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>>> Characters : Mysterio (Daniel Berkhart)
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Dan Berkhart was paid by J.J.J. to make Spidey think he was the ghost of the first Mysterio, who was faking his death at the time. His first battle against the wall-crawler (Amazing Spider-Man #141) resulted in Spidey injuring his own hands very badly (he wore bandages until issue #146). The second ended with him going to jail. Jameson abandoned Berkhart to his luck, which did not sit well with him. Shortly after the Clone Saga, he associated with Maguire Beck, Quentin Beck's cousin, while they both wore the Mad Jack identity, which he used to torment Jameson with Maguire's assistance. Both Berkhart and Maguire were trained in Mysterio's arts by Mysterio himself, but they were still honing their skills. After the original Mysterio died in 1999's Daredevil #7 (vol.2), another Mysterio kept showing up in the Spider-Books. He joined a new version of the Sinister Six, and later plotted against JJJ, Daredevil, Just a Guy Named Joe and Spider-Man, in 2001's Spider-Man: The Mysterio Manifesto. It was finally revealed then that the "new" Mysterio was Berkhart. When Quentin Beck, his friend and former tutor, left him the fishbowl as his legacy, Berkhart extended his revenge against Jameson to Spidey, Beck's lifelong foe, Daredevil, a key player in Beck's death, and Just a Guy Named Joe, who married Beck's childhood friend, Betsy Schneider. Maguire, eager to avenge her cousin and have some fun at the same time, took over Mad Jack's costume solo this time. Though Mad Jack was captured, Berkhart was now much more skilled than he had ever been, and managed to elude Spider-Man, fleeing with Mad Jack's cat (also named Maguire). Berkhart is a worthy sucessor to Quentin Beck. The student has yet to overcome the master, but he's proved himself a dangerous foe to Spidey and whoever has crossed his path. |
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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.
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Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.
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