SCORPIA
Real Name: Elaine Coll
Identity/Class: Human technology user
Occupation: Assassin, mercenary;
former mental patient
Group Membership: Assassins Guild (Bella Donna
Boudreaux, Assassin,
Black
Mamba/Tanya Sealy, Blackout, Boomerang/Fred Myers, Bushwacker/Carl
Burbank, Crossbones/Brock Rumlow, Jack
O'Lantern, KIA,
Lord Deathstrike, others);
formerly Doom Maidens (Anaconda,
Aradnea, Echidna,
Mindblast,
Shriek,
Titania, Zheng
Bao Yu/Fah Lo Suee), "Rogues"
(Beetle/Abner Jenkins, Boomerang/Fred Myers, Jack
O'Lantern/Steve Levins, Shocker/Herman Schultz), Sinister
Seven (Beetle/Abner Jenkins, Electro/Max Dillon, Hobgoblin/Jason
Macendale, Mysterio/Quentin Beck, Shocker/Herman Schultz, Vulture/Adrian
Toomes), Hell's Kitchen mob
Affiliations: Caesar Cicero, Caroline le Fay,
Fly (Rick
Deacon), Hydro-Man (Morris Bench), Manuel Ortega, Presence
(Sergei Krylov);
formerly Mainframe (Ian Wajler), Silvermane (Silvio
Manfredi)
Enemies: Black Cat (Felicia Hardy), Daredevil (Matt Murdock), Deadpool ("Wade Wilson"), Deathlok (Michael Collins), Defenders (Elsa Bloodstone, Clea, Hippolyta, Misty Knight, Danielle Moonstar, Nova/Frankie Raye/Frances Hyatt, Annabelle Riggs, Valkyrie), Kaine, Mainframe (Ian Wajler), Mercs for Money (Domino/Neena Thurman, Gorilla-Man/Ken Hale, Machine Man/X-51, Masacre), Mr. Brownstone (Francis Klum), Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Ellie Phimister), Nova (Sam Alexander), Pro, Punisher (Frank Castle), Rogue, Silvermane (Silvio Manfredi), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spider-Man (Ben Reilly), Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Wardogs of Thanos
Known Relatives: Vincent Coll (grandfather, deceased)
Aliases: Scorpion, "Kitten"
Place of Birth: New York City, New York
Base of Operations: Hell's Kitchen, New York City
First Appearance: Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#2 (February, 1995)
Powers/Abilities: Scorpia's costume enhances her speed and strength five hundred percent, and projects a micro-thin force field around her body. The claws and tail contain energy blasters capable of projecting any combination of electric, laser, microwave, or plasma blasts. The claws and prehensile tail can also be used as melee weapons. During her tenure with the Sinister Seven, Scorpia wielded a number of additional firearms.
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 140 lbs. (in armor) 17b lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red, dyed black
History: The early history of Elaine Coll is
largely unrevealed. An affiliate of the Hell's Kitchen mob, she
claimed that the Coll family "has a certain lust for ending life", and
her late grandfather, Vincent Coll, was apparently an acquaintance of
Silvermane's.
(Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#2 (fb)) - Elaine Coll sang as she drew and quartered several policemen. Captured by Daredevil, she was incarcerated in the mental ward of Bellevue Hospital for some time before she was released, completely cured.
(Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#1 - BTS) - Silvermane commissioned his engineers to build a new suit of Scorpion armor, and planned to give it to a member of the Hell's Kitchen mob (which he had recently formed an alliance with) to replace the then-retired Mac Gargan.
(Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#2) - Coll tried out her new armor on a number of dummies at Silvermane's mansion in upstate New York, and listened as Silvermane explained its capabilities to her. He dubbed her the Scorpion, but she insisted that he call her "Scorpia", and left to carry out her mission. Catching up with fellow Silvermane operative Hydro-Man in a subway tunnel, she ensnared him with her tail and Frenched him (ew). Ambushing Deathlok, who had come to the rescue of a wrecked train, Scorpia used Hydro-Man as a conductor for her electrical blasts, stunning him. The two criminals were soon joined by the Beetle, who had been followed by Spider-Man. While trying to blast the web-slinger, Scorpia accidentally shot Hydro-Man, and was subsequently webbed-up and punched out.
(Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#3) - After a battle with
Spider-Man, Deathlok went with Scorpia, Hydro-Man, and the Beetle to
Silvermane's esta
te, where the crimelord promised to call off
his attacks on New York in return for Deathlok's body. After the
cyborg attacked Silvermane's ally Caesar Cicero, Scorpia subdued him so
Mainframe, Silvermane's Deathlok expert, could examine him. Later,
when Spider-Man and Daredevil invaded the compound, Scorpia battled them
until she was knocked out by Deathlok, whose body now housed
Silvermane's mind.
(Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#4) - Waking up several hours later, Scorpia swore vengeance on Silvermane, and came across the unconscious forms of Spider-Man and Daredevil. When they awoke, she covertly followed them to the Wesely Foundation, a secret government research facility. Arriving there, she attacked Silvermane's forces until Mainframe seized control of her armor and set her against Spider-Man. Freed when Mainframe was knocked out by Daredevil, Scorpia launched another attack on the Silvermane-possessed cyborg, but was knocked over a ledge by one of the newly-arrived Punisher's missiles. Although Deathlok's true personality took over his body and saved Scorpia from plummeting to her death, Silvermane's consciousness soon re-emerged and threw her at the Punisher. In the subsequent confusion, Scorpia escaped.
(Spider-Man Unlimited I#9) - To protect herself from Kaine, who had recently murdered two of Spider-Man's foes, Scorpia joined Hobgoblin's Sinister Seven. During a meeting in their headquarters, Scorpia proclaimed her distaste for her teammates, and took some extra weaponry from the Hobgoblin's personal armory, much to the disdain of the Vulture. The Seven subsequently spread across the city for Operation Kaine-Kill, periodically checking in with the Hobgoblin. Scorpia consistently reported her position, as well as that of the Vulture, as he refused to do so. Led by Mysterio to Kaine, who had already found and engaged Hobgoblin, Scorpia and the rest of the Seven descended upon him. During the ensuing battle, Scorpia accidentally stung the Shocker, cursed out her teammates for hitting Electro with friendly fire, and was finally punched out by Spider-Man.
(Spider-Man Unlimited I#12) - After the Daily Bugle posted a $100, 000 reward for information on a mysterious skeleton in a Spider-Man costume (which Spider-Man had been photographed stealing), Scorpia tracked him down (unaware that Ben Reilly had taken on the guise of Spider-Man) and battled him. Finding that the Beetle, Boomerang, Jack O'Lantern, and the Shocker were also after the reward, they decided to join forces and split it. Despite their combined efforts, Spider-Man escaped. The "Rogues" tracked Spider-Man to a Staten Island cemetery, along with the skeleton's current possessor, the assassin known as the Pro. Scorpia was promptly webbed up and hit with Jack O'Lantern, taking her out of the fight.
(Marvel Encyclopedia 4: Spider-Man) - When Mac Gargan resurfaced, Scorpia lay low for some time.
(Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do#3 (fb)) - Drug kingpin Manuel Ortega hired Scorpia to assassinate rival drug dealer Garrison Klum, a.k.a. Mr. Brownstone.
(Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do#2) - Decked out in a new costume, Scorpia crashed an awards gala in Klum's honor at Carnegie Hall. She quickly dispatched the security guards and reached Klum, was was attacked by Spider-Man (now Parker once more) and the Black Cat. She quickly incapacitated the wall-crawler and turned her attention to the Cat. After a brief battle, the Cat shot a grappling hook into Scorpia's tail and leapt out the hole the villain had blown in the building. Saved from a long fall and a short stop when her tail broke off, Scorpia was nonetheless thwarted when Spider-Man stepped on her head en route to rescuing the Black Cat.
(Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do#3) - Spider-Man and the Black Cat dropped in to visit Scorpia in her holding cell. She initially refused to give up the name of her employer, but a barrage of web-balls and the Black Cat's rendition of "Memories" (from Cats, natch) convinced her otherwise.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#562) - Scorpia attended a Bar With No Name in New York City, where she and a number of other supervillains watched the Basher challenge Spider-Man to a fight via YouTube. She and a number of other villains placed bets with the Bookie that Spider-Man wouldn't show up, and turned on him angrily when an imposter Spider-Man showed up at the fight. She was still at the bar when the real Spider-Man arrived, following a tip from the imposter.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#563) - Scorpia and the other supervillains in attendance battled Spider-Man, but they stopped when the bartender reminded them that the Bar With No Name was a sanctuary for those being hunted by the law - which currently included Spider-Man. Spider-Man then pressed the bar's tight-lipped occupants for information on the Bookie, finally extracting some from Deke.
(Fearless Defenders#10) - Shriek, Scorpia, Titania and Mindblast of the Doom Maidens took down Wardogs of Thanos to acquire Terrigenesis cocoons from NYC alongside Caroline Le Fay. They also got into a short fight with the Shieldmaidens (Valkyrie, Hippolyta, Misty Knight) and the NuHuman Ren before escaping with several cocoons.
(Fearless Defenders#12) - The Doom Maidens (Anaconda, Aradnea, Echidna, Mindblast, Scorpia, Shriek, Titania, Zheng Bao Yu), Caroline le Fay and Mr. Raven fought the attacking Defenders/Shieldmaidens. During the battle Moonstar knocked out Scorpia, Shriek and Anaconda with an electric arrow she had won in a bet from Hawkeye. Caroline le Fay disappeared, and Shieldmaiden Nova absorbed all her remaining magical energy.
SECRET WARS III HAPPENED
(Deadpool and the Mercs for Money I#2) - Doom Maidens Scorpia and Titania stood guard as Caroline le Fay met with Solo and Foolkiller about buying a Rigellian Recorder robot with knowledge of the future.
(Deadpool and the Mercs for Money II#4) - Le Fay sent Scorpia and Titania to guard the captive mutant Negasonic Teenage Warhead at Umbral Dynamics' headquarters in Bagalia. When Deadpool attempted to rescue her, Titania took on Deadpool while Scorpia attempted to subdue NTW herself. While she initially gained the upper hand, the teenage mutant soon grabbed her tail and swung her into the floor with it, and nearly used her as a weapon against Titania before they were interrupted by a hologram of le Fay.
(Deadpool and the Mercs for Money II#5) - Scorpia, Titania, and le Fay's ally the Presence battled Deadpool, NTW, and Deadpool's Mercs for Money team. Deadpool taunted her about being the "girl version" of a Spider-Man villain, and impaled her tail with a sword, but Scorpia instead used the sword-tail as an additional weapon against him. Eventually, however, Deadpool freed NTW from captivity, and she used her powers to blast Scorpia and Titania into submission, then absorbed the Presence's power.
(Uncanny Avengers III#24) - When Hydra used the villain Blackout to project a sphere of Darkforce over Manhattan, Scorpia and the Shocker took advantage of the chaos to break into the Federal Reserve Bank, hoping to steal some of its gold reserves. Rogue discovered them, and attempted to stop them, but Shocker's amped-up vibro-gauntlets accidentally smashed through the floor and dropped them into the sewers, where they encountered ravenous Darkforce creatures...
(Uncanny Avengers III#25) - The three battled the creatures; Rogue tried to take charge of the situation, but Scorpia was indignant at having to take orders from a super hero. Nevertheless, they prevailed against the monsters, and were about to resume their battle with Rogue when a gigantic creature showed up. Rogue flew the two villains up to the streets to safety, but when it followed them, the mutant insisted that they take it on, despite her criminal allies' wishes to flee. Combining their powers, they destroyed it; when Rogue was summoned by the rest of her team, she left Scorpia and Shocker to their own devices.
(Champions II#19) - Scorpia and the Fly stole a briefcase full of valuables, but were spotted by Nova; Fly grabbed Scorpia, who had the briefcase, and flew off, evading Nova but running right into Spider-Man (Morales), who webbed them up and captured them.
(Deadpool: Assassin#4 (fb) ) - Scorpia joined the New Orleans-based Assassins Guild.
(Deadpool: Assassin#4) - After Deadpool earned the ire of Assassins Guild leader Bella Donna Boudreaux, she contacted several of her top operatives, including Scorpia, to open a contract on Deadpool, his handler Weasel, and his ally Threnody.
(Deadpool: Assassin#5) - Scorpia and a litany of other
super-assassins converged on the Guild's New Orleans headquarters, where
they confronted Deadpool. Deadpool shattered his sword on Scorpia's
tail, then hit her, Black Mamba, and KIA with electrified "Deadpool
Trackers", knocking them out of the fight.
Comments: Created by Gregory Wright, Darick Robertson, Malcolm Jones III, Al Milgrom, & Randy Emberlin.
Scorpia's defining characteristic in her early appearances is her tendency to proposition anything with two legs and a pulse. She seems to have, uh, cooled down since then.
Scorpia's a redhead in Power of Terror, alternates between red and black hair in Spider-Man Unlimited I#9, and has had consistently dark hair since. Only her hairdresser knows for sure.
Spider-Man identifies Scorpia's new tail in Evil That Men Do as being made by Silvermane, who Scorpia had a rather messy falling-out with prior to receiving it. So either Spidey forgot that she wasn't in her original get-up, or he was just trying to look smart for the Black Cat.
Scorpia seemingly changes back to her original costume between Amazing Spider-Man I#562 and 563. Maybe, uh, she ran off to the ladies' room in the middle of the fight.
Profile by Minor Irritant.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Scorpia should not be confused with...
...but has no known connections to...
images: (without ads)
Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do#2, p14, pan1 (main image; new
costume)
Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#2, p7, pan4 (headshot)
Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#2, p7, pan3 (original costume)
Appearances:
Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#2 (February, 1995) - Gregory Wright
(writer), Darick Robertson (penciler), Malcolm Jones III, Al Milgrom,
Randy Emberlin (inkers), and Mark Powers (editor)
Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#3 (March, 1995) - Gregory Wright
(writer), Darick Robertson (penciler), Malcolm Jones III, Lee Sullivan
(inkers), Mark Powers, and Tom Brevoort (editors)
Spider-Man: The Power of Terror#4 (April, 1995) - Gregory Wright
(writer), Darick Robertson (penciler), Greg Adams, Jimmy Palmiotti
(inkers), and Tom Brevoort (editor)
Spider-Man Unlimited I#9 (May, 1995) - Tom Lyle (writer), Ron Lim, Ron
Garney, Tod Smith (pencilers), Tom Palmer, Randy Emberlin, Tim Tuohy, Al
Milgrom, Jimmy Palmiotti, Klaus Janson, Sam DeLaRosa, Don Hudson
(inkers), Danny Fingeroth (editor)
Spider-Man Unlimited I#12 (May, 1996) - Evan Skolnick (writer), Paris
Karounos, Steven Butler, Steve Geiger (pencilers), Randy Emberlin, Derek
Fisher, Paris Karounos, Scott Hanna, Al Milgrom, Steven Butler (inkers),
Eric Fein and Ralph Macchio (editors)
Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do#2-3 (September-October, 2002)
- Kevin Smith (writer), Terry Dodson (penciler), Rachel Dodson (inker),
Axel Alonso (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man I#562 (August, 2008) - Bob Gale (writer), Mike McKone
(penciler), Andy Lanning (inker), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man I#563 (August, 2008) - Bob Gale (writer), Mike McKone
(penciler), Marlo Alquiza (inker), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Fearless Defenders#10 (December, 2013) - Cullen Bunn (writer), Will
Sliney (artist), Ellie Pyle (editor)
Fearless Defenders#12 (February, 2014) - Cullen Bunn (writer), Will
Sliney (artist), Ellie Pyle (editor)
Deadpool and the Mercs for Money I#2 (May, 2016) - Cullen Bunn (writer),
Salva Espin (art), Jordan D. White (editor)
Deadpool and the Mercs for Money II#4-5 (December, 2016-January, 2017) -
Cullen Bunn (writer), Iban Coello (art), Jordan D. White & Heather
Antos (editors)
Uncanny Avengers III#24 (August, 2017) - Jim Zub (writer), Kim Jacinto
(art), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Uncanny Avengers III#25 (September, 2017) - Jim Zub
(writer), Kim Jacinto, Jahnoy Lindsay, & Juanan Ramirez (art), Tom
Brevoort (editor)
Champions II#19 - (June, 2018) - Jim Zub (writer), Sean Izaakse (art),
Tom Brevoort (editor)
Deadpool: Assassin#4 (September, 2018) - Cullen Bunn
(writer), Mark Bagley (pencils), John Dell & Roberto Poggi (inks),
Devin Lewis (editor)
Deadpool: Assassin#5 (September, 2018) - Cullen
Bunn (writer), Mark Bagley (pencils), John Dell & JP Mayer (inks),
Devin Lewis (editor)
First Posted: 06/15/2007
Last updated: 04/13/2019
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