Farley Stillwell

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Dr. Farley Stillwell
Farley Stillwell (Earth-616) from Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 20 001.png
Farley Stillwell as seen in Amazing Spider-Man #20.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The Amazing Spider-Man #20 (1965)
Created by Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
In-story information
Alter egoFarley Stillwell
Species Human
Abilities Genius-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.

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Publication history

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

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

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. [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. [5]

Skills and abilities

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

Other versions

An alternate universe variant of Farley Stillwell from Earth-58163 appears in House of M: Avengers #1 as one of the scientists who gave Luke Cage his powers. [6]

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