Spider-Man: Far From Home – 5 Superpowers Mysterio Keeps Hidden (& 5 Strange Weaknesses)

**MAJOR SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME**

Mysterio aka Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal) finally makes his cinematic debut and entrance into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in Spider-Man: Far From Home – Spider-Man’s (Tom Holland) second outing in the growing cinematic universe and the official epilogue to Phase 3. In the sequel, Mysterio’s unique powers are brought to bear and given a much-needed updated origin. This time around, the Master of Illusions uses modern-day technology to cast his signature illusions and mind games.

However, in the comics, the specifics of Mysterio’s abilities and even his weaknesses are different. The movie changes a few details, but the character remains relatively intact. Here are 5 superpowers that Mysterio keeps hidden and 5 of his strangest weaknesses.

10 Hidden Power: Master of Disguise

He even impersonated Spider-Man in the villain’s debut comic, using an artificial recreation of Spider-Man’s webs to make himself more convincing. Mysterio continues this tradition in Far From Home when he pretends to be different people – including Nick Fury – with the use of the BARF technology that Beck invented.

9 Hidden Weakness: He Was An Android

While the android itself was convincing and threatening, it was still a robot that was only imitating its creator. Because of this, the android wasn’t able to keep up the ruse for too long before finally losing in battle. Still, it held its own and gave the heroes a hard time.

8 Hidden Power: Pharmacology

Not only is Beck a special effects wizard but he’s also an expert pharmacologist who concocts gasses for a variety of applications. In the past, he’s made hallucinogens to drive his enemies insane, a substance that could dissolve Spider-Man’s webs before they even reached him, and a special airborne agent that inhibited the web-slinger’s crucial Spider Senses for more than 30 minutes.

7 Hidden Weakness: The Famous Dome

Many of Spider-Man’s fights with the Master of Illusions end with Beck getting punched in the face, usually breaking his dome in the process. Far From Home follows a similar logic, wherein Mysterio’s helmet served as the control panel for the EDITH system, though Spider-Man (sadly) doesn’t punch through the dome to get to Beck’s face.

6 Hidden Power: A Supernatural Phase

Since then, Beck has been coy as to whether or not his powers are psychic or not. It should be noted that even with this upgrade, Beck was still Beck. His incompetence annoyed the demons so much that he was eventually stripped of his powers before being demoted back to a regular human with a fishbowl helmet.

5 Hidden Weakness: A Massive Ego

The fact that Beck isn’t even respected as a super-villain further embitters him, which is why he overcompensates and gloats every chance he gets. Time and again, Spider-Man uses Mysterio’s habit of overdramatic speechmaking and theatricality as an opening to land a decisive hit. In fact, the Master of Illusions has become predictable.

4 Hidden Power: Mutant Powers

Combined with Mysterio’s built-in illusion technology, Klum became a powerful Master of Illusion before Spider-Man and the previous Mysterios – Quentin Beck and Daniel Berkhart – stop him. He manages to escape jail time by teleporting at the last second, but not before he gets stabbed during the melee. He hasn’t been seen since.

3 Hidden Weakness: He’s Just A Guy

This isn’t much of a surprise since many of Spider-Man’s villains are regular criminals with some enhancements, but Beck is notably the weakest of the lot. Simply getting past Mysterio’s mind games and knocking him out is more than enough to put an end to his charade. At one point, Mysterio’s criminal career even stopped because Beck relocated to Las Vegas for his retirement.

2 Hidden Power: Multiverse Travelling

After losing one too many times to Spider-Man, Mysterio relocates to a parallel Earth where his nemesis is dead. He tries to retake his Earth of origin using an android impersonating him but, as mentioned earlier, his robotic doppelganger doesn’t succeed.

1 Hidden Weakness: Terminal Cancer

This motivates Mysterio to go out in a blaze of glory by driving Daredevil insane, which he fails to do. Beck then pulls off one last plan, namely shooting himself in the head – an idea he “stole” from Kraven the Hunter.

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