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Characters : The Looter
File Photo AttributesHeight: 5' 10" Weight: Unknown Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Features: Goatee Beard |
SummaryCreated By: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko Real Name: Norton G. Fester Current Aliases: Meteor Man Former Aliases: None Dual Identity: Known to police Current Occupation: Criminal Crackpot Former Occupation: Crackpot Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Legal Status: Criminal record Place of Birth: Unknown Marital Status: Unknown Known Relatives: None Known Confidants: None Known Allies: None Major Enemies: Spider-Man Usual Bases: His Home Laboratory Former Bases: None Current Groups: None Former Groups: None Education: High School |
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Powers & ParaphenaliaStrength Level: Weak human (standard form). Super-Human (gas enhanced). Powers: Additional strength Abilities: None Equipment: One-Man Hot Air Balloon Weapons: Dazzle Gun. In Sensational #8 he used weapons from the Ringer, Trapster, Mauler, Shocker, and Stilt-Man's stilts. In Spectacular #41 he used a transmitter that changed his newfound meteors into microwaves, and turned him into a giant. Plus a Wave-Motion Gun (used in ASM Annual #26), and let's not forget that "Meteor Powered Gun" which doesn't work because the meteor in question is just a regular rock, used when Norton was at his most delusional in Sensational #27. Limitations: Rather impractical at times. |
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BackgroundNorton G. Fester was an unappreciated scientist. His theory of microscopic life forms in meterorites was not condicive to receiving funding. He flunked science at high school, and many thought him a crack-pot. His fellow scientists ignored his efforts in favour of more commercial ventures - such as hair tonic.A field trip uncovers a freshly-fallen meteorite, but without funding he is forced to perform his own crude investigations. Chiselling open the recent find, an escaping gas chokes him as it clings to his skin... leaving him with super-human powers. His focus immediately turns to crime, stealing from a society who rejected him. He starts with grand theft, stealing from banks and other institutions. As his powers start to wane, however, he realises he must look to steal a renewed supply of the meteoric gas. He barges into a local museum... a museum where Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy are both engaged on their separate erudite persuits. Parker disappears, to emerge as Spider-Man, leaving Gwen with the conviction that Peter is a frightened wimp. Spider-Man fails in this first meeting, but in a second encounter, he captures The Looter as the villain attempts to flee in his helium balloon. This first meeting is a recurring theme from the subsequent issues. Larceny, search for meteorites, helium balloons, and defeat at the hands of Spider-Man. Such is the Lot of The Looter.
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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