Base of Operations: A safe house on Bleecker
Street, Manhattan
First Appearance: Free Comic Book Day 2007
(Spider-Man)#1 (May, 2007)
Powers/Abilities: Overdrive's body contains a swarm
of nanobacteria, or nanites, that can transform any vehicle he touches
(even non-motorized vehicles) into an upgraded form; the resulting
vehicle typically features enhanced speed, durability, and even
offensive and defensive weaponry. He can also transform vehicles
into replicas of other vehicles that he's memorized the details of.
The transformed vehicle also typically acquires a purple and green
color scheme, although not always. Whatever alterations he makes
to a vehicle will fade a few minutes after Overdrive leaves the vehicle.
Overdrive can't use his powers for several minutes after exerting
himself. Overdrive is a skilled mechanic and driver, capable of
operating a wide variety of vehicles, from cars to motorcycles to
the Big Wheel. He also wears an armored
costume and briefly wielded a sonic pulse generator.
Height: 5'9" Weight: 165 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Black
History: (Superior Foes of Spider-Man#12 (fb) /
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14 (fb) ) - As a young boy, the man who
would become Overdrive loved two things; cars and super heroes
(especially Spider-Man). While he was good with cars, much to his
mechanic father's delight, he desperately wanted to be a super hero,
going so far as to get bitten by spiders, ingest mystery serums, and
blast himself with gamma rays, the last of which put him in the burn
ward for three months. He also tried learning
martial arts, but proved completely hopeless. He gave up on his dream
and became a low-level race car driver; he excelled at it until he was
involved in a massive pileup, putting him back in the burn ward. There,
he was visited by Chinatown crimelord Mister Negative, who offered to
make him a super-courier by injecting him with experimental
vehicle-upgrading nanobacteria. He accepted, intending to become a super
hero at the first opportunity.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#10/2) -
Soon after receiving his nanotech powers, the driver robbed
an armored car, using his nanites to seal the guards in the cab while he
stole the money from the back. He was interrupted by Hercules; the
criminal panicked, and ran in the opposite direction of his getaway car
while making the truck attack Hercules. He stumbled across an unattended
motorcycle, grabbed its helmet, and sped off on
the upgraded vehicle, realizing that the world is his getaway vehicle.
Hercules caught up to him soon afterwards, but thanks to the helmet,
failed to recognize him, and asked him which way the thief had gone. The
thief pointed him in the wrong direction and went on his way.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#10/1 (fb) ) - The thief
later dubbed himself Overdrive, and kept the helmet as part of his
costume - in case he ever ran into Hercules again.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#647/1 (fb) ) - Dubbed "Racer X" by the police, Overdrive accumulated a
vast number of traffic violations.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#647/1 (fb) ) - Overdrive spent hours in the Smithsonian Institution
studying the Spider-Mobile.
(Free Comic Book Day 2007
(Spider-Man)#1 - (fb) ) - At the command of
Mister Negative, Overdrive stole the Lemurian Tablet
of
Death and Entropy from a museum.
(Free Comic Book Day 2007
(Spider-Man)#1) - Overdrive sped through the
streets of Manhattan in his car, where he
nearly mowed down Peter Parker. As Overdrive called Negative and
confirmed that he had the artifact, Spider-Man landed on Overdrive's car
and tore off the roof. He was surprised to find Overdrive's
dashboard laden with Spider-Man merchandise - and even more surprised
when Overdrive asked him to sign some of it. When he refused,
Overdrive electrified the car's exterior; Spider-Man was knocked off,
but still managed to snag the car with a webline. As he dragged
the web-slinger behind him, Overdrive activated the car's flame exhaust,
finally throwing Spider-Man off his tail. Before long, however,
Spider-Man hooked up with police officers Alan O'Neil and Vin Gonzales,
who used their squad car to ram Overdrive's car off the side of a
bridge. Before he could plunge into the East River, however,
Spider-Man webbed him and his car to the side of the bridge.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#564) - Mr. Negative hired Overdrive
(who had apparently escaped police custody) to steal a sonic pulse
generator from Lou & Oscar's Lab, Inc. Overdrive invaded their
Bronx lab with a monster truck and made off
with the device, then made his getaway in a stolen convertible.
As he sped through traffic, Spider-Man caught up to him;
recognizing him from their last encounter, Spider-Man attacked him.
Distracted, Overdrive lost control of the car, which sped out of
control. Spider-Man safely webbed the car up, but Overdrive
sucker-punched him and fled to a nearby school bus,
which he enhanced and escaped in. Spider-Man stormed the bus, but
Overdrive blasted him with the sonic pulse generator, knocking him out of the vehicle. Taking the
wheel, Overdrive tried to escape, but Spider-Man re-entered the bus,
stole the generator, used it to blast the bus' emergency door open, and
webbed the children inside to safety; while Spider-Man did all this,
however, Overdrive fled the bus and stole a motorcycle,
nearly running over newspaper publisher Dexter Bennett in the process.
When he returned to Negative empty-handed, the crimelord had his
Inner Demon henchmen beat him. After he explained what had
happened, the Demons threw him in the trunk of Negative's limo
to be "disposed of", but Overdrive enhanced the luxury car and fled in
it.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#642) - The dying Dr. Octopus
gathered a number of super-criminals, including Overdrive, at the
deserted Kravinoff estate, and offered them an open contract on Menace
(Lily Hollister)'s newborn child.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#645 (fb) ) - Driven into a rage
after the Chameleon tricked him into believing that the baby was dead,
Spider-Man assaulted and defeated Overdrive and two of Ock's other
hirelings, Diablo and the Spot.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#645) - The webbed-up trio were
brought into custody at a Chelsea police precinct.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#647/1) - Overdrive waylaid limo
driver Javier and stole his limousine to
pick up (and kidnap) heiress Terri Hillman, hoping to extort five
million dollars out of her father. Upgrading the limo, he almost
ran over Peter Parker, who gave chase clad in a Spider-Man Halloween
costume. Spider-Man freed Hillman (who Overdrive had moved to the
trunk), and Overdrive pursued him; when the upgraded limo's energy
cannons missed him, he transformed the entire vehicle into a replica of
the Spider-Mobile. He drove up a skyscraper
and blasted Spider-Man with the Spider-Mobile's web-cannons, but
Spider-Man tore the side of the building up, sending Overdrive and the
Spider-Mobile plummeting to the streets - until he snagged both with
weblines. The police cut him down, but realizing the danger of his
powers, sent him off to jail as the prisoner of a mounted policeman.
(Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive#524) - With
Manhattan quarantined due to the "Spider-Island" crisis, Overdrive was
hired by a Wall Street tycoon to rescue his kidnapped daughter from the
Kingpin's Shadowland fortress. In his car,
Overdrive infiltrated Manhattan, rammed right into Shadowland, grabbed
the girl, and crashed right through the other side of the fortress - all
the while, being stalked by the newly-spider-powered Black Panther.
The Panther leapt on top of Overdrive's car, and he was
disappointed to learn that the Panther had no idea who he was.
With some dangerous driving, however, he was able to shake the
Panther...briefly. Soon enough, the Panther caught up to him and
blew his front tires, flipping his car. Overdrive crawled out,
hoping to at least be infected by the Spider-flu so he could get powers
- but before long, the Kingpin's assassin Lady Bullseye arrived to
retrieve the "package". While she battled the Panther, Overdrive
repaired his car and sped off. The Panther soon shook his foe and
found Overdrive as he neared the Brooklyn Bridge - when he threatened to
send Overdrive plunging into the river, Overdrive revealed the nature of
his cargo, causing the Panther to relent. Lady Bullseye caught up
to them as well, prompting the Panther to toss Overdrive out of the car,
breaking his arm. After he rammed Lady B off the bridge with
Overdrive's car, he tended to the girl, allowing Overdrive to slink away
to his safe house on Bleecker Street.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14 (fb) )
- Overdrive started receiving letters from a collection agency,
insisting that he pay Mister Negative a licensing fee for continued use
of his nanites.
(Superior Spider-Man#1) - Recruited into a new Sinister
Six under the command of Boomerang, Overdrive somehow acquired the Big
Wheel's vehicle (or transformed another vehicle into a replica of
it) and enhanced it to serve as their getaway vehicle. While
stealing a Barometric Oscillator from Empire State University's
Marla Jameson Building, in an attempt to build a weather machine, they
were assaulted by Spider-Man (unbeknownst to any of them, actually Otto
Octavius inhabiting Peter Parker's body), but they all managed to pile
into the Big Wheel and escape, save for the Living Brain. After
regrouping, Overdrive ferried them in the Big Wheel to Horizon Labs,
where they stole an Atmospheric Condenser, unaware that Spider-Man knew
of their plans and had prepared a trap for them. He activated a
power dampening field around them, shorting out a number of the Big
Wheel's systems, among them its gyroscopic stabilizers - which left it
helpless when Spider-Man swung the Beetle into it, sending it and
Overdrive toppling onto the Shocker.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#1) - After going out to the
Bar With No Name, the Sinister Six (minus the Living Brain, who
Spider-Man had kept) reconvened at their hideout; Beetle and Overdrive
set out to rob a comic shop; while Janice went in, Overdrive waited in
the getaway SUV. She returned with loot of dubious
value, and then they went to bail Boomerang (who had a job for them) out
of jail.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#2) - Back at their hideout,
Beetle and Overdrive noted that, despite being the Sinister Six, they
only had five members. Boomerang inisisted that they stay the Sinister
Six, because people would wonder who their sixth secret member was -
and, for that matter, they only had to split the loot five ways. Beetle
was unimpressed, but they kept the name. Later, they robbed an upscale
restaurant at the behest of one of its competitors, while Overdrive
waited outside - when the Punisher (secretly the Chameleon) showed up,
Overdrive sped off. Later, at the bar, Boomerang claimed to have
defeated the Punisher, and to have a new job for the team - stealing the
head of Silvermane.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#3) - When the court
appointed MACH-VII as Boomerang's parole officer, Beetle pushed the team
to kick him out, as he'd have too much heat on him - plus, he'd already
given them the plans to Owl's hideout, where Silvermane's head allegedly
was. Overdrive and the others went along with it, and he was
ousted.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#3/Superior Foes of
Spider-Man#4) - Overdrive and the others voted in Beetle as their new
leader. Later, as they planned the heist, their hideout was raided by
Luke Cage and Iron Fist, who Boomerang had tipped off. Overdrive gushed
over Cage like a fanboy, but Cage, creeped out, knocked him out with a
folding chair. The rest of the team was soon defeated, and hauled away
by the police. Before the police van could reach its destination,
however, it was raided by Boomerang, who freed his old teammates and
retook control of the team. Overdrive transformed a motorcycle
into a getaway vehicle, and the five of them sped to freedom. They
retired to the bar, where they planned to strike at the Owl's base the
next day.
(Superior Spider-Man Team-Up#6) - Overdrive and the rest
of the Six watched a news report about Spider-Man seizing control of the
original Sinister Six. They were not pleased.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#5) - Overdrive and his
teammates (minus Shocker, who Boomerang had tried to kill) scoped out
the Owl's base. After Speed Demon took out the guards, Overdrive made a
remote-controlled toy helicopter into a
larger fully-armed model, and blasted through the outer wall. Overdrive
and the team moved in, fighting their way through werewolves, giant
scorpions, monster plants, and ninjas...while Boomerang sped ahead and
stole the real prize, a painting of Dr. Doom's true face.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#6) - Overdrive, Beetle, and
Speed Demon were captured by the Owl; Overdrive tried to plead for his
life, but the Beetle silenced him. Unimpressed with the Beetle's
defiance, the Owl ordered his men to shoot them all - only for them to
be rescued by the Beetle's father, Tombstone!
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#8) - After Tombstone dropped
them off, Beetle brushed off Speed Demon and Overdrive's complaints that
she hadn't explained her relation to Tombstone and moved them on to more
pressing matters - their being double-crossed
by Boomerang. They split up to hunt him down; Overdrive took off in a
miniature Big Wheel.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#10/1) - Overdrive, Speed
Demon, and Beetle robbed a Brooklyn bar, and talked about their biggest
scores. Overdrive talked about the time he outwitted Hercules...only for
Hercules to come in looking for a drink. Sensing villainy, he engaged
the three unprepared villains in battle.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#13 (fb) / Superior Foes of
Spider-Man#14 (fb) ) - Overdrive, behind the wheel of a muscle
car, staked out the streets of Manhattan, looking for Boomerang.
Instead, they were located by Mister Negative's Inner Demon henchmen.
Overdrive lost them with some spectacular driving, and, in the heat of
the moment, had a brief tryst with Beetle. It was all-too-brief for her,
as she was extremely disappointed with Overdrive's prowess; furthermore,
when the Inner Demons caught up with them, Overdrive was too spent to
enhance their getaway car, forcing the duo to flee on foot until they
found a school bus. Much to Overdrive's
chagrin, they stole it, but he couldn't work up the energy to
supercharge it until the Beetle explained, in great detail, what she
would do for him if they escaped. His spirits lifted, Overdrive enhanced
the bus and sped off - although the Beetle's promises were ultimately
unfulfilled.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#9) - Overdrive and Beetle,
plus the bus-riding children, tracked down Boomerang.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#12) - Overdrive and Beetle
confronted Boomerang, who claimed that they'd been double-crossed by the
Chameleon posing as him. They were dubious, but the Owl turned up to
verify his story. Overdrive still planned to leave, and turned a bicycle
into a Segway, but the Owl offered him and the
Beetle a job. Once they learned the plan was an assault on the
Chameleon's base to steal the painting, Overdrive and the Beetle were
wary of being double-crossed again, but went along with the plan once
they found out the Owl had boosted their numbers with a bevy of other
super villains, making them the Sinister Sixteen. As the other villains
battled Chameleon's henchmen and deathtraps, Overdrive, Beetle, and
Boomerang went to the basement level to acquire the painting. Overdrive
insisted on going first, so that Boomerang couldn't betray them again,
but soon he and Beetle were set upon by giant chameleons, allowing Boomerang to race ahead. Overdrive escaped, and snatched the
painting from Boomerang - unaware it was a fake.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#13) - Overdrive and Beetle waited
for Boomerang to show up in the sewers, where they'd planned to meet up;
as they waited, they discussed their brief tryst, which the Beetle
insisted wouldn't happen again. Much to their displeasure, Boomerang
overheard them. He then directed them to their safehouse. Overdrive
drove them there in a stolen taco truck; Speed
Demon joined them en route, and they arrived safely, unaware that
Shocker was there with the head of Silvermane.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14) - At the safehouse,
after much cajoling, Overdrive explained his origins and what had
happened between him and the Beetle. Soon afterwards, the Shocker
blasted out of the bathroom and seized control of the team.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#15) - Overdrive watched as
the Beetle quickly put down Shocker, and then made plans with the rest
of the team to use Silvermane's head to take over the Maggia. After the
meetup was arranged, the team took the tied up Shocker to a cemetery,
where Overdrive transformed a wheelbarrow into a backhoe
to bury him alive. Later, they went out for drinks, only to be
confronted by several angrily empty-handed members of the Sinister
Sixteen. Shriek attacked Overdrive until he transformed an elderly bar
patron's motorized scooter into a steamroller.
With the other villains defeated, Boomerang gathered his teammates for a
rousing speech; afterwards, Overdrive met with Mister Negative to betray
the team in return for the cancellation of his debts.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#16) - Overdrive joined his
teammates at the meetup site with Silvermane's head, turning a forklift
into a getaway car as he planned to make his
escape; soon enough, the Maggia showed up, as did Mister Negative and
his Inner Demons...as well as Tombstone and his crew (in league with the
Beetle) and Madame Masque and her Maggia faction (working with Speed
Demon). Soon, a massive brawl erupted; in the midst of it, Overdrive
noticed that Boomerang had gone missing.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#17) - Overdrive and Beetle
escaped the chaos with the (fake) portrait of Doom...only to run into
Doctor Doom himself, who had been searching for it.
(Astonishing Ant-Man I#3 (fb) ) - A criminal who'd taken on
the mantle of the Hijacker acquired Overdrive's vehicle-upgrading
nanites.
Comments: Created by Dan Slott, Phil Jimenez, Andy
Lanning, and John Dell.
I can't tell you how many times I accidentally typed
"Override" while writing this profile. Stupid Override.
So in ASM #647, Spider-Man mentions that he'd fought
Overdrive a couple of times, but had never brought him in...despite
having captured him a mere two issues earlier. I'm gonna say that
Spider-Man was so furious after the "death" of the Osborn baby that he
went into a fugue state, and thus had no idea that he'd fought and
captured Overdrive.
Overrdrive has entries in the Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Yearbook 2008 and All-New OHotMU HC volume 7, from which his main image
is derived.
Profile by Minor Irritant.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Overdrive has no known connections to
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14 (fb) ) - An auto mechanic, the father of
the boy who would become Overdrive dreamed that one day his son would
become a race car driver.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14 (fb) ) - The boy's disappointed father
visited him in the burn ward after an an unsuccessful attempt to
gamma-irradiate himself.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#10/2 (fb) ) - Accidentally fleeing away
from his getaway car on his first heist, the criminal not yet known as
Overdrive stumbled across an unattended motorcycle, enhanced it, and used
it to escape from Hercules. He also took the motorcycle's helmet and
incorporated it into his supervillainous costume.
(Free Comic Book Day 2007 (Spider-Man)#1) - After stealing the Tablet of
Death and Entropy, Overdrive fled in a car which he had apparently owned
long enough to cover its dashboard in Spider-Man merchandise. His speeding
attracted Spider-Man's attention, who tore the roof off the car before
Overdrive electrified the hood, knocking him off. He snagged the rear end
of the car, but Overdrive set him on fire with the flame exhaust. NYPD
officers Vin Gonzales and Al O'Neil rammed the car off a bridge with their
cruiser before Spider-Man webbed Overdrive and his wrecked car to the side
of the bridge.
Overdrive's first car had enhanced speed and power. Its hood could be
electrified to repel intruders, and its exhaust could shoot flames.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#564) - Hired to steal a sonic weapon by Mister
Negative, Overdrive used a monster truck to burst through the walls of Lou
& Oscar's Lab, Inc. Once he'd acquired the weapon he abandoned the
truck, which soon reverted to its original form.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#564) - As he fled Lou & Oscar's Lab, Inc. with
the stolen sonic pulse generator, Overdrive stole a convertible, enhanced
it, and sped off in it, with Spider-Man in pursuit. Spider-Man webbed it
up, trapping it, but Overdrive punched him and escaped.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#564) - Escaping from Spider-Man, Overdrive boarded
a school buss and transformed it into the Skool Buss. He blasted th.e
pursuing Spider-Man with the sonic pulse generator and took the wheel of
the Buss from its driver, but Spider-Man returned, grabbed the generator,
and used it to blast a hole in the back of the vehicle to evacuate the
children still on board. While Spider-Man was distracted, Overdrive fled
out the window. The Buss soon reverted to its normal form, and the
children were recovered by NYPD officer Vin Gonzales.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#564) - With the sonic weapon in Spider-Man's
possession, Overdrive jumped out the window of the Skool Buss and onto a
passing motorcyclist. He kicked the cyclist off his vehicle and enhanced
it, using it to return to Mister Negative with news of his failure.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#564) - Angered by Overdrive's failure, Mister
Negative ordered his Inner Demon henchmen to kill him. They unwisely
loaded him into the trunk of Negative's limo, allowing Overdrive to
enhance the vehicle and speed away in it.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#647/1) - Overdrive waylaid limo driver Javier and
stole his limo, using it to pick up heiress Terri Hillman. Once she was in
the limo, Overdrive upgraded it and sped off, ordering her to call her
father and have him wire five million dollars to his Cayman Islands bank
account. As he drove, Overdrive nearly ran over Spider-Man, who gave
chase. Spider-Man rescued Hillman from the trunk, but Overdrive drove him
away with the limo's energy cannons, then transformed the limo into an
exact replica of Spider-Man's long-since-abandoned Spider-Mobile.
The limo had enhanced speed and power, and was armed with energy cannons.
(Amazing Spider-Man II#647) - Having studied the original Spider-Mobile
in the Smithsonian, Overdrive was able to transform Terri Hillman's limo
into an exact replica of it. He drove up a building to chase down
Spider-Man, who had fled with Hillman. He blasted them with his web
cannons, but Spider-Man, aware of his old ride's weaknesses, tore a strip
off the side of the building, sending the Spider-Mobile and Overdrive
plummeting to the streets below until he snagged them both with webbing,
leaving Overdrive and his ride for the police.
The Spider-Mobile had all the features of the original, including
built-in web cannons and the ability to drive up vertical walls.
(Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive#524) - Hired
by a powerful financier to recover his kidnapped daughter from the
Kingpin's Shadowland fortress during the "Spider-Island" crisis, Overdrive
used a powerful car to breach the castle's walls, recover the girl, and
smash his way out. His reckless driving drew the Black Panther's
attention, who followed him and knocked him out of his car. Soon, the
Kingpin sent his assassin Lady Bullseye to kill all of them, allowing
Overdrive to escape while she fought the Panther. The Panther quickly
caught up to him, and as they grappled, the Panther took the wheel,
sideswiping Lady Bullseye and knocking her into the river. While the
Panther tended to the girl, Overdrive abandoned his car and escaped.
The car had enhanced speed and power, and was reinforced to allow it to
plow harmlessly through Shadowland's walls.
(Superior Spider-Man#1) - Overdrive acquired the Big Wheel vehicle used
by super villain Jackson Weele and enhanced it, using it as the getaway
vehicle for the new incarnation of the Sinister Six he'd joined. He used
it to grab the barometric oscillator his teammates had stolen from Empire
State University; when the new Spider-Man (Octavius) intervened, the Six
defeated him and escaped in the Big Wheel. He next used it to ferry his
teammates to Horizon Labs to steal an atmospheric condenser, but
Spider-Man had laid a trap for them there; the power dampening field he'd
set up shut down the Big Wheel's gyroscopic stabilizers, sending it and
Overdrive toppling over on to the Shocker.
The Big Wheel had enhanced speed and power, a weapons emplacement on its
right side, and a strong clawed mechanical arm on its left.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#1) - Overdrive used an amped-up SUV as a
getaway vehicle while he and the Beetle unsuccessfully robbed a comic book
store. Later, he used it to take the rest of the Six to pick up Boomerang
from jail.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#4) - When Boomerang helped Overdrive and
the rest of the team escape from a police van, Overdrive transformed a
parked motorcycle into a large motorcycle, with seats for all five
members, so Boomerang could drive them to safety.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#5) - As the team planned to assault the
Owl's base, Overdrive transformed a remote-control model helicopter into a
full-sized attack chopper. Controlling it via remote, he used it to blast
open the entrance of the building, allowing Overdrive and his teammates to
enter.
The helicopter was armed with a variety of machine guns and missile
launchers.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#8) - After Tombstone rescued them from the
Owl, Overdrive, Beetle, and Speed Demon split up to search for Boomerang.
Overdrive took a parked pickup truck and transformed it into an giant
rolling wheel vehicle, somewhat similar to an undersized version of the
Big Wheel.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14 (fb) ) - Still searching for Boomerang,
Overdrive and Beetle staked out Manhattan in an enhanced muscle car. When
they were pursued by Mister Negative's Inner Demon henchmen, looking to
collect Overdrive's debts, Overdrive evaded them with some impressive
driving. After a tryst with the Beetle, however, the muscle car reverted
to its prior state, and he was too tired to enhance it, forcing them to
abandon it and flee on foot.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14 (fb) ) - After abandoning their muscle
car, Overdrive and Beetle came across a school bus, still occupied by
children. Reluctantly taking it as an escape vehicle, Overdrive was still
too spent to enhance it until the Beetle lifted his spirits, allowing him
to leave the Inner Demons in the dust.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#9) - Overdrive and Beetle, driving the
battle-scarred bus, located Boomerang.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#12) - Overdrive and Beetle abandoned the
bus, still filled with unruly children.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#12) - Overdrive and Beetle found Boomerang,
but found his excuses for his treachery totally unbelievable. Overdrive
transformed a bicycle into a Segway and took off, but returned when the
Owl said he had a job for the team.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#15) - When Overdrive and the others took
the bound Shocker to a graveyard, Overdrive transformed a wheelbarrow into
a backhoe and buried him alive.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#15) - When a group of their former
ex-teammates on the Sinister Sixteen started a brawl with Overdrive and
the others in the Bar with No Name, Overdrive grabbed an elderly patron's
mobility scooter and transformed it into a steamroller, which then rolled
over Shriek.
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#16) - As the team prepared to hand over the
head of Silvermane to the Maggia, Overdrive transformed a forklift into an
escape car, anticipating that Mister Negative, who he had tipped off,
would soon arrive. When other criminal factions, in league with his other
teammates arrived, Overdrive had to abandon his vehicle and fight.
The car had enhanced speed and power.
--Superior Foes of Spider-Man#16
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Superior Foes of Spider-Man#5, p9, pan8 (using his powers on a toy helicopter)
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motorcycle)
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Amazing Spider-Man II#564, p3, pan2 (convertible)
Amazing Spider-Man II#564, p4, pan5 (Skool Buss)
Amazing Spider-Man II#564, p19, pan3 (Spider-Man getaway
motorcycle)
Amazing Spider-Man II#564, p21, pan5 (Negative's
limo)
Amazing Spider-Man II#647, p5, pan6 (Hillman's limo)
Amazing Spider-Man II#647, p9, pan1 (Spider-Mobile)
Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man
Alive#524, p6, pan3 (Shadowland invasion car)
Superior Spider-Man#1, p3, pan2 (Big Wheel)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#1, p17, pan5 (SUV)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#4, p14,
pan3 (5-seater motorcycle)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#5, p10, pan1 (helicopter)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#8, p8, pan6 (little wheel)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14, p9-10, pan8 (muscle
car)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14, p14, pan7 (school
bus)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#12, p4, pan5 (Segway)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#13, p19, pan7 (taco
truck)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#15, p12, pan2 (backhoe)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#15, p15, pan1
(steamroller)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#16, p11, pan7 (betrayal
car)
Other Appearances:
Free Comic Book Day 2007 (Spider-Man)#1 (May, 2007) - Dan Slott (writer), Phil Jimenez (pencils), Andy
Lanning & John Dell (inks), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man II#564 (September, 2008) - Marc Guggenheim, Bob Gale,
& Dan Slott (writers), Paulo Siqueira (pencils), Amilton Santos
& Paulo Siqueira (inks), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man II#642 (November, 2010) - Mark
Waid (writer), Paul Azaceta (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man II#645 (December, 2010) - Mark
Waid (writer), Paul Azaceta & Matthew Southworth (art), Stephen
Wacker (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man II#647/1 (December, 2010) - Fred
Van Lente (writer), Max Fiumara (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive#524
(December, 2011) - David Liss (writer), Francesco Francavilla (art),
Bill Rosemann (editor)
Superior Spider-Man#1 (March, 2013) - Dan
Slott (writer), Ryan Stegman (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#1-6 (September, 2013-March,
2014) - Nick Spencer (writer), Steve Lieber (art), Tom Brennan (editor)
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up#6 (January, 2014)
- Chris Yost (writer), Marco Checchetto
(art), Sana Amanat (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#8 (April, 2014) - Nick
Spencer (writer), Steve Lieber (art), Tom Brennan (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#9 (May, 2014) - Nick Spencer
(writer), Steve Lieber & Rich Ellis (art), Tom Brennan (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#10/1 (May, 2014) -
James Asmus (writer), Carmen Carnero (pencils), Terry Pallot (inks), Tom
Brennan (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#10/2 (May, 2014) - James Asmus (writer), Nuno Plati (art), Tom
Brennan (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#12-13
(August-September, 2014) - Nick Spencer (writer), Steve Lieber (art),
Lauren Sankovitch (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14 (October, 2014) - Nick
Spencer (writer), Steve Lieber & Rich Ellis (art), Lauren
Sankovitch (editor)
Superior Foes of Spider-Man#15-17 (November,
2014-January, 2015) - Nick Spencer (writer), Steve Lieber (art),
Lauren Sankovitch (editor)
Astonishing Ant-Man I#3 (February, 2016) - Nick Spencer (writer),
Ramon Rosanas (art), Wil Moss (editor)
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#10/2) -
Soon after receiving his nanotech powers, the driver robbed
an armored car, using his nanites to seal the guards in the cab while he
stole the money from the back. He was interrupted by Hercules; the
criminal panicked, and ran in the opposite direction of his getaway car
while making the truck attack Hercules. He stumbled across an unattended
motorcycle, grabbed its helmet, and sped off on
the upgraded vehicle, realizing that the world is his getaway vehicle.
Hercules caught up to him soon afterwards, but thanks to the helmet,
failed to recognize him, and asked him which way the thief had gone. The
thief pointed him in the wrong direction and went on his way.
knocking him out of the vehicle. Taking the
wheel, Overdrive tried to escape, but Spider-Man re-entered the bus,
stole the generator, used it to blast the bus' emergency door open, and
webbed the children inside to safety; while Spider-Man did all this,
however, Overdrive fled the bus and stole a 
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#14 (fb) )
- Overdrive started receiving letters from a collection agency,
insisting that he pay Mister Negative a licensing fee for continued use
of his nanites.
double-crossed
by Boomerang. They split up to hunt him down; Overdrive took off in a
miniature 
(Superior Foes of Spider-Man#13) - Overdrive and Beetle waited
for Boomerang to show up in the sewers, where they'd planned to meet up;
as they waited, they discussed their brief tryst, which the Beetle
insisted wouldn't happen again. Much to their displeasure, Boomerang
overheard them. He then directed them to their safehouse. Overdrive
drove them there in a stolen 
