History Characters / SpidermanRoguesGallery

* [[Characters/SpiderManTheInheritors The Inheritors]]

** [[Characters/SpiderManGoblins The Goblin Family]]

* Characters/SpiderManRoguesGalleryAToG
* Characters/SpiderManRoguesGalleryItoZ

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[[folder:Beetle]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Abner Ronald Jenkins
-> '''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' #123

--> '''Boomerang:''' Abner here was the Beetle--the original Beetle. You probably don't notice much resemblance. And yes, a while back, we were in the same crew--called ourselves the Sinister Syndicate. I like to think I've grown past it. Thing is, Abner was a piece of ☠☠☠☠ even then. Double-crossed me more than twice--but hey, at least I could respect that. A crook is a crook. Then one day, he gets himself hooked into another gang--the Thunderbolts--a bunch of costumed baddies pretending to be good guys. It was a brilliant, beautiful long con. Least it was before Abner screwed the whole thing up--by actually becoming a good guy.

An aircraft mechanic, Abner Jenkins decided to supplement his income through less honest means and built a suit of insect-themed PoweredArmor. Starting out as a foe of the Fantastic Four, he came into conflict with Spider-Man, continually redesigning and updating his armor in an effort to take out the Wall-Crawler. After joining the Thunderbolts under Baron Zemo, Abe decided to put his life of crime behind him and rebranded himself as a superhero called MACH I (currently MACH VII).

* {{Adorkable}}: Became more pronounced after he switched sides.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: His original suits were built around a beetle motif.
* BecomingTheMask: As a Thunderbolt, he started out by pretending to be a hero, and ended up as an actual one, because he found GoodFeelsGood.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He can come off as an overeager klutz, but is still a more than competent engineer and fighter.
* FunWithAcronyms: It's shown in-universe that the MACH name came first and then he and Fixer tried to think up words that would allow for the acronym.
* FrickinLaserBeams: One of the many weapons his armor is equipped with.
* HeelFaceTurn: As a result of his stint on the {{Thunderbolts}}, he ended up as a hero, and is one of the few Marvel characters whose turn stuck.
* IconicOutfit: His second suit (the bottommost one in the image), which he wore in the 1990's, is one of his best-known looks.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After becoming a hero he's developed a dream of being an Avenger.
* TheKlutz: [[http://www.chasingamazingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/SuperiorFoes13_01.jpg Those wings...]]
* NiceGuy: Part of the reason his HeelFaceTurn has been accepted pretty well by the heroes; Abner may have been a crook once, but he's a sweetheart who's always looking for friends.
* NoRespectGuy: While the heroes have welcomed Abner as an ally, not many of them really respect him.
* PoweredArmor: As Mach the fact that his suit is cybernetic is far more noticeable.
* ReligiousBruiser: Not brought up much, but after his HeelFaceTurn he apparently reconnected with his faith.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: An enemy of the Human Torch but well-known for fighting Spidey too.
* TookALevelInBadass: People today would probably laugh at his old costume, which didn't look very beetle-esque. He updated his armor in the 1980s, and it's stuck around.
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[[folder:Beetle IV/Lady Beetle]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Janice Lincoln
-> '''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' #607

--> ''"I am a professional. I am robbing you at gunpoint right now. Can we maybe keep the topics of conversation to how terrified you are, or how amazingly well planned this whole heist is?"''

Originally introduced as an opponent of Captain America (Bucky Barnes) she later becomes a member of the ''Comicbook/SuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'', and is revealed to be the [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]] of Spider-Man villain Tombstone, as well as a [[AmoralAttorney lawyer]].

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Appears as this early in ''Superior Foes'', in contrast to her more clearly white (as well as different in general) original appearance. The series later reveals that she's the daughter of the black (and albino) Tombstone and a Latina mother.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: A rare villainous example.
* AmoralAttorney: With her father's encouragement, she went to law school (where she excelled) to become one of these and was even a valedictorian at Columbia Law. A flashback shows her winning a case against Matt Murdoch by hiring the Looter to cause a disturbance outside of the courthouse, which prompted Matt to hastily and weakly excuse himself from the proceedings in order to deal with it as ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}.
* ControlFreak: She's obsessed with controlling situations and planning things out as much as possible. It would make her a decent leader if she could get others to respect her.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Her father argued for a career as an AmoralAttorney to be preferable to and safer than that of a costumed supervillain, and he seems to have had a point, as while Janice was an excellent law student and seems to have been a competent attorney, [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain she's so far less successful as a supervillain]].
* DaddysLittleVillain: From an early age, she shared her father's criminal tendencies (a flashback shows the two bonding over stealing a dog from a playmate's birthday party), and Tombstone put her through law school in the hopes of her becoming a [[CutLexLuthorACheck legitimate]] criminal as a mob lawyer. While he wasn't happy about her deciding to become a costumed super villain, he still supported her although he refused to pay for it.
* DatingCatwoman: Her and [[ComicBook/AntMan Scott Lang]].
--> '''Scott:''' I was an [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avenger]] once. And the day they made it official--everyone could tell I was freaking out. Like, I was in way over my head. So, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, he takes me aside--he puts his hand on my shoulder, looks me straight in the eye, and say: "Scott, I'm sure right about now you're doubting yourself. Don't. This is a great responsibility, of course--but there's just one rule, above all the others, that you need to keep in mind--one rule that can never be broken, no matter what--and no matter how many times [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] may tell you otherwise--if you want to be an Avenger--you do not sleep with super villains." I am so sorry Captain America.
* DeadpanSnarker: Tends to make snippy comments about whoever she's working with at the time. Sometimes leans into SilentSnarker when she doesn't feel like speaking out-loud.
* DistaffCounterpart: Sometimes refereed to as "Lady Beetle".
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She and her father are actually very close, despite their disagreements on Janice's career choice.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: In the worst way possible; she became a supervillain largely out of desire to be the best supervillain.
* PetTheDog: Her backstory issue showed that she sometimes does community work at soup kitchens as a sort of "karmic balance".
* PowerArmor: As per the original. In particular, the suit has flight abilities and energy weapons in the gloves.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Originally introduced as a Captain America villain, she later became a Spidey villain, with a [[RetCon backstory introduced]] which tied her to his Rogue's Gallery.
* StopHavingFunGuy: She ''really'' doesn't like it when her allies go off of her strictly made plans.
* StrawFeminist: Subverted. She sometimes throws out feminist phrases and claims that she wants to "break the glass ceiling" on supervillainy, but it's just a way she excuses her petty crimes and jerkish personality.
* WomenAreWiser: [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative For what it's worth]], she's the most competent member of the Superior Foes when it comes to planning.
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[[folder:Boomerang]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Frederick Myers
-> '''Debut:''' ''Tales to Astonish'' #81

--> ''"I told them I was born in Australia, so they made me Boomerang. This is why the whole world hates you, by the way. An entire nation boiled down to what you can remember from that time you got high and watched Film/CrocodileDundee. Guess I should be glad I didn't end up some kinda kangaroo guy."''

An Australian baseball player who was suspended from playing after being caught accepting bribes, Fred Myers used his phenomenal pitching arm and weaponized boomerangs to become the supervillain Boomerang. Clashing with Spider-Man as a member of Jack O'Lantern's Sinister Syndicate, Boomerang temporarily became a "[[VillainWithGoodPublicity superhero]]" called Outback during the Civil War by supporting the Initiative, but returned to a life of crime.

* UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent:
--> '''Boomerang:''' Ha ha! Ta for that, mate! That was legendary! You throw like a floppin' Sheila!
--> '''Spider-Man:''' Shut up! You're not even making sense, you--
* ADayInTheLimelight: In ''Comicbook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'' along with other C-Listers (and lower) villains Shocker, Speed Demon, Beetle, and Overdrive. Though he's the central character and the story is told from his point of view.
* ButtMonkey: Sometimes written as a joke villain, especially in ''Ultimate Spider-Man''.
* CallingYourAttacks: In a guest appearance in ''SheHulk'', he called out the name of the type of boomerang he was using out loud. She-Hulk mocks him for this, asking if they're voice-activated, or if he is just on an "anime riff."
* CaptainEthnic: As lampshaded in the quote, as is typical of Australians in comicbook land, he ended up with a boomerang theme. Also worth noting is Fred's brief fake hero identity as "Outback", wherein he wore a costume based on the Australian flag.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He actually briefly objects when Centurius suggests abandoning a city to monsters during their tenure on the Thunderbolts.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can certainly make himself seem friendly and likable, but it doesn't take much to figure out that he's a dick.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the other supervillains like Boomerang, and with good reason.
* HeelFaceTurn: Has tried it twice, more out of greed or attempts to reduce his sentence than genuine desire to reform. Both times he went back to be a villain.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: Was a major league baseball pitcher before getting kicked out for accepting bribes.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Maybe not up to Bullseye's level, but still impressive.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's an unrepentant jerk.
* [[JetPack Jet Boots]]: Boomerang likes to use them [[WeaponizedExhaust as a secondary weapon.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: He's a greedy, self-important, backstabbing jackass; if you're on his team it's not a matter of if he'll throw you to the wolves but when, and he seems to view everyone as existing to help him get ahead. Yet he's surprisingly good at getting people to go along with him and talking himself out of the messes he makes.
* PoweredArmor: His suit functions as light body armor and is equipped with jet boots.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: His WeaponOfChoice.
* PsychoForHire: He is a mercenary and assassin.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He started out as a Hulk villain, but became more recognizable as one of Spidey's foes. He's also tangled with Iron Man, the Defenders and the X-Men.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Despite having a gimmicky move set and a kitsch costume, he's rather arrogant.
* TooDumbToLive: He's a regular human that picked fights with the Hulk on purpose, it went about as well as you expect. After Hulk badly injures him in their last fight, he stopped bothering the Hulk.
* [[TrickArrow Trick Boomerangs]]: Shatterangs, Gasarangs, Razorangs, Screamerangs, and Bladarangs, just to name a few varieties.
* [[HeroWorshipper Villain Worshipper]]: He seems to have developed a weird fascination for Dormammu in ''Superior Foes''.
* WeaponizedExhaust: Boomerang likes to use his jet boots as a secondary weapon.
* WeaponOfChoice: [[CaptainObvious Boomerangs]].
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: During ''Comicbook/DarkReign'', he was given the false "heroic" identity of Outback, and wore an Australian flag-themed costume.
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[[folder:Calypso Ezili]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #209

--> ''"Are you man enough to live a little dangerously?"''

A Haitian voodoo priestess, Calypso became the lover and accomplice of Kraven the Hunter, who she adored whipping into a frenzy prior to his hunts. After Kraven's suicide, Calypso sought revenge on Spider-Man for the villain's death by brainwashing the Lizard, after increasing her own powers by ritualistically sacrificing her younger sister, Mambo. After that debacle and ones involving ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, Calypso attempted to once again bewitch the Lizard, who responded by fatally mauling her, and escaping from the Ravencroft Institute.

Calypso resurrected herself by possessing Glory Grant, and controlling Simon Garth, the Zombie. She was subsequently humiliated by Alyosha, one of Kraven's sons, and tried to get even by assembling an army, and using magic to pit Alyosha against Spider-Man. After the two reluctant combatants broke free of Calypso's spell and defeated her minions, Alyosha took Calypso captive, and unceremoniously killed her in the Kravinoff Mansion.
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[[folder:Carnage]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Cletus Kasady
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #344

--> ''"I'm chaos, Mistuh Kurtz, chaos--and the rest of the world won't admit that its just like me. And because of that the world is worthless, its dirt on my heel--its a planet full of mannequins filled with blood and they may as well be torn up and burst and stamped on because what else are they good for--apart from making noise and being nice and making more stupid little mannequins that sit still for lies and TV and kissy-kissy garbage."''

A psychopathic serial killer imprisoned for eleven consecutive life sentences, Cletus Kasady met Eddie Brock when the latter, separated from the Venom symbiote by the toxic touch of the supervillain Styx, became his cellmate. Learning of Brock's grudge against Spider-Man, Kasady tried to convert him to his nihilistic philosophy, mocking Eddie over his claims to have once been the supervillain Venom. Repeatedly rebuked, Kasady decided to murder his cellmate, but before he could the Venom symbiote entered the cell and rebonded to Eddie. Venom broke free, leaving the terrified and jealous Kasady behind. Sensing his desire for the power Eddie possessed, a scrap of the symbiote left behind dripped onto Cletus' hand and bonded with him, transforming him into the monstrous Carnage. As Carnage, Kasady proved stronger than Spider-Man and Venom combined, and his symbiote was not only less susceptible to sonics than its progenitor but infinitely more difficult to remove, having bonded to his bloodstream.

For more information on him, please refer to '''[[ComicBook/{{Carnage}} his page]]''', and the adjoining '''[[Characters/{{Carnage}} characters]]''' page.
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[[folder:Chameleon]]

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-> '''AKA:''' [[OverlyLongName Dmitri Anatoly Nikolayevich Smerdyakov Kravinoff]]
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #1

--> ''"The truth is none of us really knows anyone else. What we're capable of at any given moment. We cannot see beyond our own lives and desires. Other people, well... they're just part of the background."''

The first supervillain Spider-Man ever fought, Dmitri was the son of a Russian aristocrat and a servant he married when he fled the Communist Revolution. His mother found him embarrassing, and his father thought him weak. While his half-brother Sergei disliked him, he grudgingly acknowledged his existence, and thus in his youth, Dmitri would try to please Sergei however he could, often putting on little plays while doing all the roles himself. Years later, this would become his job, as he took on the name Chameleon. With a base mask hiding his real face, he developed his skills as an impersonator so well that even friends of his roles were fooled. Unfortunately for him, while his acting is great, his stage combat is much more lacking, and thus he has to fight the Spider-Man with his intellect rather than with his fists.

* TheBlank: Usually; some versions of his mask are more detailed than others.
* ButtMonkey: While some writers, like Fred Van Lente, have attempted to reinvigorate the character and make him a creepy and credible threat, at the end of the day poor Dmitri always goes back to being a borderline IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
* CoolOldGuy: He was born and raised in the USSR and worked for the KGB.
* DirtyOldMan: While impersonating Peter during ''Brand New Day''. The writers had to clarify in the letters page that he and Peter's roommate just kissed.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. As mentioned above he and Kraven are brothers, but neither really likes or trusts the other anymore.
* {{Expy}}: Of the character Smerdyakov in ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''. For one thing, both characters are {{Bastard Bastard}}s from big Russian families.
* MasterOfDisguise: He wears exquisitely made latex masks, is a skilled mimic, and his own mask is equipped with voice changer software.
* NonActionGuy: He's an actor, not a fighter.
* SanitySlippage: Lost his mind in the 1990s, so the authorities started sending him to Ravencroft instead of prison.
* ShapeShifting: TookALevelInBadass and become more of a mutant than needing masks, although as of his reintroduction in ''The Gauntlet'' he's back to using masks.
* StarterVillain: Spidey's first supervillain, until prequels retconned it into being Supercharger.
* TheVoiceless: He wouldn't (or couldn't) speak in his true form in the 1990s animated series.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: Rather easy to mistake it for his actual face, seeing as how he's seemingly never without it.
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[[folder:Demogoblin]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #147 (as a Demonic Hobgoblin); ''Web of Spider-Man'' #86 (as Demogoblin)

--> ''"Come, sinners! Hiding is useless! The road to salvation can be yours... through death! I will help you find this road!"''

When Jason Macendale Jr. tried to sell his soul to the demon lord N'Astirh, he was turned down but got a demon stuffed into his soul for his trouble. However, the demon proved incompatible and eventually separated into a demonic version of the Hobgoblin called the Demogoblin.

For more information on him, please refer to the '''[[Characters/SpiderManGoblins Goblins]]''' page.

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[[folder:Doctor Octopus]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Doctor Otto Gunther Octavius
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #3

--> ''"Now, watch me trap a spider in a web of my own--a web made of my new-found arms! Your strength is merely that of a spider, but mine is the energy of an atom, born of a nuclear accident! You dared to mock me before! Why aren't you mocking me now? Where are your brave words and taunts now, Spider-Man?"''

Born in Schenectady, New York, Otto Octavius had something of an unhappy childhood. His father, Torbert, was abusive and violent towards both Otto and his mother Mary. Otto was determined not to become like his father and put all his effort into his education, regularly scoring top marks. Unfortunately, a combination of Otto's shyness and good school work got him labeled as a "teacher's pet" and he became a target of bullying. Otto eventually became a brilliant and respected nuclear physicist, atomic research consultant, inventor, and lecturer. One of his most iconic inventions was a set of highly advanced mechanical arms controlled via a mind–computer interface to assist him with his research into atomic physics. Unfortunately, there was an accidental radiation leak that ended in an explosion and those wonderful mechanical arms became fused to Octavius' body.

The accident also seemed to have damaged his brain and the scientist turned to a life of crime. His very first criminal act was taking the hospital hostage and proclaiming himself Doctor Octopus, the derogatory nickname that his co-workers had originally given him. In their first encounter, Octopus defeated Spider-Man by tossing him out of a window. Following this defeat Spider-Man considered giving up his heroic career, but was inspired to continue his heroic career by the Human Torch and ultimately defeated Doctor Octopus. Since then the Good (or Bad) Doctor has gone on to become one of the most identifiable members of Spider-Man's rogues gallery.

For more information on him, please refer to '''[[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus his page]]'''.
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[[folder:Doctor Octopus II/Lady Octopus]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Doctor Carolyn Trainer
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #405

--> '''Carolyn:''' It's only appropriate, Dr. Octavius. You are, after all, one of the great minds of this century.
--> '''Otto:''' I am pleased you think so, Ms. Trainer.

Growing up, Carolyn Trainer had it drilled into her by her distant father, geneticist Seward Trainer, that science was above all else in terms of importance. As a teenager, Carolyn became smitten with Doctor Otto Octavius, a crush that developed into a full-blown obsession, one that led to her happily becoming Octavius's assistant after he became the villainous Doctor Octopus. When Ock was murdered by Kaine, a clone of Spider-Man, the distraught Carolyn honored her late mentor by following in his footsteps, becoming the new Doctor Octopus. After aiding in a ritual that brought Otto back to life, Carolyn briefly gave up the supervillain gig in order to care for him as he readjusted, afterward striking out on her own as a mercenary under the name Lady Octopus.

* AnimalMotifs: She played this up more than Otto ever did.
* BadBoss: When a minion questioned one of her plans, which could cause innumerable civilian casualties, Carolyn strangled him nearly to death.
* TheBusCameBack: Disappeared after Otto fully recovered from his death, but resurfaced years later as a PsychoForHire in ''ComicBook/SecretWar''.
* ChestInsignia: A stylized octopus.
* DaddyIssues: She hates her father, which would explain her sometimes weird relationship with Otto. While her reaction to Seward's eventual death at the hands of Mendel Stromm and Norman Osborn isn't shown, she was presumably pretty happy about it, if not a little miffed that she didn't get to kill him herself.
* DistaffCounterpart[=/=]LegacyCharacter: It's not hard to guess for who.
* FanGirl: For Otto; a flashback to their pre-supervillain days shows her {{Squee}}ing as he gives her an autograph. Later upgraded to MonsterFangirl.
* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: As of ''Secret War'', she has gold-colored tentacles.
* HairColorDissonance: Purple, red, black, brown, and everything in-between.
* LovelyAngels: With Ock's girlfriend, Stunner.
* MechaMooks: Her Octo-spheres and hench-droids.
* PsychoForHire: Became this after Otto came back to life.
* StalkerWithACrush: Was one for Otto, with a flashback depicting her as being overjoyed when Otto was forced to break up with his fiancé Mary Alice. While her relationship with him eventually seemed to become platonic, it's implied that she may have still had romantic feelings for him, as when she was helping him recover from the fractured mental state he was left in after being revived, she completely downplayed his relationships with Mary Alice and Stunner.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Seward was apparent quite neglectful, though he did do things like sing to Carolyn when she was little, and arrange the first meeting between her and her idol.
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[[folder:Doctor Octopus III]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Lucas Carlyle
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #43, Vol. 2

--> '''Doctor Octopus:''' Thief! It doesn't belong to you!
--> '''Luke:''' Up yours, old man!

Needing a PR man, the Nexus Corporation hired Luke Carlyle for the job, failing to look too deeply into his background, which involved a veritable ton of crimes committed under different names. Eventually, the [=CEO=] of Nexus confronted Luke about irregularities regarding his personal history, and exactly what he was doing while in the company's employ. Luke proceeded to fatally bludgeon his boss, and while contemplating what to do afterward, he realized that he could now act as the de-facto leader of Nexus, at least for a little while. Luke's first order of business was to get in touch with Doctor Octopus, under the guise of offering him a legitimate job; when Ock surprisingly showed up, Luke had him captured and studied by Nexus's scientists, who he had duplicate and upgrade Otto's technology. Sticking Otto in a slow-acting death trap (in case he needed to force more information out of him regarding his tech) Luke adorned his new armor, equipped with six mechanical tentacles, and went on a rampage, drawing the attention of Spider-Man, who reluctantly teamed-up with the escaped Doc Ock to defeat "Doctor Octopus III".

* BankRobbery: The first thing he does after suiting up is rob a bank.
* DeadpanSnarker: When he isn't turning on the charm.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Carlyle Calamari.
* EvilVsEvil: He ended up earned the wrath of the original Doc Ock, who did not take kindly to someone else stealing his title.
* GreenAndMean: His armor and tentacles were entirely green in color.
* JackTheRipoff:
--> '''Doctor Octopus:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Take. That. Off.]]
--> '''Luke:''' Sigh... you're the last person in the world I wanted to hear utter those worlds while I was in the bedroom.
* SinisterShades: His were red, in contrast to Otto's.
* StunGun: Two of his tentacles were tipped with tasers.
* PoweredArmor: The main difference between Luke and Ock was Luke's use of tentacled armor, instead of just a tentacled harness. Not a bad idea, considering how years of fighting super beings wound up destroying Otto's unprotected body.
* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Luke had more advanced gear, while Otto had more experience. Had it not been for Spider-Man's intervention, the two would have presumably kept engaging in FearfulSymmetry until exhaustion or death.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Despite being described as black, his hair looked blue.
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[[folder:Doctor Traveler]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Judas Traveler
-> '''Debut:''' ''Web of Spider-Man'' #117

--> ''"You're right, of course. I'm not God. I can't catch a soul or resurrect the dead. No, I'm not God--but I'm close."''

After his family was killed, psychologist Judas Traveler suffered a psychotic break, one severe enough to activate his latent mutant abilities, all of which were psychic in nature. Convinced that the illusions he could create by altering people's perception were real, Judas deluded himself into believing that he was an ancient God-like being whose purpose was to study humanity. Via the covert manipulations of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, Judas took in interest in Spider-Man, who he tormented throughout ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''.

* AGodIAm: He became convinced he was an ancient dimension-walking entity.
* CurbStompBattle: Judas effortlessly defeated Carnage by ripping the symbiote right off of him.
* EvilAlbino: He's a supervillain with red eyes and white hair.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: In his debut issue, he messes with and intimates the Chameleon, Shriek, and Carnage.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He was a psychiatrist.
* {{Mutants}}: For all of his bluster, in the end he turned out to just be a crazy mutant who thought he could do anything due to believing his own illusions were real.
* OutsideContextVillain:
--> '''Glenn Greenberg:''' No one – not the writers, not the editors – seemed to know who or what the heck Judas Traveler was. He was seemingly this immensely powerful, quasi-mystical being with amazing abilities, but what was the real deal with him...? But to be honest, a character like Traveler didn't really fit into Spider-Man's world.
* PowerBornOfMadness: His powers were activated by a psychotic breakdown.
* PsychicPowers: He can alter peoples' perceptions of reality, read minds, and cast illusions.
* SadisticChoice: Posed Spider-Man one: if Peter failed, the inmates of Ravencroft would all die; if he succeeded they'd be set free.
* UnwittingPawn: He and his Host were being manipulated by ComicBook/NormanOsborn.

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[[folder:Doppelgänger]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Infinity War'' #1

--> '''Carnage:''' Y'know, while I was locked in the Vault, I heard some rumors about a pack of evil duplicates from outer space, and... nah! It's all too hokey for words!

Originally a "living geometric pattern" that resided in another dimension, Doppelgänger and several other members of his kind were turned into twisted duplicates of various superheroes by the Magus during the Infinity War. Unlike the other knock-offs, this one survived that event, and has periodically resurfaced to torment the real Spider-Man.

* AlasPoorVillain: He was disemboweled by Carnage while trying to protect Shriek during one of the former's tantrums. While attacking Doppelgänger, Carnage even mused that it felt like such a waste to waste him. Fortunately his healing powers saved him.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Behaves almost like a dog around Shriek.
* AllWebbedUp: Though him doing this to someone is almost always lethal, as his webbing is razor sharp.
* AnimalEyes: He has compound eyes originally in the shape of Spider-Man's lenses, but they've since become six spider-like ones.
* AngryGuardDog: For the Magus, then Demogoblin, and finally Shriek and Carnage.
* ArtificialHuman: According to some scientists, he is "inorganic and may not have been legally alive to begin with".
* BackFromTheDead:
** He was impaled by Hobgoblin, but healed by Demogoblin, which had the effect of stopping him from being destroyed when the Magus was defeated at the conclusion of the Infinity War.
** Carnage gutted him in ''Maximum Carnage'', though he resurfaced without explanation years later.
** Shortly into his reappearance, he was shot almost completely in half by Royal Blue, but revived while being autopsied.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Why he allied with Demogoblin and Shriek.
* BaldOfEvil: Seeing how his costume is actually his skin he lacks hair.
* TheBerserker: It is completely feral in combat, using its fangs, claws, and razor-webbing to brutally attack its enemies.
* BuildingSwing: Being a copy of Spider-Man, he can create organic webbing.
* CeilingCling: He can cling to walls and horizontal surfaces. Usually leads to DroolHello.
* ChestInsignia: He has a copy of Spider-Man's signature emblems on his chest and back.
* CriminalDoppelganger: One of the few Spider-Man duplicates who is unrelated to the Jackal.
* DisabilityImmunity: Instead of killing him, Demogoblin took him on as an accomplice, apparently not regarding him as a "sinner" due to him being no more intelligent than the average dog.
* DumbMuscle: He has no real will of his own, and is thus used as a henchman by other villains.
* EasilyForgiven: He's gotten passed Carnage shredding him, going back to obeying his commands, and even attempting to warn him about Scorn.
* EnemyMine[=/=]TokenEvilTeammate: Doppelgänger, or at least an AU version of him, can be seen in ''Spider-Verse'' fighting the Inheritors as part of the Spider Army. How the good guys convinced him to join them is a mystery.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He was fond of Demogoblin, and regards Shriek as his mother.
* EvilKnockOff: Was explicitly created to be one of Spider-Man.
* ExtraEyes: As of his reappearance, he's developed multiple eyes.
* FangsAreEvil: He has a mouth full of fangs almost reminiscent of a symbiote's.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: He was shot in half by Royal Blue, leaving him crawling around on his numerous arms, to rather creepy effect. His legs have grown back by the time of ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse''.
* HealingFactor: Presumably how he survived being mortally wounded multiple times.
* HumanoidAbomination: Doppelgänger is a living geometric pattern from another dimension that was forcefully transmuted into a monstrous copy of Spider-Man.
* IAmAHumanitarian: It is not adverse to chowing down on humans.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Hobgoblin knocked him onto a spiked fence, but he was saved by Demogoblin.
* LightningBruiser: It is just as fast and strong as the original Spider-Man.
* MagicEnhancement: Being turned into an artificial copy of Spider-Man is apparently enough to make him qualify as a Spider-Totem.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: His six clawed arms.
* NotAMask: There's no monstrous version of Peter Parker in there; the "costume" is his actual skin.
* OutrunTheFireball: Does this at the end of ''Carnage U.S.A.''
* {{Phlegmings}}: Is occasionally drawn with strings of drool between his fangs.
* RazorFloss: His biological webbing is sharp enough to slice into Iron Man's Bleeding Edge armor.
* SuddenlyVoiced: When he reappeared, he displayed the ability to talk, albeit only a few slurred words.
* SuperStrength: Presumably to a greater degree than Spidey, due to his additional limbs.
* UnexplainedRecovery: After being fatally wounded by Carnage, he inexplicably returned over a decade later, presumably due to a previously unknown HealingFactor.
* TheUnintelligible: When he talks it comes out like this.
* UpToEleven: He has amplified versions of all of Spider-Man's powers.
* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: After apparently being shot to pieces by Royal Blue, he wakes up on the autopsy table.
* WallCrawl: Like the real Spider-Man he can easily cling to vertical surfaces.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Electro]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Maxwell Dillon
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #9

--> ''"Let me tell you something, bullet head: My whole damn life nobody ever missed a chance to make me feel small. But that lightning strike? That was karma, baby. That was somebody upstairs saying I don't have to take other people's garbage anymore!"''

Max Dillon was a man originally defined by being held back from success. His mother smothered him, not wanting him to fail like his father did. While he held dreams of being an electrical engineer, he was convinced by his mother that he was not smart enough for the job, so he instead became an electrical lineman. One day, while working on an electric pole, a bolt of lightning struck it. Miraculously, based on how he was holding the wires, the two bolts canceled each other out, giving Max power over electricity, prompting him to take up a new job: as the costumed villain Electro.

* AGodIAm: In the video game ''Spider-Man II: Enter Electro'' he puts together an elaborate scheme to steal a device that enhances a person's bioelectricity, and uses it to become an EnergyBeing.
--> '''Hyper Electro:''' TONIGHT, ELECTRO DANCES WITH THE GOOOOOOOOOOOOODS!!!
* BaldOfEvil: Possibly from the process, but he had some tufts of hair; any chance he gets, he blasts his scalp smooth.
* BiTheWay: Was once married to Norma Lynn, but was hinted to be bisexual in ''Marvel Knights''.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Spidey is able to bring him out of his PowerIncontinence and brings him back down to being a normal human without letting him die.
* DumbMuscle: Nowhere near as bad as Hydro-Man in this regard, but for someone who by all means should be an Avengers-level threat, he does an unbelievably good job at keeping himself down through a combination of a complete inability to plan ahead, a proclivity towards pointless, self-defeating grudges, a major lack of ambition, and his lack of interest in actually mastering his abilities. He's still capable of being a serious threat from time to time just by virtue of his powerset, but for the most part, he's an angry, unintelligent, petty moron who causes all of his own problems.
* FashionVictimVillain: [[invoked]]
--> '''Spider-Man:''' Nice costume, Electro! I remember once when I was in a grade school play and I also played a flower.
* IconicOutfit: His green-and-yellow suit with the star-shaped mask, although his latest costume makes him look similar to his Ultimate counterpart.
* {{Jerkass}}: Has developed a reputation for this. Not many villains are willing to team up with him anymore, largely because he can be a total dick when he wants to be.
* MyBelovedSmother: His mother was overprotective, and didn't want him to fail when he was going out into the world.
* NighInvulnerable: Not because he's super tough mind you. Rather, he can't be touched while a person is still grounded since he'll zap them instantly. This means you have to be airborn to not get a shock.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Has been powered up twice in the comics, and tends to be a LOT more powerful in adaptations.
* PowerIncontinence: As he's aged his control over his abilities has waned, leading him to turn to the Tinkerer for help. It got worse after [=SpOck=] got a hold of him upping his powers to the point he couldn't control them. Spidey's able to rescue him from this and brings him down to normal.
* PsychoElectro: Especially in the ''Spectacular'' cartoon.
* RevengeBeforeReason: One of his biggest flaws; Max would be a lot more successful if he could just get over his petty feud with Spider-Man.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Became an enemy of Daredevil for a while, being the first ''super''villain the Man Without Fear faced.
* SealedEvilInACan: The Superior Spider-Man converts Electro's unstable body into electricity and stores him next to Sandman in his underwater facility.
* ShockAndAwe: The bolt of lightning that hit him gave Max immense electrokinetic abilities.
* StupidEvil: Petty, impulsive, unable to learn from his mistakes, rude and abrasive to the point where he regularly alienates his allies, and prone to repeating the same patterns that end the same way again and again... yeah, his main problem is that he's an idiot who never took Villain 101 but still thinks he's a big shot.
* TooDumbToLive: He once made fun of Venom's weaknesses to sonics and fire... ''to Venom's face''. Venom later nearly beat him death. Honestly, though, this is a big problem he has in general. He has ''amazingly'' powerful abilities and should by all means be a huge threat, but he's too stupid and myopic to be able to actually use them to their fullest potential most of the time. On the rare occasions when he does, he's every bit as terrifying as you'd expect him to be, but it doesn't happen often.
* TookALevelInBadass: In Mark Millar's ''Marvel Knights'', it's shown how terrifying someone with electric powers would actually be.
* UnskilledButStrong: He's a ''little'' bit more skilled than is typical for this trope, but he still barely uses one iota of his potential and never really bothers to train or expand upon what he can already do. He's still very powerful, but you wouldn't know it most of the time.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: During ''The Gauntlet'', he persuades people to rally behind him against government bailouts, arguing that he may be a crook, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's never gone after the average man]]. It actually ''works''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ero/Miss Arrow/The Other]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man'' #4

--> ''"My, how you talk. Have you forgotten? I wouldn't be here if you hadn't violated the natural order. If you hadn't cheated death. I am your nemesis... your opposite number... your significant other. And you don't get rid of me that easily."''

A mysterious entity that first appeared following Peter's resurrection in ''The Other'', taking the form of a swarm of pirate spiders in the shape of a female human. Ero claimed to be opposed to Peter's "violation of the natural order" and tried to kill him, but was forced to retreat. It later returned in human form as "Miss Arrow" and tried to reproduce using Flash Thompson as a host. During a final confrontation, it was killed by Spider-Man, but was resurrected by Mephisto's meddling with the timestream. Following Kaine's death at the fangs of the Lobos siblings, it appeared before him and revealed itself to [[{{Retcon}} have been the entity that resurrected and empowered Peter]] during ''The Other'', offering Kaine the same deal as it had Peter.

* BackFromTheDead: Mephisto's temporal meddling ensured the events of ''The Other'' occurred differently, with Peter rejecting The Other, so it chooses Kaine as its host instead.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The Carrion virus tried to possess Kaine, but was kicked out by the Other.
--> '''Kaine:''' Carrion... I can feel him trying to get inside my head... which is bad news for him... because I've already got a monster in there, and it doesn't take kindly to being attacked.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Like Peter post-resurrection she has stingers... and is the one who bestowed this power upon him.
* BodyOfBodies: As Ero she is composed of thousands of pirate spiders.
* CallBack: In ''Scarlet Spider'' #14 she references the Great Weaver's question to Peter in ''The Other'.
--> '''Great Weaver:''' *to Peter* Are you the man who dreamed of being a spider? Or the spider who dreamed of being a man?
--> '''Ero:''' *to Kaine* Unlike Parker, you're not a man who dreams of being a spider. You're a spider who dreams of being a man.
* CosmicChessGame: Ms. Arrow is annoyed when the original Mysterio, who had just come back from the dead, mentions that he knows what she really is, and that it would be in her best interest to keep both of their bosses happy.
* CosmicEntity: The Other is a cosmic spider-entity akin to or a part of the Great Weaver, and one of the major players of the Web of Life.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: As Ms. Arrow.
* DistaffCounterpart: Similar to the Thousand, even though he was just a superpowered human and she is a supernatural entity. Both are connected to the spider that bit Peter, their true forms are a colony of spiders, and when the swarm is wiped out the sole survivor is killed by being stepped on.
* EatenAlive: By a flock of birds, though the last spider is crushed by Peter. This is undone by ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''.
* EnemyWithout: Following the events of ''The Other'', Ero manifests as a [[TheWormThatWalks humanoid swarm of pirate spiders]] and tries to kill Peter in order to see if he is worthy of receiving its powers.
* EvilCounterpart: Describes itself as being one to the resurrected Peter, despite being revealed as the one who resurrected him to begin with.
* GiantSpider: She is a manifestation of the the Other, which was the giant spider that appeared before Peter during ''The Other'' arc, and assumes this form again when resurrecting Kaine the second time.
* GreekChorus: Ms. Arrow is a member of the "Geek Chorus" in the early version of ''Theater/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', and is the one who [[RewritingReality shoehorned]] in [[CanonForeigner Swiss Miss]].
* JustDesserts: Pre-retcon, she's eaten by a flock of birds.
* IAmAHumanitarian: Ate Peter's shed skin from ''The Other'' incident to assume human form.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: It bestows its reciprocals with venomous stingers, fangs, and other monstrous abilities.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The ''In the Midst of Wolves'' arc in Scarlet Spider's comic series hints Ero was this for [[ComicBook/SpiderIsland the Queen]].
* MeaningfulName: The genus of pirate spider that comprises its body is ''Ero'', and it assumes the alias of "Miss Arrow".
* MonsterIsAMommy: Wanted to mate with Flash Thompson so that he would "[[ChestBurster give birth]]" to her offspring.
* PhysicalGod: In ''Scarlet Spider'' it is revealed that Ero is the totemic spider deity that gave Peter his enhanced powers and resurrected him after Morlun killed him.
* {{Retcon}}:
** During [[ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan J. Michael Straczynski's]] run, Ezekiel Sims tells Spider-Man that he got his powers from a totemic spider-deity called the Great Weaver, who spins a mystical force called the "Web of Life" that gives all the spider-themed heroes and villains their powers. Following Peter's final battle with Morlun, the Great Weaver resurrected him with augmented spider-powers. A second totemic spider-entity called Ero didn't like this and wanted to restore the natural order by killing Peter. Ero later returned in human form, calling herself "Miss Arrow", and tried to reproduce using Flash Thompson's pent up tantric energy before being killed by Spider-Man. After ''One More Day'', Peter no longer possessed his augmented powers, which were instead given to Kaine in ''Spider-Island''. ''Scarlet Spider'' Vol 2 #14 and ''Spider-Verse'' retconned things further by taking aspects of JMS' Great Weaver - resurrecting its avatar and giving them enhanced powers - and combining them with Ero to make "the Other"; and repackaging the rest of the Great Weaver's aspects as the "Master Weaver", who spins the Web of Life and Destiny and empowers most spider-themed heroes and villains.
** In ''The Other'', Peter embraced his Inner Spider and received enhanced powers. Mephisto retconned events so that Peter, afraid of what he would become, rejected The Other and caused it to seek out Kaine instead.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: ''Scarlet Spider'' and ''Spider-Verse'' reveals that Ero is actually a cosmic entity and manifestation of the Other, implying that its attacks on Peter was to see if he could handle his enhanced powers.
* SuperEmpowering: Resurrects Peter with enhanced powers in ''The Other'', and later does the same thing for Kaine twice.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Ero is an entity that is essentially the embodiment of the Spider side of the totem's powers, and when it takes over things tend to get a little [[OneWingedAngel hairy... and fangy... with the occasional extra eyes and legs]]. Just ask Morlun and the Lobos siblings.
* TheWormThatWalks: Like the Gatekeeper, when it first appeared it was composed of thousands of pirate spiders.
* YouNoTakeCandle: When it first manifested, its speech was broken and stilted. As Miss Arrow and when it manifests in Peter's and Kaine's minds, it's far more eloquent.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: She tries to implant an egg sac in Flash Thompson to take advantage of his bottled up tantric energy. When Spider-Man kiboshes that plan, she decides to implant it in him instead, if only to kill him. Following the {{retcon}}, her reasons for wanting to do this [[PlotHole become unclear]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gatekeeper]]

-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1 #506

Following the defeat of Shathra, Ezekiel Sims warned Peter that a new supernatural opponent, the Gatekeeper, was coming to kill him, and tried to convince him to return to the Great Weaver's temple in Ghana. The Gatekeeper manifested as a swarm of spiders in the shape of a human form, easily defeating Peter, and explained to him why he had been chosen as a totemic avatar. It explained that Ezekiel had misappropriated and misused his powers, and therefore been deemed unworthy of them. Ezekiel abducted Peter and took him to the Great Weaver's temple, explaining that the Gatekeeper would only let one of them live. He drugs Peter and summons the Gatekeeper, but just as it's about to eat Peter has a change of heart and attacks. The Gatekeeper grabs Ezekiel and pulls him into the darkness, and hasn't been seen since.

* AnimalisticAbomination: In the Great Weaver's temple, it manifested in the form of a huge black [[GiantSpider spider-monster]] with glowing red eyes and tentacles for legs when summoned by Ezekiel.
* BodyOfBodies: When it appears in New York, it assembles a body out of a swarm of spider.
* TheChooserOfTheOne: It deemed Ezekiel unworthy of his spider-powers, and would only allow either him or Peter to live.
* CosmicEntity: It is a totemic entity uncannily similar to the Other's Ero form. Whether they were meant to be related or one-and-the-same is unknown.
* TimeAbyss: Ezekiel says he's over a thousand years old, and if he's anything like the other Spider-Totems, he's older than Earth-616 itself.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite being a Spider-Totem, it hasn't been seen since the "Book of Ezekiel" arc and wasn't even mentioned in ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse''.
* TheWormThatWalks: When it appeared in New York looking for Ezekiel, it manifested a humanoid body out of a huge swarm of spiders.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Green Goblin/Iron Patriot/Goblin King]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Norman Virgil Osborn
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #14

--> ''"But you, Parker... how does it feel to once again, let a friend down? You seem to have quite a history of failing your friends and loved ones. Dear, sweet Gwendolyn, your deceased girlfriend who died so young. Your beloved aunt May, who asked for so little of you and received exactly that until she was taken from you. My son, Harry. You claimed to be his friend, his confidant, and when he needed you most, you failed him as you do everyone else who gets close to you."''

Norman Virgil Osborn was born to a respected and rich family of Osborns. When Normie was a child, his abusive father Amberson ruined the business and became bankrupt. As an adult, Norman worked to regain the family's power and money, vowing never to become the failure his father was. He married, but a year after his son Harry was born his wife Emily died, leaving Norman a widower and single father. He soon proved to be a neglectful parent, ignoring Harry in favor of his main goal: getting more power and money. Eventually he gained full control of Oscorp Industries by framing his business partner Mendel Stromm. In Stromm's papers were notes on [[SuperSerum a serum]] he had discovered, which Norman tried to replicate for his own use. [[PsychoSerum He failed]]. (Ironically, not entirely of his own fault, but Harry, angry that his father was neglecting him, switched some chemicals before the experiment... [[UnreliableNarrator or maybe he didn't?]])

The formula altered Norman's body. He became a super human: stronger, faster, more intelligent. Yet the serum also turned Osborn, who had never been entirely stable, into a totally insane psychopath. Norman took on a double life: by day, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity a respected businessman]]; by night, a grotesque super-villain mastermind. In his new persona as The Green Goblin, Osborn terrorized New York City with a bat-shaped jet glider, pumpkin bombs, razor bats, and insane laughter, thwarted from taking over the New York underworld only by repeated interference from Spider-Man. Soon, Osborn's interest in becoming the crime-lord of New York diminished; he [[ItsPersonal had become obsessed with Spider-Man and his desire to get revenge upon him]].

For more information on him, please refer to '''[[ComicBook/NormanOsborn his page]]'''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Green Goblin IV/Hobgoblin VII/Goblin Knight/Goblin King II]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Philip Benjamin Urich
-> '''Debut:''' ''Web of Spider-Man'' #125

--> ''"Not bad. Norah's finally giving me the time of day. Uncle Ben's proud. I'm somebody now. Just gotta keep Kingpin happy. Keep the Tinkerer tinkering. And keep the Bugle money coming in. All these responsibilities. But with 'em comes everything I've ever wanted. And power. So much power! Ha ha ha!"''

Nephew of Ben Urich, Phil fell into a vat of Goblin formula. After saving his uncle from some attackers using the Goblin powers and uniform, he became a heroic Green Goblin. Phil didn't have much of a career as a superhero and eventually retired. He later went insane during his time with Excelsior, and then disappeared for a while before popping up at the new ''Daily Bugle''. In an attempt to impress a cute co-worker, he went back to an old hideout to get some upgraded Goblin equipment only to run into Roderick Kingsley's twin brother, Daniel. Phil proceeded to snap, kill Kingsley, and take his mantle and place with the Kingpin while taking videos of himself to get a better place at the ''Bugle'' and the girl. This all fell apart thanks to the Superior Spider-Man sacking Shadowland and outing Phil as the Hobgoblin. Hunted down and eventually arrested, Phil was freed by the Goblin King, who took him in as the Goblin Knight.

For more information on him, please refer to the '''[[Characters/SpiderManGoblins Goblins]]''' page.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hammerhead]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Joseph
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #113

--> ''"Ah, Cripes. I made another orphan. I don't suppose you're gonna open the door, dear? Fine. Let's get this over with."''

The son of Russian immigrants, Joseph passed himself off as an Italian and joined the [[TheMafia Maggia]]. Mortally wounded in a brawl, he was given a new life when a down-and-out surgeon named Jonas Harrow performed an experimental operation that replaced most of his skull with a steel alloy, giving his head a boxed look but making it hard enough to even block some of Spider-Man's punches. Amnesic, Joseph took to calling himself the Hammerhead and established a criminal empire in the style of old 1920's gangsters, as the last thing he saw before passing out was a poster for an Al Capone film. Eventually gunned down by the Kingpin, Hammerhead was given a cybernetic adamantium skeleton by Mister Negative.

* BodyguardCrush: Implied to have had something like this towards Silvermane, back when Hammerhead was Silvio's right-hand man.
* BrooklynRage: Speaks with such an accent. It used to be even more extreme, with him using outdated and stereotypical Brooklyn gangster slang but he eventually grew out of that quirk.
* DiscoDan: He runs his gang in the same style of Prohibition-era gangsters, going so far as to dress in the same style and use the same style of cars, along with Thomson submachine guns.
* TheDragon: Tombstone was this for him for a while, until the point where Tombstone became an EmpoweredBadassNormal and [[TheStarscream decided to take over.]]
* EyesAlwaysClosed: Very squinty.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Initially it wasn't known who he was prior to being left for dead in an alley, but he certainly didn't have superpowers before hand. ''Brand New Day'' stories have made his background reasonably clear; as a bonus, he's now an example of both TheMafia and TheMafiya.
* PoweredArmor: He had a suit made, but it wasn't very impressive. The first time he used it, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Human Torch]] broke it badly. He got it fixed years later, only for Spidey to break it again.
* TheRival: He used to be this to ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, when Doc Ock was trying to control the New York underworld.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He looks like your typical DumbMuscle, but he's actually surprisingly clever and runs his gang efficiently.
* SuddenlyEthnicity: Despite being a walking Italian gangster stereotype, when his past is finally revealed, he turned out to be ''Russian''.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Brand New Day'' he was given an adamantium skeleton.
* UseYourHead: How he puts his metal-plated skull to good use.
* VillainousFriendship: Had a one-sided one with Silvermane back when they worked together.
* WeaponOfChoice: Besides his metal skull, Hammerhead also likes to wield a Thompson submachine gun, to go with his "Prohibition-era gangster" theme.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hippo]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Mrs. Fluffy Lumpkins
-> '''Debut:''' ''ComicBook/DarkReign: The Sinister Spider-Man'' #1

--> ''"Pachyderm power!"''

While in New York, the High Evolutionary came upon a zoo hippopotamus that, despite being male, was inexplicably named Mrs. Fluffy Lumpkins. On a whim, the Evolutionary anthropomorphized the hippo, and imbued it with human-level intellect. Lumpkins, now just going by Hippo, embarked a crime spree, which ended when he had a leg eaten by Spider-Man (in actuality, the Mac Gargan Venom impersonating Spider-Man). The rest of Hippo was subsequently eaten when he allied with the Redeemer, a psychiatrist who was convinced he could rehabilitate the seemingly rogue Spider-Man. Despite the handicap of having been messily devoured, Hippo has repeatedly reappeared to bedevil the real Spidey.

* ADogNamedDog: A hippo named Hippo.
* AnArmAndALeg: He had a leg eaten by Venom. When he was brought back, it was too.
* AscendedExtra[=/=]BreakoutVillain: He keeps popping up, despite being introduced as a minor baddie who was seemingly killed off in the span of two or three issues.
* BigFun: Fictional hippos can be funny. Anthropomorphized fictional hippos can be even more fun.
* TheBrute: Unless you count being adept in water, his only power is SuperStrength.
* DrivenToVillainy: He wanted nice things, but since the job market is not kind to anthropomorphic hippopotamuses he had to resort to stealing to get them.
--> '''Hippo:''' This whole thing is stupid! Imagine being a hippo chillin' in a zoo and then without asking for it some weirdo force evolves you into an adult quasi-human. Nobody feeds me for free anymore, yo! I eat 90 pounds of food every day! I got bills!! Oh sure. Get a job, right? Because companies are dying to hire an adult half-hippo man with literally zero education. You know how much rent is in this city? Especially for a place with high ceilings, wide hallways, and preferably a tub? Because I'll tell you one thing: I found out how much they cost, and guess what?? Now I'm robbing banks!
* EatenAlive: By Venom. He got better.
* TheGamblingAddict: He's among the patrons of an underground supervillain casino in a Domino-centric ''X-Men'' story.
* HeavyHippo: Yes.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He does badly at the casino, which prompts him to refuse to help the other villains fight the invading Domino and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, having suffered enough losses for one night.
* NiceGuy: Remarkably polite and friendly for [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative an anthropomorphic hippo supervillain]].
* TheOneGuy: The only male member of White Rabbit's Menagerie.
* PsychoForHire: He was a member of the Redeemers and the Menagerie, and one of the villains Doc Ock had on speed dial.
* RetiredBadass: Recently he's been trying to get out of the villain business.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: Attends Super Villains Anonymous.
--> '''Boomerang:''' This is like that scene in ''Film/FightClub'' where the main guy goes to a meeting and ends up getting smothered by a huggy dude with big, sweaty manboobs. Except mine's a hippo. Big, sweaty hippo manboobs.
* UnexplainedRecovery: They haven't bothered explaining how he recovered from being eaten by Venom.
* UpliftedAnimal: One of the High Evolutionary's New Men.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hobgoblin]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Roderick Kingsley
-> '''Debut:''' ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #43

--> ''"Well, Norman Osborn may have died, but his legacy--his power--will live on! And this time, it shall be shaped by a man who knows how to use power! The Green Goblin is no more! But in his place now stands--the Hobgoblin!!"''

In the 1980's, a man stumbled upon one of Norman Osborn's old Green Goblin labs (Norman was thought dead at the time). He decided to modify the arsenal, and take up a career as a new kind of Goblin: the Hobgoblin. The identity of this man was kept a secret for several years in the comics before it was revealed to be fashion designer Roderick Kingsley after a string of other Hobgoblins took his place or took the fall for him. Roderick returned from retirement, killing the fourth Hobgoblin, Jason Macendale, and sparked a growing rivalry with the also-returned Norman Osborn. Kingsley retired again, but returned after he learned that his twin brother Daniel had been murdered by Phil Urich while looking for upgraded Goblin gear that Norman had been working on. Blackmailing Urich into giving him a cut in exchange for retaining the Hobgoblin identity and his life, Roderick revealed that he had been "licensing out" supervillain identities to criminals. When Urich defected to the Goblin Nation, Kingsley challenged the original Green Goblin to one final duel, sending his butler in his place as the Hobgoblin.

For more information on him, please refer to the '''[[Characters/SpiderManGoblins Goblins]]''' page.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hydro-Man]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Morris Bench
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #212

--> ''"With five million, I'll be livin' large for a good long time! An' all I gotta do is tsunami that stupid wall crawler--which I'd gladly do for nothin'!"''

Morris Bench used to be a common sailor. Then, when his ship was transporting an experimental generator, a fight broke out on deck, and in the scuffle he was accidentally thrown overboard by Spider-Man. Exposed to underwater gases, unknown radiation from the generator and seawater, by the time Morris got out, he discovered that he could now shift his body into water. Hating his transformation, he blamed Spider-Man for it, and has gone after the web head for revenge several times.

* ElementalShapeshifter: Is the hydrokinetic counterpart of Sandman. A few times he's been able to will himself into steam and ice, but doing so takes a lot out of him, so he rarely does it.
* EvilVersusEvil: Vs Ghost Rider's rogue Water Wizard due to a HatePlague
* {{Expy}}: Sandman with water. Occasionally derisively referred to as such in-universe.
** EvilCounterpart: To the Sandman, when the latter is acting heroic.
* DumbMuscle: Has the potential to be a global threat, but lacks the intelligence and ambition. He's content to just work for others, or enact his own get rich quick crimes.
* FromASingleCell: His consciousness is contained within a single water molecule, and so long as it survives it can reconstitute him by coming into contact with any body of water.
* FusionDance: He and the Sandman once accidentally combined to form a mindless beast called Mud-Thing. They don't like to talk about it.
* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: He can ''become'' one using his powers.
* MakingASplash: Morris has hydrokinesis, and is essentially an aquatic version of the Sandman.
* NighInvulnerability: Due to being made of water he's almost impossible to injure.
* ShapeshiftingSquick:
--> '''Gravity:''' *kaff* Oh, God. *kaff* Firestar, he got me, and I swallowed! Does that mean part of him's inside me? I'm gonna be sick.
* TooDumbToLive: A ridiculously high percentage of his defeats seem to come from him [[ElementalRockPaperScissors carelessly electrocuting himself]]. When you're used as a byword for self-defeating stupidity by the Podcast/RiffTrax crew, it's rarely a good sign.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Inheritors]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #471

--> '''Spider-Man:''' His blood is an amalgam of every kind of cell: animal, bird, human and insect. Purest forms of [=DNA=] I've ever seen. That explains how he can go after me or anyone else Ezekiel described as a totem. My guess is that the cells break down over time and require periodic recharging from a source life-form in each category. The purer the source, the stronger the charge.

For more information on them, please refer to '''[[Characters/SpiderManTheInheritors their page]]'''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jackal]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Professor Miles Warren
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #31

--> ''"Parker! I never get tired of looking at that face. No matter how many times I've cloned it, masked it, unmasked it... liquefied it... or worn it like a little hat."''

Miles Warren was once a professor at the university where Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy went. He fell in love with Gwen, but tried to convince himself those feelings were paternal. This all changed when Gwen Stacy died at the hands of Norman Osborn. Realizing what his feelings were, he blamed Spider-Man for Gwen's death, and when he discovered that it was Peter Parker under the mask he decided to take revenge. Injecting himself with several experimental serums to make himself stronger and faster, he also began perfecting cloning technology in order to torment Peter. His plot also involved creating Spider-Man clones, which would eventually lead to ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''. He even cloned Gwen Stacy, but eventually Spider-Man stopped him. Miles escaped, [[ExpendableClone cloning himself numerous times]], and resurfaced periodically to torment Peter.

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Creator]]: To just about every clone he made.
* ActuallyADoombot: That Jackal that was just defeated and/or killed? Only a clone.
* {{Animorphism}}: Started out wearing a costume, then turned himself into a human[=/=]jackal hybrid.
* ArchEnemy: For a few years, he was siccing super villains after Peter Parker and was a frequent enemy, but from behind the scenes.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Ekes out a meager living at NSU despite inventing cloning technology and DNA re-sequencing on the fly.
* ExpendableClone: Deliberately cloned himself so many times there's no telling where the original is.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: In the first Clone Saga, Warren cannot reconcile his personality the evil deeds hes commited and creates "The Jackal": a split personality who dresses like a deranged [[FurryFandom furry]]. He later manages to splice his human DNA with animal tissue samples, transforming into a bona fide Jackal (much like his earlier test subjects, which exhibited a [[JekyllAndHyde Jekyll/Hyde]] alternation between man and beast).
* [[TeacherStudentRomance Hot For Student]] & LoveMakesYouCrazy: Miles Warren, step right up.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Had a breakdown in the seventies and took his own life to safe Peter and Gwen. Came back even more evil than before.
* LegoGenetics: Similar to the Animen, the Jackal's gimmick was his ability to make hybrids of man and animal. The first Warren wore a costume, but his clones are all green-furred gremlins with impressive dexterity.
* TheManBehindTheMan: He hired numerous villains to attack Peter, like Tarantula, the Scorpion, or the Grizzly before going in himself. And here's where it gets impressive: he was this to the Punisher in his debut.
* MeetTheNewBoss: The Jackal's origin and M.O. is alarmingly similar to the late Green Goblin, almost as though he magically rose up to replace the clownish killer. He, too, suffers from multiple personality disorder and schizophrenia.
* MesACrowd: Uses entirely human clones of himself as minions.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Briefly regained his sanity at the last moment and was able to save the Gwen Clone before dying in an explosion, or so it seemed.
* PetTheDog: Fleeting feelings of compassion led him to save Kaine's life.
* TeacherStudentRomance: He was in love with Gwen, but convinced himself his feelings were paternal until she died.
* {{Troll}}: Takes utter joy in plaguing Peter Parker. ''Spider-Island'' alone took super villain trolling to a whole new level. (As if he didn't prove his trolling by cloning Spidey and his dead girlfriend.)
* UnwittingPawn: Of Norman Osborn, per the end of ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jack O'Lantern/Hobgoblin IV]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Jason Philip Macendale, Jr.
-> '''Debut:''' ''Machine Man'' #19

--> ''"... Killing. It's the only thing that has ever come naturally to me. The C.I.A. must have sensed it in me when they recruited me out of college. But then my tactics proved too brutal even for them. Fine. The mercenary life gave me the freedom to kill for whomever I chose. The Jack O'Lantern guise was profitable for a while. But I wanted bigger and better jobs. The Foreigner helped me with that; killed Ned Leeds for me--for a hefty price. Leeds was history, and I was the new Hobgoblin."''

A former Marine, fighter pilot, and [=CIA=] agent, Jason Macendale Jr. created the supervillain identity of Jack O'Lantern, a Halloween-themed rip-off of the Green Goblin with a flaming mask in the shape of a pumpkin. After chancing across the Hobgoblin's trashed Battle Wagon, he took on the identity himself, but lacking the superhuman strength and durability granted by the Goblin formula proved mediocre at best, losing to both Spider-Man and the second Green Goblin. Desiring power, Macendale sold his soul to the demon N'Astirh, who infused him with a demon that augmented his strength and endurance. However, the demon later split away into a separate entity, the Demogoblin, and Macendale was murdered by the original Hobgoblin.

For more information on him, please refer to the '''[[Characters/SpiderManGoblins Goblins]]''' page.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Joystick]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Janice Olivia Yanizeski
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing ComicBook/ScarletSpider'' #2

--> ''"Why take a man out when he's already down? A man bends, and you get what you want... but if a man breaks—that gets you what you need. Anyone can crush a body, but crushing a spirit... that's when you know you've really won."''

The daughter of a gambling addict whom she later betrayed, Janice Yanizeski grew up being told "always have a card to play". During her college years, she claims to have had a near-death experience that convinced her to live life on the edge, and so she disappeared, resurfacing three years later as superpowered adrenaline junkie and mercenary. Initially a contestant in the Great Game, she later joined the Masters of Evil, and then was inducted into the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}.

* BiTheWay[=/=]DepravedBisexual: Leers at the girls in a strip club, and tries to rip open a Beetle's armor while saying, "Buddha [Radioactive Man] said it's a chick in here... Just wanted to see if she was cute..."
* BloodKnight: Refers to everything as a game, and is willing to handicap herself to make fights and jobs riskier and more challenging, once radioing ComicBook/{{Hydra}} to tell them that she was sabotaging one their vehicles, just so they would send someone to try and stop her.
* DarkActionGirl: Is said to be about as strong as Ben Reilly, who can lift 10 Tons.
* DatingCatwoman: Had this with Phil Urich[=/=]Green Goblin IV.
* EnergyWeapon: Her gauntlets can produce energy batons, which can be combined to form a staff.
* FatalFlaw: Admits that she cannot resist being dared or challenge, no matter how stupid it would be to go along with it. Reed Richards once got her to fight alongside the ComicBook/FantasticFour just by saying "I don't think you ''can''".
--> '''ComicBook/SpiderWoman:''' Did you come to steal something? Is this a grudge-thing against Spider-Man?
--> '''Joystick:''' Oh, lighten up--I was pounding shots with Speed Demon and he dared me to break into your tower.
--> '''Spider-Woman:''' Yeah... coming from you... I actually buy that! Please... for my knuckles, if not your face--don't get up again.
--> '''Joystick:''' No... thing of it is... now I have to...
--> '''Spider-Woman:''' So that I can hit you ten more times?
--> '''Joystick:''' Gnnm... mostly... to show you... fftt... that I can take ten more hits...
* InHarmsWay: She really loves being a supervillain and all the challenges that come with that.
* MysteriousPast[=/=]NoodleIncident: The accident that convinced her to become a supervillain, not to mention the source of her powers and technology.
* SuperStrength: Capable of [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11/117763/2881861-thunderbolts__109___page_22.jpg one-finger push-ups]].
* TheMole: Betrayed the Thunderbolts for the Grandmaster.
* ThrowingTheFight: Purposely lost a college basketball game she had secretly bet on, angering the criminals she was in league with. To save her own skin, she sent them after her father, who she knew had a hidden cache of cash that would appease the thugs.
* VaporWear: Was MuggedForDisguise by Songbird, who notes that the costume does not include underwear.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kingpin]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Wilson Fisk
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #50

--> ''"Spider-Man, I've made several fortunes via the practice of using people like you... trusting idiots that believe there is happiness to be had on this planet."''

Fisk began his life as a poor child in New York City, bullied by his classmates due to his obesity. Fisk began training himself in physical combat, using his newfound strength to intimidate the bullies into joining his gang. He was eventually discovered by crime lord Don Rigoletto. Fisk became Don Rigoletto's bodyguard and right-hand man. Eventually, Fisk killed Don Rigoletto and took control of his criminal empire, immediately becoming one of the most powerful figures in New York's underworld. Kingpin enjoyed a long tenure in his new position, but he had made enemies such as the Maggia crime syndicate and the terrorist group HYDRA. The two groups teamed together to oppose Fisk, causing him to flee to Japan. There, he started a spice business in order to regain his wealth. After earning enough money, Fisk returned to New York and started gang wars, in an attempt to bring down the Maggia. With the criminal world in chaos, Fisk was able to step in and take back control.

For more information on him, please refer to '''[[ComicBook/TheKingpin his page]]'''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kraven the Hunter]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #15

--> ''"I can endure the frustration no longer! I must battle and defeat my greatest mortal enemy--or else, everything that has gone before is but a hollow mockery! The mask of Spider-Man must one day cover that plaster head--even if I pay for the victory with my very life!"''

Sergei Kravinoff was the son of a Russian aristocrat who fled after the Communists came to power. When his father remarried, he accused him of dishonoring his mother's name, and tried to make life difficult for his half brother Dimitri (who would become The Chameleon). Deciding to leave home, he took up being a big game hunter and was quite good at it. One reporter, not knowing how to spell his name, shortened his last name Kravinoff simply to Kraven, and so began his legend as Kraven the Hunter. During one such hunt he met Calypso, a jungle priestess who gave him special elixirs which gave him the speed strength of the greatest jungle beasts. Bored by regular animals, Sergei got a surprise invite from his brother to deal with a new prey: Spider-Man. While fairing well against him in their first encounter, Spidey always managed to defeat him in subsequent fights.

Growing more and more frustrated with his life and his failures, Kraven realized that he was fading away, and so decided to do [[ComicBook/KravensLastHunt one last hunt]]. Capturing Spider-Man soon after the hero's honeymoon, he shot him with a rifle, buried him, and then began masquerading as him. However, he hadn't actually killed Spidey, but had tranquillized him. While Spider-Man returned to stop Kraven, Sergei took his defeat with grace as his temporary victory had finally proven his superiority, and committed suicide soon afterward. Years later, his wife Sasha and his children Alyosha and Ana enacted a ritual to resurrect him using Spider-Man's blood. This backfired due to them accidentally using Spider-Man's clone Kaine, and Kraven was revived as an immortal being. Wanting nothing more than to die again but unable to be killed by normal means, Kraven took to pursuing anyone tangentially related to Spider-Man, finally hunting down Kaine. Kaine fatally stabbed Kraven with his stingers, breaking his curse and fully resurrecting him in the process.

* AteHisGun: Shot himself in the head with a shotgun after defeating Spider-Man.
* BackFromTheDead: Is imperfectly resurrected during ''Grim Hunt'', and fully resurrected by Kaine.
* BadassFamily: Though they don't [[BigScrewedUpFamily get along all that well]].
* BadassNormal: Though he's often depicted as getting some kind of [[EmpoweredBadassNormal enhancement]] before or after meeting Spidey. During Jason Aaron's run on TheHulk, he manages to disable the green goliath via adamantium wires and fishhooks. He lays the trap so effectively that one wonders if Spidey's SpiderSense is the only way he's ever managed to best Kraven.
* BigBrotherBully: He was like this to his half-brother Dmitri when they were young, technically; Dmitri didn't know at the time they were half-brothers.
* TheBeastmaster: Both he and his son Alyosha were known to use trained African great cats (and even an elephant in one case) in battles from time to time.
* BoisterousBruiser: On his best days...
** BloodKnight: On his worst.
* CameBackWrong: Thanks to Kaine sabotaging the ritual, he has been 'cursed with un-life' and only Peter or another connected to the Web of Life can kill him. Mentally, he's all there, just angry about it - Madame Web even mocks his wife for assuming he's changed. He's exactly the same, she just prefers not to remember him that way.
* DeathSeeker: Has become this after being brought back.
* DependingOnTheWriter[=/=]SpellMyNameWithAnS: Writer J.M. [=DeMatteis=] (who wrote ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'' and introduced Kraven's second son) writes Kraven's last name as "Kravinov".
* DoesntLikeGuns: Well, for most of his career, anyway. Madness made him willing to use them in ''worst'' way possible. He wasn't all-too fond of technology in general, most of the time. His son Alyosha never had any problem using a rifle, and Vladimir's arsenal was ''very'' high tech.
* DrivenToSuicide: After defeating Spider-Man and regaining his lost honor, he killed himself.
* EgomaniacHunter: Was able to hunt and kill anything until he fought Spider-Man.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Thoroughly subverted. While he and Chameleon are brothers, they really don't like one another. Kraven also doesn't treat his wife and kids very well, partly because he's understandably pissed off at them for bringing him back to life.
* EvilPoacher: It's definitely illegal to hunt Spider-Men.
* FaceHeelTurn: He was a member of a prototypical version of the Avengers during the 1950s.
* HeelRealization: Had one shortly before committing suicide.
* HotbloodedSideburns: Ditko used to draw him with an impressive set, although they've been mostly abandoned since.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Initially thought Spider-Man was some sort of fantastic beast, and continued pursuing him to regain his lost honor.
* HuskyRusskie: Kraven is descended from Russian nobility who fled the Communist uprising.
* IGaveMyWord: Is a man of his word in spite of all his flaws.
* ImmortalityInducer: Was imperfectly resurrected by his wife and children, and could only be killed by an entity connected to the Web of Life, leading to him picking fights with Agent Venom and Kaine in the hopes that one of them would be able to put him down for good.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Kraven tracks down Agent ComicBook/{{Venom}} in the hopes that the "[[TheSymbiote spider's shadow]]" can end his undeath, and during their fight Flash is stripped of the symbiote by some giant bats. Kraven is outraged that the man he was fighting is handicapped and tries to kill Flash for besmirching his honor.
* KillAndReplace: During the story arc ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'', Kraven seemingly kills Spider-Man him, and then proceeds to use the costume of the hero to prove himself a better vigilante. Spider-Man is revealed alive as he had been merely drugged, and confronts Kraven before the villain commits suicide.
* TheMentallyIll: Kraven's mother fell victim to mental illness later in her life and it's been suggested that he may have inherited the illness.
* NobleDemon: Believes himself to be this. In practice, not so much.
* ReallyGetsAround: He's had quite a few lovers, and it shows. While Sasha is definitely Ana's mother, it's not certain whether Vladimir was her son, and Alyosha certainly wasn't. Then there was Calypso, which was a MayDecemberRomance for Kraven. Kraven's father was the same way (Dmitri was illegitimate, which was why Kraven never told him they were brothers) and Alyosha can be worse than his dad sometimes.
* SanitySlippage: His mother had psychosis, which Kraven inherited.
* ShoutOut: The first names of ''every'' known member of the Kravenoft family except Ana are also the names of character from ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''; WordOfGod says this was done intentionally.
* UnwantedRevival: Was resurrected by his wife and children, but the revival was botched.
* VillainousCrush: After defeating Spider-Man in ''Kraven's Last Hunt'', Kraven gently caresses his cheek. Peter is ''very'' creeped out by this.
* WickedCultured: In the 1990s animated series, at least. In one episode, he quoted Solzhenitsyn: "I know the Prussian moon/And I know the Prussian stars."
* WorthyOpponent: Came to view Spider-Man as such, as detailed in his inner monologue in ''Kraven's Last Hunt''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Living Brain]]

-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #8

--> ''"Whrr--click-ick--ow! Query: Why was unit programmed with pain receptors? Whyyyyy?"''

Intended to be the ultimate mobile supercomputer capable of answering almost any question, the Living Brain was brought to Midtown High by its creator for a demonstration of its abilities; two workmen, thinking they could make a fortune by using the Brain to predict the outcomes of sporting events, attempted to steal it, damaging it in the process, and causing it to go haywire until it was shut down by Spider-Man. The Living Brain project was subsequently scrapped, and the prototype was placed in storage, where it fell into disrepair.

Years later, a bullied youth uncovered the Brain, upgraded it, and sicced it on the jocks who had been bullying him. Spider-Man, who was visiting Midtown High as Peter Parker, fought the Brain again, this time defeating it via electrocution. Afterward, the Brain changed hands several times, going from a pair of thieves, to the [[ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} Beyond Corporation]], to the Grandmaster, and finally to Boomerang, who inducted it into his Sinister Six. After defeating the Sinister Six, the Superior Spider-Man confiscated the Brain, and employed it as an assistant up until Peter Parker reclaimed his hijacked body from Doctor Octopus. The restored Peter kept the Brain around as an assistant, not realizing it contained a backup of Doctor Octopus's mind.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lizard]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Doctor Curtis Connors
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #6

--> ''"I work in darkness. The Lizard wants out. It's time I stopped ignoring him."''

Curt Connors was an army surgeon who dedicatedly helped soldiers in war, but who lost his own arm to an explosion. Returning after the war, he began experimenting with reptiles, trying to discover the secret to how they managed to regrow their limbs. After years of research, he believed that he had isolated the chemical compound that gave them this ability, and after successfully doing animal testing, tried the formula on himself.

While it did indeed regrow his missing arm, there was an unfortunate side-effect. The formula also turned him into a giant lizard with super strength, speed and even some wall crawling abilities. It also gave him a new imperative to cleanse the world of mammals so reptiles would rule the Earth again. Thankfully, Peter Parker managed to synthesize an antidote to the serum that allowed Connors to become human again, but it proved only temporary, as Connors continued to struggle with his lizard side which would occasionally come out under stress or certain circumstances.

* AlliterativeName: ''C''urtis ''C''onnors.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:At the end of the ''No Turning Back'' arc, Connors' human mind is trapped in the Lizard's body during his imprisonment at the Raft -- and he intends to stay that way as self-punishment by not letting anyone know it.]]
* AntiVillain: Curtis is actually a nice guy, and as little-to-no control over what the Lizard does.
* AscendedFanboy: A reptile-loving herpetologist who becomes a reptile himself.
* TheAtoner: Curtis seeks to make up for the wrongs he commits as the Lizard.
* BadassLabcoat: Even as the Lizard he wears a tattered lab coat.
* BigDamnHeroes: Just as the Scorpion is about to kill Jameson with his stinger during Smythe's breakout, the Lizard (actually Curt's mind in the Lizard's body) shows up at the last second to save his life.
* BodyHorror: His transformations from Curtis into the Lizard can be very disturbing.
* CameBackWrong: After the Connors persona died in ''Shed'', Morbius tries to bring him back to life in ''No Turning Back'' and seemingly succeeds - except the Lizard persona is trapped in Connors' human body. [[spoiler:Later, Peter does restore Connors' mind and persona, but it's stuck in the Lizard's body.]]
* CareerEndingInjury: Losing his right arm ended his surgery and military careers.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: The Iguana, and the Lizard clone.
* DadTheVeteran: To his son, Billy.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The Lizard started out as an anthropomorphic reptile with plans of world domination, but over time became increasingly feral and fierce, developing an elongated reptilian snout. In ''Brand New Day'', after eating Connors' son, the Lizard sheds his skin and is sleeker, has hair, spikes on his arm, can talk, and revert humans to a reptilian mental state.
* DependingOnTheArtist: The Lizard's appearance has changed significantly over the years. He started out as a dark green anthropomorphic reptile [[TheNoseless with no nose]], then grew a long monitor lizard-like snout full of fangs in the 1990's. In ''Shed'', he underwent a third transformation, becoming covered in spines and looking a lot more dinosaur-like. Following the Lizard being trapped in Curt's body, he has assumed a fourth form with light green wrinkly skin and a face more similar to his first form's.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Is the Lizard an intelligent creature capable of cunning plans and science, or is he a mindless beast who just wants to eat people?
* DespairEventHorizon: The Lizard killing Billy while Connors watches in his mind and can't stop it. Effectively destroys his human side for awhile.
* DeathSeeker: Peter seems to think so at one point during the ''No Turning Back'' arc.
* DistressedDude: If he's not turning into the Lizard or helping Spider-Man, he's probably being kidnapped or held hostage.
* EvilAllAlong: The basis of two retcons (so far) regarding the Connors persona. Generally retconned out of continuity when a new writer comes along.
* EvilCripple: Subverted. Connors himself is a genuinely good person when he's human and missing his right arm. The Lizard is evil, but not disabled.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For a long time the Lizard couldn't bring himself to harm Curt's son Billy. Tragically he eventually lost this moral and murdered Billy in a desperate (and successful) attempt to gain complete control of Curt's body.
* FaceMonsterTurn: Curt Connors is a good man. The Lizard is a monster.
* GeniusCripple: Curt is a genius herpetologist who lost an arm.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The Lizard murdered Billy in order to take full control of Curt's body. This worked, but the Lizard was left with crippling guilt afterwards.
* HappilyMarried: To Martha Connors. Until she died of cancer.
* HealingFactor: The Lizard can recover from injuries that would cripple or kill most others.
* HeroicBSOD: After having to watch his Lizard form eat his son, effectively killing off his human personality, [[spoiler: and then still after his human persona was restored]].
* HumanityIsInfectious: During the ''No Turning Back'' arc, the Lizard, trapped in Curt's body, began to appreciate human things, like music, junk food and video games. This even led to him thinking that HumanityIsSuperior. He was actually tempted to stay human, until Spider-Man arrived, and forced him to inject himself with his newly made "cure".
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Often occurs since Peter is friends with Connors. A few times Connors has actually taken control of the Lizard body, the first time being when Morbius was introduced.
* ImAHumanitarian: The Lizard is sometimes written as being a monster who eats people rather than turn them into reptiles.
* ImmuneToBullets: The Lizard's scales are bulletproof.
* JekyllAndHyde: Connors' persona and the Lizard's often vie for control of their body.
* JustThinkOfThePotential: What prompted him to create a serum to regenerate limbs in the first place.
* LegoGenetics: Connors turned into a reptilian monster by infusing himself with a serum derived from lizard DNA.
* LightningBruiser: Is stronger and faster than Spider-Man as the Lizard.
* LizardFolk: His original appearance was as an anthropomorphic lizard, and he only became more bestial as time went on.
* LogicalWeakness: Being cold-blooded, the Lizard is susceptible to low temperatures.
* MagicPants: Even in versions where the rest of his clothes are destroyed, including the labcoat, the Lizard will almost always at least still be wearing pants of some kind.
* TheMedic: Connors' occupation before he lost his arm and turned to science.
* TheMentallyDisturbed: In later stories, he's mentioned as having anxiety and depression. It's also implied that he may have PTSD from his war experiences.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: While Curt used to have to drink a serum to transform, by the time of ''Shed'' whenever the Lizard's persona takes over he transforms into the monster.
* MisanthropeSupreme: As the Lizard. Possibly as coming from a darker side of his human personality that blames the loss of his arm to humanity's inhumanity during a war.
* MoralityPet: His wife, Martha, and son, Billy. While they were alive, at least.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Lizard has fallen into this after he killed Billy.
* NiceGuy: Dr. Connors is actually a ''very'' nice person... when he's human.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Loses his arm again whenever he turns back into a human.
* TheNoseless: Early versions of the Lizard based on Steve Ditko's original design. He later developed a monitor lizard-like snout.
* OffingTheOffspring: In order to permanently take control of their body, the Lizard persona ate Curt's son Billy.
* PainfulTransformation: In most depictions, Curtis' transformation into the Lizard is agonizing.
* PapaWolf: In some stories where the Lizard is strangely protective of Billy despite hating all humans.
* PrehensileTail: As the Lizard he can coil his tail around things and carry them.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Partly - OK, ''mostly'' - out of desperation to regain the use of his amputated arm, he tested his own experimental serum on himself.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Connors is supposed to be a brilliant scientist who's smart enough to cure cancer, but his experiments often fail and lead to supervillainy instead.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Lizard is a supervillain who wants to lead an army of reptiles and[=/=]or people turned into reptiles to take over the world.
* ResistTheBeast: But he usually fails at it, of course.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: The Lizard tried to cause this by killing Connors' persona.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Curtis lost his arm in a war and never got over it.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: The Lizard persona had "devoured" Connors' by killing and eating his own son, and even though he's been reverted to human form it remains in control of the body. [[spoiler: Until his human persona was restored, but his body stayed as the Lizard.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide
** Connors willingly became the lizard to fight Stegron the dinosaur man.
** At the beginning of the ''Shed'' arc the Lizard persona kept trying to influence Curtis' behavior, and in general is more powerful and ferocious than him.
* SuperStrength: The Lizard can lift approximately 12 tons.
* SuperToughness: His scales can deflect small-caliber bullets.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: His motivation for creating the regenerative serum. And what happens whenever he transforms into the Lizard.
* TragicMonster: It's not like Curt ''wanted'' to become a giant lizard monster when he injected himself with the serum, and he tries to fight it from inside as best he can.
* TragicVillain: Curt injected himself hoping to regain his lost arm, not become a monster.
* TraumaCongaLine: Traumatically lost his arm during military service, had to give up his career as a surgeon, mutated into a supervillain reptile with a split personality, lost his wife to cancer, murdered his own son by eating him as the Lizard, [[spoiler:has his human mind trapped in the Lizard's body]]...
* TheWorfEffect: That time he was seriously injured and defeated by Black Cat twice. The Lizard has superpowers. She did not.
* VerbalTic: [[SssssnakeTalk Sssome writersss have the Lizard hisssssing and lisssping sssoundsss.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: In a few story arcs, Connors can control his usually non-voluntary transformation into the Lizard and back.
* WallCrawling: One of the earliest Spider-foes to truly have this power too.
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[[folder:Menace/Grey Goblin II/Queen Cat]]

->'''AKA:''' Lily Hollister
->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #545; ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #550 (as Menace); ''AXIS: Hobgoblin'' #2 (as Queen Cat)

For more information on her, please refer to the '''[[Characters/SpiderManGoblins Goblins]]''' page.

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[[folder:Mr. Negative]]

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-> '''AKA:''' "[[DeadPersonImpersonation Martin Li]]"
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #546

--> ''"I always like to have reminders around that there is no good he can do... that I cannot corrupt."''

One of the more recent additions to Spider-Man's gallery, Martin Li was introduced as a philanthropist and the owner of the FEAST homeless shelter. However, it was revealed that he had a split personality and a double life as the photonegative crime lord Mr. Negative. It's revealed that he was once a Chinese gangster smuggling immigrants when his ship crashed. Stealing the identity of one of the deceased, Martin Li, he was captured by Silvermane and given to criminal chemist Simon Marshall. Experimented on, he escaped alongside fellow subjects [[CastingAShadow Tyrone Johnson]] and [[LightEmUp Tandy Bowen]], awakening YinYangBomb powers while developing two vastly different personalities - the kindhearted Martin Li, and the villainous Mister Negative. Martin Li established himself as a philanthropist and built a fortune, while Mister Negative set about building a criminal empire. Clashing with the Hood and the Kingpin, Mister Negative was eventually outed as Martin Li by Spider-Man, Anti-Venom, and the new Wraith.

* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Martin Li is - or rather ''was'' - unaware that he had a split personality who was a supervillain.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Is always well-dressed.
* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: Is a walking YinYangBomb.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When he becomes Mr. Negative he has black sclera and white irises.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Li ran the FEAST center among numerous other ventures, and while he was a genuinely nice person Mr. Negative is not.
* TheCorrupter: Mr. Negative's powers allow him to corrupt people's souls when he touches them, giving him some measure of MindControl over them as a result. The more goodhearted the person was prior, the more easily they can be corrupted. [[spoiler:It fails when he tries it on the Hood, since the man's [[DemonicPossession underlying power]] transcends Negative's own]].
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Martin Li cured Eddie Brock of cancer and caused the remnants of the Venom symbiote to bond to his white blood cells. As Anti-Venom, Eddie would be the one to expose his identity as a criminal.
* CutlexLuthorACheck: Played with. He's extremely wealthy in his civilian identity, but as a criminal, he mostly doesn't take advantage of his ability to grant superpowers (although in ''ComicBook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'', he ''does'' send ninjas after Overdrive for violating his intellectual property by using superpowers granted by Negative without Negative's permission).
* DarkIsEvil: The Mr. Negative persona.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: The real Martin Li was killed when the ''Golden Mountain'' slave ship was scuttled.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Whenever Li transforms into Mr. Negative, his hair, skin and even his clothes turn into photo-negative versions of themselves. The same thing applies to anyone he [[TheCorrupter corrupts with his powers]].
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Despite being Chinese, he and his Mooks wield samurai swords.
* HealingHands: As Martin Li he could perform "miracles" such as curing Eddie Brock of terminal cancer.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: The transformation between the two personalities happens at random.
* LightIsGood: The Martin Li persona is a genuinely nice person.
* MasterSwordsman: Is skilled enough with a blade to outmatch Anti-Venom.
* McNinja: He employs several of these, known as his ''Inner Demons'', who have [[HealingFactor the ability to heal from grievous injury]].
* NiceGuy: Martin Li is one of the nicest people around. Mr. Negative on the other hand is a complete sociopath.
* SplitPersonality: Played with, in that both sides are aware of each other but don't interfere with each other for the most part.
* SuperEmpowering: One of his main abilities, whether used for corrupting people or empowering his mooks (i.e. granting invulnerability and giving Overdrive his powers). He also ''accidentally'' did this to Eddie Brock.
* SuperSerum: How he first got his powers.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to punch Spider-Man through two buildings with one blow.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: As Mr. Negative his appearance is photonegative, and thus he has white hair.
* YinYangBomb: His powers come from the same source as Cloak's and Dagger's, but he possesses both at the same time. Mr. Negative draws on the Darkforce Dimension, while Martin Li appears to be able to use the same living light that comprises Dagger's knives, albeit unwittingly and in a limited fashion.
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[[folder:Mysterio]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Quentin Beck
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #13

--> '''Mysterio:''' C'mon, web-head. Admit it. You missed me.
--> '''Spider-Man:''' How'd you do it, Beck? How're you not dead?!
--> '''Mysterio:''' I dunno. Maybe its something to do with being a MasterOfIllusion. Duh!

Quentin Beck was a master special effects man who loved films and making them. However, he always wanted to be in the spotlight, and hated being stuck behind the scenes. His acting career never went anywhere, so he decided to take on a new job: supervillainy. As an effects wizard, he decided to frame Spider-Man for a robbery, then in a new costume (complete with a one way mirror "fishbowl" helmet) would stop Spider-Man to earn the fame he thought he deserved. Exposed and tricked in the attempt, Quentin swore revenge as Mysterio, and became a serious recurring threat to the wall-crawler.

* AffablyEvil: Can come off as very likable and snarky at times. On the other hand...
** FauxAffablyEvil: It's not really a good idea to push him. He once nearly drove Spider-Man into irreversible madness.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Especially in the ''[[Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy Sinister Six]]'' novels.
* BackFromTheDead: In a Creator/PeterDavid ''Friendly Neighborhood'' arc with a dose of BodyHorror. Before his real death, faking it was something of a favorite tactic of Beck's.
* BadassCape: The eye-shaped clasps can even shoot lasers.
* BadassNormal: Gets all his abilities from his suit.
* CanonImmigrant: Enforced InUniverse. He was running operations in [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Earth-616]] ''and'' [[UltimateMarvel Earth-1610]] simultaneously with the use of his robotic avatar Ultimate Mysterio. [[spoiler:At the end of ''ComicBook/SpiderMen'', he is incarcerated by TheUltimates in Earth-1610 due to [[DeathBySecretIdentity his knowledge of Peter's secret identity in Earth-616]]. However, he [[HesBack eventually finds a means of returning to the 616-universe]].]]
* CardCarryingVillain: He enjoys being a supervillain and it shows.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Justified. Mysterio could easily reforge his career as a special effects guy and make millions if he really wanted to, but he likes being a bad guy far more than he ever liked his old job.
* DistaffCounterpart: His cousin, Maguire, though she committed crimes as a Jack O' Lantern instead of as a female Mysterio.
* DrivenToSuicide: During Creator/KevinSmith's ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' run, Beck learned he had cancer and wouldn't last long. After making Daredevil's life a living hell, Beck shot himself in the head. However, see BackFromTheDead.
* EvilGenius: A stuntman who can build his own android doppelgangers and concoct serums for every occasion.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Special effects wizardry may not sound like that great of a supervillain gimmick, but Mysterio's shown time and time again that it can downright deadly in the right hands. One famous issue had him use his effects to nearly push Spidey into a nervous breakdown.
* GlassCannon: Really good traps, but once he's face to face with Spidey, he tends to have one or two final tricks before going down quickly. This really depends on the writer though. Beck is sometimes depicted as a BadassNormal who can [[MadeOfIron swallow a ridiculous amount of punishment]] before he [[{{Determinator}} even starts to consider falling down]].
** PlayedForLaughs in the ''Spider-Man 2'' video game. When Spider-Man meets Mysterio late in the game, it seems to be the set up for a long drawn-out boss battle (the game gives him about ''five'' health bars to diminish). One punch knocks him out.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He got cancer from overexposure to the materials he used for his illusions.
* LargeHam: Is loud and boastful, true to his origins as a showman, to the point of Spider-Man mocking him for it.
* LegacyCharacter: Aside from Beck, Daniel Berkhart and Francis Klum each took up the role for a time. The Hobgoblin also sold the identity to an unnamed criminal who subsequently called himself Mysterion.
* MasterOfIllusion: His specialty, and he even uses it as a title.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Was shown as returning via supernatural means with new magical powers before ''One More Day''; post-''OMD'', he's been sticking to his usual special effects fakery, implying that his demonic phase was more special effects. Writer Dan Slott has thus far refused to say for sure, though.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Mysterio's rather ridiculous costume and his somewhat weak premise (he's a glorified stage magician with a lot of gadgets) can make him seem like something of a C-Lister, but every now and then he'll be the go-to guy for doing something unexpectedly big to someone else. Such events include [[spoiler: [[KevinSmith Kevin Smith's]] ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' storyline, where a then-dying Mysterio decided to try and drive Daredevil crazy with a ridiculously convoluted scheme because at the time Ben Reilley was Spider-Man, and the dying Mysterio wanted a grand exit and felt it would be wasted on Reiley, who Mysterio had subconsciously picked up was not the original Spider-Man]] and [[spoiler: Using a robot avatar to invade the Ultimate Marvel universe and kill Ultimate Wilson Fisk]], not to mention the BadFuture WhatIf {{Wolverine}} storyline ''OldManLogan'', where [[spoiler: Mysterio's mastery of special effects reached GameBreaker levels, in that he was able to manipulate Wolverine, he of the incredible senses and huge amounts of experience with having his head screwed with, into going absolutely crazy and slaughtering the entire X-Men team thinking they were his enemies coming in for a final battle.]] Not bad for a guy with a fishbowl for a head.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His main motivation for joining up with Doc Ock's current Sinister Six. [[spoiler:In ''Ends of the Earth'', once Ock's plan is revealed Spider-Man convinces him to pull a HeelFaceTurn, if only for a little bit, due to the fact that the money would be useless should Ock succeed.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Overdrive]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Swing Shift''

--> ''"Because that moment, I realized--the world is my getaway vehicle!"''

Introduced as a minion of Mr. Negative and later appearing as one of the (five member) Sinister Six of ''ComicBooks/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'', Overdrive was empowered by his boss with [[{{nanomachines}} "nanobacteria"]] and has the power to transform any vehicle at will, a power well suited to his [[BadassDriver skills as a motorist]]. Overdrive is a rather incompetent supervillain who happens to be a major super''hero'' {{fanboy}}, and he actually sought superpowers and pursued supervillainy as part of a XanatosRoulette to fight the Avengers and impress them with his skills so that later on, when he pulled a HeelFaceTurn, he'd be welcomed onto the team. Needless to say, this didn't work, and Overdrive is stuck in the role of getawayman/mook.

* AffablyEvil: Overdrive is a really nice and friendly guy despite being a villain. Depending on how you look at it, the fact that he only got into supervillainy as part of a plan to become a superhero either shows that Overdrive isn't a villain at all or proves he's a bad person.
* BadassDriver: In addition to his powers, Overdrive is very skilled at operating a range of vehicles.
* TheCharmer: Described by Boomerang as a "pretty boy", Overdrive is good-looking and friendly and is introduced in ''Superior Foes'' sitting at a table with [[ALadyOnEachArm an attractive woman on either side of him]]. In the same series, Janice/Beetle is attracted to his good looks, cool car, and badass driving skills. However, things turn out in a way that emphasize that Overdrive is a loser (see TheLoinsSleepTonight).
* CripplingOverspecialization: While Overdrive is [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower very skilled at using his powers on vehicles]], they ''only work on vehicles'' and has no other skills to speak of, which makes him useless in circumstances where there are no vehicles around.
* GenreSavvy: Overdrive's plan to become a superhero runs on this with a dose of CringeComedy (since his plans don't work due to RealityEnsues). Being aware of typical origin stories, Overdrive attempts to gain powers by doing things like [[ComicBook/SpiderMan being bitten by a radioactive spider]], [[SuperSerum drinking dangerous chemicals]], and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk zapping himself with gamma radiation]]. Once empowered by Mr. Negative, Overdrive hatches a plan to start as a villain so he will be welcomed into the hero community once he makes a HeelFaceTurn. Not only does Overdrive note that many former villains became superheroes, he actually uses the term "face turn".
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Overdrive is impotent for some time after using his powers. Conversely, [[FreudWasRight after having sex, he needs to wait for a bit before being able to use his powers again]].
* LoonyFan: In their first encounter, Spidey is creeped out to discover Overdrive's car is filled with pictures of him. Similarly, Luke Cage is weirded out when he shows up to stop the Sinister Six and Overdrive starts fanboying him.
* ManChild: Despite his charmer appearance and persona, he's pretty childish at times.
* {{Nanomachines}}: His "nanobacteria" allows him to alter vehicles at will.
* PersonalityPowers: A likely example of this given the combination of Overdrive's obsession with vehicles and corresponding restriction on his power to vehicles.
* RealityWarper: A low-level example of this, as while Overdrive can only manipulate a select type of object, his powers allow him to alter matter he touches. For example, he's able to turn a small, non-motorized cart into a gigantic motorized backhoe.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: He and Speed Demon discuss the trope in terms of [[DefiedTrope defying]] FlyingBrick. [[GenreSavvy Noting the norm of a superpower coming with additional perks like super strength and durability]], the two note how that isn't true for either of them. Overdrive is worried that a hero (specifically ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules) will assume that because Overdrive has one superpower, he must have others, and will kill him with a single punch.
* {{Technopath}}: One aspect of Overdrive's powers involves controlling vehicles, although he goes beyond technopathy since he can also ''alter'' vehicles and create more matter than initially existed.
* TokenGoodTeammate: For Boomerang's Sinister Six and Spidey's rogues gallery in general.
* VillainyFreeVillain: Although he participates in crime as a mook, for the most part, Overdrive doesn't do anything evil. Probably his worst act is how in ''Superior Foes'' he helps the team bury Shocker alive for supposed treachery.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Queen]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Adriana Soria
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' Vol. 2, #15

--> ''"The metamorphosis has begun. I feel you, all of you, reaching out along the web we all share. Whatever you were yesterday, that was another time. A different life. You are all my children now. My colony. My kingdom. And I am your queen."''

A mutant with the ability to psychically control those who bear the "insect gene" - including anyone with arthropod-related superpowers - Adriana Soria was a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and was selected as a candidate for Operation Crossroads, a renewal of Operation: Rebirth - the super soldier program that had created Captain America. Adriana was drafted into the Marine Corps and became the first female Marine to go into combat, and after the war was assigned to the Bikini Atoll during the nuclear tests in hopes of awakening her powers. Exposure to radiation drove her insane and she was committed to an asylum before escaping and spending 50 years in hiding. Calling herself the Queen, she resurfaced in 2004 and psychically took control of a number of humans to serve as her drones. Captain America and Spider-Man investigated, and the Queen realized that Spider-Man possessed the Insect Gene and selected him as her mate, infecting him with a mutagenic enzyme that slowly transformed him into a giant spider. The Queen intended to have David Jaffe, the scientist in charge of Operation Crossroads, make a bomb that would kill any humans lacking the insect gene, but her plans for Spider-Man were foiled when he died shortly after completing his transformation, then shed his exoskeleton to reveal a reborn Peter Parker with enhanced powers. Spider-Man disarmed the bomb and Adriana was seemingly killed when SHIELD attacked her base, but later [[ComicBook/SpiderIsland returned in 2011]], having allied with the Jackal, transformed Captain America and Kaine into anthropomorphic spider-monsters, and converted her mutagenic enzyme into a "Spider Virus" that would give anyone infected powers identical to Spider-Man's before slowly transforming them into giant spiders. Attaining god-like power and transforming into a massive spider-like monster, the Spider-Queen was killed by the rejuvenated Kaine. The Jackal later cloned her, but said clones were killed by Spider-Man and Alpha.

* AGodIAm: By transforming most of New York's populace into giant spiders she hijacked the Web of Life, the supernatural force that grants arachnid-themed superheroes and villains their powers, and gained god-like power.
* BigBad: Of the ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'' event.
** BigBadDuumvirate: With the Jackal, who betrayed her and was [[ExpendableClone eventually revealed to be a clone]].
* CloningBlues: Jackal stole one of her legs and used it to create Princess and the other Spider-Queens.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: In real life: When the Queen debuted she was assumed to be an odd one-shot villain whose only purpose was to give Peter powers resembling the ones he possessed in Sam Raimi's ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', and was assumed to have been killed at the end of the arc. Come ''Spider Island'', she's suddenly a lot more dangerous, and come Kaine's ''ComicBook/ScarletSpider'' series, it's implied she was a pawn of Ero[=/=]The Other.
* LittleBlackDress: Her outfit during her debut appearance was an elegant black dress.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She ''looks'' like an attractive 20-something woman, but is a WWII veteran.
* OneWingedAngel: Transforms into a 28-story-tall spider-monster after being mortally wounded by Agent Venom.
* SexIsViolence:
--> '''Queen:''' (while beating Agent Venom): Still, a smidgen too impudent. Better--humble. So much sexier this way, soldier. There's intimacy to taking a life. To be the last face a man will ever see. The closest bond two people can share. It's arousing. This gets me purring, gets me revved up more than taking over the entire city did. To mount you. To dominate you. To be the last woman you'll ever touch...
* SuperEmpowering: Exposure to her venom enhanced Peter's connection to the Web of Life, reversed Kaine's degeneration, gave Arana spider-powers... and transformed most of New York's citizens into spider-monsters.
* SuperpowerLottery: Adriana was stated to possess countless superhuman abilities, but only displayed a handful of them:
** MagicKiss: Her saliva contains a mutagenic compound that connects those infused with it to the Web of Life - or amplifies their connection if they already are - and eventually transforms them into giant spiders.
** MakeMeWannaShout: Adriana can unleash a powerful scream.
** PsychicPowers: She can psychically control those with the Insect Gene, which amounts to roughly a third of the world's population, including anyone connected to the Web of Life, and turn them into her "drones".
** SuperStrength: A ''very'' mild case, as she can lift roughly one ton in her base form.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Adriana was a mutant born with the Insect Gene, and [[TranshumanTreachery considered herself to be above even other mutants]], calling herself the sole member of "''Homo insectus''".
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: She was nuked during the Bikini Atoll test.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: A dark variant. When she makes the decision to have Spider-Man serve as her "mate" she's made the decision to [[spoiler: turn him into a giant spider monster that would serve as a living egg sac for her offspring. It was a small miracle he survived and returned to normal.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rhino]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #41

--> ''"People don't get me. I'm not stupid. I'm simple. Big difference. And when I accept a job, I complete a job. I knock into stuff. It falls down. Sometimes, enough times, I get paid for it."''

An immigrant to the United States from Russia, Aleksei was approached by some mobsters to earn money by participating in an experimental treatment. The treatment helped give him a new suit that imitated the toughness of a rhino's hide, and increased his strength past that of Spider-Man's. Initially directed to kidnap J. Jonah Jameson's son, he was stopped by Spider-Man, and became a recurring threat from then on.

* AlternateSelf: His Ultimate counterpart is a scrawny nerd named Alex O'Hirn in a rhino-shaped MiniMecha.
* TheBrute: Bulky and stupid, but occasionally has [[DumbassHasAPoint startling moments of insight]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his origin, it was mentioned he got smarter due to the process; however, everyone wrote him as dumb afterwards. Recently, he's gone back to being written as being of at least average intelligence but who knows how long that will last.
* TheChewToy: For a time, {{Deadpool}} shrunk him down to about the size of a hamster and kept him as a pet. He eventually got revenge on Deadpool though.
* ClingyCostume: He can't take off his outfit unless it's surgically removed.
* DeathSeeker: By the end of ''Comicbook/EndsOfTheEarth'', it's revealed that he's the only member of the Sinister Six in on Doc Ock's ''real'' plan to wipe out 99.92% of all Earthly life, as he feels that a world in which his beloved wife could die so horribly simply doesn't deserve to live. He ultimately commits suicide by drowning, taking Silver Sable with him.
* DependingOnTheWriter: His intelligence and how strongly affixed his costume is. The first time he took on the Hulk, his costume was more of a slip-on thing, while other writers have made it clear that he can only go to the bathroom due to a tiny flap and he can't get laid. This has since been fixed and he can put it on and take it off at will. Creator/MarkWaid once explained this by claiming the mutation was unstable regarding his intelligence, then had it stabilized in that same story.
* DumbMuscle: Rhino is defined by this trope. Unless he's fighting against other heavyweights like Hulk, there is little chance of defeating him with brute strength. However, it is very easy to trick and outsmart him. The only reason why he has the suit is because his superiors thought that Rhino's strength would be easy to command because of his stupidity.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: His fight with Spider-Man in ''The Origin of the Species'' is short-lived as Spider-Man reads him the riot act for trying to start a fight when Spidey has a baby in tow. Rhino, much to Spidey's shock, actually ''does'' drop the fight and leave of his own accord in response.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Becomes a heck of a lot smarter in ''Flowers for the Rhino''. So much so that he sets up a complicated gambit to ensure his own defeat then reverses the process because it made his life far less interesting.
* GeniusBruiser: Briefly in ''Flowers for the Rhino''.
* MoralityChain: His wife, Oksana. She doesn't last long. By the end of Doctor Octopus' latest scheme, he's gone completely insane. Octavius offered him not any sort of wealth or status, but the opportunity to watch the world ''burn''.
* NoNameGiven: The Rhino was initially unnamed, though he sometimes went by the alias "Alex O'Hirn", which became his official name in the Ultimate continuity. His real name was ultimately revealed to be Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich.
* PetTheDog: Misses his dead mom and wife.
* PunnyName: His alias Alex O'Hirn, with O'Hirn being an anagram of "Rhino".
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: See above about {{Deadpool}}, and he has also fought TheHulk several times.
* SuperStrength: His limits are around 80 tons.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Drowns himself and Silver Sable to make Spider-Man break his promise of not letting anyone die.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sandman]]

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-> '''AKA:''' William Baker
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #4

--> ''"Enough! You always said I was just some dumb punk. Fine. I'm gonna show you how single-minded I can be! There's only one thought in my head now, wall-crawler! Killin' you! And nothin's more important than that! Nothin'!"''

William Baker became a crook in his youth, but didn't want his mother to know about it, so went by the alias Flint Marko while doing jobs. One day on the run from his latest heist, he briefly stopped at an empty beach to hide. Unfortunately, the beach was empty because the military was testing a nuclear bomb there. Caught in the explosion, Baker had his body molecules bounded with the sand around him, turning him into a literal sandman. Since then, the grainy villain clashed with Spider-Man many times, though in more recent years, he's gotten away from the supervillain gig, and taken on more heroic stances.

* AntiHero: Originally a full villain, but these days he's this.
* BlobMonster: Can become soft sand or hard rock.
* BookDumb: Not very well educated but he can be clever in a pinch.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Eventually revealed to be the main reason the HeelFaceTurn didn't stick; his old partner, the Wizard, used a device to turn him back into a criminal.
* TheBrute: Frequently employed purely for the fact he can turn his hands into sledgehammers.
* DistaffCounterpart: Quicksand has similar powers, but is a woman.
* ElementalShapeshifter: True to his codename, Baker can [[DishingOutDirt freely manipulate sand]], which his entire body is comprised of.
* EnemyMine: Teamed up with Spidey a few times, once concerning his father in ''Friendly Neighborhood''.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Keemia, as of ''Brand New Day'' - they're not actually related, but she thinks of him as a dad. Even before he met her there's his parents, whom he deeply loves.
* FriendlyEnemy: Has teamed up with Spider-Man in the past.
* FromASingleCell: Similar to Hydro-Man, his mind is contained within a single grain of sand, which can bring him back if it survives and is exposed to more sand.
* GlassCannon: Nearly impossible to hurt, but if you bring water or fire into the mix...
* HeelFaceTurn: For most of the 1980s and 1990s. And later more of a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* {{Jerkass}}: He's often a selfish, greedy thug. Sometimes he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but that depends on the writer.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Mostly of injustice but he did try to go straight for a time.
* LogicalWeakness: He can be turned to mud or glass by water or extreme heat.
* MesACrowd: He seems to have taken a page from Agent Smith: the drawback is that his different bodies can act out subconscious urges without him even being aware of it.
* NobleDemon: Pretty nice and reasonable when you get to know him, and very caring towards his family even when he's playing the bad guy.
* ParentalSubstitute: Towards Keemia, who views him as her adoptive father.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: After Spider-Man, he fought The FF and Hulk in the 1970s.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: ''Spider-Man: Chapter One'' retconned him into being Norman Osborn's cousin as a way of explaining their similar ''hairstyles''. This was quickly rendered CanonDiscontinuity, but was mentioned in the walkthrough guide for ''VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro''.
* TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: He can alter the color of his sandy body to resemble clothes, although it's largely cosmetic and not detailed enough to make a convincing disguise.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can freely transform his body into sand.
* WeaksauceWeakness: First defeated by a power vacuum. Water can ''really'' slow him down, and intense heat turns him to glass.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scorpia]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Elaine Coll
-> '''Debut:''' ''Spider-Man: The Power of Terror'' #2

--> ''"I'm gonna tear your &^%$@ heart out!"''

Elaine Coll's family, as far back as anyone could tell, was comprised entirely of criminals and psychopaths, and she was no exception, first popping up on the superhero community's radar when she was caught singing and dancing around while [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered hanging, drawing, and quartering]] police officers by ComicBook/DareDevil. After a stay in the psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital, which misdiagnosed her as cured, Elaine was contacted by an acquaintance of her late grandfather, Silvermane, and offered a job as one of his enforcers, with one of the perks of the position being powered armor based on the suits worn by the then-retired Scorpion. Donning the exoskeleton, Elaine loyally served Silvermane as Scorpia, though things fell apart when Silvermane betrayed her upon possessing Deathlok.

After a brief retirement following unsuccessful bouts as a member of supervillain gangs like the Sinister Seven and the Rogues, Scorpia became a free agent, hiring herself out to figures like druglord Manuel Ortega, and sorceress Caroline le Fay.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scorpion/Venom III/"Sinister" Spider-Man III]]

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-> '''AKA:''' [=MacDonald Gargan=]
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #19

--> ''"I like to hurt things, I really do."''

Mac Gargan was a two-bit private eye who was hired by J. Jonah Jameson to find out Peter's connection to Spider-Man. When Gargan was unable to get results, Jameson financed an experimental treatment to make him strong enough to beat the Wall Crawler. Experimented on with radiation and genetic transfusions, Gargan donned a suit based on the spider's natural enemy: The Scorpion. With his robotic stinger-tipped tail and greater strength, the Scorpion was always difficult to deal with, but Mac Gargan lacked smarts. The procedure had also driven him insane, and while he continually upgraded his suit and tail he couldn't rise above B or C list villainy for the gallery. Gargan was approached by the Venom Symbiote, which offered him a chance to become an A-list villain in exchange for killing Spider-Man.

For more information on his time as Venom, please refer to '''ComicBook/{{Venom}}''' page, and the adjoining '''[[Characters/{{Venom}} characters]]''' page.

* AnimalThemeNaming: Both as the Scorpion and as Spider-Man III.
* TheAtoner: Played straight, and then [[HeelFaceDoorSlam deconstructed]] in the very last arc of ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' before the beginning of ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''. After doing some soul searching, Mac decided to pull a HeelFaceTurn. Immediately afterwards, he bumped into Spider-Man, who was having a very bad day and was delighted to have an opportunity to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown vent]]. Mac protested that he didn't want to fight and was done being a villain, but Spidey didn't want to hear it and continued to beat the shit out of him despite the guy not trying to fight back. Mac's sanity apparently took a dive due to this traumatic experience, as when we next saw him he'd gone right back to being a bad guy.
* AxCrazy: As Venom the symbiote had so strong a hold on Gargan that he was pretty much its slave.
* BloodKnight: Money is possibly the only thing he likes more than fighting.
* TheBrute: As both the Scorpion and Venom, he is a physical powerhouse but not exactly smart.
* BewareMyStingerTail: A cybernetic tail interfaced with his central nervous system. Its length goes from four feet in his original appearance to twenty in his latest.
* ClingyCostume: For some time, Mac was unable to take off his PoweredArmor. While this was initially stated to be the work of Mac's SanitySlippage, Abe Jenkins later reveals the armor really ''was'' bonded to him, and without it or the symbiote the genetic defects caused by the procedure that gave him his powers started to kill him.
* ClothesMakeTheManiac: Partially; Scorpion has legitimate SuperStrength on his own due to his genetic mutations, but his traditional Scorpion suit and the Venom symbiote both add extra powers, most notably his tail or CombatTentacles respectively.
* CombatSadomasochist: As mentioned in that quote above, he enjoys inflicting pain on others.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: That outfit of his is bonded to him and the genetic alterations he underwent mean that he needs it to live. It's done quite a number on his mental state.
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially when he impersonates Spider-Man.
* DistaffCounterpart: Scorpia.
* EmergencyTransformation: The procedure that gave Gargan his powers destabilized his genes, and without his armor or the symbiote his body slowly starts shutting down on him.
* EvilCounterpart: Based on an arachnid like Spider-Man. He also impersonated Spider-Man in Norman Osborn's ComicBook/DarkAvengers.
* EvilIsPetty: At one point he vomited a half-digested squirrel onto Dexter Bennett's desk as a prank.
* ImAHumanitarian: As Venom III and the Sinister Spider-Man. Going by comments he made towards Jameson after becoming the Scorpion again, he may not be ''completely'' over it.
* ManipulativeBastard: Briefly went AWOL from the ComicBook/DarkAvengers and set up a gang war ForTheEvulz.
* MundaneUtility: He's used his tail as a can opener, among other things.
* NextTierPowerup: Ever since he returned to being the Scorpion, Mac's been equipping himself with increasingly advanced suits of PoweredArmor.
* NotQuiteDead: Had his lower jaw ripped off by Otto Octavius, but was later shown to have survived. He also appears to have somehow regrown it as of ''Spider-Man 2099''.
* PoweredArmor: His costumes, especially his latest ones, are cybernetic and augment his already superhuman abilities.
* PrivateDetective: Was initially an unscrupulous detective hired by JJJ to find out what Peter Parker's connection to Spider-Man was.
* PsychoForHire: Following his descent into villainy he frequently operates as this.
* ScaryScorpions: Was given an infusion of radioactive scorpion DNA, and his powered armor further reinforces this imagery.
* SuperStrength: He can lift up to 15 tons as the Scorpion and 60 as Venom.
* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: When Mac meets Spider-Man 2099, he assumes Miguel is Peter in a new costume and naturally tries to kill him.
* WallCrawl: He is capable of doing so in the same manner as Spider-Man, but usually just punches holes into walls.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Mild example; the treatment that gave him his powers affected his sanity, making him the psychopath he is today. On a few occasions, he's falsely believed he was stuck in his costume, though Abe Jenkins later reveals he really ''was'' trapped in the armor. Being bonded to the [[IAmAHumanitarian Venom symbiote]] didn't help, although Gargan [[DrugsAreBad adjusted]] and came to relish its bloodlust.
* WouldHurtAChild: When fighting Spider-Man 2099, Mac threatens to kill a child to draw Miguel out.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shathra]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 2 #46

--> ''"Little spider... little man... does not understand... Shathra does not tire, does not stop. Shathra can play with the spider forever. But sooner or later, the man in the spider has to sleep. Then Shathra will take the spider. Take the man. Take everyone and everything he has ever loved. We are natural enemies. I will never go away. Will the spider play... until death?"''

After having ComicBook/DoctorStrange send him to the Astral Plane in order to fight a new supervillain named Shade, Spider-Man made the mistake of [[StayOnThePath straying from the path]], which led to him encountering the [[Characters/SpiderManAllies Great Weaver]], and being detected by Shathra. The avatar of the spider wasps, Shathra decided that Spidey would make the perfect meal for herself and her offspring, and thus she followed him back to Earth. Shathra was seemingly killed when Spider-Man lured her to the Great Weaver's temple in Ghana, and she was eaten by the spider-god, but she was resurrected to target Kaine, and was killed by his Other form.

* BackFromTheDead: She was seemingly killed by a swarm of spiders at the Great Weaver's temple, but was resurrected thanks to Memphisto's meddling with the time stream and pursues Kaine.
* BedmateReveal: She shape shifts into Annabelle Adams and has sex with Kaine, then reveals her true form to him afterwards.
* BeeAfraid: She is a massive supernatural wasp goddess.
* BioluminescenceIsCool: She has glowing blue lines on her body.
* FoodChainOfEvil: Like Morlun she is a supernatural entity that desires to eat Spider-Man due to him being the avatar of the Great Weaver.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Takes on a human form as Sharon Keller, and later impersonates Kaine's love interest Annabelle Adams.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: She has glowing blue eyes.
* HumanoidAbomination: She is a humanoid supernatural spider-wasp-like entity from another dimension and a metaphysical enemy of the Great Weaver.
* JustDesserts: She's eaten by a swarm of supernatural spiders, though she later shows up alive.
* LineOfSightName:
--> '''Reporter:''' I'm sorry, what did you say your name was again?
--> '''Shathra:''' Sha[[{{Beat}} ...]] that is, Sharon.
* MonsterIsAMommy: She is the mother of a tribe of supernatural wasps.
* MundaneSolution: The ancient embodiment of the spider wasps enrages her prey and lures him out into the open by... going to the media, and claiming to be the ex-lover of the insatiably kinky Spider-Man.
* TeachHimAnger: Pisses Spider-Man off to get him to act on instinct.
* WingedHumanoid: She has four massive black insect wings.
* WomanScorned: As Sharon Keller, she claims to have been a former lover of Spider-Man in order to draw him out.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shocker]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Herman Schultz
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #46

--> ''"No! I said, no! You think you can come here and just give orders--you think--you all think--I'm some kind of loser, someone you can just push around whenever you feel like it! Well that's not how it's gonna be anymore! I came here to get mine and I'm not leaving until I do! One way or another, you're all gonna learn--[[http://i57.tinypic.com/xmqqdj.jpg don't mock the Shocker!]]"''

A career bank robber, Herman Schultz built a DIY battle suit for himself using a set of "Vibro-Shock Gauntlets" that could launch blasts of concentrated air vibrated to high frequencies. Despite defeating Spider-Man in their first encounter - mostly because [[WorfHadTheFlu Peter had a broken arm]] - Shocker remained a thief and mercenary, acting as a subordinate to more megalomaniacal villains.

* AffablyEvil: Tends to be pretty friendly.
* BadassBookworm: He's a smart guy and puts up a good fight, and has updated and improved his costume and blast gauntlets based upon past encounters with Spider-Man.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: When She-Hulk visited him in his home and not only did she not simply beat answers out of him, she bought him Chinese for dinner, Herman was willing to blast himself in the head with his own gauntlets in order to jolt his memories a bit.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: After getting bullied around by Boomerang once too often, [[spoiler: he snapped and went rogue, beat the rest of the Sinister Six within an inch of their lives, and used Silvermane's head to become head of the Maggia.]]
* BlowYouAway: Crosses with MakeMeWannaShout; his Vibro-Shock Gauntlets work by sucking in and compacting air, then vibrating it rapidly inside the gauntlets' interior. Once it's built up the right level of vibrations/pressure, he expels it as a concussive force blast. It's often mistakenly portrayed as an electrical attack in animated media, no doubt due to his choice of moniker.
* ButtMonkey: Nowadays he's not very highly regarded, despite the fact he's actually one of Spider-Man's more successful foes. The only person that seems to give him any respect is ComicBook/TheHood.
* TheChewToy: Is a C-list villain who is rarely taken seriously anymore. In his case, he doesn't particularly mind his reputation as long as it keeps other heroes off his back.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: His gauntlets and insulated suit are what give him his powers, especially later reiterations of the suit; Schultz redesigns his equipment regularly, and after working with minor X-men villain Unus the Untouchable, he got the idea to insert "contact plates", which trigger sharp bursts of pressure on detecting impact. This deflects physical strikes, makes him very difficult to get a grip on, and makes his physical attacks extra powerful due to trip-hammer vibration.
* ConsummateProfessional: Compared to other supervillains, he behaves more like a professional career criminal rather than the typical madman.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He may not seem like much, but he's a skilled fighter, engineer, and a veteran supervillain. Shocker actually exploits this; if nobody takes you seriously, than you have the element of surprise and aren't being actively targeted by the heroes.
* TheDon: [[spoiler: After the events of ''Superior Foes'', he's become the current boss of the Maggia crime family.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Is a self-taught engineer who built his weapons and suit himself.
* HaveAGayOldTime: People mock his name a little more these days.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: He wears a somewhat ridiculous looking yellow-and-brown costume, and has no superpowers without his gauntlets.
* LethalJokeCharacter: Half of the real world population seems to think he's just a joke character... but more people need to remember that he's got one of the best records of fighting Spider-Man. His victories rival those of Doc Ock! One time he even defeated Spidey with the help of fellow LethalJokeCharacter Trapster (aka Paste Pot Pete). The only reason they let him live was because their employer told them he'd double their pay if they let him go.
* NiceGuy: Known for being very affable and friendly when off the clock.
* NoRespectGuy: Not many people take him as seriously as they probably should. Shocker doesn't mind, as it means he doesn't end up as a target for bigger superheroes like the Avengers or psycho vigilantes like the Punisher.
* PragmaticVillainy: A big part of his character. He has a very businesslike approach to his work, which means that he avoids holding or acting on grudges (because they cut into his profit margins and also tend to lead to his acting in ways that are very self-defeating), keeps a low profile (because making too big a name for yourself tends to put you on the Punisher's radar), and sticks to activities that are relatively low-risk and have good returns.
* PunchClockVillain: He simply treats supervillainy as a job and generally has no grand ambition other than trying to get by and make some money.
* OnlySaneMan: For Spidey's rogues gallery in general.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Also averted. Shocker's only interested in money, not petty things like revenge.
* SayMyName: One of his more memorable schemes involved causing mass blackouts in Manhattan that when viewed from above spelled out SHOCKER.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: How his tenure on the Thunderbolts ended; upon seeing how [[BloodKnight violent]] Mr. Hyde and Troll were and having the nanites controlling him disabled, he decided to run while he still could.
* TookALevelInBadass: That time he upgraded.
--> '''Shocker:''' I've made a few changes to my entire vibro-shock system. I miniaturized the vibro units and spread them all over my costume. At the first hint of a sneak attack, the vibration shield is thrown up and... well... I'm sure you're feeling the results right through your fillings just about now. Needless to say, but I will anyway, I also increased the power of the units. For years I spent so much time moaning about always losing to guys like you, and then, one day, it came to me. I think I was watching some infomercial about taking charge of the power within... or something like that. Anyway... I realized that I hadn't bothered to update my vibro technology since I first started out with this gig. As you can probably tell... I was successful when I tried. I like to think my mother would have been proud of her boy. What do you think? Don't worry. You can get back to me on that.
* VillainousFriendship: Used to have one with Hydro-Man, but after Morris screwed up several jobs for the duo and sold Shocker out to Hammerhead for money, Herman no longer works with him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shriek]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Francis Louise Barrison
-> '''Debut:''' ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' #1

--> ''"Look at what your star patient's done, doctor! Look at the madness I've spread! You said you wanted me to reach my full potential, look what I'm capable of! Look! They're just getting warmed up... they haven't boiled over into murderers yet. Open your eyes! It'll be beautiful when it happens."''

As a child, Shriek was abused by her parents, especially her mother, whose cruelty drove her to drugs, overeating, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and heavy metal]]. Shriek's mental stability was further damaged when she was shot in the head during an altercation with the police, and when she had a run-in with heroes Cloak and Dagger, whose powers did ''something'' to Shriek, giving her various superhuman abilities of her own. Now fully capable of taking revenge on the world she blames for her misery, Shriek found soul mates of sorts in the form of her "husband" Carnage, and "son" Doppelganger.

* AbusiveParents: She was abused physically, psychologically, and sexually by her parents.
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Shriek, Rattle, and Roll'' and ''Shrieking''.
* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Her original occupation.
* AxCrazy: She's almost as insane as Cletus Kasady.
* BadassFamily: Intent on creating one with Carnage and any other villains they "adopt" into their little family.
* BrownNote: She can send off psychic waves of bloodlust.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Beats Tanis Nieves up for "carrying [Carnage's] baby".
* CreateYourOwnVillain: One flashback suggested that she was a normal drug dealer and only gained her powers when Cloak and Dagger attacked her.
* ConvenientComa: Placed in one by Scorn, though she later recovers.
* DarkActionGirl: She has the ability to project psychic waves of hatred and bloodlust, and can blast people with sonic screams.
* DarkMistress: For Carnage, in a ComicBook/HarleyQuinn-and-SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker fashion. SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} refers to her as Carnage's "hot [[PowerFloats levitating]] girlfriend".
* DomesticAbuse: Suffers this from Carnage, due to his MoodSwinger tendencies.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has black hair and extremely pale skin.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Doppelganger regards her as his mother, and she's possibly the only other human being that Carnage has ever felt anything even close to genuine affection for.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Upon returning to "normal" in the ''Carnage'' miniseries, she trades in her regular clothes for a hastily assembled facsimile of her old costume, her skin goes back to being unhealthily pale, and her eyes become completely white.
--> '''Shriek:''' I wanted to look good for my boyfriend.
* EvilMatriarch: During the ''Maximum Carnage'' series she was Carnage's "wife" and the "mother" of Doppelgänger, Carrion, and Demogoblin.
* EvilMeScaresMe: Tanis Nieves almost succeeded in returning her mental stability. Nice job breaking it, Michael Hall.
* {{Expy}}: Looks like a DistaffCounterpart of {{Lobo}}. Also since Carnage is an Expy of TheJoker that would make Shriek his Harley Quinn (the two were even introduced around the same time). And there's the comparisons to [[Characters/XForce Domino]].
* FacialMarkings: She has a black stripe over her left eye.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her costumes tend to be an eclectic assortment of various pieces of clothing.
* FluffyTamer: Tamed the Doppelgänger, which views her as its mother.
* FormerlyFat: She mentions that she was overweight in her childhood.
* FreudianExcuse: She was horribly abused by her parents.
* GlassCannon: Spider-Man once knocked her out with little more than a flick.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Just one, for some reason.
* HandBlast: Her main method of attack.
* HatePlague: She can induce temporary insanity in others; the exact mechanics of this are never explained, but it's presumably an extension of her sonic powers.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Her witnessing the love Carrion had for his real mother, coupled with Doctor Nieves's treatment, goes a long way towards rehabilitating her ("No! I need my doctor! You don't know how I get without her!") Unfortunately, being held captive by Hall Industries, exposure to the Carnage symbiote, and witnessing Doppelganger being attacked caused her snap, and completely regress ("I forgot how much '''fun''' that was...")
* HellBentForLeather: Once acquired a new costume by raiding a fetish clothing shop.
* [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe I'm Taking Him Home With Me!]]: Carnage was set to kill Doppelgänger when it attacked them, but Shriek wanted to keep it.
* IRejectYourReality: She once irrationally blamed Spider-Man for Doppelganger's [[UnexplainedRecovery temporary]] death, even though she was right there when Carnage attacked him.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: When Carnage gets pissed at Shriek for whatever reason in ''Maximum Carnage'' and tries to attack her, Doppelganger steps in. Carnage then decides killing Shriek's "baby" will be punishment enough (though he gets better... after a few years).
* LoonyFan: Carnage's groupie.
* MadLove: Shriek is to Carnage what Harley Quinn is to the Joker.
* MakeMeWannaShout: She can project a sonic scream using her voice, which has caused her to be used against Carnage in some instances.
* TheMentallyIll: She really is mentally disturbed and genuinely needs help. Whenever she gets caught, she's sent to mental health institutions like Ravencroft Asylum rather than prisons like the Raft.
* MessyHair: Especially early on, her hair was very poofy and very untidy.
* MetalHead: According to a line in ''Maximum Carnage''.
* MindOverMatter: She's telekinetic, but has never been shown using the ability offensively, just to make herself and (much more rarely) others levitate.
* MommyIssues: Horrible abuse at the hands of her mother caused her to develop a twisted fixation with family and motherhood.
* MonochromaticEyes: When she goes back to being evil in the ''Carnage'' miniseries.
* MostCommonSuperPower: She's very busty, and most of her outfits accentuate this.
* MsFanservice: Likes to dress in provocative gothic and [[BondageIsBad S&M-inspired]] clothes, and wears a NaughtyNurseOutfit at the end ''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} vs. Carnage''.
* NightmareFetishist: She fell in love with a guy calling himself ''Carnage''.
* TheOphelia: She was driven insane by her parents' abuse.
* PerkyGoth: Well, manic-depressive.
* PromotionToParent: For [[HumanoidAbomination the Doppelgänger]].
* PsychoSupporter: She fell in love with Carnage at first sight and hasn't really looked back.
* SatelliteCharacter: Rarely appears without Carnage.
* {{Stripperific}}: Possibly justified; she's "showing off" after a lifetime of being overweight and unattractive.
* TragicVillain: Especially since Tanis Nieves nearly succeeded in rehabilitating her.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Cameoed in ''Fearless Defenders'' as a member of the Doom Maidens, without it being explained when or how she came out of the coma Scorn put her in in ''Carnage''.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Carnage.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: "The white hats. The good guys. Heads stuffed with dreams and ideals. Every day they save the world. But tell me this, my little spider--why weren't they there to save me?!"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Silvermane]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Silvio Manfredi
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #73

--> ''"Ha! You think I'd a'trusted any one of those no-good good-for-nothings? That family stuff's just one more way you keep 'em in line. Only saps buy it. You want rewards for loyalty, get yourself one of them Wegmans Cards. You wanna stay alive in this biz--you make 'em fear you."''

An Italian immigrant, Silvio Manfredi joined [[TheMafia the Maggia]] as a teenager and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming one of their dons, organizing a "family" centered around intense loyalty. Arrested due to tax evasion, when he got out of prison he found that his family's power had waned and that other crime lords like the Kingpin had arrived to fill the vacuum. Manfredi started a gang war to reclaim power, and took on the nickname Silvermane due to his hair turning white. Silvio realized he was growing old, and became obsessed with finding a means of restoring his youth, blackmailing Curt Connors into developing one that de-aged him. He became the Supreme HYDRA for a while, and after being expelled tried to organize New York's crime lords under himself. During a fight with the third Green Goblin and Spider-Man, Silvermane fell to his apparent death. He survived, but after an assassination attempt the shock caused him to revert to an elderly man. After being mortally wounded by Cloak and Dagger, Silvermane had his head transplanted to a cybernetic body and sought revenge.

* CoolOldGuy: Subverted. Since he fell out of the business he's developed a nostalgic reputation for being New York's last good don, but according to Boomerang he's actually a cranky old jerk who nobody except Hammerhead liked.
* EvilMentor: He served as this to Shocker in Superior Foes, getting him to grow a backbone and becoming a more ambitious villain.
* EvilOldFolks: Is an elderly crime lord.
* LivingMacguffin: Silvermane's head is a major Macguffin in Superior Foes, since anyone who possesses it controls the Maggia. [[spoiler:As it turns out, his head befriended a young boy whose mother owned the junkyard where he was found, and is later found by the Shocker.]]
* LosingYourHead: In ''The Superior Foes of Spider-Man'', Silvermane lost his cyborg body but he's still alive as his head is where his power source is.
* [[TheMafia The Maggia]]: One of the key players.
* PetTheDog: After losing his cyborg body, he ended up befriending a young boy and his mother and enjoyed his time with them far more than he did as head of the Maggia. [[spoiler:He also ends up installing Shocker as the new head of the Maggia.]]
* PoweredArmor: In his advanced age he wears a suit of powered armor to help him match superpowered foes. Later on, he turned himself into a cyborg.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sin-Eater]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Stanley Carter
-> '''Debut:''' ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #107

--> ''"Do not be afraid, you without sin, for I shall not cast the first stone. Only those who have misused their power need fear the Sin-Eater's wrath!"''

While a member of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, Stanley Carter took part in a program that saw him being administered an experimental drug (presumably an attempted recreation of the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Super Soldier Serum]]) that was supposed to increase the strength and endurance those given it to near-superhuman levels. The drug succeeded in its intended purpose, but also caused severe mental instability in Carter and other test subjects, which led to the program being discontinued.

Carter subsequently resigned from S.H.I.E.L.D. and became a police detective, which unfortunately led to his severely strained mind snapping when he witnessed his partner's death at the hands of a gang of young criminals. Becoming obsessed with punishing those he believed allowed injustices to take place due to abusing or ignoring their authority, Carter became a shotgun-wielding serial killer calling himself the "Sin-Eater". Carter's murderous rampage (which he himself was placed in charge of investigating) claimed the lives of several, including Police Captain Jean [=DeWolff=], his secret lover, and an ally of Spider-Man.

Carter was eventually apprehended by Spider-Man (who, in a fit of rage, unintentionally crippled him, and nearly allowed him to be lynched by an angry mob) and placed in psychiatric care, while also having the drug that drove him to homicidal mania purged from his system. A repentant Carter was soon released, which turned out to be mistake, as he was tormented by visions of the Sin-Eater. Overcome by stress and an inability to readjust, Carter donned his old costume, took a hostage, and was shot to death by the police; immediately afterward, Spider-Man, who had been conflicted about Carter, discovered that his shotgun was not even loaded; he had "beaten" the Sin-Eater by committing SuicideByCop.

Years later, Carter's body was recovered and infected with the Carrion virus by the Scriers. The new "Carrion-Eater" engaged Spider-Man in several battles before Carter's consciousness asserted control, which led to him sacrificing himself to thwart the Scriers' plan to summon [[EldritchAbomination Chthon]].
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[[folder:Speed Demon]]

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-> '''AKA''': James Sanders
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Avengers'' #69

--> ''"Pushing my buttons, risky move, considering I can break the speed of sound on one leg."''

A chemist granted super-speed by the Grandmaster, James Sanders used his powers for criminal ends, both solo and as a part of various villain teams. Starting out as the Whizzer, he later changed his nom de guerre to the slightly less embarrassing Speed Demon.

* AbusiveParents: According to him, his mother sold his dog for drug money.
* DirtyCoward: When danger breaks out, there's a good chance that Speed Demon will run.
* EvilKnockOff: Of the heroic Whizzer from the SquadronSupreme Universe.
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied that his mom was a real asshole.
* {{Jerkass}}: Kind of comes with the territory, but Speed Demon is still a jackass. He spent a good portion of ''The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man'' limited series trying to hit on Boomerang's girlfriend, even when Boomerang was in jail.
* ManChild: Tends to throw childish fits when he doesn't get his way and acts incredibly immature at times, once getting into a petty argument with a little girl.
* MilesGloriosus: He talks big, but he's always the first person to run for the hills when fights start.
* PetTheDog: In ''Superior Foes of Spider-Man'', Speed Demon ends up growing attached to a puppy [[KickTheDog he stole from a girl]]. When said girl's family put a reward for the puppy's return, he reluctantly returned the dog, but not before making sure that the dog is well-supplied.
* PokeThePoodle: A lot of his crimes come off as this.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Started out fighting ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/TheDefenders, before moving into Spidey's RoguesGallery.
* SinisterShades: The goggles on his outfit.
* SoreLoser: Tends to throw fits over being one-upped.
* SuperSpeed: His main power is to run at extreme speeds.
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[[folder:Spencer Smythe]]

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-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #25

--> ''"Look at him. Blithely ignorant of his impending demise! Yet, when he breathes his last, I want to know who is responsible! I want him to suffer even as I've suffered--for, after too many attempts--Spencer Smythe will finally crush the Web-Slinger--forever!"''

An expert in robotics, Spencer Smythe repeatedly approached J. Jonah Jameson with his Spider-Slayers, machines design to hunt down Spider-Man. Numerous humiliating defeats at Spider-Man's hands eventually caused Spencer to lose his mind, and he became obsessed with killing the hero, abandoning his scientific career in favor of a life of crime. Eventually, the toxicity of the materials used to create the Slayers caught up with Spencer, and he died after sticking an explosive shackle on Spider-Man and Jameson, which they barely escaped.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first two appearances he was more of a scientist who was doing a good deed by trying to stop Spider-Man. In the 1970s, after a long absence, he was a card-carrying criminal.
* DeadGuyJunior: His son Alistair, who also fits GenerationXerox and AvengingTheVillain.
* DeathTrap: Before dying from cancer Spencer makes one last attempt at revenge; he puts a bomb on Spidey and Jameson's wrists.
* EvilGenius: Spencer specializes in robotics, and built a variety of machines designed to kill Spider-Man.
* KilledOffForReal: Most likely due to cancer.
* RobotMaster: A variation, in that none of his robots possessed AIs, instead being either piloted or controlled remotely.
* SanitySlippage: The material he used to create the Spider-Slayers rendered him mentally and physically frail, and made him believe (among other things) that Jonah "forced" him to create the Slayers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Spider-Slayer]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Alistair Alphonso Smythe
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #19

--> ''"For all you have done to the Smythe family. My family. And to every member of my Slayer Swarm. Everyone you ever loved--anyone foolish enough to call you friend--will find my wrath raining down upon them."''

The son of Spencer Smythe, Alistair Smythe picked up where his father left off, targeting Spider-Man, Jameson, and their loved ones with his own Spider-Slayers in an attempt to avenge Spencer's death. Alistair initially worked for the Kingpin, but his vendetta resulted in him being paralyzed from the waist down. Realizing his robots were not enough, Alistair constructed a suit of PoweredArmor and called himself the Ultimate Spider-Slayer. He was defeated, but broke out of jail and continued improving the Spider-Slayer robots and his own armor. Alistair eventually assembled a group of supervillains with grudges against Spider-Man and Jameson and equipped them with advanced powered armor, succeeding in killing Jameson's wife. He was sentenced to death, but broke free with help from his Spider-Slayers. Mortally wounded by Jameson and Spider-Man, he attempted to transfer his consciousness into the latter's body, only to die discovering [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus another supervillain]] had beaten him to it.

* AvengingTheVillain: His entire motivation is avenging his father Spencer's death.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His armor was equipped with claws and arm-blades.
* DeadGuyJunior: Like his father, he's a genius at mechanical engineering.
* GrandTheftMe: ''Tried'' to pull one on Spider-Man before dying, but discovered Otto Octavius had beaten him to it.
* KilledOffForReal: At the hands of the Superior Spider-Man.
* PoweredArmor: After being crippled he built himself a suit of cybernetic armor. He later upgraded to a biomechanical version.
* ShouldersOfDoom: His armor had a pair of forward-facing blades on them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Spot]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Doctor Jonathan Ohnn
-> '''Debut:''' ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' Vol. 1, #98

A lowly scientist employed by the ComicBook/{{Kingpin}}, Doctor Jonathan Ohnn was given the assignment of creating a replacement for the Answer, a superhuman minion of the Kingpin who had seemingly perished in a battle with [[ComicBook/CloakAndDagger Cloak and Dagger]]. By studying Cloak's abilities, Ohnn was able to tear open a portal to the Darkforce Dimension, though the amount of power required to sustain the portal proved to be too great, and it began to warp and flicker (changing it's destination, unbeknownst to Ohnn) due to the strain it was putting on New York City's electrical grid. Before the portal could close completely, a desperate Ohnn leapt through it, and was brought to Spotworld, a white void full of black spots, which could act as gateways to other places. Ohnn found a portal back to Earth, and emerged from it as a pure white humanoid covered in the black spots, which he could control and use for transportation.

Drunk on power, Ohnn renamed himself the Spot, and engaged Spider-Man, walking away victorious in their first battle, but not their second. After that, Spot popped up all over the Marvel Universe as a minor villain, either working solo, or for crime lords like Tombstone, Mr. Negative, and the Hood. Spot's unglamorous life as a glorified getaway vehicle took a turn for the worse when he was captured by a Mafia family and was hooked up to a machine that copied his powers onto an individual known as the Coyote; this event warped Spot, turning him into a nearly incoherent mess of twisted and warped body parts... that's still stuck doing grunt work for others.
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[[folder:Squid]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Donald "Don" Callahan
-> '''Debut:''' ''Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' Vol. 2, #16

--> ''"Like ink, Spider-Man? That is exactly what it is. Courtesy of... the Squid!"''

After his wife died, "Big" Mike Callahan channeled his grief into his business, causing him to neglect his troubled son, Donald. Don soon fell in with bad crowds, eventually working his way up to becoming a member of a criminal syndicate which mutated him and his girlfriend, Laura, into the Squid and Ms. Fortune, respectively. In their first outing as members of the Wicked Brigade, Squid and Ms. Fortune were soundly beaten by Spider-Man, which caused Laura to retire, and dump Don. Undeterred by this, his humiliating defeat by the webhead, and subsequent reconciliation with his father, Don continued his supervillain activities, sometimes working solo, but most often offering his services to bigwigs like the Hood, or the Owl.

* AnimalMotifs: He named his gang "the Tentacles".
* BullyingADragon: While holding hostages after a botched robbery, Squid picks a fight with ComicBook/{{Carnage}}. Fortunately for him, Cletus was feeling ''[[HeelFaceTurn very]]'' merciful.
* CombatTentacles: He has four prehensile tentacles protruding from his back.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A lot of people think he's a wuss, but Squid's actually killed people before and can be surprisingly dangerous in combat when he wants to be.
* CurbStompBattle: Always finds himself on the receiving end of these, which is why he's never taken seriously.
* LargeHam: Really likes yelling "... the Squid!"
* LegacyCharacter: He's so looked down upon that Roderick Kingsley enfranchised his identity despite Callahan still being alive.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: He can turn into a mouthless, green anthropomorphic squid-creature that squirts foul-smelling ink from his hands and tentacles.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He doesn't have big ambitions; he just goes in, gets his money, and gets out.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He's killed several people, a few in just plain disgusting ways, yet is still regarded as a joke by many.
* RubberHoseLimbs: In his squid form he either has no bones or is ''very'' flexible, enough to travel through plumbing.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: He can shift from human to cephalopod form at will, though this isn't brought up much.
* UnholyMatrimony: Used to be in a committed relationship with Ms. Fortune, but they split up when she wanted to retire while he wanted to continue being a supervillain.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Superior Carnage]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Doctor Karlin Malus
-> '''Debut:''' ''Spider-Woman'' #30

--> ''"Welcome to Hell, New York! Turns out I don't mind the heat after all, as long as I'm the one pulling the trigger. Ha ha ha! Cletus Kasady was a fool, wasting so much time on chaos..."''

Growing up, Karlin Malus was fascinated by the exploits of the Fantastic Four and graduated with a degree in biology, wanting to study the science behind superpowers. Unable to get money through legal means, Karl turned to crime and set up the Institute for Supranormality Research with backing from criminal organizations. Through illegal human testing, Malus developed supersoldier serums, but his desire to experiment on an already superpowered individual went unrealized until Richard Deacon, a supervillain called the Fly, came to him looking for a power boost. Malus' experiments brought him into conflict with Jessica Drew, the first Spider-Woman, and later Captain America. Malus was eventually hired by Power Broker, Inc. to supply superhumanly strong wrestlers for the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation. Malus complied, but he was crippled when the serum he used drove most of his subjects insane. Malus was later recruited by his old friend the Wizard, who sought his help in controlling the Carnage symbiote... by forcibly transferring it to his body and mind-controlling him. Resentful of the Wizard's trickery, Malus nevertheless was forced to become the "Superior Carnage", but lost control of the symbiote and killed Klaw, and was stripped of it and eaten by the symbiote-controlled Wizard.

For more information on him, please refer to the '''ComicBook/{{Carnage}}''' page, and the adjoining '''[[Characters/{{Carnage}} characters]]''' page.
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[[folder:"Superior" Spider-Man IV/Superior Venom]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Doctor Otto Gunther Octavius in the body of Peter Benjamin Parker
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #697

-->"''Better yet, with my unparalleled genius--and my boundless ambition--I'll be a better Spider-Man than you ever were. From this day forth, I shall become... THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN!''"

After his master plan during "Ends Of The Earth" failed, Otto Octavius was at the end of his life. Before his inevitable end came, he put in motion his final plan, which was switching bodies with Peter Parker and taking all his memories, instincts, and powers in the process. At first Ock tried to use them as a way to get revenge on Peter, but after Peter showed him the ramifications of being Peter Parker include "the great responsibility", Octavius changed his ways and now tries to honor Peter's last wish by being a better hero than he ever was.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: In the ''Superior'' Issue #2. Ghost-Peter is pretty grossed out by this.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: In almost all of his appearances in other comics especially in Alpha: Big Time and Avenging Spider-man, where he is using Alpha to upgrade himself and seems to be rebuilding the Sinister Six respectively. Not that this is surprising given that he's a somewhat reformed villain.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: It's a brand new Spidey, for better or worse. Sort of; even though it's Peter's body, Doctor Octopus is in control of it.
* AngelFaceDemonFace: As Superior Venom. If Otto is in control his eyes are smooth, the webbing motif neat and tidy, and nary a fang in sight. When he starts to get angry, however, he sprouts a maw full of fangs and both the eyes and webbing motif become distorted.
* AntagonistInMourning: After he kills Peter, he remembers everything that Peter went through due to the Freaky Friday Flip. It's enough to drive him to use his powers for good.
** Notably averted when he purges Peter from his mind - he immediately celebrates that he's ''free''.
* AntiHero[=/=]AntiVillain: As of the beginning of ''Superior'', NominalHero for the former and NobleDemon for the latter. While he becomes increasingly antagonistic and arrogant, he believes he's doing it for the good of the city (and his ego). When he ultimately realizes he's been doing more harm than good, he sacrifices himself to give Peter his body back.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: Lacks the aesthetics to be a proper NinetiesAntiHero, but certainly has the attitude and viciousness of one.
* TheAtoner: ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Much]]'' more so than Peter, which is saying quite a bit. He was so moved by learning about the original Spider-Man's past that he decided to use his powers for good instead of selfish reasons. He's got plenty to atone for, too: nearly destroying the planet for starters, and pretty much every other heinous thing that he's done as Doctor Octopus. This is the only thing keeping him from being a KarmaHoudini from the conclusion of ''Amazing''.
** However, as the series goes on, his quest becomes more driven by his own ego than by any desire to do good, making this a SubvertedTrope.
* BaitTheDog: It sure was nice of him to perform a brain surgery to save a little girl. Too bad that he does it as a means to find Peter's remnant and try to kill him for good.
* BerserkButton: In ''Superior Spider-Man'' Issue #3, finding out that his old friend the Vulture was using children as mooks, drove Otto blind with rage, especially since he had hit one of them. Due to his father abusing him as a child, he abhors the idea of harming children especially if he hurt them. He changed his mind from giving the Vulture money so he would stop his crimes, to trying to kill him.
** Bullies in general, and anything that triggers Otto's memories of being bullied cause him to react with DisproportionateRetribution.
* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Whenever Doctor Octopus is brought up.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: After Horizon Labs is destroyed he founds Parker Industries in order to keep developing weapons and equipment.
* DeadpanSnarker: It's most evident in ComicBook/TheAvengers, however he tends to be more on the deadpan side.
* DirtyOldMan: Although being in Peter's body does not make him physically old in the slightest, he is a middle-aged man, and a lot of issue 1 and 2 of Superior have him hitting on women of Peter's age. Meaning women at least 20 years younger than he is. Then in issue four, when he reenters grad school, he flirts with one of the students there. Ghost Peter is very disturbed.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Taking on the Venom symbiote causes him to lose all self-control and start ranting like a madman and become obsessed with finding any lawbreaker he can find ([[AllCrimesAreEqual no matter how minor]]) so he can beat them up and demonstrate his superiority. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain This results in Peter resurfacing and convincing Ock to free himself from the Symbiote's control]].
* FairWeatherMentor: To Alpha.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: He's tricked out the outfit to have StatOVision and [[NightVisionGoggles Night Vision]], like Iron Man.
* GoodIsNotNice: Probably the defining difference between him and Peter. And the "good" part is stretching it.
* GoOutWithASmile: He smiles at Peter, recognizing that he's the hero New York City needs.
* GrandTheftMe: Pulled a Freaky Friday Flip on Peter after his battle with both Hobgoblins.
* GracefulLoser:
** In the end, Otto acknowledges Peter is the true Superior Spider-Man and willingly gives Parker his body back, even purging his memories to avoid distracting and confusing Peter.
** When Peter successfully trounces him during their fight in Spider-Verse, Otto admits defeat with begrudging acceptance.
* GhostMemory: One of his new "powers", in a sense. He got these memories from Peter, and it's what inspired him to go through his HeelFaceTurn in the first place. He loses them after purging the remnants of Peter from his body.
* HeelFaceTurn: Otto takes over as Spider-Man after Peter dies, overwhelmed by Peter's memories and thoughts. Of course, he's still an egomaniac, so he's also motivated by being a better Spider-Man than Peter was.
** HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Sequesters and purges the remnants of Peter from his body, going back on his promise to protect Peter's friends by slaughtering mental representations of them. To be fair, it was because he only saw them as memories and all of Peter's had to go so that he could continue to be Spider-Man. [[JerkassHasAPoint Though Otto's point about how the mental representations are not actually Peter's friends]], [[VillainHasAPoint and "killing" them is not actually breaking the promise Otto made to Peter IS perfectly valid]].
* HeelRealization: Finally realizes all he has done wrong and all of his flaws in the Goblin Nation arc.
* HeroicSuicide: Erases himself to allow Peter back his body to save New York in ''Superior Spider-Man'' 30.
* HijackingCthulhu: Seizes control of the Venom symbiote and forces it to remain bonded to him when it tries to leave him for Flash. The symbiote quickly undermines his control and turns the tables on him fairly quickly, though.
* HypocriticalHumor: In ''Spider-Verse'', when Otto and Peter face off for the final time, [[spoiler:Otto sneers at Peter for ganging up on him with Spider-Girl and Spider-Woman. Peter is quick to point out he has no right to judge, since he founded the Sinister Six with the same intent in mind]].
* IHatePastMe: When [[MyFutureSelfAndMe they come face to face]] in ''Spider-Verse'', Otto assumes Peter is from before his GrandTheftMe and mocks him lacking the ruthlessness to kill his enemies. Peter responds by punching him in the nose, then beats him by surrendering and telling [=SpOck=] to prove his superiority by killing him.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Why he splits up with Mary Jane. He also does this [[PetTheDog out of respect for Peter]].
* InsufferableGenius: About 90 percent of his thoughts are how much Superior he is to Peter. Or how other the resident geniuses of the Marvel Universe are not as smart as him, like Reed flipping Richards.
* {{Jerkass}}: In terms of personality, he's really not someone you'd want to hang around with. [[DeconstructedTrope This trait nearly got him kicked off of the Avengers]].
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, he's also doing the right thing because he feels that it's what the real Spider-Man would do. Even still, the "Jerk" aspect of this can be stretched a bit, considering that part of the reason he's being good is due to simply outdo the original.
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: His actions are increasingly less heroic and more extreme. This definitely kicks in by the time he erases Peter. He subverts this, though with [[RedemptionEqualsDeath his]] [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre final]] [[HeroicSuicide actions]].
* KarmicDeath: A ''self-inflicted'' example. Otto put Peter down for the count for a long time by erasing him from his own mind. When he realizes that the world needs Peter, he does the same thing to himself in penance, and so that Peter won't be distracted by Octavius's extra baggage.
* KillAndReplace: Previously, Dr. Octopus had swapped bodies with Spider-Man, leaving the hero to die trapped in Ock's broken body and leaving the villain in a healthy, heroic body with no one realizing anything. Doc Ock uses his new life to constantly try to prove himself a superior Spider-Man. [[spoiler: In the end of the series, Otto realizes Parker was better than him and lets him take control of his body once more.]]
* KillTheGod: In order to stop the Inheritors, [[spoiler:Otto kills the Master Weaver]].
* LargeHam: Good gravy, just look at the quote.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Getting sent back to Earth-616 erased his memories of the events of ''Spider-Verse''.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kicking Peter out of his head cost him Peter's memories, which becomes increasingly important as the story arc progresses.
* LegacyCharacter: Doctor Octopus is now Spider-Man after the aforementioned Grand Theft Me.
* LoveRedeems: Otto's love for Anna Maria leads to him giving Peter his body back in order to save her.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's manipulating pretty much everyone right now.
* MadScientist [[ScienceHero Hero]]: Like the original Spidey, only more fiendish.
* MetaGuy: In Hickman's run on the Avengers, oddly enough.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: As of ''#22'', Dr. Peter Parker is in the house.
* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: For the most part, he doesn't act anything like either Peter or Spider-Man, although [[IdiotBall it takes a while for anyone to notice]].
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: His new suit has four cybernetic spider-legs, similar to Peter's old Iron Spider outfit.
* NotQuiteDead: In the ''Superior Spider-Man #32'' and ''#33'' [=SpOck=] is shown to have been [[http://www.comicvine.com/articles/go-back-to-the-future-with-superior-spider-man-32-33/1100-148745/ transported to the 2099 universe]], though this takes place during his fight with Spider-Man 2099.
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: [[ZigZaggedTrope Sort of]]. His series starts off as a recovering villain that uses the methods of an AntiHero, seemingly becoming more heroic over time. Later on, he becomes more of a WellIntentionedExtremist and uses increasingly morally questionable methods to achieve his goals, and ultimately leaves many of those that are close to him alienated by his actions.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Ghost-Peter just before purging him.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: [=SpOck's=] second costume is based off of Alex Ross' concept art for ''Film/SpiderMan1'', and he becomes increasingly violent and antagonistic, taking cues from ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: While he wasn't able to undo the damage he did to Peter's life, he did allow Peter to live to fight another day.
* SanitySlippage: After retuning from being time-warped, Otto becomes more brutal and totalitarian than ever. [[spoiler:This is because while fighting the Inheritors, he learns that Peter will eventually regain control of his body.]]
* ScrewDestiny: When Otto figures out that Peter is going to get his body back in ''Spider-Verse'', [[spoiler:he tries to destroy the Web of Life thinking it will free him from his fate]].
* ShadowArchetype: He already was this as Doctor Octopus and now it's taken UpToEleven. His methods of crime fighting are more vicious and what would happen if Peter decided to be serious about protecting the whole city.
* TakingUpTheMantle: Becomes Spider-Man after Peter dies.
* TheUnfettered: He ''nearly'' kills someone during his first night on the town. Arguably {{Subverted|Trope}} due to the influence of Ghost-Peter. He later plays it straight: in issue five he uses a gun to point blank shot Massacre in the head, even after Massacre was able to feel emotion again.
* VillainProtagonist: He becomes more and more of this as the series progresses.
* WalkingSpoiler: The identity of the character spoils the conclusion of the final arc of the ''Amazing'' series.
** LateArrivalSpoiler: That being said, anyone who opens up an issue of ''Superior'' is going to have the twist immediately spoiled for them.
* WhatTheHellHero: Kaine, self-described "[[EvilTwin evil clone]]" of Spider-Man, berates Otto for [[BrokenPedestal how far he's fallen]].
** As do a ''lot'' of the other heroes that Otto has run into.
* WouldHurtAChild: Otto tries to stab Spider-Girl [[spoiler:when she tries to stop him from destroying the Web of Life]].
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[[folder:Tarantula]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Anton Miguel Rodriguez
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #134

--> ''"And no one can survive the Tarantula's sting!"''

Going from anti-government revolutionary to brutal enforcer for the the same regime he fought against, the man known as Tarantula eventually fled his home country of [[BananaRepublic Delvadia]] altogether to become a mercenary in the U.S.A. Lacking any actual superpowers, Rodriguez relied on his martial arts skills and a pair of nasty boots that ended in steel spikes.

* ArmedLegs: His trademark weapon are his spiked boots. Said spikes can be coated with various poisons if Tarantula feels like it.
* BadassNormal: He had no actual superpowers until he was transformed into a monster.
* BananaRepublic: Delvadia, where Rodriguez hails from.
* BloodKnight: He went from a revolutionary to a despotic goon to an assassin.
* BodyHorror: His transformation into a Man-Spider. No wonder he committed SuicideByCop in response.
* DrivenToSuicide: His ultimate fate.
* EvilCounterpart: "Tarantula" was a title assigned to him by the government, and was intended to be the Delvadian equivalent to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
* EvilKnockoff: Later in his career, Rodriguez tried to gain powers similar to Spidey's. Look at GiantSpider to see how that ended up.
* ExtremityExtremist: Almost all of Tarantula's fighting style relied on kicking with his spiked boots.
* EveryoneHasStandards: What led to him being kicked out of his revolutionary group. While the other members of the group regularly used violence and murder to advance their cause, Rodriguez's lust for violence was so extreme it endangered the rest of the group. As a result, he was forced out.
* GiantSpider: A botched experiment intended to give Rodriguez powers similar to Spider-Man's resulted in him mutating into a giant spider-monster.
* LegacyCharacter: Various individuals have utilized his costume and/or moniker, including Jacinda Rodriquez, Luis Alvarez, Maria Vasquez, an unnamed individual, and Kaine Parker.
* MistakenForGay: He had a daughter named Jacinda, who tried to follow in his footsteps, and teamed-up with the daughter of [[CaptainAmerica/{{Characters}} Batroc the Leaper]]. Their existence came as a shock to the ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}}.
--> '''Taskmaster:''' Listen, I knew both your both fathers, and I must say, with all due respect to those brave and talented men... you cannot imagine my surprise at finding out they were heterosexual.
* PsychoForHire: He was a sadistic mercenary who sold his talents.
* SmugSnake: Rodriguez always had more cruelty and confidence that actual skill, and (barring a few lucky breaks) could never really stand up to Spider-Man in a straight fight. A particularly humiliating defeat left him looking to enhance his powers, which ultimately lead to his doom.
* SuicideByCop: Horrified by his worsening transformation into a Man-Spider, Anton threw himself at a police barricade, and was riddled with bullets.
* {{Turncoat}}: After leaving the rebel group, Rodriguez joined up with the government forces, and took great pleasure in hunting down and killing his former partners.
* WeaponOfChoice: Again, his spiky shoes.
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[[folder:Thousand]]
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-> '''AKA:''' Carl King
-> '''Debut:''' ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' #1

--> ''"Everything. I wanted what you had for myself, Parker. The things I could do with it... with power like that... but what I got was different. Something better, Parker. Something worse. Something that could live inside, that could liquefy the innards of a man and walk the Earth within his hollow shell... something that could watch. And wait. And fester."''

A merciless bully, Carl King's favorite pastime was torturing Peter Parker. On the fateful day Peter was bitten by the mystical[=/=]irradiated spider, Carl witnessed his favorite punching bag instinctively use the abilities the spider gave him to avoid a car; Carl subsequently took to stalking Peter, who went on to become Spider-Man. Envious of Spider-Man's powers, Carl attempted to replicate them by stealing and eating the spider, which had been kept for study after dying. Instead of granting Carl arachnid-based abilities, the spider caused the thuggish youth to gradually metamorphose into a swarm of spiders, which could devour the innards of others and wear their skin like a suit. Laying low for years in order to master and strengthen his new form, Carl eventually went after Peter, intending to kill and replace him as Spider-Man.

* AnimalisticAbomination: Notable in that he used to be human.
* BodyHorror: His powers embody this trope.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: "Once I saw what your accident did for you, I figured being bitten by a radioactive spider was the way to go. I had all kinds of ideas in mind. It was only when I broke into the exhibition building that I realized I didn't have the first clue how to irradiate a spider--and even though they'd kept your little pal to study, he was in no shape to bite anyone... which left Plan B."
* DisposableVagrant: His main source of nourishment.
* EvilCounterpart: To Flash Thompson, who does not appear in the story. Both bullied Peter, but while Flash did so due to his troubled home life and own insecurities, Carl did it simply because he was sadistic sociopath. Both idolized and wanted to be like Spider-Man, and while Flash looks back on his time as a bully with embarrassment and shame, Carl revels in the memories of his past misdeeds.
* FatBastard: As Carl, and Peter's {{landlord}} Mr. Ambrose.
* GiantSpider: The main spider is about the size of a human head.
* HighVoltageDeath: Spider-Man electrocutes him, reducing the Thousand to the One. While swearing vengeance, the remaining spider [[TrampledUnderfoot is stepped on]] by an oblivious passerby.
* HiveMind: A single mind in one-thousand little bodies.
* ICantSenseTheirPresence: He's immune to the Spider-Sense.
* KillAndReplace: His plan for Spider-Man.
* MadnessMantra: "It should have been me!"
* MetaOrigin: Ever wonder about what happened to the spider that bit Peter?
* TheParalyzer: His bite can temporarily immobilize others.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The spiders.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Except he never did grow up, physically or mentality.
* SelfMadeOrphan: After becoming the Thousand, he crosses the MoralEventHorizon by murdering his own parents.
* UndignifiedDeath: As mentioned above, he ended up being killed by a random guy stepping on his last spider.
* WouldHurtAChild: He willingly admits to Spider-Man that some of his victims have been children. Far from the only atrocity he admits to in the long-winded account of his past.
* TheWormThatWalks: His true form is a swarm of a thousand of normal-sized spiders and one big one; he wears the skin of anyone he kills, after devouring their insides.
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[[folder:Tinkerer]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Phineas Mason
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #2

--> ''"How many times have I told you? No costumes through the front door! I swear, Goblin, if I have to change shops again--"''

A technological genius, the elderly Phineas Mason serves the underworld as the Tinkerer, creating and repairing the gear of innumerable supervillains. Preferring to remain in the background, the Tinkerer rarely commits or becomes involved in schemes that will bring him into direct conflict with superheroes and the authorities.

* AuctionOfEvil: He holds these, and sold the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote at one.
* CarFu: After being hired by ComicBook/TheKingpin to kill Spider-Man, he tried to do it by weaponizing and remotely controlling the [[ThemeMobile Spider-Mobile]].
* BallisticDiscount: Don't you dare try that with the weapons he makes for you; he engineers special failsafes in his products for idiots who do.
* CoolOldGuy: If you keep on his good side.
* CruelMercy: ComicBook/ThePunisher let him off "light" by damaging his spine, leaving him confined to a wheelchair for a few months.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: It was revealed in ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' that he was being paid to create supervillains by Latveria, as a means of causing mayhem in the United States. He also does legitimate repair work for people's appliances and electronics in his spare time, and is willing to help almost anyone who pays him, including the government and heroes like Black Cat.
* DeadpanSnarker[=/=]GrumpyOldMan: Tact is not one of his strongpoints.
* TheDragon: For a while, he had one known as Toy, a ScaryBlackMan who turned out to be JustAMachine.
* EnemyMine: After his son was infected by the Carrion virus, Phineas helped Spider-Man work on a cure for the disease.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He deeply cares for his family, and wept when Toy was destroyed by Spider-Man.
--> '''Tinkerer:''' Don't go away Toy--I need you! Friends don't leave each other! If you go away, I'll be all alone... I don't want to be alone... I don't want to be alone...
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He usually abhors killing, regarding it as an absolute last resort. After accidentally shooting a couple he irrationally blamed for his son's supposed death, Phineas resuscitated the husband, but was unable to save the wife. When the man, who had become a supernatural vigilante known as the Judge, tried to get even, his powers failed to work on the Tinkerer because Phineas was genuinely wracked with guilt and remorse over what he had done.
* EvilOldFolks: He appears to be about the same age as the Vulture, who he debuted alongside.
* GadgeteerGenius: A premier one of the Marvel Universe. Since he cobbles most of his inventions together from scraps and junk, he has a fairly low overhead and thus is a go-to guy for the budget conscious super-villain.
* GenreSavvy: All of his inventions have fail safes that render them incapable of being used against him, preventing {{Ballistic Discount}}s.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: He was arrested and imprisoned in the Negative Zone during the ComicBook/CivilWar... despite being in retirement, which he promptly came out of.
--> '''Tinkerer:''' When I was arrested for not being registered, I was committing the unforgivable crime of taking my grandchildren out for ice cream. When I tried telling the gestapo that I had retired from tinkering after that so-called Secret War, they accused me of rabble-rousing and dragged me to this hellhole without due process. I've been in this jail your friend and leader designed ever since.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: About the only time it surfaces is if the situation involves someone close to him.
* MyLittlePanzer: Destructive toys are among the objects in his arsenal.
* ScoobyDooHoax: In his first appearance he was working alongside extraterrestrials, and was implied to be one of them. Years later it was revealed that the "aliens" were just men (including a pre-Mysterio Quentin Beck) in costumes.
* TokenMotivationalNemesis: Was this for the Judge, being the one who killed him and his wife.
* VillainousBreakdown: After the deaths of his son (who was retconned into still being alive in a later story) and one of his grandchildren, he lost the will to live, but was snapped out of it by Franklin Richards.
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[[folder:Tombstone]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Lonnie Thompson Lincoln
-> '''Debut:''' ''Web of Spider-Man'' #36

--> ''"Hammerhead isn't boss around here anymore, Robbie--pal. There's been a shift of administration--and I wanted my old high school buddy to be the first to know: New York City is Tombstone territory."''

Born in Harlem, Lonnie Lincoln was bullied for his albinism, and in-turn bullied Joe "Robbie" Robertson into becoming his friend. After high school, Lonnie took to crime, becoming a thug called Tombstone. As Lonnie worked his way up the criminal underworld, Robbie took a job at the ''Daily Bugle''. When Tombstone murdered a New York mob boss, Robbie was terrified at the idea of confronting him, but after twenty years found the courage to testify. When Robbie confronted him, Tombstone snapped Robbie's spine, an act which brought him into conflict with Spider-Man. Breaking out of jail and abducting Robbie, Tombstone acquired superhuman abilities after being exposed to an experimental chemical, Diox-3, at an Oscorp plant during a fight with Spider-Man. Tombstone has since worked for the Kingpin and Hammerhead and has been a member of the Norman Osborn's Sinister Twelve.

* AdaptationalBadass: In most continuities, he's a brutal thug who does other people's dirty work. He assumes the role of the Kingpin in ''Spectacular'' due to legal issues (and it ''works'').
* BadassNormal: His original role in the comics.
** EmpoweredBadassNormal: Until he got actual superpowers
* TheBully: He's was one in high school, and [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp never grew out of it]], all his life never thinking twice before taking advantage of someone weaker than himself. He has somewhat of a FreudianExcuse, however, being an albino born to black parents in Harlem; his childhood wasn't very pleasant.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's actually very close to his daughter, even if he objects to her desire to be a supervillain (instead encouraging her to be an AmoralAttorney).
* EvilAlbino[=/=]ScaryBlackMan: Yes, he's both. One official at [[TheAlcatraz the Raft]] [[DudeNotFunny made a bad joke about this]] when Tombstone was sent there, saying he was "grey" after a doctor explained it.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: He often whispers when he talks, mostly in the comics. Whether he does it intentionally or whether he can't speak up for some physical reason seems to be DependingOnTheWriter.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He was like this originally, especially when dealing with his "friend" Joe Robertson. After calling it "quits" between them, he dropped the act.
* GoodParents: As far as supervillains go, Tombstone was for the most part a great father towards Janice, even though he was also a horrible influence.
* PapaWolf: To his daughter Janice, AKA Beetle II.
* ProfessionalKiller: His job in his earliest appearances. He tended to broaden his repertoire as a villain later.
* ScaryTeeth: Lonnie files his down to shark-like points.
* TheStarscream: He once worked for Hammerhead, and decided to take over shortly after becoming an EmpoweredBadassNormal; it didn't last long, but he came back later and took over Hammerhead's gang by force a second time. Lasted a little longer that time, but not by much.
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[[folder:Venom/Anti-Venom/Toxin II]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Edward Charles Allan Brock
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #299

--> ''"Me... Eddie Brock. Beating you down... like the weak-kneed little boy that you are... and then leaving you there. Broken. Knowing that any time I want... [[IAmLegion we]] can come back and do it again. We are gonna kill you one of these days Spider-Man... but I'll be damned if I ever let you die a hero. And even though I'm warning you, I'm gonna make sure that when it happens, it'll still be... a surprise."''

The third of Spider-Man's greatest foes, and among the more recent villains that became famous. Venom is essentially an evil Spider-Man with all his powers, even greater strength, and the ability to trick Peter's Spider Sense. Venom is easily among the more dangerous of Peter's foes. In recent times though, the man underneath the symbiote, Eddie Brock, has gone through numerous changes to become a more complex character.

When the symbiote rejected Brock, Eddie felt adrift for some time, but later dedicated himself to making amends, becoming the somewhat more heroic Anti-Venom. However, his brief stint of heroism came to an end when he was surrendered the Anti-Venom symbiote to cure New York during the 'Spider-Island'' arc and has since become the second incarnation of Toxin.

For more information on him, please refer to '''[[ComicBook/{{Venom}} his page]]''', and the adjoining '''[[Characters/{{Venom}} characters]]''' page.
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[[folder:Vulture]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Adrian Toomes
-> '''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #2

--> ''"Spider-Man lacks the strength to use his powers for their greatest potential... to help a world that despises him? Seek approval from those that hate him? Its masochistic. Its pointless. Weak."''

All Adrian Toomes wanted was to get rich off his inventions. However, his business partner swindled him out of the fortune that would've been his. One thing his partner didn't take from him was his ultimate invention: an electromagnetic harness that allows the user to fly. Finishing the harness, Toomes sought revenge on his ex-partner as The Vulture, but Spider-Man stopped him, leading Toomes to swearing vengeance on the hero instead.

* BadassBookworm: Makes powered armor and goes toe to toe with Spidey.
** BadassGrandpa: The guy is also positively ancient and is one of Spider-Man's oldest opponents.
* BaldOfEvil: Toomes is an old man, but never the less a criminal.
* BerserkButton: Being copied, even if Toomes himself was the one who gave the rip-offs their knowledge and gear.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Without his suit, he's a normal old man.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy[=/=]OnlySaneMan: In the very first Sinister Six team-up, the Vulture was the only one who advocated that all six of them attack Spider-Man together, as opposed to making him fight them one at a time. After he was outvoted, and his turn did come up, he forced Spidey to remove his web-shooters before the fight ("otherwise I'll just fly away") as he knew the webs were the only reason Spidey won last time.
* DarkerAndEdgier: In the Mark Millar twelve-parter, his costume is black and red... and it actually works!
** A new Vulture, Jimmy Natale, has popped up that is darker and edgier like it was the 1990s again.
** Even before that, two Vultures were introduced in the 1960s and 1970s to be more formidable replacements. Adrian outlasted them both.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In 1980, he had a nephew who was loyal to him. When he was shot by a gangster they were trying to kill, he wept and then went berserk at seeing the one family member who cared about him die. Later in 2004, he learned he had a sickly grandson and went on a crime spree to pay for his treatment.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: See quote.
* EvilOldFolks: Toomes is a geriatric supervillain who wears a bird-themed flight suit.
* TheFagin: Post-''Spider-Island'', he uses children to steal for him.
* GrumpyOldMan: His default mood.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Post-''Spider-Island'' he takes to using children as a go-between for his crimes and keeps the riches for himself.
* PetTheDog: See EvenEvilHasLovedOnes.
* PoweredArmor: Even his original costume qualified, but in recent decades, it has become more metallic.
* PowerParasite: DependingOnTheWriter, he can drain his victims' youth as a result of stealing their abilities.
* TookALevelInBadass: Post ''Spider-Island'', he's become TheFagin whose new harness gives him [[GravityMaster limited control over gravity]], giving him {{Flight}} and SuperStrength.
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[[folder:White Rabbit]]

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-> '''AKA:''' Lorina Dodson
-> '''Debut:''' ''Marvel Team-Up'' #131

--> ''"We're the White Rabbit Gang—and we're here to rob this Kwikee Burger. I trust no one has any objections?"''

Lorina Dodson was born into a wealthy family, and kept sheltered and secluded by her hoity-toity parents, who intended for Lorina to grow up to be "a proper lady". To cope with her boredom and loneliness, Lorina turned to books, and became obsessed with Creator/LewisCarroll's ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''. At the age of twenty-five, Lorina married a feeble, eighty-two year-old billionaire, who she killed in order to get ahold of his fortune, which she used to fund her new career as a thrill-seeking supervillain called the White Rabbit.

As White Rabbit, Lorina committed numerous petty crimes, leading to defeats by Spider-Man, and... lesser heroes, like Frog-Man, Leapfrog, Gibbon, Grizzly, etc. While she escalated her schemes every time she was defeated, White Rabbit remains a largely ineffective nuisance, at one point being regarded as such a joke that the only people she was able to get to hench for her were a pair of out of work actors she dressed up as "Mad Hatter" and "Dormouse".

* ArchEnemy: To Frog-Man. They became each other’s arch-enemies because they are so pathetic nobody else would take them seriously.
* AxCrazy: She is clearly insane to the point of being completely ridiculous.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: She is a complete joke in the criminal world and was beaten up once by the Grizzly and the Gibbon, two other joke villains that Spidey had honestly believed were no threat! Recently also MJ has beaten her.
* PlayboyBunny: After the limited series Claws, her outfit is modified and resemble this.

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For more information on him, please refer to '''[[NormanOsborn his page]]'''.

Intended to be the ultimate mobile supercomputer capable of answering almost any question, the Living Brain was brought to Midtown High by its creator for a demonstration of its abilities; the two workmen hired to move the machine, thinking they could make a fortune by using it to predict the outcomes of sporting events, attempted to steal the Brain, damaging it in the process, and causing it to go haywire until it was shut down by Spider-Man. The Living Brain project was subsequently scrapped, and the prototype was placed in storage, where it fell into disrepair.

Years later, a bullied youth uncovered the Brain, upgraded it, and sicced it on the jocks who had been bullying him. Spider-Man, who was visiting Midtown High as Peter Parker, fought the Brain again, this time defeating it via electrocution. Afterward, the Brain changed hands several times, going from a pair of thieves, to the [[ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} Beyond Corporation]], to the Grandmaster, and finally to Boomerang, who inducted it into his Sinister Six. After defeating the Sinister Six, the Superior Spider-Man confiscated the Brain, and employed it as an assistant up until Peter Parker reclaimed his hijacked body from Doctor Octopus. The restored Peter kept the Brain around as an assistant, not realizing it contained a backup of Doc Ock's mind.

* DistaffCounterpart: Quicksand.
* ElementalShapeshifter: Of the DishingOutDirt variety.

* {{Jerkass}}: Or...
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Depends on the writer.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can freely transform his body.

* NotQuiteDead: Had his lower jaw ripped off by Otto Octavius, but was later shown to have survived. He also appears to have regrown it as of ''Spider-Man 2099''.

* AnimalisticAbomination[=/=]HumanoidAbomination: She is a supernatural spider-wasp-like entity from another dimension and a metaphysical enemy of the Great Weaver.
* BackFromTheDead: She was eaten by the Great Weaver, but was resurrected thanks to Memphisto's meddling with the time stream and pursues Kaine.

* TheRival: He used to be this to DoctorOctopus, when Doc Ock was trying to control the New York underworld.

A lowly scientist employed by the ComicBook/{{Kingpin}}, Doctor Jonathan Ohnn was given the assignment of creating a replacement for the Answer, a superhuman minion of the Kingpin who had seemingly perished in a battle with [[ComicBook/CloakAndDagger Cloak and Dagger]]. By studying Cloak's powers, Ohnn was able to tear open a portal to the Darkforce Dimension, though the amount of power required to sustain the portal proved to be too great, and it began to warp and flicker (changing it's destination, unbeknownst to Ohnn) due to the strain it was putting on New York City's electrical grid. Before the portal could close completely, a desperate Ohnn leapt through it, and was brought to Spotworld, a white void full of black spots, which could act as gateways to other places. Ohnn found a portal back to Earth, and emerged from it as a pure white humanoid covered in the black spots, which he could control and use for transportation.

** After the events of ''Superior Foes'' her and Overdrive have hooked up.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He and Beetle are in a committed relationship.

* AmoralAttorney: With her father's encouragement, she went to law school (where she excelled) to become one of these and was even a valedictorian at Columbia Law. A flashback shows her winning a case against [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdoch]] by hiring the Looter to cause a disturbance outside of the courthouse, which prompted Matt to hastily and weakly excuse himself from the proceedings in order to deal with it as Daredevil.

* DrivenToSuicide: During Creator/KevinSmith's ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' run, Beck learned he had cancer and wouldn't last long. After making Daredevil's life a living hell, Beck shot himself in the head. However, see BackFromTheDead.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Mysterio's rather ridiculous costume and his somewhat weak premise (he's a glorified stage magician with a lot of gadgets) can make him seem like something of a C-Lister, but every now and then he'll be the go-to guy for doing something unexpectedly big to someone else. Such events include [[spoiler: [[KevinSmith Kevin Smith's]] ''{{Daredevil}}'' storyline, where a then-dying Mysterio decided to try and drive Daredevil crazy with a ridiculously convoluted scheme because at the time Ben Reilley was Spider-Man, and the dying Mysterio wanted a grand exit and felt it would be wasted on Reiley, who Mysterio had subconsciously picked up was not the original Spider-Man]] and [[spoiler: Using a robot avatar to invade the Ultimate Marvel universe and kill Ultimate Wilson Fisk]], not to mention the BadFuture WhatIf {{Wolverine}} storyline ''OldManLogan'', where [[spoiler: Mysterio's mastery of special effects reached GameBreaker levels, in that he was able to manipulate Wolverine, he of the incredible senses and huge amounts of experience with having his head screwed with, into going absolutely crazy and slaughtering the entire X-Men team thinking they were his enemies coming in for a final battle.]] Not bad for a guy with a fishbowl for a head.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: She is such a joke and was beaten up once by the Grizzly and the Gibbon, two other IneffectualSympatheticVillain that Spidey had honestly believed were no threat!

[[folder:Doctor Traveller]]

-> '''AKA:''' Judas Traveller

After his family was killed, psychologist Judas Traveller suffered a psychotic break, one severe enough to activate his latent mutant abilities, all of which were psychic in nature. Convinced that the illusions he could create by altering people's perception were real, Judas deluded himself into believing that he was an ancient God-like being whose purpose was to study humanity. Via the covert manipulations of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, Judas took in interest in Spider-Man, who he tormented throughout ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''.

--> '''Glenn Greenberg:''' No one – not the writers, not the editors – seemed to know who or what the heck Judas Traveller was. He was seemingly this immensely powerful, quasi-mystical being with amazing abilities, but what was the real deal with him...? But to be honest, a character like Traveller didn't really fit into Spider-Man's world.

* GreekChorus: Ms. Arrow is a member of the "Geek Chorus" in the early version of ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', and is the one who [[RewritingReality shoehorned]] in [[CanonForeigner Swiss Miss]].

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Li ran the FEAST centre among numerous other ventures, and while he was a genuinely nice person Mr. Negative is not.

The son of Spencer Smythe, Alistair Smythe picked up where his father left off, targeting Spider-Man, Jameson, and their loved ones with his own Spider-Slayers in an attempt to avenge Spencer's death. Alistair initially worked for the Kingpin, but his vendetta resulted in him being paralyzed from the waist down. Realizing his robots were not enough, Alistair constructed a suit of PoweredArmor and called himself the Ultimate Spider-Slayer. He was defeated, but broke out of jail and continued improving the Spider-Slayer robots and his own armor. Alistair eventually assembled a group of supervillains with grudges against Spider-Man and Jameson and equipped them with advanced powered armour, succeeding in killing Jameson's wife. He was sentenced to death, but broke free with help from his Spider-Slayers. Mortally wounded by Jameson and Spider-Man, he attempted to transfer his consciousness into the latter's body, only to die discovering [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus another supervillain]] had beaten him to it.

* LosingYourHead: In ''The Superior Foes of Spider-Man'', Silvermane's cyborg head is a major Macguffin. [[spoiler:As it turns out, his head befriended a young boy whose mother owned the junkyard where he was found, and is later found by the Shocker.]]

Possibly the most famous rogues gallery after [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Batman's]], this page details all of the nefarious do-badders that Franchise/SpiderMan has squared off against.