Electro

History

Electro was born as Maxwell Dillon. His parents, Jonathan and Anita Dillon lived in Endicott, New York. Jonathan was a struggling accountant, which caused the family to often move. This made making friends for Max difficult. When he turned eight, his father abandoned the family entirely. Because of this, Maxwell's mother became very overprotective of him until, some years later, he told her wished to become an electrical engineer. His mother convinced him to take a job as the lineman instead.

Battling Spider-Man ...

He fought Spider-Man and other heroes countless times. After attempting (and failing) to take New York's power supply, Electro tried to end his criminal career. Eventually, when Kaine started to kill enemies of Spider-Man, Electro feared he was next and quickly joined Mysterio and his Sinister Six The group tried to defeat Kaine but Kaine disappeared and the group disbanded. Electro then went back to normal life.

The Rose offered Electro more power, if he would become an enforcer. Electro and The Rose both accepted and Electro was sent to kill 'the true believers'. Electro succeeded and got his powers amplified. Electro then attempted to take the New York Power supply but Spider-Man defeated him again. Electro then fell into the Hudson River and he died. He did not stay dead for long though, he eventually resurfaced with the rest of the Sister Six. His powers were back to their original state and he now sported a blue and white costume. When Venom betrayed the Six, he attacked Electro and left him for dead. After a few battles against Spider-Man, he joined the Sinister Twelve, but yet again the team was defeated by Spider-Man with the assistance of some other heroes.

He was eventually hired by Brainchild to take Karl Lykos off the raft. This caused a massive breakout on the raft. After the breakout, Electro tried to run away with his girlfriend but he was defeated by The New Avengers.

Powers

Electro has the ability to generate and absorb electricity, and when he is fully charged, his strength and durability is somewhat enhanced till the point where he can take punches from spiderman. He is able to perform multiple feats with his electric powers, including projecting lightning blasts, electrifying his body so that anyone who touches him will get electrocuted,  traveling extremely fast on his own electrical current, clinging to conductive objects by magnetic adhesion, and disabling spider-man's wall-crawling ability by drawing all static electricity out of the area. Despite his potential for being one of the most powerful villians around (possibly on par with Magneto) Electro has never been revered for his intelligence, and has never really understood his own powers well enough to be able to reach his true potential.During his first encounter with spiderman,he almost killed spiderman when spiderman touched him while his body was generating electricity.

Note: In ''Marvel Knights: Spider-Man'', Electro asks a shapeshifting prostitute to take the form of Fin Fang Foom, saying that he'd found a "new side of himself". Yikes.

Alternate Versions

Ultimate Electro

Ultimate Universe

Ultimate Electro was the product of bioengineering by Justin Hammer. Hammer sold Electro to Kingpin for a real-estate development contract. Kingpin sends out Electro and Electro is defeated by Spider-Man. Electro eventually broke out of jail but he was captured again and put into SHIELD custody. While in custody, he met up with four of Spider-Man's enemies. Together they formed the Ultimate Six and they went to the White House. They fought Spider-Man and the Ultimates there. Unfortunately for Electro, he was defeated by Thor and was put into the Triskelion. When Norman Osborn (Green Goblin) breaks out of jail, many other criminals escape as well. Electro was broken out too and he began working for Osborn. He was sent to Osborn's penthouse to wait for instructions. There he ran into Spider-Man, the two fought and eventually SHIELD got involved. SHIELD and Spider-Man defeated Electro and got him back into custody.

MC2

Max have a daughter named Allison Dillon, and is emotionally troubled to not have a stable relationship with his father. She decided to follow in his footsteps on becoming a villain named Aftershock. Knowing this, Max called Spider-Man and Spider-Girl for help. Aftershock faced the father-daughter duo and the A-Next, but after seeing his father, Max promised to Allison that he will be a better father. Because Max powers release a different aura from Allison, when they touch, they cause extreme pain with each other.

Spider-Man: Reign

Electro is one of the villains in a group named the Sinner Six, assembled by Edward (Venom). He was later killed by Spider-Man by getting knocked on to Hydro-Man causing him to short circuit

Marvel Zombies

Electro appears as one of the undead villains alongside Sandman battling the living Marvel superheroes.

House Of M

T.V.

The Marvel Superheroes Show

Electro made a cameo appearance in the episode Dr. Doom's Day.

Spider-Man

Electro made three appearances in this series.

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends

Electro was the main villain in the episode Videoman, and made a cameo appearance in Attack of the Arachnoid.

Electro in Spectacular Spider-Man

Films

Spider-Man 4

Video Games

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

Spider-Man: Friend or Foe

Spider-Man: The Video Game

Spider-Man: Mysterio's Menace

Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six

The Amazing Spider-Man VS The King Pin