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Alchemax is a fictional
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appearing in
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, usually depicted as part of the
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universe.


Publication history

The Earth-928 version of Alchemax first appeared in ''
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'' #1 and was created by
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and
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. The Earth-616 version of Alchemax first appeared in ''
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'' #19 and was created by
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Fictional company history


Earth-928

Alchemax is a
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operating in the year 2099. It creates products for virtually every consumer need, has entered into endeavors normally deemed nonprofit, and even manufactured an entire city to be maintained exclusively by the corporation. Alchemax has divisions affecting nearly every level of consumer need, society, and government. Its products range from consumer products to military weaponry and private space travel. Alchemax owns and operates a privatized Police Department Public Eye. Alchemax is also behind another police force called the Eco Corporation. The company, later headed by
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, becomes a guiding force for rebuilding Earth after multiple cataclysms.


Earth-616

In the Earth-616 reality, Alchemax started out as Allan Company, which was owned by
Liz Allan Elizabeth "Liz" Allan, also known as Elizabeth Allan-Osborn and commonly misspelled as "Liz Allen", is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and ...
. The Allan Company became Alchemax when it merged with
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's stocks from
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and the last remaining properties of Horizon Labs after its destruction. Lightmaster assembles a more traditional lineup of the
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when he and the Wrecking Crew run afoul of the Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius's mind in
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's body) and his Superior Six while attacking Alchemax in order to steal its technology during a plot to blackmail New York City for money. When Spider-Man defeats Goblin King and unmasks him as
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, the latter reveals that he (under the guise of "Mason Banks") created Alchemax in order to leave a strong empire for his grandson and establish an empire for the Osborn legacy. Alchemax later competes with
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for a contract to build a new supervillain prison. In order for Alchemax to win the contract,
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and
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enlist
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to help sabotage Parker Industries. In the end, when the "
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" starts, both companies lose that contract to
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's Empire Unlimited, with the company also being behind Ryker's Island being renamed as the Cellar. Alchemax (alongside Hammer Industries and
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) is mentioned in a conversation between Spider-Man and Human Torch to have once tried to bid on the renovated
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only to be outbid by Parker Industries. Alchemax has a division called Alchemax Genetics that is under the leadership of Robert Chandler. Alchemax Genetics later succeeds in creating several clones of
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, though the girls did not manifest her mutation. When the clones Bellona, Gabby, and Zelda escape and begin assassinating Alchemax personnel, they requested her aid in stopping them. Despite Chandler's assurances to the contrary, it soon becomes apparent that Alchemax is not as innocent in the conflict as they claim. Laura and her "sisters" are soon attacked by Alchemax Genetics' head of security, Captain Mooney, who attempts to kill the girls. When X-23 and
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are able to destroy the nanites inside the sisters, it triggers a signal that leads Alchemax Genetics' security team to one of
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's labs where Zelda is killed in the process. Before dying from her wounds after X-23 subdues Captain Mooney, Zelda tells X-23 to put an end to the experiments of Alchemax Genetics. Tiberius Stone, representing Alchemax, is seen in a secretive meeting at the Universal Bank with Sebastian Shaw of Shaw Industries,
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of Fisk Industries, Dario Agger of Roxxon Energy Corporation,
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of
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,
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of Stane International, Shingen Harada of the Yashida Corporation, Frr'dox of
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Solutions Consolidated, and Wilhelmina Kensington of Kilgore Arms. The purpose was to confront Agger over his "discourtesies" with the Ten Realms of Asgard. Exterminatrix of the Midas Corporation shows up and knocks out Agger while claiming that she is the new member of their group.


Staff members


Earth-928 version

* Avatarr - The second leader of Alchemax. *
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- A scientist in the R&D Department who is the third leader of Alchemax. * Halloween Jack/Jordan Boone - An Alchemax scientist. * Paul Phillip-Ravage - Head of Alchemax's anti-pollution arm called Eco Corporation. * Tyler Stone - Leader of Alchemax who was the head of the R&D Department. He was apparently killed when undersea invaders melted the polar ice caps. He later turned up alive and began to assist Spider-Man 2099 by sending him to 2013-2015 to watch over Alchemax. Then he also assisted Spider-Man 2099 and the other multiversal Spider-Men to find a weakness on the Inheritors.


Earth-616 version

*
Liz Allan Elizabeth "Liz" Allan, also known as Elizabeth Allan-Osborn and commonly misspelled as "Liz Allen", is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and ...
- The leader of Alchemax. *
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- Son of
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and Liz Allan and grandson of
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. *
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- The former CEO of Valistone who has worked with Kingpin,
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, and the Goblin Nation. He is revealed to be the grandfather of Tyler Stone. * Mason Banks - An Alchemax executive who was actually Norman Osborn in disguise. *
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- When trapped in the present,
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took on the alias of Michael O'Mara and became Tiberius Stone's assistant in order to keep an eye on him. *
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- The former Molten Man who works as a member of Alchemax's security force. *
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- An "outside consultant" hired by Tiberius Stone as a private bodyguard and to commit more unscrupulous actions while off the record. * Robert Chandler - The Director of Alchemax Genetics who was involved with the project to clone X-23, though his exact position in the company is unknown. His son was targeted for assassination by the escaped clones. * Captain Mooney - Chandler's chief of security at Alchemax Genetics.


Other versions


Secret Wars (2015)

During the "
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" storyline, Alchemax is located in the
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domain of 2099 which is based from the remnants of Earth-23291. Alchemax was founded by Tyler Stone who later became handicapped and handed the company over to Miguel Stone. In addition, Tyler Stone had recreated 2099's version of the Avengers to work for Alchemax.


''Timestorm 2009–2099''

In the ''
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'' miniseries, Alchemax's high command is seen severely altering the timeline. This causes many alterations for the 2099 timeline such as Tyler Stone's son being genetically different from birth.


In other media


Television

Alchemax appears in the '' Marvel's Spider-Man'' episode "Cloak and Dagger". This version is a science firm run by CEO
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, who experimented on
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and gave them their powers.


Film

Alchemax appears in the animated film '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse''. This version is run by Dr. Olivia Octavius and funded by the Kingpin. Alchemax helped develop the
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as part of Kingpin's plot to find living alternate reality versions of his family
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and
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within the
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.


Video games

* Alchemax, its scientists, and police force, the Public Eye Patrol, appear in the 2099 segments of '' Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions''. The last of these segments takes place inside the Alchemax building and introduces Dr. Serena Patel, the head of Alchemax's Shadow Division and this time period's version of Doctor Octopus who was responsible for creating Hobgoblin 2099 and manipulating
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. * Both the 2099 and present day versions of Alchemax appear in '' Spider-Man: Edge of Time''. In the game, Alchemax scientist Walker Sloan (voiced by
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) builds a time portal to travel from 2099 to the 1970s to alter history and establish Alchemax early, allowing the company to take control of New York, which also results in the present day Spider-Man working at Alchemax instead of the ''
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''. Sloan also uses
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, whom he controls with several neural implants, to try and kill the present day Spider-Man. While he nearly succeeds,
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saves his predecessor and defeats Anti-Venom. Freed from Sloan's control, Anti-Venom attacks him and Otto Octavius, inadvertently sending all three of them through the time portal, fusing them into the monstrous Atrocity. The two Spider-Men later discover that the CEO of Alchemax and the mastermind behind Sloan's plot is Peter Parker's future self who used Sloan's time machine to create a time storm so he can use its energy to recreate history in his image. The heroic Spider-Men eventually defeat the future Parker and Atrocity while destroying the time machine, dispersing the time storm and restoring history. * The 2099 version of Alchemax appears in ''
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''. It is among the locations in the Nueva York section in Chronopolis. * The present day Alchemax appears in '' Marvel's Spider-Man''. This version is a chemical plant located in Manhattan and played a role in Tombstone receiving his powers. Tombstone's gang raid it to create a new designer drug, but
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is able to defeat them.


See also

*
Cross Technological Enterprises Cross Technological Enterprises (often referred to as Cross Tech or C.T.E.) is a fictional corporation appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. First appearing in ''Marvel Premiere'' #47, it is portrayed as being one of the le ...
*
Oscorp Oscorp (sometimes stylized as OsCorp), also known as Oscorp Industries, is a fictional multibillion-dollar multinational corporation appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, predominantly in stories about Spider-Man. The compa ...
*
Parker Industries Parker Industries (also known as Parker Tech) was a former fictional multibillion-dollar conglomerate appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history It first appeared in ''The Superior Spider-Man'' #20 and was c ...
*
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*
Stark Industries Stark Industries, later also known as Stark International, Stark Innovations, Stark Enterprises and Stark Resilient, is a fictional company appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The company is depicted as being owned an ...


References


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