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| Jonas Harrow | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Amazing Spider-Man #114 (October 1972) |
| Created by | Gerry Conway John Romita Sr. |
| In-story information | |
| Species | Human |
| Team affiliations | Roxxon Oil |
| Abilities | Genius-level intellect |
Jonas Harrow is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy ofSpider-Man.
Jonas Harrow's first appearance was inThe Amazing Spider-Man #114 (October 1972), and he was created byGerry Conway andJohn Romita Sr. Conway recounted that the idea for the character "derived from the first Spider-Stalker story [sic; Conway is referring to theSpider-Slayer story fromThe Amazing Spider-Man #25], with the scientist who provides Jonah a machine to attack Spider-Man himself. I thought, 'Let's extend that. What if there's a guy out there who basically provides the goods for these guys?' I also realized a lot of Spidey's villains themselves, unless they had been scientists, were not likely to come up with this stuff themselves. ... I thought of Jonas Harrow as aTony Stark for bad guys".[1]
The character subsequently appears inThe Amazing Spider-Man #126 (November 1973), #204 (May 1980), #206 (July 1980), #219 (August 1981),Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #1-2 (January–February 1997),New Avengers #33 (October 2007),House of M: Avengers #1 (January 2008), andSpider-Man: Brand New Day - EXTRA!! (September 2008).
Jonas Harrow received an entry in theAll-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #5 (2006).
Over two decades ago, Jonas Harrow was disgraced as a surgeon and expelled from the medical profession for unorthodox experiments. Happening upon a near-dead criminal in theBowery, Harrow, entertaining half-hearted hopes of redemption, cybernetically restored the criminal, who became the gangsterHammerhead.[2] Harrow slid deeper into underworld research, eventually seeking mind-controlling technology.
In the present day, Harrow enhances criminals to superhuman status for a fee.[3] When Hammerhead rises to prominence, Harrow observed his ex-patient's battles withSpider-Man, whom he perceives as a challenge. He enhances another criminal,Kangaroo (Frank Olver), who ungratefully scorns Harrow's schemes.[4] Harrow continues providing services to villains likeLiving Laser. WhenWill o' the Wisp seeks to have his powers removed, Harrow implants a surgical device to extort him into theft.[5]
When the Wisp rebels while fighting Spider-Man, Harrow's device temporarily dissipates him. Using stolen information, Harrow develops a "variator ray" to control human emotion. By now obsessed with Spider-Man, he tested the device onJ. Jonah Jameson, who has a nervous breakdown. After Spider-Man locates and destroys the ray, Harrow is imprisoned inRyker's Island.[6]
Harrow accepted aRoxxon Oil contract to create synthetic automated soldiers; to this end, he extorts industrial crimes from Will o' the Wisp. Surreptitiously seeking Spider-Man's help, the Wisp instead encounters Spider-Man's cloneBen Reilly, who removes Harrow's implant. When Harrow releasesDragon Man from custody, Reilly and the Wisp follow and destroy Harrow's base.[7]
Jonas Harrow is hired by theHood to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.[8] When the Hood is defeated by the New Avengers and loses his powers, Harrow attempts to use a power drainer he created as a bargaining chip to replace the Hood amongNorman Osborn'sCabal. The Hood soon returns, having gained new powers from theNorn Stones, and blasts Harrow's head off with a magically-charged bullet.[9]
Jonas Harrow is a genius in the fields of cybernetics, genetics, mechanics, and surgery. He requires medication for a heart condition.
An alternate universe version of Jonas Harrow appears inHouse of M as one of several scientists who experimented onLuke Cage.[10]
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