Menace (comics)

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caption=
character_name=Menace
real_name=Unknown
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Amazing Spider-Man" #549
creators=Marc Guggenheim
Salvador Larroca
alliances=
aliases=Grey Goblin,
"Menace of Manhattan"
"Mock-Goblin"
powers=*Superhuman physical attributes
*Armed with a variety of deadly offensive weapons
*Rides a "Goblin Glider" as paraphernalia|

Menace is a supervillain foe of Spider-Man. His first appearance is in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #549, which is the start of the second story arc in the "" overarching storyline that follows the events of . He bears a strong resemblance to the previous Goblin villains and uses one of the Goblin Gliders.

Fictional character biography

Menace's back-story, including his real name, remains largely unknown. Stealing a weapons cache of the original Green Goblin, Norman Osborn, this Menace was later being hunted down by Jackpot. During her search, she meets Spider-Man and reluctantly accepts his help. Menace then attacks a council meeting and kidnaps a council woman, and Spider-Man and Jackpot attack him. Menace's glider slams into the rescued councilwoman, killing her, and Menace escapes the crime scene but not before accusing Spider-Man of being responsible for the woman's death.

Menace later vandalizes campaign ads, and tries to find Bill Hollister, one of the candidates for the election. He says that he's been sabotaging his campaign for his own good against Randall Crowne, his opponent. Menace then proceeds to threaten the redeemed Norman Osborn, even recreating Osborn's original death by ramming him with his glider. However, Osborn survives the attack and Menace spares him, after accusing Osborn of being a fool for devoting all his time and assets to Spider-Man's destruction.

He also appears in the "Secret Invasion: Amazing Spider-Man" miniseries, killing one of the invading Skrulls, and then setting his sights on Jackpot, believing her to be "Spider-Man's girlfriend" ["Secret Invasion: Spider-Man" #2] .

Bibliography

*Amazing Spider-Man #546, 549-551, 558, 568, 570-71
*Secret Invasion: Front Line #1
*Marvel Apes: #2 (cameo)
*Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #2

Powers and abilities

He is armed with a variety of bizarre portable incendiary devices in his shoulder bag and uses a Mark 7 Goblin Glider [Amazing Spider-Man #571] as a personal transport, until it was destroyed by Norman Osborn. It is fast and extremely maneuverable. Other weapons he uses are concussion and incendiary Pumpkin Bombs. He wears bulletproof mail with an overlapping tunic, cap, and mask.

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