Megatak is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

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Publication history

Megatak first appeared in Thor

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#328 (February 1983), and was created by Doug Moench

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 and Alan Kupperberg

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The character subsequently appears in Thor #358 (August 1985), in which he was killed by the Scourge of the Underworld

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Fictional character biography

Megatak was an industrial spy. He was inside an experimental video display when he gained his powers. He was defeated by Thor

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Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller Jack Kirby....

 and Sif, and Thor drained his electrical abilities.

When Megatak later reappeared in New York, he was gunned down by the Scourge of the Underworld

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. His killer is disguised as a homeless man.

Megatak was later among the eighteen criminals, all murdered by the Scourge, to be resurrected by Hood

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 using the power of Dormammu

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 as part of a squad assembled to eliminate the Punisher

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. Megatak's powers have completely taken him over, and he has morphed into a living computer program. Microchip is able to track the Punisher's hacker friend Henry, and Megatak travels into the hacker's computer and assaults him. Megatak then uses the connection to transport Blue Streak

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to Henry's location.