Characters : Arcade

 
 

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Attributes

Height: 5' 6"

Weight: 140 lbs

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Brown

Features: Severely fashion impaired, as evidenced by his polka-dot bow tie and elevator shoes.

Summary

Created By: Chris Claremont, John Byrne, David Hunt

Real Name: Unknown, though he is called "Mr. Arcade"

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: None

Dual Identity: Unknown

Current Occupation: deceased

Former Occupation: Unknown

Citizenship: U.S. citizen

Legal Status: No criminal record in the U.S., but known to the authorities. He may have a U.K. record, although only if he got as far as a trial.

Place of Birth: Possibly Beverly Hills, California. Possibly Texas.

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: None living

Known Confidants: Mr. Chambers, Miss Locke

Known Allies: Freedom Force. Gaunt.

Major Enemies: Spider-Man, X-Men, Excalibur, the Micronauts

Usual Bases: Various Murderworlds around the globe

Former Bases: None

Current Groups: None

Former Groups: None

Education: Unknown, presumably a high school graduate.

 

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Normal human.

Powers: Arcade possesses no super-human capabilities, although he has a genius level IQ.

Abilities: Arcade has a natural mechanical ability that allows him to built realistic robots and a knack with computers.

Equipment: All sorts of high-tech environments and automated killing machines

Weapons: Said robots are weapons!

Limitations: Over-indulges himself with the "art" of the kill, which doesn't work with super- heroes.

 
 

Background

The son of a Texas oil millionaire (some accounts say a Beverly Hills businessman), Arcade killed his father and used Daddy's fortune to construct the first Murderworld. Now a thriving world-wide chain, Murderworld was designed to whimsically kill businessmen, political leaders, and anyone else Arcade was paid to murder. It can also be hired out as a training ground for mercenaries. Arcade charges one million dollars per assignment, which he uses to defray the exorbitant costs of his deadly theme parks.

Arcade ran into his first super-heroes when he kidnapped Spider-Man and Captain Britain, who in turn became the first people to survive Murderworld. Arcade took this personally, and began to track down super-heroes for no other reason than to off them. From the X-Men to the fourth Green Goblin (Phil Urich, who enraged Norman Osborn by using his Goblin equipment), however, Arcade has racked up zero points when it comes to the super-hero fatality score card.

Thanks To:

Some of the above information is extracted from the various versions of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and the more recent Marvel Encyclopaedias.

The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

 

 
 

Character Appearances

Aug 1979 FB: X-Men (Vol. 1) Uncanny #124
Jan 1978 App: Marvel Team-Up #65
  (First Published Appearance) Kidnaps Spider-Man and Captain Britain; faces his first defeat
Feb 1978 App: Marvel Team-Up #66
  Origin given
Jun 1979 App: X-Men (Vol. 1) Uncanny #122
  Kidnaps X-Men and Spidey; brainwashes Colossus; again defeated
Jul 1979 App: X-Men (Vol. 1) Uncanny #123
... Here is the Full Appearance List (43 Apps)
 

 
 

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