Needle (comics)

Needle (comics)
Needle
Spider Woman 1978 Issue 9.jpg
The Needle
Pencils by Carmine Infantino
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Spider-Woman #9 (Dec 1978)
Created by Mark Gruenwald
Carmine Infantino
Al Gordon
In-story information
Species Human Mutant
Team affiliations Night Shift
Abilities Ability to paralyze his foes with his one good eye
Stronger and more spry than a typical man his age
Wields a yard long needle.

The Needle is a comic book character. He is a mutant supervillain in Marvel Comics' main shared universe. Created by Mark Gruenwald, Carmine Infantino, and Al Gordon, the character first appeared in Spider-Woman #9 (December 1978).

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Publication history

The character's origin was recounted in his debut appearance in Spider-Woman #9.

Creator Mark Gruenwald brought the character back during his run on the West Coast Avengers as a member of the villain team Night Shift, which included other former Spider-Woman foes.

Fictional character biography

After being mugged one night while leaving work, an elderly tailor loses an eye and his ability to speak. However, he also discovers that he has the power to paralyze with his gaze. Seeking revenge, the unnamed tailor assumes the guise of the professional criminal the Needle. Armed with a yard-long needle, the mute villain attacks young men on the streets at night, sewing their mouths shut. After victimizing S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jerry Hunt, the Needle incurs the wrath of Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), the agent's girlfriend. Somewhat resistant to the Needle's paralyzing gaze, Spider-Woman takes him out with a close-range venom blast. He is subsequently arrested.[1]

With other superhuman adventurers and criminals, the Needle was imprisoned by the Locksmith, but then freed by Spider-Woman.[2]

The Needle joined the Night Shift, and teamed with Captain America against the Power Broker and his augmented mutates.[3] Alongside the Night Shift, he tested Moon Knight to take over as the leader of the Night Shift.[4] Later, alongside the Night Shift, he battled the West Coast Avengers.[5] Alongside the Night Shift, the second Hangman, and Satannish, he battled the Avengers West Coast; his abilities had been enhanced by Satannish's black magic.[6]

The Needle was later defeated by Armory.[7]

Needle appears with the Night Shift, as part of the Hood's gang. They battle the Midnight Sons, and Needle impales Daimon Hellstrom with his needle, before Jennifer Kale knocks him off with a spell. He and the Night Shift are killed when the zombie virus mutates and becomes airborne.[8] The virus cloud begins to rain blood, and reanimates the Night Shift as zombies.[9] Dormammu assumes control of the Night Shift and uses them to fight the Midnight Sons. When Jennifer Kale and the Black Talon contain the virus within the Zombie (Simon Garth), the Night Shift members are apparently restored to normal, and the Hood teleports away with them.[10]

Powers and abilities

Needle has the ability to hypnotically paralyze a victim with his gaze. The Needle appears to be mute and is mentally disturbed. He is an expert tailor.

The Needle is a fair hand-to-hand combatant, and carries a needle-like weapon over 3 feet (0.91 m) long.

For a time, the Needle's powers were enhanced by Satannish, increasing his physical attributes to that of an athletic man, allowing his hypnotic gaze to work instantaneously, and rendering his weapon sharp enough to rend cinder block.

References

  1. ^ Spider-Woman #9
  2. ^ Spider-Woman #50
  3. ^ Captain America #330-331
  4. ^ Solo Avengers #3
  5. ^ West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #40
  6. ^ Avengers West Coast #76-79
  7. ^ Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1/2
  8. ^ Marvel Zombies 4 #2
  9. ^ Marvel Zombies 4 #3
  10. ^ Marvel Zombies 4 #4

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