DR. FARLEY STILLWELL
Real Name: Farley Stillwell
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Research scientist
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: J. Jonah Jameson, Scorpion (Mac Gargan)
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: Jeremy Stillwell (father), Melody Stillwell (Madame Monstrosity, mother), Dr. Harlan Stillwell (brother, deceased), Dr. Shannon Stillwell (sister)
Aliases: None
Base
of Operations: A lab in Manhattan, New York, USA
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man I#20 (January, 1965)
Powers/Abilities: Dr. Farley Stillwell was a skilled biologist and cyberneticist, although his genetic research was stolen from his mother.
Height:
Unrevealed (approximately 5'9")
Weight:
Unrevealed (approximately 150 lbs.)
Eyes:
Gray
Hair:
Brown
History: (Amazing
Spider-Man VI#31/6 (fb)) - Research scientist Dr. Farley Stillwell was
the son of Madame Monstrosity, a geneticist who secretly perfected the
method of splicing humans with animals to create "humanimal" hybrids.
Farley attempted to replicate his mother's achievements against her
will.
(Amazing Spider-Man I#20) - J. Jonah Jameson approached Stillwell to mutate a human test subject into an opponent for Spider-Man. Stillwell was reluctant to accept but he needed the money for new equipment and materials, and so he agreed. He gave Jameson's hireling, private investigator Mac Gargan, a serum that endowed him with the powers of a scorpion and put him through rigorous testing. Stillwell also built him a cybernetic tail, which he incorporated into a costume for the newly-minted Scorpion. Later, however, while the Scorpion battled Spider-Man, Stillwell discovered that the Scorpion's powers would keep increasing, making his evil nature take over completely (science!). He brewed up an antidote to the serum and rushed to the scene of the battle. He tried to give the Scorpion the antidote but Gargan brushed him off and started climbing up a building. Stillwell followed, awkwardly clinging to the walls. When he reached the third story, he started losing his grip. As he fell, Stillwell tossed the beaker of antidote at Gargan, only for it to shatter harmlessly against the wall. Stillwell would never see what had happened though, as he fell to his death in the street below.
(Amazing Spider-Man VI#31/6 - BTS) - Upon discovering existence of a humanimal created by her technology without her knowledge, Madame Monstrosity phoned her daughter Shannon to ask whether Shannon was stealing her technology as her brothers did and reminded Shannon of the fate both Farley and Harlan had suffered.Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Ah, '60s comic book science. Animal mutation expert Farley Stillwell can also make a friggin' cybernetic scorpion tail because why not?
Stillwell's brother Harlan was also a scientist in the same field. He created the Fly for J. Jonah Jameson and he ended up dying too. The Stillwell brothers' equipment was later used to create the Answer and the Vulture (Natale).
Jameson paid Stillwell $10,000 for his efforts, which translates to over $70,000 today.
Earth-92131's Farley Stillwell survived his original appearance in the '90s Spider-Man cartoon and turned up in a later Scorpion/Vulture/Lizard episode. He was also used as the scientist who was running the experiment where Peter Parker got his powers, replacing Dr. Eric Schwinner.
The full names of Farley's parents are revealed in Spider-Boy (the Marvel series not the Amalgam series) #6, an issue Farley himself neither appeared nor is mentioned in.
Profile by Minor Irritant. Updated by HBK123.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Dr. Farley Stillwell has no known connections to:
images:
(without ads)
Amazing Spider-Man
I#20, p7, pan1 (main image)
Amazing Spider-Man
I#20, p12, pan2 (headshot)
Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man
I#20 (January, 1965) - Stan Lee (writer, editor),
Steve Ditko (art)
Amazing Spider-Man
VI#31 (October, 2023) - "The Mother of Invention" story - Dan Slott (writer), Paco Medina (pencils, inks), Nick Lowe (editor)
First Posted: 10/02/2014
Last
updated: 04/20/2024
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