Mortimer Norris
Mortimer Norris is a crook who discovers stolen radioactive material while on a job. The exposure makes him dizzy and causes him to fall into the East River. Norris is mutated into an amphibious fish-man with enhanced strength and establishes a Maggia branch in his area, aided by a group of thugs and his second-in-command, a dwarf named Shrike. As Mr. Fish, Norris battles Luke Cage and utilizes a concussive ray gun that knocks him out. Despite Shrike's advice to finish Cage off before he awakens, Fish waits until Cage wakes up so that he can recount his origin and master plan. Cage makes short work of Fish's men. In a desperate move, Fish rushes towards Cage with a steel girder, but Cage dodges and Fish falls off the building, seemingly dying on impact. [1]
Mr. Fish appears alive in the All-New, All-Different Marvel relaunch. He warns Tombstone that Black Cat will be targeting him and his criminal empire during an upcoming gang war for control of Harlem. [2] Burgeoning crime lord Alex Wilder later crashes one of Tombstone and Mr. Fish's meetings, beating Tombstone and magically banishing Fish to Hell. [3] After recovering from the attack, Tombstone rescues Fish from Hell with the help of Black Talon. [4]
During the "Devil's Reign" storyline, Mr. Fish appears as an inmate of the Myrmidon. Moon Knight battles and defeats him in a prison match. [5]
During the "Gang War" storyline, Mr. Fish is among the villains hired by Hobgoblin to guard his hideout. Scorpion eventually convinces the group to turn against Hobgoblin. [6]
Bill Norris
The second Mr. Fish is Bill Norris, Mortimer's similarly-mutated brother. He is introduced visiting an exotic nightclub with the Walrus. [7]
Mr. Fish joins the Flashmob, a group of former opponents of Luke Cage, during the Shadowland storyline. The assemblage of villains confront the new Power Man (Victor Alvarez), and are remanded to Ryker's Island after being defeated by Power Man and Iron Fist. A few members of the Flashmob, including Mr. Fish, are bailed out by Big Ben Donovan. [8]
When a virus begins giving people spider-powers similar to Spider-Man's during the Spider-Island storyline, Mr. Fish and the Flashmob are among those infected, prompting them to try and escape from the quarantined Manhattan. They are stopped by the Heroes for Hire. [9]
