Although he has no superhuman abilities, he has trained his body to be in absolute peak physical condition, is among the greatest martial arts practitioners in the Marvel Universe, and as a professional assassin, who has evaded detection by various international law enforcement agencies, is highly intelligent.

Christopher Abbott played the Foreigner in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Kraven the Hunter.

Writer Peter David created the Foreigner as a master assassin character to be a nemesis for Spider-Man.

The Foreigner hired an assassin to assume the identity of Blaze to fire-bomb the Black Cat's apartment.

Disguised as Lieutenant Kris Keating, the Foreigner killed Blaze and framed Spider-Man for the job.

[10] Later he hired Whisper, Pulse, Swift, and Warfare to kill Betty Brant Leeds, who was seeking to expose the Foreigner's role in Ned's death.

At one point, machinations by Justin Hammer turned the 1400 Club against him and the organization was destroyed; the Foreigner did not seem to intend to rebuild it, as he realized the whole thing was too unwieldy and bloated for his tastes.

It was discovered that Foreigner is the one responsible for murdering Thunderbolt Ross, and framing Captain America for the crime.

[12] A somehow revived and rejuvenated Peggy Carter, operating as Dryad, takes down Foreigner's New York-based safe houses.

Foreigner is tricked and pressured by Chance into covering the night's debts if he can steal Spider-Man's web-shooters.

[16] After Foreigner and Chance found out that Empire State University student Jamie Tolentino used the Clairvoyant to win all bets and racked up a debt when it ran out of battery power, they were told by Jamie that he can get him the Catalyst as a power source for the Clairvoyant.

Afterwards with his bank accounts drained by Spider-Man and Ned Leeds, Foreigner hires Taskmaster and Black Ant to assist in his payback plot.

His skills are such that even without superhuman abilities, he is able to pull off seemingly inhuman feats of strength through intense concentration, and has even battled Spider-Man to a standstill.

He is a brilliant strategist, tactician, and intelligence gatherer who has somehow escaped much notice from governments and their agencies, leaving it to Spider-Man and other superheroes to handle him.