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MAELSTROM

FACTFłLE

REAL NAME

Unreveated

OCCUPATION

Nih.tet

BASE

Mobite

HEIGHT 8 ft 2 m WEIGHT 425 Ibs EYES Purple HAIR White

FIRST APPEARANCE

Marvel Two-ln-One *71 (January 1981)

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The secds of a Super Vilłain s behavior cari ofteu be found in thcir chtldhood. The hybrid child of a Dcviant and an Inhuman. Maelstrom *s birth eaused constcrnation. Hi*, mother was killcd lor giving birth to him, and as a child hc was forccd to work in 1 >eviant slavc pijts until rescucd Iw his fathcr, che brilliant genetuist 1’hacder.

Following in his fathers footsteps. Maelstrom traded Information on gcncrics with various dubious individuals induding Rti» Sm i i . Magm 10, and tho High Rvollttion ary.Thcir use of this

knowlcdgc eaused untold suffering: che Nazi genetic atrocities and various elones ol Simdfr-Man were direct results of Maelstrom s collaborations.

A ilespcrately lonely individual, Maelstrom lookcd tor an antidote to his unhappiness in plans to end the Multnersc.

Destroyed by Quasar when hc first attempted this. he was rcsurrccied and tried again.

This time. Mr. Inimortal of tlić Greai Lakfs Avenc.i-.rs tricked Maelstrom into committing suicide—a humihating way to die. AD

THE MAGGIA

1 Sfvwrmane Z ColtM Nolana j 3Hammcftiood

TOP MAN (Hammerheads. doceased) Cunning miód. HAMMERHEAD (Hammerhoads) Enhanced alrtnglh through metal

NOTABLE MEMBERS

Maggia is tho world s most pówerful crime syndicate. THe organ ization’s operations are worldwide. though its roocs began in Southern Europo during the 13th century and it spread to the United

the 1890s.Thc Maggia has its fingers gambling, narcotics. loan-sharking. organized labor. and crooked politics.Those who betray the Maggia are executed, often with a death-grip to the chin nicknamed the “Maggia touch.”

The three largest Maggia lamilies active in New York City includc the SuYMiMANt family. the Hammerhead family. and the Nefaria family. The Silwrmancs are a traditionalły-structurcd crime network controlling the narcotics tradc. The Hammerheads

are styled in the fashion of I920s gangsters, and are led by the flat-topped Hammerhead. The Nefarias. organized by Count Nf.faria, are tlie most colorful of the three familics. frequently employing costumed criminals to ftirther their sehemes. Early in his carccr, the gang boss Kingpin was one of che Maggia s most successful rivals. ad

Maggia

COUNT NEFARIA (Nefarias) Vast powers of ionlc energy. MADAME MASOUE (Nefarias) Skilled martial artist.

SlLYłO "SILVERMANE" MANFREDI (Sihrermanes) Cybemebc body.

JOSEPH MANFREDI (Silvermanes)

Formeriy had contro! over bats. BASE Worldwide

FIRST APPEARANCE

Avengers Vol. 1 913 (February 1965)

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