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58-471: Originally a Chinese gangster and human trafficker, whose real name was never revealed, the man who would become Mister Negative was captured by crime boss Silvermane to serve as a test subject, alongside the future Cloak & Dagger, for an experimental procedure involving a synthetic drug created by Simon Marshall . The experiment gave the character control over both the Darkforce and Lightforce , and led to

116-450: A New York City scrap yard. He was picked up by a magnet and dropped into a garbage compactor, crushing him to death and leaving his already weakened criminal syndicate without a leader. Months later, he apparently returns along with other deceased members of his gang during the Maggia's losing battle with the forces of Mister Negative . However, this is later revealed to be a ruse orchestrated by

174-533: A back room he calls his inner sanctuary, where he claims to play a game of Go day by day against an unknown opponent who he has never seen, claiming that he has "learned that it's okay to enjoy the game". When he transforms into Mister Negative, Li's appearance resembles that of a photographic negative . Prior to his transformation, "Martin Li" was a member of the Snakehead gang, whose true name has not yet been revealed. Both

232-430: A confrontation with Spider-Man, whom Negative manages to touch. Although Peter exhibits an immunity to Negative's corruption power, Negative escapes to his Hong Kong headquarters and reverts to Li. Li later sees a video message from Negative that he is targeting a philanthropist named Shen Quinghao, the former leader of the criminal Snakehead Syndicate which controlled the slave ship where Li became Mister Negative, and makes

290-577: A fusion of Mister Negative and Dagger created by the Infinity Gems , appears in Infinity Wars . Mr. Negatiger , a funny animal variant of Mister Negative from Earth-8311 , appears in the graphic novel Hollywood May-ham . An alternate universe variant of Mister Negative from Earth-6160 appears in Ultimate Spider-Man (2024). This version is a lieutenant and associate of Wilson Fisk and

348-434: A meeting with the other crime lords, Hammerhead hears about what happened between Mister Negative and Lady Yulan as he tells the crime lords that Count Nefaria and Silvermane are backing him. At the next crime lord meeting at Arthur Avenue, Negative and Yulan are still blaming each other for the attacks. It initially appears that Martin Li has no knowledge of his evil side. During "New Ways To Die", Li took Eddie Brock into

406-426: A mobster named Carmine: "Silvermane" is actually a lifelike robotic duplicate controlled by a hired Mysterio to give Carmine more influence within the Maggia and position him to take over. The tables are turned on Carmine when Mysterio uses the duplicate to murder him, seemingly as a plot to take over the Maggia himself. Silvermane's head is shown to still be alive as it was found by a young boy when he traveled into

464-506: A new career and again quickly rose through the Maggia's ranks until he regained control of his family, the sought to form an alliance with Hydra , determined to take over the world as their leader, the Supreme Hydra. He was defeated by Daredevil , Nick Fury , and S.H.I.E.L.D. Silvermane reappeared in New York in an attempt to unite all of New York's gangs under his leadership and take over

522-459: A proposal to Li, which Li accepts. His plan fails, and after Cloak and Dagger are eventually freed from Negative's control, they vow to remain in Hong Kong to protect it from Negative's future efforts. During the "Sins Rising" arc, a revived Sin-Eater steals the powers of Mister Negative and uses it to corrupt the guards at Ravencroft when he targets Norman Osborn. He also uses the powers to corrupt

580-477: A robotic body, thus increasing his physical attributes to abnormal levels. However, his remaining biological parts needs careful protection because of their extreme vulnerability. Silvermane appears in the novel Spider-Man: Forever Young , written by Stefan Petrucha . The details of the tablet story are retold, with some elements being updated or changed, such as Silvermane displaying a disdain for personal electronic devices due to their lack of security as well as

638-564: A single blow. Negative also demonstrates superhuman reflexes during his battle with the Hood, dodging bullets or cutting them in half with his sword. He also has the power to charge up knives and swords with black electrical energy, a form of Darkforce energy, and he can corrupt people he touches in the same manner, bringing them under his control. A corrupted person's clothes change his colors to his photographic negatives, and all who are corrupted praise their new master with proclamations like "Mr. Negative

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696-520: A special election, losing to J. Jonah Jameson . Mister Negative later recruits Hammerhead and offers to put the man's brain in a new robotic adamantium skeleton after having been shot point blank in the head by Underworld. Hammerhead agrees to that and Mister Negative has his surgeon Doctor Tramma perform the procedure. Mister Negative eventually comes across Eddie Brock , giving a job at his soup kitchen. A touch from him causes Brock's cancerous cells to completely disappear and combines with remnants of

754-618: A story in Free Comic Book Day: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (2007), which was set in the immediate aftermath of the " Spider-Man: One More Day " storyline. Mister Negative then appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #546 (Jan. 2008), the first issue of the follow-up storyline " Brand New Day ". Martin Li is introduced with the backstory of a Chinese immigrant from Fujian province who attempted to travel to America to be with his wife. His mode of transportation,

812-513: A synthetic drug created by Maggia chemist Simon Marshall that could be more potent than heroin. He escaped with the help of two other experimental inmates and soon developed two personalities, the kind-hearted Martin Li and the villainous Mister Negative, the latter of the two developing the ability to generate a black electrical energy that could be used to heal, control others, or charge objects with his touch. The Mister Negative side dedicated himself to becoming Chinatown's Kingpin of Crime while

870-533: A vial of pig blood so Mister Negative is unaware of his loss. Martin Li endorses Bill Hollister for mayor of New York City, putting him against Randall Crowne, adding him to a list of opponents (many of whom become targets of the villain Menace ). It also causes him to become the target of a smear campaign by Dexter Bennet, editor of The DB and supporter of Crowne. After Menace is revealed to be Hollister's daughter and Hollister resigns as mayor, Li unsuccessfully runs in

928-601: A way of taking an advantage of the war between the Avengers and the Phoenix Five, but Hawkeye and Spider-Woman defeat them while having a discussion about their relationship. It is later revealed that they were informed about Mister Negative's plan by Madame Hydra who wanted to get rid of the competition. During the 2014 " Original Sin " storyline, Mister Negative is seen meeting with the self-proclaimed Goblin King ( Phil Urich ) who

986-600: Is a professional criminal originally from Corleone , Sicily , Italy, that started his criminal career as a racketeer in the Maggia , eventually forming his own crime family and becoming a powerful Maggia Don. In his first appearance, an elderly Silvermane forces Curt Connors to make a potion from an ancient clay tablet to grant himself immortality. However, the serum instead causes him to rapidly de-age and eventually fade from existence. Silvermane eventually reappeared, revealing that he had mystically aged to his forties. He started

1044-471: Is among the crime lords that attend the wedding of Randy Robertson and Janice Lincoln . When Shotgun crashes the wedding and shoots Tombstone, Spider-Man goes after Shotgun as the crime lords blame each other for calling the hit. During the " Gang War " storyline, Mister Negative and Lady Yulan are at each other's throats as she claims that the Inner Demons used holy water on her vampire minions. During

1102-469: Is now leading the Goblin Underground's remnants when it came to them awaiting for Eel II to help divide the criminal underground following the original Goblin King's defeat. Their meeting is crashed by Black Cat and Electro who demand their share of the plan. When Mister Negative and Urich refuse to listen to Black Cat, the woman reminds them that they were all outed by Spider-Man and will succeed in

1160-417: Is possible that his healing touch is supposed to be the opposite of Negative's corrupting touch. It is revealed that Anti-Venom can be affected by Negative's energy because it negates his healing ability. Mister Negative also has access to advanced technology and secret laboratories, in which he is able to give his subjects medical care far more advanced than that available to the general public. Dagger Li ,

1218-554: Is unaffected when Negative attempts to corrupt him; Negative claims that this is because the Hood's soul belongs to Dormammu , a being even darker than he is. It has since been revealed that while Negative can renew his influence on others, he cannot corrupt someone once that individual has broken free of his influence already, allowing Peter Parker to infiltrate his plan by using the fact that he had been corrupted by Negative as Spider-Man without his foe knowing his secret identity. Mister Negative's alternate Martin Li persona seems to have

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1276-603: The Golden Mountain , was a slave ship operated by the Snakehead gang as a way to sell Fujian captives as overseas slaves in Kenya . During a storm, the ship's crew evacuated, leaving the captives alone to make a break for the New York shores. Li was the only survivor and spent the following years building a large fortune and dedicating himself to helping those less fortunate. The story is later revealed to be partially false, though only

1334-429: The Maggia , a fictional organized crime syndicate, he is usually depicted as an adversary of the superhero Spider-Man and the father of Joseph Manfredi . Silvermane later became a cyborg in an attempt to extend his lifespan. The character has made appearances in several forms of media outside of comics, including animated series and video games. Silvermane first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #73, and

1392-459: The Punisher while setting up a major drug operation outside a grammar school. Even though he is no longer technically human, he has continued to remain active in the Maggia. Silvermane attempted to take part in a meetup of various criminal warlords, during a time when Wilson Fisk had fallen from power. The meeting's goal was to divide up Fisk's territory and assets, but it did not go well. Silvermane

1450-451: The Venom symbiote to create Anti-Venom . After the F.E.A.S.T center is torn apart during the fight between the two, Li discovers from a group of sweatshop workers (from a shop owned by Crowne) that they were experimented on with drugs made at Oscorp . Later, Mister Negative and his Inner Demons encounter and battle Anti-Venom. In the aftermath, Brock watches Mister Negative turn into Li, becoming

1508-504: The "Origin of the Species" storyline, Mister Negative was among the supervillains assembled by Doctor Octopus to secure some items. During the "Big Time" storyline, Mister Negative is targeted by both Anti-Venom and the new Wraith . When they, along with Spider-Man, interrupt a heroin-smuggling operation, Wraith uses visual recognition software, linked to every television broadcast in New York, to publicly out Mister Negative as Martin Li. When

1566-569: The CEO of the F.E.A.S.T Foundation who controls Queens on Fisk's behalf. In response to emerging vigilantes Spider-Man and the Green Goblin threatening Fisk's operations, Negative joins his Sinister Six to eliminate them. Silvermane Silvermane ( Silvio Manfredi ) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . A notorious crime boss and prominent figure in

1624-760: The Kingpin being left in a coma due to the shock of learning that his son was the masked criminal, the Schemer. The novel picks up two years after the original storyline, with Silvermane now fluctuating between being a child and adult as he attempts to force Curt Connors and Spider-Man to retrieve the tablet and stabilize his condition. Even after Connors's research asserts that the tablet essentially cycles someone through their reincarnations in one lifetime to try to achieve true karma , Silvermane refuses to accept this and attempts to blackmail Spider-Man to help him after deducing his true identity. Spider-Man eventually confronts Silvermane in

1682-512: The Maggia families' children alive, he takes a sample of Spider-Man's blood to use in a Devil's Breath formula. Mister Negative later tries to use the Devil's Breath formula to kill Spider-Man during a fight with the Maggia, but Spider-Man holds his breath long enough to escape alive. Spider-Man then recruits the Black Cat to help steal Spider-Man's remaining blood from Mister Negative and replace it with

1740-503: The Martin Li and Mister Negative personas are the result of experimental drug tests done by Maggia chemist Simon Marshall, the same tests that powered Cloak and Dagger (namely Cloak's association with the Darkforce ). Unlike the two heroes, who were each given a power over light and dark, the gang member was given both a light and dark side. As such, Negative considers himself an embodiment of black and wickedness and both of his personas view

1798-631: The Martin Li side attempts to run the F.E.A.S.T. center with humility. Martin Li opens and operates a soup kitchen in Chinatown : the F.E.A.S.T. Project (Food, Emergency Aid, Shelter and Training), where Peter Parker 's Aunt May volunteers. Neither Peter nor May are aware of Li's dual identity as a Chinatown crime boss under the Mister Negative name. Despite being a crime lord, Li is a seemingly kind and generous man. The F.E.A.S.T. Project has displayed healing powers for people of various illnesses, although

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1856-548: The Mister Negative persona appears aware of it. It is revealed that Mister Negative was actually one of the crew members of the Golden Mountain . When the ship nearly crashed onto the New York shores, he stole the identity of one of the deceased Fujian slaves (the real Martin Li) who was heading to America for the aforementioned reasons. This gang member was eventually captured by the Maggia Don Silvermane and experimented on with

1914-529: The X-Men Rockslide and Anole in disguise, Mister Negative hired The Serpents, and devise a plan to lure them into their traps, then turning then into his pawn into attacking other X-Men as well. Although his plan foiled by Anole's strategy into using a temporary brainwashed Rockslide, Mister Negative releases the rock mutant hero and vow they will meet again on the other side. During the 2009 storyline " The Gauntlet ", Mister Negative corrupts May Parker when

1972-535: The balance of good and evil as a necessary part of the universe. The two halves, while fully aware of one another's existence, take no steps to interfere with one another, with the Martin Li persona even taking such drastic steps as allowing his bad side to corrupt May Parker to keep it a secret. During an encounter in The Amazing Spider-Man #621, Negative displays a degree of superhuman strength high enough to send Spider-Man flying through two buildings with

2030-432: The battle, Mister Negative tries to corrupt Hood but fails. Norman Osborn ends the blockade H.A.M.M.E.R. has on Chinatown when Hammerhead hands papers implicating Oscorp in the aforementioned drug tests on immigrants. An irate Hood decides to kill Mister Negative anyway but he escapes. A later conversation that Osborn has with his own darker Green Goblin side reveals that he now has an alliance with Mister Negative similar to

2088-460: The cause of this healing has yet to be revealed. In the " Brand New Day " storyline, Mister Negative first comes into conflict with Spider-Man when he makes a power play toward taking control of New York 's criminal underworld by attempting to wipe out all existing members of the Karnelli and Maggia crime families using a DNA specific bioweapon called the "Devil's Breath". In exchange for leaving

2146-516: The clone of Ashley Kafka into releasing Juggernaut . A man claiming to be "Martin Li" shows up at the FEAST building seeking help as the Inner Demons attack. This "Martin Li" later surrenders to the Inner Demons. Mister Negative meets with Mayor Wilson Fisk and informs him that they will need the sister counterpart of the Tablet of Life and Destiny called the Tablet of Death and Entropy. As Mister Negative has

2204-484: The creation of two polar opposite personalities: Mister Positive , posing as a benevolent and kind philanthropist named Martin Li , who would go on to found the F.E.A.S.T. Project as a means to help homeless people; and the ruthless crime lord Mister Negative, who leads the Inner Demons gang in an attempt to take over New York's criminal underworld. Originally, the character was depicted as suffering from dissociative identity disorder , with one personality not maintaining

2262-433: The crime lords competing with Mister Negative in obtaining the Tablet of Life and Destiny to win the favor of Mayor Wilson Fisk. During the " Gang War " storyline, Silvermane and Count Nefaria talk about the upcoming gang war. In a turn of events, Silvermane loses control of his body and attacks Count Nefaria. He is reduced to a disembodied head once more and accompanies the Maggia in fighting Spider-Man. Silvermane

2320-501: The criminal underworld, but his plans were complicated by the Green Goblin , who opposed him. During a confrontation between the Goblin, Silvermane and Spider-Man, Silvermane fell from a great height but survived. Silvermane has worked with many super-villains, such as Hammerhead , and he has also been known to be a rival of the Kingpin , even once trying to assassinate the crime lord while he

2378-561: The first to be aware of his double identity. During the 2008–2009 " Dark Reign " storyline, Mister Negative refuses to submit to the Hood ’s rule of conquest over New York's criminal underworld. During a meeting with Hood's henchman White Dragon, Mister Negative corrupts White Dragon and sends the man to attack the Hood's headquarters. In retaliation, the Hood decides to attack and kill him. H.A.M.M.E.R. seals Chinatown on Hood's behalf and an all out fight breaks out around Li's estate. Hood's gang gets

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2436-513: The goal of defeating Spider-Man. Following the 2015 " Secret Wars " storyline, Martin Li is arrested at some point. He is rescued by Cloak and Dagger who have been corrupted by his touch and are using patches of the drug known as "Shade" to stimulate the effects of Mister Negative's touch and "remain" loyal to him. After the two break Mister Negative out of the prison ship where Li is being held and revert him to his Negative form, he leads an assault on Parker Industries ' Japan branch, which leads to

2494-493: The item, he states to Mayor Fisk that their desired function can only be used when both items are together. Mayor Fisk allows Mister Negative to control Chinatown and the Lower East Side. Obtaining the Tablet of Life and Destiny from Spider-Man and Boomerang puts Mister Negative in completion with Black Mariah , Crime Master V, Diamondback , Hammerhead , Madame Masque , Owl , Silvermane , and Tombstone . Mister Negative

2552-498: The one with Hood. However, Spot slips in and steals back the evidence of Oscorp's tests, revealing being Mister Negative's mole in the Hood's gang under the promise that he will be cured once they get their revenge on the Maggia. In the X-Men storyline "Serve and Protect", Mister Negative and his Inner Demons are at San Francisco on attempting to murder a widowed woman who still have a child. When two unidentified heroes, then revealed to be

2610-480: The other's memories, but both personas were later shown to be fully aware of each other's existence. As Mister Negative, his powers include healing, mind-controlling others through "corruption", and charging regular weapons with his energy. Since his conception, the character has been adapted into several forms of media outside of comics, including animated series and video games. Created by Dan Slott and Phil Jimenez , Mister Negative first appeared in "Swing Shift",

2668-417: The police approach, Mister Negative and his men retreat. Li is later seen locked in a room by Mister Negative's men who wait for him to change back into their master. During the 2011 " Spider-Island " storyline, Mister Negative is told of a prophecy that he is destined to be killed by Dagger. During the 2012 " Avengers vs. X-Men " storyline, Mister Negative and his henchmen invade a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility as

2726-496: The power to cure others: in The Amazing Spider-Man #568, a simple touch from Li completely cures Eddie Brock of his cancer, and combines the remnants of the Venom symbiote in his blood with his white blood cells, creating a new symbiote named Anti-Venom that possesses similar healing powers. Aside from this, homeless people who have stayed at Martin Li's shelter have rapidly recovered from any illnesses or injuries they suffered from. It

2784-451: The scrap yard, before then being stolen by the Shocker . The head is used as leverage by The Superior Foes of Spider-Man to take control of the Maggia, but the team members turn on each other when it comes time to decide who will actually be in charge. Shocker protects Silvermane from Punisher . In return, the crime boss nominates him as his successor to head the Maggia. Silvermane is among

2842-496: The upper hand until Spider-Man arrives to rescue Martin. However, Spider-Man too is corrupted and sent into battle on Mister Negative's behalf. Spider-Man battles the members of Hood's gang who are attacking the villain's headquarters; Mister Negative then sends the web-slinger to kill Betty Brant who is interviewing the real Martin Li's widow and is coming close to finding out the truth. The Hood himself then confronts Mister Negative at his Chinatown headquarters and battles him. During

2900-652: The woman walks in on him punishing an Inner Demon. May manages to break free from Mister Negative's corruption when Peter went to May for moral support after the Lizard devoured Billy Connors and essentially 'killed' Curt Connors. During the 2010 " Shadowland " storyline, Mister Negative takes the advantage of the conflict against the Hand in a plot to set up a criminal establishment there, only for him and his Inner Demons to run afoul of Spider-Man and Shang-Chi . Mister Negative later has an encounter with Jackpot and Boomerang . During

2958-505: Was a legendary criminal figure for decades; mothers would even warn their children to behave or "One-Eye" would get them. In his old age, Silvermane's injuries caused his youth serum to wear off, rendering him an invalid. Though bedridden, he continued to run his criminal empire until Dagger nearly killed him. Silvermane attempted to prolong his life by transforming himself into a cyborg . Kingpin gained control of his cyborg body until Dagger restored his life energy to him. His cyborg body

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3016-446: Was badly damaged by the first Jack O'Lantern during a gang war between Hammerhead and the Kingpin. Silvermane used a remote-controlled android doppelganger to battle Spider-Man. This was part of an attempt to boost the power of his remaining organic parts by harvesting new ones from Spider-Man's body. He attempted to drain his nemesis's radioactive blood to power a new, much stronger cyborg body. Silvermane also confronted Deathlok and

3074-527: Was caught in the crossfire between the Secret Empire 's forces and the Punisher. This was purely by coincidence as he was simply staying at the same motel as Punisher was. Silvermane used the resources of his personal semi-trailer and the cyborg bodies stored within to battle his way through the attackers and escape. It was revealed some time later that Silvermane was killed during a shootout with Owl 's gang at

3132-497: Was considered to be one of the Maggia's most legendary bosses. He is an excellent unarmed combatant and marksman, as well as a brilliant planner, organizer, and strategist. The magic potions he uses temporarily grant him a form of immortality , appearing in his early-to-mid 40s. His preferred weapons are numerous machine guns, especially the Thompson .45 caliber. Later, Silvermane's brain, vital organs, and head were transplanted into

3190-430: Was corrupted into a spiteful and angry villain, despising every value he held dear (even his Uncle Ben 's memory) and no more above killing. Spider-Man is able to break the hold his malevolent side has over him when he is on the verge of killing Betty Brant , as he remembers the love he once had for her upon getting close. Negative's corrupting touch appears to be ineffective against beings with supernatural powers, as Hood

3248-453: Was created by Stan Lee and John Buscema . The character's original storyline was about a mysterious stone tablet coveted by several villains. The "Tablet Saga" proved popular, although artist John Romita Sr. said that it was not originally intended as an arc, stating "We never even thought up Silvermane until the seventh issue [of the story arc], let alone a 'socko' ending." Silvio Manfredi, nicknamed "Silvermane" for his near-white hair,

3306-423: Was never born, so he is ever living", or "He is attached to nothing, thus he is one with all." The effectiveness of his corruption varies depending on how good the affected person was before their conversion: White Dragon, a villain himself, gained vastly increased stamina and endurance, but was still easily dispatched (his clothes reverted to normal once he was killed). Conversely, Spider-Man, a hero in every respect,

3364-526: Was suffering from amnesia. His former partner, Dominic Tyrone, assumed the identity of the Rapier and sought vengeance against Silvermane for betraying him by attempting to take his life. A flashback one-shot focused heavily on Silvermane's lifetime of corruption and crime, going back to his early career in Italy. The framework was reporter Ben Urich investigating the background of the Maggia. He learned that Silvermane

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