Who Is Alistair Smythe? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Alistair Smythe is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Alistair Alphonso Smythe, with over 116 comic issue appearances. Alistair Smythe is the son of Spencer Smythe: a mad scientist responsible for the creation of Spider-Slayers; robots designed to hunt and kill Spider-man. After his death Alistair carried on his work.

Who is Alistair Smythe?

Origin When Spencer Smythe died because of his prolonged exposure to radioactive chemicals, Alistair inherited his legacy and his hatred for Spider-Man . In his first attempt to kill Spider-Man, he mistook Mary-Jane Watson for Spider-Man who was playing along with it to give Peter time to come up with a plan. Mary-Jane claimed she used a super suit built by aliens to deceive Smythe until the real wall-crawler defeated him. He then tried to kill Spider-Man again when he and Mary-Jane were trying to get her sister out of prison for helping their father in a crime. He worked for the Kingpin at first, but only after a disagreement over how to deal with Spider-Man. Creation Alistair Smythe was created by Louise Jones Simonson and Pat Redding and first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man Annual issue 19 (1985). Major Story Arcs Asylum and Experiments Alistair in his chair After being sent to an asylum, Alistair escaped and took several other inmates along in order to build a new Spider-Slayer . After sending a series of slayers, after Spider-Man, that were destroyed by him with help from Black Cat , Alistair lured Spider-Man to his home for one last fight.

Key facts

Alistair Smythe is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "Spajdermen ". The character is published by Marvel. With 116 recorded issue appearances, Alistair Smythe ranks among the most featured characters in comics.