History Sandbox / MagnificentBastardMarvelComics

* ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'' (Earth-928): [[TheStarscream Sophia Striker]], once the first lady to President Graeme Stryker, became known as "Seeress" after corporations ruined the entire planet. The Seeress became TheDragon to Dethstryk--the new Graeme--and, secretly loathing what her husband had become, plotted for decades to undermine him. After a number of failed uprisings she attempted by convincing would-be Mutroud rebels to attempt coups, the Seeress eventually turned to manipulating Ravage, trying to use him as a pawn in her attempts to thwart Dethstryk. In spite of numerous setbacks, the Seeress is the one to screw Dethstryk over once and for all, installing a [[ThanatosGambit posthumous "death program"]] to depower Dethstryk, leaving him to the mercy of Ravage, and using her last moments to try and ensure peace between the humans and the Mutroids.

* Examples from the films [[MagnificentBastard/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]] (for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse) or [[MagnificentBastard/FilmAToC here]], [[MagnificentBastard/FilmsOToS here]] and [[MagnificentBastard/FilmTToZ here]] (for other Marvel films).

* Examples from the films [[MagnificentBastard/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]] (for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse) or [[MagnificentBastard/FilmAToC here]] and [[MagnificentBastard/FilmTToZ here]] (for other Marvel films).

* Examples from the films [[MagnificentBastard/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]] (for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse) or [[MagnificentBastard/FilmAToI here]] and [[MagnificentBastard/FilmJToY here]] (for other Marvel films).

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] himself, [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor's]] [[CainAndAbel wicked younger brother]], is the [[TheTrickster God of Mischief]] and frequently forms schemes to embarrass or damage Thor and Asgard itself, which he has repeatedly taken over in some gambit or another. It is later revealed Loki even used time travel to arrange his own adoption at the hands of Odin, murdering his own abusive biological father Laufey, in a clever gambit to get revenge against Asgard in the future. Even when killed, Loki arranges to bring back his younger self and takes him over to return, simultaneously one of Thor's deadliest enemies and beloved brother, rarely lost for his charming smile and a backup plan, who defends Asgard and its people as much as he threatens it.

* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': [[{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]] himself, [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad Tepes]], was a brilliant warlord and strategist in life who battled the Ottoman Empire. Becoming a vampire and seizing the title of Lord of Vampires, Dracula devoted his unlife to conquest with as much ruthless intelligence as ever. Dracula manipulates a promise from warrior Solomon Kane to preserve his life at a crucial moment. Having survived the events of the novel ''Dracula'' by cleverly turning into mist at his moment of "death", Dracula later steals the bride of {{Satan}} while constantly eluding the vampire hunters of Quincy Harker while displaying a love for those close to him, even defending children from other vampires when they are kind to him once he has lost his strength. Dracula later masterminds the creation of a vampire state, nearly taking over Britain and later returns to even strip himself of his ancient weakness of sunlight by taking the blood of [[Characters/WolverineJamesLoganHowlett Wolverine]].

** ''[[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/What_If%3F_The_Punisher_Vol_1_1 Peter Parker Became The Punisher]]'': [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter Parker himself]] is the deadly AntiHero ComicBook/ThePunisher. Tracking down and murdering the man who killed his Uncle Ben, Peter becomes a ruthless VigilanteMan dedicated to protecting his loved ones at all costs. With a combination of cunning tactics and custom ammunition designed to target his enemies specific weaknesses, [[PayEvilUntoEvil he effortlessly dispatches the Sinister Six in brutal fashion]] adding [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]] along the way while being content to let rival gangs thin each other out in random gang violence. When [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]], the [[ArchEnemy Green Goblin]] kidnaps his beloved Gwen Stacy, Peter [[CombatPragmatist shoots him on the spot]] and succeeds in saving Gwen. Regretting his actions, Peter abandons his vigilante lifestyle for a [[EarnYourHappyEnding peaceful married life with Gwen]] but not before leaving his shredded costume trashed in a back alley for a young war veteran named [[Characters/ThePunisherFrankCastle Frank Castle]] who just lost his family in a mob hit to discover.

* ''Franchise/ThePunisher'' comics:
** ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherAManNamedFrank A Man Named Frank]]'', by Creator/ChuckDixon and John Buscema: [[Characters/ThePunisherFrankCastle Frank Castle]] becomes a murderous, unflappable BountyHunter after witnessing his family's slaughter, swearing [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeance]] on all those responsible. Using his position to gain information on his targets and slowly but surely pick them all off, even taking them on in bars full of enemies and always coming away victorious with superior tactics and gunfighting, Frank eventually [[EnemyMine allies]] with the corrupt Angus [=MacCauley=] simply to weed out more info while working with his connections. Frank ultimately kills all those responsible for his family's deaths, but refuses to stop there, instead [[PayEvilUntoEvil murdering MacCauley himself]] and promising to punish all those who would do harm to innocents.

* ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'': [[Characters/KangTheConqueror Kang the Conqueror]], born Nathaniel Richards, turned to conquest due to being bored by a utopia in the 30th century. Forging a galaxies-wide, centuries-spanning empire by his tactical genius, Kang routinely returns to the 20th century to engage the Avengers, repeatedly outsmarting them and always [[NearVillainVictory coming close to ultimate victory]]. Combining an insatiable drive to conquer with an odd sense of honor, Kang often fails solely due to future versions of himself interfering. At one point, Kang even manages to divest his destiny from his future self and forms a council consisting of alternate Kangs, only to completely outwit and destroy them. In ''ComicBook/TheKangDynasty'', Kang razes Washington DC and masterminds a near complete take over of earth, planning even in defeat to leave his empire to his son Marcus, before being forced to kill Marcus for his betrayal when Marcus rescues him. Kang repeatedly shows he is one of the Avengers' most resilient and dangerous enemies, stopping at nothing until all he can imagine falls under his dominion.

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki Loki]] himself, [[Characters/TheMightyThorTheCharacter Thor's]] [[CainAndAbel wicked younger brother]], is the [[TheTrickster God of Mischief]] and frequently forms schemes to embarrass or damage Thor and Asgard itself, which he has repeatedly taken over in some gambit or another. It is later revealed Loki even used time travel to arrange his own adoption at the hands of Odin, murdering his own abusive biological father Laufey, in a clever gambit to get revenge against Asgard in the future. Even when killed, Loki arranges to bring back his younger self and takes him over to return, simultaneously one of Thor's deadliest enemies and beloved brother, rarely lost for his charming smile and a backup plan, who defends Asgard and its people as much as he threatens it.

Examples from their works which crossover with Creator/DCComics can be found [[MagnificentBastard/ComicBooks here]].

* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': [[PunchClockVillain Georges Batroc]], "[[BewareTheSillyOnes the Leaper", is a cheesy, yet surprisingly competent mercenary with a strict code of ethics and a charming wit. Capable of facing off against many heroes, including Captain America, Iron Man and Spider-Man, Batroc [[BadassNormal makes up for his lack of superpowers]] with a combination of tactical acumen and mastery of the fighting style "savate" to keep his enemies on their toes. Willing to work with the likes of HYDRA and Baron Zemo, Batroc nonetheless disapproves of their cruel villainy and has more than once turned on his own allies to [[EnemyMine team up with heroes]] in stopping a plot that crosses lines Batroc refuses to tread upon. Batroc at one point worked with Mr. Hyde to hold all of New York City ransom, only to secretly betray Hyde and help Captain America defeat him to both save the city from Hyde's wanton sadism, and reap the rewards of their ransom all for himself. Batroc has further served as a beloved mentor to Gwenpool who taught her how to better use her powers while also maintaining her heroism, and he later worked with the Thunderbolts in fighting Knull's invasion of Earth where he proved an invaluable asset. Though sometimes written as a screwball punching bag, Batroc's most recurring, and original, characterization is that of an affable, dangerous rogue who considers Captain America a WorthyOpponent.

** ''[[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/What_If%3F_Infinity_-_Thanos_Vol_1_1 Infinity -- Thanos]]'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]], The Mad Titan himself, used the war between the heroes of his universe and the Builders to achieve his own goals. Offering his help to Avengers, Thanos easily manipulated all of them, [[TheCharmer earning the trust of every hero]] aside from Captain America. Leading the heroes and his forces to finish off the Builders for good, Thanos reveals that his true motivation was to [[BestServedCold take his revenge]] upon the Builders for corrupting his son. As Captain America discovers this, Thanos manages to kill him, before convincing Avengers to let him take Captain America's place, effortlessly convincing them that he was murdered by enemy forces. Gaining influence over Earth, Thanos tracks down Illuminati in Necropolis and offers them a deal that they can't refuse.

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** "[[GadgeteerGenius The Tinkerer]]", [[CoolOldGuy Phineas Mason]], is an elderly, technologically gifted criminal mind whose service of outfitting, weaponizing and upgrading the costumes and arsenals of super-criminals has profited him for years. After a brief stint as a more [[DiabolicalMastermind outwardly villainous mastermind]] who fooled Spider-Man into believing he was alien and turned the hero's own gadgets against him, the Tinkerer settled for becoming a [[ArmsDealer black market dealer in villains' tech]], using his gift for gadgetry to grant several of Spider-Man's foes the ability to fight and nearly kill him. Though having saved the entire Earth from an invasion by the Vedomi decades ago, when the Tinkerer's son apparently died, the Tinkerer orchestrates a genius, despair-induced plot to wipe out Earth's greatest heroes, then recall the Vedomi to wipe out all of humanity, the Tinkerer believing it is for the best to end all human suffering. The Tinkerer ends up sharing a heartfelt kinship with Spider-Man and calling off the invasion, proving himself to still be the same polite, honorable man who would regularly help heroes take on threats greater than himself [[EvenEvilHasStandards if it appealed to his morality]].
** [[EgomaniacHunter Sergei Kravinoff]], aka [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]], is one of Spider-Man's most dangerous and honorable foes. Starting as a hunter in Africa, Kraven moved on to a [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame far more dangerous prey in Spider-Man]], employing numerous complex strategies against the hero in their battles. Tiring of his failure, Kraven decided to go on [[ComicBook/KravensLastHunt one last hunt]], [[BuriedAlive burying Spider-Man alive]] and impersonating him in order to prove himself superior. Content with his success, [[DrivenToSuicide Kraven kills himself]] in order to die with honor. Years later Kraven was [[UnwantedRevival unwillingly revived]] by his family and cursed so that "only the Spider can kill [him]" and killed most of his family for revenge. After cloning himself to get an heir, Kraven set up his [[ComicBook/{{Hunted}} grandest hunt yet]], kidnapping animal themed villains and having them hunted by big game hunters in Central Park. Secretly abhorring both sides, Kraven manipulates events so both sides will kill each other. Kraven forces Spider-Man to nearly kill the Lizard, and almost succeeds in manipulating him into killing Kraven. When Spider-Man makes him [[HeelRealization realize the error of his ways]], Kraven frees everyone from the park, then dons Spider-Man's outfit in order to trick his son into killing him permanently, leaving a note so his son will carry on his legacy.
** Roderick Kingsley was a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive ruthless businessman]] who built an empire out of the fashion industry with unscrupulous practices. Discovering the lair of the [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Green Goblin]], Kingsley decided to build the identity of the [[Characters/SpiderManGoblins Hobgoblin]], remaining concealed the whole while. Creating a [[TheSyndicate new criminal empire]], he used criminal Lefty Donovan the Hobgoblin to test the effectiveness of the Goblin formula and then eliminated him when [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he'd served his purposes]]. Kingsley also brainwashed reporter Ned Leeds into thinking he was the Hobgoblin to use him as a cover, eventually getting Leeds killed while he skipped away free and clear. Returning to murder the fourth Hobgoblin, Jason Macendale, for bringing undue scrutiny upon him, he then manipulated the Green Goblin into attacking him so he could escape prison and then begins leasing the identities and costumes of minor supervillains to others in order to take a cut of the profits. A criminal genius long before he donned the mask, Kingsley repeatedly shows why he is one of Spider-Man's most intelligent enemies.
** [[SneakySpider The Black Tarantula]], [[PapaWolf Carlos LaMuerto]], was originally introduced here as an immensely powerful international crime lord, using his reach to dabble in all sorts of enterprises while avoiding the public eye. On the hunt for his ex-wife Marina after she kidnapped their son, Black Tarantula uses the excuse of branching out to New York to gain the alliance of local crime bosses, [[LetsYouAndHimFight turn them against each other]], and use their resources to track down Marina. Personally and harshly beating Spider-Man himself in combat multiple times and even tearing through an army of mob henchmen with his bare hands, Black Tarantula ultimately finds Marina and his son, yet leaves them in peace after realizing Marina can raise the boy right without the crime lord's influence. Black Tarantula then spares Spider-Man [[VillainRespect out of respect for the hero]] and departs New York without further conflict.
** The assassin known as [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname The Foreigner]] is a suave and mysterious man who runs a [[IHaveManyNames number of identities]] through the world and only performs any violence to protect himself and his interests or when he is paid. Seeking to rope Spider-Man into his organization, he operates a phony ring before having a killer attack Black Cat's apartment, killing the man himself to lure Spider-Man out. The Foreigner operates with [[AffablyEvil a professional courtesy]] and uses a combination of lures to accomplish his ends, always returning with the same professionalism his enemies and friends come to expect.
** ''The Other'' storyline: [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote The Venom symbiote]] uses the full extent of its natural abilities and relentless cunning in pursuit of its goals. Sensing that its first host [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter Parker]] has gone into a coma, the symbiote breaks out of [[TheAlcatraz the Raft]], effortlessly killing most of the guards and taking over one to use as an interim host before abandoning him to permanently bond with Parker, [[PuppeteerParasite taking over his body]] and rechristening itself Poison. Intent on finding a mate to join him in his new life, Poison breaks into the apartment of May Parker and Mary Jane Watson, the latter of whom he intends to bond with his spawn, [[CurbStompBattle and easily defeating Wolverine and Luke Cage when they try to intervene]]. Although spurned by Mary Jane, Poison is undeterred and simply exhumes the corpse of Gwen Stacy to make her his symbiote bride instead.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** ''[[ComicBook/SpiderManSpidersShadow Spider's Shadow]]'' (Earth-21619):
*** [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]], aka the Kingpin, is a crime lord who managed to run a successful criminal enterprise in spite of interference from the vigilante [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]]. Although fearful for his life as Spider-Man [[GainingTheWillToKill begins murdering criminals]] under the influence of [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote a symbiote masquerading as his new black suit]], Kingpin retains a level head and hires Shocker and Scorpion to investigate, indeed confirming that Spider-Man had become a killer. [[SpottingTheThread Deducing Spider-Man's identity as Peter Parker]], Kingpin [[FaceDeathWithDignity refuses to show fear or anger]] and calmly prepares to be killed at the web-slinger's hands, having [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning prepared a contingency]] in the form of releasing Parker's identity to the public, ensuring that he would have a target on his back in or out of costume. Surviving Spider-Man's assault, [[DentedIron albeit with his face badly maimed]], Kingpin waits out the symbiote's attack on New York, dead set on getting his revenge on Spider-Man in spite of his ailing health and poised to do so upon acquiring a symbiote that survived the attack.
*** [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] is once again one of Spider-Man's most cunning and competent foes. After Spider-Man begins killing his enemies, Kraven joins forces with fellow villains and J. Jonah Jameson in a bid to defeat their common enemy once and for all. To that end, Kraven devises a battle plan, using Beetle to lure the web-slinger away from the city and [[PragmaticVillainy avoid involving other heroes]], then exploiting Mysterio's illusions to disorient their enemy. When unable to track Spider-Man through the goggles Mysterio provided him, Kraven removes them to find that his enemy avoided the illusion by hiding underground. Deducing [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote the alien symbiote]]'s fear of fire, Kraven turns the tables on Spider-Man and helps Jameson trap him in a burning barn, removing the organism from the wall-crawler's unconscious body. A brilliant tactician and one of the few members of the supervillain community to survive Spider-Man's bloody rampage, Kraven [[NearVillainVictory comes close to outright killing the hero before Jameson knocks him out cold]].
** ''ComicBook/{{Spidey}}'' (Earth-16220):
*** [[ArchEnemy The Green Goblin]] combines [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]]'s analytical genius with a ruthless destructive streak. Becoming intrigued by Spidey, the Goblin spends several of their battles analyzing his behavior, eventually realizing his ChronicHeroSyndrome as well as the number of webs he has. With this information, Goblin lures Spidey into a confrontation where he then attacks civilians [[BatmanGambit so that he'll save them]], causing him to waste his webs; the result is Spidey falls out of the sky right where Goblin predicts. When Spidey still gets up and attacks anyway, Goblin admits that Peter is a WorthyOpponent and flies away, with Norman beginning to piece together Peter's secret identity.
*** Issue #4, "Doomsday Off": [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Victor von Doom]] is the ruler of Latveria, a brilliant scientist, and a criminal mastermind. Doom initiates a plan to steal a valuable Latverian painting and return it to its homeland, going head-to-head against Spider-Man in his mission. Though the superhero destroys his initial Doombot and foils the scheme at first, Doom siphons New York's power grid to power his other robots. Biding his time when Spider-Man tracks him down and setting up an ambush via his robots, Doom fights off Spider-Man and escapes with the painting, [[TheBadGuyWins completely succeeding in his mission]].
** ''ComicBook/{{Venomverse}}'' (Earth-22249): [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Venompool]] proves to be one of the most competent members of the Resistance in spite of his madness and penchant for dark jokes. Hired to investigate a scientist experimenting with parasitic tapeworms on his world, Wade bonds with the Venom symbiote to gain the upper hand against the rampant parasites, killing them all before being drafted into the war against the [[TheAssimilator Poisons]]. Noting that the Poison that consumed Spider-Man still bore vestiges of his consciousness, Venompool allows himself to be assimilated, sacrificing his symbiote and [[InsanityImmunity banking on his "special brand of crazy"]] to [[HijackingCthulhu create a Poison Deadpool with his mind intact]]. Acting as a double agent within the Hive, Deadpool reveals the location of their base to the Resistance, allowing them to infiltrate the Poisons' ship to rescue Doctor Strange. Fighting alongside [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] to buy time for the Resistance, Deadpool accepts his fate when it becomes clear that he and Cletus would be left for dead, honorably telling him that there would be no one he'd rather die with as the ship explodes.

Examples from their animated works can be found [[MagnificentBastard/MarvelAnimation here]] and from the films [[MagnificentBastard/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]] (for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse) or [[MagnificentBastard/FilmAToI here]] and [[MagnificentBastard/FilmJToY here]] (for other Marvel films).

** ''[[ComicBook/SpiderManSpidersShadow Spider's Shadow]]'' (Earth-21619): [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]], aka the Kingpin, is a crime lord who managed to run a successful criminal enterprise in spite of interference from the vigilante [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]]. Although fearful for his life as Spider-Man [[GainingTheWillToKill begins murdering criminals]] under the influence of [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote a symbiote masquerading as his new black suit]], Kingpin retains a level head and hires Shocker and Scorpion to investigate, indeed confirming that Spider-Man had become a killer. [[SpottingTheThread Deducing Spider-Man's identity as Peter Parker]], Kingpin [[FaceDeathWithDignity refuses to show fear or anger]] and calmly prepares to be killed at the web-slinger's hands, having [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning prepared a contingency]] in the form of releasing Parker's identity to the public, ensuring that he would have a target on his back in or out of costume. Surviving Spider-Man's assault, [[DentedIron albeit with his face badly maimed]], Kingpin waits out the symbiote's attack on New York, dead set on getting his revenge on Spider-Man in spite of his ailing health and poised to do so upon acquiring a symbiote that survived the attack.

** Sergei Kravinoff, aka [[EgomaniacHunter Kraven the Hunter]], is one of Spider-Man's oldest and most honorable foes. Starting as a hunter in Africa, Kraven moved on to a [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame far more dangerous prey]] in Spider-Man. After failing numerous times Kraven decided to go on [[ComicBook/KravensLastHunt one last hunt]], [[BuriedAlive burying Spider-Man alive]] and impersonating him in order to prove himself superior. Content with his success, [[DrivenToSuicide Kraven kills himself]] in order to die with honor. Years later Kraven was [[UnwantedRevival unwillingly revived]] by his family and cursed so that "only the Spider can kill [him]" and killed most of his family for revenge. After cloning himself to get an heir, Kraven set up his [[ComicBook/{{Hunted}} grandest hunt yet]], having animal themed villains hunted by big game hunters in Central Park. Abhorring both sides, Kraven intends for all of them to die and forces Spider-Man to nearly kill the Lizard to save Black Cat and almost succeeds in getting killed by him. When Spider-Man makes him [[HeelRealization realize the error of his ways]], Kraven frees everyone from the park, then dons Spider-Man's outfit in order to trick his son into killing him permanently, leaving a note so his son will carry on his legacy.

** [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/What_If...%3F_Vol_1_52 Vol. 1 issue #52: [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] is once again depicted as a brilliant and [[DiabolicalMastermind charismatic mastermind]]. He comes under the tutelage of the Ancient One to become this reality's version of the Sorcerer Supreme. Doom is so CrazyPrepared that he predicts a murder attempt by Baron Mordo and instead turns him into his mind-controlled servant. Doom and the Ancient One outwit Mephisto to save the soul of Doom's beloved mother. When Dormmamu invades, Doom responds by sending him to New York, where he knows [[LetsYouAndHimFight the resident heroes can hold him off]] while he has the Fantastic Four discreetly get a stone that can be used to banish him. Defeating Dormmamu [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his life]], Doom reveals he's even prepared for this and has his Doombots kidnap the innocent Dr Strange and overwrite his mind with that of Doom. A brilliant and analytical mastermind, Doom ultimately wins and gains the power of the Sorcerer Supreme for eternity.

* ''ComicBook/{{Maestro}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] is a Latverian conqueror who managed to survive nuclear armageddon by travelling through time. Collaborating with the Maestro, he plots to TakeOverTheWorld and rule over the remains of humanity with an iron fist. To that end, he approaches the Pantheon and manipulates them into serving his goals with the pretense of deposing the Maestro's rule. Briefly ruling Dystopia in the Maestro's stead after he was imprisoned by the Pantheon, Doom announces his position of power as the gamma-powered tyrant wipes out both the Pantheon and A.I.M., eliminating all threats to their joint rule. [[ProperlyParanoid Anticipating that the Maestro would try to kill him]], he takes an antitoxin to avoid death by poisoned wine during a brief luncheon, which is followed by a fight between the two dictators. Although his armor is destroyed and he is brutally beaten by the Maestro, Doom exploits the distraction of his facial scars to retrieve his mask and teleport to safety. Just as cunning and manipulative as the Maestro, Doctor Doom was a formidable opponent to the former Hulk on both a [[GeniusBruiser physical and intellectual level]] as well as a competent dictator in his own right.
* ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'': [[TheStarscream Sophia Striker]], once the first lady to President Graeme Stryker, became known as "Seeress" after corporations ruined the entire planet. The Seeress became TheDragon to Dethstryk--the new Graeme--and, secretly loathing what her husband had become, plotted for decades to undermine him. After a number of failed uprisings she attempted by convincing would-be Mutroud rebels to attempt coups, the Seeress eventually turned to manipulating Ravage, trying to use him as a pawn in her attempts to thwart Dethstryk. In spite of numerous setbacks, the Seeress is the one to screw Dethstryk over once and for all, installing a [[ThanatosGambit posthumous "death program"]] to depower Dethstryk, leaving him to the mercy of Ravage, and using her last moments to try and ensure peace between the humans and the Mutroids.

** ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX MAX]]'': [[Characters/ThePunisherMAXThePunisher Frank Castle himself]] has [[OneManArmy waged a one-man war on crime]] for decades as a way to punish both the guilty and himself. At one point, Frank even gets himself arrested and sent to Riker's Island, just so he can put into play a scheme to murder the men who killed his family. Constantly demonstrating a wicked intelligence, Frank constantly manipulates criminals into traps and [[OutGambitted Out-Gambits]] others who try to get the best of him, before finishing his enemies off, not afraid to expose himself--[[PayEvilUntoEvil or his foes]]--to injury, torture, or death in the process. Even when faced with the unexpected, Frank is constantly able to rebound and get the better of his enemies, often tolerated by the police for his inflexible moral standards even as he leaves a mountain of guilty corpses behind him. In the final arc, Frank goes against [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]] himself, who now owns the criminal underworld of New York, deprived of much of his own former assets, and ends up completely destroying his operation before finishing him off, remarking only "Your city, my world."

** ''[[ComicBook/SpiderManSpidersShadow Spider's Shadow]]'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]], aka the Kingpin, is a crime lord who managed to run a successful criminal enterprise in spite of interference from the vigilante [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]]. Although fearful for his life as Spider-Man [[GainingTheWillToKill begins murdering criminals]] under the influence of [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote a symbiote masquerading as his new black suit]], Kingpin retains a level head and hires Shocker and Scorpion to investigate, indeed confirming that Spider-Man had become a killer. [[SpottingTheThread Deducing Spider-Man's identity as Peter Parker]], Kingpin [[FaceDeathWithDignity refuses to show fear or anger]] and calmly prepares to be killed at the web-slinger's hands, having [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning prepared a contingency]] in the form of releasing Parker's identity to the public, ensuring that he would have a target on his back in or out of costume. Surviving Spider-Man's assault, [[DentedIron albeit with his face badly maimed]], Kingpin waits out the symbiote's attack on New York, dead set on getting his revenge on Spider-Man in spite of his ailing health and poised to do so upon acquiring a symbiote that survived the attack.

** ''The Other'': [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote The Venom symbiote]] uses the full extent of its natural abilities and relentless cunning in pursuit of its goals. Sensing that its first host [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter Parker]] has gone into a coma, the symbiote breaks out of [[TheAlcatraz the Raft]], effortlessly killing most of the guards and taking over one to use as an interim host before abandoning him to permanently bond with Parker, [[PuppeteerParasite taking over his body]] and rechristening itself Poison. Intent on finding a mate to join him in his new life, Poison breaks into the apartment of May Parker and Mary Jane Watson, the latter of whom he intends to bond with his spawn, [[CurbStompBattle and easily defeating Wolverine and Luke Cage when they try to intervene]]. Although spurned by Mary Jane, Poison is undeterred and simply exhumes the corpse of Gwen Stacy to make her his symbiote bride instead.
** ''ComicBook/{{Venomverse}}'': [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Venompool]] proves to be one of the most competent members of the Resistance in spite of his madness and penchant for dark jokes. Hired to investigate a scientist experimenting with parasitic tapeworms on his world, Wade bonds with the Venom symbiote to gain the upper hand against the rampant parasites, killing them all before being drafted into the war against the [[TheAssimilator Poisons]]. Noting that the Poison that consumed Spider-Man still bore vestiges of his consciousness, Venompool allows himself to be assimilated, sacrificing his symbiote and [[InsanityImmunity banking on his "special brand of crazy"]] to [[HijackingCthulhu create a Poison Deadpool with his mind intact]]. Acting as a double agent within the Hive, Deadpool reveals the location of their base to the Resistance, allowing them to infiltrate the Poisons' ship to rescue Doctor Strange. Fighting alongside [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] to buy time for the Resistance, Deadpool accepts his fate when it becomes clear that he and Cletus would be left for dead, honorably telling him that there would be no one he'd rather die with as the ship explodes.

** ''Doom Became Sorcerer Supreme'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] is once again depicted as a brilliant and [[DiabolicalMastermind charismatic mastermind]]. He comes under the tutelage of the Ancient One to become this reality's version of the Sorcerer Supreme. Doom is so CrazyPrepared that he predicts a murder attempt by Baron Mordo and instead turns him into his mind-controlled servant. Doom and the Ancient One outwit Mephisto to save the soul of Doom's beloved mother. When Dormmamu invades, Doom responds by sending him to New York, where he knows [[LetsYouAndHimFight the resident heroes can hold him off]] while he has the Fantastic Four discreetly get a stone that can be used to banish him. Defeating Dormmamu [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his life]], Doom reveals he's even prepared for this and has his Doombots kidnap the innocent Dr Strange and overwrite his mind with that of Doom. A brilliant and analytical mastermind, Doom ultimately wins and gains the power of the Sorcerer Supreme for eternity.
** ''Infinity -- Thanos'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]], The Mad Titan himself, used the war between the heroes of his universe and the Builders to achieve his own goals. Offering his help to Avengers, Thanos easily manipulated all of them, [[TheCharmer earning the trust of every hero]] aside from Captain America. Leading the heroes and his forces to finish off the Builders for good, Thanos reveals that his true motivation was to [[BestServedCold take his revenge]] upon the Builders for corrupting his son. As Captain America discovers this, Thanos manages to kill him, before convincing Avengers to let him take Captain America's place, effortlessly convincing them that he was murdered by enemy forces. Gaining influence over Earth, Thanos tracks down Illuminati in Necropolis and offers them a deal that they can't refuse.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderManSpidersShadow'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]], aka the Kingpin, is a crime lord who managed to run a successful criminal enterprise in spite of interference from the vigilante [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]]. Although fearful for his life as Spider-Man [[GainingTheWillToKill begins murdering criminals]] under the influence of [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote a symbiote masquerading as his new black suit]], Kingpin retains a level head and hires Shocker and Scorpion to investigate, indeed confirming that Spider-Man had become a killer. [[SpottingTheThread Deducing Spider-Man's identity as Peter Parker]], Kingpin [[FaceDeathWithDignity refuses to show fear or anger]] and calmly prepares to be killed at the web-slinger's hands, having [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning prepared a contingency]] in the form of releasing Parker's identity to the public, ensuring that he would have a target on his back in or out of costume. Surviving Spider-Man's assault, [[DentedIron albeit with his face badly maimed]], Kingpin waits out the symbiote's attack on New York, dead set on getting his revenge on Spider-Man in spite of his ailing health and poised to do so upon acquiring a symbiote that survived the attack.
* ''ComicBook/{{Spidey}}'' (Earth-16220):
** [[ArchEnemy The Green Goblin]] combines [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]]'s analytical genius with a ruthless destructive streak. Becoming intrigued by Spidey, the Goblin spends several of their battles analyzing his behavior, eventually realizing his ChronicHeroSyndrome as well as the number of webs he has. With this information, Goblin lures Spidey into a confrontation where he then attacks civilians [[BatmanGambit so that he'll save them]], causing him to waste his webs; the result is Spidey falls out of the sky right where Goblin predicts. When Spidey still gets up and attacks anyway, Goblin admits that Peter is a WorthyOpponent and flies away, with Norman beginning to piece together Peter's secret identity.
** Issue #4, "Doomsday Off": [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Victor von Doom]] is the ruler of Latveria, a brilliant scientist, and a criminal mastermind. Doom initiates a plan to steal a valuable Latverian painting and return it to its homeland, going head-to-head against Spider-Man in his mission. Though the superhero destroys his initial Doombot and foils the scheme at first, Doom siphons New York's power grid to power his other robots. Biding his time when Spider-Man tracks him down and setting up an ambush via his robots, Doom fights off Spider-Man and escapes with the painting, [[TheBadGuyWins completely succeeding in his mission]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Venomverse}}'': [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Venompool]] proves to be one of the most competent members of the Resistance in spite of his madness and penchant for dark jokes. Hired to investigate a scientist experimenting with parasitic tapeworms on his world, Wade bonds with the Venom symbiote to gain the upper hand against the rampant parasites, killing them all before being drafted into the war against the [[TheAssimilator Poisons]]. Noting that the Poison that consumed Spider-Man still bore vestiges of his consciousness, Venompool allows himself to be assimilated, sacrificing his symbiote and [[InsanityImmunity banking on his "special brand of crazy"]] to [[HijackingCthulhu create a Poison Deadpool with his mind intact]]. Acting as a double agent within the Hive, Deadpool reveals the location of their base to the Resistance, allowing them to infiltrate the Poisons' ship to rescue Doctor Strange. Fighting alongside [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] to buy time for the Resistance, Deadpool accepts his fate when it becomes clear that he and Cletus would be left for dead, honorably telling him that there would be no one he'd rather die with as the ship explodes.

* ''Spider Man: The Other'': [[Characters/VenomTheSymbiote The Venom symbiote]] uses the full extent of its natural abilities and relentless cunning in pursuit of its goals. Sensing that its first host [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Peter Parker]] has gone into a coma, the symbiote breaks out of [[TheAlcatraz the Raft]], effortlessly killing most of the guards and taking over one to use as an interim host before abandoning him to permanently bond with Parker, [[PuppeteerParasite taking over his body]] and rechristening itself Poison. Intent on finding a mate to join him in his new life, Poison breaks into the apartment of May Parker and Mary Jane Watson, the latter of whom he intends to bond with his spawn, [[CurbStompBattle and easily defeating Wolverine and Luke Cage when they try to intervene]]. Although spurned by Mary Jane, Poison is undeterred and simply exhumes the corpse of Gwen Stacy to make her his symbiote bride instead.

* ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherAManNamedFrank A Man Named Frank]]'', by Creator/ChuckDixon and John Buscema: [[Characters/ThePunisherFrankCastle Frank Castle]] becomes a murderous, unflappable BountyHunter after witnessing his family's slaughter, swearing [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeance]] on all those responsible. Using his position to gain information on his targets and slowly but surely pick them all off, even taking them on in bars full of enemies and always coming away victorious with superior tactics and gunfighting, Frank eventually [[EnemyMine allies]] with the corrupt Angus [=MacCauley=] simply to weed out more info while working with his connections. Frank ultimately kills all those responsible for his family's deaths, but refuses to stop there, instead [[PayEvilUntoEvil murdering MacCauley himself]] and promising to punish all those who would do harm to innocents.
* ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX MAX]]'': [[Characters/ThePunisherMAXThePunisher Frank Castle himself]] has [[OneManArmy waged a one-man war on crime]] for decades as a way to punish both the guilty and himself. At one point, Frank even gets himself arrested and sent to Riker's Island, just so he can put into play a scheme to murder the men who killed his family. Constantly demonstrating a wicked intelligence, Frank constantly manipulates criminals into traps and [[OutGambitted Out-Gambits]] others who try to get the best of him, before finishing his enemies off, not afraid to expose himself--[[PayEvilUntoEvil or his foes]]--to injury, torture, or death in the process. Even when faced with the unexpected, Frank is constantly able to rebound and get the better of his enemies, often tolerated by the police for his inflexible moral standards even as he leaves a mountain of guilty corpses behind him. In the final arc, Frank goes against [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]] himself, who now owns the criminal underworld of New York, deprived of much of his own former assets, and ends up completely destroying his operation before finishing him off, remarking only "Your city, my world."

* ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherAManNamedFrank The Punisher: A Man Named Frank]]'', by Creator/ChuckDixon and John Buscema: [[Characters/ThePunisherFrankCastle Frank Castle]] becomes a murderous, unflappable bounty hunter after witnessing his family's slaughter, swearing [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge vengeance]] on all those responsible. Using his position to gain information on his targets and slowly but surely pick them all off, even taking them on in bars full of enemies and always coming away victorious with superior tactics and [[GunFu gunfighting]], Frank eventually [[EnemyMine allies]] with the corrupt Angus [=MacCauley=] simply to weed out more info while working with his connections. Frank ultimately kills all those responsible for his family's deaths, but refuses to stop there, instead [[PayEvilUntoEvil murdering MacCauley himself]] and promising to punish all those who would do harm to innocents.
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'': Frank Castle, [[Characters/ThePunisherMAXThePunisher The Punisher]], has waged a one man war on crime for decades as a way to punish both the guilty and himself. At one point, Frank even gets himself arrested and sent to Riker's Island, just so he can put into play a scheme to murder the men who killed his family. Constantly demonstrating a wicked intelligence, Frank constantly manipulates criminals into traps and [[OutGambitted Out-Gambits]] others who try to get the best of him, before finishing his enemies off, not afraid to expose himself to injury, torture or death in the process. Even when faced with the unexpected, Frank is constantly able to rebound and get the better of his enemies, often tolerated by the police for his inflexible moral standards even as he leaves a [[PayEvilUntoEvil mountain of guilty corpses behind him]]. In the final arc, Frank goes against [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin the Kingpin]] himself, who now owns the criminal underworld of New York, deprived of much of his own former assets, and ends up completely destroying his operation before finishing him off, remarking only "Your city, my world."

** Sergei Kravinoff, aka [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]], is one of Spider-Man's oldest and most honorable foes. Starting as a hunter in Africa, Kraven moved on to a [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame far more dangerous prey]] in Spider-Man. After failing numerous times Kraven decided to go on [[ComicBook/KravensLastHunt one last hunt]], [[BuriedAlive burying Spider-Man alive]] and impersonating him in order to prove himself superior. Content with his success, [[DrivenToSuicide Kraven kills himself]] in order to die with honor. Years later Kraven was [[UnwantedRevival unwillingly revived]] by his family and cursed so that "only the Spider can kill [him]" and killed most of his family for revenge. After cloning himself to get an heir, Kraven set up his [[ComicBook/{{Hunted}} grandest hunt yet]], having animal themed villains hunted by big game hunters in Central Park. Abhorring both sides, Kraven intends for all of them to die and forces Spider-Man to nearly kill the Lizard to save Black Cat and almost succeeds in getting killed by him. When Spider-Man makes him [[HeelRealization realize the error of his ways]], Kraven frees everyone from the park, then dons Spider-Man's outfit in order to trick his son into killing him permanently, leaving a note so his son will carry on his legacy.

* [[ComicBook/BaronZemo Baron Helmut Zemo]], heir to the deplorable [[NaziNobleman Heinrich Zemo]], eventually rejects his father's fascist ideology. One of captain America's greatest enemies, Zemo led a near perfect defeat of ComicBook/TheAvengers in the ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' arc, ending by engaging Captain America himself and coming close to victory. Constantly returning with daring new schemes, Zemo even kidnapped abused and neglected children to give them a loving home with himself and his wife, and later formed the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} as heroes specifically to give them cover for more villainous activities. Eventually deciding to save the world by conquering it, Zemo returns time and time again, sometimes as a deadly enemy and other times ready to defeat more evil villains than he himself, proclaiming he could never harm a world he works so hard to save.

* Wilson "ComicBook/TheKingpin" Fisk is Marvel's greatest [[TheDon gangster]] and a consummate survivor. Having outfought, outwitted, and outlasted everyone who has ever tried to take his place, Fisk has secured his position as both New York's reigning mobster and a fixture in the supervillain community. With the capital to [[IOwnThisTown dominate the city]] and a reach that frequently spans continents, Fisk has developed the psychological torment of heroes like Matt Murdock and Peter Parker into an art form, and has left Matt's life in particular in ruins several times over. [[{{Determinator}} Always too stubborn to call it quits]], Fisk rolls with or shrugs off everything that Marvel's heroes and villains can throw at him, while repeatedly demonstrating that only the most capable of opponents can do the same when he brings all his resources to bear on them. Having risen, fallen, and risen again, Fisk is never out of the game for long, and is always ready to show off the criminal skill and personal gravitas that made him Kingpin of Crime in the first place.

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] himself is a [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]] survivor who is hellbent on seeing that no such evil ever befalls the mutants. Becoming a terrorist, Magneto manipulates his followers, allies and enemies alike, constantly waging war to [[WellIntentionedExtremist better the lot of mutantkind]], even against his best friend [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]]. At one point Magneto even blackmails the world with nuclear weapons to set up a home for Mutants, and even foiled ComicBook/{{Doctor Doom}}'s attempts at domination at another point. Deciding to protect the world and mutants in his own way, Magneto has returned countless times to commit acts he admits are unscrupulous, but necessary, constantly keeping himself from slipping too far into true evil while protecting his people from all threats.

* ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, the Mad Titan and [[DeathSeeker devotee of death]], is driven to gain the love of Mistress Death herself. Constantly forming intricate new plans to seize ultimate power, Thanos shows a curious sense of honor, especially to the dying Captain Mar-Vell as he helps guide him to the afterlife. Seizing the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos erases half the life in the universe before later [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong assisting in undoing his mistakes]]. Surfacing to manipulate the heroes for the occasional greater good, Thanos later dies in the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' event, but not before leaving a failsafe to help stop the villain Annihilus. Later called back to life in ''ComicBook/TheThanosImperative'', Thanos arranges the destruction of the monstrous Cancerverse by his clever scheming and later returns again to even defeat his complacent, submissive future self, proclaiming that no matter what happens, only Thanos will ever define his own destiny.
* ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'': ComicBook/KangTheConqueror, born Nathaniel Richards, turned to conquest due to being bored by a utopia in the 30th century. Forging a galaxies-wide, centuries-spanning empire by his tactical genius, Kang routinely returns to the 20th century to engage the Avengers, repeatedly outsmarting them and always [[NearVillainVictory coming close to ultimate victory]]. Combining an insatiable drive to conquer with an odd sense of honor, Kang often fails solely due to future versions of himself interfering. At one point, Kang even manages to divest his destiny from his future self and forms a council consisting of alternate Kangs, only to completely outwit and destroy them. In ''ComicBook/TheKangDynasty'', Kang razes Washington DC and masterminds a near complete take over of earth, planning even in defeat to leave his empire to his son Marcus, before being forced to kill Marcus for his betrayal when Marcus rescues him. Kang repeatedly shows he is one of the Avengers' most resilient and dangerous enemies, stopping at nothing until all he can imagine falls under his dominion.

** Sergei Kravinoff, aka Kraven the Hunter, is one of Spider-Man's oldest and most honorable foes. Starting as a hunter in Africa, Kraven moved on to a [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame far more dangerous prey]] in Spider-Man. After failing numerous times Kraven decided to go on [[ComicBook/KravensLastHunt one last hunt]], burying Spider-Man alive and impersonating him in order to prove himself superior. Content with his success, [[DrivenToSuicide Kraven kills himself]] in order to die with honor. Years later Kraven was [[UnwantedRevival unwillingly revived]] by his family and cursed so that "only the Spider can kill [him]" and killed most of his family for revenge. After cloning himself to get an heir, Kraven set up his [[ComicBook/{{Hunted}} grandest hunt yet]], having animal themed villains hunted by big game hunters in Central Park. Abhorring both sides, Kraven intends for all of them to die and forces Spider-Man to nearly kill the Lizard to save Black Cat and almost succeeds in getting killed by him. When Spider-Man makes him [[HeelRealization realize the error of his ways]], Kraven frees everyone from the park, then dons Spider-Man's outfit in order to trick his son into killing him permanently, leaving a note so his son will carry on his legacy.
** Roderick Kingsley was a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive ruthless businessman]] who built an empire out of the fashion industry with unscrupulous practices. Discovering the lair of the [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Green Goblin]], Kingsley decided to build the identity of the [[Characters/SpiderManGoblins Hobgoblin]], remaining concealed the whole while. Creating a [[TheSyndicate new criminal empire]], he used criminal Lefty Donovan the Hobgoblin to test the effectiveness of the Goblin formula and then eliminated him when [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he'd served his purposes]]. Kingsley also brainwashed reporter Ned Leeds into thinking he was the Hobgoblin to use him as a cover, eventually getting Leeds killed while he skipped away free and clear. Returning to murder the fourth Hobgoblin, Jason Macendale, for bringing undue scrutiny upon him, he then manipulated the Green Goblin into attacking him so he could escape prison and then begins leasing the identities and costumes of minor supervillains to others in order to take a cut of the profits. A criminal genius long before he donned the mask, Kingsley repeatedly shows why he is one of Spider-Man's most intelligent enemies.

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'': Frank Castle, [[Characters/ThePunisherMAXThePunisher The Punisher]], has waged a one man war on crime for decades as a way to punish both the guilty and himself. At one point, Frank even gets himself arrested and sent to Riker's Island, just so he can put into play a scheme to murder the men who killed his family. Constantly demonstrating a wicked intelligence, Frank constantly manipulates criminals into traps and [[OutGambitted Out-Gambits]] others who try to get the best of him, before finishing his enemies off, not afraid to expose himself to injury, torture or death in the process. Even when faced with the unexpected, Frank is constantly able to rebound and get the better of his enemies, often tolerated by the police for his inflexible moral standards even as he leaves a [[PayEvilUntoEvil mountain of guilty corpses behind him]]. In the final arc, Frank goes against ComicBook/TheKingpin himself, who now owns the criminal underworld of New York, deprived of much of his own former assets, and ends up completely destroying his operation before finishing him off, remarking only "Your city, my world."
* ''ComicBook/SpiderManSpidersShadow'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin Wilson Fisk]], aka the Kingpin, is a crime lord who managed to run a successful criminal enterprise in spite of interference from the vigilante [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]]. Although fearful for his life as Spider-Man [[GainingTheWillToKill begins murdering criminals]] under the influence of [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} a symbiote masquerading as his new black suit]], Kingpin retains a level head and hires Shocker and Scorpion to investigate, indeed confirming that Spider-Man had become a killer. [[SpottingTheThread Deducing Spider-Man's identity as Peter Parker]], Kingpin [[FaceDeathWithDignity refuses to show fear or anger]] and calmly prepares to be killed at the web-slinger's hands, having [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning prepared a contingency]] in the form of releasing Parker's identity to the public, ensuring that he would have a target on his back in or out of costume. Surviving Spider-Man's assault, [[DentedIron albeit with his face badly maimed]], Kingpin waits out the symbiote's attack on New York, dead set on getting his revenge on Spider-Man in spite of his ailing health and poised to do so upon acquiring a symbiote that survived the attack.
* ''ComicBook/{{Venomverse}}'': [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Venompool]] proves to be one of the most competent members of the Resistance in spite of his madness and penchant for dark jokes. Hired to investigate a scientist experimenting with parasitic tapeworms on his world, Wade bonds with the Venom symbiote to gain the upper hand against the rampant parasites, killing them all before being drafted into the war against the [[TheAssimilator Poisons]]. Noting that the Poison that consumed Spider-Man still bore vestiges of his consciousness, Venompool allows himself to be assimilated, sacrificing his symbiote and [[InsanityImmunity banking on his "special brand of crazy"]] to [[HijackingCthulhu create a Poison Deadpool with his mind intact]]. Acting as a double agent within the Hive, Deadpool reveals the location of their base to the Resistance, allowing them to infiltrate the Poisons' ship to rescue Doctor Strange. Fighting alongside ComicBook/{{Carnage}} to buy time for the Resistance, Deadpool accepts his fate when it becomes clear that he and Cletus would be left for dead, honorably telling him that there would be no one he'd rather die with as the ship explodes.

** ''Doom Became Sorcerer Supreme'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] is once again depicted as a brilliant and [[DiabolicalMastermind charismatic mastermind]]. He comes under the tutelage of the Ancient One to become this reality's version of the Sorcerer Supreme. Doom is so CrazyPrepared that he predicts a murder attempt by Baron Mordo and instead turns him into his mind-controlled servant. Doom and the Ancient One outwit Mephisto to save the soul of Doom's beloved mother. When Dormmamu invades, Doom responds by sending him to New York, where he knows [[LetsYouAndHimFight the resident heroes can hold him off]] while he has the Fantastic Four discreetly get a stone that can be used to banish him. Defeating Dormmamu [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his life]], Doom reveals he's even prepared for this and has his Doombots kidnap the innocent Dr Strange and overwrite his mind with that of Doom. A brilliant and analytical mastermind, Doom ultimately wins and gains the power of the Sorceror Supreme for eternity.

* ComicBook/{{Magneto}} himself is a [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Holocaust]] survivor who is hellbent on seeing that no such evil ever befalls the mutants. Becoming a terrorist, Magneto manipulates his followers, allies and enemies alike, constantly waging war to [[WellIntentionedExtremist better the lot of mutantkind]], even against his best friend [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]]. At one point Magneto even blackmails the world with nuclear weapons to set up a home for Mutants, and even foiled ComicBook/{{Doctor Doom}}'s attempts at domination at another point. Deciding to protect the world and mutants in his own way, Magneto has returned countless times to commit acts he admits are unscrupulous, but necessary, constantly keeping himself from slipping too far into true evil while protecting his people from all threats.

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* ComicBook/{{Loki}} himself, [[Characters/TheMightyThorTheCharacter Thor's]] [[CainAndAbel wicked younger brother]], is the [[TheTrickster God of Mischief]] and frequently forms schemes to embarrass or damage Thor and Asgard itself, which he has repeatedly taken over in some gambit or another. It is later revealed Loki even used time travel to arrange his own adoption at the hands of Odin, murdering his own abusive biological father Laufey, in a clever gambit to get revenge against Asgard in the future. Even when killed, Loki arranges to bring back his younger self and takes him over to return, simultaneously one of Thor's deadliest enemies and beloved brother, rarely lost for his charming smile and a backup plan, who defends Asgard and its people as much as he threatens it.