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Who Is Fusion? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Fusion (Marvel): An enemy of Spider-Man's, he decided to go after the Web-Slinger following the death of his child.

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Fusion is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Wayne Markley, with over 20 comic issue appearances. An enemy of Spider-Man's, he decided to go after the Web-Slinger following the death of his child.

Who is Fusion?

Conflict with Spider-Man One Small Break For more information see: One Small Break Fusion's son Francis Jeremy, "Frankie" to his family, died in an attempt to swing off a building just like his favourite superhero, Spider-Man . In anger and sadness, Fusion blamed the Wall Crawler. Fusion used his powers to attack him and the public at large. He eventually uses his powers to snap Spider-Man 's neck (this was just a "suggestion" which fooled Peter). However, Spider-Man was eventually able to see through this ruse and defeat Fusion, who turned out to be such a bad father, he got his own son's name wrong. Operation Octopus For more information see: Operation: Octopus Fusion catches Doctor Octopus , working in his company under an alias and seemingly manipulates him into helping him create prosthetic limbs that can be used to mind control their users. This is all leading up to stealing a government project called John Hancock, a devise that can track radiation signatures from space. Fusion plans on using this to track Spider-man, but Doctor Octopus double crosses him and beats Fusion to a bloody pulp.

Key facts

Fusion is of mutant origin. The character is published by Marvel. With 20 recorded issue appearances, Fusion ranks among the most featured characters in comics.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Fusion?

An enemy of Spider-Man's, he decided to go after the Web-Slinger following the death of his child.

What is Fusion's real name?

Fusion's real identity is Wayne Markley.

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