John Morley (Earth-2007)

* Ghost Outfit
* Inmate
* Avenger

John G. Morley, also known as the Ghost, is a villain in the CMCU. He is a former Avenger who went mad and eventually became part of the Masters of Evil.

## History

### Early Life

Not much is known about John Morley's early life. It is known that he showed great intelligence at a young age, and that he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He always had dreams of grandeur and wanted to be rich and famous.

### Part Of The Avengers

John Morley was one of the founding members of the Avengers along with Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, Thor Odinson, Hank Pym, and Janet van Dyne. John Morley became the main strategist for the team but didn't actually participate on the field. Eventually, John began work on a microchip that could grant him invisibility. He had wanted this to be his superpower that he would be known for, but unfortunately the microchip started damaging his brain once it was in his head. One day, John intercepted some criminals and blew up their truck to stop them, killing them and multiple civilians. The Avengers kicked John out of the group. This would turn out to be a massive mistake, however.

### Becoming The Ghost

Even though he had gone insane, John Morley was still a genius. He wanted to create a group to defeat the Avengers and get his revenge. He set his sights on a teenager known as "Spider-Man". John created a suit for himself and began calling himself "the Ghost" to remain anonymous. The Ghost used his invisibility technology to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D., and stole records, which he used to find an outpost of the Hydra organization. After recruiting the soldiers there, he captured Bill Foster, who was labeled on one of the records as an individual who could change his size. The Ghost used Bill to test mind controlling microchips he had developed, but soon realized they didn't work on strong-minded individuals. Still wanting to control Spider-Man to join his group. the Ghost captured Ronin, who was said to know Spider-Man's secret identity. After torturing Ronin until he revealed Spider-Man's identity, which was Peter Parker. The Ghost then hired the street smart "Chameleon" and the destructive criminal known as the "Green Goblin" to kill Peter Parker's Aunt and Uncle to weaken Peter's mind and make him an easier target to control. Unfortunately for the Ghost, Bill Foster managed to break free and help Ronin escape.

### Master Plan

Through currently unknown means the Ghost got in touch with the Mad Titan, Thanos. Thanos explained that he was looking for the Mind Stone, Power Stone, and Space Stone, all of which were within the Asgardian Loki's grasp. Thanos promised Ghost that he would help him get the fame he deserved if he helped. The Ghost had an idea, and merged his plan to get revenge on the Avengers and his plan to rise to fame by helping Thanos into one larger, master plan. First, he helped free Loki from the convoy that was taking him to the Raft, and together they stole the Tesseract, a vessel that currently contained the Space Stone, from S.H.I.E.L.D. The Ghost kept the Tesseract, promising he would give it and the Asgardian throne to Loki if he helped him. The Ghost also gave Loki a microchip that would allow them to communicate through their minds. It was also supposed to take control of his mind, but Loki was immune to that part of it.

Loki brought Ghost and his Hydra soldiers to Asgard, then returned to Earth to get retrieve the Avengers and bring them to Asgard as well. Under Ghost's order the Hydra forces killed Odin with an Asgardian weapon given to them by Loki. When Loki returned, Ghost was surprised to see that only one Avenger, Thor, but also Spider-Man himself had returned with Loki. The Ghost inserted a microchip into the sorrowful Spider-Man's head, easily taking control of his mind. Ghost then let Thor escape, knowing that he would bring the rest of the Avengers back, and straight into his trap. Loki began to get impatient, saying he would kill the Ghost if he didn't give him the Tesseract. Ghost told Loki that the only thing he had left to do was retrieve the Power Stone from the Asgardian Vault. After Loki left to do it, the Ghost contacted Thanos, telling him that he would use the Tesseract to bring him to Asgard soon. Loki returned with the Power Stone, but the Ghost suddenly used the Tesseract to open a portal to Thanos's location before getting hit in the head by Mjölnir. The Avengers had arrived. A battle immediately broke out between Ghost's crew and the Avengers. As the Ghost struggled to stand, his former teammates attacked him. Iron Man fired a missile that missed him by inches, then Wasp blasted him back to the ground. Enraged, the Ghost grabbed a gun from a fallen Hydra soldier and shot Wasp three times while she was growing back to her original size, gravely injuring her. Captain America quickly knocked Ghost out before he could cause any more harm. While Ghost was knocked out, Spider-Man managed to break free of the mind control and use the Tesseract to send Thanos back to where he came from, though Thanos managed to take the Power Stone with him. Afterwards, the Ghost was imprisoned on the Raft.

### Masters Of Evil

Mere weeks after being imprisoned, the Raft was attacked by Ultron and his drones. They broke into Block X, which was where Morley was being held, and freed multiple prisoners of Ultron's choosing. Morley was one of of four inmates that managed to escape, alongside Emil Blonsky, Mortimer Toynbee, and Johann J. Schmidt. Ultron brought the group to South Africa, where they infiltrated the headquarters of Ulysses Klaue's Vibranium trafficking business. There, Ultron chopped off Klaue's arm and used the biometrics of his hand to open the storage of all of the raw Vibranium. Ultron's drones quickly constructed a factory, and built the Necro-Harbinger in a matter of days. During this time they also created new Vibranium suits for each of the Masters of Evil (and a new body in Ultron's case). After the Jauhar Program was successful, John Morley, alongside the other Masters of Evil, got onboard the Necro-Harbinger as it rose into the sky.

## Personality

John G. Morley used to be a very intelligent person with dreams of financial success. He did feel an amount of insecurity, though, which led him to develop the microchips which would go on to ruin his life. After performing multiple operations on his own brain, he started to decline into insanity. He accidently killed multiple people during a mission, and felt no remorse after.

After being exiled from the Avengers, his mental state got even worse. He orchestrated his "master plan," where the end result was practically just him becoming rich and famous. By the time he was a part of the Masters of Evil, John Morley was a sociopathic nihilist, going as far as telling Ultron he would be fine with all of Humanity dying.

## Powers and Abilities

### Technology

* **Invisibility Microchip:** When John Morley was a member of the Avengers he created a microchip that provided him with the ability to make his body (but not clothes) invisible to the human eye. Unfortunately the side effects of this microchip were badly detrimental to his brain, and led to his eventual decline into insanity.
* **Ghost Suit:** This suit was directly connected to the Invisibility Microchip. Whenever the microchip would make the user invisible the suit would do the same, making the wearer completely disappear.

### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect:** John Morley was extremely intelligent, and a master planner and technologist. Even after he went insane he could still formulate complicated plans and create advanced technology.

## Kill Count

* Total - 59 (53 indirectly, estimated number)
	+ 2 Street Thugs
	+ 3 Random Civilians
	+ May Parker (indirectly)
	+ Benjamin Parker (indirectly)
	+ Unknown number of apartment residents (Around 50, indirectly)
	+ Odin Borson
	+ Janet Van Dyne (indirectly)

## Appearances

1. Spider-Man #3: Detective Spidey (indirectly mentioned)
2. Spider-Man #4: Visions (eyes only, communicates with Loki in dream)
3. Thor #1: To Asgard!
4. The  Avengers #2: Ghosts of The Past (in flashback)
5. Spider-Man #5: Choices
6. Thor #2: For What Is Right
7. Spider-Man #6: A True Hero
8. The Amazing Spider-Man #1: Living Two Lives (mentioned only)
9. The Avengers #5: Prison Break (The Ultron War #3)
10. The Avengers #6: Vibranium Heist (The Ultron War #4)
11. The Avengers #7: Ultron's Plan (The Ultron War #5)