Vermin
Real Name: Edward Whelan
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Powers: Vermin has super-human speed and agility. He can also mentally control small animals like rats and has enhanced senses.
Bio: Edward Whelan was found roaming the streets of New York by Baron Helmut Zemo. Whelan subjected himself to Zemo's genetic experiments, which granted him superhuman strength. However, in the process of the mutation, he manifested a rat-like physical appearance, and was called Vermin. It was Zemo's plan to use him to kill his nemesis Captain America, once and for all. Although, the cunning Captain was able to defeat Vermin.
Vermin later appeared in the sewers of New York, when the mysterious female Kraven was holding Vin Gonzales hostage there, thinking that he was Spider-Man. Vermin attempted to run the unwanted intruder out of the sewers but failed, due to the interference of the real Spider-Man dressed in the costume of Daredevil. Vermin escaped into the tunnels of the sewers. He later ran into the real Daredevil who he led to Spider-Man and Gonzales, who were now both captives of Kraven. Vermin battled the female once more, and it appeared that he would be the victor, although, he was last seen badly beaten on the floor of an unknown location, at the feet of Kraven's mother.
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First Appearance: Captain America (1968) #272 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Amazing Spider-Man: Origin Of The Hunter (2010)
Avengers Academy (2010)
#3 - 'Boyfriend In A Coma' #4 - 'Fix You' Avengers Unconquered (2009)
#24 - 'The Hordes Of Hellfire!' Avengers: Deathtrap, The Vault (1991)
Capitaine America (1970)
Captain America (1968)
#272 - 'Mean Streets' #275 - 'Yesterday's Shadows!' #276 - 'Turning Point!' #277 - 'In Thy Image' #278 - 'Oh, Thus be it Ever...' Dark Reign: The Hood (2009)
#1 - 'Payday' #2 - 'Haunted' Die Spinne (1980)
Fear Itself: Spider-Man (2011)
#1 - 'Day One' #2 - 'Day Two' Hämähäkkimies / Spider-Man (1980)
Iron Man (2005)
Marvel Knights (2000)
#14 - 'Everything Dies' #15 - 'The Unreal World' Marvel Team-Up (1972)
#128 - 'Sweet Temptation!' New Avengers (2005)
Nightcrawler (2004)
#8 - 'The Winding Way, Part 2: Dark Carnival' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2008)
She-Hulk (2004)
#5 - 'The Big Picture, Part 1: More Than a Handful' #6 - 'The Big Picture, Part 2: Minor Complications' She-Hulk (2005)
#21 - 'Another Me, Another U' Spider-Man: Breakout (2005)
Spider-Man: Grim Hunt - The Kraven Saga (2010)
Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (1989)
Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic (2011)
Spider-Man/Red Sonja (2007)
Strange Tales (1987)
Strange Tales II (2010)
HC - 'Strange Tales II' #2 The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)
TPB - 'Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt' #293 - 'Crawling' #294 - 'Thunder' #390 - 'Shrieking, Part One: Behind the Walls' #394 - 'Power & Responsibility, Part 2: Breakdown!' #403 - 'The Trial of Peter Parker, Part 2 of 4: Judgement at Bedlam' #566 - 'Identity Crisis!' #567 - 'Legacy' #642#645 The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! (2008)
The Astonishing Spider-Man (2009)
#12 - 'The Fury of the Spider-Skrull!' #80 - 'A fear itself chapter' #81 The Marvel Encyclopedia (2006)
HC - 'The Marvel Encyclopedia' The New Avengers: Most Wanted Files (2006)
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (1983)
#12 - 'V-Z: From Valkyrie to Zzzax' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition (1985)
#14 - 'Unicorn to Wolverine' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Master Edition (1990)
The Sensational Spider-Man (2006)
#24 - 'Feral: Part 2: Cat Scratch Fever' #25 - 'Feral: Part 3: Hunter's Moon' #26 - 'Feral: Part 4: The Beasts Within' #27 - 'Feral: Part 5: The Rock of Life' The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976)
#131 - 'Descent' #132 - 'Ascending' #178 - 'Up From the Depths' #179 - 'Wounds' #180 - 'Shame' #181 - 'Guilt' #182 - 'Reckonings' #183 - 'Into the Dawn' #184 - 'The Child Within: Aftermath' #194 - 'October Moon' #195 - 'Masquerade' #196 - 'Faces' #217 - 'Power & Responsibility, Part 4: Higher Ground' #230 - 'Brother's Keeper' Thunderbolts (1997)
Web of Spider-Man (1985)
Annual 10 - 'Shriek, Rattle and Role' #32 - 'Resurrection' #117 - 'Power & Responsibility, Part 1: Shadow Rising' What If...? (1989)
#17 - 'What If...Kraven the Hunter Had Killed Spider-Man?' Wolverine (1988)
Group Affiliation(s): Hood's Criminal Syndicate Ravencroft Institute Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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