Mister Negative

Mister Negative is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is usually depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man, the Punisher, Shang-Chi, and Cloak and Dagger. The character was created by Dan Slott and Phil Jimenez and first appeared in "Swing Shift", a story in Free Comic Book Day: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (May 2007). The name "Mister Negative" is a reference to photographic negative, as the colors of his skin, hair, and costume are inverted when he transforms into his alter ego. Originally a gangster and human trafficker whose real name was never revealed, the man who would become Mister Negative was captured by the crime boss Silvermane to serve as a test subject for an experimental procedure involving a synthetic drug created by Simon Marshall. The experiment gave him control over both the Darkforce and the Lightforce and led to the creation of two opposite personalities: Mister Positive, posing as a benevolent and kind philanthropist named Martin Li, who establishes the F.E.A.S.T. Project as a means to help homeless people; and the ruthless crime lord Mister Negative, who leads the Inner Demons gang to try and take over New York City's criminal underworld. Originally, the character was depicted as suffering from dissociative identity disorder, as neither personality could access the other's memories; both were later shown to be fully aware of the other's existence. As Mister Negative, his powers include healing, mind-controlling people through "corruption", and charging weapons with his energy. Since his original introduction in comics, the character has been adapted into several other forms of media. Keone Young, Eric Bauza, and Bowen Yang voiced Mister Negative in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, Spider-Man (2017), and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, while Stephen Oyoung portrayed him in the Marvel's Spider-Man video game series.