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Megatak

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Megatak
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThor #328 (Feb 1983)[1]
Created byDoug Moench and Alan Kupperberg
In-story information
Alter egoGregory Nettles
Team affiliationsSavage Six
AbilitiesElectrical Power: creates video images in 3D, which can attack; can also inflict electrical damage by touch or blast

Megatak is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

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Megatak first appeared in Thor #328 (February 1983), and was created by Doug Moench and Alan Kupperberg.

The character subsequently appears in Thor #358 (August 1985), in which he was killed by the Scourge of the Underworld.

Fictional character biography

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Megatak (Gregory Nettles) was an industrial spy. He was inside an experimental video display when he gained his powers. He was defeated by Thor and Sif, and Thor drained his electrical abilities.[2]

When Megatak later reappeared in New York, he was gunned down by the Scourge of the Underworld disguised as a homeless man.[3]

Megatak was later among the eighteen criminals, all murdered by the Scourge, to be resurrected by Hood using the power of Dormammu as part of a squad assembled to eliminate the Punisher.[4] Megatak's powers have completely taken him over, and he has morphed into a living computer program.[5] Microchip is able to track the Punisher's hacker friend Henry, and Megatak travels into the hacker's computer and assaults him.[6] Megatak then uses the connection to transport Blue Streak to Henry's location.[7]

He has since been recruited into the Crime Master's "Savage Six" in order to combat Venom.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains. New York: Facts on File. p. 214. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
  2. ^ Thor #328 (February 1983)
  3. ^ Thor #358 (August 1985)
  4. ^ Punisher Vol. 7 #5
  5. ^ http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/preview2.php?image=previews/marvelcomics/punisher/villains/PunisherVillains-10.jpg
  6. ^ Punisher Vol. 7 #8
  7. ^ Punisher Vol. 7 #9
  8. ^ Venom #17
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  • Megatak at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe