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Egghead
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Real Name
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Elihas Starr
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First Appearance
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Tales to Astonish #38 (December, 1962)
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Creators
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Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Larry Lieber
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Team Affiliations
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Emissaries of Evil, Masters of Evil, Intelligencia, Cross Technological Enterprises, Lethal Legion
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Aliases
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Carl Stricker
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Base of Operations
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New York City
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Powers
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None
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Skills and Abilities
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Genius intelligence, Extensive knowledge in a wide variety of scientific and technological disciplines, Ability to absorb new ideas and knowledge at a seemingly superhuman rate
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Paraphernalia
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Various inventions and tools
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Egghead is the name of a supervillain in the Marvel Universe and a recurring enemy of Henry Pym.
Origin[]
A brilliant atomic research scientist, Elihas Starr was dismissed for espionage and decided to use his brilliance for criminal gain as "Egghead".
Biography[]
Elihas Starr's early life is largely unknown save that he was born in Queens, New York. He was an atomic research scientist working for the United States government until the day he was caught attempting to sell government secrets to the highest bidders. Before he could be put on trial for freedom, he was freed by a gang of criminals in exchange for Starr's help using his brilliant mind for criminal endeavors. Starr agreed and was given the name "Egghead" by the criminals he worked for.
To continue with the criminals, they gave him a task to prove his worth; defeat the superhero Ant-Man, who could change size and control ants. Egghead decided to create a device that could control ants for himself to turn them against Ant-Man.