Madam Belladona - She's an evil...perfumist. Believe it or not, the very fey fashion designer she sought to ruin in her few appearances later became the Hobgoblin!
The Incredible Iguana - Basically he has all the powers of the Lizard, only he has a species specific name. Ooooh. Ahhhh. The twist was, instead of a human mutated into a lizard, he was a lizard mutated into...a -really- large lizard!
Swarm - It's a shame he's so obscure, because if an undead Nazi scientist with a body composed entirely of radioactive bees doesn't make a GREAT cinematic super-villain, I don't know what does!
Videoman - Videoman was the malevolent creation of that early 80s arcade-loving miscreant Electro. No, wait...he was a member of the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends universe version of the X-Men. Maybe both. I loved him as a kid, really.
The Kangaroo - He tracked kangaroos, studied their habits, adopted their diet, craved their ability to hop. He eventually got it, but at the cost of being snickered at by the likes of the Grizzly and the Gibbon.
The Big Wheel - Perhaps the most literal-minded super-villain in the Marvel Universe. His gimmick is he rides around in a wheel.
A big one.
Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
Since I'm not a reader of Marvel, I have to ask.
Is this a joke? Or are these seriously villains that appeared in real, bonafide comic books?
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote: Swarm - It's a shame he's so obscure, because if an undead Nazi scientist with a body composed entirely of radioactive bees doesn't make a GREAT cinematic super-villain, I don't know what does!
Sounds cool to me. Really, I think I'd like to see Mysterio or Electro.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
quote:Swarm - It's a shame he's so obscure, because if an undead Nazi scientist with a body composed entirely of radioactive bees doesn't make a GREAT cinematic super-villain, I don't know what does!
Awww....he just needs a hug.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Bando: These are all actual, genuine super-villains who have fought Spider-Man over the years. They just happen to be some of the more obscure ones...though one can generally find their appearances in the Essential Spider-Man and Essential Peter Parker volumes Marvel publishes.
The one exception is Videoman, who was created for the 25+ years old Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends cartoon show. Though I seem to recall Sean McKeever introduced him into the actual Marvel comics once. Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
I remember swarm, not the others though.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
I didn't even bring up the Hypno Hustler or the Spot.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
Looking at the list, I've been unfairly picking on the B-list Bronze Age Spidey villains.
Why, there's loads more from the Silver, Iron, and Modern Age.
Such as:
Geldoff - The proof that Brian Michael Bendis -needed- pre-existing villains to revamp for Ultimate Spider-Man. What was Geldoff's deal? Well, imagine every Euro-Trash stereotype in the world crammed into one character. Then, give him the power to make cars fly around and a connection to the often hinted at (and just as often ignored and forgotten) Grand Unified Ultimate Universe Conspiracy.
Then never mention him again. Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: Sounds cool to me. Really, I think I'd like to see Mysterio or Electro.
Mysterio is supposed to turn up in Spidey 3...played by Bruce Campbell, no less!
I totally hope he's wearing the "fish bowl" on his head. Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
I was going to post the other day that we've already seen Mysterio in disguise in the form or Bruce Campbell.
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