Mysterio

Mysterio
Silver Age Mysterio. Art by Steve Ditko.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Amazing Spider-Man #13 (June 1964)
Created by	Stan Lee Steve Ditko
In-story information
Alter ego	Quentin Beck
Team affiliations	Maggia Sinister Six
Notable aliases	Dr. Ludwig Rinehart
Abilities	Special effects, and illusion expert Master hypnotist and magician Amateur chemist and roboticist Exceptional hand to hand combatant Use of weapons

Francis Klum
Francis Klum as Mysterio. Art by Todd Nauck.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do #1 (August 2002)
Created by	Kevin Smith Terry Dodson
In-story information
Alter ego	Francis Klum
Species	Human Mutant
Abilities	Teleportation Telepathy Telekinesis

Mysterio is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is most often depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man. The first and most-high profile incarnation of Mysterio is Quentin Beck, although several other characters have since used the Mysterio alias.

The original Mysterio (Quentin Beck) was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #13. It was later retconned that the aliens seen in The Amazing Spider-Man #2 had been Mysterio and his men in disguise; it was revealed that he had been hired by the Tinkerer to disguise himself as an extraterrestrial and uncover military and industrial secrets.

Debuting in The Amazing Spider-Man #13, Mysterio is Quentin Beck, a special effects wizard and stunt man working for a major Hollywood studio with dreams of making a name for himself in the film industry. However, he came to see his career in special effects as a dead-end job. His attempts to become an actor were poorly received, but he realized that his expertise in illusions could make him an effective supervillain.

In his first battle with Spider-Man, after he frames Spider-Man for robbing the Midtown Museum, Mysterio obstructs the hero's spider-sense with gas and dissolves Spider-Man's webbing with a chemical abrasive. However Spider-Man tricks Mysterio into revealing he robbed the museum, then Spider-Man revealed he had captured it on tape. Mysterio was then jailed, blaming Spider-Man for his ruined career. Mysterio later joins the Sinister Six in an attempt at revenge on Spider-Man, and battles him using robots of the X-Men. After this Spider-Man gets a card that enables him to go on to battle Sandman.