Darkdevil
Darkdevil is a male comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Reilly Tyne was a male human born the son of Ben Reilly and Elizabeth Tyne on Earth-982 in the Multiverse.
Before he reached his teens, his inherited powers began to manifest but brought with them clonal degeneration. Kaine, the degenerated first clone of Peter Parker, found him, and placed him within a regeneration tank to slow the process. Kaine attempts to use Reilly to resurrect Daredevil, but this causes part of Daredevil and Zarathos' souls to enter Reilly, giving him a demonic appearance and abilities and aging him into a young adult. After learning to assume a human form, Reilly becomes an attorney and the superhero Darkdevil, taking after Daredevil. (Darkdevil v1 #3)
Darkdevil has fought alongside Spider-Girl several times, as well as the semi-retired Spider-Man. Neither Spider-Man nor Spider-Girl are aware of his genetic relation to them, but Darkdevil has hinted that he owes his existence to the original Daredevil, Spider-Man, and Kaine. (Spider-Girl v1 #17)
They contacted both the current and past Sorcerer Supremes Doctor Strange and Doc Magus. Both realized they needed to enter his body and fix the real problem. Upon doing so they found that the wound had unbalanced the forces fighting inside Darkdevil and Zarathos tried to dominant both Reilly and Daredevil. Reilly guided the two magicians in his soul and they helped stop Zarathos and Daredevil and Reilly once again united taking control. After a few months off, Darkdevil returned with Kaine and Spider-Girl to help stop a gang war that had errupted between the Black Tarantula and the former Maggia boss, Silverback. During a final battle on Silverback's estate, it was revealed that the Hobgoblin was the true mastermind behind the gang war and Darkdevil was badly injured after fighting both Silverback and the Hobgoblin. He was saved with several other heroes by Spider-Girl before Mayhem finished off the Hobgoblin and his men and Silverback and the Punisher took each other out. He has since returned to crime fighting and his studies of law and is preparing to take the bar.
Darkdevil once again appeared . He had been on patrol when he found Spider-man brutally beating some thugs. Noticing that something seemed to be wrong Darkdevil tries to reason with Spider-man but he attacked Darkdevil seeing him as a threat. However Spider-man's behavior was caused by Loki who had kidnapped many heroes including Spider-man and infused them with dark magic to make them violent. Super heroes both controlled and free from his control arrived to stop the fighting and soon the Hulk was controlled and Darkdevil was one of the many heroes who fought him. Soon however Captain America freed the heroes and Thor banished Loki.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Peter Parker had commented that Reilly resembled the actor Tobey Maguire. (Spider-Girl v1 #82)
Powers and abilities
Being the son of a clone of Spider-man Darkdevil has powers like his. He has enhanced super strength, agility and speed. He has a "spider-sense" to warn him of danger and the power to stick to walls. Since apart of Zarathos is inside him he has a demonic appearance and powers some what like Ghost Rider's. He can teleport by engulfing himself in flames and vanishing. He can create hellfire and use it to make constructs often times billy clubs. He can also make energy blasts with his hellfire. He can also recover from injuries much faster than humans via both his spider and demon powers.
Darkdevil possesses abilities similar to Spider-Man, including superhuman physical abilities, a healing factor, and a precognitive 'Spider-Sense'.
Due to possessing part of Zarathos' soul, he is also able to generate fire and teleport.
Notes
- Darkdevil was created by Tom DeFalco and Pat Olliffe where he made his first appearance in Spider-Girl v1 #2 (September, 1998).
Appearances
- Spider-Girl v1: (1998)
- Darkdevil v1:
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