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Background
Aura and Override are a Husband and Wife team who gained their
powers while working with Carolyn Trainer, the new Doctor Octopus. Aura
has the power to project a force field, while Override can control any
machine or electronic device within range.
The powers are given by their cybernetic costumes (ummm... I didn't think
that a costume would count as cybernetics). Override claims to have designed
the costumes, however the events of Spectacular Scarlet Spider #1 would
seem to suggest that Carolyn Trainer provide some input - possibly funding
and lab facilities.
They initially battled the Scarlet Spider, with limited success. Later,
during the Spider-Hunt saga, they engaged Spider-Man for the price on his
head. They were again unsuccessful, and during the climax of the battle,
in a melee involving police, crazed goons with guns, and Spider-Man, an
accident put Aura in hospital - devastating her husband.
Wanting revenge on Spider-Man, Override unintentionally got involved with the
kidnapping of Norman Osborn Jr. Norman Osborn had created a fake Green
Goblin to kidnap Normie, and make himself look innocent of the Goblin's
crimes. After all, Norman and the Goblin had been seen together, so how he he
and the Goblin be the same person? Norman hadnt counted on Override taking
part in the fiasco, but he quickly found a use for him. Looking for any way to
help his wife, Override agreed to take part in the Gathering of Five ritual
with Osborn. Hoping for the gift of power in order to help Aura, Override
instead recieved death and became Shadrac. His curse left with with the
ability to kill anything he touched, but the power was also slowing killing
him.
Thanks To:
Some of the above information is extracted from the various
versions of the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe and the more recent
Marvel Encyclopaedias.
The assistance of the
Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.
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