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Attributes

Height: 5' 10" (Estimated.)

Weight: 180 pounds (Estimated.)

Eyes: Black.

Hair: Black.

Features: Eyebrows: Black. Mustache: Black. Likes a good cigar.

Summary

Created By: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko

Real Name: Real First Name is Unknown. Real Last Name is Gaxton.

Current Aliases: None.

Former Aliases: None.

Dual Identity: None.

Current Occupation: Doing a stretch in the pen.

Former Occupation: Mob Boss in Philadelphia.

Citizenship: USA.

Legal Status: In the pokey.

Place of Birth: Unknown. Possibly Philadelphia.

Marital Status: Unknown.

Known Relatives: None.

Known Confidants: None.

Known Allies: Doctor Octopus, Bennett Brant, a slew of goons.

Major Enemies: Spider-Man.

Usual Bases: None.

Former Bases: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Current Groups: None.

Former Groups: Leader of his own mob.

Education: Unknown.

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Normal human.

Powers: None.

Abilities: Tough enough to lead his own mob of hoodlums, smart enough to hire Doctor Octopus to spring him from jail, and nasty enough to intimidate Bennett Brant into being his personal lawyer.

Equipment: None.

Weapons: A gun, his organization, and Doctor Octopus.

Limitations: Only really existed to rub out Bennett Brant.

Background

While Blackie is escaping, his men pick up Betty and Bennett Brant and take them to an old tramp steamer sitting at the docks. Blackie and Doc join them soon after. Blackie plans to wait for a launch that will pick him up and take him out of the country. He has no intention of letting Bennett Brant go.

Thanks to a spider-tracer, the Amazing Spider-Man arrives on the scene and dukes it out with Blackie's hoodlums. In the fight, Blackie reaches down to pick up a stray gun and tries to attack Spidey. The web-slinger fights back and, in the struggle, Blackie fires the gun repeatedly. One of the shots hits Bennett Brant who is shielding his sister. Bennett is killed by the bullet.

Betty immediately blames Spider-Man for her brother's death. The web-slinger is so enraged by this sequence of events that he relentlessly closes in on Blackie, wading through bullets and Blackie's men in order to get to the mob leader. With hoodlums draped all over him, Spidey lifts Blackie up and punches him so hard that the gangster goes sailing across the deck of the ship. He stays unconscious until the police arrive and cart him back to jail.

Having served his purpose of killing Bennett Brant (thereby making sure that Peter dare not reveal his identity to Betty), Blackie Gaxton is conveniently never seen again.

Thanks To:

The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

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