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Related: About this forumThe origin of Super Villains: Egghead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egghead_(Marvel_Comics)Egghead is an alias used by two fictional characters, both supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The Elihas Starr incarnation has made several animated appearances and was portrayed in live-action by Michael Cerveris in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Elihas Starr
Elihas Starr was born in Queens, New York. A gifted government research atomic scientist with an egg-shaped head, Starr was dismissed for espionage and resolved to use his intellect as a criminal mastermind. He was dealt a humiliating initial defeat by Ant-Man when he created a device to communicate with ants and tried to convince them to betray Ant-Man by leading into a flypaper trap.[2] Ant-Man tricked him into thinking the ants had betrayed him before revealing that the ants were friends and would never turn against Ant-Man.[3] Egghead later captured the Wasp to try luring his nemesis into a trap involving several creatures, including an iguana and an anteater, but this failed.[4] Egghead divided his remaining years between attempted world conquest and seeking revenge on his nemesis, often hiding out in the Bowery section of Manhattan in between.[5]
Egghead teamed up with the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master in a plot to use a laser satellite to blackmail the United States government.[6] He caused the death of Barney Barton, the brother of Hawkeye, who was aiding the Avengers,[7] hired the Swordsman to kidnap Hank Pym, and battled Clint Barton again, who had at that time recently adopted the identity of Goliath.[8]
Egghead later kidnapped his niece, Patricia "Trish" Starr, in order to test a device which allowed him to steal other people's intelligence, and wound up battling Pym as Ant-Man again.[9] He would later cause her car to explode, causing her to lose an arm.[10] He then formed the second Emissaries of Evil in an attempt to gain possession of the mystic ruby called the Star of Capistan. This team consisted of himself, the Rhino, Solarr and the Cobalt Man. Egghead and the Emissaries battled the Defenders.[11] Egghead also fought Spider-Man on several occasions.[volume & issue needed]
Egghead was still obsessed with Pym and engineered the man's disgrace. Egghead approached Pym (who was operating as Yellowjacket at the time) with a prosthetic arm that he wished to give to Trish in order make amends for his previous deeds. After the arm was installed, Egghead informed Pym that the arm contained a bomb that would be detonated unless Pym complied with Egghead's commands. Egghead had Pym attempt to rob a national treasury of adamantium, and Pym was caught and arrested by the Avengers.[12] With Pym apparently out of the way, Egghead then formed the third Masters of Evil as part of a plot against the Avengers.[13]
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The origin of Super Villains: Egghead (Original Post)
Javaman
Feb 2021
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bullimiami
(13,083 posts)1. for me there will only ever be one egghead
bringthePaine
(1,727 posts)2. all in favor? aye!