He also gained the ability to recover from any injury so long as he was in the presence of the fear of others. Before this he possessed no superhuman powers save for his "rubber man" ability, but after his resurrection he gained superhuman strength, speed and endurance as well as the supernatural ability to induce fear. He became undead, raised by the sorcerer Stern. He fought Captain America and Ghost Rider, surviving being shot and impaled, and was then enlisted by Mr.
He received surgical implants, carried out more killings, and abducted Stacy Dolan. He fell and was impaled on his own pitchfork during the battle with Ghost Rider, and was carried off by the Firm.
#GHOST RIDER SPIDERMAN SERIES#
Scarecrow embarked on a series of murders, and first battled the second Ghost Rider. He was allured by the idea of standing out in the growing field of industrial espionage. It was revealed in Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin that Laughton was motivated in part to become a supervillain by agents of the Mandarin who supplied him with his first costume and trained crows. Eventually, Laughton went insane, and he began murdering supporters of the Coalition for an Upstanding America, but was defeated by Captain America. He then clashed with Captain America once more. He later worked for the Cowled Commander, but was defeated by Captain America and the Falcon. He joined Count Nefaria's short-lived team of super-mercenaries (which included Plantman, the original Eel, the original Porcupine, the original Unicorn and himself), and participated in Count Nefaria's attempt to hold Washington, D.C., for ransom before being defeated by the X-Men. In his first appearance as the Scarecrow, he was defeated by Iron Man. He mostly worked alone-except for a flock of trained crows which served as carriers and killers.
#GHOST RIDER SPIDERMAN PROFESSIONAL#
However, he decided to make his profit in crime and became an accomplished burglar and professional thief while dressed as a scarecrow. Raised by an abusive mother, Laughton became a circus escape artist and contortionist, and while working as a carnival performer once helped Iron Man apprehend a fleeing culprit. Scarecrow's first appearance was in Tales of Suspense #51 (March 1964), in a story created by Stan Lee and Don Heck.Įbenezer Laughton was born in Rhinebeck, New York, as the son of a farmer, along with his brother Ralph.