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| Mongoose | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | In shadow: The Amazing Spider-Man #283 (December 1986) Full appearance: Thor #391 (May 1988) |
| Created by | Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz (Spider-Man issue) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Mongoose |
| Species | Upliftedmongoose |
| Team affiliations | New Men/Knights of Wundagore Masters of Evil Thunderbolts |
| Abilities | Excellent hand-to-hand combatant Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina and reflexes Wears artificial claws Carries a cellsmograph Use of gas pellets Concussive blasts via wrist device Access to the advanced sky-craft and land vehicles of Wundagore |
Mongoose is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.
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Mongoose first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #283, and was created by writerTom DeFalco and artistRon Frenz.[1]
Mongoose was originally a normalmongoose before theHigh Evolutionary subjected him to genetic engineering and transformed him into an anthropomorphic form to serve as his agent.[1][2][3] At one point, Mongoose arrives in New York, where he is invited byBaron Zemo to join hisMasters of Evil.[4] Mongoose later battles bothSpider-Man andThor, and this confrontation eventually causes Thor and Mongoose to become mortal enemies. After his first defeat at the hands of Thor, Mongoose flees. During his escape, he causes a fall of girders which injures Erik Masterson, who would later become the heroThunderstrike.[5]
In a later plot against Thor, Mongoose teams up withQuicksand and Count Tagar to obtain cell samples from Thor. He joins Tagar into using a weapon called the "vivisector" to obtain the samples, while Quicksand causes a distraction by battling Thor.[6] Mongoose also manages to launch an attack against Thor atMount Wundagore by theNew Men, a collection of genetically altered warriors who defend Wundagore. When Thor eventually realizes what was going on, Mongoose, Quicksand, and Tagar are defeated. Mongoose manages to escape after Tagar halts the battle.[7]
Mongoose tries to rejoin the New Men, but is rejected due to his villainous actions. Furious over this, Mongoose later attacks both Thor and Erik Masterson in retaliation. He is about to defeat them, butHercules steps in to assist. Mongoose realizes he had no chance of winning and flees.[8]
Mongoose is arrested byBaron Zemo'sThunderbolts after a battle inPhiladelphia.[9] Instead of a legally required trial process, he is offered membership in the team or outright jail. Refusing to go to jail, Mongoose accepts the offer to join the team.
Mongoose has been identified as one of the 142 registered superheroes who are a part of theFifty State Initiative.[10]
InThe Punisher War Journal, Mongoose is among the animal-themed supervillains who are kidnapped byAlyosha Kravinoff before being rescued by thePunisher.[11]
Genetic engineering by theHigh Evolutionary granted Mongoose superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes. He is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, utilizing his agility to create a unique fighting style.
The Mongoose wears artificial claws on his gloves, and uses gas pellets (causing dizziness and disorientation), and a wrist device used to project concussive blasts. He has also carried a cellsmograph, a device for determining the presence of a living being by identifying its genetic structure. He also has access to the advanced sky-craft and land vehicles of Wundagore, and once used an "asteroid blaster" to attack Thor.
In the comics, Mongoose is literally that: a mongoose given the power to walk upright on two legs and fight with increased strength. Though Mongoose initially appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #283, he was soon tasked with killing Thor.
Mongoose was, at one time, a real mongoose. After some genetic alterations he became... a bigger, angrier and stronger mongoose. Knowing that, you would probably write him off as an insignificant villain, but you would be wrong. Mongoose was invited to become a member of the Masters of Evil...As if that wasn't enough, Mongoose has had fights with Spider-Man and is considered a mortal enemy of Thor!
When the construction site is attacked by Mongoose, Thor saves [Eric] Masterson's life, but he is hurt in the fight, leaving him with a limp.
