REAL NAME: Brant Spina
OTHER ALIASES:
AGE: 38
OCCUPATION: Member of Albino Crime Syndicate
ASSOCIATES/ACCOMPLICES/MINIONS: Flying Fortress II, Foray, Brain, Brawn, Gauntlet, Firestrike
AFFILIATIONS: ALBINO CRIME SYNDICATE
CURRENT STATUS: At large
BACKGROUND: One of the world’s foremost chemists, Brant Spina had developed an adhesive whose properties could be altered with the application of certain compounds.  It was a tremendous breakthrough; need a flexible adhesive?  Simply add compound A.  Need something that could hold solid steel together?  Add compound B.  It was magnificent.  Unfortunately Spina had been brought up on animal cruelty charges for testing his adhesive on animals.  His company decided to avoid the public censure his trial would cause and cut him loose.  Spina was tried, convicted, and lost all credibility in his field.  He attempted to sue his company, but he lacked the money for a drawn out legal battle and lost what little he had to lawyers.  Spina became an alchohilic, and useless to society.

After the recruitment of Flying Fortress The Albino had been actively searching for technological advances to aid her rise to power.  She heard of Spina’s miracle adhesive and could see the possibilities.  She found the man, sobered him up, and offered him a chance at revenge.  Spina agreed and became Tangler.  His first act was to utterly destroy the company that screwed him.

Tangler was killed by the clone of Flying Fortress II.  At this time there is no replacement for him.

POWERS: Tangler had no powers, but he was a brilliant chemist.  His tangler gear consisted of an armored costume, a helmet with an effective sensor suite, and a backpack and gun that fired his special adhesive.  Smaller tanks were filled with special compounds which allowed him to alter the effect of his entangle.  It was known that Spina had sprayed a coating of special solvent over his own costume, so attempts at entangling him with his own weapon proved to be useless.  This was after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Chimera in '94. The tanks were bullet proof, a precaution taken after another humiliating defeat at the hands of The Revenger in '95.

PERSONALITY: Spina was a recovering alcoholic who began to realize he had made a deal with the devil.  Years of doing The Albino’s dirty work had made him steadilly uneasy and more prone to fall off the wagon.  He would have left if he thought he had a chance, but after what happened to Flying Fortress I he knew that he could be replaced.  Now that he is dead all his troubles are over.

APPERANCE: Spina was a man in his late thirties, his brown hair had thinned considerably and his brown eyes had grown weaker, making him squint even with glasses on.  He was thin and un-athletic.  The Tangler suit was dark blue with light blue trim.  The main-tank and gun were silver, while the different compound tanks were green, yellow and red.