Maximiliano Gargan (Earth-21399)

"Make no mistake, Fisk: killin' the Spider was always my idea of a good time. But after what he did to me... what he did to us... ''no dejaré lo suficiente de él para enterrarlo."

- The Scorpion

Criminal Career
Maximiliano "Mack" Gargan, nicknamed "the Scorpion" for his cold and vicious demeanor, was an enforcer for a Mexican drug cartel under the control of Wilson Fisk. When Spider-Man started hurting the gang's business in New York, Gargan was set out to stop him and prove his worth to Fisk. To this end, he took up the guise of being a private investigator looking into Spider-Man's vigilante activities.

Gargan was eventually hired by J. Jonah Jameson to find and expose Spider-Man's secret identity, but Gargan was foiled every time until he was eventually discovered and defeated by Spider-Man before being sent to Rikers Island. Upon hearing of Gargan's crimes, Jameson dismissed him from the case and refused to pay for his bail or services. Gargan was infuriated and swore revenge.

Becoming the Scorpion
Some time later, Gargan was arranged to be released from his cell by Fisk. Fisk had acquired the aid of Gustav Fiers, a shadowy OsCorp representative who shared concerns over the threat Spider-Man posed to the company, and they offered Gargan the opportunity to get revenge on Spider-Man by undergoing genetic alterations to grant him superpowers. Gargan agreed, and was subjected to the sting of a deathstalker scorpion enhanced by OZ, mutating him into a monstrous humanoid scorpion. The procedure put Gargan through immense pain and seriously damaged his mental stability.

Powers

 * Superhuman Strength
 * Superhuman Speed
 * Superhuman Agility
 * Superhuman Durability
 * Superhuman Reflexes
 * Wall-Crawling
 * Regeneration
 * Scorpion Sense
 * Pincers
 * Tail

Abilities

 * Investigation: To his credit, Gargan possesses legitimate powers of observation and deduction, though they are nowhere near the refinement of a police detective's.
 * Hand-to-Hand Combat: Gargan is a formidable opponent in hand-to-hand combat, with a hyper-aggressive fighting mentality. He has been described by Daredevil as "one hell of a swarmer".
 * Bilingualism: Gargan speaks both English and Spanish fluently.