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Masters of Evil
The Masters of Evil is the name of various groups of super villains and their motive is usually to defeat or humiliate the Avengers. Leaders have included both Baron Zemos, Ultron, the Mandarin, Klaw, Doctor Octopus, Egghead, the Crimson Cowl, Machinesmith, Whirlwind, the Hood, Jonas Harrow, Max Fury and Lightmaster.
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In General
In General
Baron Zemo II's Incarnation
Doctor Octopus' Incarnation
Crimson Cowl's Incarnation
- Legion of Doom: Essentially the Alternate Company Equivalent, being an association of several different villains that have faced their own heroes before coming together.
- Cast Herd: They have a very large membership as a result of having multiple teams and every major iteration introduced at least one new member.
- Enemy Mine: The Doctor Octopus incarnation teamed up with the future Guardians of the Galaxy when everyone was attacked by their Infinity War doppelgangers.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: The Doctor Octopus incarnation was played this way in their one appearance.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: While created to fight the Avengers, they have faced other hero groups, like the Thunderbolts and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
- We Can Rule Together: Since the Thunderbolts were almost all ex-Masters already, the Cowl's team naturally tried recruiting them.
Members
Masters of Evil On Other Pages
- Founding Members
- Ultron's Team Members
- Egghead's Team Members
- Baron Zemo II's Team Members
- Doctor Octopus' Team Members
- Crimson Cowl's Team Members
- Max Fury's Team Members
- West Coast's Team Members
Founding Members
Radioactive Man
Radioactive Man (Chen Lu)
First Appearance: Journey into Mystery #93, (April, 1963)
- "Passport! Papers! Bah! Use your guns on me! They cannot stop me! Nothing can!"
A nuclear physicist and Communist agent in the People's Republic of China, Chen Lu is a Chinese superhero whose nationality has seen him come into conflict with American heroes. He has the ability to control and emit deadly forms of radiation.
- Action Bomb: He has the potential to explode like a nuclear bomb, which is why the Chinese government assigned him to the Thunderbolts to get him off Chinese soil.
- Atomic Superpower: Chen Lu can manipulate high levels of radiation for various effects.
- Bald of Evil: Radiation made his hair fall off, and he was villainous for a long time.
- Captain Patriotic: His early appearances had shades of this, with him often rambling on about the superiority of Chinese science and technology, and only initially challenged Thor to show Chinese superiority.
- Evil Genius: He's an expert on radiation and nuclear physics. He is among the world's foremost authorities on the effects radiation has on human anatomy along with Doctor Octopus.
- Hazmat Suit: Is seen wearing one as a member of the Thunderbolts. Norman Osborn says it's to protect people around him from his radiation and to obscure his Chinese features.
- Heel–Face Turn: As a member of the Thunderbolts.
- Person of Mass Destruction: Anyone who knows anything about radiation knows that his superpower alone makes him this.
- Poisonous Person: His powers mean he constantly in a hazmat suit, and both human and superhuman alike are in danger of being poisoned by his power if he removes it for too long.
- Put on a Bus: Disappeared for almost a decade in The '90s once Communist bad guys became a no-go.
- Radiation-Induced Superpowers: His origin was him roughly exposing himself to lots of radiation and getting superpowers from it.
- Reassigned to Antarctica: The Chinese government assigned him to the Thunderbolts so that he would be off Chinese soil if he ever went critical again.
- Sickly Green Glow: His body is always glowing green thanks to gamma radiation.
- Stripperiffic: Some of his costumes are immodest, resembling either a Loincloth or a Leotard of Power. When he joined the Thunderbolts, Norman Osborn gave him a Hazmat Suit to wear after someone in a focus group asked why he was wearing a diaper.
- The Spock: To Songbird's Kirk as a member of the Thunderbolts.
Doctor Octopus's Team Members
Gargantua
Gargantua (Edward Cobert)
First Appearance: Defenders #126, (September, 1983)
A former S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist working to create superhumans on the Olympus Project. He applied his methods to himself and became a super-strong giant at the cost of his intellect.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Gargantua possesses the ability to draw upon mass from another dimension in order to grow in stature and strength. Since his first appearance, he remains stuck at a minimum height of approximately 20–25 feet, giving him superhuman strength and durability.
- Dumb Muscle: The experiment cause Edward to be stuck in giant-size with a greatly limited intelligence.
- Mighty Glacier: 50 feet tall, but can’t throw a punch any quicker than mountain. His strength, durability and sheer height make up for this.
- Phlebotinum-Induced Stupidity: He was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy graduate, and earned a PhD. in biochemistry, before he self-tested Project: Lazarus. Now he's a giant with limited intelligence.
- Professor Guinea Pig: Edward Cobert started out as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and scientist working on an experiment called Project: Lazarus (also known as the Olympus Project) that has tested on himself.
- Sizeshifter: Although he can't shrink past 20–25 feet.
Jackhammer (Matthew Banham)
Jackhammer
First Appearance: Daredevil' #123, (July, 1975)
- "If you place any value on this geek’s life, I’d surrender this minute! You wouldn’t want to see what my jackhammer can do to normal flesh and bone!"
Matthew Banham, aka Jackhammer, was a costumed agent/division leader of Hydra when it was under the leadership of the crime lord Silvermane. After Daredevil and SHIELD shut down that iteration of Hydra, Jackhammer went freelance and gained superhuman strength from a treatment at Power Broker, Inc.
- Dual Wielding: One jackhammer for each hand.
- Genius Bruiser: Jackhammer is an accomplished engineer and inventor.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: Extremely difficult to harm on average.
- Pile Bunker: Wears a suit equipped with two metal jackhammers attached to each wrist gauntlet.
- Super-Strength: He has gained superhuman strength from a treatment at Power Broker, Inc.
Powderkeg
Powderkeg (Frank Skorina)
First Appearance: Captain Marvel Vol. 2 #1, (November, 1989)
Secretes an explosive on his hands which is impact-detonated by his punches.
- Action Bomb/Made of Explodium: He can sweat a nitroglycerin-like compound which can detonate on impact.
- Atrocious Alias: It was either this name or "Boom Box".
- Megaton Punch: Super-Strength + explosive sweat = Punch Of Kill Everything.
- Mutants: A mutant and proud of it.
- Required Secondary Powers: He is immune to his own explosions.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His costume is green and orange.
- Super-Strength: Powderkeg is superhumanly strong and highly resistant to injury.
Crimson Cowl's Team Members
Icemaster
Icemaster (Bradley Kroon)
- "Leaving me cold, hot shot?"
Icemaster is an ice-controlling villain. His original appearance was in a Hostess Fruit Pies ad.
- An Ice Person: The Icemaster can generate and control ice. He can create blasts of cold, ice missiles and walls of ice from ambient moisture, as well as forming sleet, snow, and freezing rain.
- An Ice Suit: Covers himself in a casing of ice when using his powers.
- Barbie Doll Anatomy: When covered in ice his nether regions have no detail.
- Beard of Evil: Has a goatee made of ice.
- Canon Immigrant: Icemaster was created for one of a series of Hostess advertisements placed in various issues of a number of Marvel comics in the 1980s. He entered Marvel proper in Thunderbolts #24 1999.
- Freeze Ray: Can generate blasts of freezing cold.
Shatterfist
Shatterfist
First Appearance: Thor #440, (December, 1991)
- "It’s real obvious my power gloves are destined to win against your stupid hammer!"
A professional thug, Shatterfist somehow acquired high-tech power gloves.
- Good Old Fisticuffs
- Megaton Punch
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real is unknown.
- Power Fists
- Timey-Wimey Ball: The first time he was seen, it was a future version who had become a major villain and nearly killed Thor. In his present-day appearances, he's a loser who swiped some power gloves and will one day perhaps become that dangerous guy.
- Tricked-Out Gloves: Wears 'Power Gloves' that grant him superhuman crushing power.
Sunstroke
Sunstroke (Sol Brodstroke)
First Appearance: West Coast Avengers Vol. 2 #17, (February, 1987)
Dominus, a massive, highly advanced sentient computer complex created by the Arcane, planted itself in the American Southwest in order to prepare the way for a complete takeover of Earth. Needing agents for his plans he created the artificial lifeforms Butte, Cactus, and Gila. He had one human agent, Sol Brodstroke aka Sunstroke. He claimed to have “created himself,” and his true nature and origin remain a mystery.
- Blinded by the Light: Can generate blinding flashes of light.
- I Believe I Can Fly: By riding waves of heat, he can fly due to the wings of his costume.
- The Faceless: Strangely he has never been seen without the mask.
- Heat Wave: Able to produce these on a smaller scale.
- Light 'em Up: Channels solar energy for a variety of light-based effects.
- Light Is Not Good: His costume is golden and white and he's a villain.
- Meaningful Name: 'Sol' is Latin for 'sun'.
- Mysterious Past: Sunstroke's history before joining Dominus, including how he gained his powers, is unknown.
- The Power of the Sun: Sunstroke has the power to absorb solar energy and channel it for a variety of effects.
Max Fury's Team Members
Griffin (John "Johnny" Horton)
John Horton was a petty crook who was changed by a scientist working for the Secret Empire organization.
- Beast Man: Looks like a humanoid lion with eagle's wings.
- Call a Pegasus a "Hippogriff": He's called the Griffin but as a winged, human-faced lion-like creature with spines on his tail, he's actually closer to a manticore.
- Flying Brick: The Griffin has superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability, with enhanced human reflexes/reactions. His wings enable him to fly at 150–160 mph.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: A normal human thug to a genetic freak.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: A surgeon/scientist working for the Secret Empire surgically grafted a mane, large wings, lion-like paws, and a spiked prehensile tail to Johnny's body.
- Our Gryphons Are Different: He's a human who was transformed into a creature supposedly resembling the mythical creature.
- Outliving One's Offspring: He's still alive while his daughter Elena Rodriguez died saving other SHIELD agents from Hydra.
Lascivious (Davida DeVito)
The first Titania, a member of the Grapplers. She was slain by the Scourge, then revived by The Hood in order to kill the Punisher.
- Alliterative Name: Davida DeVito.
- Amazon Brigade: Used to lead the all-female wrestling team turned criminals the Grapplers.
- Back from the Dead: She and Letha were among the many lesser known villains killed by the Scourge that were revived by The Hood.
- Leotard of Power: She wears one, fitting for a pro-wrestler.
- Living Aphrodisiac: She gained the ability to stimulate and influence the part of the brain that regulates passion and sexual attraction, forcing her enemies to fall deeply in love with her or anyone she chooses (hence her new codename).
- Meaningful Rename: Originally she went by the codename of Titania, but after being revived she changed it to Lascivious to fit her new powers. And so it doesn't conflict with Mary McFerran, the better known Titania.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: When using her powers, her eyes glow red.
- Super-Strength: Gained super strength, being capable of lifting at least 2 tons.
- Wrestler in All of Us: A former pro-wrestler.
Letha (Hellen Feliciano)
Formerly a member of the Grapplers, Letha was slain by the Scourge of the Underworld during the Bar With No Name massacre. She was later revived by the Hood, who gave her rage-inducing powers.
- Back from the Dead: She and Letha were among the many lesser known villains killed by the Scourge that were revived by The Hood.
- Braids of Action: Has her hair in a long braid that reaches her waist.
- Breast Plate: Which helps emphasize her assets.
- Heel–Face Turn: She and fellow Grappler Poundcakes now work as bodyguards for Pym Labs as a way to redeem themselves.
- Improbable Weapon User: Wielded straps and belts as if they were whips.
- Leotard of Power: She wears one, fitting for a pro-wrestler.
- Super-Strength: Gained super strength, now she's capable of lifting at least 2 tons.
- Wrestler in All of Us: A former pro-wrestler.
Max Fury
Max Fury is a life model decoy prototype that is able to think for himself. He was reprogrammed using the Zodiac Key and is unique among LMDs because he does not have any AI programming.
- Evil Twin: LMD of Nick Fury.
- Eyepatch of Power
Ringer (Keith Kraft)
- Alliterative Name: His real name.
- Legacy Character: The second person to take the codename of Ringer after Anthony Davis.
- Secondary Color Nemesis: His armor is orange and green.
- Shout-Out: Named after David Anthony Kraft and Keith Giffen, the creators of the original Ringer.
Lightmaster's Team Members
Lightmaster
Lightmaster (Dr. Edward Lansky)
Edward Lansky was a physics professor and vice-chancellor of Empire State University who turned to crime and became a criminal mastermind as a way to prevent budget cuts for higher education that would have negatively affected the university.
- Blinded by the Light: His suit can emit blinding bursts of light.
- Clothes Make the Superman: His suit uses gravity-pump circuitry to allow him to manipulate photons.
- Hard Light: Lightmaster uses solid light to make hammers, sharp axes, and concussive bursts. He can also use it to fly.
- I Believe I Can Fly: Flies by harnessing the energy of photons (somehow).
- Light 'em Up: All of his powers derive from the manipulation of photons.
Multiversal Masters of Evil
The team in general
Since the dawn of life on Earth, the demon Mephisto has tried to claim the souls of humanity for his own dark realm. And time and time again, he has been thwarted by the bravest and most heroic souls our world has to offer — his earliest foes being the Avengers of 1,000,000 BC. But now, thanks to the power of the vast Multiverse, Mephisto has returned with his greatest scheme yet, assembling a dark cabal of variants of the Avengers' most dangerous and deadly foes in an attempt to wipe the heroes from the fabric of reality, rendering Earth defenseless against the forces of Hell.
- Alliance of Alternates: A variation, the Multiversal Masters of Evil are an alliance between an alternate version of each particular member of the team.
- Big Bad: This incarnation of the Masters of Evil is led by Mephisto, with an alternate version of Howard Stark as his herald and personal aide.
- Card-Carrying Villain: This is perhaps the most evil incarnation of the Masters of Evil yet, almost all of them are absolute monsters and the ones who aren't are still extremely evil
- Godzilla Threshold: The team was formed by Mephisto as a group with enough power to destroy the Prehistoric Avengers, who are easily one of the most powerful Avengers team to ever exist. Putting this team together is a risk as the members are capable of defying Mephisto and the leader Doom Supreme has his own agenda.
- One Extra Member: The team actually has a few allies and cronies to top up their numbers (and it's a good thing as otherwise the Prehistoric Avengers would outnumber them). Dark Phoenix has a Thor and Wolverine under her control plus the team has some backing from Mephisto and Howard Stark.
- Serial Killings, Specific Target: Unknown to the contemporary Avengers, this team is specifically gunning for the Prehistoric Avengers-616. In the meantime, they're busy killing Deathloks to prevent warning as well as other Prehistoric Avengers teams, innocents caught in the crossfire and also attacking the mainline Avengers themselves.
- Too Powerful to Live: This is a team of beings who have conquered or destroyed whole planets. Against them, the Avengers held almost nothing back — including being willing to execute them. By the end, the Multiversal Masters had only one surviving member.
Doom Supreme
The leader of the Multiversal Masters, Doom Supreme is a version of Victor Von Doom utterly devoid of his usual morality or honor. Having murdered the one person he cared about the most in his reality and used their flesh to augment his own armor, this Doom became the most powerful sorcerer in his own dimension, and now seeks to conquer the entire Multiverse.
- Always Someone Better: Avenger Prime looks to be the superior Sorceror Supreme between the two of them. Besides Doom not ever doing anything that can match Loki's deed of killing everyone in his universe, Loki easily countered most of Doom's attacks despite Loki not using his full power while Doom went all out. Doom did get a few minor hits in but that's with Loki distracted by having to shield the other Avengers.
- The Archmage: The most powerful sorcerer in his universe and its reigning Sorcerer Supreme, he uses magic so powerful that they're capable of killing a Celestial.
- Brown Note Being: This Doom's facial scars are so bad, they can mentally break people, including other Dooms, which is how he makes them his disciples.
- Call-Back: Doom Supreme's magical skin-suit armor actually originates from the "Unforgivable" arc of Mark Waid's Fantastic Four, in which 616!Doom tried the exact same thing in order to defeat his hated enemy Reed Richards once and for all. However, while the main universe Doom considered this a Moral Event Horizon and hasn't done anything that heinous since out of regret for his actions, this version of Doom had no such reservations, and in fact only grew more vicious and depraved with time.
- Corrupted Character Copy: Downplayed, as he's a variant of Doctor Doom, a pretty well-known supervillain. However, Doom Supreme possesses none of 616!Doom's redeeming qualities, least of all that 616!Doom would never willingly serve Mephisto.
- Equivalent Exchange: He defies the whole "magic comes with a price" by deferring its cost to involuntary debt-holders. Since his magic is both powerful and horrific in nature, the ones paying his price really get screwed over.
- Human Resources: He obtained his immense magical powers by sacrificing the one person he loved the most, and using her flayed skin to augment his armor.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Victor has a penchant for eating body parts from people he's killed or captured. The Orb and Agamotto both had eyes go down Victor's belly.
- It's All About Me: Doom Supreme cares little for Mephisto's grand schemes, nor for his teammates' petty ambitions. All he cares about is conquering the Multiverse and proving himself as the one true Doctor Doom.
- Mad Scientist: Downplayed, while he still has his Powered Armor — he so far hasn't used any weapon system from it and all his actions so far have been sorcerous. The scientist role for this team instead goes to Young Thanos.
- Phlebotinum Overload: How Doom got doomed. Victor was going to absorb the energies from the God Quarry to become the Doom Above All and make a universe of only himself. He was doing this safely by only absorbing a small palm-sized amount at a time. Tony Stark (Ant-Man version) shot the energy with Pym particles that caused it to grow well beyond Victor's control. Victor was consumed and petrified by it, with Tony then shrinking the statue to paper-weight size and pocketing it.
- The Power of Love: One reason this Doom is so powerful is that he sacrificed the person he loves, which was Valeria. But with her death, he should have plateaued. There is one person he loves and that's himself. And with a near infinite number of versions of himself out there, that's a lot of self-love to sacrifice.
- There Can Only Be One: This Victor refers to himself as Doom Supreme, not just because he's the Sorcerer Supreme of his alternate timeline, but also because he's been systematically defeating and killing other versions of himself as he can't stand the idea of there being "lesser" variants of himself.
Young Thanos
A younger version of Thanos, the Mad Titan. Fresh from murdering his own mother and subsequently being exiled from Titan by his father, this version of Thanos travelled to a then-still-developing Earth to further quench his fascination with Death, only to be driven off-world by the Prehistoric Avengers. After being recruited by Mephisto and Doom Supreme, he gladly takes the opportunity to get his revenge.
- Enfant Terrible: Even as a child, Thanos is very much the same death-obsessed Mad Titan as ever.
- It's All About Me: While recounting his growing obsession with dissection, he states that he came to the conclusion that the Celestials had created "two-legged troglodytes" for him to take apart.
- It's Personal: Thanos has a particularly strong hatred for Odin for looking down on him during their first battle (even though the feeling is very much not mutual), and takes special pleasure in torturing and murdering every alternate version of the All-Father than he encounters.
- Hover Board: He jets around on a hover board as a nod to his youth.
- Karma Houdini: When the Multiversal Masters were defeated, Young Thanos only got a small beating then when the Avengers leave to go fight the Council of Red — they ended up forgetting about him. Thanos happily picks up subject material for his next round of dissections before he returns to his own time-stream.
- Mad Scientist: Much of this Thanos's atrocities are done in the name of research. He also provides the team scientific genius as Doom is more concerned with magical matters while Killmonger focuses on battlefield tactics.
- Older Than They Look: Naturally, being a half-Eternal, Thanos' longevity is much higher than you'd expect, even though he looks like he's fourteen years old.
- Ray Gun: This Thanos hasn't shown any use with the Eternals' Cosmic Power, instead he typically uses a ray gun in battle.
- Self-Made Orphan: Much like 616!Thanos, this Thanos killed his mother when he was only a child, partially out of anger for her abandoning him as a boy, and partially to further satiate his fascination with death.
- Unknown Rival: Odin has no idea that Young Thanos has so much hate for him, if Odin did know he'd likely be a lot less merciful in their first fight.
Dark Phoenix
A mysterious masked woman who is the herald of the Phoenix Force of her reality. Her origins and identity are thus far unknown.
- Badass Long Robe: Wears a simple, hooded robe with phoenix designs on the sleeves.
- Bait-and-Switch: She wears a golden mask with blue clothing, which lead one to think she's a variant of Destiny. She's actually a Mystique.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Her Beserkers are this — corrupted versions of former heroes, such as Thor and Wolverine, who have been transformed into her mindless thralls.
- Canon Character All Along: Avengers Assemble (2022) reveals her to be an alternate-future version of Mystique.
- Disney Death: The two other Phoenix Force avatars, Echo and Firehair go and depower Mystique. This causes her to fall in the waters of entropy coming out of the broken God Quarry.
- Eye Scream: Dark Phoenix controls her minions with thorns protruding out of their skin, including the eyes.
- Malevolent Masked Men: This particular Dark Phoenix hides her identity with a sinister mask and dark robe.
- Playing with Fire: Besides the Dark Phoenix's own pyrokinesis/Phoenix Flame, her minion/"son" Thor has accepted his Phoenix lineage and also can shoot fire.
King Killmonger
A variant of Black Panther's archnemesis, Erik Killmonger. In the reality this version of Killmonger hails from, he successfully killed T'Challa and seized the throne of Wakanda, before going on to claim all the Nine Realms in the name of the new Wakandan Empire.
- The Brute: With his Destroyer armor and vibranium battle-axe, he's the most overtly physical in combat and serves as the team's enforcer in battle.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: After Iron Man, Capt. Marvel, Thor and Odin pry open his Destroyer armor's vizor, Prehistoric Iron Fist goes after him. She decides that he can't commit any more genocides if he's too busy dying, so she uses the Iron Fist power and repeatedly punches him until he finally topples in a massive pool of blood.
- Powered Armor: King Killmonger wears the Asgard's Destroyer armor and gladly makes use of its destructive power.
- Rage Against the Heavens: Went to war with Asgard after conquering Wakanda.
Ghost Goblin
A version of the Goblin where Norman Osborn not only has the Goblin serum running through his veins, but he's possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance as well.
- Ax-Crazy: Would he really be a version of Green Goblin if he wasn't this? His bombs are the decapitated skulls of Ghost Riders across the Multiverse and he brags about how many Deathloks he has killed. He even happily tosses his entire bag on the Avengers at one point, since it means he will get to harvest more.
- Battle Trophy: Norman takes the skulls of slain Ghost Riders which he uses as thrown bombs.
- Brought Down to Normal: Prehistoric Ghost Rider is the first Spirit of Vengeance and by far one of the most powerful. He nullifies Norman's Ghost Rider power.
- Fiction 500: He claims to be so rich that he's got Elder Gods on his payroll, which is how he became a Ghost Rider.
- Hellfire: As the Spirit of Vengeance, he has the power to generate hellfire.
- Hunter of His Own Kind: He's a Spirit of Vengeance hunting down others who have the same spirit possessing them.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: After Norman loses his powers, he loses his life as Prehistoric Ghost Rider rams a sharp stone through his back and out the front of his chest.
- Mad Bomber: He's still crazy ol' Norman Osborn and really loves blowing stuff up though it's no longer with pumpkin bombs.
- Technicolor Fire: His hellfire is vivid green.
Black Skull
An alternate version of Johann Schmidt, the Red Skull, who has gained the power of a symbiote. With a legion of War Machines at his command, this version of Schmidt is a sadistic tyrant ruling over a barren wasteland — a world where Earth's Mightiest Heroes never had the chance to form...
- And I Must Scream: After Robbie Reyes and the newly formed Avengers of Earth 818 defeated him, he's been shackled nearly naked in the wasteland and his eyes have been cursed to be perpetually on fire and suffering the effects of the Penance Stare.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Johann has Robbie Reyes and Deathlok brutally tortured while the pair were in captivity.
- Crapsack World: It's a world ruled by the Red Skull with a symbiote, so the Third Reich never fell.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: The current one's ultimate fate is to be dissected alive by Young Thanos. Though considering he's just as vile as other versions of Schmidt, it's hard to feel sorry for him.
- For Science!: The Avengers actually go easy on this latest version of him, they just remove his symbiote and chain him up. Unfortunately once they leave, Young Thanos takes him and will be dissecting him as one of the Mad Titan's science projects.
- Heavily Armored Mook: His loyal legions of War Machines certainly count as this.
- No-Sell: He's so evil, Robbie Reyes' Penance Stare does nothing to him, as he joyfully basks in the suffering of those he has oppressed. At least, not until Reyes takes a few levels in badassery.
- Take Over the World: He's easily done that as in his particular time stream, he's had no opposition whether it's the Avengers or Nighthawk.
- Unknown Rival: Unknown to the Black Skull, an Avengers team who are out to get him is being formed while he's busy torturing Robbie.
- We Have Reserves: It's shown through him that even if they take out one Master, they have variants lined up to replace them.
- The Worf Effect: Inverted — the Black Skull made his first appearance in the pages of Heroes Reborn (2021), where he was merely an illusory construct like everything else in that world, and his panel time was ultimately just as cannon fodder for Nighthawk. However, the version of him that appears in Avengers Forever (2021) is far more powerful, having successfully conquered his own dimension and easily defeated the likes of Deathlok and Ghost Rider.
