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Buck Mitty (Earth-616)

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Real Name
Buchanan "Buck" Mitty[1]
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At his time of death, he had become host to a deformed clutch of Brood eggs, giving him an extremely insect-like appearance.

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Former entomologist


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History

Buck Mitty was the victim of a tightened academic budget at Empire State University, as his Entomology Department was the subject of severe cut-backs. Rather than accept a transfer to another area in the Biological Sciences, Mitty quit. He regretted his decision soon enough, for he was now without the funds necessary to continue his research into our six-legged friends. And so began a life of crime.

His first outing, an attempt to steal several million dollars worth of black pearls, was abortive, as an armed gang of thugs had beaten Humbug to the waterfront. Humbug would have confronted the thieves and taken the pearls if not for the intervention of the hero Spider-Man, whose entrance discouraged Humbug.

The next afternoon, Humbug attempted to steal millions of dollars from an armored car, only to be put down by Spider-Man after an unsurprisingly brief fight. Released by a sympathetic judge, Humbug returned to crime, now intending to rob Empire State University. Again, he encountered Spider-Man, and surrendered after Spider-Man threatened to kill a jar of roaches. Reprimanded to police custody, Mitty served his time and was released.

Once again, however, the University cut funding for the entomology department, prompting Mitty to resume his Humbug identity and attacks on the school, targeting the objects of increased funding. The mercenary Deadpool was hired to take care of the problem, and although Humbug succeeded in evading and even temporarily deafening Deadpool, the mercenary caught up with him. Deadpool coated Mitty with honey and doused him with a sample of fire ants. In his panic, Mitty turned his weapons on the ants and fired upon himself, apparently killing himself.

Humbug has recently reappeared as a member of the new Heroes for Hire because hes trying to redeem himself. However; most recently in the Heroes For Hire title, Humbug has undergone a change in attitude towards his fellow human race and has accepted to be the host for the Brood Queen's eggs. But, when he had his recent makeover in the Savage Land earlier in the series, he was tainted by the insects there unbeknowest to him, which would poison the eggs inside of him. Having the eggs inside of him has affected his external appearance, which has resulted in hair loss and the gaining of insect features such as antennas. Shang-Chi goes after him to help him, even though he has betrayed his teammates, only to find him in a horrible condition. Humbug asks him to stop the pain he is feeling of the eggs dying inside of him. He starts apologizing for what had happened for the team and mostly Colleen Wing. However he says he was only trying to have Tarantula be hurt rather than the rest of them because she had been mean to him. Right after he had said that about Tarantula, Shang-Chi broke his neck killing him instantly.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Uses some audio tapes and a series of amplifiers to broadcast the noises of various insect species, can also communicate with insects.

Following Heroes for Hire #9, Humbug received a massive increase in his powers, as well as an exosuit. He has so far demonstrated superhuman strength, speed, agility, senses, and the ability to communicate with any insectoid in the world and possibly beyond Earth. It remains to be seen if these powers are internal or from the suit, if they are permanent, and what other powers he also possesses.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Humbug, Mitty's weapons were amplified sounds of particular insects. He carried a collection of cassette tapes which held each sound and, when properly amplified through devices in his gloves, demonstrated various effects, including:

  • hypersonic pitch emitted as pure force, and whose direction of attack is virtually undetectable (Eye-spotted Bud Moth, Buffalo Tree-hopper, or Meadow Spittle-bug).
  • magnetic charge that imbues all metal objects in the area to repel each other (Imbricated Snout Beetle).
  • vibrating hum that induces all victims in an area to chortle uncontrollably (Oblique-banded Leaf Roller).
  • hypersonic pitch capable of piercing objects as an edged weapon (Wheat-stem Sawfly).
  • shrieking attack that shatters all glass in a line-of-sight area and shorts out all electronic equipment (Salt-marsh Mosquito).
  • delicate wheezing that melts electronic equipment in the same area (Saw-toothed Grain Beetle).
  • roar that can set small fires (Bloodsucking Cone Nose).
  • Other effects, equally impressive, are possible from such cassettes as the Cow-pea weevil, the Short-nosed Cattle Louse, and the Plaster bag-worm, although the bag-worm's effects are probably non-lethal.

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  1. ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z hardcover Vol 5
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