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The Chameleon ( Dmitri Smerdyakov; Russian: Дмитрий Смердяков) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963). [ 5 ] .
- Early Life
- Against Spider-Man
- Branching Out
- Mental Instability
- Civil War
- Dark Reign
- Rejoining The Sinister Six
- Conspiracy Against The Parkers
Born a Russian citizen named Dmitri Nikolaievich Smerdyakov (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Смердяков), Chameleon was the half-brother of Sergei Kravinoff. His parents were Sergei's father and Sonya Smerdyakova, a servant girl. He was taught to hate himself from his arrival in the Kravinoff family. His father hated the sight of his face and his mother...
Soon after Spider-Man's public debut, the Chameleon stole a portion of the plans for a classified missile-defense system. He learned through the news media that Spider-Man had paid a visit to the world's foremost team of superhuman adventurers, the Fantastic Four. Rumor had it the Fantastic Four were considering the neophyte hero for membership. Th...
Even though the Chameleon knew that his half-brother was selfish and egotistical, he wanted to be accepted by his half-brother. He kept on proving himself to be the deadlier brother. In order to do that, he decided to prove his superiority over Kraven by defeating Iron Man. Disguising himself as Captain America, Chameleon contacted Iron Man and con...
The Green Goblin persuaded Chameleon to create two robots who would appear to be Peter Parker's dead parents in an effort to get Peter to tell them who Spider-Man really was. The Goblin already knew Spidey's identity but wanted to mess with Peter's head so he convinced Chameleon that Parker, due to all the photos he had taken, was sure to know Spid...
After Spider-Man went public with his identity, Chameleon gathered a gang of villains called the Exterminators, including Will O' The Wisp, Scarecrow, Swarm, and Electro, and also blackmailed the Molten Man into his employ all in an effort to defeat Spider-Man. He disguised himself as Peter Parker in an attempt to kill May Parker. He was foiled whe...
During Norman Osborn's Dark Reign era, the Chameleon was more sadistic and sociopathic than before. He was much more focused after being hired by Colonel Kasab and his "pro-Taliban" elements in Pakistan. His mission was to assemble a dirty bomb at New York, which he accomplished by taking Peter Parker's identity. Not that he remembered Peter. His m...
Dmitri joined Doctor Octopus' new Sinister Six and helped him to rob technology from the Baxter Building as well as robbing the Zero Cannon from the Intelligencia. Sometime later, Doctor Octopus, in his plan to be remembered as the man who saved Earth, offered the chance to stop the Greenhouse Effect, as well as speed it up, using a special device ...
Chameleon secretly attended his brother's funeral, grateful for not being among the Hunted, and vowed to honor Sergei by destroying the world. He began so with a lucrative shadow business selling once-classified technologies to various criminal outlets after the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. One client was The Foreigner, who enlisted the Chameleon to find d...
The Chameleon was taken to Ravencroft Institute but escaped after assuming the identity of his doctor, Ashley Kafka. He kidnapped Spider-Man and unmasked him, finally understanding why Spider-Man had been so mad after discovering the robot parents.
Jan 20, 2023 · Spider-Man's Deadly Foes: THE CHAMELEON. MerryMarvelite. 94.9K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.2K. 30K views 1 year ago #SpiderMan #Chameleon #Marvel. History of the Marvel Universe No. 203 The...
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Feb 23, 2022 · Spider-Man has an impressive rogues' gallery, but there is only one who has the distinction of making his debut with the web-slinger's first solo adventure— Dmitri Anatoly Smerdyakov Kravinoff aka Chameleon.
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Dmitri Smerdyakov (of Earth-616), also known as Chameleon, is a former member of the Sinister Six and the half-brother of Kraven the Hunter. The Chameleon is the first villain Spider-Man ever encountered, based on issue publication date, excluding the burglar who murdered Spider-Man's Uncle Ben...
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Director Jon Watts revealed in an interview back in July 2017 that it would be great for the Chameleon to appear in Spider-Man: Far From Home as a villain before he settled on Mysterio. However, while Dimitri Smerdyakov was featured in the finished film, he is never shown to become Chameleon.
