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Dr. Farley Stillwell
Farley Stillwell as seen in Amazing Spider-Man #20.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Amazing Spider-Man #20 (1965)
Created byStan Lee
Steve Ditko
In-story information
Alter egoFarley Stillwell
SpeciesHuman
AbilitiesGenius-level intellect

Farley Stillwell is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a scientist best known for transforming Mac Gargan into the Scorpion.

Publication history

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Stillwell first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #20 (January 1965), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.

Fictional character biography

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When J. Jonah Jameson first hired Peter Parker, he was amazed at how he managed to obtain pictures of Spider-Man and hired Mac Gargan to investigate. When Jameson saw an article about inducing animal mutations into humans, he visited the scientist that established this experiment: Dr. Farley Stillwell. Jameson first thought Stillwell was a crackpot, but later saw him as an opportunity to take down Spider-Man. As such, he had Stillwell experiment on Gargan and give him a high-tech scorpion suit. However, Stillwell learns that the process will eventually drive Gargan insane and unsuccessfully attempts to cure him, during which he falls to his death.[1]

Legacy

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It was later revealed that Farley Stillwell had a brother named Harlan Stillwell who used the experiment to create the Human Fly after Richard Deacon held him at gunpoint. After Richard became the Human Fly, he shot Harlan after he served his purpose.[2]

The Stillwell brothers' technology would also later be used to give superpowers to the Answer,[3] and the fourth Vulture.[4]

The sixth volume of Amazing Spider-Man confirms that Regent's minion Shannon Stillwell is the sister of Farley and Harlan Stillwell. In addition, their mother is Melodia Stillwell, who is also known as Madame Monstrosity and similarly specializes in combining animal and human DNA to create her Humanimals.[5] Farley's father Jeremy Stillwell was turned into an owl Humanimal upon being fused with an owl where an attempt to restore Jeremy to normal resulted in Jeremy's mind being in the owl's body and vice versa.[6]

Skills and abilities

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Farley Stillwell is a brilliant biologist and cyberneticist.[1]

Other versions

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An alternate universe variant of Farley Stillwell from Earth-58163 appears in House of M: Avengers #1 as one of several scientists who gave Luke Cage his powers.[7]

In other media

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Television

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  • Farley Stillwell appears in Spider-Man (1967), voiced by Tom Harvey.[8]
  • Farley Stillwell makes a cameo appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man episode "Wolfpack", portrayed by Joseph G. Medalis.
  • Farley Stillwell appears in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, voiced by Michael Rye.[9] This version was involved in neogenic research[10] that would later lead to Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man and the creation of the neogenic recombinator machine.

Video games

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A female incarnation of Dr. Farley Stillwell appears in Spider-Man 3, voiced by Nika Futterman.[11] This version is the head of a science corporation called MechaBioCon who captured Scorpion for use in her military cybernetics and mind control experiments.

References

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  1. ^ a b The Amazing Spider-Man #20. Marvel Comics.
  2. ^ The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #10. Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ Danny Fingeroth (w), Scott McDaniel (p), Brad Vancata (i), Dave Sampson (col), Diana Albers (let), Rob Tokar (ed). "Deadly Reunion" The Lethal Foes of Spider-Man, vol. 1, no. 1 (September 1993). United States: Marvel Comics.
  4. ^ Mark Waid and Tom Peyer (w), Paul Azaceta and Javier Rodriguez (p), Paul Azaceta and Javier Rodriguez (i), Andres Mossa (col), Joe Caramagna (let), Tom Brennan, Tom Brevoort, and Stephen Wacker (ed). The Amazing Spider-Man, vol. 1, no. 624 (10 March 2010). United States: Marvel Comics.
  5. ^ Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 #31. Marvel Comics.
  6. ^ Spider-Boy Vol. 2 #6. Marvel Comics.
  7. ^ House of M: Avengers #1. Marvel Comics.
  8. ^ Tom Harvey Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, voicechasers.com, retrieved 23 Jan 2010
  9. ^ "Dr. Farley Stillwell Voice - Spider-Man (1994) (TV Show)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 22, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  10. ^ Ian Hague, Comics and the Senses: A Multisensory Approach to Comics and Graphic Novels, Routledge, 2014, ch. 2: "Sight, or, the Ideal Perspective and the Physicality of Seeing".
  11. ^ "Dr. Stillwell Voice - Spider-Man 3: The Video Game (Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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