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| “ | You don't have to ask, Smythe. Killing the Spider's always been my idea of fun. But after what he did to me--to us--we won't leave enough of him to bury.
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Scorpion, real name MacDonald "Mac" Gargan, is a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. As his name implies, Scorpion is a scorpion-themed supervillain and a member of Spider-Man's rogues gallery.
Originally a private investigator, Gargan was hired by the Daily Bugle's editor-in-chief and publisher J. Jonah Jameson to investigate photographer Peter Parker and find out how he was able to always get perfect pictures of Spider-Man, unaware that they were the same. Thanks to his spider-sense, Peter was always able to avoid Gargan. Frustrated by the lack of success, Jameson paid Gargan to undergo an experimental procedure by Dr. Farley Stillwell to turn him into a potent enemy against Spider-Man. Gargan was infused with scorpion DNA, giving him the arachnid’s abilities, and equipped with a suit with a robotic scorpion tail. The procedure left Gargan insane and led to him adopting the supervillain identity of the Scorpion.
As the Scorpion, Gargan used his newfound abilities to become a mercenary, though would often try to kill Jameson and Spider-Man for personal reasons. Gragan often fought alongside other members of Spider-Man's rogue gallery in the hopes of killing him and temporarily acted as the host of the Venom symbiote.
Battle vs. Nightcrawler (by So-Pro Warrior)[]
In the streets of New York city the city is quiet as ever as people walk about minding their own buinsess. Meanwhile walking among the people in hiding is the X-Men Nightcrawler who has decided to take a walk through New York to get his mind of some recent things. Soon the sirens of police cars are heard and Kurt looks behind him to see 3 police cars zoom right past him sirens blaring and immediately knows that something is up and heads off to go investigate. Kurt heads into the nearby dark alleyway and looks around and teleports to the top of a nearby roof. He hears the sirens and starts teleporting after them and within a couple of minutes he is able to arrive at the scene of a hostage situation at a bank. He teleports closer to get a better look and notices that the people in the bank are being held hostage by the Scorpion. Knowing that a direct approach might harm a hostage he teleports to the back of the bank and teleports past the blocked door. Inside Scorpion is trying to think of a way past the police without getting into a huge fight as he is outnumbered by a lot. Nightcrawler peeks out of the backroom and sees Scorpion and notices he isn't using one of the hostages as a human shield and takes the chance. He teleports and appears right behind Scorpion and kicks him in the back, as Scorpion lays on the ground Kurt tells the people to go out through the back room and the guards help the people out while Nightcrawler engages Scorpion. Scorpion lunges his tail at Nightcrawler who teleports away and reappears right behind Scorpion and kicks him in the back again. Scorpion swings his tail at Kurt who just teleports again. Expecting him to teleport right behind him again Scorpion swings his tail behind him but instead Nightcralwer teleports to his right and kicks him in the face. Scorpion yells in anger and sprays his acid at Nightcrawler who just teleports away again. Scorpion looks around him but sees no sign of him. Instead Nightcrawler has teleported to the switch of the lights and turns them off. Thanks to his vision he is able to see Scorpion but Scorpion has no idea where he is and starts to wildly swing his tail in every direction while Nightcrawler moves in slowly and quielty. As soon as Scorpion stops swinging his tail Nightcrawler jumps towards him and kicks Scorpion in the back and uses his tail to slash off the top of Scorpions tail destroying the tip and the acid shooter. Scorpion is able to swing his tail at Nightcrawler who jumps out of the way and as Scorpion finishes he turns around and is met with a fist to the face. Scorpion swings his tail at Nightcrawler again but Nightcrawler blocks with his tail and parries with it and sweeps Scorpion off of his feet. As Scorpion gets up Nightcrawler finishes Scorpion off by punching him in the face again. The exhaust Scorpion falls on the floor and is knocked out by Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler looks at the knocked out Scorpion and yells in victory
"X-MEN!"
Winner: Nightcrawler
Expert's Opinion[]
Nightcrawler won because of his more formal training where he was trained to fight against foes like Scorpion, his combat experience fighting much more tougher enemies then Scorpion, and his mental health and teleporting power that won Nightcrawler the fight