- "Mr. Scarlotti, I'll leave you to what you do best."
"Shame. I prefer to take my time." - ―Julien Beckers and Marcus Scarlotti[src]
Marcus Scarlotti is a HYDRA operative that posed as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent to attack the United Nations Headquarters.
Biography
Marcus Scarlotti led an assassination attempt against Clint Barton while Barton was still a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
As a mercenary, Scarlotti was hired by HYDRA to lead a team of mercenaries and attack a meeting at the United Nations Headquarters where Brigadier General Glenn Talbot was speaking. Posing as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, they killed many of the attendees with Splinter Bombs, including Adamo Dioli.
Scarlotti and his team then went to a safehouse in Bruges to kill a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents led by Noelle Walters. He personally killed Walters with a Splinter Bomb.
Scarlotti fights Melinda May
While still in the safehouse, Lance Hunter, Melinda May, and Bobbi Morse arrived and began a fight. Scarlotti attempted escape but was cornered by May. After a prolonged battle, with Scarlotti using a Rope Dart Knife against an unarmed May, Scarlotti was knocked unconscious and taken into custody by Glenn Talbot.[1]
Abilities
- Rope Dart Knife Master: Scarlotti is a master in the use of his personal weapon, the Rope Dart Knife, using it as both a piercing weapon, a whip and a close range weapon.
- Master Martial Artist: Scarlotti is one of the world's most renowned, or infamous, mercenaries, being able to almost kill notorious S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Clint Barton. He managed to fight Melinda May as an equal, but May was able to defeat him in battle despite his skill.
Equipment
- Rope Dart Knife: Scarlotti's personal weapon of choice is a knife attached to a metal rope; he is able to use this as both a whip and piercing weapon. He used it against Melinda May in Belgium, though May broke the knife at the tip and used it as a weapon against Scarlotti.
- Splinter Bombs - This weapon, given to Scarlotti by HYDRA, was used by him to discredit S.H.I.E.L.D. and to kill Adamo Dioli and Agent Noelle Walters.
Relationships
Allies
- HYDRA - Employer
Video Game Only
Enemies
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Glenn Talbot
- Adamo Dioli - Victim
Video Game Only
- Tony Stark - Former Employer
Trivia
- In the comics, Marco Scarlotti was the first Whiplash. Scarlotti's use of a Rope Dart Knife in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was reflective of that.
- In the non-canon video game Iron Man, he is called Marc Scarlotti, aka Blacklash, and was once an employee of Stark Industries. After that company stopped producing weapons, he later started working for the Maggia, former clients of Stark Industries.[2]
