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61-679: The Earth has fallen under siege by sinister forces led by Ultimus . Agents of S.T.R.I.K.E. (Special Tactical Reserve for Interdimensional Key Events) have been called to assemble squads of heroes and villains to combat Ultimus' legions, that includes mind-controlled versions of the heroes and villains (existing in alternate universes), before Earth falls under Ultimus' control. In addition to this main storyline, special sub-plot events are also released, loosely based on recent Marvel Cinematic Universe films that have been released, starting with Avengers: Infinity War . Marvel Strike Force allows players to collect Marvel Universe characters from both

122-644: A Bogeyman to frighten small children, his name forevermore "unspoken". He was later recovered by the Alpha Primitives , who cared for their fallen king. Realizing his mistake, the Unspoken plotted to return and reclaim his throne, cultivating the Xerogen Crystals, only for Attilan to rise into the sky. Cheated of his redemption and later learning of the silent war between the Inhumans and United States of America,

183-744: A People's Voice Award selected by the general public. Between 2005 and 2019, the Webby Awards were presented in New York City. Many of the ceremony hosts are comedians and comedic actors. Comedian Rob Corddry hosted the ceremony from 2005 to 2007. Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live hosted in 2008 and 2009, B.J. Novak of the sitcom The Office in 2010, and Lisa Kudrow in 2011. Comedian, actor, and writer Patton Oswalt hosted from 2012 to 2014. Comedian Hannibal Buress hosted in 2015. The Webbys are famous for limiting recipients to five-word speeches, which are often humorous, although some exceed

244-427: A civil war against Kronos. He succeeds in re-materializing and discovers a Kree base on the planet Uranus . Upon destroying Sentry 213 who was stationed there, Uranos uses the weapons there in an attempt to return to Earth and gain revenge on Kronos. Uranos encounters a Kree Armada. After the ship is destroyed, Uranos and the survivors with him resettle on Titan and die during another civil war. It turns out that

305-563: A duel by the heir to the throne, a young Blackagar Boltagon. Despite being by far the strongest of the Inhumans, moving the Slave Engine had weakened the King which led to his defeat at the hands of Blackagar and his friends. His final stipulation was that his deeds be remembered, but Black Bolt had a crueler fate in mind: the King, his deeds, and the Slave Engine itself, were written out of Inhuman history. From that day on, he would be remembered only as

366-629: A healing factor. Ultragirl is a member of Captain America 's Secret Avengers during the superhero civil war . She later joins the superhero training program the Initiative and enters a romantic relationship with Justice . She and Thor Girl become the Initiative heroes assigned to protect Georgia , with Carol Danvers / Ms. Marvel having been so impressed by Ultragirl's development that Danvers bequeaths Ultragirl her former Ms. Marvel costume. During

427-671: A member of the race known as the Eternals in the Marvel Universe . The character, created by Jim Starlin , first appeared in Captain Marvel #29 (November 1973). The character also appears in back-up stories in What If? #24 ("The First Eternals", December 1980), and 26-27 ("Untold Tales Of The Marvel Universe: Outpost On Uranus", April–July 1981). Uranos is Kronos 's brother and was banished from Earth along with his followers, after losing

488-662: A portal to Ard-Con's people and apologized to him. This proved to be successful, however, upon arriving to his home, he was approached by the Supreme Intelligence who informed Ard-Con that he was the last surviving Kree Eternal. Then Ultimus, under the order of the Supremor, joined the Starforce . He, along with rest of the team, were sent to capture the Avengers , since they had infiltrated Kree-Lar. They were successful in capturing

549-547: A way to kill time. Ev Teel Urizen is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . It was created by writer Mike Carey . Ev Teel Urizen first appeared in X-Men (vol. 2) #197 (May 2007). Urizen is a mummudrai, an energy-based mental parasite. Urizen existed harmlessly dormant in its host, the Shi'ar Ul'var Urizen, until Shi'ar scientists extracted it to use as

610-524: Is here that the Unspoken starts looking for Terrigen Crystals in order to replenish his powers. Despite the intervention of Medusa and Gorgon , the Unspoken defeated them and reclaimed the throne. The newly transformed Inhumans later helped the Inhuman Royal Family to fight the Unspoken managing to steal the Terrigen Crystals from him. Upon his defeat and being deprived of the Terrigen Crystals,

671-523: Is known as Stand-Off . She is a member of the Force Warriors, a group of psionic mutants who protect "Fortress X", the last known mutant stronghold, by collectively channeling their powers to generate and reinforce a massive psionic shield. Unuscione appears in X-Men: The Animated Series as a devoted and passionate member of Magneto 's Acolytes and resident of Genosha . Uranos is

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732-626: Is owned and operated by the Webby Media Group, a division of Recognition Media, which also owns and produces the Lovie Awards in Europe and Netted by the Webbys, a daily email publication launched in 2009. David-Michel Davies, CEO of Webby Media Group, current Executive Director of the Webby Awards and co-founder of Internet Week New York, was named Executive Director of the Webby Awards in 2005. In 2009,

793-607: The Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards, and for "Strategy/Simulation" at the 2020 Webby Awards . Ultimus (comics) Ultimaton , also known as Weapon XV , is a living weapon created by the anti-mutant supersoldier program Weapon Plus . The character was created by Grant Morrison and Chris Bachalo , first appeared in New X-Men #143 (August 2003). Ultimaton escapes from the Weapon Plus facilities, fights

854-677: The Secret Invasion , the Skrull Dum Dum Dugan activates all the sleeper agents in the Initiative, causing Ultragirl and Thor Girl to fight each other out of suspicion. When the Skrull Kill Krew arrives on the scene, 3-D Man confirms Thor Girl is a Skrull, and he and Gravity kill her with her own hammer. She later is forced to give up the Ms. Marvel costume after an attorney informs her that its intellectual property rights are owned by

915-594: The Children of the Vault . Still hidden, Urizen risked exposure to protect Regan during a subsequent conflict with the villain Pandemic. Regan eventually detected Urizen and expelled it from her mind. Urizen offered to bond with the powerful mutant Cable to fight Hecatomb. Suspicious of Urizen's motives, Cable initially refused; he reluctantly agreed only after Hecatomb attacked Earth and proved as powerful as Urizen had warned. Hecatomb

976-634: The Webbys ) are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences , a judging body composed of over three thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories include websites , advertising and media, online film and video, mobile sites and apps, and social. Two winners are selected in each category, one by members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and one by

1037-558: The Young Avengers battle the parasitic Mother. Union Jack will make a reappearance as a member in the new UK marvel superhero team The Union. The Unspoken is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He is the cousin of Blackagar Boltagon (Black Bolt) , and was once the king of all Inhumans before he was forced into exile. The Unspoken first appeared in The Mighty Avengers #27 and

1098-577: The 13th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 US states and over 60 countries. That same year, more than 500,000 votes were cast in The Webby People's Voice Awards. In 2012, the 16th Annual Webby awards received 1.5 million votes from more than 200 countries for the People's Voice awards. In 2015, the 19th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 13,000 entries from all 50 U.S. states and over 60 countries worldwide. The 2000 awards began

1159-589: The Alpha Primitives to allow the Unspoken to return to his cave to live out the rest of his days. During the Inhumanity storyline, the Unspoken resurfaced and arrived at New Attilan. Due to Black Bolt missing at the time, the Unspoken proposed to Medusa and tried to cover for his missing brother. Medusa refused the Unspoken's offer and had him incarcerated in the dungeon. The Unspoken soon broke free from his imprisonment and headed to New Attilan's catacombs. It

1220-619: The Arena, Blitz, Cosmic Crucible, and Alliance War battles in which the AI controls a player-created team. All the player's selected characters must survive in order to earn all three stars available for the Stage, which will enable Auto-Win for that Stage, which allows the player to earn resources for that Stage without going through a full battle. Enemy squad members will generally have glowing red eyes, indicating their control by Ultimus. Game Informer criticised

1281-569: The Avengers, at this time temporarily under the control of the villainous Norman Osborn . After saving Justice from the deranged Thor clone Ragnarok , Ultragirl leaves the Initiative to join Justice's revamped New Warriors team. Following two brief appearances, Ultragirl took part in the Fear Itself storyline when she teamed with the genuine Thor Girl and confronted Prodigy . She later helped

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1342-614: The Avengers, however, the current rulers of the Kree, Ael-Dan and Dar-Benn, decided to execute both teams by locking them into a force field. Thankfully, Deathbird killed the emperors, which allowed the Supreme Intelligence to regain control of the Kree Empire. He then sent the team against the Shi'ar as a retaliation against his attempted assassination by the Shi'ar Empire. They teleported into

1403-679: The Exclusion. When the Progenitor declares that all will be judged, Uranos and Druig talk about it as Uranos begs Druig to let him out. At the time when Druig plans to bring the Hex into the Uni-Mind, he declined Uranos' demands to let him out. When the X-Men's telepaths breach the Uni-Mind, Druig has no choice but to release Uranos. After defeating Ikaris and Gilgamesh, Uranos is defeated by Magneto and Storm. Following

1464-776: The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel as a nod to the first site of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars). That first year, they were called "Webbie" Awards. The first "Site of the Year" winner was the pioneer webisodic serial The Spot . The modern Webby Awards were co-founded by Tiffany Shlain , a filmmaker, when she was hired by The Web Magazine to re-establish them, and were first held in San Francisco in 1997. They quickly became known for its requirement that winners give their acceptance speeches in five words. After this,

1525-710: The Inhumans, and U.S. Agent . The former recognized the Unspoken and advised that they call all the Avengers teams (consisting of the Mighty Avengers , the New Avengers , the Young Avengers , the Avengers Resistance , and even the Dark Avengers ) to stop him. Unfortunately, even the joint forces of the New Avengers, Avengers Resistance and Mighty Avengers failed to stem the tide. Most of their force were mutated by

1586-534: The Kree Eternals as deities and soon all Kree Eternals left Earth except Ard-Con who stayed on Earth for a millennium, but was then imprisoned by the Deviant , Tantalus. He also encountered Odin once, claiming that his name brought back memories, but also thought that Odin had died. He was then accidentally freed by Thor when the latter used Mjolnir to turn into Donald Blake. Once free, he started wreaking havoc across

1647-675: The Oscars, as did media outlets such as The New York Times to Canada's Globe & Mail . The winners of the First Annual Webby Awards in 1995 were presented by John Brancato and Michael Ferris , writers for Columbia Pictures . It was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel . The televised Webby Awards were sponsored by the Academy of Web Design and Cool Site of the Day . The first Webby Awards were produced by Kay Dangaard at

1708-496: The Progenitor's defeat, Uranos gets Druig as a cellmate as he plans to show him something that can be done in the next thousand years. As he beats up Druig, Uranos is visited by Zuras who tells him that his gifts will be used for an hour by the Arakki as part of a peace treaty with them and that Uranos will be briefly released to them during the same duration to serve them. Uranos agrees to the terms. Then he goes back to beating up Druig as

1769-409: The Shi'ar palace with Ultimus dispatching Earthquake and attacking Lilandra , however, Starfox distracted Ultimus long enough for Lilandra to strike Ultimus back. After being captured, they were sentenced to death by the Shi'ar, but things became complicated as it was revealed that the Shi'ar counselor Araki was replaced by a Skrull . Ultimus was released by Lilandra under her order to report about

1830-685: The Skrulls' plans. The Starforce was then integrated within the Imperial Guards and under the orders of Deathbird they attacked Quasar with his allies for their intrusion in Shi'ar space. After the Kree regained their autonomy, all of the Starforce members became defectors. In What If? Avengers Lost the Kree-Shi'ar War , this version of Ultimus fought against the Avengers and the Imperial Guards, but

1891-546: The Ultra Living Brain creates a robotic avatar based on him to interact with the world due to being immobile. Ultragirl ( Suzanna Sherman , or Tsu-Zana ) is an American comic book superhero created by Barbara Kesel and Leonard Kirk , who first appeared in Ultragirl #1 (November 1996). As one critic described, "She was a clever … modern riff on Supergirl, basically 'What would Supergirl be like if she debuted in

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1952-510: The Unspoken decided to change his plans and unearth the Slave Engine using it to conquer Earth, by transforming all humans on the planet into Alpha Primitives. In the 21st century, the Unspoken was detected in Tibet. G.R.A.M.P.A. interpreted this as a possible alliance between communist China and the Inhumans but were unable to identify the Unspoken. Therefore, they called in Quicksilver , an expert on

2013-617: The Unspoken was reimprisoned in the dungeon. The Unspoken is the living embodiment of Terrigenesis itself. He is capable of altering his form in any way he desires, and can give himself a wide number of abilities, such as mass manipulation and energy construct manifestation. To maintain his powers, he needs to absorb Terrigen Crystals. Carmella Unuscione is a mutant , a member of Magneto 's Acolytes . The character, created by Scott Lobdell and Brandon Peterson , first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #298 (March 1993). The character has

2074-522: The Uranos that was on Titan was just a patchwork clone while the real one is imprisoned in the Exclusion. As the Prime Eternal upon being revived, Uranos' grandnephew Thanos visited him where he received an imprint key that would grant him access to his armories. At some point in the past, Uranos and Druig met Odin where they talk about the principle of Excess Deviation that involved having to contend with

2135-706: The X-Men and is destroyed. He is later resurrected to guard a child clone of Apocalypse . Ultimus (Ard-Con) was created by Gerry Conway and John Buscema , making his debut in Thor #209 as Demon Druid, while he made his debut as Ultimus in Wonder Man #7. The Kree known as Ard-Con was a member of the Kree Eternal sub-race created by the Celestials . He with the other Kree Eternals travelled through space, eventually, coming across Earth 4000 years ago. The Celts of Earth mistook

2196-587: The Xerogen Mists, before the Wasp arrived. They both dueled each other at massive sizes. Wasp called him pathetic, for wallowing in his own misery for his mistakes and not learning to move on. The Unspoken was defeated when the chronal ray on board the Slave Engine that accelerated the growth of the Xerogen crystals was used against him, aging him to the point where he was too weak to carry on fighting. The heroes then permitted

2257-493: The Year" at the SXSW Gaming Awards , and won the People's Voice Award for "Games" in the "Video" category of the 2019 Webby Awards , whereas its other nomination was for "Strategy/Simulation Game" under the "Games" category. Google Play awarded it as the best breakthrough game of 2019, which is for overall design, user experience, engagement and retention, and strong growth. The game was also nominated for "Best Live Ops" at

2318-555: The ability to generate a tangible field composed of bioelectrical-charged psionic energy around herself, forming an exoskeleton . She is portrayed as one of the more fanatical and violent members of the Acolytes, who often come into conflict with the X-Men . When Avalon , the Acolytes' base of operations, is destroyed, she uses her power to protect her teammates and the X-Man Cyclops . The former enemies cooperate to survive without resources while Professor X and Amelia Voght struggle to find their teammates' whereabouts. Unuscione and

2379-443: The appropriate Website, Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video, Mobile Sites & Apps, and Social category criteria, and cast ballots to determine Webby Honorees, Nominees and Webby Winners. Deloitte provides vote tabulation consulting for the Webby Awards. In addition to the award given in each category by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, another winner is selected in each category as determined by

2440-448: The award ceremony), and thus for not taking most websites into consideration before distributing their awards. Gawker , its Valleywag column, and others, have called the awards a scam, with Valleywag saying, "...somewhere along the way, the organizers figured out that this goofy charade could be milked for profit." In response, Webby Awards executive director David-Michel Davies told the Wall Street Journal that entry fees “provide

2501-882: The awards became more successful than the magazine and IDG closed the publication. Shlain and co-founder Maya Draisin Farrah continued to run The Webby Awards until 2004. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences , which selects the winners of The Webby Awards, was established in 1998 by co-founders Tiffany Shlain , Spencer Ante and Maya Draisin. Members of the Academy include Kevin Spacey , Grimes , Questlove , Internet inventor Vint Cerf , Instagram ’s Head of Fashion Partnerships Eva Chen , comedian Jimmy Kimmel , Twitter founder Biz Stone , Vice Media co-founder and CEO Shane Smith , Tumblr ’s David Karp , Director of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Susan P. Crawford , Refinery29 ’s Executive Creative Director Piera Gelardi, and CEO and co-founder of Gimlet Media Alex Blumberg . The Webby Awards

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2562-474: The basis for a superweapon, Hecatomb, designed to consume the minds of a planet's entire population. The Shi'ar lost control of Hecatomb and it pursued Urizen, which it identified as part of itself. Detecting Charles Xavier's psychic energy on Earth, Urizen traveled through space for centuries to reach him, followed by Hecatomb. On Earth, Urizen entered the mind of the comatose Regan Wyngarde , and remained with her after she regained consciousness and helped defeat

2623-416: The best and most sustainable model for ensuring that our judging process remains consistent and rigorous and is not dependent on things like sponsorships that can fluctuate from year to year.” In 2021, the Webby organization started a new line of awards, the Anthem Awards, to honor the purpose and mission-driven work of people, companies and organizations worldwide. The finalists and winners are selected by

2684-445: The characters' moves, they are purely cosmetic. The main game modes are Arena, Blitz, Raids, Alliance War, Real Time Arena, Cosmic Crucible, Alliance War, Campaign, Challenges, Dark Dimension, Scourges, and Sagas. The first four of those have their own currencies that can be spent on character shards or items. All modes are played versus a computer-controlled AI , except Real Time Arena where you play against other players; this includes

2745-434: The different mutations and deviations. During the " A.X.E.: Judgment Day " storyline, Druig goes to the Exclusion to enlist Uranos' help in dealing with the Mutant threat. Druig has Uranos unleashed on Arrako where he plans to deal with the mutants there in an hour. He defeated Legion offscreen, punches Magneto through the chest, defeats Cable and Xilo, and shoots Abigail Brand with Cable's gun before returning to

2806-422: The expensive content and numerous bugs, concluding that it "feels designed to frustrate players until they finally cave and spend." Marvel Strike Force generated $ 150 million in sales during its first year of operation (2018) on the iOS and Android platforms. Growth continued modestly to $ 180+ million in sales in 2019, in 2020 with approximately $ 300 million in revenue. The game was nominated for "Mobile Game of

2867-568: The form of shards that are earned by players to unlock and or promote their characters. Shards can either be earned from winning battles or bought from a shop. Players level up their user level by gaining experience by completing daily quests or completing battles. Battles are divided up into rounds, with the character with the highest speed attribute going first. Each team consists of up to five characters (though some AI teams in raids can have far more characters than that) who battle until defeated or reinforcements enter. Battles are turn-based, based on

2928-426: The game. All players must be in an alliance, so if a player leaves or is kicked from an alliance, the game will assign a new one. Characters usually appear in their attire from the existing comics; a costume currency is available for purchasing attire for certain characters based on their Marvel Cinematic Universe appearances, old comic appearances or other notable media appearances. The attire sets have no bearing on

2989-451: The general public during People's Voice voting. Winners of both the Academy-selected and People's Voice-selected awards are invited to the Webbys. The Webby Awards are presented in over a hundred categories among all four types of entries. A website can be entered in multiple categories and receive multiple awards. In each category, two awards are handed out: a Webby Award selected by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and

3050-425: The heroes and villains and generic characters from large organizations such as S.H.I.E.L.D. , The Hand and Hydra , and use them to fight in turn-based battles. Similar to the fighting game Marvel: Contest of Champions , characters fall into one of several classes. There are multiple ways to collect characters: some are given to players immediately, whereas others are gained via gameplay or as in-game rewards in

3111-445: The influence of the Eternal. Shadowcat intervened and freed Meggan along with tourists and also allowing Rachel Summers getting some knowledge about his people. Ard-Con then broke into Darkmoor Nuclear Research Facility where he recreated a nuclear facsimile in order to use it at the Stonehenge and finally reunite with his people. However, the Excalibur intervened and stopped Captain Britain from fighting Ard-Con, while Kitty opened

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3172-562: The limit. In 2005 when accepting his Lifetime Achievement Award, former Vice President Al Gore 's speech was "Please don't recount this vote." He was introduced by Vint Cerf who used the same format to state, "We all invented the Internet." In 2013, the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) , Steve Wilhite , accepted his Webby and delivered his now famous five-word speech, "It's pronounced 'Jif' not 'Gif'." The Webbys have been criticized for their pay-to-enter and pay-to-attend policy (winners and nominees also have to pay to attend

3233-412: The mid-1990s in the Marvel Universe?'" Suzy Sherman is an aspiring model who, over the course of a few days, grows several inches, develops the physique of a bodybuilder , and acquires superpowers. She discovers that she is a mutant Kree warrior, born Tsu-Zana. She helps the superhero team New Warriors defeat the villain Effex . Her powers include flight, super-strength, multi-spectral vision, and

3294-440: The other Acolytes agree to turn themselves over to government custody, but later escape. Unuscione returns to action with the Acolytes as they attack the X-Mansion following the M-Day . Professor X is placed in the Acolytes' care after he is critically injured by Bishop . Xavier convinces Exodus to disband the Acolytes, and Unuscione and Joanna Cargill move to Utopia . In the alternate Age of X reality, Unuscione

3355-454: The public who cast their votes during Webby People's Voice voting. Each winner presents a five-word acceptance speech, a trademark of the annual awards show. In its early years, the award was hailed as the "Internet’s highest honor" and was associated with the phrase "The Oscars of the Internet." In its early years, the organization was one of several vying to be the premiere internet awards show. Both shows would compare themselves to

3416-497: The speed attribute, where the combatants apply healing and various buffs to their own team and damage and debuffs to the opponent all the while trying to deal the most overall damage and having the last character alive. Players may join alliances that form the main group inside of the game, which can include up to 24 players and be private or open. Alliances allow players to play in raids and wars and to access alliance milestones. These alliances can be created by any player or created by

3477-407: The streets and knocked Thor unconscious. He was then apprehended by the British Army and Thor again, but stopped fighting when Thor realized that Ard-Con was trying to reach a portal at Stonehenge to leave Earth. After that, Ard-Con successfully departed Earth. Ard-Con was unable to find his people so returned to Earth thanks to a portal created by two tourists and the hero Meggan , who were under

3538-415: The transition to nominee submissions. Previously, nominees had been selected by an internal committee. As early as 2017, organizations wanting to nominate themselves were charged $ 395 for a single entry. An "ad campaign entry" would cost $ 595. By 2024, those fees had risen to $ 495 and $ 675, respectively. Executive Academy Members with category-specific expertise evaluate the shortlisted entries based on

3599-533: Was able to separate Urizen from Cable, but not before they used their combined powers to wake the comatose Rogue . Urizen spent its last moments in terror as Hecatomb consumed it. Rogue then arrived and, her powers augmented by Pandemic's "Strain 88" virus, absorbed the 8 billion consciousnesses Hecatomb contained, destroying it. Subsequently, Rogue contained the memories of all those minds, but Urizen and its memories were never specifically mentioned. Webby Award The Webby Awards (colloquially referred to as

3660-404: Was created by Dan Slott , Khoi Pham, and Christos N. Gage . Originally, the Unspoken was a just ruler to the Inhumans. However, fearful that it would corrupt his people, he decided to steal the Slave Engine, his people's greatest weapon, along with the Xerogen Crystals it utilized and buried them somewhere in Tibet. After refusing to reveal the Slave Engine's location, he was then challenged to

3721-495: Was killed by the Imperial Guard Flashire. Ultimus appears in Marvel Strike Force . Ultra Living Brain is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Zeb Wells and artists John Romita Jr. and Ed McGuinness , it first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #6 (July 2022). It is a successor to the Living Brain created by Steven Perry to deduce Spider-Man 's secret identity. After accidentally killing Petty,

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