Sandman

Flint Marko is a small time crook who is the father of Penny Marko and the ex-husband of Emma Marko. During his criminal career, he was the partner of Dennis Carradine. He was also responsible for the death of Ben Parker, despite Carradine's initial blame fore the death.

A few years following the death of Ben Parker, while being chased by policemen, Marko fell down a supercollider, fusing his body with surrounding sound, he became the villain known as Sandman. As the Sandman, he would become a frequent enemy of Spider-Man, who wanted revenge as he was in fact Peter Parker, Ben's nephew. Marko, tired of Spider-Man in his way, then agreed with Venom-bonded Eddie Brock to kill Spider-Man. However, he made peace with Spider-Man at the end of the battle

Daughter's health
Yars before he became a crook, Flint Marko married Emma Marko, and they had a daughter, Penny Marko. A few years after Penny was born, Penny suffered from an unknown illness, causing Flint to turn to criminal ways and get money.

Allying with Dennis Carradine
During his criminal career, Marko met up with carjacker and criminal Dennis Carradine, who would become his partner in his criminal activities.

Murder Of Ben Parker
One night, as Dennis Carradine robbed an underground wrestling tournament, Marko took the opportunity to find a man in his car. He then threatened the man to give up his car, so that he could sell it and earn money. However, Ben Parker then told him to put the gun and go back home, trying to help him. After this, he then saw his partner running towards him. His sudden appearance startled Flint, who accidentally pulled the trigger, killing Ben. He then stayed with Ben's body, despite Carradine telling him to get in the car. His death would haunt Flint forever, wishing he could take it back. After the death, Marko and Carradine went their separate ways.

Breaking Out of Prison
After a few years, Marko broke out of prison. He decided to return to his old house to see his daughter and hide, however, the police were still chasing him. After making it to his house, he placed some letters under Penny's bed where she was sleeping and got changed. However, Emma, Marko's ex-wife found him, and they had a brief argument over Ben Parker's death. Eventually, Penny woke up to the arguments and went downstairs to the kitchen. She met Marko who promised to find the money to cure her, before Emma asked him to leave. Marko then left, but not before telling them he wasn't a bad person, he just had bad luck.

Supercollider Incident
A few years after he killed Ben, Marko found himself on the run from policemen, accidentally falling into a supercollider while climbing. Eventually, the supercollider was switched on, causing Marko to be infused with the sand that was lying around. He then watched in horror as his skin started turning into specks of sand.

New Form
After being transformed into sand, Marko then moved around the sand, and tried forming back into a human and pick up the locket he had, seeing as he was still sand at that moment. Eventually, after a few tries it worked and he obtained his locket. Now turned back into his human form, Sandman then walked away, ready to try and fix Penny's disease.

Battle at the van
One day, while walking around the street, a few policemen saw him and recognised him as the escaped convict from the Ben Parker case. After telling him to halt, Marko ran inside a truck containing sand. After the police searched the truck looking for him, Marko then threw the policemen away and flew around the city in his new sand form. After this, he decided to rob a van containing money and surrounded it with sand. However, the masked vigilante known as Spider-Man showed up and fought with him. Testing his new capabilities, Marko morphed his hand to be bigger and punched Spider-Man. After a while, Spider-Man took the money bags from Sandman, and left to help the people trapped inside the van. After seeing Spider-Man rescue them, Marko walked away.

Bank Robbery
After the botched van robbery, Marko robbed a bank. Spider-Man, now sporting a black suit, decided to hunt down Marko. This was due to the fact that he was actually Peter Parker, who was Ben's nephew. When Marko got confused on what Ben meant to him, Spider-Man attacked Marko kicking him across the trains, and putting his face on the moving trains, which defigured him. Marko then attacked Spider-Man and slammed him across the trains, but Spider-Man punched Marko and disfigured him yet again. As Marko fell into a puddle, Spider-Man then realised his weakness, and opened a water pipe. After this, Spider-Man believed that he had killed him.

Reforming
After a few days, Marko regained his form, and looked on the locket containing a picture of young Penny.

Meeting Venom
While walking down an alleyway, Sandman saw a black suited figure, whom he initially believed to be Spider-Man but later realised he was someone else. Eddie Brock, the person wearing the suit, then revealed how he also knew about Flint and how Spider-Man wouldn't let him save his own daughter. As they both wanted Spider-Man dead, Eddie asked Sandman for an alliance, the latter who complied.

Battle at the Construction Site
After Venom kidnapped MJ, Spider-Man showed up, ready to save her. However, Venom pushed him down to the ground. Eventually, a hulking form of Sandman appeared and attacked Spider-Man. Venom then held Spider-Man, and Marko pulled some punches on Spider-Man. However, Harry Osborn showed up and threw a pumpkin bomb at Sandman, disfiguring him. Eventually Sandman was attacked by the combined forces of Spider-Man and Harry. Harry, using his glider, then used the glider's flares on Sandman which was able to destroy his arm. After firing torpedoes at Sandman, Harry was able to successfully defeat Marko's hulking form.

Making Peace with Spider-Man
After Eddie Brock and Venom's death, Sandman approached Peter Parker, coming to the sense he was Ben's nephew. He tried to tell Parker that he only wanted money for his daughter which was all he had, and Ben's death was purely an accident of him trying to get more money for Penny. As Parker had also done terrible things before, Parker was able to forgive Marko as well as himself for the death. Marko then left the scene, remorseful about killing Ben.

Personality
"I'm not a bad person, just had bad luck"

- Flint Marko

To be added.

Powers

 * Sand Manipulation: Having gained his powers from a supercollider, Marko's body is made entirely out of sand.
 * Superhuman Strength:To be added.
 * Sand Transformation: Being made out of sand, Marko is able to shape his body any size he wants, so he can turn himself into a giant sand figure, but can also appear to look like he is in his human form too.
 * Sand Transportation: Marko can also use his sand abilities to move around easily and quickly, and he can fly using this ability as well.

Abilities

 * Expert Crook: Marko was a small time crook in New York, having worked with Dennis Carradine.
 * Hand Combat: Marko has good experience with fighting, being seen when he fought Spider-Man.

Family

 * Emma Marko - Wife
 * Penny Marko - Daughter

Allies

 * Dennis Carradine † - Partner
 * Eddie Brock/Venom
 * Peter Parker/Spider-Man - Former Enemy, Former Attempted Killer

Enemies

 * Ben Parker † - Unintended Victim
 * New York City Police Department
 * Harry Osborn/New Goblin

Trivia

 * In the comics, Sandman's name was William Baker, who was a prisoner at Ryker's Island. While escaping prison, he was exposed to nuclear energy and became the Sandman. He has become an enemy of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four.

Behind the Scenes

 * Sandman in the Spider-Man Trilogy is the first live-action incarnation of the character.
 * Another version of Sandman based off of the one in the Spider-Man Trilogy, also portrayed by Thomas Haden Church makes an appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe/Spider-Man Trilogy crossover Spider-Man: No Way Home. However, he is only voiced by Thomas Haden Church and archive footage from Spider-Man 3 is used when Marko reverts in his human form.
 * Sandman is the first and only villain in the Spider-Man Trilogy to not die.