Cardiac (Elias Wirtham) is a fictional character comic book vigilante appearing in publications from Marvel Comics. Created by writer David Michelinie, penciler Erik Larsen, he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #342 (December 1990). Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... David Michelinie is an American comic book writer. ... Cover to The Savage Dragon (original miniseries) #1. ... The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of a comic book published by Marvel Comics, a television program and a daily newspaper comic strip. ...

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Fictional character biography

Origin

As revealed in The Amazing Spider-Man #376, Elias Wirtham is a doctor driven by his brother's death to researching life-saving medical practices.His brother's death was the result of corporate greed, who had a cure for his condition ready, but did not distribute the medicine due to it not being a "profitable" time for them, hence his motivation against corporations. As a part of his research, Elias replaces his heart with a beta-particle reactor, which supplies energy throughout his body, in addition to a vibranium weave mesh under his skin. This energy, channeled through his muscles, increases his speed and agility and can also be fired through his fists or the power staff he wields. He adopts the moniker "Cardiac" in reference to the source of his power. Vibranium, is a fictional metal that appears in the Marvel Universe. ...

History

Becoming a vigilante and believing himself an instrument of justice, Cardiac targets a filmmaker whose film is indirectly responsible for a boy murdering his family. However, Cardiac incidentally encounters Styx and Stone, and is inadvertently embroiled in a fight between Styx, Stone and Spider-Man. At different times fighting each of them, Cardiac eventually cooperates with Spider-Man and together they defeat Styx and Stone. Afterward, Spider-Man attempts to restrain him, but he escapes. Media violence research attempts to determine whether a link between consuming media violence and subsequent aggressive and violent behavior exists. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...

Shortly thereafter, Rhino was dispatched to kill Cardiac, but was defeated by him. Cardiac returns periodically to perform his version of justice. He will not hesitate to kill criminals, but he is often bothered by his conscience that he has to. Cardiac later targeted a shipment of drugs, and again encounters Spider-Man. After defeating the hero, he destroys the shipment, saying that he wasn't "there to destroy a misguided hero". The Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) is a Marvel Comics supervillain, a frequent adversary of Spider-Man and occasionally the Hulk. ...

Cardiac also confronts Johnny Blaze and Ghost Rider during Blaze's mission to rescue his missing son from an evil corporation. Daniel Ketch is a fictional, supernatural superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

The Initiative

Elias is being considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program, according to Civil War: Battle Damage Report.

Powers and abilities

Cardiac's heart has been replaced with a beta-particle reactor, which allows him to use his power staff to discharge shocks and to increase his speed, agility, and strength.

External links

• Profile at Spiderfan.org