Red Dust of Death

Red Dust of Death
Name	Red Dust of Death (or Decay)
Aliases	Crimson Dust, Crimson Dust of Death, Death Dust, Dust of Decay, Red Death, Red Dust, Red Powder
Owners
Current Owner(s)	William Allen
Previous Owner(s)	Miles Warren clone, Malcolm McBride
Physical Characteristics
Type	Drug
Origin
Reality	Earth-616
Lead Designer	Miles Warren clone
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Bill Mantlo, Jim Mooney
First	Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #25 (September, 1978)
First	Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #25 (September, 1978)

 Allow me to introduce you to one of the most-travelled of mankind's enemies! It has been called by many names--the pox... plague... pestilence--but I prefer the Red Death! 

—Carrion (Miles Warren Clone)

History

The Red Dust of Death (or Decay) was a mutated bacterial dust all the Carrions used as weapon.

The third Carrion, Dr. William Allen, used it to make other humans more susceptible to his low-level telepathy, allowing him to control them.

Properties

The Red Dust can cause a choking death, pain, or unconsciousness. Sometimes it also demonstrates acidic and flesh-eating properties.

Notes

• Originally, the third Carrion was able to control other human beings by infecting them with the Carrion Virus. The mind control was later attributed to his use of telepathy in conjunction with the Red Dust.

Trivia

• The Hobgoblin once theorized the Red Dust was merely freeze-dried acid crystals.

See Also

• 5 appearance(s) of Red Dust of Death
• 2 image(s) of Red Dust of Death