| Squid | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Peter Parker: Spider-Man II #16, (2000) |
| Created by | Kurt Busiek Pat Olliffe |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Don Callahan |
| Species | Human Mutate |
| Abilities | Can turn into a mouthless squid-like form. |
Squid is a Marvel Comics supervillain.
After his mother died, Don Callahan had a hard time relating to his father "Big Mike" Callahan. He eventually fell into the wrong crowd and ended up transformed into a mouthless squid-like creature. In his first outing as a supervillain, Squid and his girlfriend Ms. Fortune battled Spider-Man on a rooftop. Spider-Man defeated them.[1]
After their failure, the ones responsible for Squid's creation attacked him and Ms. Fortune (who barely survived). She broke up with Squid. Squid was later hired by an unnamed Uppper West Side crime boss to eliminate the local businessmen that won't sell their properties to him. Squid later dragged a cigar store owner named "Old Man" Frenzetti into the sewers and later killed him. He later confronted his father at a bar and then stormed out as Peter Parker entered. Squid later came up through the sink pipes of Miguel Vargas' coffee shop in an attempt to kill him. Miguel escaped as Mike Callahan attacked him with a baseball bat. Squid broke the bat, but was blindsided by Spider-Man. Both Spider-Man and Mike managed to calm Squid down with Mike telling his son his apology for the way he treated him. After a long talk in the night, Squid was presumably taken away by the police.[2]
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Main article: Civil War (comics) |
Squid was among the villains recruited into Hammerhead's unnamed supervillain army to take advantage of the Civil War. Unfortunately, Iron Man and a number of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents raided their headquarters.[3]
Squid was among the villains recruited into Hood's unnamed crime syndicate.[4]
He's recently appeared in Brand New Day as one of the villains (consisting of Coachwhip, Discus, Doctor Nemesis, the Enforcers, Fer-de-Lance, Hydro-Man, Poundcakes, Powderkeg, Puff Adder, Rattler, Rock Python, Scorpia, Stiletto, and Trapster) in the Bar With No Name watching a fight between Spider-Man and the "Basher" on YouTube. He was among those that placed their bet with the Bookie.[5] When the real Spider-Man arrived after the Spider-Man that fought Basher was actually Screwball in disguise, Squid was among the villains that fought Spider-Man until the bartender Deke broke up the battle telling them that the Bar With No Name is a sanctuary for those on the run from the law.[6]
Squid is one among many supervillains who joined the Hood's crime syndicate in attacking the invading Skrull force.[7]
The Squid is seen assisting some of Hood's operatives in raiding a ship as he and Man-Fish go into the water to get to secure the ship.[8]
Squid will accompanie Hood when his Crime Syndicate attacks Mister Negative and his gang.[9] He alongside Answer, Lightmaster, Scorcher, Speed Demon, Spot, and White Rabbit are knocked down by Spider-Man (who was corrupted to Mister Negative's side).[10]
The Squid can shift between his human form and his mouthless squid-like form. In his squid-like form, he possesses extendable tentacles that restrain a human with Class 10 strength. Squid can also emit foul-smelling ink from his hands. He later had an ability to emit ink constantly from his entire body. Seeing how he can fit through pipes, Squid is presumably boneless in this form.