private investigator who had been hired by J. Jonah Jameson to follow Peter Parker and find out how he got his pictures of Spider-Man. When Mac failed to find out, Jameson hired Professor Farley Stillwell to infuse Scorpion DNA into Mac's DNA to turn him into a person capable of hunting down Spider-Man. Mac was given a costume with a bio-mechanic tail and named himself 'the Scorpion'. Scorpion tracked down Spider-Man and manageed to best him in a fight but, as he was about to unmask him, Scorpion suffered a mental breakdown and his powers mutated further, causing him great pain. Scorpion attacked the helicopter Jameson was in, which was flying overhead, and then headed off to a nuclear powerplant as he believed more radiation could cure him. Spider-Man stopped him, as he would've annihilated most of New York if Scorpion had succeeded, and Scorpion is arrested.

Later, Scorpion was broken out of jail by the Kingpin so that he could join his Insidious Six. As part of the Insidious Six, Scorpion almost found out that Spider-Man was Peter Parker but Spider-Man managed to fool the Insidious Six and later defeated them. Scorpion later kidnapped Farley Stillwell in the hope that he could turn him back into a normal human. Scorpion took Farley back to the laboratory where the Vulture was keeping Dr Curt Connors. Scorpion and the Vulture fought but later teamed up against Spider-Man. After Spider-Man got his youth and powers back, he beat up Scorpion while Farley destroyed the lab and all traces of neogenics. Scorpion managed to kidnap the Vulture, who had acquired Spider-Man's genetic mutation disease, thinking that he was smart enough to change Scorpion back to normal.

Alistair Smythe later forced Spider-Man to bring Scorpion to him as he needed his unique genetic code for his experiments. At this time, Scorpion was living with Sarah Baker (to whom he was engaged to) and the Vulture, who he kept chained up in a closet. Scorpion went out to steal some money to support himself and Sarah when Spider-Man spotted him and managed to take him to Smythe. Scorpion later managed to escape Smythe, with help from, Spider-Man, Black Cat and the Vulture, and later said he wiould quit a life of crime for Sarah.

Despite his pledge to quit crime, Scorpion later turned up in the second line up of the Insidious Six and was sent by the Kingpin to Russia to acquire the Red Skull's doomsday device. Scorpion and the rest of the Insidious Six, fought Spider-Man, Silver Sable and her wild pack and the secret warriors from World War Two. The Insidious Six were later defeated.

Basic Facts

 * Real Name: MacDonald Gargan
 * Base of Operations: New York City
 * Occupation: Ex Private Investigator, Super Villain
 * Eyes: Black (when furtherly mutated, green)
 * Hair: Blonde
 * First Appearance: Sting of the Scorpion
 * Last Appearance: Six Forgotten Warriors Part 5: The Price of Heroism