Alchemax (Spider-Verse Films)

Alchemax are the main antagonists of Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Verse film trilogy.

It is a research company run by Dr. Olivia Octavius and financed by crime lord Wilson Fisk, who assisted the latter in the creation of the Super-Collider.

Biography[]

Alchemax was founded by Olivia Octavius and is located in a private campus in the Hudson Valley. The company did research into the possibility of parallel universes, which garnered the attention of crime lord Wilson Fisk. Fisk would go on to fund the company through his company, the Fisk foundation. Fisk's motivation for funding the company was that he had recently lost his wife Vanessa and son Richard to a car crash after they saw him brutally beating up Spider-Man, and intended to create a machine which would allow him to bring alternate versions of them to his dimension. Despite the dangers Fisk's collider posed to the city, Octavius was nonetheless willing to help him out. The creation of the collider was kept a secret from the city

During the testing of the collider, Alchemax scientist Jonathan Ohnn experimented with a spider and the collider. The result brought a radioactive spider from another universe, which managed to escape, ultimately entering the sewers which connected to the Super Collider room. This very spider would go on to be the one which bit Miles Morales, making him a second Spider-Man. The experimentation with the collider would cause tremors throughout the city, attracting the attention of Spider-Man, who eventually found out the truth, and attempted to shut it down due to realizing the danger that the Collider could open a black hole under Brooklyn. He did this by creating an override key which would shut the machine down.

The same time as Miles investigated the spider that bit him, Spider-Man entered into the Collider hideout to shut it down, where he was confronted by Miles's uncle Aaron Davis as well as Green Goblin, both of whom were working for the Kingpin. In the ensuing fight, Kingpin activated the collider, putting his wife and son's DNA in the ensuing beam, causing various parts of Brooklyn to begin inter-dimensionally glitching. However, a vengeful Goblin would force Spider-Man into the beam, causing his DNA to accidentally be mixed in. This caused an explosion which killed Goblin, mortally wounded Spider-Man, and brought in five other Spider-Men from alternate dimensions: an older Peter Parker, an alternate Gwen Stacy, a 1930's Peter Parker, an anime-inspired Peni Parker, and a Looney Tunes esque Peter Porker. Fisk would go on to personally murder Spider-Man himself and, despite the danger posed, continued with the experiment.

Later at Alchemax, Fisk demanded Octavius continue as planned with the machine, despite Octavius's pleas of its dangers. During this time, Miles, accompanied by the older Parker, broke into the laboratory to fix the Override key, where they were attacked by Octavius, wearing four mechanical tentacles, as well as the scientists there, including Ohnn. Despite this, they were ultimately saved by Gwen, much to the displeasure of Fisk.

Later on, Fisk, Davis, Octavius, and Fisk's other henchmen Scorpion and Tombstone broke into Aunt May's house to kill the Spider-Man, resulting in Davis's death after refusing to kill his own nephew. In order to mask the final Collider test, Fisk held a gala in honor of the dead Spider-Man, inviting that universe's Mary Jane to the event. During this time, Alchemax came closer than ever to opening portals to other dimensions, as the worlds themselves began coming to Miles' universe, with buildings and cars emerging from the center beam. However, the other Spider-Men, desiring to head home and stop Fisk, intervened, defeating the rest of Fisk's henchmen, including Octavius. After they returned home, Miles faced Fisk himself, with alternate versions of Vanessa and Richard appearing, yet again running from the deluded Fisk. Ultimately, Miles defeated Kingpin, and plugged the Override key in, causing a massive explosion which once again destroyed the Collider. However, in the explosion, Ohnn was infused with energy, which left him covered in inter dimensional holes, and without a face. This caused Ohnn to vow revenge, and take the identity of "The Spot".

In the aftermath, it can be assumed Alchemax was shut down, as the Collider room is being destroyed by the time of Across the Spider-Verse.

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Alchemax
Kingpin | Doctor Octopus | The Spot

Kingpin's Associates
Green Goblin | The Prowler | Tombstone | Scorpion

Earth-42
Aaron Davis | The Prowler

Others
Doctor Crawdaddy | Lizard | Renaissance Vulture

Villains

Marvel Cinematic Universe
Spider-Man: Homecoming: Bestman Salvage (Vulture, Tinkerer, Shocker #1, Shocker #2 & Randy Vale) | Mac Gargan | Aaron Davis
Spider-Man: Far From Home: Mysterio's Crew (Mysterio, William Ginter Riva, Victoria Snow, Gutes Guterman, Janice Lincoln, & Doug, Shanice) | Elementals (Molten Man, Hydro-Man, Sandman, Cyclone & Elemental Fusion) | Skrulls (Talos) | Obadiah Stane
Spider-Man: No Way Home: Earth-96283 (Green Goblin, Sandman & Doctor Octopus (His Tentacles) | Earth-120703 (Electro & Lizard) | Sadie Deever | Venom | Mysterio