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Spider-Man has one of the best-known rogues galleries in comics. While many of Batman's villains tend to be iconic representations of various concepts, and psychoses (puzzles, comedy, duality, fear, plants, cold, etc.), many of Spider-Man's villains' origins are based in scientific accidents or the misuse of scientific technology, paralleling Spider-Man himself. Likewise, many also have animal-themed costumes or powers. Spider-Man's enemies are some of the best rounded antagonists in comics, with equal emphasis put on both their special abilities and their personalities.
Spider-Man also has a wide range of enemies: hapless thugs, mad geniuses, crime bosses, and even extraterrestrial monsters. Due to the nature of the shared universe he inhabits, he has also fought many villains more closely associated with other heroes. However, these are not considered Spider-Man's own enemies.
The Burglar
Peter Parker's first foe was not one of his more well-known costumed enemies, but rather a common criminal. This unnamed, small-time crook played an essential role in Spider-Man's origin in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962), by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.
Spider-Man originally intended to use his powers for fame and fortune, but one day he allowed a thief to run past him. Soon after, the same criminal broke into his house intending to rob it and, when confronted, shot and killed Peter's Uncle Ben. After chasing the killer to a warehouse and confronting him, Peter learned, to his horror, that he could have prevented the death by using his powers more responsibly.
The Burglar reappeared in Amazing Spider-Man #170 after serving his term in prison. In issue #200 (January 1980), it is revealed that he had been seeking a large stash of money that was hidden in the Parker house, but unbeknownst to him, it had been destroyed by insects years before. When Spider-Man confronted him again, the burglar was overwhelmed by fear and suffered a fatal heart attack.
He had a daughter named Jessica Carradine, a photographer who has a brief relationship with Spider-Man's clone, Ben Reilly. She believes the murder her father committed was an accident - that the gun Uncle Ben was shot with was his own, which went off by accident during a fight - and that Spider-Man had murdered him. After learning that Ben is Spider-Man, she first threatens to expose him with a photograph she took of him unmasked, but, having witnessed Ben risk his life to save innocent people in a burning skyscraper, decides against it, and gives him the photograph.
The burglar's true name has never been revealed, and it has not been established whether Carradine was his surname as well. In the Spider-Man: The Movie video game (based on the 2002 film), he is called "Spike", though this may be simply a nickname. In the novelization of Spider-Man 3, his first name is Dennis.
Other Continuities
- In Ultimate Spider-Man, a reimagining of the Spider-Man mythos, the origin story from Amazing Fantasy #15 is reinterpreted over the course of seven issues. Ben Parker's death at the hands of the burglar does not occur until Ultimate Spider-Man #4. The name "Carradine" appears on a list of "known cat burglars," but nothing else is said about it.
- In the feature film Spider-Man, a robber carjacks Ben Parker and shoots him, rather than breaking into his house. Peter chases him to a warehouse, where the killer trips and falls from a window to his death. The movie credits list the character as "Carjacker", and he is portrayed by Michael Papajohn. Earlier in the film, Peter lets the robber escape as a subtle way of getting revenge against the fight promoter who cheated him out of money, rather than simply thinking it's "not his job" to stop him.
However in Spider-Man 3, it is revealed that the carjacker may in fact not be as responsible for Ben's death as assumed, as the police have new evidence that incriminate Flint Marko; also, in the first movie the carjacker is never shown killing Ben, only using his car.
At the climax of the Spiderman 3 novelization, Flint Marko confesses to Peter that he accidentally shot Ben Parker when he refused to give him his car. "Dennis Caradine", a friend and accomplice of Marko's, stole the car and left Marko behind to take the fall. Marko escaped, however, and so it was Caradine who died for the crime Marko committed.
Movie Villains
The three Spider-Man live-action films, directed by Sam Raimi, cover the storylines of perhaps five of Spider-Man's most dangerous villains of all time.
1. The Green Goblin / Norman Osborn (portrayed by Willem Dafoe) in Spider-Man
2. Doc Ock / Dr. Otto Octavius (portrayed by Alfred Molina) in Spider-Man 2
3. The New Goblin / Harry Osborn (portrayed by James Franco) in Spider-man 2 & Spider-Man 3
4. The Sandman / Flint Marko (portrayed by Thomas Haden Church) in Spider-Man 3
5. Venom / Eddie Brock, Jr. (portrayed by Topher Grace) in Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man Movie Characters that has not become villains as of of yet
6. Lizard/Dr. Curt Connors (portrayed by Dylan Baker) in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.
7. Man-Wolf/John Jameson (portrayed by Daniel Gillies) in Spider-Man 2.
Greatest Foes
Spider-Man's most renowned rogues include (in order of appearance):
| Villain | Image | First appearance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chameleon | File:V chame.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man #1 | The first supervillain Spider-Man ever faced in print (Supercharger was first chronologically), Dmitri Smerdyakov was a Russian spy with a knack for disguises. Being the half-brother of Kraven the Hunter, he also sought to avenge Kraven's death, become the most powerful crime boss in New York City and utterly destroy Spider-Man with his mind games, including creating the impostors of Peter's parents. He faked his death and was recently a member in the Green Goblin's Sinister Twelve. |
| Vulture | File:Vulturepx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #2 | The elderly Adrian Toomes turned to the life of crime after his business partner cheated him. With a self-invented anti-gravity pack, wings for faster flying and a birdlike costume, he became the high-flying, lowdown Vulture. He was briefly transformed into a younger version of himself when he "absorbed" the youth from the android replica of Peter's mother created by the Chameleon, becoming a more challenging foe for Spider-Man. He is a founding member of the Sinister Six and he is currently active after getting out of jail from an anonymous helper to take down Spider-Man during the superhero Civil War. |
| Doctor Octopus | File:Dockockpx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #3 | Dr. Otto Octavius is a respected scientist, one of the world's foremost experts in radiation. He used four mechanical arms in his experiments, which bonded with his nervous system after an explosion. He combines physical power with mad genius. He was a founding member and the leader of the Sinister Six. He was partially responsible for the death of George Stacy, among other things, and even led the Masters of Evil at one point. Octavius even became a victim of Spider-Man's insane clone, Kaine, who murdered him, but he was later resurrected by the evil ninja group known as the Hand. He was incarcerated in Riker's Island but escaped when he heard the Green Goblin escaped. The villain confronted the Goblin at the George Washington Bridge and both were struck by electricity, falling into the New York river. Both of them survived and Ock had remained loose until Peter Parker revealed he is Spider-Man during the superhero Civil War. Ock attacked Spider-Man and Ock's arch-nemesis revealed his own face to him. They fought and Spider-Man won, putting Ock back in jail once more. |
| Sandman | File:Sandmanpx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #4 | While on the run from the law, the escaped convict William Baker found himself on a remote beach during a nuclear weapon testing. His cells were spliced with sand molecules by the created radiation, and his body became a mass of a sand-like substance. Under the alias Flint Marko, he committed many crimes and fought Spider-Man frequently. He was also a hero for some time, until he was brainwashed into being a criminal again. |
| Lizard | File:Lizardpx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #6 | When he lost his arm during a war, Dr. Curt Connors felt like he lost a half of himself. Obsessed with regaining his lost limb, Connors created a serum from reptilian DNA, in hope of gaining reptile-like regeneration abilities. He did regain his arm, but at a terrible price: he became a humanoid lizard, with a savage personality. In this form, he fought Spider-Man many times, who managed to cure him of his condition almost every time. The most challenging part of his life right now is living as a single father/widower to his son, Billy, after his wife, Margaret, died from radiation poisoning. |
| Electro | File:V elctro.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man #9 | An emotionally stunted man with an inferiority complex, Max Dillon was struck by lightning while working on power lines and discovered thereafter that he has a supernatural control over electricity that flows within him. Donning a green and yellow lightning themed costume, he has gone on to battle Spider-Man numerous times. Founding member of the Sinister Six. Electro was one of the Green Goblin's Sinister Twelve members and was last seen captured by the Avengers. A little joke was played in the Spider-Man 2: Daily Bugle Stories (a book based on stories written in the Daily Bugle), about a man who wrote to The Daily Bugle, says he was struck by lightning while working on power lines. He said his name was Max Dillon. |
| Mysterio | File:V myster.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man #13 | A disgraced stunt man and special effects artist named Quentin Beck who donned an extravagant and theatrical costume (notable for its crystal ball like helmet) and sought to discredit and frame Spider-Man using illusions. Mysterio is well known for buying into his own hype, treating every moment as if he is a grand performer on the world's stage. Founding member of the Sinister Six. His student and friend Daniel Berkhart adopted the identity after Quentin Beck's death when he committed suicide when he fought Daredevil. A teleporting mutant named Francis Klum later purchased the Mysterio costume and arsenal from the Kingpin, although he would be later challenged by Berkhart and even Beck himself, who has apparently returned from the dead. |
| Green Goblin | File:Greengoblinpx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #14 | Originally a normal scientist and ambitious businessman, Norman Osborn used an experimental formula which gave him superpowers but also drove him insane. When Spider-Man thwarts his plans to take over as crime boss of New York City, he dedicates himself to utterly destroying Spider-Man's life after learning his secret identity is Peter Parker. Their mutual animosity becomes personal when he kills Gwen Stacy, Parker's long-time girlfriend and first true love. He is also the mastermind behind the Clone Saga, and the leader of the Sinister Twelve. He is imitated by his son, Harry Osborn, and the Hobgoblin and other Green Goblins and Hobgoblins. He has become Spider-Man's most personal enemy (with the possible exception of the Burglar) although he has appeared less frequently than some other foes. Green Goblin's powers are extreme agilities, super strength and healing any lethal wound that can kill a normal human being, such as being impaled by his glider after killing Gwen Stacy and among other things. Goblin had also spawned two children with Gwen as Norman Osborn before she died, Gabriel and Sarah, who grew fast within a matter of time and Gwen tried to steal the children away from Osborn, raising them with her boyfriend, Peter Parker, but that is where Goblin killed Gwen. After her death occurred, Osborn manipulated Gabriel and Sarah into thinking it was Spider-Man/Peter Parker who killed their mother and they even tried to kill Spider-Man, although it was soon revealed to both of them about the truth. |
| Kraven the Hunter | File:Kravenpx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #15 | Perhaps the most respected big game hunter in the business, Sergei Kravinoff eventually set on a quest to capture the most elusive prey there is - the amazing Spider-Man. After being defeated numerous times by the web-slinger, his quest became an obsession. When he finally did defeat Spider-Man, he felt there was nothing more for him to do, so he committed suicide after setting Spider-Man and Captain America off to chase down the villain known as Vermin. He was a founding member of the Sinister Six and when they were formed together again, the Hobgoblin replaced him. After Kraven died, his half-brother, the Chameleon, became so insane that he honestly thought he was Kraven himself. |
| Alistair Smythe | File:Smythe.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 | The son of Spencer Smythe, the creator of the Spider-Slayers; after his father died of radiation poisoning, Alistair followed in his footsteps, trying to destroy Spider-Man with robots. Crippled after his first attempt at killing Spider-Man, Alistair recently re-gained mobility, as well as superpowers after a combination of self-inflicted mutations and cybernetic implants. |
| Scorpion (Venom III) |
File:V scorpvenom.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man #20 | Private investigator Mac Gargan underwent a process which transformed him into a living weapon capable of destroying Spider-Man. Donning a scorpion-based costume, he set out to defeat Peter Parker numerous times. He has recently bonded with the symbiote formerly used by Eddie Brock to become the new Venom and a member of the Sinister Twelve. |
| Rhino | File:Rhinopx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #41 | Aleksei Sytsevich was a poor immigrant from Russia. He participated in an experiment that bonded a super-strong polymer to his skin and gave him enhanced strength, speed, and stamina. He's a dim-witted criminal and usually works as an enforcer for more ambitious criminals. Rhino is one of Spider-Man's most powerful foes in terms of physical strength, but his lack of intelligence often gives Spider-Man the upper hand. |
| Shocker | File:V shocker.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man #46 | A burglar gifted with a head for engineering, Herman Schultz developed a pair of gauntlets capable of throwing incredibly powerful vibrational blasts. He wears a gold and brown quilted costume to protect himself from the vibrations of his gauntlets. Shocker is one of Spider-Man's most pragmatic and business-minded villains, and usually recognizes his own limitations, even a member of the Green Goblin's Sinister Twelve. |
| Kingpin | File:V kingpin.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man #50 | Wilson Fisk is the most powerful crime boss in New York City and perhaps the entire east coast, thus becoming a frequent foe of Spider-Man. He allied himself with many supervillains so they can do his bidding, eventually starting a feud with another superhero, Daredevil. Fisk even found out that Daredevil was Matt Murdock and used this information to ruin his life. Murdock is one of Peter's closest friends, so Spider-Man took this very personally and vowed to help Daredevil bring him down. The crime-killing vigilante known as the Punisher is also a foe of Kingpin's. |
| Jackal | File:V jackal.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man #129 | Dr. Miles Warren was an Empire State University biology professor who became infatuated with Peter Parker's girlfriend, Gwen Stacy. After she died during a battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, he became a demented geneticist and cloned both Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker. He gained enhanced strength and agility by combining the genetic material of an actual jackal with his own. His genetic tampering would later result in the "Clone Saga" story arc. He was also manipulated by the Green Goblin himself into doing these things after Goblin was believed to be dead, and Jackal also manipulated the Punisher into thinking Spider-Man killed Gwen, thus giving the crime-killing vigilante his debut in the comics. |
| Green Goblin (II) | File:Harrygbpx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #136 | Harry Osborn, Norman's son and Peter Parker's best friend, who eventually dons his father's old costume and continues his mission of hate against Spider-Man after his father had presumably died. He later dies due to the serum that gave him powers, but not before saving Spider-Man's life from an explosion, along with Harry's wife, Liz Allan, and his son, Normie. |
| Hydro-Man | File:Hydropx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #212 | Morris Bench worked on a cargo ship until an accident transformed him into a being of pigmented water, able to control his own liquid body. He has since been a member of the Sinister Twelve. |
| Hobgoblin | File:V hobgoblin.jpg | Amazing Spider-Man #238 | A millionaire fashion designer and criminal named Roderick Kingsley acquired the Green Goblin's weaponry and used them to further his own ambitions after the Goblin's seeming death after a battle with Spider-Man. He modified Osborn's original formula to give himself super-human strength without becoming insane. Kingsley later brainwashed Ned Leeds, a reporter working for the Daily Bugle, to act as a stand in on many occasions and fooled the underworld into thinking that Leeds was the Hobgoblin. The mercenary Jason Macendale, as the Jack O' Lantern, had a rivalry with the Hobgoblin and eventually tried to have him assassinated. Kingsley set Ned Leeds to be killed instead and promptly retired as Macendale took over as the Hobgoblin. After repeated failures, Macendale was finally captured and revealed to the public that Ned Leeds was the original Hobgoblin. Kingsley, fearing an investigation, killed Macendale in his prison cell and returned to his role as the Hobgoblin. |
| Venom | File:Venompx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #299 | When Spider-Man rid himself of the alien symbiote costume he acquired during the Secret Wars, it bonded with reporter Eddie Brock, who hated Spider-Man for causing him to lose his job and reputation. The symbiote gave Brock all of Spider-Man's powers, and even more dangerously, the knowledge of his secret identity and protection from his Spider-Sense. Venom later spawned an even more dangerous villain, Carnage. After having an epiphany, Eddie Brock auctioned the symbiote to the son of a major crime lord, who unsuccessfully attempted to kill Spider-Man and died. Currently, the symbiote is bonded with Mac Gargan, the Scorpion. |
| Carnage | File:Carnagepx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man #361 | Carnage is the combination of a symbiote spawned from the original Venom symbiote and the serial killer and former cell mate of Eddie Brock, Cletus Kasady. He thrives on murder and chaos and is many times stronger than Spiderman, but slightly stronger than Venom. To stop him the first few times, Spider-Man had to resort to calling on Venom for assistance. Carnage also created a son, called Toxin who fights on the side of good. Currently, Carnage is presumed dead after an encounter with The Sentry. |
| Morlun | File:Morlunpx.PNG | Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2) #30 | Morlun is from a race called the Ancients, that feed on "totem" people like Spider-Man. While Spider-Man was learning the true intentions of totemistic hunters from his new friend Ezekiel, Morlun became ready for his next hunt: Spider-Man. By creating havoc in the streets of New York, he drew Spider-Man closer to him, and they finally met, and the meeting didn't go too well for Spider-Man. Peter finally put his brains to the test and injected himself with high doses of radiation. When Morlun tried to feed off of Spider-Man now, he grew terribly weaker every instance he was touched. Peter's hunch was correct: He was NOT a pure totemistic force. With Morlun now near death, Spider-Man's decision to kill him was made easier on him when Morlun's "slave" Dex shot Morlun to his death. Recently Morlun returned. This time he overpowered Peter and tore his eye out, feeding on it. Peter was taken to a hospital, but true to form Morlun tracked him down. Peter's wife Mary Jane Watson tried to defend Peter with a scalpel, but Morlun simply broke Mary Jane's arm. Seeing his wife in danger caused something to snap within Peter. He suddenly burst from his bed, his body mutated into a hideous man-spider hybrid. With raw animal aggression he overpowered Morlun, paralyzing him with sharp spikes from his wrists, and sucking the life force out of him with a bite to the throat. A stunned Morlun stammered that things weren't supposed to end this way before dissolving into ashes. |
Minor enemies
In alphabetical order:
| Villain | Image | First appearance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelo Fortunato (Venom II) | File:Angelo venom.jpg | Marvel Knights Spider-Man #7 | After he found out he has cancer, Eddie Brock, the first Venom, sold his symbiote to Don Fortunato. Angelo Fortunato, the Don's son, became the second Venom for a brief period of time. However, Angelo proved to be a weak host for the Symbiote, being humiliated in a battle with Spider-Man. The Symbiote abandoned Angelo whilst leaping between buildings and the subsequent fall killed him. |
| Arcade | File:ArcadeMarvel.jpg | Marvel Team-Up #65 | Arcade was born into an extremely wealthy family. At the age of eighteen, his allowance was cut off by his father, who declared that he did not deserve it. In retaliation, Arcade murdered his father, thus inheriting all of the man's vast estate. Now independently wealthy and free to do as he pleased, Arcade designed and built Murderworld, a subterranean evil lair disguised as a very deadly amusement park. For the price of $1 million, he will tailor Murderworld to exploit the specific weaknesses of his target and then watch, with unconcealed glee, as they are killed by the variety of colorful traps strewn throughout the facility. Since his first attempt to slay the unlikely duo of Spider-Man and Captain Britain, Arcade has tangled, at one time or another, with a large number of heroes and teams of heroes. |
| Armada | File:Spider-ManArmada.jpg | Sensational Spider-Man #0 | Armada was a mercenary hired by Mysterio to steal a large abundance of technology. Though Armada managed to evade Spider-Man temporarily, Spider-Man eventually captured him and sent him to Ryker's Island. Armada later broke free from prison and attempted to get revenge on Spider-Man, only to be beaten senseless and have his armor torn off. Later, Armada escaped from prison once again with the aid of Mysterio. Armada surrendered to Spider-Man in the middle of battle in order to stop Spider-Man from destroying his robots, which he was obsessed with. |
| Big Man | Image | Amazing Spider-Man #10 | Fredireck Foswell was a small and timid reporter working for the Daily Bugle who aspired to be a crime boss. Taking on the identity of the Big Man, Foswell and his Enforcers attempted to take over the New York underworld. Though Spider-Man defeated the Enforcers, the Big Man managed to escape, only to be later captured by police. Soon afterwards, Foswell was released from jail and seemingly reformed, working too take down criminals under the alias Patch. Foswell later turned back to crime though, allying himself with the Kingpin. Foswell was later killed when, after betraying the Kingpin, he was shot dead by thugs while protecting J. Jonah Jameson. |
| Big Man II | Image | Marvel Team-Up #39 | The daughter of the original Big Man, Janice Foswell sought to follow in the footsteps of her father and gain control of the New York underworld. After she and her Enforcers were defeated by Spider-Man, the Human Torch and Son of the Tiger, Janice was killed by her fiancé, the Crime-Master II. |
| Big Wheel | File:Big Wheel Marvel.gif | Amazing Spider-man #182 | Jackson Weele is a businessman who has embezzled from his company. Fearing that he might be caught, he hires a youthful criminal, Rocket Racer, to steal the evidence that incriminates him. However, Rocket Racer opts to use the evidence to blackmail Weele instead. Despairing, Weele tries to commit suicide, but Rocket Racer prevents him from doing so. However, Racer is not particularly kind to Weele, disparagingly referring to him as "Big Weele". Humiliated by Rocket Racer's taunts, Weele visits the mechanical genius and underworld supplier the Tinkerer, who the Rocket Racer boasted had upgraded his equipment. At Weele's urging, the Tinkerer creates a large metal wheel that can climb up buildings, complete with guns and waldo-arms. With this new vehicle, Wolfman transforms Weele into "Big Wheel", the supervillain. Newly empowered, Big Wheel hunts down and chases Rocket Racer across the city. In the process, he ends up fighting with Spider-Man. |
| Calypso | Image | Amazing Spider-Man #209 | Mariah Crawford, Calypso had a complex and mysterious life. She was initially introduced as a partner for Kraven the Hunter, but wasn't seen as much of a threat to Spider-Man. She played a much larger part after Kraven's death. Using a potion of a spider, reptile, blood, and body ashes, Calypso put some kind of spell on Spider-Man and his lethal foe, the Lizard. Spider-Man became poisoned, and on the brink of death, but he seemed to "rise above it all" in the end. Calypso was thought dead in an explosion, but returned to face Daredevil. She later tried to reestablish control over the Lizard, but this time she was unsuccessful. Later, she used the body of Peter Parker's friend and co-worker Gloria Grant to revive her own body. Later she thought her lover, Kraven was back from the dead. Unknown to her, it was the son of Kraven, Kraven II, and he rejected her affections. She later pitted Kraven and Spider-Man against each other, but she was last seen dead, once again, at the hands of Kraven II. |
| Carrion | File:Carrion.jpg | Spectacular Spider-Man #25 | The first Carrion was originally an extremely decayed and super-powered clone of Dr. Miles Warren. Blaming Spider-Man for the death of his creator and Gwen Stacy, Carrion tried to kill Spider-Man through the use of a giant amoeba. In the end, Spider-Man escaped the clutches of Carrion, who seemingly perished after being attacked by the amoeba and crushed when the building it was in caught fire and collapsed. |
| Carrion II | File:Carrion.jpg | Spectacular Spider-Man #149 | The second Carrion was a college student named Malcolm McBride who had discovered a genetic virus which mutated him into Carrion II, who had all the powers and memories of the original Carrion. Fighting Spider-Man several times, Carrion II briefly aligned with Carnage and his "family" during the "Maximum Carnage" crossover. Eventually Carrion II was captured and placed in Ravencroft Institute. Much later, Carrion II was broken out by Shriek, who attempted to manipulate Carrion II into becoming her "son". In the end, Shriek absorbed the Carrion virus from Carrion II, turning him back into Malcolm MacBride. Malcolm, still mentally unstable, was later transformed back into Carrion II briefly by Judas Traveller and used him against Spider-Man. Carrion II was eventually defeated and later regressed back to Malcolm MacBride. |
| Carrion III | File:Carrion.jpg | Spider-Man: Dead Man's Hand | While examining the corpse of the Jackal, Dr. William Allen was infected with an extremely powerful version of the Carrion virus. Using its power to manipulate the minds of others, Carrion III went on a killing-spree in New York City. It was only by using the Jackals old scientific notes that Spider-Man managed to cure Dr. Allen of the Carrion plague. |
| Demogoblin |  |
Web of Spider-Man #86 | The third Hobgoblin, Jason Macendale, wanting power, attempted to sell his soul to the demon N'astirh during the Inferno Crisis. An amused N'astirh declined Macendale's soul and instead grafted a demon to Macendale, "without a catch". Unfortunately for Macendale, the fusion of himself and the demon gave him a hideous appearance and drove him insane. After months of fighting for control of Macendale's body, the demon physically tore himself from Macendale and, christening itself the "Demogoblin", set off to purge the world of "sinners". After facing various heroes such as Spider-Man and Moon Knight as well as briefly allying with Carnage in the Maximum Carnage crossover; the Demogoblin was killed when it was crushed under a church pillar after saving a young child. |
| Doppelganger | File:Spiderdoppelganger.gif | Infinity War #1 | A magically created clone of Spider-Man, the Doppelganger was created by the Magus to kill Spider-Man. Surviving the events of the Infinity War, the Doppelganger, after a brief partnership with the Demogoblin, began to aimlessly wonder New York. Eventually coming into contact with Carnage and Shriek, the Doppelganger went on a massive killing spree with the two villains, along with Demogoblin and Carrion II. Eventually the Doppelganger was killed by Carnage while trying to protect Shriek from an attack by him. |
| Fusion | Image | Peter Parker: Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #30 | Capable of persuading people and manipulating their senses, Fusion was a millionaire who could get anything he wanted. After Fusion's son, Francis, died as a result of trying to imitate Spider-Man, Fusion attempted to take revenge on him. Attacking and brutally beating Spider-Man by morphing his bodyparts into those of various heroes. Capturing and brutally torturing Spider-Man in an abandoned warehouse, Fusion was defeated when Spider-Man, realizing the nature of Fusion's powers, manage to pummel him into submission. When he next appeared, Fusion, having teamed-up with Doctor Octopus, through a bizarre plot of dismembering and mind-controlling people, managed to get a device which allowed him to track Spider-Man. Soon after gaining the device, Fusion was beaten horribly by the traitorous Dr. Octopus and left for dead. |
| Ringer | File:RingerMarvel.jpg | Defenders #51 | While breaking into a safe in a building owned by Kyle Richmond, career criminal Anthony Davis was discovered and fought against the hero. During the battle, an angry Nighthawk broke Davis' tooth and was sent to prison. After leaving prison, he decided to hire the Tinkerer, to build him a battlesuit. Upon testing the suit by himself, the Beetle broke into his workshop and the two battled, resulting in Davis becoming the Beetle's prisoner. The Beetle wanted Davis to wear the suit so they could fight Spider-Man together, and convinced Davis to do so because of the deadly explosive weapons built inside the suit. Spider-Man easily defeated the Ringer despite his many weapons and was once again sent to jail. After next leaving prison, Davis was killed by the Scourge. |
| Hammerhead | File:HammerheadCrash.gif | The Amazing Spider-Man #113 | He is closely associated with the Maggia crime family. Hammerhead distinguishes himself from other villains in that he dresses up and acts somewhat like a gangster from the 1920s. Due to an injury he suffered in which his skull was reinforced with metal, his head has a flat shape to it. He is a major player in underworld activities in the Marvel Universe and is highly sought after for elimination by the Punisher. He is currently one of several gang warlords struggling to control the criminal underworld in the major cities of the Eastern United States. |
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Complete List of enemies
- Agony
- Batwing
- Beetle I
- The Big Man (Frederick Foswell)
- Big Wheel
- Black Tarantula
- Blizzard
- Bomblast
- Boomerang
- Calypso
- Carnage
- Carrion
- Chameleon
- Chance
- Cyclone I
- Demogoblin
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) aka Master Planner
- Doppelganger
- El Toro Negro
- Electro
- Enforcers
- The Finisher is an assassin employed by the Red Skull (Albert Malik). He killed Spider-Man's parents. Spider-Man kills him in self defense (Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5) by turning his own missile against him.
- Firearm
- Fixer
- Vincente Fortunato
- Fusion
- Gibbon
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
- Green Goblin (Harry Osborn)
- Grizzly
- Justin Hammer
- Hammerhead
- Homo Arachnis
- Human Fly
- Hypno-Hustler first appeared in Spectacular Spider-Man #24 by Bill Mantlo and Frank Springer. He can perform hypnosis with the aid of his guitar, and when teamed with his backup band, The Mercy Killers, can perform mass hypnosis. His boots can emit knockout gas on demand, and have retractable knives in the soles. The Hypno-Hustler also appeared in Spider-Man: Reign, a limited series set in the future, at the end of Spider-Man's career.
- Jackal
- Jack O'Lantern I-IV (IV aka Mad Jack)
- Jester
- Joystick
- Jury
- Kaine
- Kangaroo
- Kingpin
- Kraven the Hunter
- Kraven II
- Lady Octopus
- Lasher
- Lightmaster
- Living Brain
- The Lizard
- Lobo Brothers
- Looter aka Meteor Man
- Knight & Fogg
- Man Beast
- Man-Bull
- Man-Wolf
- Midnight
- Mister Hyde
- Molten Man
- Morbius the Living Vampire
- Morlun
- Mr. Fear III
- Mysterio I-III
- Phage
- Polestar
- Proto-Goblin
- Ramrod
- Ramshot
- Radioactive Man
- Rhino
- Ringer (comics)
- Riot
- The Rose (Richard Fisk) aka the Schemer
- Sandman
- Scarecrow
- Scorpia
- Scorpion (Mac Gargan)
- Scream
- Screech
- Sentry
- Shadrac aka Override
- Shocker
- Shriek
- Silvermane
- The Sinister Six, Sinister Seven, and Sinister Twelve, teams of Spider-Man's enemies
- The Sinister Syndicate
- Alistair Smythe
- Spencer Smythe
- Speed Demon
- Spider-Slayers (robots)
- The Spot
- Gabriel Stacy aka The Grey Goblin
- Sarah Stacy
- Stegron
- Stunner
- Swarm
- Tarantula I-II
- Tatterdemalion
- Taylor, General Orwell
- Thousand
- Tinkerer
- Tombstone
- Tracer
- Tri-Sentinel
- Venom (Eddie Brock)
- Vermin
- Venom (Mac Gargan)
- Venom (Angelo Fortunato)
- Vulture
- Walrus
- Senator Ward
- White Rabbit
- Will o' the Wisp
Non-Spider-Man villains
Spider-Man has fought these people, but they are associated with other characters rather than the webspinner.
- Arcade
- Beyonder
- Bullseye
- Cobra
- Doctor Doom
- Juggernaut
- Lady Deathstrike
- Llyra
- Magneto
- Nitro
- Owl
- Red Ghost
- Stilt-Man
- Super-Skrull
- Taskmaster
- Trapster
- Wizard
Vigilantes
Not specifically villains, but Spider-Man has fought these characters regularly as a result of their opposing views on law enforcement.
It should also be noted that, because of his opposition to Superhero Registration and his enrollment in the New Avengers, he is currently at odds with the Mighty Avengers.
Made-For-TV Villains
These villains don't appear in the comics. They were created for the series. Among those villains are:
- Arachnoid: He appeared in Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. Zolton is a chemical scientist who creates a Spider-Serum that will give him Spider-Powers. He impersonates Spider-Man when committing crimes until he mutates into the Arachnoid: a mutant with the torso of a man and a spider's body from the waist down. This plot was somewhat based of Nephilia's.
- Baron Von Rantenraven: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He invaded New York with WWII Airplanes.
- Bolton: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Bolton is a Martian warrior who can throw thunderbolts. He worked together with Boomer.
- Boomer: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Boomer is a criminal who uses bombs. He worked together with Bolton.
- Buzz Mason: He appeared in Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. He is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who secretly controlled Lightwave into committing robberies of a device that will enable him to control a satellite called the GUARDSTAR.
- Charles Cameo: He appeared in the 1960s cartoon. Charles Cameo is former actor who uses disguises to commit crimes. He one time impersonated the Prime Minister of Rutania.
- Clive: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Clive is a movie producer who plans revenge on the movie critics and audiences by creating Blotto.
- Cyberiad: He appeared in Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. Nathan Price was Firestar's lover until an accident caused by an attack by AIM caused him to end up as a cyborg called Cyberiad. He attacked the X-Men Mansion and captured it's members one-by-one. His design is based off Fatal Five member Tharok.
- Desperado: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He is a cowboy on a robotic horse.
- Dr. Atlantean: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Dr. Atlantean is a scientist from Atlantis who brought Manhattan underwater. He is a redrawn version of the Radiation Specialist.
- Dr. Cool: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He is a diamond thief who was robbing diamonds while hiding out in a warehouse with a freezer in it.
- Dr. Magneto: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Dr. Matto Magneto is a scientist armed with a gun that can magnetize and de-magnetize objects. He planned revenge upon the world for ridiculing his theories.
- Dr. Manta: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon and he's a Rocket Robin Hood villain. He used giant, mechanical beetles to enslave an island's inhabitants.
- Dr. Noah Body: A brilliant scientist who has somehow found a way to make himself invisible. He has only appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon.
- Dr. Dumpty: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Dr. Humperdink Dumpty is a jewel thief who stole the jewels of actress Rachel Welles when he attacked a parade.
- Dr. Vespian: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He is a scientist who developed a drinkable invisibility serum that he tested on himself and his dog.
- Dr. Von Schlick: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He is an evil scientist who wears a rubber, non-stick costume with petroleum-based bubbles emitted from his fingers. Spider-Man had to use a special webbing to stop him.
- Dr. Zap: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Dr. Zap is an electric-powered Chinese scientist who kidnapped Dr. Irving Caldwell in order to learn the secrets of Dr. Caldwell's levitation helmet.
- Dr. Zelnar: He appeared in the 2003 Spider-Man cartoon. He developed a drug that would make stupid people intelligent. He tested it on thug twins Jack and Mack and used them to commit crimes.
- Fantastic Fakir: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He is an Arabian Fakir whose flute can create illusions and control animals.
- Fiddler: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Otto is a man who hates rock and roll for it replacing classical music. He used a deadly violin to seek revenge on Cyrus Flintridge.
- Fifth Avenue Phantom: He is quite possibly the most unremarkable villain from the '67 animated series. He appeared in "The Fifth Avenue Phantom" and "The Dark Terrors".
- Gadgeteer: He appeared in the 1980s Spider-Man cartoon. Gadgeteer is an evil janitor who takes on this identity to steal Dr. Norton's shrink ray.
- The Gaines Twins: They appeared in the 2003 Spider-Man cartoon. Roland and Roxanne Gaines are twins with mind powers who messed with Spider-Man's mind.
- Gamesman: He appeared in the 1980s Spider-Man cartoon. The Gamesman plotted to cause havoc in New York by using the arcade games to hypnotize the teenagers there. He unwittingly caused Francis Byte to become Videoman resulting in Gamesman to manipulate him.
- Harley Clivendon: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Harley Clivendon is an Australian who one time hypnotized J. Jonah Jameson with an idol.
- Herbert Landon: Main article: Herbert Landon
- Human Fly Twins: They appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Stan and Lee are former circus acts who reverted to crime.
- Iceberg: He first appeared in the 1994 Spider-Man cartoon. He was a frozen crimelord that works for the Kingpin and that Hobbie Brown used to work for before becoming the Prowler.
- Infinata: He first appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon and he's a Rocket Robin Hood villain. He's from the Fifth Dimension where he attempted to steal the Universal Encyclopedia from a dying scientist from the destroyed planet Goth.
- Kotep the Scarlet Sorcerer: He first appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Kotep was an ancient Egyptian sorcerer who was defeated by his opponent and placed in suspended animation until a professor at Peter's school used an incantation to awaken him.
- Lightwave: She first appeared in Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. Aurora Dante is Iceman's half-sister who can manipulate and control light. She is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. until Buzz Mason controlled her into stealing a device that will allow Buzz to control the GUARDSTAR. Lightwave is based off Aurora and Darkstar.
- Master Vine: He first appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He is a leader of a race of plant people in an alternate dimension.
- Microman: He first appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Professor Pretories is a diabolical scientist who has a light that can shrink him to a small size.
- Mirium: She first appeared in the 1994 Spider-Man cartoon. In this series, she is a Vampire Queen and the mother of Blade.
- Miss Trubble: She appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. She had a chest that enabled her to summon living statue versions of Greek Mythology characters and creatures.
- Mugs Riley: He first appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Mugs Riley is a criminal who escaped from jail and discovered an underground society of Molemen. He used them to commit crimes while disguised as a Moleman.
- Nephilia: He appeared in the 1980s Spider-Man cartoon. Dr. Bradley Shaw and his assistant Penny plotted to attain Spider-Man's blood into order to duplicate his powers use them for Bradley's own needs. Unfortunately, he ends up becoming Nephilia: a mutant with a man's torso and a spider body from the waist down.
- Pardo: He first appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Pardo is a sorcerer who can turn into a black cat and rob people in a movie theatre.
- Parafino: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He is the owner of Parafino's Wax Museum. He one time used wax mannequins of Blackbeard the Pirate, Jesse James, and the Executioner of Paris to commit crimes.
- Plotter: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Plotter is a criminal mastermind who hires Ox and Cowboy to steal a blueprint for a missile.
- Professor Gizmo: He appeared in the 1980s Spider-Man cartoon. Professor Gizmo is a master criminal who planed to use Spider-Man to attach an antenna to the large sunken treasure ship, the El Conquistador.
- Pterodax: Pterodax appeared in the 2003 Spider-Man cartoon. Pterodax is a high-tech mercenary group led by Sergai.
- Radiation Specialist: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. The Radiation Specialist took over Manhattan's new and only Nuclear Power Plant and uses a special ray in it to lift Manhattan into the clouds unless the city meets his demands: he is amply paid, granted amnesty from arrest, and permitted to build his own nuclear reactor. He had a radiation gun which gave Spider-Man a disadvantage.
- Scarf: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Scarf is a masked villain who uses illusions.
- Shikata: She appeared in the 2003 Spider-Man cartoon. Shikata is a martial arts expert and swordsman who uses a sword and incantation to stay young. She wanted to fight Spider-Man to the finish.
- Sidewinder: He appeared in the 1980s Spider-Man cartoon. Sidewinder is a masked cowboy villain who rides a flying, robot horse. He leads a gang of cowboys who also ride flying, robot horses.
- Skymaster: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. Skymaster is a criminal that resides in a blimp. He kidnapped the school's football star Roy Robinson so that he can force his father to reveal the invisibility serum's ingredients.
- Stuntman: Stuntman appeared in the 1980s Spider-Man cartoon. Jack Riven was the World's Greatest Stuntman until an accident permanently fused him to a mechanical suit of armor a few years ago. He blames Spider-Man for that. Stuntman has two lackey named Larry and Moe who help make up the Triangle of Evil.
- Super Swami: He appeared in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. He is an Oriental-illusionist.
- Talon: She appeared in the 2003 Spider-Man cartoon. Cheyenne Tate is a high-tech thief whom was a love interest for Harry Osborne. She is somewhat based off Black Cat.
- Turbo Jet: He appeared in the 2003 Spider-Man cartoon. As Turbo Jet, Wyler acts like a modern-day Robin Hood with the stealing from the rich and giving to the poor while wearing a high-tech suit.
- Videoman: It appeared in Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. Electro brought it out of an arcade game to steal components for his Ultra-Transformer, but was defeated by the Spider-Friends. Videoman was released again during a thunderstorm. A teenage video game prodigy named Francis Byte ends up becoming Videoman due to an explosion caused by the Gamesman's plot where Francis learns to become a good superhero. After the Gamesman's defeat, he is now training with the X-Men.
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