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MacDonald "Mac" Gargan is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Spider-Man #19 (1964), and first appears as the Scorpion in Amazing Spider-Man #20 (1965) and becomes the third incarnation of Venom in Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #10 (2005). Mac Gargan was a private investigator initially hired by J. Jonah Jameson to find out how Peter Parker is able to obtain incredible pictures of Spider-Man. Gargan's efforts set off Peter's spider-sense and the teen was able to easily evade the detective. Jameson then decided to hire Gargan as the subject of a barely tested process that would endow him with the useful characteristics of a particular animal with the help of Professor Farley Stillwell. In this case, a scorpion was the base for the purposes of creating a powerful agent capable of defeating Spider-Man. This mutagenic treatment seriously affected Gargan's mind, driving him insane.... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
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