Curtis Carr, was a chemical engineer, designed improved additives for Mainstream Motors – then a major US automobile manufacturer. Carr bitterly described his position as that of a flunky.  His under-employment may have been a result of racism. However, his workplace seemed unsegregated by early 1970s standards. Thus, it is possible that his temper and poor social skills also played a role.  Feeling that he was a misunderstood genius, Carr started his own experimental program on company time so as to fully express his skills.

Carr actually *was* a technological genius. He built an incredible beam weapon called the “alchemy gun”. Horace Claymore, the President of MM, was impressed and claimed that Mainstream owned the technology, since it had been developed on company time.  Carr refused to give away his invention, and Claymore fired him. The bitter Carr only wanted to make them pay. Thus, he decided to become a super-villain rather than develop his technology. This took months. The scrawny Carr threw himself into a slow and steady bodybuilding program. He then designed, sewed and dyed a costume. As Chemistro, he would have his revenge.

His attempts at terrorism against Mainstream Motors were haphazard. His first strike sent a secretary, Annabelle Crawford, crashing through a floor Chemistro had turned to glass. She was rushed to the nearest clinic, operated by Drs. Temple and Burstein. As Crawford was receiving treatment for her lacerations and concussion, Horace Claymore, hired Temple’s boyfriend on the spot – hero for hire Luke Cage. Howbeit, Claymore and the rest of MM management chose not to tell Cage that they knew perfectly well who Chemistro was.

Cage, not trusting his employers either, spied on their next meeting. Thus, when Chemistro attacked anew and was repulsed by the hero for hire. Reasoning that Chemistro would probably strike at the next public test drive of Mainstream Motors prototypes, Cage went undercover as a test driver.

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