Dr. James Marcus (ジェーマス・マーカス Jēmasu Mākasu?) was a virologist who pioneered 20th century viral weapons research. One of the founders of Umbrella Pharmaceuticals, he held the position of Director at the company's executive training school and was among those responsible for the creation of the t-Virus. A perfectionist, Marcus became obsessed with never-ending research while neglecting his other responsibilities. When he became twisted in his obsession to the point of illegally using children in his research, he was ousted from all responsibilities in the company. Seen as a threat to the company even in solitude, Marcus was murdered in 1988 and he and his test subjects dumped into an underground river channel.
Ikran's F-Zero timeline[]
He was only seen briefly in Man of Destiny, as the main antagonist/leader of the Umbrella Corp, and the inventor of the T-Virus. His research facility, the Hive, was infested by it, as Spence willingly broke open a specimen and let it loose, infecting and killing everyone, excepting a few survivors. He was able to wipe out most of the human, and animal, race inside the Hive, that was till Young Capt. Falcon arrived and saved 3 survivors, Rain, Alice and Kaplan. Jim met the quartet, with Rick incapacitated, and ambushed them with his organization. However, thanks to Jody's honing signal inside Rick's helmet, she was able to radio the Federation and they followed him to where the Corp was! The Feds forced him and the organization to surrender, and he could either receive permanent cold sleep or death.