Magma (Jonathan Darque)
| Magma | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Team-Up #110 (Oct. 1981) |
| Created by | Herb Trimpe David Michelinie Mike Esposito |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Jonathan Darque |
| Team affiliations | Roxxon Oil Company |
| Abilities | Utilizes powered armor:
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Magma (Jonathan Darque) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #110, as an enemy of Spider-Man and Iron Man.[1]
Fictional character biography
Jonathan Darque is the chief executive officer of a mining company investigating new and cheap sources of energy. His investigations are opposed by environmental activists, who hold demonstrations at his trial bore sites. Darque's wife dies in a car crash when attempting to evade the activists' blockade. Darque uses his engineering skills to design a battle suit, allowing him to become the criminal Magma.
Magma creates a device called the Long Range Sonic Stata Scanner (LRSSS), which can trigger earthquakes and detect the epicenters of earthquakes before they occur. He uses the LRSSS to blackmail the Mayor of New York City with the threat of an earthquake. Spider-Man and Iron Man drill to the source of the earthquake, where they discover Magma's base. After Magma is defeated by Spider-Man and Iron Man in a battle on the surface, he escapes in a pod into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Spider-Man aims the LRSSS at Magma, who disappears in the resulting waves.[2]
Magma is paid by the Roxxon Oil Company and offered a job to lead a secret research laboratory in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. With the unwilling assistance of savant Seth Hanks, Magma attempts to develop a new electron projector that would allow powerful beams to be directed at Earth from a satellite. Spider-Man thwarts Magma's plan and inadvertently causes the laboratory to collapse.[3]
Powers and abilities
Magma uses body armor that is able to withstand nuclear radiation and temperatures up to 1200 degrees Celsius (the temperature of the magma under the Earth's crust). Magma wields a blast gun implanted in his right arm that fires balls of lava.
References
- ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains. New York: Facts on File. p. 201. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
- ^ Sanderson, Peter (2007). The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City. New York City: Pocket Books. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-4165-3141-8.
- ^ Web of Spider-Man #16-17
External links
- Magma at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe