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Real Name: Dmitri Smerdyakov | |||||||
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Place Of Birth: Russia | |||||||
First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1 1 | |||||||
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Group Affiliation: Sinister Twelve, Former partner of Kraven the Hunter, Maggia (Hammerhead's "family"), former freelance employee of Hydra | |||||||
Base Of Operations: Worldwide | |||||||
Grudges: Spider-Man | |||||||
Creators: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko | |||||||
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Imitation: Chameleon relies on his hi tech equipment to provide him with image-changing abilities. His computer belt is able to record a person's overall appearance, store hundreds of such records, and trigger alterations in the Chameleon's body, pigmentation, and specially treated clothing to mimic these records. In his early career, the Chameleon's face-changing powers were caused by a special mask, which could be formed into a life-like copy of a chosen person's face. When sprayed with a special gas, the mask dissolved and reverted to another shape or to his normal white mask. His specially designed clothing could similarly change when sprayed with the gas. | |||||||
Weapons: The Chameleon uses potent knock-out darts, gases, and smoke bombs. |
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Born into an aristocracy that had come to an end, Dmitri Smerdyakov was the half-brother of the Russian Sergei Kravinov (a.k.a. Kraven the Hunter). Kraven became one of the world's greatest hunters to full fill his sense of lost nobility, and Smerdyakov served as a manservant for his brother. Eventually, Smyerdyakov would become the internationally notorious Soviet subversive known only as the Chameleon. | ||||
The Chameleon originally used his skills at espionage and disguise to obtain secret plans and government documents, until at one point he was defeated by Spider-Man, early in that hero's career. He has plagued Spider-Man ever since. |
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