Arcade

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Real Name

 ^[1]

Current Alias

Arcade

Aliases

Mr. A

Affiliation

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

Base Of Operations

Mobile

Status

Alignment

Bad

Identity

Secret Identity

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Occupation

Assassin, Playboy

Education

High school graduate, apparently self taught in robotics, electronics, engineering and other technical fields^[2]

Characteristics^[3]

Gender

Male

Height

5' 6"

Weight

140 lbs (64 kg)

Eyes

Blue

Hair

Red

Origin

Origin

Inheriting a vast amount of wealth, Arcade soon became bored and turned to crime in order to amuse himself.

Universe

Earth-616

Place of Birth

Beverly Hills, California

Created by

Chris Claremont, John Byrne

First appearance

Marvel Team-Up #65
(January, 1978)

HistoryEdit

I promise... I've given up games of murder. I'm done with death traps. Okay... maybe a tiny little death trap.

-- Arcade ^src 

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]

Recently, he created a new Murderworld, where he battled the New Avengers, but failed.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Powers

None

Abilities

Although he has no superhuman powers, Arcade has a genius level I.Q. and a natural aptitude for mechanics, architecture and applied technology. A brilliant and self-taught designer, Arcade applies his talents to the construction of mobile amusement park-like deathtraps. He calls his entire complex of specially designed traps Murderworld.

NotesEdit

• Danny Wall's Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe was used as a reference.

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