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Arcade (Earth-616)

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Mr. A

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Independent assassin-for-hire, whose associations are commonly with those he is hired to kill, lackeys include Miss Locke, White Rabbit and Mister Chambers.

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Assassin, Playboy


First appearance

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History

Arcade gave differing accounts of his past life, and as yet there is no evidence to substantiate any of those accounts. Apparently Arcade told falsehoods about his past to mislead and confuse his opponents for his own amusement.

One of Arcade's accounts stated that he was the spoiled son of a millionaire living in Beverley Hills, California, and killed his own father to acquire his vast sums of money. In killing his father, Arcade discovered that he had a talent and liking for murder. He therefore became an assassin, but was soon bored with killing by ordinary means, and used his great wealth to construct hidden complexes of high-tech death traps designed in the manner of an amusement park.[1]

Arcade killed victims by trapping them within his "Murderworld" for whomever would pay the millions he charged. To Arcade, the game itself was more important than the expense or even the winning. Arcade was also contracted to kill various super heroes, from common foes like Spider-Man and the X-Men, to other targets like Puck and Northstar of Alpha Flight, and Ghost Rider, but these attempts always resulted in failure. Occasionally, Arcade held personal grudges against heroes, trying to kill them for free, such as Captain Britain.

Arcade killed his long-time assistant Miss Locke and mutilated his own face during a plot to frame Wolverine in a complex "Jack the Ripper"-like series of murders. His plot was defeated by Wolverine, Gambit, and his former ally Mastermind (Martinique Jason), the daughter of Mastermind, who left Arcade in a state of delusion.

At some point, Arcade recovered, and returned to his usual modus operandi, capturing heroes such as Spider-Man and the Black Cat but escaping capture.

Arcade and White Rabbit attempted to kill Wolverine and the Black Cat but failed.[2] he appeared to have a relationship with White Rabbit but they broke up.[3]

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Arcade possesses no significant or super-enhanced powers; however, he does have genius-level intelligence especially in engineering and weapons design. He uses his skills to create various "Murderworlds" around the world-- complexes of deathtraps run with highly-advanced computer systems and technology.

Notes

  • References Danny Wall's Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe

Appearances in Other Media

Television

The television series X-Men: Evolution re-imagines Arcade as a high-school gamer named Webber Torque (who calls himself Arcade), who is tricked by a disguised Mystique into believing that the X-Men's mansion security console and Danger Room is an elaborate video game. He uses it to attack the X-Men, who he believes to be game characters. Despite nearly killing the X-Men, this version of Arcade is not evil, and apologizes for having played the "video game" without permission. Oddly, he does not recognize any of them to be the X-Men, or as his friends.

Video games

  • Arcade was one of the main villains in the video game X-Men: Madness in Murderworld
  • Arcade appears as the main villain in the video game Spider-Man & X-Men: Arcade's Revenge (1992) for the Super Nintendo game system.
  • He also appears as one of the enemies in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Here, Arcade and Baron Mordo divert the heroes from their attempt to attack Dr. Doom's castle to rescue the X-Men Nightcrawler and Jean Grey. Mordo uses his magic to disrupt Dr. Strange's Orb of Teleportation and send the heroes to Murderworld instead of Castle Doom. Although the first area is a replica of Castle Doom, players can tell something is wrong by the slight carnival-like music and because Doom's portraits have a red hair toupee. Besides having the normal Murderworld traps, Arcade also has Shocker and Rhino working for him, uses mind control to force Jean Grey to attack the heroes, captures Blade and Senator Kelly, and finally attacks the heroes himself in a giant robot. After beating Arcade, he tells you that Dr. Doom has Nightcrawler, and has taken him to Mephisto's Realm. Arcade is presumably arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. after.

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  1. ↑ Uncanny X-Men #148
  2. ↑ In the Claws miniseries
  3. ↑ by the end of Claws #3
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