Farley Stillwell#In other media
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{{Infobox comics character
|character_name = Dr. Farley Stillwell
|image = Farley Stillwell (Earth-616) from Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 20 001.png
|caption = Farley Stillwell as seen in Amazing Spider-Man #20.
|real_name = Farley Stillwell
|species = Human
|publisher = Marvel Comics
|debut = The Amazing Spider-Man #20 (1965)
|creators = Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
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|powers = Genius-level intellect
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Farley Stillwell is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a scientist best known for transforming Mac Gargan into the Scorpion.
Publication history
Stillwell first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #20 (January 1965), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.
Fictional character biography
When J. Jonah Jameson first hired Peter Parker, he was amazed at how he managed to obtain pictures of Spider-Man and hired Mac Gargan to investigate. When Jameson saw an article about inducing animal mutations into humans, he visited the scientist that established this experiment: Dr. Farley Stillwell. Jameson first thought Stillwell was a crackpot, but later saw him as an opportunity to take down Spider-Man. As such, he had Stillwell experiment on Gargan and give him a high-tech scorpion suit. However, Stillwell learns that the process will eventually drive Gargan insane and unsuccessfully attempts to cure him, during which he falls to his death.The Amazing Spider-Man #20. Marvel Comics.
=Legacy=
It was later revealed that Farley Stillwell had a brother named Harlan Stillwell who used the experiment to create the Human Fly after Richard Deacon held him at gunpoint. After Richard became the Human Fly, he shot Harlan after he served his purpose.The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #10. Marvel Comics.
The Stillwell brothers' technology would also later be used to give superpowers to the Answer,{{Cite comic|writer = Danny Fingeroth|penciller = Scott McDaniel|inker = Brad Vancata|colorist = Dave Sampson|letterer = Diana Albers|editor = Rob Tokar|story = Deadly Reunion|title = The Lethal Foes of Spider-Man|volume = 1|issue = #1|date = September 1993|publisher = Marvel Comics|location = United States}} and the fourth Vulture.{{Cite comic|writer = Mark Waid and Tom Peyer|penciller = Paul Azaceta and Javier Rodriguez|inker = Paul Azaceta and Javier Rodriguez|colorist = Andres Mossa|letterer = Joe Caramagna|editor = Tom Brennan, Tom Brevoort, and Stephen Wacker|title = The Amazing Spider-Man|volume = 1|issue = #624|date = 10 March 2010|publisher = Marvel Comics|location = United States}}
The sixth volume of Amazing Spider-Man confirms that Regent's minion Shannon Stillwell is the sister of Farley and Harlan Stillwell. In addition, their mother is Melodia Stillwell, who is also known as Madame Monstrosity and similarly specializes in combining animal and human DNA to create her Humanimals.Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 #31. Marvel Comics. Farley's father Jeremy Stillwell was turned into an owl Humanimal upon being fused with an owl where an attempt to restore Jeremy to normal resulted in Jeremy's mind being in the owl's body and vice versa.Spider-Boy Vol. 2 #6. Marvel Comics.
Skills and abilities
Other versions
An alternate universe variant of Farley Stillwell from Earth-58163 appears in House of M: Avengers #1 as one of several scientists who gave Luke Cage his powers.House of M: Avengers #1. Marvel Comics.
In other media
=Television=
- Farley Stillwell appears in Spider-Man (1967), voiced by Tom Harvey.[http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=7319 Tom Harvey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311122907/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=7319 |date=2012-03-11 }}, voicechasers.com, retrieved 23 Jan 2010
- Farley Stillwell makes a cameo appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man episode "Wolfpack", portrayed by Joseph G. Medalis.
- Farley Stillwell appears in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, voiced by Michael Rye.{{cite web |title=Dr. Farley Stillwell Voice - Spider-Man (1994) (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Spider-Man-1994/Dr-Farley-Stillwell/ |access-date=August 22, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. This version was involved in neogenic researchIan Hague, Comics and the Senses: A Multisensory Approach to Comics and Graphic Novels, Routledge, 2014, ch. 2: "Sight, or, the Ideal Perspective and the Physicality of Seeing". that would later lead to Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man and the creation of the neogenic recombinator machine.
=Video games=
A female incarnation of Dr. Farley Stillwell appears in Spider-Man 3, voiced by Nika Futterman.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Stillwell Voice - Spider-Man 3: The Video Game (Video Game) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Spider-Man-3-The-Video-Game/Dr-Stillwell/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}} This version is the head of a science corporation called MechaBioCon who captured Scorpion for use in her military cybernetics and mind control experiments.
References
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External links
- [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/stillwellfarleyspdrmn.htm Dr. Farley Stillwell] at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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