Mongoose (comics)

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Mongoose
Mongoose as depicted in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #14 (November 1991). Art by Keith Pollard (penciller), Josef Rubinstein (inker), and Andrew Yanchus (colorist).
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	In shadow: The Amazing Spider-Man #283 Full appearance: Thor #391 (May 1988)
Created by	Tom DeFalco Ron Frenz (Spider-Man issue)
In-story information
Alter ego	Mongoose
Species	Uplifted mongoose
Team affiliations	New Men/Knights of Wundagore Masters of Evil Thunderbolts
Abilities	Excellent hand-to-hand combatant Superhuman strength, speed, agility, stamina and reflexes Wears artificial claws Carries a cellsmograph Use of gas pellets Concussive blasts via wrist device Access to the advanced sky-craft and land vehicles of Wundagore

Mongoose is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Mongoose first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #283, and was created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Ron Frenz.

Mongoose was originally a normal mongoose before the High Evolutionary transformed him into an anthropomorphic form to serve as his agent. He battles both Spider-Man, Thunderstrike, and Thor, becoming an enemy of the latter and joining Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

After being arrested by Zemo's Thunderbolts, Mongoose agrees to join the team instead of being imprisoned, and later joins the Fifty State Initiative as well.^[11][12][13]

In The Punisher War Journal, Mongoose is among the animal-themed supervillains who are kidnapped by Alyosha Kraven before being rescued by the Punisher.^[14][15][16]

Genetic engineering by the High Evolutionary granted Mongoose superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes. He is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant utilizing his superhuman speed and cunning to create his own unique fighting style.^[3][4][5]

The Mongoose wears artificial claws on his gloves, and uses gas pellets (causing dizziness and disorientation), and a wrist device used to project concussive blasts.^[4][5] He has also carried a cellsmograph, a device for determining the presence of a living being by identifying its genetic structure. He also has access to the advanced sky-craft and land vehicles of Wundagore, and once used a Wundagorian "asteroid blaster" to attack Thor.

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