Electro
Max Dillon was
an ordinary power line worker, well not average...he was the
best. Max was so egotistical that he couldn't even be bothered to
save the life of his fellow worker unless he was given a hundred
dollar bonus by his boss. Electro saved his co-worker, and got
much more than his bonus when the power line he was on was struck
by lightning. The lightning combined with the power on the pole
left Max Dillon feeling better than he ever felt before. He also
discovered that he now had the power of Electro. Being the petty
man that he was Max immediately figured that he could use his
newfound powers to gain vast wealth stealing.
Amazing Spider-Man #422-
flashback- In Endicott, New York a young Max Dillon stands
looking in the refrigerator as his mother tells his father that
dinner is ready. His father says that he is still doing the tax
forms. His mom tells him to take his time, and that she and Max
will go ahead and eat without him. His father gets up and smacks
his mother in the face. He says that he puts the food on the
table, and that they will eat as a family or not at all. Max
yells to stop hitting her, but his father just tells him to shut
up. His father says that Max and his mother are useless, and that
they are both sucking the life out of him.
Amazing Spider-Man #422-
flashback- An eight year old Max holds his mother as his father
leaves them. Max held his mother, but inside he was glad that his
father was gone. Max’s mother tells him that he is all she
has left for the first time. These words become a constant in
Max’s life.
Amazing Spider-Man #422-
flashback- Max watches some boys playing basketball. His mother
comes by and tells him that she said to stay away from those
boys. She says that they play too rough for a fragile boy like
him. She has him put on his jacket and Max walks away holding his
mother’s hand.
Amazing Spider-Man #422-
flashback- Max comes home with a bunch of college textbooks. He
tells his mother that he wants to study to be an electrical
engineer. His mother says that he would never survive on his own,
and that he isn’t smart enough to do that. She tells him
that if he is so interested in electricity that he should apply
for a job at the local electric company. She says that she wishes
he would pick something safer, like accounting the way his father
did. She takes his books and throws them out the window. Max
watches his dreams fly away. He doesn’t blame his mother,
after all he is all she has.
Amazing Spider-Man #422-
flashback- Max stands at his mother’s grave three weeks
before his twenty-fifth birthday.
Amazing Spider-Man #422-
flashback- Six months after his mother’s death Max marries
Norma Lynn. They both work at the electric company. Norma was one
of the boss’ secretaries. Max moved from job to job until he
became a lineman. Norma tells Max that he ought to apply for a
management position, or try to become an engineer like he wanted.
Max repeats his mother saying that it is too much pressure, and
that he doesn’t have the brains for it.
Amazing Spider-Man #422-
flashback- Norma gets tired of settling with Max and walks out on
him.
Amazing Spider-Man #9- flashback- Electric
lineman Max Dillon waits for a bonus from his boss before
attempting to rescue a fellow worker in trouble. Max lowers the
guy down, but while he is still up there he is struck by
lightning. Because of the way Max held the electric wires the two
bolts were canceled out, and left him feeling stronger than ever.
Later a bunch of metal coat hangers stick to Max’s body, and
he realizes that electricity is running through his body. Max
practices throwing the electricity. He takes every cent he had
and buys a run down house and makes it into an electricity lab.
Max boosts his power by absorbing electricity. Max designs his
Electro costume.
Amazing Spider-Man #9
-Max Dillon puts on his Electro costume. He then charges
himself up with power just in case, and then heads out. Electro
walks up to an armored car. He tells the guards not to bother
putting the gold they have in the truck. They see Electro’s
costume, and figure him for a crackpot. Electro zaps the gun and
the bag of gold out of their hands. Electro then surrounds all
the guards with a ring of electricity until they give him the
bags. The next day at the Forest Hills bank the guard notices a
flash of lightning. He goes to ring the alarm, but as he touches
it Electro blasts him knocking out both the guard and the alarm.
Electro walks in as J Jonah Jameson is trying to get some
figures. JJ says that Electro can’t do this so Electro stuns
them electrifying their tie pins and belt buckles. Electro uses
his power to open the time locked vault. JJ figures that since
Electro recognized him that it must be someone he knows. Minutes
later Electro makes off with a bag of cash. Electro scales the
outside of the building using his electric power on the iron
beams to act like magnets. JJ figures the swagger and the
climbing means that Spider-Man is Electro. JJ prints it in the
paper, and everyone figures it must be true if it’s in
print. Aunt May needs an operation. Peter asks JJ for one
thousand dollars. JJ refuses, but offers Peter the money for a
photo that proves Spider-Man is Electro. Peter takes off to
capture Electro and collect the reward on him. Spider-Man finds
Electro using his power like a mine detector. He finds a hidden
safe and steals the contents. Electro spots Spider-Man and tries
to blast him. He says he has wanted to prove his power was
greater than Spider-Man's. Spidey webs Electro’s face and
then goes down to grab him. Electro burns the webbing off his
face, and then blasts Spidey as Spidey puts his hand on him.
Electro leaves. Peter gives Jameson “proof” of Electro
being Spider-Man to get the money. Electro laughs as he reads the
paper since he thinks Spider-Man dead, and unable to clear his
name. Electro breaks a bunch of prisoners about to be sent to the
federal pen. Electro frees them to be his goons. The police
surround the building, and Electro tries to assert control over
the inmates. Spider-Man puts on rubber boots and gloves.
Spider-Man keeps throwing metal objects past Electro to divert
his power towards them. Spider-Man punches Electro. Electro
releases a powerful electrical blast to revitalize himself.
Spider-Man trips Electro with some bearings. Electro hides while
his goons run from Spider-Man. Electro tries blasting Spider-Man
both with his power and a gun. Spider-Man kicks sand at Electro.
Electro turns the sand to glass, but it gives Spidey time to web
Electro’s gun. Electro picks up some power wires and starts
whipping them around. Spider-Man bumps into a firehouse.
Spider-Man sprays Electro and short-circuits him. Spidey unmasks
Electro, but has no idea who he is.
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #7
Daredevil #2
Amazing Spider-Man annual #1- Electro and Kraven wait with Dr. Octopus for the other
members of their new group the Sinister Six. Mysterio arrives.
Electro says that if each of them failed to beat Spider-Man why
would they be able to now. Kraven says that each of them almost
beat him, and that together they can’t fail. After Vulture
and Sandman show up Dr. Octopus tells them his plan. He has each
of them to draw a number, and that they will each fight him in
the order of the number they pick. Octopus says that each of them
is assigned a location that plays to their strength. Electro and
Sandman kidnap Betty Brant and coincidentally they get Aunt May
as well. Vulture delivers the message to Jameson that they want
Spider-Man to go to Stark Electric Plant building four. Parker is
there with Jameson, but he has seemingly lost his Spider powers.
Peter goes and finds Electro. Electro says that if Spider-Man
manages to beat him he has a card telling Spider-Man where to go
next. Electro shoots a bolt at Spider-Man. Spidey realizes that
his powers are back. Electro keeps throwing bolts, but Spidey
keeps dodging. Electro recharges himself using the plant.
Spider-Man runs and finds a way to ground himself. He then turns
the power in the plant off. Electro hits him with a giant bolt,
but Spidey is unaffected. Spider-Man knocks out Electro. He takes
the card with the next location and goes. Spider-Man defeats the
others and saves Aunt May and Betty Brant. Electro is seen in a
jail cell with the others. Dr. Octopus tries to start planning
for next time, but Electro tells him to shut up.
Fantastic Four annual #3- Reed Richards and
Susan Storm are getting married and Dr. Doom sees this as his
chance for revenge against the only man to ever defeat him. Doom
uses a high frequency emotion charger to influence every evil
presence. Electro is among a group of attacking Iceman. Reed
Richards designs a machine that reverses the effects of
Doom’s machine.
Daredevil annual #1
Amazing Spider-Man #82
Daredevil #87
Daredevil #89
Omega the Unknown #1- behind the scenes-
Electro happens upon Omega defeating the Metal Man.
Omega the Unknown #2- As
Omega carries off the defeated Metal Man, Electro calls out to
Omega from atop a building. When Omega looks up Electro says it
isn’t Omega he wants because he already has him pegged as a
hero-type, but he does have a use for the robot. Electro blasts
Omega and knocks him out. Electro leaps off the building and says
that the robot just impressed him more. Electro admits that he
didn’t see how Omega defeated it, but that with his
electrical skills he will get it working again. Electro thanks
Omega for his help, and drags the robot off. The next day Omega
is fighting the Hulk. Suddenly Omega is blasted, and knocked out,
by Electro’s charge. Electro zaps the Hulk and makes off
with Omega attached to the bottom of a helicopter’s rope
ladder.
Omega the Unknown #3- Omega
wakes up, in an abandoned subway area, with his hands manacled in
strength sapping restraints. Electro tells Omega that it’s
more fun having Omega awake. Electro says that he can tell by the
way he struggles against his restraints that he’ll be big in
superheroing provided he doesn’t kill him first. Electro
says to live all Omega has to do is get that robot working for
him, and then Omega can regain his dignity when Electro takes his
manacles off. The silent Omega takes an instant dislike to
Electro, both because of his swagger and the fact that Electro
knows just how to needle him. Omega kicks Electro into the robot.
Electro blasts Omega’s manacles to shock him. The robot
falls onto the third rail. Later Electro says that Omega
didn’t tell him that the robot had a mind of his own.
Electro says that he has struck a deal with the robot. Electro
says that after a job together Electro is going to give the robot
two things: his full power back and Omega to kill. They leave to
do their job. Electro and the robot take over a television studio
where they are running a telethon for the handicapped. Electro
appears on the television, and says that the telethon is now for
him. Omega smashes into the studio. He quickly smashes the robot.
Electro tells Omega to stay back or he will hurt the handicapped
child. Omega raises his hands toward Electro. Electro sense
Omega’s intention, and raises his own hands. Their powers
meet in air. They are evenly matched until the handicapped kid
hits Electro in the leg with a crutch. Electro looks over and
Omega’s power blasts him out.
Marvel Team-Up #56-
flashback- behind the scenes- Blizzard rebuilds his suit from
parts of the prison machine shop, but the suit is useless without
power. Electro charges up Blizzard from the next cell.
Marvel Team-Up #56- Peter
Parker comes into the Daily Bugle to find a bunch of goons
surrounding the staff. Peter hears trouble inside JJ
Jameson’s office. Peter sneaks about and looks through a
small window above a door. He sees Electro sitting in JJ’s
chair. Blizzard and two goons are surrounding JJ. Electro says
that they let JJ publish his morning edition, but he tried to
double cross them right away. Some goons come in with Bushkin,
the editor of the Daily Globe. Bushkin and Jameson start to
fight. Electro tells them to shut up. Blizzard says that he
thinks that they need to teach Jameson a lesson. Electro shows
Jameson his phony headline about a strike that isn’t
happening. The first words of each line spell “HELP BLACK
MAIL”. Jameson asks what they want from him. Electro says
that they want money. Money for not wrecking their businesses.
Electro says that soon the whole city will be paying tribute to
them. Suddenly Daredevil leaps through the window and kicks
Electro in the back of the head. Daredevil saw one of the
sabotaged papers and figured out the clue. He says that the
police are on their way. Spider-Man is outside the door now
fighting some of the goons. Electro and Blizzard run for it.
Spider-Man and Daredevil bump into each other (?) as they chase
after them. Electro and Blizzard accidentally run into the
basement instead of to the ground floor. Electro spots Spider-Man
with Daredevil. They try to sneak a shot off, but Spidey and
Daredevil dodge. Spider-Man decks Electro and then dodges a
blast. Electro cuts Spider-Man’s webbing with a bolt sending
him straight towards a printing press. Daredevil gets Blizzard to
shoot an ice beam at him. When Daredevil dodges the beam it
creates an ice bridge for Spidey to slide away on. Spidey needs
to help Daredevil so he webs Electro’s eyes. Electro lashes
out with huge electrical bolts. Spidey gets Electro to blast
Blizzard, and then he and Daredevil punch Electro unconscious.
Defenders #63
Defenders #64
Amazing Spider-Man #187
Marvel Two-In-One #57- Solaar is accidentally
freed within Project Pegasus. As Solaar wanders around he notices
the cell of Max Dillon, or Electro. Solaar uses his solar power
to break Electro’s electrical prison. He looks inside to see
him in a full body cast. Solaar asks what happened to him.
Electro says that a building fell on him and broke some bones.
Solaar says that he is escaping. Electro says to take him with
him. Solaar says that Electro would be no help since he
can’t even move. Solaar moves on.
Spectacular Spider-Man #38
Spectacular Spider-Man #39- Electro, following
instructions he received, walks to an abandoned auto body shop.
Electro zaps the garage door activating it. Electro announces
that he is there. The Wizard says that it is good he is on time
because he likes his allies to be punctual. Sandman says that he
isn’t with them until he proves he is worthy. Trapster says
nothing, but fires a paste at Electro. Electro zaps the paste
causing it to solidify in mid-air. Electro then does the same
thing to Sandman’s body. Electro says that beating them is
useless because it is their leader he wants to impress. Electro
creates an electrical storm around Wizard short-circuiting him.
Electro says now that he has proven himself he wants to talk
about how they are going to bring down Spider-Man and the
Fantastic Four.
Spectacular Spider-Man #42- The new Frightful
Four lands on the Statue of Liberty. Sandman asks Electro to help
him lift their inflatable boat out of the water. Electro says
that he didn’t join the Frightful Four to do manual labor.
The guards hear their arguing and come over. Electro knocks the
guards out with an electrical zap. Sandman reminds Electro that
he is just one quarter of the Frightful Four, and that if he gets
outta line he will have to answer to the others. Spider-Man spots
a message above the Statue of Liberty that the Human Torch wants
to meet him (though he probably should have suspected a trap
since it was actually signed “Human Torch”. As the
message fades Trapster asks Wizard if he should write the message
with the flame-thrower again. Wizard says that Spider-Man will
come. Electro dons a suit designed by the Wizard that is
flameproof on the inside, but on the outside the flames give the
appearance that he is the Human Torch. Electro “flies”
along the cables inside the arm of the Statue. Spider-Man’s
spider-sense goes off. Spidey dodges Electro’s electric
blast. All the Frightful Four team up against Spidey. Trapster
binds him with paste. Electro tries to unmask Spider-Man, but the
paste gag holds the mask on tight. Wizard shows up with another
Spider-Man costume.
Marvel Fanfare #22
Fantastic Four #218- Electro
rides on the Wizard’s antigravity craft with the other
Frightful Four, Sandman and Wizard with a bound and gagged
Spider-Man, as they watch the Trapster dressed as Spider-Man
climbing the Baxter Building. They take off as Trapster gets in.
“Spidey” warns Torch about the Frightful Four. When
Torch turns Trapster knocks him out. He binds him in paste.
Trapster turns off the alarm as he fight with Thing. Electro and
the others enter the Baxter Building through the roof. Susan
Richards is in her robe looking for Reed when she spots Torch
bound up. She tries to turn invisible, but her robe doesn’t.
Electro uses his powers to create an electromagnetic storm around
her. The storm carbonizes the atoms leaving Sue stuck in rock
hard electrocarbon atoms. Wizard says that he is glad Electro
likes his plan. Wizard, Sandman, Trapster, and Electro sneak up
behind Reed. Sandman holds Reed in place as Trapster pastes him
to super-conductive machinery. Electro lights Reed up. Suddenly
Spider-Man comes crashing through the ceiling to save Reed. He
jumps on Wizard. Electro tries to blast him, but Spidey leaps off
and Electro hits Wizard. Reed gets free and vacuums up Sandman.
Spider-Man wraps Electro up in a fire hose. He pulls it spinning
Electro around, and then kicks him unconscious. Electro wakes up,
but is wrapped up in the hose again.
Spectacular Spider-Man #66
Avengers #236- Moonstone and Blackout get free
in Project Pegasus. They free Electro and Rhino to help them
break out. Electro says that he has been locked up in this place
twice now, and he is looking for payback.
Avengers #237- Electro and
the others discover, using the security cameras console, that the
Avengers and Spider-Man are at the scene. Electro says that he
doesn’t know if they can beat them. Rhino says that he
doesn’t care if there are a hundred Avengers he wants to
level the place. Rhino tells Electro to watch Blackout because he
doesn’t trust him. As Blackout starts to rant about his dark
light powers Electro whispers to Moonstone that Blackout’s
powers can’t possible be dark light (which is only
ultraviolet). Moonstone tells Electro that she knows it is
something else, but that Blackout doesn’t seem to. Moonstone
has Electro shoot a bolt of electricity near the two of them to
stop them. She says that they need to stick together. Electro and
the others wall themselves up in the Research Dome inside
Blackout’s darkforce. The She-Hulk comes along and knocks a
hole in it, but as soon as she does Electro shocks her. Moonstone
appears on the screen saying that Electro will shock them all.
Electro’s powers start to flow out of the darkforce wall.
The Scarlet Witch uses a hex to bring the dark wall down, and
causes Electro’s power to feedback on him. The fight begins.
As Rhino is charging Spider-Man, Electro figures to use his
energy booster to really fry Spidey. Captain America throws his
shield and severs Electro’s connection to his extra power.
Electro says that doesn’t matter because he already is
carrying enough. Electro tries to blast Cap, but the Scarlet
Witch puts a hex on him. Electro passes out from lack of oxygen
as Wanda turned the oxygen into carbon dioxide. Moonstone and
Blackout escape.
Falcon #3- Falcon spots a few
of the gang members he is chasing down outside the scene of an
arson. The look Falcon gives them is seen by Electro, who is
watching everything from his window. Electro figures that the
look was meant for him, and that Falcon has recognized him.
Electro says that he won’t let that second stringer take him
back to jail. He says that he will kill him first. The next day
Max Dillon sees Falcon again this time talking down a jumper. Max
is completely paranoid. He says that Falcon is making up these
emergencies to watch him, and that all the people around him are
probably SHIELD agents waiting on his word to attack. Electro
says that if he sees Falcon again he is gonna kill him. In a few
minutes the president’s motorcade happens to be passing
through the neighborhood. An explosion goes off and the Legion,
the gang’s name, takes the president hostage. Falcon arrives
to help, but Electro blasts Falcon in the back. He tells Falcon
to stop playing games, and that he is right there. Falcon of
course has no idea what he is talking about. Electro blasts him
again as Falcon tries to fly away. Falcon realizes that as long
as he isn’t grounded Electro’s bolts don’t hurt as
much. Falcon flies away. A guy with a gun confronts Electro.
Falcon is confronting the stronghold of the Legion as Electro
catches up to him. Electro says that he has come to finish what
they started. Electro somehow rips a light pole down and tries to
hit Falcon with it as he electrifies it. Falcon tries flying by
and punching Electro. Falcon snaps Electro’s electromagnetic
lines of force. Falcon is blasted back and falls unconscious.
Electro is crowing about how he won when he sees Redwing. Electro
starts to see spots and passes out.
Falcon #4- Minutes later Electro blasts a hole through
the Legion’s stronghold. He says that he wants to know where
the president is being held. They give Electro attitude so he
blasts one of them. Electro asks again where the president is,
and says that he won’t ask again. Falcon had Redwing follow
Electro so that he would know where he was going. Electro arrives
at the president’s location. Electro is running low on power
so he takes a power line, breaks it apart, and starts sucking up
the energy. All charged up Electro electrifies his feet. He jumps
on the roof and sinks to the level where the president is.
Electro sees Captain America and with the element of surprise
electrifies him unconscious. Electro asks the president who is
going to save him now. Falcon flies in and hits Electro. Sergeant
Tork tries to stop Electro with a shotgun, but Electro zaps him
and runs after Falcon. Electro quickly catches up with Falcon as
he glides on an electromagnetic force field. Electro asks Falcon
why he is prolonging this fight. Electro sees that Falcon’s
flight is controlled by a pack. He manipulates the electrical
parts so that it no longer works. Falcon dodges Electro’s
blasts with acrobatic moves. Electro has Falcon cornered when
Redwing flies along and scratches Electro’s back. While
Electro is distracted Falcon hoses Electro down with a firehose.
With Electro’s powers negated Falcon hits Electro with one
punch and knocks him out. Falcon returns with Electro tied up in
the firehose.
Power Man & Iron Fist #113
Secret Wars II# 7- Electro is in prison ands he
strikes a deal with Mr. Bitterhorn to assist in Mephisto’s
plan to kill the Beyonder. Mephisto sends out his legions of
lackeys, but when they get there the Thing (who was separately
contacted by Mephisto to kill Beyonder) has second thoughts as
starts to protect the Beyonder. Mephisto’s power boost to
the Thing allows his to hold his own against all the villains.
The villains fail.
Amazing Spider-Man annual #21- The police
surround the building where Electro’s boys crashed into a
paddywagon and freed Electro. Electrical bolts pour out of the
building. One of his goons gives Electro his mask. Electro
charges out and starts zapping cars and police. One of
Electro’s goons is about to shoot a cop that wasn’t
killed by Electro’s blast. Spider-Man beats up the goons.
Electro tries to blast Spider-Man, but Spider-Man dodges.
Spider-Man keeps throwing things at Electro, and Electro keeps
blasting them down. A large piece of wall, damaged by
Electro’s blasts, is about to fall over. Spider-Man catches
it, but has to shift it over to block Electro’s next blast.
The wall falls over, but Spidey gets up. He quickly throws a
manhole cover at Electro. Electro dodges, but the cover hits the
fire hydrant behind him. The water zaps Electro. As Spider-Man
swings away the police take Electro back into custody.
Spectacular Spider-Man #134
Spectacular Spider-Man #135
Spectacular Spider-Man #136
Spectacular Spider-Man #157
Avengers Spotlight #26- Electro
is freed from his cell in the Vault when the Wizard starts a
breakout as they try to put him in his cell. The Acts of
Vengeance begins.
Amazing Spider-Man #334
Amazing Spider-Man #337
Amazing Spider-Man #338
Amazing Spider-Man #339
Marvel Comics Presents #97
Spider-Man #18- Electro welcomes the Sandman
back to the Sinister Six, a little grouping of people who want to
get revenge on Doctor Octopus. Electro says they will gain
revenge on Ock for betraying them. Sandman says that he
doesn’t care why they want him, but he wants to get revenge
for Ock blowing up the Casada’s house (the people Sandman
was staying with). Sandman visits Mrs. Casada in the hospital,
and thinks that he doesn’t trust his new partners. He thinks
about getting back up. Later Electro tells the others that he
nearly killed a guy to get the info on Doc’s hideout. Doc
Ock tells them that he has been expecting them. Electro tells Ock
to give it up, but Ock says that that is what he was going to
say.
Spider-Man #19- Octopus tells
them to join him or die. He attacks them all with his newly
refound adamantium arms. Sandman finds out that it was the
Sinister Six that blew up the Casada’s house to bring him
into their group. Ock turns Sandman to glass. Spider-Man dives in
and hits Electro and Mysterio. As they fight the Hulk drops
through the ceiling. He says, “knock knock”. Electro
says, “Oh Lordy, it’s the Hulk!” Hulk says that he
is supposed to say, “Who’s there?” Electro unloads
a huge electrical blast on Hulk. Hulk gives Electro “the
finger” (a one finger knockout). Electro wakes in time to
see Ock has defeated both Spider-Man and the Hulk (….right).
He says they’ll join up with him again for now. They fly
away, and Electro thinks to himself that the money Octopus paid
him to re-assemble the Sinister Six for him puts him ahead of the
other members.
Spider-Man #20- Electro
watches as Octopus’ arms shatter Spider-Man’s webbing
canisters releasing a ton of the stuff. Electro sits back and
watches as the “big hero” Solo is fooled by one of
Mysterio’s illusions into thinking he is killing them, but
he is really killing Spider-Man.
Spider-Man #21- The other
Sinister Six still have doubts about Ock’s loyalty, but
Electro tells them that he is with Ock. Vulture says they
don’t know what to expect in the new dimension they’re
about to enter. They’re still in the other dimension getting
technology that is far more advanced than our dimension’s
when Spider-Man returns with Deathlok. They cross over as well
and find 143,000 dead aliens laying around. They escape as the
building they are in is about to explode. They return to
Manhattan to Care Labs to find Electro and the other killing and
destroying with their new technology weapons. Electro says they
missed one Care Lab’s transformers as Deathlok leaps at him.
Electro blasts him back. The Sinister Six suck a bunch of the
robot’s into their giant ship, but before they leave Spidey
hits their ship with a tracer.
Spider-Man #22- Vulture says
he smells a rat when Electro tries to calm him down. Vulture is
mad at Doc Ock for ordering him around. He wants to know why
Electro doesn’t want Ock dead anymore. Mysterio breaks it
up. Later Electro whispers to Octopus that Hobgoblin is nuts as
Hobby starts raving about the Lord talking to him, and that they
will take over the world and kill the sinners. Doc Ock tells them
to prepare to leave as they won’t be coming back. Later Doc
Ock tells the Sinister Six that they are going to take over
Hydra’s base for their own. Hydra has a satellite with
enough weapons to blow up the earth twenty times. Ock smashes the
glass Sandman before leaving. Electro, and the others, are at the
Hydra base blasting away. Suddenly Hulk, Spider-Man, Ghost Rider,
and Sleepwalker burst through the wall. Electro blasts
Sleepwalker. The fight goes on until Doctor Octopus summons the
new member they picked up in the other dimension- Gog, a gigantic
monster. He flattens Hulk and Ghost Rider. Sleepwalker’s
host woke up so he disappeared.
Spider-Man #23- Spider-Man
dives down and hits Electro and Vulture. He makes a run for it.
Suddenly the Fantastic Four, Nova, and Solo arrive. Mysterio has
them all enthralled. They all attack each other. Deathlok breaks
Mysterio’s helmet. Ock has Gog join the fight. Invisible
Woman turns Spider-Man invisible. He reappears right before
Electro. Spidey knocks him out.
Amazing Spider-Man #369- 
Peter Parker hears that Electro is mixing it up with a
SWAT team two blocks over. He changes into Spider-Man. Electro is
blasting police cars away. He tells the cops that he can keep
this up all day, and so why don’t they just let him keep the
diamonds he stole and they can all go home happy. Spider-Man
swings in and punches Electro. Electro says that he can’t
believe he breaks out of jail and immediately runs into
Spider-Man. He says that maybe he should move to Milwaukee.
Spider-Man hits Electro with webbing, but just then a robot (sent
by Smythe) flies onto the scene and after Spidey. Electro says it
looks like the big robot wants a piece of Spidey, and he wishes
him bon appetit. Electro finds that the police grabbed his
diamonds, and so he figures he will stick around long enough to
help his new “partner” kill Spider-Man. Electro tries
to blast Spider-Man, but Spidey runs into a building slated for
demolition. The Spider-Slayer goes in after Spidey. When Spidey
comes out the other side Electro blasts him. Spider-Man gets
Electro to blast at him. Electro accidentally hits the fuse for
the demolition to begin. The robot is crushed, but Electro uses
the chaos to get away.
Amazing Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus #1
Amazing Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus #2
Amazing Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus #3
Amazing Spider-Man Unlimited #9
Sensational She-Hulk #58
-Max Dillon, in disguise, attends a press conference at
a company called Con Max. They are introducing that through
miniaturization they have harnessed the power of a nuclear
reactor inside a reactor the size of a microwave. Electro grabs
the miniaturized reactor. He laughs as the energy courses through
his body. Electro says that he feels like an electrical element.
She-Hulk says that there are four elements: fire, water, air, and
earth. She says that he is not an element. Electro growls at her.
Electro blasts She-Hulk. He tells her that she is beneath his
notice now. Suddenly Tommy, She-Hulk’s wannabe sidekick,
jumps out to help She-Hulk. She-Hulk says that Electro could
light up the Chrysler building right now. She pushes Tommy over
and runs over. Electro says that his former self used to be
scared of the super hero type. He blasts She-Hulk again. She-Hulk
says that she is going to smash that generator, but the Con Max
guy tells her that it is a nuclear generator. She-Hulk insulates
her hands and hits Electro. Electro says that he felt that.
She-Hulk says that Electro is nothing but a two-bit punk with
some volts. Electro freaks saying that he is Zeus. Power pours
out of him and shocks She-Hulk. Suddenly Electro’s generator
dies out. She-Hulk punches Electro and knocks him out.
Spider-Man #38- 
Max Dillon is working for a carnival as the
“Amazing Electro”. They strap him into an electric
chair and flip the switch. Bolts run through his body.
Electro’s favorite part is when he suddenly opens his eyes
after they’re done shocking him. The crowd cheers and Max
feels good about himself. Max tells the barker that he is gonna
go get some grub. The barker says that he has one more trick to
do first. Max says that he said he didn’t want to do that
trick anymore. The barker says that he either does the trick or
he is fired. The barker sticks a light bulb in Electro’s
mouth and it lights up. Everyone starts to laugh at Electro.
Electro gets mad and the light bulb bursts in his mouth. Later
Max is walking down the street. He sees a storm coming up and
thinks about how much he loves lightning and thunder. He
remembers that when he was a kid he used to like to sneak out and
run around in the rain during thunderstorms. Max recalls how his
overprotective mother would call him in and make him take his
temperature. Max supposes that she was just so overprotective
because his father died (or as revealed later abandoned them),
and he was all she had left. Electro walks into a store and tries
to buy a bottle of something, but the clerk and the woman she is
talking to don’t even interrupt their conversation to help
him. Max walks out thinking that whole his whole life has been
this way. He says that even when his mother let him play with
other children they never liked him, or even picked on him, they
just ignored him. Max shouts that he isn’t a nobody as a
bolt of lightning strikes him from the sky. Max thinks how
nothing changed for him after his mother’s death except that
he got a wonderful job working with electric lines. Max thinks
how he used to dream of tapping the power, and how the freak
accident that should have killed him instead made him reborn.
Electro shouts that he isn’t Max Dillon, that he is Electro.
Max thinks how when he would walk into a bank dressed as Electro
that everyone would take notice of him. He says that it is no
wonder he feels so small again always being defeated by
Spider-Man and put in jail. Suddenly Electro gets an idea. Some
time later Electro gets off a bus in New York City. A panhandler
asks Electro for some change. He looks up at The Top of New York
hotel and thinks how it is his destiny. The panhandler is still
harassing Max so Max shoots a bolt of electricity at him though
not meaning to. Later in a hotel room Max gets into his Electro
gear thinking how if he pulls this off everybody will remember
him. He blasts The Top of New York’s roof, and says that he
is gonna light the night.
Spider-Man #39
- Max Dillon looks up at The Top
of New York thinking that tonight is the night. He says that he
almost did it last night, but for some reason he couldn’t.
He thinks that tonight is the night. A guy bumps into Max. Max
gets ready to blast the guy, but thinks to himself that it
isn’t time yet. As Max walks away the panhandler from
yesterday walks up to The Top of New York, and thinks that
tonight is the night. Later Electro stands on top of his hotel.
He thinks how this might not work, and that he might die, but
then thinks to himself that he is dead already. He decides that
if he is going to die he is going to die big. Electro thinks how
scared he is, and how his mother never wanted him to risk
anything because he was “mama’s delicate flower”.
Electro decides he is doing it, and rides to The Top of New York
on a bolt of electricity. Electro hooks himself up to The Top of
New York sign on the roof. Electro grabs the sign and starts
sucking up power. The entire city blacks out. Electro releases a
huge burst of energy into the sky.
Spider-Man #40- 
Electro keeps sucking up the power and lighting the
night by himself. He bathes in the amazement of the crowd, as he
knows that every person in the city is staring up at him in fear
and awe. He says that he is a supernova. He thinks how people
will tell the children and their grandchildren about the day the
lights went out, a man stood and lit the night. Spider-Man just
happens to be inside The Top of the World hotel stopping the
panhandler who decided to call himself Crook Man. Spider-Man
hears that there is something going on up on the roof. Electro
says that he is glad to see Spider-Man because he is the one that
continually beat him down. Electro shouts that he is the King of
New York or the King of the World. Spidey spider-sense goes nuts
as Electro blows him off the roof with a bolt. Electro shouts
that he is lucky that he doesn’t swat them all the way he
did to Spider-Man. Electro tries to suck more and more in when
suddenly he feels as though his head is about to explode. Electro
then finds that he can't discharge the energy anymore. He pulls
out the cables that was linking him to the power, but he finds
that he is still caged by the power. Spider-Man makes his way
back onto the roof. Electro scowls at Spider-Man, but then
softens and asks Spider-Man for help. Electro asks what he is
gonna do. Spider-Man tells Electro to just stay calm. Electro
freaks saying that Spider-Man doesn’t know what it is like
to feel small and alone. He says that now he will be alone and
cut off from everything. He says that being Electro was the only
thing that made him feel big, and now he has lost that too.
Electro says that he may as well be dead, but then shouts that he
doesn’t want to die. The energy field around Electro grows
bigger and bigger. Spider-Man says that under the mask he is a
human too. He says that he used to be the geek, and he used the
costume to make himself feel more confidant. However one day
Spidey says he realized that the confidence came from him just
like it comes from Max Dillon, not Electro. Spidey webs up his
hands and puts the cables back into the power source. Spidey
tells Electro to be confident in himself, and to send the power
out of himself and back into the source. Electro does it, and
then thanks Spidey for his help. He says that he finally found
someone who understands. Electro says that he will be happy to go
to jail. The news cameras come over and Electro starts to tell
them how great Spider-Man is.
Amazing Spider-Man #422- flashback- Max sits in
jail realizing that he had been betrayed by his fear. He realizes
that he was one with the electrical force, but he wimped out. Max
vows never to wimp out again.
Amazing Spider-Man #422-
Max thinks back upon his days at the carnival as he is
being strapped into an electric chair. He thinks back on the
failures of his life. His abusive father, his over bearing
mother, and his unsupportive wife. He thinks about his career in
supervillainy, and his wimping out as he was one with the
electrical force. Delilah tells him that this is his last chance
to reconsider. Max tells her to go ahead, and that his power is
all he has. Max thinks how this jolt will geometrically increase
his electrical field if he is right, but that if he is wrong it
will kill him. Delilah throws the switch. Later the Rose returns
and asks Delilah if things worked out with Dillon, or if they
need to look elsewhere to find someone to kill the Black
Tarantula. Delilah introduces Rose to the new super charged
Electro.
Amazing Spider-Man #423
- Electro says that though it says Max Dillon on his
birth certificate he is now Electro. He says that he gained power
and lived the life of a cheap crook. Electro says that life ended
when he took a longshot and increased his power a thousandfold.
He says that he is now one with the electrical field that
surrounds the entire planet. Rose congratulates him on his
experiment. Electro says that he owes Rose and Delilah, and that
he now has a shot when People magazine releases the years Top 10
Supervillains. Rose says that they had an agreement. Electro says
that he will get rid of the ninjas that the Black Tarantula is
using to harass the Rose with, but says that he is like a god now
and wonders if it isn’t like using a nuclear bomb to swat
flies. Later Electro manipulates the electrical field to fly to
where the Black Tarantula’s ninjas have been seen.
Spider-Man is facing off against Dragonfly, who was sent to kill
Robbie Robertson by the Black Tarantula, when a bolt of lightning
strikes down. Spider-Man dodges, but Dragonfly is caught in the
blast. Spider-Man sees Electro and says that he thought he had
retired. Electro says that he is back, and more powerful than
ever. Electro says that Spider-Man will never humiliate him
again. Spider-Man asks what happened to him being thankful that
he saved Electro’s life. Electro starts to answer Spidey,
but then remembers why he went there. Electro blasts the ninjas.
Electro tries to hit Dragonfly again, but she dodges out of the
way. Dragonfly tries to kick Electro, but as soon as she enters
his personal space his electric field blasts her into
unconsciousness. Electro says that she is lucky he didn’t
kill her. Electro turns his attention back to Spider-Man.
Spider-Man tries to shoot webbing at Electro, butt he heat from
his electricity melts it before it reaches him. Spidey tries the
old fire hydrant trick, but Electro heats up the water so fast
that it turns to steam. Electro says that Spider-Man must be
punished for that corny trick. Electro disrupts the electric
impulses to Spider-Man’s brain. Spider-Man screams in pain.
Electro asks how it feels to be small and insignificant. Electro
says that he could flash fry everything within a ten-block radius
if he wanted to, but instead as payback for all the times
Spider-Man beat him he wants to hear Spider-Man beg. Spider-Man
begs, but Electro says that he can’t hear him. Spider-Man
begs louder and asks if Electro is satisfied. Electro says that
was perfect and flies away.
Amazing Spider-Man #425- Electro stands in the
way of an armored car. He is supposed to break it apart and take
the cash to help out the Rose’s depleted funds. Electro
blows the truck to pieces and fries all the money inside. He is
still having troubles with control. Later Electro sits in an
abandoned power station, his new secret headquarters, that the
Rose purchased for him. Rose tells Electro that there can be no
more screw-ups as he went to a lot of trouble and money to buy
the station for him. Electro says no problem, but then asks when
his jacuzzi and big screen television will be arriving. Later
Electro catches a rat in his hideout. He fries the rat. Electro
says that he has the power of a god, but says he wishes he had
the imagination of one. He can’t think of a new crime worthy
of his power level. He says that he is tired of being treated
like dumb muscle by Rose and Delilah. Electro says that he is a
contender now. He thinks of his father, wife, and mother. He says
that he won’t take anymore. He screams, “No more”
as he releases a major power burst and destroys his new secret
headquarters. Rose decides that he has to dump Electro. The Rose
sends information about Electro’s whereabouts to Spider-Man.
Spider-Man arrives, in an insulated suit with insulated webbing,
with Nate Gray at the Central Switching Generator. The Central
Switching Generator controls all the energy flow through all five
boroughs of New York. Electro has paralyzed the workers there,
but says that they will recover in time to evacuate with the rest
of the city. Electro asks if he is supposed to be intimidated
because he is in an insulated suit and brought his Leonardo
DiCaprio wannabe friend with him. Electro says he assumes that
Delilah ratted him out. Nate Gray zaps Electro. He says that he
is just going to place some mental blocks to prevent Electro from
using his full power. Electro says that it sounds like a good
plan, but brain waves are electrical and he controls electricity.
Electro charges into Nate Gray. They blast right out of the
generator area back to the street’s surface. Nate is left
stunned. Spider-Man kicks Electro from behind as he is about to
barbeque Nate. Electro laughs. He gives Spidey credit for making
contact. Electro wipes the blood from his nose and it sizzles as
it hits the ground. Spider-Man mentions that he saved
Electro’s life. Electro says that is a very sore subject. He
blasts at Spider-Man, but Spidey dodges. Electro flies after
Spider-Man blasting up the entire neighborhood as he goes. Spidey
webs up Electro in his conductive webbing. Electro blasts it off
destroying a building and injuring Spider-Man. Spider-Man throws
a rock at Electro, and for some unknown reason it hits. Electro
falls to the ground. Spider-Man starts to wail on Electro.
Spider-Man says that it is his responsible for bringing Electro
down. Electro says that he is just like his father, bringing him
down. Electro blasts Spider-Man. He flies off saying that he will
prove that he isn’t a failure. Electro says that he was just
going to destroy a few evacuated city blocks, but now he is going
to destroy all the five boroughs…even if he goes down too.
Spidey leaps into Electro causing him to miss his target, but
Electro just smacks him away. Spidey leaps back up into Electro.
He hits him so hard he blocks the release of energy. Electro and
Spidey start to fall. Nate Gray catches Spider-Man, but Electro
falls. Spider-Man shoots him a webline to hang onto. Electro says
that he won’t go back to prison and suffer the humiliation.
He zaps the web line and falls to the water below. A giant
release of electricity shoots up as Electro falls in.
Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #12- The Sandman
wants to put the Sinister Six back together in order to do a big
job and to kill Doctor Octopus. Electro sits in a chair. He is at
one with the electrical field around him and can sense when
something disturbs it. Electro unleashes a large amount of power
upon Sandman as he approaches. Sandman identifies himself, and
Electro tells him to go away. Sandman says that he wants to get
the Sinister Six back together again. Electro blasts Sandman and
says that he told him to go away. Sandman says that they are
going to make a lot of money and kill Doctor Octopus. Electro
says one word…”yes”. Later Spider-Man is trying to
talk Arthur Stacy into not killing Senator Ward (who is currently
standing with Doctor Octopus) when he sees Kraven and a group of
ninjas. Spidey goes after him to find the Vulture stalking him.
Spider-Man tries to punch an illusion of a vulture. Electro
blasts Spider-Man with a bolt. As Mysterio, Kraven, Sandman, and
Vulture deal with Spider-Man, Electro blasts Doc Ock. Doctor
Octopus grabs Spider-Man and says that he needs his help. Ock
throws Spider-Man to Venom.
Peter Parker Spider-Man vol. 2 #12- Sandman
tells Venom to kill Spider-Man if he wants to, but the Sinister
Six says that they have a job to do. Sandman says that they
don’t want a fight with him. Doc Ock and Ward disappear in
the smoke and confusion. Arthur Stacy saves Spider-Man with a
firebomb. After Spidey gets away Sandman puts the fire out for
Venom. The Sinister Six make fun of Venom for being such a sissy
about fire. Sandman and Venom start to mix it up, but Electro
blasts them apart. Mysterio says that they have a job to do.
Mysterio offers to let Venom help them. Venom says that they can
kill Ward and Doc Ock, but Spider-Man is his. Kraven says that he
hit Doc Ock with a drugged spear. The Sinister Six starts chasing
them. Sandman says that he doesn’t trust Mysterio or
Electro, but that Kraven has honor and he and Vulture have an
understanding. They catch up with Ock, Ward, and Spider-Man as
Spidey stops Stacy from killing Ward again. Sandman says that
Ward is with them, Ock dies, and that Spider-Man can leave with
the old man. Venom freaks so Sandman smashes him against the
wall. Electro zaps out energy as the others go after him. Sandman
fights with Venom. Suddenly Senator Ward starts to burst with
power. He is some type of alien. The Sinister Six are hit by the
energy. Mysterio signals Electro, and Electro releases a huge
amount of energy matching Ward’s. Ward disappears and
Electro and the Sinister Six run for it, as does Doc Ock. A short
time later Mysterio is standing with Electro and the irradiating
Senator Ward. Mysterio says that they did it, but Electro asks
what they did. Mysterio says that soon Electro and the world will
see.
Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2 #17
- Sandman can’t pull himself together completely
because Venom took a bite out of him, and without his total mass
he is unstable. Sandman blames Mysterio. Spider-Man comes across
Sandman rampaging. He is shouting at the lightning. Sandman tells
Spidey that Mysterio is the one causing the images he is seeing.
A real bolt of lightning strikes the ground after being shot out
by “Mysterio’s whippin’ dog Electro”. Electro
starts to unleash the power. Electro says that Spider-Man made a
big mistake following Sandman there. Mysterio also appears and
asks Electro to kill them. Spider-Man manages to web the ceiling
of the warehouse through the illusion. He pulls the ceiling down
and drags Sandman to safety.
Peter Parker Spider-Man vol.
2 #17- Mysterio remarks that Spider-Man and Sandman have gone. He
says that Spider-Man thinks them defeated. Electro says that
Spider-Man always thinks that. Mysterio says that Venom is still
hunting them. Mysterio asks Electro if he saw what Venom did to
Sandman. Electro says that Sandman was weak and got what he
deserved. Electro tells Mysterio to give him the word and he will
kill Venom. Mysterio tells him to do that as he leaves. Suddenly
Venom jumps Electro from behind and starts pounding on him. For
some unknown reason the huge amounts of electricity coming off
Electro doesn’t bother Venom at all. Electro does nothing to
defend himself with his “new and improved” powers.
Venom seems to think Electro dead when he leaves him. What
pathetic writing.
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