Baron Brimstone is a fictional supervillain

Supervillain

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 in Marvel Comics

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.

Publication history

Baron Brimstone first appeared in Machine Man

Machine Man

Machine Man is a fictional character, an android superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. The character was created by Jack Kirby for 2001: A Space Odyssey #8 , a comic written and drawn by Kirby featuring concepts based on the eponymous Stanley Kubrick film and Arthur C. Clarke novel...

#16 (August 1980), and was created by Tom DeFalco

Tom DeFalco

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 (script) and Steve Ditko

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 (art).

The character subsequently appears in Marvel Team-Up #99 (November 1980), The Avengers #251 (January 1985), and Fantastic Four #336 (January 1990).

Fictional character biography

Baron Brimstone is a criminal who appears to use a combination of magical powers

Magic (paranormal)

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 and technological devices

Technology

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 in committing thefts.

Baron Brimstone successfully steals the Sol-Mac from the Chem-Solar Corporation with the intention of mass producing it as a weapon and selling it to various figures in the "criminal underworld." The security at Chem-Solar and Machine Man

Machine Man

Machine Man is a fictional character, an android superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. The character was created by Jack Kirby for 2001: A Space Odyssey #8 , a comic written and drawn by Kirby featuring concepts based on the eponymous Stanley Kubrick film and Arthur C. Clarke novel...

 are unable to prevent the theft. Baron Brimstone later organizes a meeting with non-Maggia

Maggia (comics)

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 affiltrated criminals to recruit them into his Satan Squad. Duke Dawson, one of the assembled criminals, takes the exception of Brimstone's leadership and met with Delmar Insurance agent Pamela Quinn. This results in Baron Brimstone sending his lieutenants "Snake" Marston

Snake Marston (comics)

Sylvester "Snake" Marston is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe.-Publication history:Snake Marston first appeared in Machine Man #16 , and was created by Tom DeFalco and Steve Ditko....

 and "Hammer" Harrison

Hammer Harrison

Hammer Harrison is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Hammer Harrison first appeared in Machine Man #16 , and was created by Tom DeFalco and Steve Ditko....

 to bring her to Brimstone for interrogation. When Machine Man tracks them and finds the Satan Squad's hideout, he rescues Quinn, and handed Baron Brimstone to the police.

While at a Maximum Security unit on Ryker's Island

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, Baron Brimstone hypnotizes

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 a guard into freeing him. During this escape, he frees Sandman

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. Baron plots revenge on Machine Man. With Sandman, he appears at Delmar Insurance to kidnap Pamela Quinn only to be thwarted by Machine Man and Spider-Man

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. Baron Brimstone manages to escape.

Baron Brimstone later robs a casino

Casino

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 on the French Riviera

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. The Caribbean-based casino owners hire Paladin

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 to bring him to justice. The Wasp

Wasp (comics)

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 assists in the Baron's defeat.

During the Acts of Vengeance

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, Doctor Doom

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 later uses his Aggression Enhancer to force Baron Brimstone, as well as Armadillo

Armadillo (comics)

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, Man-Ape

Man-Ape

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, Orka

Orka (comics)

Orka is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner #23 and was created by writer Roy Thomas and Marie Severin.-Publication history:...

, Stilt-Man

Stilt-Man

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, and Whirlwind

Whirlwind (comics)

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, into attacking the Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

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at their court hearing. All the villains are defeated and taken into police custody

External links

• Baron Brimstone at Marvel Wiki