Dirty Deeds w/ Arcade!

[worstblogever]

Dirty Deeds!

"Dirty Deeds" is a series of threads where a discussion can be held about the morally questionable, or outright evil acts of characters in comics. It might be a discussion about times a hero crossed a moral line they shouldn't have, or a discussion of a villain's most horrific acts in their history, but the premise remains the same.

Where possible, a poll will be included to vote upon said character's "dirtiest deed".

Please do remember that there are no wrong answers, this is all a matter of opinion. Since everyone has a different set of morals, please try and respect differences in people's own beliefs.

Previous Dirty Deeds Features:
#1- Dark Beast (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?p=7127725#post7127725)
#2- Mastermind (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=7146655)
#3- Colossus (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=229287)
#4- Donald Pierce (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=229784)
#5- Feral (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=230381&page=5)
#6- Pyro (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=230895)
#7- Juggernaut (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=231579 )
#8- Sunfire (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=232010 )
#9- Havok (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=232508)
#10- Emma Frost (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=232859)
#11- Rogue (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=233485)
#12- Sage (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=233799)
#13- Spiral (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=234401)
#14- Marrow (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=234789)
#15- Cameron Hodge (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=235473)
#16-Magik (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=236153)
#17- Empath (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=236552)
#18- Jean Grey (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=237110)
#19- Pete Wisdom (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=237681)
#20- Reverend Stryker (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=238243)
#21- Sunspot (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=239039)


Time for the twenty-second edition of Dirty Deeds! There’s a classic X-villain who’s one of the deadliest assassins in the world, has himself a seemingly endless amount of energy for creating traps and torture devices, a murky origin, and a penchant for bowties who I wanted to profile. You got it, this edition of Dirty Deeds is with...

http://www.comicbookreligion.com/img/a/Arcade_Marvel.jpg

Arcade!!!

So what is Arcade's Dirtiest Deed?


- Killing his own father after being threatened with being cut off from his inheritance (if he’s to be believed) (revealed in Uncanny X-Men #124)

- Trying to kill Spider-Man and Captain Britain in a giant electrified pinball machine on behalf of the Maggia? (Marvel Team-Up #66)

- Putting Courtney Ross inside a giant skill crane as she slowly ran out of air? (Marvel Team-Up #66)

- Attacking Spider-Man and Captain Britain with an army of fun-mirror duplicates, toy planes with real bullets, and a mechanized cowboy? (Marvel Team-Up #66)

- Knocking out the British criminal, Jardine, with a dart to make him easy for Spider-Man and Nightcrawler to bring to justice because he hired another contract killer, Cutthroat, instead of him? (Marvel Team-Up #89)

- Accepting money from Black Tom Cassidy to kill the X-Men? (Uncanny X-Men #122)

- Using nerve on the X-Men before torturing the them inside his giant electrified pinball machine? (Uncanny X-Men #123)

- Convincing Colossus that he was a traitor to Russia and should become the Proletariat? (Uncanny X-Men #123)

- Trying to crush Cyclops in a huge press if he couldn’t pick the right door to escape through? (Uncanny X-Men #123)

- Trying to kill Wolverine with android duplicates of himself? (Uncanny X-Men #123)

- Trying to slash Nightcrawler to ribbons with miniature bumper cars with circular saw blades mounted on them? (Uncanny X-Men #123)

- Trying to kill Banshee with miniature bomber planes? (Uncanny X-Men #123)

- Forcing Storm into a that reflects lightning and slowly had water rise to drown her? (Uncanny X-Men #123-124)

- Holding Amanda Sefton, Betsy Wilford, and Coleen Wing hostage? (Uncanny X-Men #123)

- Kissing a bound and helpless Coleen Wing? (Uncanny X-Men #124)

- Having Mr. Chambers and Ms. Locke kidnap Moira MacTaggart, Stevie Hunter, Candy Southern, and Ilyana Rasputin to force the X-Men to rescue him from a Doombot, and forcing Banshee, Iceman, and Polaris to rescue them from the dangers of Murderworld? (Uncanny X-Men #146)

- Taunting a Doombot impersonating Dr. Doom when Nightcrawler escaped from him? (Uncanny X-Men #147)

- Trapping the Micronauts inside a video game designed to kill them? (Micronauts #45)

- Helping Mystique and her Brotherhood of Evil Mutants train to kill the X-Men using robot duplicates of them in Murderworld? (Uncanny X-Men #147)

- Conning Colossus and Kitty Pryde to help him survive his annual submission to attempted murder by Miss Locke, by convincing them Dr. Doom was out to get revenge on him and kill him? (Uncanny X-Men #197)

- Trying to kill Judith Rassendyll inside Murderworld, using his pinball machine, robotic Hussars, mechanized giant sharks, and an android of himself driving a car, and dressed like Tina Turner from “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” forcing Nightcrawler to risk his life to rescue her? (Uncanny X-Men #204)

- Attempted to kill Alpha Flight’s Puck in Murderworld? (Marvel Comics Presents (vol. 1) #99)

- Using Shi’ar technology he acquired during “Operation: Galactic Storm” to put Spider-Man and Excalibur through a virtual reality nightmare that would badly injure Rachel Summers, and cause Spider-Man to give her CPR and temporarily become Spider-Phoenix? (Spider-Man #25)

- Kidnapping Courtney Ross, and battling Excalibur by having the Crazy Gang use devices to switch bodies with the heroes? (Excalibur (vol. 1) #4-5)

- Forcing Colossus and Meggan through a Murderworld filled with Acolyte duplicates, a Proletariat android, and then making them help fake his death so he can escape his employers at Black Air? (Colossus #1)

- Capturing Shatterstar, taking him to Murderworld, and forcing him to battle Adam-X, in exchange for the freedom of his wife, Windsong? (X-Force (vol. 1) #29-30)

- On behalf of Carl Kerridge, killing paparazzi Ritchie Ward, framing Northstar for it, and then attempting to murder Jean-Paul Beaubier by also attempting to kill several people important to his past? (Northstar #1-4)

- Trying to kill the Green Goblin (Phil Urich) and “Ricko the Sicko” inside Murderworld? (Green Goblin #10)

- Creating a semi-trailer that summoned demons to attempt to kill Johnny Blaze? (Blaze #8)

- Kidnapping a runaway named Dougie and forcing Spider-Man and Black Cat to go through Murderworld to save him? (Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 1) #30)

- Killing Miss Locke and trying to blame her death on Wolverine to gain the loyalty of Martinique Wyngarde? (revealed in Wolverine/Gambit: Victims #4)

- Killing people close to Gambit in London as a means to have Martinique Wyngarde help him force Gambit and Wolverine to kill each other? - (Wolverine/Gambit: Victims #1-4)

- Forcing Domino to battle Shatterstar to the death over the life of the kidnapped Rictor inside of Murderworld? (X-Force (vol. 1) #76)

- Having the gall to show up to Captain Britain and Meggan’s wedding? (Excalibur (vol. 1) #125)

- Trying to kill the Thing, Iron Man, Constrictor, and Nighthawk in a Murderworld filled with android duplicates of the Hulk in every previous incarnation he’s embodied? (Thing #1-3)

- Working with his lover, White Rabbit, to attempt to kill Wolverine and Black Cat with a android duplicate of Kraven the Hunter? (Claws #2-3)

- Accepting a contract with the Ex-Purifier, Taylor, to kill Rictor, X-Factor Investigations, and all of the depowered mutants still residing in Mutant Town, killing innocents in traffic, and burning others who tried to escape through a laser shield surrounding the city alive? (X-Factor (vol. 3) #29-31)


Whether it’s for a fine sum of money, strictly for his own vengeful purposes, or just for some sick laughs, you never know when Arcade’s going to open a new Murderworld franchise and chalk up a fresh serving of sinister shenanigans! Vote now for what you think is the worst of Arcade’s Dirty Deeds!

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[creaky]

I vote "raiding Elton John's wardrobe".

[worstblogever]

I vote "raiding Elton John's wardrobe".

Elton John wouldn't be caught dead in that bowtie, would he?

[creaky]

Elton John wouldn't be caught dead in that bowtie, would he?

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/roilier/sir-elton-john.jpg

[worstblogever]

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n69/roilier/sir-elton-john.jpg

Guess that answers my question.


I'd like to see Arcade performing, "Bennie and the Jets" inside of Murderworld while he kills. That would be glorious.

[justinkos91]

Miss Locke is dead? :frown:
Thanks for confirming it though, always wondered what happened to her after reading his appearance in X-factor and seeing the one there being a robot...

[maigen]

Man this is tough.

I love the crazies.

[marvell2100]

His dirtiest deed was killing Miss Locke before I was properly introduced to her. That bastard gets whatever he deserves.

Killing paparazzi is a dirty deed? I thought that was called "Pest Control". I didn't know. Wow, I guess they never should have made that movie then.

[justinkos91]

His dirtiest deed was killing Miss Locke before I was properly introduced to her. That bastard gets whatever he deserves.

Killing paparazzi is a dirty deed? I thought that was called "Pest Control". I didn't know. Wow, I guess they never should have made that movie then.

R.I.P. Miss Locke :frown:

HA! :biggrin: on the pest control comment, that is so true about the paparazzi, it sucks Northstar got blamed though...

[maigen]

Killing his poppa for money isn't terrible. Its dramatic.

Where's you people's sense of adventure?

[Monty_Cristo]

killing Miss Locke. we know it's his worst act because he felt bad about it.

[justinkos91]

killing Miss Locke. we know it's his worst act because he felt bad about it.

How did he kill Miss Locke?:confused:

[Monty_Cristo]

How did he kill Miss Locke?:confused:

one of their sex games is for Arcade to chase Ms.locke around like he's trying to kill her. well, he went too far and actually killed her (w/ a knife, i think). he went a little nutty after that and cut off half of his face. he then blamed her death on Wolverine.

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/144527-58383-arcade_super.jpg

[justinkos91]

one of their sex games is for Arcade to chase Ms.locke around like he's trying to kill her. well, he went too far and actually killed her (w/ a knife, i think). he went a little nutty after that and cut off half of his face. he then blamed her death on Wolverine.

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/144527-58383-arcade_super.jpg

How did he get his face back, as seen in the new X-factor?

[david r]

Arcade certainly has a deadly resume. Though his shoes in that first photo may be his dirtiest deed, of all. "Pinball wizard" comes to mind.

I've always like him though. (For a villain, I mean.) He was just oddball enough to make him entertaining.

[FortKnox]

Arcade certainly has a deadly resume. Though his shoes in that first photo may be his dirtiest deed, of all. "Pinball wizard" comes to mind.

I've always like him though. (For a villain, I mean.) He was just oddball enough to make him entertaining.

I like Arcade. I've always felt that with his know how, his sick child like ways, and Murderworld he would be the kind of villian that would be beyond the X-Men. Someone like Arcade I could see being hired to kill the other heroes or villians of the MU. I think he could make it work. But, that's me.

[Push You Down]

He's been used a fair amount outside the X-verse.

[psycwave]

Arcade is devishily magnificent. I love it. Its all horrible. He is just a horrible little man.

[creaky]

I LOVE Arcade. It really adds something to a story when, in the midst of heavy tragedy, gore and epic drama, this smirking little redhead pulls a lever and our heroes suddenly drop into a giant pinball machine and have to fight bunnies with chainsaws. Without Arcade, the X-universe would be a duller place.

[Monty_Cristo]

I like Arcade. I've always felt that with his know how, his sick child like ways, and Murderworld he would be the kind of villian that would be beyond the X-Men. Someone like Arcade I could see being hired to kill the other heroes or villians of the MU. I think he could make it work. But, that's me.

he is beyond the X-Men. he has menaced more than a few non-mutants.

How did he get his face back, as seen in the new X-factor?

it was never explained. he's probably using a mask of some sort. he's pretty good at creating robots and prosthetics, as well. or maybe he just got plastic surgery. the dude is loaded.

[worstblogever]

he is beyond the X-Men. he has menaced more than a few non-mutants.


Green Goblin (Phil Urich), the Micronauts, and Johnny Blaze, to name a few.