Electro (Max Dillon)

Maxwell Dillon, also known as Electro, Guillermo's Lapdog, Human Torch, Jolt, Master of Electricity, Max Dillon and Sparky, is a character from the Marvel Comics series.
== Charactah Account ==
Maxwell Dillion was born in Endicott, New York where his father was a struggling accountant and had difficulties on keeping a job. Because of this, Maxwell and his family constantly found themselves moving which also caused Maxwell to become a reclusive child seeing how it was hard for him making new friends because his family moving. Maxwell's father eventually abandoned the family, Maxwell’s mother began to become overprotected over him as he grew into adulthood. Wanting to find some independence within his life, Maxwell wanted to go to college, but his mother would disagree with Maxwell’s choice but suggests that he gets a job as a lineman. At the age of twenty-four, his mother died and Maxwell pursued his goals and later became one of the most notable and well experienced linemen ever known.
Maxwell later was married to woman known as Norma Lynn, who eventually leaves him when deciding to pursue his career as a lineman rather than taking on the responsibilities as a husband. Developing a personality that was both selfish and arrogant, others had trouble requesting Maxwell's services or favors without him demanding something in return. When a fellow line repairman was knocked unconscious and stuck on a high pole with dangerous wires loose, Maxwell was requested by his employer to save the lineman’s life. Easily saving the unconscious lineman and bringing him to safety, a bolt of lightning struck Maxwell knocking him off the pole seemingly killing him. However, Maxwell later discovered that he gained some form of electric powers.
Maxwell next pursued on not only discovering this new found set of powers, but also trying to increase them as well. This caused Maxwell to find expensive materials that was stolen from Stark Industries and borrowed money to pay for machinery to help goals. It was during this time where Maxwell gained the attention of the mutant terrorist Magneto, who offered Maxwell a position within his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, which Maxwell turned down. Maxwell was then confronted by one of the men he borrowed money from. Threatening to kill Maxwell for not paying back the amount he owed, Maxwell responded to the threat with a deadly bolt of lightning, making his first kill. After this incident, Maxwell had dreams to use his powers to fulfill his selfish needs and goals and decided to take a career as a costumed criminal and to be known as Electro.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* 1985
* Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus
* Avengers Spotlight
* Avenging Spider-Man
* Blockbuster
* Captain America
* Captain America Corps
* Captain Justice
* Daredevil
* Daredevil Annual
* Death of the Venomverse
* Edge of Venomverse Unlimited Infinity Comic
* Essential Amazing Spider-Man
* Essential Daredevil
* Essential Spectacular Spider-Man
* Fantastic Four
* Fantastic Four Annual
* Invincible Iron Man
* Iron Man
* Ka-Zar
* Marvel Age
* Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man
* Marvel Comics Presents
* Marvel Fanfare
* Marvel Heroes
* Marvel Knights Spider-Man
* Marvel Masterworks
* Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil
* Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man
* Marvel Super-Heroes
* Marvel Tales
* Marvel Team-Up
* Marvel Two-in-One
* Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher
* Marvel's Spider-Man: City At War
* New Avengers
* Not Brand Echh
* Omega the Unknown
* Peter Parker: Spider-Man
* Power Man and Iron Fist
* Rogue & Gambit
* Secret Wars II
* She-Hulk
* Sinister War
* Spectacular Spider-Man
* Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures
* Spider-Man
* Spider-Man and Hulk Weekly
* Spider-Man and Mysterio
* Spider-Man and Power Pack
* Spider-Man Annual
* Spider-Man Family
* Spider-Man Kidz
* Spider-Man Noir
* Spider-Man Saga
* Spider-Man Special
* Spider-Man Unlimited
* Spider-Man Weekly Comics
* Spider-Man's Tangled Web
* Spider-Man: Chapter One
* Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus
* Spider-Man: House of M
* Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider-Clan
* Spider-Man: Reign
* Spider-Man: The Next Chapter
* Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow
* Spider-Verse
* Spiderman
* Spidey
* Strange
* Superior Spider-Man
* Superior Spider-Man Team-Up
* The Amazing Spider-Man
* The Amazing Spider-Man Annual
* The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic
* The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic
* The Astonishing Spider-Man
* The Avengers
* The Avengers Annual
* The Defenders
* The Falcon
* The Mighty World of Marvel
* The New Avengers
* The Punisher
* The Sensational She-Hulk
* The Sensational Spider-Man
* The Spectacular Spider-Man
* Web of Spider-Man
* Web Warriors
* Wild Thing
* Wolverine
* Ultimate Marvel
* Ultimate Six
* Ultimate Spider-Man
* Ultimate Universe
* Untold Tales of Spider-Man
* Young Allies
== Trivia ==
* Electro may be either bisexual or bi-curious.
* Up until Superior Spider-Man #1, Electro has been a member of every incarnation of the Sinister Six thus far, including the Sinister Seven, Sinister Twelve, and the Superior Six. Despite this distinction, he has never commanded any of these groups.
* Shortly after gaining his powers, Magneto asked Electro to join the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Magneto rejected him, saying this was not the mutant gene, but remarked that another kind of latent gene may have been activated and Electro had the makings of a supervillain akin to any Brotherhood member.
* In a MAD Libs book about Spider-Man, the reader is given the chance to rewrite Electro's origins in a page that uses verbs and nouns to tell the story of Electro.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Maxwell Dillon (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
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