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Curtis Carr

Curtis Carr

5 appearances · Bronze Age · 1973–2025
Who is Curtis Carr?

Curtis Carr is a chemist who created an experimental alchemy gun capable of transmuting any substance into another material. Driven to crime, he became the villain Chemistro and ran afoul of Luke Cage, beginning a career that entangled him with Marvel's tech-savvy corner of heroes.

A Marvel Bronze Age original, Curtis Carr stepped onto the scene in 1973's Hero for Hire #12, brought to life by Steve Englehart and George Tuska during one of comics' most creatively adventurous decades. Over more than fifty years his path has wound through the Marvel Universe in the company of heavy hitters like Iron Man, Riri Williams, and Ironheart — a fascinating constellation of tech-minded characters that speaks to his enduring place in that corner of Marvel's world. With appearances stretching from the gritty Bronze Age streets of Hero for Hire all the way to recent Marvel's Voices celebrations, Curtis Carr is a quietly persistent figure whose longevity rewards the curious collector willing to dig a little deeper.

★ First appearance
Hero for Hire #12
Aug 1973

Top series

Covers through the years — 1973–2023

Hero for Hire #12 1973
Hero for Hire #12
Iron Man #251 1989
Iron Man #251
Free Comic Book Day 2023: Marvel's Voices #1 2023
Free Comic Book Day 2023: Marvel's Voices #1

Appearances

Hero for Hire (1972)
#12
Iron Man (1968)
Free Comic Book Day 2023: Marvel's Voices (2023)
#1
Ironheart: Bad Chemistry (2025)
#1