Max Modell

**Max Modell** is a supporting character in Marvel's Spider-Man. the director headmaster and founder of Horizon High.

## **History**

Before the series, Max Modell found and became the head of Horizon High. He employed Otto Octavius and Adrian Toomes. However, Max fired Toomes for stealing equipment.

Sometime later, Max came to Midtown High with Harry Osborn, Miles Morales, and Anya Corazon for a special lecture and exhibition. During the presentation, the machine malfunctioned. What no one knew was that the machine was sabotaged by Spencer Smythe to get revenge on Max. Thankfully, Spider-Man came and stopped it. Then, Spencer Smythe shows everyone a picture of Harry near the machine and accuses Harry of sabotaging the machine. Because of this, Max was forced to suspend Harry from Horizon High until an investigation could be done. Later, he met with Peter Parker and offered him a place in Horizon High. Peter accepts.

Three years before the series, NASA gave Max a substance with he called V-252. Max decides to exhibit it at the Stark Expo as Horizon's science project. However, it went missing for a time until Peter brought it back admitting he took it for his own experiments. Because of this, Max forbid Peter from being involved in further experimentation of the V-252. Peter also warned Max not to use it at the Stark Expo, but Max ignored him. It wasn't until Spider-Man bonded with it again to stop Ghost, he realized Peter was right. When Tony Stark offered to take the V-252 to the Avengers lab, Max gave it to him without any arguments.

Sometime later, a teacher at Midtown High tried to petition that Max can no longer recruit students from Midtown to attend Horizon High. However, Max convinced the teacher to let him but only on the teacher's recommendations.

## **Physical Appearance**

Max is large with red hair, a red mustache, and a red beard with blue eyes. He also wears a pair of glasses.

Max's attire consists of light blue shirt, light brown pants and shoes.

## **Personality**

Max is a mentor to all of the students at Horizon High. He can be supportive most times and encourages others. However, he can also be stubborn and set in his ways to the point where he ignores others. But, he is still kind at heart and helps others. He is also willing to admit when he is wrong, showing a humble side, as he rescinds Peter‘s punishment for taking the symbiote without permission after he wrongfully brushed off Peters warning about its dangerous nature.

## **Peter Parker**/Spider-Man

Max acts as a kind of mentor towards Peter. He hired Peter to be his lab assistant. After Peter confesses that he stole the V-252 from the lab, Max suspends Peter. At the Stark-Expo, Max realizes that the V-252 is alive, even after denying it to Peter, who continued to warn him.

As Spider-Man Max has a lot of trust in the hero for all the times he has aided Horizon.Even when the Venom symbiotic threatened max tell him Spider-Man's location he never gave in until Venom forced it from his memories

in Season 3 Maximum Venom

in Web of Venom it's revealed that Max has known Peter was Spider-Man since he defeated Adrian Toomes in Goblin War Part 4.

Max Now understand why Peter has to protect his identity he doesn't want to put people he care about in danger.

## **Miles Morales**/Spy-D

Miles is one of Max's Best and most trusted Students. in Generations Max is show knowing that Miles is Spy-D

## **Anya Corazon**/Spider-Girl

Anya is one of Max's best and most trusted student Generations Max is Show knowing that Anya is Spider-Girl

## **Gwen Stacy**/Ghost-Spider

Generations Max is show knowing that Gwen is Ghost-Spider

## **Otto Octavius**

Otto was given a job at Horizon by Max when he was only nineteen years old something that he appreciated from the headmaster. However after the Stark Expo and the consistent inventions that placed the school and student in danger Max had to let Otto go which did not sit well with the scientist. Unbeknownst to them this was part of Norman Osborn's scheme to recruit Otto into the Oscorp ranks. However Otto would eventually turn his hatred toward both men.

Max Watched Otto Die When He Says his Final Words to Peter as Spider-Man

At the end of Season 2 Max appeared at Otto's funeral to pay his condolences despite all of the lives and events Otto's put him and Horizon through

## **Tony Stark/Iron Man**

Tony Stark is a close friend of Max's whom he has a lot of trust in and vice-versa. Due to their friend Tony/s company Stark Industries donates equipment to Horizon occasionally

## **Curt Connors**

At some point Max had offered Connors a teaching position at Horizon High.However it was actually a plan by Norman Osborn to have Connors find any information regarding Max continuing work on the V-252 symbiotic and to have him lose his position and ownership of Horizon High.

## **Abilities**

* **Genius Intellect**
* **Motivational Speaking:** Max is a good speaker. He is able to encourage others which gives them
* strength.

## **Season 1**

* **Horizon High Part 1 (First Appearances)**
* **Horizon Hight Part 2**
* **Osborn Academy**
* **A Day in The Life**
* **Party Animals**
* **Sandman (Episode) (Mentioned)**
* **Symbiotic Relationships**
* **Stark Expo**
* **Kraven's Amazing Hunt**
* **Venom**
* **The Rise of Doc Ock Part 1**
* **The Rise of Doc Ock Part 2**
* **Spider-Island Part 5**
* **Hobgoblin Part 1**
* **Hobgoblin Part 2**

## **Season 2**

* **Take Two**
* **Between an Ock and a Hard Place**
* **Dead Man's Party**
* **Venom Returns**
* **Bring on the Bad Guys Part 4**
* **The Living Brain**
* **My Own Worst Enemy**
* **Critical Update**
* **Brand New Day (Mentioned)**
* **The Road to Goblin War**
* **Goblin War Part 1**
* **Goblin War Part 4**

## **Season 3**

* **Web of Venom**
* **Amazing Friends (Mentioned)**
* **Vengeance of Venom**
* **Spider-Man Unmasked**
* **Generations**
* **Maximum Venom (Episode)**

## **Trivia**

* This is Max Modell's first animated appearance.
* Max's voice actor, Fred Tatasciore, previously voiced Hulk in *Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes*, *Ultimate Spider-Man*, *Avengers Assemble* and *Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.*.
* In the comics, Max Modell is an openly gay man, and is married to a lawyer named Hector Baez. However, it is currently unknown if he will be openly gay in this series or if Disney will change that.