Gutes Guterman

Guterman is a former Stark Industries employee who by 2024, had joined Quentin Beck's Crew to aid Mysterio on his campaign into becoming the next "Iron Man" by using the Elementals for Mysterio to "defeat" them and finally be recognized. As such, Guterman made up the stories about the Elementals coming from an alternate Earth.

Working for Stark Industries
Guterman once worked for Stark Industries. However, during his tenure as an employee there, Guterman to dislike Tony Stark, the company's CEO, best known as the superhero Iron Man, member of the Avengers. In 2024, following the Battle of Earth last year, in which Stark lost his life, Guterman joined Quentin Beck and his Crew.

Working for Quentin Beck
As part of his job on Quentin Beck's Crew, Guterman was assigned to make up the backstories of Quentin Beck and the Elementals: Hydro-Man, Molten Man, Sandman, Cyclone and the Elemental Fusion. Job done, Guterman invented that they came from an alternate Earth and hacked the Stark Industries Satellite to make "Nick Fury" and "Maria Hill" to believe the story after Beck rescued them from the Sandman on Ixtenco, Mexico. However, Beck's alter ego, Mysterio, was created following Hydro-Man's attack on Venice, Italy.

After Fury introduced Beck to Spider-Man and the two defeated Molten Man on Prague, leading Spider-Man to trust Beck and give him Tony Stark's Glasses, Beck celebrated his success with his crew, toasting for every crewmember including Guterman, thanking him for his success in creating believable backstories. However, when Spidey and Michelle Jones found one of the Mysterio Drones, they became aware of Mysterio's ruse.

With Spider-Man after him, Mysterio threatened to kill his crew for the Drone left behind, but desisted as he still needed them. When Peter Parker's class arrived on London, England before returning back to the United States of America, Guterman was send to pick up the class with a. When the final battle of Mysterio against Spider-Man began, Guterman made his getaway and left the students and their teachers to their fate on the. However, Parker's class was ultimately able to survive thanks to the intervention of Happy Hogan while Mysterio seemingly killed himself by accident while trying to kill Spidey, yet William Ginter Riva avenged their boss by exposing Spidey's secret identity to the world with The Daily Bugle.

Allies

 * Quentin Beck's Crew
 * Quentin Beck/Mysterio
 * William Ginter Riva
 * Victoria Snow
 * Janice Lincoln

Enemies

 * Stark Industries
 * Tony Stark/Iron Man † - Former Employer
 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man