History
The Fire Elemental was one of four threats staged by a group of former Stark Industries employees led by Quentin Beck. Following the death of Iron Man, they intended to faciliate Beck's rise to stardom as the world's new greatest hero. Using tactical combat drones combined with advanced holographic technology stolen from Stark Industries, Beck's crew orchestrated the catastrophic attack of different creatures around the globe which Beck would appear to defeat.
As part of the ruse, Beck had a new origin invented for himself and these creatures that became known as the Elementals; both would come from an alternate Earth codenamed "Earth-833." The Elementals were creatures that ravaged Quentin's homeworld, appeared on the new Earth as a consequence of a tear between both universes, and attacked the same locations that they did on Earth-833.
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The Fire Elemental was allegedly the strongest of the creatures, being capable of absorbing metal to grow in size until being able to draw energy from the Earth's core and destroy it. His attack was staged in Prague, where Beck, now known as Mysterio, was dispatched with Spider-Man to take him down. After the Fire Elemental was made to appear to grow to an unstoppable size, Beck pretended to make a near-suicidal move to destroy him from within.
As he started to gain fame, Beck's plan continued working. He eventually convinced Peter Parker into handing him over control of E.D.I.T.H., a sophisticated A.I. which Peter had inherited from Tony Stark that contained access to a global security network which included defense satellites with thousands of combat drones. The amount of drones Beck gained access to permitted him to stage an even bigger attack, an "Avengers-level threat" that would cement Beck's position as the world's biggest hero. For this attack, Beck used the drones to cast an illusion that all four Elementals had merged together into a single being and attacked the Tower Bridge in London. By this time, Spider-Man had discovered that Mysterio was a farce, and managed to neutralize many of the drones that were casting the holographic merged Elemental, compromising its believability, and eventually forcing Mysterio to drop the illusion altogether.[1]Notes
- The Fire Elemental was based on Molten Man and identified as such in merchandise and promotional materials.