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Originally a brilliant scientist, his greatest invention, a set of metallic limbs, became fused to his body by an accident which caused his insanity. Characters of the central rogues gallery are in bold.Ī master of disguise who can make himself look like anybody Īn inventor who created mechanical wings that allow him to fly and grant him superhuman strength All the villains are listed in the chronological order of their debut in comics. Alter egos listed having N/A use their real name as the supervillain name. Note: Alter ego characters who are the most high profile in the supervillain alias but have shared that alias with others are in bold. One of the more popular examples included Todd McFarlane's Venom in the Modern Age of Comic Books. Many collaborators would soon take over The Amazing Spider-Man title. Gerry Conway later replaced Stan Lee and helped create new adversaries for the web-slinger and also helped pave the way for the Bronze Age of Comic Books with the death of Spider-Man's long time romantic interest, Gwen Stacy. The early villains would be introduced in the 1960s during the Silver Age of Comic Books, and created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Most of the supervillains of Spider-Man would be introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man comic book starting with the Chameleon. See also: List of The Amazing Spider-Man issues

The rogues gallery of Spider-Man has garnered positive critical acclaim and has been considered one of the greatest rogues galleries of all time. Also, unlike most superheroes, Spider-Man doesn't have one particular archenemy, but rather three: the Norman Osborn version of the Green Goblin, the Otto Octavius version of Doctor Octopus, and the Eddie Brock version of Venom, the latter two of whom have been similarly redeemed and depicted as antiheroes since the late 2000s, the demon Mephisto has additionally been depicted as an overarching archenemy/prominent adversary of all incarnations of Spider-Man, responsible for Harry and Norman Osborn's transformations into the Green Goblin, creating Kindred, and manipulating various incarnations of Spider-Man into making deals with him: erasing Peter Parker's and Mary Jane Watson's marriage (and future daughter) from history, reverting Octavius from the Superior Spider-Man to a return to villainy, and tricking Miles Morales into sacrificing an innocent soul. Spider-Man is notable for having numerous villains that redeemed themselves and became antiheroes, such as Black Cat, the Prowler, Morbius, Kraven, and Silver Sable. The villains oftentimes form teams such as the Sinister Six to oppose the web-slinger. There are, however, numerous villains that don't fit into any specific category, such as Kraven the Hunter and Mephisto, the latter of whom originated as a Silver Surfer villain. They can be classified into multiple categories, such as animal-themed villains ( Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Black Cat, Lizard, Rhino, Scorpion, Jackal, Beetle, Kangaroo, Tarantula, and Puma), those with powers over the elements ( Sandman, Electro, Molten Man, and Hydro-Man), horror-themed villains (the Green Goblin, the Hobgoblin, Morbius, Morlun, and the Symbiotes), crime lords (the Kingpin, Tombstone, Hammerhead, Silvermane, and Mister Negative), inventors (the Shocker, the Tinkerer, Spencer Smythe, and Alistair Smythe), and masters of trickery and illusion (the Chameleon and Mysterio). Spider-Man then became popular enough for more Spider-Man comic spinoffs ( The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Team-Up, Web of Spider-Man, Peter Parker: Spider-Man etc.) which introduced more recurring enemies of the web-slinger, across their various incarnations.Īs with Spider-Man, most of his villains' powers originate from scientific accidents or the misuse of scientific technology. This comic introduced many of what would become his major supervillain adversaries. After his debut, he got his own comic book entitled The Amazing Spider-Man.

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Spider-Man is a superhero created by Marvel Comics who debuted in the anthology comic book series issue Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) during the Silver Age of Comics. ( Click on a character's face to identify the character's name and to learn more about the character.) Depiction of the many Spider-Man villains in a dream sequence of Spider-Man in The Sensational Spider-Man (vol.