Specialist
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The Specialist is a supervillain who appears in comics published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the alternate future timeline Marvel 2099, and is an enemy of Spider-Man 2099. Created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi, he appeared in Spider-Man 2099 #4-5 (February–March 1993).
Within the context of the stories, the Specialist is an athletic man with no superhuman powers, an expert martial artist who is trained as a samurai warrior. Born in Osaka, Japan in the late 21st Century, the Specialist worked for Tyler Stone as an assassin and field operative for the Stark/Fujikawa Corporation in the year 2099. At the behest of Tyler Stone, the Specialist captures Kasey Nash in order to lure the Spider-Man of that era into battle. As the Specialist battles Spider-Man, his throat is slit.
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