Mysterio

"I created Mysterio to give the world someone to believe in. I control the truth... Mysterio is the truth!"

- Mysterio

Quentin Beck is a former Stark Industries illusions specialist, who sought out to become the world's next biggest superhero in lieu of the late Tony Stark. Seeking to solidify a reputation for himself, Beck feigned several Elemental attacks across the world with the use of his drones, seeking attention and recognition from the public as a new superhero named Mysterio.

Skilled in the art of illusion, Beck exploited traits of charisma to gain the trust of "Nick Fury" and Spider-Man, even filling the void of a mentor figure for him in Stark's absence. After his fraudulence was uncovered, and his plan to continue his destructive rampage across the continent of Europe was revealed, Beck had proven himself to be a worthy adversary to Spider-Man, although his callousness and arrogance also proved to be his downfall.

Nevertheless, Beck was instrumental in exposing Spider-Man's identity to the world, as he sent modified footage of the Battle of London to several news outlets, framing Spider-Man for the attacks.

Fired From Stark Industries
Quentin Beck once worked for Stark Industries as an illusions specialist, inventing the Binarily Augmented Retro-Framing prototype during his employment. However, he felt unrecognized as an inventor from his co-workers and his superior Tony Stark, and the callousness he developed out of his need for attention prompted Stark to fire him. In 2023, after Stark's death in the Battle of Earth, the embittered Beck took it upon himself to seize the opportunity to become the world's next renowned superhero in Iron Man's absence.

Using his uncanny skills in trickery and illusion, Beck created a falsified narrative that he was a tragic warrior from the alternate reality Earth-833, fighting entities known as the Elementals. He formulated a plan to launch drone attacks disguised as natural disasters across the world, and used projections to disguise the attacks as the Elementals. Beck had also rallied disgraced members of Stark Industries who had similar motivations towards Stark, including William Ginter Riva, Victoria, Guterman and Janice. Furthermore, he developed an armor which made it appear as if it enabled him to control his abilities.

Skirmish in Mexico
"You don't want any part of this."

- Mysterio to "Nick Fury" and "Maria Hill"

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Battle in the Grand Canal
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Meeting Spider-Man
"This is Earth, dimension 616. I'm from Earth-833. We share identical physical constants, level four symmetry."

- Mysterio to Spider-Man

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Prague Attack
"If I don't make it... it's been nice knowing you, kid."

- Mysterio to Spider-Man

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Tormenting Spider-Man
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Battle of London
"The truth will come out... people will believe anything they hear..."

- Mysterio to Spider-Man

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Exposing Spider-Man's Identity
"I managed to send the Elemental back into the dimensional rift but I don't think I'm gonna make it off this bridge alive. Spider-Man attacked me for some reason. He has an army of weaponized drones, Stark technology. He's saying he's the only one who's gonna be the new Iron Man, no one else. Spider-Man's real... Spider-Man's real name is-- Spider-Man's real name is Peter Parker!"

- Mysterio

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Personality
"You guys do have sarcasm on this Earth, right?. I like you, Peter, you're a good kid. There's a part of me that wants me to tell you to just turn around and run away from all of this and then there's another part of me which knows what we're about to fight and what's in stake. Saving the world requires sacrifice."

- Mysterio to Spider-Man

During his days as an employee at Stark Industries, Quentin Beck had always shown a glorious desire and hunger for using his uncanny skills of technology in order to work with Tony Stark. He designed and invented the B.A.R.F. prototype, but after Stark noticed his callous and unstable nature, Beck was fired, leaving him embittered. Beck later witnessed his former employer die in the Battle of Earth, seizing the advantage in order to use his skills to create advanced drones which project forms of elemental creatures and an advanced suit of armor with a helmet to shield his identity. He decided to use the Elementals to cause massive destruction across the continent of Europe and defeat them himself, later being seen as a great hero in the eyes of the wide public.

This plan would succeed, with people such as Flash Thompson giving him praise. Brad Davis states that Beck is similar to Thor and Iron Man together, implying how powerful he truly is without knowing the issue would require the attention of Spider-Man, "Nick Fury" and "Maria Hill". Beck manipulated the three by stating he is from another Earth, as well as the Elementals, presenting himself as an expert on them and that they are entities from his dimension, all as a move to advance his plan.

While portraying as a superhero, Beck would display a selfless behaviour, appearing to risk his life to protect innocents and allies. Beck would also become somewhat of a father figure to Peter, showing sympathy to his concerns and advising Peter to think about what he wants, rather than just following other people's expectations.

However, beneath Beck's superhero guise lies an egotistical man who would stop at nothing to get what he wants. While Beck may show some camaraderie to his crew that helped him become Mysterio, Beck would not hesitate to threaten their lives if they made mistakes. Beck also doesn't care about civilian casualties caused by his performances, citing that more deaths would mean more publicity for Mysterio. Another example of Beck's ruthlessness is when Peter found out about his secret and told his friends, Beck actively seeks to kill them to prevent them from exposing him.

Powers
"He's like Iron Man and Thor rolled into one."

- Brad Davis


 * Hologram Projection: To be added

Abilities

 * Genius Level Intellect: Quentin Beck is a genius, his intellect on par with Tony Stark and his eventual protege, Peter Parker. He was a principal developer of the technology that would later be appropriated by Stark, who rejected his views on how the technology should be utilized and instead used it as the framework for what he would call B.A.R.F.. He displays his technical skills in the development of illusions and skillful applications of advanced drones, skills so refined that they are even capable of fooling intergalactic beings such as Talos and his wife, as well as the majority of the public who witness his acts of "heroism".
 * Master Engineer: To be added
 * Expert Combatant: To be added

Equipment

 * Mo-Cap Suit: To be added
 * Mysterio Suit: To be added
 * Mysterio Drones: To be added
 * E.D.I.T.H.: To be added

Facilities
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Allies

 * William Ginter Riva - Former Co-Worker and Associate
 * Dimitri Smerdyakov - Associate
 * Victoria - Associate
 * Guterman - Associate
 * Janice - Associate
 * Elementals - Creations
 * Sandman
 * Hydro-Man
 * Molten Man
 * Air Elemental
 * Elemental Fusion
 * J. Jonah Jameson

Enemies

 * Tony Stark/Iron Man † - Former Employer
 * "Nick Fury" - Former Associate
 * "Maria Hill" - Former Associate
 * Midtown School of Science and Technology
 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Former Ally
 * Michelle Jones - Attempted Victim
 * Ned Leeds - Attempted Victim
 * Betty Brant
 * Flash Thompson
 * Brad Davis
 * Roger Harrington
 * Julius Dell
 * Happy Hogan

Trivia

 * In the comics, Quentin Beck was a visual effects artist who wanted to make a name for himself in the film industry. Due to lack of recognition, Beck realized that his expertise in illusions could make him an effective supervillain, choosing his identity of Mysterio. Beck was also a member of the original Sinister Six, a group of supervillains that are united to fight Spider-Man.
 * Mysterio, Helmut Zemo, Surtur, Loki and Thanos are the only main villains whose plans were successful to any extent, as Mysterio had successfully exposed Spider-Man's alter ego as Peter Parker to the world.

Behind the Scenes

 * Mysterio was originally intended to appear as a villain in the cancelled film , part of 's Spider-Man franchise, which would've seen him be portrayed by, who had played cameos in all the previous three films.
 * Matt Damon reportedly turned down the role of Quentin Beck before Jake Gyllenhaal was cast. Damon previously played an actor performing Loki in Thor: Ragnarok.
 * James Cox, James Harris and Corbett McAllister were stunt doubles for Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of Mysterio.
 * James Payton was a stand-in for Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of Mysterio.