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    Adam II 

Adam II

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Notable Aliases: Adam III, William Naslund III, impersonated Captain America

First Appearance: What If? #4 (August, 1977)

"The time has come for humans to cede their place in the world to machines!"

The original Human Torch's nasty little brother. Another attempt by Professor Phineas Horton to make a synthetic man, Adam II turned out to be much less noble than Jim, coming up with an insane plan to take over the world by replacing politicians with robot duplicates. He was thwarted, and apparently destroyed, but not before one of his androids killed William Naslund.


  • Amazing Technicolor Population: His skin is bright red.
  • Arc Welding: Marvel Comics #1000 reveals his origin is tied to the Enclave, the people who created Adam Warlock, who may or may not have had a hand in the way he turned out.
  • Costume Copycat: As Adam III, he started wearing a replica of Cap's costume.
  • Crazy-Prepared: In his return in 2012, it turned out he'd made several Ridiculously Human Robots, and had them infiltrate the US government to facilitate his eventual return, including one convinced he was the grandson of William Naslund.
  • Evil Is Petty: It takes a special kind of dickery to create a robot convinced they're a whole other person, just for the sole purpose of one day taking over their body and using it to murder people.
  • High Collar of Doom: His outfit (see right) had a very high popped collar.
  • Meaningful Rename: The resurrected version Cap briefly tangled with in 2012 renamed himself Adam-III.
  • Robotic Psychopath: Chronologically predating Marvel's premier robo-nut Ultron by a good several decades.

    Adonis 

Adonis

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Alter Ego: Eric Cameron

First Appearance: Captain America #243 (March, 1980)

Adonis is a deformed monstrosity that battled Captain America.


  • Body Horror: His body looks melted and has a very prominent hunchback.
  • Ironic Name: A hideous guy named after an incredibly handsome person from Greek mythology.
  • Killed Off for Real: Captain America knocked him into a construction vehicle, which fell into a lake and electrocuted him.
  • Two First Names: Eric and Cameron can both be used as first names.

    Aleksander Lukin 

Aleksander Lukin

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Notable Aliases: Alek, General Lukin, Herr Skull, Red Skull

First Appearance: Captain America Vol 5 #1 (November, 2004)

"Death is a weighty thing, Comrade Foreigner. Murder doubly so."

An ex-Soviet general turned businessman who orchestrated the death of Red Skull.


    Americop 

Americop

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Alter Ego: Bartholomew "Bart" Gallows

First Appearance: Captain America #428 (April, 1994)

" You have the right to remain silent—forever."

Disillusioned at the law's inability to protect society from the lawless, Houston police officer Bart Gallows resigned from the force and became America's self-appointed top law-enforcement official: Americop.


  • The Blank: Wears a featureless Kevlar face mask.
  • Cool Car: His pick-up truck has a roof-mounted lightbar, police siren, public address system, and bulletproof armor and windows.
  • Everyone Has Standards: He interrupts a bunch of teenagers attacking two gay kids. Given everything he's done so far, you might expect Americop to attack the victims as well, but he leaves them entirely alone.
  • In the Blood: The Punisher of 2099, Jake Gallows, is his descendant. And it shows.
  • Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Believing himself to be the future of law enforcement, Americop traversed the nation, monitoring police scanners and meting out justice to those he deemed perpetrators, acting as judge, jury and, more often than not, executioner.
  • Knight Templar: Believing himself to be the future of law enforcement, Americop traversed the nation, monitoring police scanners and meting out justice to those he deemed perpetrators, acting as judge, jury and, more often than not, executioner.
  • Lawman Baton: Carries a nightstick as one of his primary weapons.
  • Sanity Slippage: Gallows was not terribly sane to begin with. His reappearance in a Thunderbolts one-shot in 2007 has him even more unhinged.
  • Vigilante Man: Believing himself to be the future of law enforcement, Americop traversed the nation, monitoring police scanners and meting out justice to those he deemed perpetrators, acting as judge, jury and, more often than not, executioner.
  • Weaponized Headgear: Wears a customized cap which doubles as a throwing weapon.

    Ameridroid 

Ameridroid

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Alter Ego: Lyle Dekker

Notable Aliases: General Dekker

First Appearance: Captain America #218 (February, 1978)

"You remember me, don't you, Rogers?! My new friend told me it was you! You stole my dream!"

The Ameridroid is a twenty foot tall android in the form of Captain America, inhabited by the mind of self-loathing former Nazi spy and scientist. Ameridroid has the abilities of Captain America amplified to be proportional to its size.


  • Being Evil Sucks: Dekker transferred his mind into the Ameridroid in a rash decision driven by several humiliating defeats, only to immediately regret his actions as he was now trapped in a 20-foot tall body and could never again live a normal life. Cap talked him down and convinced him to try starting anew, but then he was captured by the Red Skull and brainwashed so that Cap's message forcibly became an Ignored Epiphany. Then he was Red Skull's Giant Mook until by sheer chance he was reverted to his original human body... and then promptly shot dead.
  • Evil Is Bigger: Well yes, he's 20ft tall.
  • Heel–Face Door-Slam: Just as he has recovered his body and intends to atone for his past actions, he's shot dead by Codename: Bravo for his past actions as a Nazi.
  • Nonindicative Name: He's not actually a giant Captain America robot as the name implies, but rather a man inhabiting a giant Captain America robot. "Amberiborg" would have been a more appropriate moniker but the distinction between robots and cyborgs presumably wasn't as defined in 1978.
  • Those Wacky Nazis: Originally he was an inept Nazi spy tasked by the Red Sull with undermining pro-Cap propaganda films.

    Anti-Cap 

Anti-Cap

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Alter Ego: Unknown

Notable Aiases: Captain America, Super-Sailor, Major America

First Appearance: Captain America and the Falcon #1 (March, 2004)

The life of the youth who became the Anti-Cap changed forever at age 13, when his girlfriend was killed in an attack on the U.S., instilling in him a deep hatred of terrorism. Five years later, his application to the navy was rejected. He was instead selected by Admiral Jimmy Westbrook for an Office of Naval Intelligence (O.N.I.) program to create an enhanced operative. After six months of failure, he underwent Protocol Six, whereby a device grafted to his spine regulated his reflexes and reactions, stimulating his muscles and accelerating his recovery from injury. The device further controlled a "super-steroid," acetovaxidol (AVX), which enabled his body to adjust to the changes. As an O.N.I. operative, the youth spent the next year and a half performing covert operations in the Middle East. He eventually went rogue for reasons unrevealed.


  • Cooperation Gambit: He cooperated with Cap's ally the Falcon, who helped him fake his death in exchange for working with him on black ops missions the real Cap would object to.
  • Dark Is Evil: He wore a black variant of Cap's suit and was mostly portrayed as an antagonist.
  • Evil Counterpart: To Cap in terms of physical abilities and costume, and to Bucky in terms of a violent Cap protege gone wayward.
  • Healing Factor: If injured, he is capable of recovering from mild injuries in 1/3rd the time it would take an ordinary human.
  • I Die Free: Chose to let himself be hit by a train rather than be captured and taken into the government's custody again.
  • Interservice Rivalry: One of the main distinctions between him and Cap is that while Cap was a product of the U.S. Army, Anti-Cap was produced by the U.S. Navy.
  • Killed Off for Real: As mentioned above, he chose to accept death by incoming train. While his healing factor could theoretically bring him back (the actual Cap has survived much more punishment), the chances of his return are very slim from a narrative standpoint since the actualy Bucky has since been resurrected.
  • Mistaken Identity: Cap harbored suspicions that Anti-Cap was actually his former partner Bucky resurrected. Ironically, the actualy Bucky was resurrected (or rather to have been alive all along as the Winter Soldier) very shortly after Anti-Cap's death.
  • Poisonous Captive: Cap captured him the first time they fought and held him prisoner to keep him from being executed by the government. He spent that time mostly taunting Cap with Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!-style arguments.
  • Rank Up: In an alternate timeline created by Superia he officially became Captain America's successor and was rebranded as Major America.
  • Sucksessor: He was the latest in a long line of intended successors to Captain America and while the experiment did succeed in granting him Cap's abilities, he required regular AVX patches like a nicotine addict to keep his body stable. After being captured and held prisoner by Cap, his body began to break down.
  • Super-Soldier: Anti-Cap was a Navy cadet who participated in an experiment to boost his human abilities in an attempt to create an active Super Soldier for the Navy.
  • Super-Strength: After undergoing the original experiment, his strength was increased to superhuman levels sufficient to lift approximately 2 tons.
  • Super-Toughness: His skin is as hard as titanium steel and his muscle and bone tissues are considerably denser than the tissues of an ordinary human, granting him much greater resistance to physical injury than an ordinary human.
  • The Unfettered: He was much more cavailer about things like kidnapping and killing enemy soldiers than the real Cap, though he did still have lines he wouldn't cross.
  • Tragic Villain: He was just one of thousands of well-meaning American boys who signed up for the military after 9-11 and even after going off the rails, his actions were always motivated by a desire to serve his country.
  • Unskilled, but Strong: He doesn't have a tenth of Cap's experience or decades of combat training, but he did defeat the original on two separate occasions due to his raw strength advantage.

    Armadillo 

Armadillo

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Alter Ego: Antonio Rodriguez

First Appearance: Captain America #308 (August, 1985)

Antonio Rodriguez was a small-time crook and had a short stay in a federal penitentiary. When he returned home, Antonio found his wife Bonita had fallen ill. After numerous attempts to treat her, their savings began to run out and some doctors refused to see her. Antonio refused to accept that and sought out help from an experimental medical scientist named Dr. Karl Malus. Malus agreed to cure his wife but Antonio told him that they had no more money and had no way to pay him. Malus told Antonio that he could pay for his wife's treatment by working for him. Antonio agreed to become a test subject for a process called gene-splicing and when he woke up, Malus had changed him into a human armadillo. After an initial battle with Captain America, in which Cap showed sympathy for Antonio's predicament, his wife Bonita was cured. However, the process which initially changed Antonio proved to be irreversible, severely limiting his future possibilities. With few avenues for work available, he returned to a life of crime.


  • Art Evolution: Started out looking like a giant armadillo. Became much more humanoid in later appearances, with longer arms and legs, a flatter nose, and a straighter back.
  • Beast Man: He is part armadillo.
  • Be the Ball: A non-comedic example when he had Chained Heat with Tiger Shark. He was knocked unconscious during a fight with the New Warriors and curled up into an armored ball. Tiger Shark swung him around like an Epic Flail, but was still defeated.
  • Butt-Monkey: His life has been so crappy even Spider-Man would probably feel bad for him. From nearly bankrupting himself trying to get medical treatment for his sick wife to being turned into a Beast Man and forced to work for the Mad Scientist who could cure his wife to getting beat up by Captain America to having his cured wife two-time him and spending the money he made wrestling other super-powered people for a living to trying to commit suicide after he learned about his wife's affair and failing (while lamenting he couldn't even commit suicide right) to being reduced to a homeless panhandler after his wrestling trainers fired him to nearly being blown up by the Punisher to being forced back into crime when he was desperate to become human again and to get out of crime.
  • Driven to Suicide: What his initial rampage when he found out about Bonita's affair led to; he attempted suicide by jumping off the Empire State Building. He survived.
  • Epic Flail: Tiger Shark used him as one when they had Chained Heat.
  • The Heavy: Has been able to hold Thor at bay on occasion.
  • Heel–Face Turn: During the Fifty-State Initiative, he served on the Texas sanctioned super hero team. After the Initiative was disbanded, he returned to crime.
  • I Just Want to Be Normal: He'd love nothing more than to lose his powers and get out of crime altogether. Unfortunately, he's had no luck.
  • Nigh-Invulnerable: He's so heavily armored that when he tried to kill himself by jumping off the Empire State Building, he survived with broken bones. He can pretty much No-Sell the attacks of most heroes who aren't super-strong themselves. Notably, Captain America only beat him by maneuvering him into being captured by one of Avengers Mansion's defensive traps.
  • Punch-Clock Villain: Only in it for the money, and because there isn't much honest work for a giant armadillo man. On the occasions where he is paid for heroic services, he takes it.
  • Rolling Attack: Well, he is an armadillo.
  • Super-Strength: He can lift approximately 25 tons.
  • Top-Heavy Guy: Has rather stumpy legs for his size, especially in his first appearance where he is much more like a real armadillo.
  • Tragic Villain: He's tried to put his criminal past behind him repeatedly and get turned back to normal, but he's had no luck at all. He only became a villain in the first place because he was desperate to help his sick wife.

    Blackwing 

Blackwing

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Alter Ego: Joseph Manfredi

Notable Aliases: Guiseppi Menfredi, Joe Silvermane

First Appearance: Daredevil #118 (February, 1975)

Blackwing is the son of the crime lord Silvermane and member of the Circus of Crime, Masters of Evil, Skeleton Crew and many others criminal organizations.


  • Badass Normal: Has no actual superpowers but takes on superpowered opponents, and holds his own in the Masters of Evil.
  • Bat Out of Hell: Blackwing is an expert trainer of bats, with which he has a highly developed empathic rapport. He has a number of specially mutated bats bred for abnormal strength, size, and intelligence.
  • The Beastmaster: He's a former animal trainer but mainly uses bats in his crimes.
  • Bond Creatures: The bats themselves.
  • Clothes Make the Superman: His gives him armor and short-term flight.
  • Color Character: Despite his costume not being all that black.
  • Expy: When Blackwing joined the Masters of Evil, Kurt Busiek seemingly noticed his similitude to Batman and ran with it.
  • Heterosexual Life-Partners: With the second Jack O'Lantern.
  • Overlord Jr.: His father is the minor Spider-Man villain Silvermane.

    Blue Streak 

Blue Streak I

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Alter Ego: Don Thomas

Notable Aliases: Blue Boy

First Appearance: Captain America #217 (January, 1978)

"Cappy, you ain't long for this world!"

Blue Streak was a long-time enemy of Captain America's until he was killed by the Scourge of the Underworld.


  • Color Character: Blue Streak.
  • Killed Off for Real: He was among the many criminals killed by the Scourge of the Underworld. He would be revived by The Hood several years later, only to be killed by the Punisher's associate Henry Russo.
  • Rollerblade Good: He was originally a disco skater before he was drafted into SHIELD, turning to crime later and becoming an enemy of Captain America.

Blue Streak II

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Alter Ego: Jonathan Swift

First Appearance: Heroes for Hire Vol 2 #3 (December, 2006)

Jonathan Swift was the second Blue Streak who fought the Heroes for Hire.


  • Jobber: Stories by Al Ewing have him frequently show up to be a small-time nuisance for a few pages.
  • Large Ham: Embraces and revels in being over-the-top loud and obnoxious as he commits crime.
  • Legacy Character: Took over the identity after the death of the first Blue Streak.
  • Quirky Miniboss Squad: Come Captain America and the Mighty Avengers, he's founded a small gang of fellow speed-color themed villains, the Fast Five.
  • Rogues' Gallery Transplant: He bounces around, having bothered the Heroes for Hire, the Avengers, Jane Foster (as Valkyrie), Spidey, Ironheart, Elektra and Moon Knight.
  • Steven Ulysses Per Hero: A man whose last name is Swift.

    Constrictor 

Constrictor

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Alter Ego: Frank Payne

Notable Aliases: Frank Schlichting, Con Man

First Appearance: Incredible Hulk #212 (June, 1977)

" 'Manhandling?!' Are you serious? I'm a hired assassin. He's lucky he's getting away with a manhandling."

S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Frank Payne was assigned to become an undercover costumed supervillain to infiltrate the Corporation, a national crime syndicate organized like a legitimate business. Given a pair of electrically charged whips and the codename of the Constrictor, Payne infiltrated the group only to suffer a nervous breakdown and become a costumed assassin for real. Serving under the Corporation and fighting the Hulk, the Constrictor would later become an independent costumed mercenary, fighting a wide variety of heroes in the process.


  • An Arm and a Leg: His lost his arms to the mad clone KIA. The Initiative at least gave him some artificial limbs to replace them.
  • Becoming the Mask: He started out as a spy for S.H.I.E.L.D. who took on a supervillain identity as his cover. Then he became a supervillain for real.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Refused to attack Mania due to her being a teenager.
    Constrictor: (to Jack O'Lantern) Second of all, I may be a bad guy, but I ain't gonna hurt a kid. And I won't let you do it, either.
  • Heel–Face Revolving Door: First he was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, then a mercenary, then a trainer for the Initiative, and now he's back to being a mercenary.
  • Legion of Doom: Subverted when he was invited to join the Serpent Society, a collection of snake-themed supervillains, and refused. He would later be attacked by the organization for ratting them out to Captain America.
  • Lightning Lash: His primary weapons are his electrically charged vibranium whips, which he uses to lash and entangle his enemies. They're also electrically charged for an additional bit of pain.
  • Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Started out fighting the Hulk, then moved to become one of Captain America's long-running dance partners. He assisted Justin Hammer's various campaigns against Iron Man in exchange for upgrades and legal protection. He's also tangled with Iron Fist, Hercules, the Thing, and Spider-Man.
  • Shock and Awe: His vibranium coils are electrically charged, which makes them extremely dangerous in combat.

    Cowled Commander 

Cowled Commander

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Alter Ego: Sgt. Brian Muldoon

Notable Aliases: The Man with No Identity

First Appearance: Captain America #139 (July, 1971)

This New York City police Sergeant turned to a life of crime. Taking command of a large group of super-villains and assuming the guise of the hooded "Cowled Commander", he became fascinated with destroying Captain America. He hired the Manipulator android to kill the hero.


  • Dirty Cop: A police sergeant who became a super-villain.
  • Secondary Color Nemesis: His cloak is purple and appears to be dressed in green and orange beneath it.

    Diamond Head 
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Notable Aliases: Rocky the Lynx

First Appearance: Captain America #126 (June, 1970)

Diamond Head is the leader of the Diamond Heads. A criminal organization in Harlem who oppose the Falcon and Captain America.


  • Cool Mask: His mask that gives him his nickname.
  • One-Steve Limit: His codename is almost the same as Diamondhead, an enemy of Nova who has also fought against Spider-Man.

    Doctor Mindbubble 

Doctor Mindbubble

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Alter Ego: Horace Littleton

Notable Aliases: The Psychedelic super-solider

First Appearance: Captain America Vol 7 #15 (January, 2014)

Horace Littleton was a scientist for the Weapon Plus program in The '60s, and eventually developed a LSD/Super Soldier Serum hybrid. However, Littleton's project had lost funding as well as test subjects so, Littleton injected the serum into himself. He wears a bowler hat covering a glass pipe coming out of the front of his head. The pipe creates large bubbles, which, engulfing the head of a person, causes them to enter a mind-altering state in which Horace can control their every action...until the chemicals kill them.


  • Affably Evil: As Winter Soldier: the Bitter March shows, he was friendly pre Face–Heel Turn, and it stuck even after his morality shift — he comes off as openly jovial, even while murdering droves of SHIELD agents.
  • Became Their Own Antithesis: In Hail Hydra!, he, alongside Ran, are superhuman enforcers of a fascist regime.
  • Chekhov's Gun: He appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment as a statue during Rick Remender's run on X-Force, in a line-up of statues of figures who were related to the Weapon X program. He is at the front of the line, as he was Weapon -1. It would be another five years until he was introduced in the flesh.
  • Cloud Cuckoo Lander: The impression most have on first meeting him. It's an act.
  • Dastardly Dapper Derby: His hat.
  • Disney Acid Sequence: He weaponized it with his "super LSD bubbles", which basically put victims into an ultimately fatal "super-high" LSD-influenced trance state.
  • The Dragon: To Ran Shen a.k.a. the Iron Nail.
  • Evil Counterpart: While both are evil, he serves as one for Daredevil and occasional Captain America villain, Nuke.
    • Nuke was given an incomplete version of the Super Soldier Serum along with body modifications, as was Mindbubble.
    • Whereas Nuke was a representation of the pro-war movement of the late 1960's, Mindbubble is a villainous take on the anti-war, free-love movement of the same time period.
  • Two Decades Behind: Justified since he's been locked away in a vault since the 1970's.
  • Villainous Friendship: His and Ran's friendship is something else that survives their respective Face Heel Turns.
  • Weaponized Headgear: Not the hat itself, but the pipe which it covers. It's plugged into his brain, and the bubbles he produces are basically made from his own cerebrospinal fluid, which is tainted with the Incomplete Super-Soldier Serum-LSD hybrid formula he injected himself with.

    Doughboy 

Doughboy

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First Appearance: Captain America #209 (May, 1977)

Doughboy was created by Arnim Zola and obeys his every command.


    Dredmund the Druid 

Dredmund the Druid

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Alter Ego: Dredmund Cromwell

Notable Aliases: Druid, Starwolf

First Appearance: Strange Tales #144 (May, 1966)

"Where's your mockery now, Captain ... Now that you're about to die!"

A mystical entity whom fought with Captain America and Doctor Strange on more than one occasion.


  • Arc Villain: For "Man and Wolf".
  • Evil Luddite: His motivation in "Man and Wolf" is to turn humanity back to a simpler time. Also, make them into werewolves while he's at it. In case it wasn't clear this guy isn't playing with a full deck...
  • Godhood Seeker: His reappearance in the 90s has him trying to use the Moonstone to become one. Nearly succeeded, too.
  • Horns of Villainy: His mask comes with some prominent bull horns.
  • Physical God: Becomes one on using the Moonstone to become the Starwolf.
  • Purple Is Powerful: His entire outfit is purple.

    Hate-Monger 

Hate-Monger

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Alter Ego: Adolf Hitler (Clone)

Notable Aliases: The Führer, Nazi "X", Edmund Heidler, Adam Hauser

First Appearance: Fantastic Four #21 (December, 1963)

"We must drive all the foreigners back where they came from! We must show no mercy to those we hate!"

Hate-Monger is the name adopted by Adolf Hitler's consciousness throughout multiple cloned bodies. Armed with a gun that controls hatred, he wishes to plunge the world into racial purging. Hate-Monger has died several times, but his consciousness has always transferred itself to other bodies prolonging his existence.


  • Hate Plague: His original M.O. was to spread bigotry and aggression with his "Hate-Ray" and would usually direct people's hatred towards minorities. He eventually turns himself into an ethereal hate plague to spread his evil ideals.
  • Historical Domain Character: He's none other than Adolf Hitler himself, having placed his consciousness in clones.
  • In the Hood: Wears an outfit that makes him look like a member of the Klan, just in purple.
  • The Klan: His hood is obviously based on the Ku Klux Klan.
  • Obviously Evil: Even for a literal clone of Adolf freakin' Hitler, calling yourself the Hate-Monger is pretty gauche.
  • Politically Incorrect Villain: Currently, the trope picture; then again, this is to be expected when one is freakin' Hitler, wearing KKK robes and hood on top of that.
  • Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes glow red underneath the cowl.
  • Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Although originally a Fantastic Four foe, Hate-Monger inevitably crossed paths with Captain America and has become more associated with him due to their clashing ideals. Even if it's just a clone, you can't expect to keep Steve Rogers' fist away from Hitler's face for long.
  • Secondary Color Nemesis: His well-known Klan-like outfit is purple.
  • Those Wacky Nazis: He's a clone with the mind of Adolf Hitler, so of course he's one.
  • Villainous Legacy: Hate-Monger is more of a symbol than a character. Many other individuals have taken up his moniker and purple hood to spread racism, bigotry and hatred, proving that anyone can become a mouthpiece for hate.
  • You Cloned Hitler!: One of the earliest and most notorious examples, thanks to Arnim Zola creating several clone bodies to transfer Hitler's evil essence into. He's even gotten Hitler's consciousness imbedded in his brain just to ensure that he wouldn't divert from his genetic predecessor's ideology.

    Heat-Ray 

Heat-Ray

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Alter Ego: Fredric Woolrich

Notable Aliases: Blockbuster

First Appearance: Captain America #258 (June, 1981)

Heat-Ray is an original member of the Fangs.


  • Expy: Can be seen as one for Batman's villain Firefly, being a mercenary with a Powered Armor and a flamethrower. Firefly debuted over thirty years before Heat-Ray, though.
  • Fire-Breathing Weapon: The suit was equipped with a flame shooter on his right wrist and his left wrist could fire a force beam.
  • Powered Armor: Heat-Ray wore an armored fire suit designed and created by Justin Hammer. This suit granted Heat-Ray enhanced strength, durability and resistance to extreme heat.

    Iron Nail 

Iron Nail

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Alter Ego: Ran Shen

Notable Aliases: Iron Nail of the Nian

First Appearance: Captain America Vol 7 #12 (October, 2013)

The son of Chinese immigrant parents, Ran Shen was an American patriot who swore to his father (who had been crippled by strike breakers) that he would fight for the American dream. Shen responded by becoming one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s greatest agents, and by 1966, he was competing with Nick Fury himself for the position of best Agent of the organization.


  • Badass Normal: Prior to his Face–Heel Turn, as shown in The Bitter March - there's a reason that he and Fury were vying for the position of best Agent at S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Face–Heel Turn: In 1966, depicted at the end of The Bitter March miniseries. Throughout, he's shown to be increasingly disillusioned about the righteousness of his mission, of the value of the American Dream, and developing a sympathy for Communist ideas (properly executed). The tipping point comes at the end as a result of the death of Mila Hitzig (the brains behind the Alchemy Formula, which S.H.I.E.L.D., HYDRA, and the Red Room had all been fighting over, and who wanted to find somewhere she could use it to do some good) and 'James' a.k.a. the Winter Soldier, who'd been shocked out of his brainwashing (though a lot of his memories were still missing) and helped Shen rescue Mila, before concocting a plan to pretend to take her in, before betraying the Red Room and getting Mila somewhere safe before going on a Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
  • He Who Fights Monsters: Once, he was a heroic SHIELD Agent with understandable issues with certain policies. He becomes a vengeful monster who'll slaughter countries, turn people into living bombs, and unleash epic scale horror just to shame his enemies.
  • Heroic BSoD: At the end of The Bitter March. His superiors are oblivious, both to this and to the fact that it triggers his Face–Heel Turn.
  • Humanoid Abomination: He's an immortal humanoid dragon... thing.
  • Lost Lenore: Dr Mila Hitzig, creator of the Alchemy Formula. They'd planned to run away together, and Bucky was going to facilitate that by pretending to take her into Red Room custody, before releasing her. Fury, who was Locked Out of the Loop, fell back on his second set of orders (if you can't bring her in, don't let anyone else take her) and shot down her helicopter, before a helpless Shen's eyes. Her name is among his last words.
  • Man of Kryptonite: He can neutralize the Infinity Formula and the Super Soldier Formula.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Plays Nuke, Steve, and Sam like a fiddle as part of his grand scheme to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. and shame the US in the eyes of the world.
  • Oh, Crap!: His perfectly reasonable reaction to the appearance of the Winter Soldier during The Bitter March.
  • Tragic Villain: Honestly, you can see why he turned against SHIELD. His later actions as the Iron Nail lose him most of that sympathy, however.
  • Villainous Friendship: With Horace Littleton, one that goes back to their days at S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Jack O'Lantern 

Jack O'Lantern

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Notable Aliases: Jack

First Appearance: Venom Vol 2 #1

(March, 2011)

A sadistic mercenary abducted as a kid by Crime-Master who raised him to be a stone-cold killer. He assumed the persona of Jack O'Lantern after killing all of the people who previously used this name.


See Venom: Rogues Gallery for more information

    King Arthur 
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Alter Ego: Arthur (full name unrevealed)

Notable Aliases:

First Appearance:

Former wrestler turned criminal named after King Arthur.


    Kingpin 

The Kingpin

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Alter Ego: Wilson Fisk

Notable Aliases: The Brainwasher, Citizen Fisk

First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol 1) #50 (July, 1967)

"If you asked this city, this country even, who it trusted more — Wilson Fisk or Steve Rogers? What do you think they'd say?"
Growing up poor and bullied, Wilson Fisk drove himself to become stronger, more powerful, and more ruthless than everyone around him, eventually becoming deeply involved in organised crime. Initially working as an enforcer for Don Rigoletto, Fisk eventually murdered his boss and seized control of his criminal empire. The Kingpin first came into conflict with Captain America after losing his power base: Forced out of New York by the Maggia, Kingpin had become "Manager of Economic Operations" for the Las Vegas chapter of HYDRA. After returning to New York and regaining his empire, Kingpin focused on more Pragmatic Villainy, investing his illegal gains in legitimate businesses. Although Fisk's public image as a "pillar of the community" took a hit after Cap exposed his connection to the Super Serum enhanced terrorist Nuke, Fisk was eventually able to recover his fortunes and become elected Mayor of New York.
See Marvel Comics: The Kingpin for more information

    Left-Winger and Right-Winger 

Left-Winger and Right-Winger

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Alter Ego: Hector Lennox (Left-Winger), Jerome Johnson (Right-Winger)
Debut: Captain America #321 (Nov. 1986)

Once friends of John Walker, Hector Lennox and Jerome Johnson both underwent the same Power Broker process as he did, becoming his partners as the Bold Urban Commandoes. When John was made Captain America, Hector and Jerome were denied the opportunity to work with him due to their backgrounds, and blamed John for this, leading them to unveil his identity on live television.


  • Did Not Think This Through: Yeah, expose a man's identity on television, be surprised when there's negative consequences and the guy blames you for it.
  • Driven to Suicide: They survived John trying to murder them, but their injuries were so severe they decided to commit suicide anyway.
  • Dumb Muscle: Neither Hector nor Jerome are what might be called great thinkers. The plan to expose John wasn't even their idea, but their agent Jerome Thurme.
  • False Flag Operation: As John's "Buckies", they went around making trouble so John could look good as the Super-Patriot.
  • Kill It with Fire: John's Sanity Slippage induced attack on them ends with him setting the two on fire. It didn't kill them, as he initially thought.
  • Misplaced Retribution: For once, John Walker gets blamed for something that isn't anything to do with him. The CSA rejected Hector and Jerome because they failed a background check, but they still blame John regardless.
  • Non-Indicative Name: Left-Winger is no way left-wing.
  • Politically Incorrect Villain: As the "Buckies", they committed racist attacks on foreign students.

    Living Laser 

Living Laser

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AKA: Arthur Parks
Debut: Avengers (Vol 1) #34

"The gift I bring is death. And it is only fair that I should be the one to bring it to you... since it was you who killed me!"

Research scientist Arthur Parks went crazy after his girlfriend dumped him for a wealthy banker's son. Deciding that power was the way to get women, Parks created a pair of wrist-mounted laser blasters and became the costumed supervillain the Living Laser. Initially a recurring C-level Avengers enemy with an unhealthy obsession with The Wasp, he eventually became a persistent individual foe of Iron Man. After an accident converted him into living energy, he became one of the most dangerous of Iron Man's enemies.


See Iron Man: Central Rogues Gallery for more information

    Machete 

Machete I

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Alter Ego: Ferdinand Lopez

Notable Aliases: "El Liberador de San Diablo"

First Appearance: Captain America #302 (February, 1985)

Ferdinand Lopez was a revolutionary in his native South American country of San Diablo, but he could not manage to organize a successful revolution. He began working as an international mercenary to get the money for his revolution, considering himself "El Liberador de San Diablo." He joined Batroc's Brigade and Doom's Brigade as a means towards that goal. This led him to fight Captain America and other superheroes.


Machete II

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Alter Ego: Alfonso Lopez

First Appearance: Elektra #7 (May, 1997)

Alfonso Lopez took up the identity of Machete after the death of his brother Ferdinand Lopez. He was also recruited into Batroc's Brigade like his brother. He was inadvertently killed by Kali Vries while being brought in by S.T.A.R.S.. Mariano Lopez then took up the identity to honor both his deceased brothers.


Machete III

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Alter Ego: Mariano Lopez

First Appearance: G.L.A. #2 (July, 2005)

Alfonso Lopez was inadvertently killed by Kali Vries while being brought in by S.T.A.R.S. After his brother's death, Mariano Lopez next took up the identity of Machete. He was then recruited into Batroc's Brigade like his brothers before him.


Machete IV

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First Appearance: Captain America and Iron Man #633 (June, 2012)

At a weapons expo in Madripoor she and her fellow Brigade members fought Iron Man and Captain America. She showed much boldness when she attempted to decapitate Tony Stark.


    The Man with No Face 

No Face

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Alter Ego: Philip Wing

Notable Aliases: The Man with No Face, Hatchet Man

First Appearance: Captain America #77 (July, 1954)

A spy for Communist China who blackmails Chinese-Americans into sending money back to China by threatening their relatives. He later gains intangibility and shadow-manipulation powers.


  • The Bus Came Back: He first appeared in the 1950's and returned in 2008 to fight the Bucky Barnes Captain America.
  • Cain and Abel: His own brother, a Chinese-American police officer, helps William Burnside and Jack Monroe defeat him.
  • Casting a Shadow: One of his powers in his 2008 appearance.
  • Flawed Prototype: He is a failed attempt to recreate the Super Soldier serum. However, it still resulted in him gaining powers and becoming a useful spy.
  • Healing Factor: He has regenerative abilities and heals faster than ordinary humans.
  • In a Single Bound: Due to his Super Srength, Philip can leap several dozen feet.
  • Intangibility: One of his powers in his 2008 appearance.
  • The Needless: Due to genetic manipulation, the Man with No Face did not need to - and could not - eat or sleep.
  • Not Quite Flight: Phillip could float and fly short distances, though whether this was through intangibility or shadow manipulation is unrevealed.
  • Spontaneous Human Combustion: In his 2008 appearance, he and his boss Professor Zhang Chin seek to solve human overpopulation by turning the original Human Torch's cells into a plague that causes this.
  • Super-Strength: He had unspecified enhanced strength, enable to lift several tons, trade punches with the Sub-Mariner, and leap several dozen feet.
  • Super-Toughness: Phillip is more resistant to physical injury than ordinary humans. He can withstand gunfire with no sustain of damage.

    Manipulator 
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Alter Ego:

Notable Aliases:

First Appearance: Avengers #178 (December, 1978)

The Manipulator is the leader of a terrorist group. He has had dealings with the government.


  • Beard of Evil: His mouth and beard are the only parts of his face that aren't covered by his helmet.
  • Robotic Reveal: Turned out to be a robot created by the Machinesmith.

    Minister Blood 

Minister Blood

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Alter Ego: Melvin Scarbo

Notable Aliases: Malachi

First Appearance: Captain America #123 (March, 1970)

Minister Blood is the brother of Mother Night and he was also the instructor for the Sisters of Sin.


    Mister Hyde 

Mister Hyde

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Alter Ego: Calvin Zabo

Notable Aliases: Edward, Jack the Ripper, Edward Hyde

First Appearance: Journey into Mystery #99 (December, 1963)


See The Mighty Thor: Enemies for more information

    Mother Night 

Mother Night

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Alter Ego: Susan Scarbo

Notable Aliases: Suprema

First Appearance: Captain America #123 (March, 1970)

Originally a hypnotist, Susan Scarbo quickly became involved with the Red Skull, both professionally and romantically. Unfortunately, this often meant she was on the receiving end of Red Skull's abuse.


  • Alliterative Name: Susan Scarbo
  • The Bus Came Back: After her first appearance in 1970 as "Suprema", she disappeared for nineteen years, reappearing as Mother Night.
  • Compressed Hair: She keeps an impressive amount of hair under that skullcap of hers.
  • The Corrupter: One scheme has her abducting homeless teenagers en-masse and brainwashing them into a hate cult.
  • Dark Mistress: Many stories with her revolve around her being Red Skull's abused lover.
  • Extreme Doormat: Red Skull once gave her a severe beating after she failed a mission for him and Mother Night begged him to kill her. Red Skull decided it would be more fun to keep her alive, so he could continue to humiliate and abuse her.
  • Mad Love: Is completely in love with the Red Skull, despite his horrible abusive attitude towards her.
  • Martial Pacifist: A villainous version. She was reportedly an expert in karate, but typically went out of her way to avoid physical fights. She also served as a mother figure and mentor to younger female villains (the Sisters of Sin), and she was among the most level-headed minions of the Red Skull.
  • Master of Illusion: Her abilities as a hypnotist allow her to project illusions to confuse her enemies with.
  • Mind Control: Her main ability as a hypnotist.
  • Parental Substitute: After convincing the Red Skull not to kill his own infant daughter, Red Skull tasked Mother Night with raising her as a suitable heir. It's safe to say Mother Night had more of a hand in raising Sin then Red Skull ever did. Not that Sin showed her any gratitude either (of course, Scarbo wasn't much more loving than Skull either).
  • Sexy Slit Dress: As Mother Night, her costume was essentially that type of dress and a cape. Typically emphasizing her shapely legs.
  • Sibling Team: Started off working with her brutish brother Malachi.
  • Villainous Friendship: In 1990s Avengers issues, she developed a quite friendly relationship with Machinesmith, one of her teammates. They co-operated in a long-term scheme that was intended as a surprise gift for the Red Skull.

    Nefarius 

Nefarius

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As Moonstone
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As Nefarius

Alter Ego: Lloyd Bloch

Notable Aliases: Moonstone, Byron Becton

First Appearance: Captain America #169 (January, 1974) note ; Captain America #170 (February, 1974) note ; Captain America #379 (November, 1990) note 

" You don't get it do you Captain? I was stronger than you as Moonstone—and I'm even stronger than that now! I'm as strong as Thor.. Wonder Man .. the Hulk! "

Nefarius, formerly known as Moonstone, is an immensely powerful super-villain and an enemy of the Avengers.


  • Back for the Dead: After not being seen since 1995, he reappeared in 1999 only to be drained of his ionic energy and killed by Nefaria.
  • Fake Ultimate Hero: As Moonstone, he worked for the Secret Empire, intended to take Captain America's place once they took over America. Then they were defeated, and he was exposed.
  • Flying Brick: As Nefarius, he has the standard flying brick powers.
  • High Collar of Doom
  • In a Single Bound: Bloch's Super-Strength extended into the tissues of his legs. He was able to leap considerable distances, at least several miles, in a single bound.
  • Killed Off for Real: Killed by Count Nefaria before he could try to take revenge on Karla Sofen for stealing his powers.
  • Luke, You Are My Father: Claimed to be related to Count Nefaria, hence imitating his costume and powers as Nefarius, but if it's true, Neffy sure as hell didn't give a damn.
  • Power Crystal: As the original Moonstone, he have gravity powers derived from an alien gemstone the Secret Empire found on the Moon. Then a certain Doctor Sofen saw it and decided she really wanted it...
  • Super-Strength: After being mutated by Ionic energy, Bloch's physical strength was increased to vast, yet unknown levels. Whatever the ultimate limit of his strength was, he was capable of lifting well in excess of 100 tons.
  • Super-Toughness: Bloch's fortified body was considerably tougher and more resistant to all forms of physical injury than the body of a normal human. He could withstand high caliber bullets, artillery cannon shells, great impact forces, exposure to temperature and pressure extremes, falls from great heights, and powerful energy beams without sustaining physical injury.

    Nightshade 

Nightshade

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Alter Ego: Tilda Johnson

Notable Aliases: Deadly Nightshade, Doctor Nightshade, Nighthawk

First Appearance: Captain America #164 (August 1973)


    Nuke 

Nuke

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Alter Ego: Frank Simpson

Notable Aliases: Scourge, Weapon VII

First Appearance: Daredevil #232 (July, 1986)

"They'll see now. America doesn't run. America doesn't lose."

A former sergeant in the US Army, Frank Simpson lost what was left of his sanity (already fractured by a traumatic childhood) when he was captured in Vietnam and tortured by a Russian intelligence liaison. After the war, Frank was inducted into the Weapon VII program. The program enhanced his physiology by grafting a bulletproof sub-dermal mesh into skin and giving him a secondary heart that, working in conjunction with some Adrenaline Pills, controlled his aggression, giving him an addiction that would (in theory) make him an effective puppet for his handlers. He eventually became too violent to control, and struck out on his own as a mercenary and terrorist, intent on destroying anyone he perceives to be "enemies of America."


See Daredevil Central Rogues Gallery for more information

    Porcupine 

Porcupine

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Alter Ego: Alexander Gentry

Notable Aliases: Alex, "Porky"

First Appearance: Tales to Astonish #48 (October, 1963)

"If Giant-Man is watching, he must finally realize that he'd never have a chance against the unbeatable Porcupine!"

Alexander Gentry was an engineer who designed weapons for the U.S. government. Inspired by the porcupine and the sharp quills it used as protection, Gentry designed a suit of battle armor covered in sharp quills, many of which housed different kinds of weapons. He considered giving the suit to the government, but then he thought that they would pay him next to nothing for it and decided to use it himself as a costumed supervillain. Calling himself the Porcupine, Gentry started out fighting Ant-Man and proceeded to get his ass kicked again and again and again and again and again and again by heroes ranging from Ant-Man to Iron Man to Captain America. Reduced to a laughingstock in the supervillain community, Gentry tried to sell his battlesuit, but because of his bad reputation no one was interested. Captain America eventually offered to buy the suit if Gentry helped him with a sting operation to capture some members of the Serpent Society. Gentry reluctantly agreed, and was killed in the crossfire. Despite Cap's reassurances, Gentry died convinced that he was a loser, and Cap honored his memory by putting the Porcupine armor on display in the Avengers Mansion.

He was replaced by a man called Roger Gocking who proceeded to be just as pathetic as him.


  • Antagonist in Mourning: Inverted. Captain America was torn up after Gentry was killed, and he honored his old foe's memory by displaying the Porcupine armor and labelling it as belonging to an Honored Foe of the Avengers.
  • Butt-Monkey: Brutally lampshaded to the point that Gentry couldn't even sell his armor to wanna-be supervillains. The most anyone would offer him for it was a measly twenty dollars. Ouch.
  • Combo Platter Powers: Besides being sharp on their own, many of the quills on the Porcupine armor housed a wide variety of weapons ranging from incendiary missiles to glue guns to lasers to hypnotic lights.
  • Dying Moment of Awesome: Gentry died helping Cap take on the entire Serpent Society at once.
  • Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Alexander had some of the worst luck, and got the least respect, of any Captain America supervillain who wasn't some kind of super-racist or Evil Counterpart.
  • Irony: With the sheer number of weapons Gentry eventually managed to equip the Porcupine armor with, it could probably have been a formidable weapon if the right person was using it. Unfortunately, Gentry was not that person.
  • Powered Armor: Porcupine-themed, of all things, but it actually is a legitimately useful tool... just not being used to its full potential.
  • Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Started out fighting Hank Pym and the Wasp, moved on to fighting Iron Man, and finally settled down on Captain America's list of regular dance partners.

Porcupine II

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Alter Ego: Roger Gocking

Notable Aliases: 8672-1-314, Spider-Woman, Roger Manning

First Appearance: Daughters of the Dragon #3 (May, 2006)

"It's always about money. The whole world."

Roger Gocking bought the rights to name Porcupine and the Porcupine Armor from Hobgoblin after the original Porcupine, Alex Gentry's, death.


    Primus 

Primus

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Notable Aliases: Steve Rogers (can assume the likeness of any individual)

First Appearance: Captain America #209 (May, 1977)

Primus was created by the genetic engineer Arnim Zola.


  • The Blank: Occasionally he doesn't have a face. This is thanks to his shapeshifting abilities.
  • Excuse Me While I Multitask: Due to his malleable nature he can do several things at once by creating several tentacles.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Juggernaut frees him from Zola's control and he joins Cain's anti-hero group the Unstoppables.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifting: Primus can alter his shape, size and form and will, being an artificial being and all.

    Protocide 

Protocide

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Alter Ego: Clinton McIntyre

Notable Aliases: Captain America

First Appearance: Captain America Vol. 3 #28 (April, 2000)

"I’m the man you destroyed 60 years ago, pal. Here’s where I square the deal—with interest."

A candidate for Project: Rebirth, Clinton McIntyre was given an incomplete version of the super-soldier serum but after proving unstable, he was cryogenically frozen. Half a century later he was discovered by the terrorist group A.I.M. who manipulated him into being their agent.


  • Boxed Crook: McIntyre was court-martialed after murdering his commanding officer but avoided punishment by agreeing to be experimented on by Project: Rebirth.
  • Evil Counterpart: To Captain America.
  • Human Popsicle: After collapsing from heart stress, McIntyre was cryogenically frozen and eventually fell into the care of S.H.I.E.L.D. and remained in their storage for decades.
  • Psycho Serum: Being given the Super-Soldier serum without the accompanying Vita-Ray treatment drove McIntyre insane.
  • Shield Bash: Protocide carried a chevron-shaped shield, of unknown composition or origin, which was mostly used as an offensive weapon to impale or throw at enemies.
  • Super Serum: Protocide received an early version of the Super-Soldier Serum which greatly increased his speed, stamina and strength. Due to McIntyre's already peak physical shape prior to receiving the serum, it meant it amplified his already existing abilities, therefore making him physically superior to Steve Rogers.
  • Super-Soldier: McIntyre was the first test subject for the Super-Soldier program.
  • Throwing Your Shield Always Works: Protocide carried a chevron-shaped shield, of unknown composition or origin, which was mostly used as an offensive weapon to impale or throw at enemies.

    Rapido 

Rapido

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Alter Ego: Roussel Dupont

Notable Aliases: Steve Rogers (can assume the likeness of any individual)

First Appearance: Punisher Vol 2 #65 (July, 1992)

A former member of the French Foreign Legion turned mercenary-for-hire, with a chain-gun in place of his right arm.


See The Punisher: Enemies for more information

    Scourge of the Underworld 

Scourge

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Alter Ego: Various

Notable Aliases: Charles Delzany, Mr. Keegan

First Appearance: Iron Man #119 (May 1985)

"A little bang here and there and I've made the world a better place!"

The Scourge of the Underworld was not one person, but the name adopted by various agents funded by The Angel (Thomas Halloway) which trained its agents for acts of vigilantism. Killing known super-criminals.


  • Beneath Notice: Oftentimes the Scourge(s) disguised themselves as, or just were, ordinary looking people you'd never look at twice, like a taxi driver.
  • C-List Fodder: Most of the criminals he killed were C-List at best. The highest of them was Melter, who was an original member of the Masters of Evil. He also tried to kill Kraven the Hunter, an important member of Spider-Man's rogues gallery, but failed.
  • Catchphrase: "Justice is served!"
  • Collective Identity: More than one person took the identity of the Scourge.
  • Combat Pragmatist: The various Scourges mostly relied on ambush attacks, and killing opponents when they let their guard down. They defeated people with more powers or experience than them, because they avoided direct confrontations with these opponents.
  • Dramatic Unmask: Subverted, and with a Lampshade Hanging when Cap unmasks one Scourge, and finds out it's... someone he's never seen before! As the man points out, who was he expecting to find under there?
  • The Dreaded: Scourge's bodycount and his ability to slip in and often effortlessly dispatch supervillains ended up leaving several of them spooked.
  • Fallen Hero: The founder is the Angel, a Golden Age superhero who was against killing in his youth. Seems that's changed.
  • He Knows Too Much: After Captain America captured the first Scourge, another member of the network executed him before he had a chance to talk. The same happens with US Agent.
  • Karma Houdini Warranty: The "Scourge of the Underworld" arc ended with the supposed culprit being shot dead in front of Cap, in the middle of nowhere at night, and then apparently just... fizzling out. It wasn't until U.S. Agent got his own series a few years later that most of them were brought to justice.
  • Knight Templar: All criminals must die! This is justice in their minds, regardless of the actual crime, or even if the person's, say, been framed (like as nearly happens to Flash Thompson of Spider-Man fame), or if they've quit the life and are trying to go straight. Some of the Scourges actually get confused when superheroes catch them mid-murder and try to stop them. After all, in their minds, they're supposed to be on the same side.
  • Master of Disguise: Most of the Scourge operatives are able to impersonate anyone in order to get close to their targets.
  • Never Hurt an Innocent: One of the few standards the Scourges have - they won't harm superheroes or bystanders.
  • Resignations Not Accepted: What (apparently) does them in. Priscilla Lyons joins them, but on her first assignment can't pull the trigger because the target is reformed and looking after his sister's children. So the organization goes after her, making her go to the US Agent, who brings them down.
  • Two Shots from Behind the Bar: Kills several patrons of The Bar With No Name by disguising himself as the bartender.
  • Vigilante Man: A whole organization of them.
  • We Are Everywhere: Sometimes in utterly contrived ways, like a taxi a supervillain has just dodged into. Good thing Death Adder chose that specific one to get into. ... then again, given Death Adder had just been shot down by the Scourge...

    Scarecrow 

Scarecrow

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Alter Ego: Ebenezer Laughton

Notable Aliases: Umberto the Uncanny, Green Goblin

First Appearance: Tales of Suspense #51 (March, 1964)

Ebenezer Laughton was raised by an abusive alcoholic mother who dealt with her guilt by overcompensating, leading him to believe that punishment was followed by rewards. Young Eben sought escapism from his crappy home life at the local carnival, fascinated by the "Rubber Man" contortionist. In attempting to alienate what he saw on stage, he found that he was naturally flexible himself. As a young man, he became a talented sideshow contortionist, but eventually decided he could make more money by using his skills as a thief. After clashes with Iron Man, Spider-Man, Hawkeye, and the Fantastic Four, Scarecrow was eventually hired by the Cowled Commander to perform False Flag Operations as part of the Crime Wave. Captured by Captain America and Falcon, Scarecrow suffered a psychotic break in prison and became obsessed with revenge.


See Ghost Rider: Rogues Gallery for more information

    Selene 

Selene

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Alter Ego: Selene Gallio

Notable Aliases: Demon Huntress, Dark Huntress, Lady Selene, Moon Goddess, Daughter of the Moon, Mistress of the Fire, Black Priestess, Black Queen, Dark Priestess,

First Appearance: New Mutants #9 (November, 1983)

A mutant psychic vampire who's been alive for thousands of years. While traditionally a foe of the X-Men, after the fall of the Hydra Captain America, she appears in Russia helping hunt down and execute Hydra agents, having formed some sort of alliance with Alexa Lukin and declared war on Hydra. She also becomes a public, political figure under her own name as "Dr. Selene Gallio". Her real goals for doing all this however are unknown.


See X-Men: Hellfire Club for more information

    Sisters of Sin 
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Alter Ego:

Notable Aliases:

First Appearance:

The Sisters of Sin was a group of girls who were age-accelerated into full-grown adults under the command of Sin by orders from the Red Skull.


Sister Agony

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Notable Aliases: Slash

First Appearance: Captain America #294 (June, 1984)

Sister Agony was an orphan teenage girl artificially aged and empowered by the Red Skull to become one of the Sisters of Sin.


Sister Dream

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Notable Aliases: Hoodwink

First Appearance: Captain America #294 (June, 1984)

Sister Dream was an orphan teenage girl artificially aged and empowered by the Red Skull to become one of the Sisters of Sin.


Sister Death

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Notable Aliases: Torso

First Appearance: Captain America #294 (June, 1984)

Sister Death was an orphan teenage girl artificially aged and empowered by the Red Skull to become one of the Sisters of Sin.


Sister Pleasure

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Notable Aliases: Raunch, Scarlet

First Appearance: Captain America #287 (November, 1983)

Sister Pleasure was an orphan teenage girl artificially aged and empowered by the Red Skull to become one of the Sisters of Sin.


  • Living Aphrodisiac: She was granted the ability to overwhelm the pleasure centers of others with a mere touch. Her favored method is that of a kiss.
  • Younger Than They Look: Just like Sin, she was aged into adulthood by the Red Skull.

    Sleeper 

Sleeper

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Notable Aliases: The [designation] Sleeper, SL-[#]

First Appearance: Tales of Suspense #72 (December, 1965)

The Sleepers are a series of five destructive robots created by the Red Skull.


    Slug 

Slug

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Alter Ego: Ulysses X. Lugman

First Appearance: Captain America #324 (December, 1986)

" Yah, Yah — Relax willya? You are so intense! Other dealers in town had access to the same reserves as Santo, we're runnin' down those leads. Meantime, I'm shown'my people how I feel about failure!"

The successful business man and drug lord for the Kingpin. He would be remembered as one of Marvel's largest and most abnormal villains.


  • Animal Motifs: He's slow and slimy, just like a slug.
  • Big Eater: As expected from someone so massive.
  • Capture and Replicate: One of the many heroes and villains replaced by Skrulls during Secret Invasion to infiltrate the Hood's Gang. The impostor would be killed by the Hood and the original rejoined the gang.
  • Fat Bastard: The guy surpasses even the Blob in girth. Comparing him to a Hutt from Star Wars wouldn't be an exaggeration.
  • Kevlard: Lugman's body is so terribly obese that it was difficult to penetrate enough fat to strike his vital organs. Also, Slug had mastered the rather grotesque talent of suffocating opponents in the folds of his flesh.
  • Rogues' Gallery Transplant: While introduced as an enemy of Captain America, the guy has encountered several heroes, including Spider-Man, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Tigra and even Ant-Man.
  • Sinister Shades: Sometimes seen with sunglasses.
  • White Hair, Black Heart: He's a drug lord with white hair.

    Solarr 

Solarr

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Alter Ego: Silas King

Notable Aliases: "Bright Giant"

First Appearance: Captain America #160 (April, 1973)

A criminal smuggler whose van broke down in the desert, Silas King survived for three days in the murderous heat on minimal food and water until he returned to civilization. All that time soaking up the sun activated his latent mutant power, the ability to absorb solar energy and release it in deadly blasts of fire. Using his powers to become a supervillain, the man called Solarr went on to become a bank robber and assassin for hire.


  • Achilles' Heel: He's reliant on the sun to maintain his power. If you can find some way to cut him off from it, as Captain America did by covering him in all-weather housepaint, Solarr loses his mojo. He later tried to overcome this weakness with a device that allowed him to absorb and store solar energy for use at night, but it didn't work when Spider-Man smashed it.
  • Amplifier Artifact: His mutant powers are only activated during the daytime. He uses an amplifier jewel to both increase his natural powers and to store energy for use during the night. If the jewel is out of reach, his power is much more limited.
  • Blinded by the Light: He could project blinding flashes of light.
  • Evil Minions: Solarr served for a while with the "Emissaries of Evil", Egghead's personal group of Evil Minions. He disliked Egghead's Bad Boss tendencies and considered killing him, but found the technological enhancements which Egghead gave him to be useful.
  • Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Solarr is a very handsome youth, but he is both a pyromaniac and a sadistic killer.
  • For the Evulz: This is largely why he charbroiled all those innocent bystanders when he robbed the New York Stock Exchange.
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: Solarr was born a mutant, but his powers were not activated until a traumatic trip in the desert. He was either a low-level criminal or an aimless drifter before that trip. He woke up in a hospital, and he discovered a newfound urge to burn people. He also became far more aggressive and sadistic. The trauma awakened his powers but completely changed his personality.
  • Glass Cannon: He can set people on fire or blind them with his light, but Solarr is not more durable than your average human. He was repeatedly knocked out in fights, and he was eventually strangulated by an undead man.
  • Large Ham: Even by the standards of the early 1970s when he debuted.
  • Light Is Not Good: Has solar powers, but it's a bit of a stretch to call him a good guy on any definition of the word.
  • Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Solarr is typically depicted as a handsome youth with flowing tresses of hair. In his case, the hair is strawberry blond.
  • Master of Illusion: He could use his powers to create heat-based mirages, such as a giant version of himself.
  • Not Quite Flight: He can float on heatwaves, but he can not fly on his own or develop high speed.
  • Playing with Fire: And he's not shy about using it.
  • The Power of the Sun: Solarr absorbs and amplifies sunlight, which he uses to produce intense heat and light.
  • Pyromaniac: Starting fires is fun, after all.
  • Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Never really lasted long enough to become a permanent fixture in anyone's gallery, although he tangled with Captain America, The Avengers, The Defenders, Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Alpha Flight one after another.
  • Stupid Evil: Several of Solarr's defeats were the result of his overconfidence, and his tendency to challenge multiple opponents on his own. He also seems to ignore his opponent's abilities and how they can be used against him. He once tried to defeat Quasar with energy attacks, while that hero's main power is to absorb energy. Solarr effectively amplified the power of his opponent.
  • Villain Teleportation: While working for Egghead, Solarr was equipped with one of Egghead's portable teleportation devices.
  • Villainous Friendship: He served as Klaw's partner for some time, and treated Klaw as his only friend. Solarr restored Klaw to life after the master of sound had temporarily lost his solid form, and Solarr seemed to express genuine concern for him.
  • Weaksauce Weakness: Several opponents drenched Solarr in water in an attempt to end his fires. It worked surprisingly well on temporarily defeating him.

    S.U.L.T.A.N. 

S.U.L.T.A.N.

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Notable Aliases: Systematic Ultimate Lawless Takeover of All Nations

First Appearance: Captain America #265 (January, 1982)

S.U.L.T.A.N. (Systematic Ultimate Lawless Takeover of All Nations) is a genius weapons designer and computer expert. Sultan has himself some major beef against the U.S. Government, because he felt slighted when he never received any acknowledgement for his brilliance. He was eventually defeated by Nick Fury, Captain America and Spider-Man (Peter Parker).


  • Brain Uploading: S.U.L.T.A.N. could release his consciousness by a small detachable flying disk which would fly to another robot body.
  • Fun with Acronyms: That's what his name means.
  • Robot Master: Constructed an army of robot Biotrons.

    Superia 

Superia

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Alter Ego: Deidre Wentworth

Notable Aliases: Minister of Education, Ms. Marvel

First Appearance: Captain America #387 (July, 1991)

"Surrender at once or arouse my ire!"

Dr. Deidre Wentworth is a superpowered misandrist who originally opposed Captain America with the Femizons, and later went on to join Norman Osborn's second iteration of the Dark Avengers as Ms. Marvel. She is currently the Minister of Education for the Advanced Idea Mechanics.


  • Amazon Brigade: Superia's group of Femizons was this.
  • Death is Cheap: The Red Skull had her shot at one point. It didn't take.
  • Demoted to Dragon: Once serving as a main villain in her own right, after her reappearance in 2010, she's generally served as a flunky to other villains, starting with Norman Osborn in New Avengers, and Forson in Jonathan Hickman's Avengers.
  • Evil Knockoff: Briefly served as an evil Ms. Marvel for Norman Osborn's second Dark Avengers team.
  • Flight: Superia is capable of propelling herself through the air at tremendous speeds.
  • Genius Bruiser: Superia's super strength and the fact that she's a polymath makes her this. She is extremely intelligent and extensively educated, having mastered the disciplines of genetics, physics, biochemistry, metallurgy, architecture, and technology.
  • Hand Blast: Superia is capable of firing sickly green blasts of energy from her fists. She typically uses these blasts as a long range weapon, but can also surround her fists in the energy in order to enhance her blows.
  • Lady Land: Superia intended to create one of these, but was foiled by Captain America and Diamondback.
  • Lipstick Lesbian: Marvel officially lists her under the "Homosexual Characters" category.
  • Mind Rape: Being next to a living planetary superweapon going off didn't do her no favours. Director Forson finds Wentworth slumped against a wall babbling to herself. Still, she recovers pretty quickly.
  • Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: She's often referred to as Dr. Wentworth, though its not clear what her doctorate is in.
  • Most Common Super Power: Superia is quite busty, and during her appearance in New Avengers wears a black dress to show it off.
  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: She was able to fix the degernation of the super-soldier serum in Steve's blood he was suffering from... unfortunately, this also saved the Red Skull from the same, allowing him to carry on doing what he does. Schmidt repaid Dr. Wentworth by trying to kill her.
  • Smug Snake: She is unbelievably arrogant in Captain America Corps, to the extent she refuses to believe she could be responsible for almost ending all the multiverse.
  • Statuesque Stunner: Superia is 6'6'' tall. Needless to say, she's a whole lotta woman.
  • Straw Feminist: She wants to either eliminate, enslave, or feminize all men — and doesn't mind sterilizing 90% of Earth's women to make it happen. As Anaconda of the Serpent Society puts it, "What'samatter, you didn't get asked out to the prom or somethin'?"
    • Averted after her reappearance in New Avengers. She has both men and women in her employ and treats both her male and female mooks like crap and now mainly focuses on her own selfish goals. This is probably because her previous schemes usually were foiled with the help of other female characters (many of them on the aforementioned large team, Anaconda included.)
  • Super-Strength: Enough to fight Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) to a draw and to knock a large jet out of the sky.
  • Super-Toughness: Was thought to have been killed by a gunshot from the Red Skull, but by her reappearance during New Avengers, she's managed to take hits from Skaar, Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), and Luke Cage.

    Super-Patriot 

Super-Patriot III

Alter ego: Michael Farrel

First Appearance: Captain America Vol. 1 #237 (cameo), Captain America Vol. 1 #247 (as Mike), Captain America Vol. 1 #425 (as Super-Patriot)

A fireman who joined the Watchdogs, only to have his life ruined when he turned on them. Blaming Cap, he became a new Super-Patriot and sought to ruin Steve's public image.


  • Accidental Hero: While pretending to be Cap, he robs an armored van. As he's getting away, the Resistants attack him under the belief he's the real Cap, forcing Mike to fight them. When found by the police, he quickly spins a story about how they'd forced him to do it, inadvertently giving Steve ''good press', much to Mike's exasperation and Steve's bafflement.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: He shared the ideals of the Watchdogs, but drew the line at hurting innocents. Then the Watchdogs harmed an innocent in one of their attacks, and he tried telling his neighbour, Bernie Rosenthal. The Watchdogs had bugged his apartment, and so found out about this.
  • Taking the Bullet: Having lost the desire for revenge against Cap, he died when his partner in crime tries to kill Steve anyway, jumping in the way of an attack meant for Steve.

    Swordsman 

Swordsman

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Alter Ego: Jacques Duquesne

Notable Aliases:

First Appearance: The Avengers Vol. 1 #19 (August, 1965)

Team Affiliations: The Avengers

Joined In: Avengers #20 (September, 1965)

Beginning his career as a circus performer where he helped train a young Hawkeye, Jacques Duquesne later became the costumed mercenary Swordsman. He joined the Avengers, at first for nefarious reasons, but soon resolved to become a true Avenger when he fell in love with Mantis.


See The Avengers for more information

    The Slayer 

The Slayer

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Alter Ego: David Cox

Notable Aliases: Dave Cox

First Appearance: Captain America #163 (July, 1973)

"I can make my own introductions, Thank You! I am ...The Slayer!"

Dave Cox was originally portrayed as a wounded Vietnam War veteran. He lost an arm in the conflict and had became a conscientious objector that renounced violence. He was captured and tortured by the Serpent Squad, but still refused to fight the villains.


  • All Love Is Unrequited: Had unrequited feelings for Sharon Carter. That said, he eventually moved on, married and had a kid.
  • An Arm and a Leg: Lost his right arm.
  • Brainwashed and Crazy: Red Skull kidnapped Dave, brainwashed him and gave him the cloak and powers of the Devil-Slayer. Despite their friendship, Captain America was forced to defeat Dave. The Skull relished the fact that Captain America had to seriously injure his friend, Dave, in order to defeat him.
  • Hyperspace Arsenal: With the Shadow Cloak Cox could different weapons from across the ages.
  • Teleportation: The Shadow Cloak contains a small dimensional aperture, allowing limited teleportation.

    Vermin 

Vermin

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Alter Ego: Edward Whelan

Notable Aliases: Cannibal Killer

First Appearance: Captain America #272 (August, 1982)

Edward Whelan was raised in a seemingly average and well-off family home. However, his father was secretly abusive of Edward, and this colored his opinion of himself growing up. Edward's self-loathing brought on by the abuse eventually led him to a life on the streets. At some point, he was picked up off the streets by Baron Zemo and Arnim Zola, and subjected to a process that bestowed upon him various rat-like traits and attributes.


See Spider-Man: Rogues Gallery, I to Z for more information

    The Voice 

The Voice

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Alter Ego: Jason Lorne Cragg

Notable Aliases: The Voice of Doom, The Voice of Truth, the Man with the Voice of Doom

First Appearance: Tales to Astonish #42 (April, 1963)

"Gather to me! Hear my words! I, Jason Cragg, speak truth! Truth!"

Jason Cragg acquired his abilities when he accidentally breathed ionized atoms and gained the power to make anyone do anything he commanded. He would eventually become a member of the Skeleton Crew.


  • Beard of Evil: A full beard and mustache.
  • Compelling Voice: Cragg was able to use his voice to make anyone who heard him believe anything he said. He was even able to make someone freeze on the spot just by ordering them to.
  • Fat Bastard: Heavy set and a mind-controlling ass.
  • Green and Mean: Wore a green suit and he wanted to become the most powerful person in the world.
  • Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Introduced as an enemy of Hank Pym/Ant-Man, his association with the Skeleton crew brought him into conflict with Captain America.

    Whirlwind 

Whirlwind

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Alter Ego: David Cannon

Notable Aliases: Human Top, Charles Matthews

First Appearance: Tales to Astonish #50 (Dec. 1963)

"I'll teach that pompous Baron Zemo not to underestimate me. I'm not going to waylay Captain America like he wanted me to; I'm going to give him Cap's head on a platter."

David Cannon is a mutant who has the ability to rotate his body around its lengthwise axis at superhuman speeds. He can use this ability to fly and to create artificial jet streams. The Arch-Enemy of The Wasp, he has also had notable clashes with several of her Avengers teammates, most notably Ant-Man,note  Iron Man, and Captain America. A frequent member of the Masters of Evil, Whirlwind will generally work with anyone who can help keep his equipment top of the line.


See Ant-Man: Enemies for more information

    Zaran 

Zaran

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Alter Ego: Maximillian Zaran

Notable Aliases: The Weapon Master, Supreme Hunter

First Appearance: Master of Kung Fu #77 (June, 1979)

Zaran is Master of All Weapons.


See Shang-Chi for more information

    Zeitgeist 

Zeitgeist

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Alter Ego: Larry Ekler

Notable Aliases: Everyman, Spirit of the Times

First Appearance: Captain America #267 (March, 1982)

Zeitgeist, formerly Everyman, was a former anti-hero turned serial killer, specializing in murdering South American superhumans, who infiltrated the German superhero group Schutz Heiligruppe.



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