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| Ai Apaec | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Osborn #1 (2011) |
| Created by |
Kelly Sue DeConnick Jamie McKelvie |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Ai Apaec |
| Species | God |
| Team affiliations | Dark Avengers |
| Notable aliases |
Spider-Man Decapitator |
| Abilities |
Super-Strength Enhanced Senses Underwater Adaption Long sharp teeth that contain powerful poison Cling to solid walls and surfaces |
Ai Apaec is the Marvel Comics version of the chief deity of Mochica culture, and a supervillain in the Marvel Universe.
Publication history[]
Ai Apaec first appeared in the first issue of the 2011 Osborn limited series, and was created by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Jamie McKelvie.
Ai Apaec began appearing as a regular character in the Dark Avengers series, beginning with Dark Avengers #175.
Fictional character biography[]
Ai Apaec is a chimeric being that has the head, torso, and arms of a human, the lower half being a spider's body, snakes for hair, and long sharp fangs. He was worshipped by the Moche people of South America (Peru). He was eventually captured by government officials and held in a secret government base somewhere underwater.[1] Ai Apaec ends up meeting Norman Osborn when he ends up transferred to the secret base from the Raft. He joins Osborn, Dr. June Covington, Kingmaker III, and Carny Rives into staging a break-out.[2] The inmates secure an escape pod to get to the surface. Afterwards, Ai Apaec returns to the jungle.[3]
During the Spider-Island storyline, Shang-Chi and Iron Fist discover that Ai Apaec was controlling Bride of Nine Spiders of the Immortal Weapons to capture the other members.[4] As Iron Fist fights Ai Apaec, Shang-Chi manages to free the other members where Shang-Chi mutates into a humanoid spider. Upon Iron Fist using his Chi Force to cure Shang-Chi, Iron Fist gets the other Immortal Weapons members to safety while Shang-Chi collapses the hideout on top of Ai Apaec. Afterwards, the Avengers arrested Ai Apaec.[5]
When Norman Osborn reclaimed ownership of H.A.M.M.E.R., he manages to locate Ai Apaec and recruit him to his latest incarnation of the Dark Avengers. To make Ai Apaec his latest Spider-Man, Norman Osborn gives Ai Apaec a genetic-modifying drug that alters his appearance to resemble a six-armed version of the black suit Spider-Man.[6] Ai Apaec and the other members of the Dark Avengers are defeated by both Avengers teams when it turns out that his teammate Skaar was the Avengers' double-agent. Ai Apaec's drug wore off and Captain America knocked him unconscious.[7] He was stepped on and squished by USAgent when in a shrunken-down state.[issue # needed]
Powers and abilities[]
Ai Apaec has superhuman strength where it was stated that he was strong enough to rip off a man's head. His long sharp teeth contains a powerful poison and he has enhanced senses. His spider legs can enable him to cling to solid walls and surfaces. Like the diving bell spider, Ai Apaec can wrap himself in a bell-shaped web held by the hair on his legs and abdomen and collect oxygen from the water to exchange the carbon dioxide with the oxygen.