Michael van Patrick (Van) (Earth-616)

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Real Name	Michael van Patrick
Current Alias	Scarlet Spider
Aliases	Van
Relatives	Baron von Blitzschlag (clonal source/creator/"father"); Michael van Patrick (clonal source, deceased); Michael (clone-sibling, deceased); KIA (clone-sibling, deceased); Patrick (clone-sibling); MVP (clone-sibling);
Affiliation	Formerly Initiative, (Scarlet Spiders, Shadow Initiative)
Base of Operations	Camp Hammond, Stamford, Connecticut
Status
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Single
Occupation	Adventurer
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5' 11" (1.80 m)
Weight	173 lbs (78.47 kg)
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown
Origin
Origin	Human clone of MVP.
Universe	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Blitzschlag Lab, Camp Hammond, Stamford, Connecticut
Creators	Dan Slott, Stefano Caselli
First Appearance	Avengers: The Initiative #3 (August, 2007)
Appearance of Death	Avengers: The Initiative #10 (May, 2008)

History

Van was one of the three clones of Michael van Patrick created by Baron von Blitzschlag for the Initiative. He was killed by KIA.

Powers and Abilities

Power Grid

Intelligence		2
Strength			3
Speed		2
Durability					5
Energy Projection				4
Fighting Skills				4

Abilities

Naturally-Enhanced Physiology: Due to Van being a clone of Michael Van Patrick he has same abilities as the original one, possessing an artificially augmented physiology, his physical strength, endurance, and agility, hand eye coordination, mental processing are comparable to Captain America.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Iron Spider Armor:

Weapons

Their Iron Spider Armor provides them with an array of onboard weapons including pulse cannons and repulsor grenades.

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