Blood Spider (Earth-?)

Blood Spider

Name:	Michael Bingham
Gender:	Male
Place of Birth:	Pennsylvania
Age:	25
Aliases:	Blood Spider
Origin:	Altered Human
Origin Earth:	unknown
Present Location:	Vagabond
Occupation:	Mercenary
Team:	None
Alignment:	Villain
Significant Other(s):	unknown
Powers and Abilities:	Super Strength, Super Agility, Enhanced Durability
Portrayed by:	None

Origin

Michael Bingham was born to a decent enough family in a suburban area of Pennsylvania. Rambunctious and a bit of a trouble maker, he discovered a love for rock climbing and would often take summer trips with his father to seek out cliff faces to scale.

Graduating from High School, he followed his father's example and joined the army. It proved a good fit despite his rowdy nature and he soon became a army Ranger, serving in several conflicts during his twelve years of service. Here he made two, fast friends, Joe Emberlin and Timothy Karlskin. The three saw each other through thick and thin.

When released from their service, these three found it difficult to reacclimate to civilian life. With the job market being poor, they sought out work amongst the private military sector and took up a life as mercenaries, putting their acquired skills to excellent use… if not for the best causes.

They soon drew the attentions of Task Master and were recruited as part of one of his special projects. A commission to create a set of 'Nasty Avengers'. He and Timothy were enhanced, made stronger, faster. Joe, already a crack shot had his skill honed to the finest edge.

They were ready, needing only a actual field test. Task Master had them lay in ambush for Spider Man at a abandoned Hydra base. The unexpected addition of Solo turned it all upside down however… they got their asses kicked.

They've worked as a crew or seperately ever since, super powered mercenaries with all the skills that Task Master could teach them… It's been kind of rough.

Psyche

+ Mercenary

We're using the adjective form here. Mike, we're going to call him Mike, Mike is in this career for the big payout. He's been doing it for so long and for so many people (His first 'Super Villain' gig came from the Red Skull) that he's kind of lost any sense of a morale compass. What he wants is cash, hard earned is good, easier earned is better. There really isn't much he wouldn't do for the right amount. He'll even lower himself to being a super-crook if things get that dry… but having 'Trained by Task Master' on your resume tends to keep you in the green.

+ Crass

He's not someone you really want to have around at dinner parties. I mean, he's pretty much happy with just being a guy that makes his life with his fists, he doesn't need to be sophisticated or well spoken. His actions speak much louder and better than any well constructed jibber jabber could hope to. He's got the skills and he's not afraid to let people know it in a very verbal fashion! To this end… he also likes to run at the mouth a little when he's on the job.

+ Dedicated

Yes, he's in it for the money and little else but when he takes a job, that is his Job. He's just been that way for as long as he can remember. When you starts something, you finish it and you never, ever quit. Take a licking? Get up. Fall down? Get Up. Always get back up and get back to work, the job isn't done and you don't quit until it is. That's all there is to it.

+ Motivations

Mike really just wants to make it big. He's been working this gimmick for so long and nobody even knows his name. I mean, they don't know his work handle. He pops up somewhere and it's- Well.. you know what it is. That's really just a bit of his own poor… Well, not luck, is it? His schtick is almost literally, 'Bad Spider-Man.' So.. good with the bad, really. But all that aside, he wants the name Blood Spider to be out there, right up there with the big names of villainy, not top 5 but maybe a good, solid top 20. You can still make a good living at number 15.

+ Goals

Goals… the next 'Big Gig'. He wants that fat score that'll set him up proper, private island, his own R&D crew for improved gear, maybe even his own, personal blimp or something… Or a Helicarrier… Okay, maybe not a Helicarrier but more a.. Heliparty-yacht or something. HeliHouse-Boat? You know what I mean. He's chasing those big payouts one after another. That's what he wants, that's what keeps him slipping on his athletic supporter and putting on his gear no matter how many times he gets jobbed or trounced. His big win is right around the corner.

Abilities

+ Super-Strength

Mike's physical strength has been dramatically enhanced through the terrible powers of SCIENCE. He is now capable of lifting as much as ten tons over his head with relative ease! This puts him on par with many enhanced entities but the key focus was to make him a physical match for none other than Spider-Man!

+ Super-Agility

His reflexes and reaction times have been greatly enhanced well beyond human limits. Ridiculously limber, he can bound, bounce, leap and vault at a moment's notice to great heights and distances even from a standing start. These abilities, were of course, designed to mirror Spider-Man's perfectly.

+ Enhanced-Durability

A byproduct of strengthen muscle tissue and denser bones, Mike is now capable of enduring much greater punishment than your normal person. He is quite capable of absorbing physical impacts particularly well with some ease, things such as punches, kicks, blows and so forth being better handled by his altered anatomy. He is still quite at risk against edged weapons, firearms, and energy weapons of course.

Advantages

+ Spider Suit

Michael's suit might not be the true red and blue article but it is well made enough to serve as a genuine super suit. Made of a light-weight material, the suit still manages to provide some modest protection. Bullet and knife resistant, it can weather small arms fire without allowing a breach, however the impact of said bullets is still plainly felt. It can also turn aside small knives and other such edged weapons. Against higher caliber weapons however, it's protection will likely falter and fail entirely. The boots and gloves are also a nice little treat. The palms and soles of each covered in micro-scales based off of the feet and toes of geckos. These allow him to cling and climb even shear surfaces with ease!

+ Webbing Tank

A inelegant attempt to ape Spider-Man's web shooters, the webbing tank allows Blood Spider to mimic those versatile threads. Quite strong, the webbing produced from the fluid contained within the tank has the same tensile strength of six-inch steel cable. Through careful manipulation of his web shooters, it can be manipulated into various uses such as 'web-bullets', nets, shields and barriers, along of course with the weblines. It is not without its weaknesses of course. When exposed to flames or intense heat, the chemicals that compose the webbing will degrade and loos cohesion and strength. When subjected to severe colds, the webbing becomes stiff and brittle.

Skills

+ Close Quarters Combat

On top of having undergone basic CQC training and drills in the army and then further advanced training as part of the army Rangers, Michael has also undergone extensive and exacting training from Task Master in order to learn the maneuvers and styles of Spider-Man. This mixes the wall crawler's unorthodox fighting style with more conventional methods of mixed martial arts. Coupled with his enhanced speed and strength, this makes Blood Spider a surprisingly ferocious combatant.

+ Military Training

During his training in the US military, Mike was trained in the use and maintenance of various firearms as well as various man-portable heavier weapons such as stinger missile launchers. He does not typically employ these on the job but he is still quite capable and continues to be a fairly good shot. He was also taught various survival skills for various environs and some basic first aid techniques.

+ Climber

Even before he started running around in spandex, Mike was a avid rock climber and would often spend a weekend or two a month heading out somewhere to get a good climb in. Even if he was robbed of the specially designed boots and gloves, Mr. Bingham is quite capable of climbing anything that isn't just a stark, shear edifice.

+ Acrobatics

A byproduct of his enhanced agility and his training at the hands of Task Master. Mike is a astoundingly skilled acrobat that could put even gold medalists to abject shame.

Disadvantages

+ Spider Senseless

That mysterious Sixth Sense that has saved ol' Petey Parker's life time and time again. That tingle or jarring jangle that plays on his nerves whenever danger is near and or imminent. Yeah, Good ol' Mikey here doesn't have that. It is one of the several things that keep him from being the perfect match against the web-slinger.

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