My Top 5 Worst Spider-Man Villains

After listing off My Top 30 Spider-Man Villains I figured that it would be only right for me to explore the other end a little bit and also list My Top 5 Worst Spider-Man Villains. Spider-Man might have one of the best rogues galleries in comics history (With only Batman's rogues gallery as any real competition to that title) They can't all be hits, in fact there are indeed some real losers out there, I think that these following five are the worse. Somehow "villains" like The Walrus, Grizzly, Gibbon and Kangaroo managed to avoid this list.

 #5 Rocket Racer 

 Real Name: Robert Farrell

First Appearance: Sept 1977's Amazing Spider-Man #172

About: Only mostly a villain Rocket Racer has had most of his run ins with the law as a small time bugler. Has his name would suggest he has a rocket powered skateboard, ok so the skateboard might not be suggested in the name but the rocket powered part is. Although still mostly a villain Rocket Racer unlike most villains has a very strong code of ethics and a deep respect for Spider-Man. Rocket Racer might of been well ahead of his time. Yup you heard that right had Rocket Racer debuted in the mid to late 1990s instead of the late 1970s he could of been a lot more relevant but alas that was not the case. Not helping matters is the fact that he seemed to be the only person to think the Bat-nipples in Batman and Robin were a good idea and stole the idea for his redesigned costume. Awful.

#4 Stegron 

Real Name: Vincent Stegron

First Appearance: March 1974's Marvel Team-Up #19

About: Gotta love Marvel's line of thinking. Hey The Lizard is popular so lets make a new improved version of the same character but instead of merely making him a lizard lets make him a DINOSAUR! Yeah kids love Dinosaurs right? He'll be a hit! Well not so much. Stegron even has a similar origin to The Lizard's. You see Vincent Stegron was obsessed with the experiments that Dr. Conners did that on himself that caused him to become the Lizard and recreated them only with Dinosaur DNA from the Savage Land instead of plain old Lizard DNA. Shockingly (not really) Stegron never caught on despite his dinosaurness since he is mostly seen (and rightfully so) as a Lizard wannabe and why use a wannabe when the real deal is already part of Spidey's rogues gallery.

#3 Hypno-Hustler

 

Real Name: Antoine Delsoin

First Appearance:  Nov. 1978's Spectacular Spider-Man #24

About: Disco was really damn popular at one point in the 1970s and during that time we have gotten great characters like Dazzler and Hypno-Hustler. Wait, what's that? You have never heard of Hypno-Hustler? I can't imagine why hes a guy who uses a guitar to hypnotize people so that he can carry out his petty crimes of robbing the small club owners safe. As if that wasn't enough he also has boots that emit knock out gas. Yup this Disco all star was a real dud.

#2 Big Wheel

Real Name: Jackson Weele

First Appearance: 1978's Amazing Spider-Man #182

About: Now here's a crappy low level villain if there ever was one. Simply put Big Wheel is a giant metal wheel that has spikes, guns, arms and runs over things. Sounds great huh? Jackson Weele is naturally  a crooked businessman who was blackmailed by fellow Spider-Man "villain" and top 5 worse Spider-Man villain, Rocket Racer, and attempted to gain vengeance on the kid by running him over in a giant wheel or something. Spider-Man saved the other would be crappy villain and Big Wheel flew into The Hudson River. Somehow Big Wheel has shown up more then once and every now and then pops up to terrorize skaters everywhere and to be a general non-threat to anybody.

#1 Typeface

Real Name: Gordon Thomas

First Appearance: Nov 2000's Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol. 2 #23

About: You know your a crappy villain when you make Big Wheel look like hes on par with The Green Goblin but that's just what the pathetic Typeface does. Spider-Man might have some of the best villains in comics but as you have seen in this article hes got some pretty lame ones as well but all of those lame villains take a backseat to this smuck. Basically he writes letters on his face and uses weapons shaped as letters to fight with. Watch out Spidey Typeface just threw a giant lower case "g" at you!

Well there we go that pretty much sums up all of my Spider-Man villains lists, hope you enjoyed them. If so make sure to comment below or share it Twitter,

My Top 30 Spider-Man Villains Part 1 #30-21

When it comes so a super heroes its pretty much split down the middle on who people think has the best rogues gallery, you either think its Spider-Man or Batman as for who has the third best rogues gallery? Well that's up in the air, its all about Spider-Man and Batman.

Although I do love me some Batman my favorite super hero has always been Spider-Man and with that I always tend to land on the side of Spider-Man when the who has the best rogues gallery arguement comes up.

Either way I figured to celebrate the awesomeness and depth of Spider-Man's rogue gallery I would do a count down of top 30 Spider-Man villains. The fact that 30 are being named puts him above most other heroes rogues gallery, seriously how man other heroes out there have enough villains that you can name 30 of them? Well ok Batman. Despite the fact that I am only naming 30 I had to wittle the list down from over 50 villains that I could think of but lets face it if I made a top 50 list there would be some real losers on there as well.

Honorable Mention, The Burglar:

Real Name: Unknown

First Appearance: Aug 1962's Amazing Fantasy Vol. 1 #15

About: There isn't much to this guy but I feel I have to put him on this list somewhere even if it is only a honorable mention. While not one of the most evil people Spidey has come up against or having any powers at all The Burglar has affected Spider-Man's life more than any other villain that he has come up against. The Burglar killed Peter's beloved Uncle Ben, thus instilling his Uncle's famous words of "With great power comes great responsibility" in him forever and creating your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

#30 Tarantula:

Real Name: Anton Miguel Rodriguez

First Appearance: April 1967's Ghost Rider #2

About: The Tarantula was originally created by the South American republic of Delvadia to be a counterpart for Captain America. He has finger claws and spike toes on his shoes built into his costume which are more often then not poisonous and is a rather skilled hand to hand combatant. Soon enough things would sour between The Tarantula and Delvadia and he left to New York to begin a criminal career where he has run into Spider-Man several times. For the most part he worked as a goon for hire but was a pretty pathetic one losing to a host of heroes like Captain America, The Punisher and of course Spider-Man time and time again.

#29 The Trapster:

Real Name: Peter Petruski

First Appearance: Jan 1963's Strange Tales #104

About: Trapster is a guy who invented a crazy glue gun which rivals Spider-Man's own webbing. While usually a Fantastic Four villain he has tangled with Spider-Man his fair share, pitting his paste against Spidey's webbing. Originally he went under the name of Paste-Pot Pete and although he quickly changed his name to The Trapster the Paste-Pot Pete name has stuck to him (no pun intended) and has become a point of mockery brought up by Spidey pretty much every time they face off much to the chagrin of Trapster.

#28 Kaine:

Real Name: Kaine (Clone of Peter Parker)

First Appearance: Dec 1994s Web Of Spider-Man #119

About: One of the few good things that the unfortunate clone saga brought us was Kaine. Kaine was the very first clone of Spider-Man as opposed to Ben Riley as most people thought. The Jackal however hated Kaine as he considered him a flawed and imperfect clone due to Kaine's quick degeneration process. Kaine's powers are also slightly different from Peters. Along with all of Peter's powers Kaine also has a much stronger spider-sense that actually gives him small glimpses into the near future. He is also much stronger then Peter. Kaine was also the man responsible for the death of Doctor Octopus, who pretty much returned from the dead half a year or so later. These days Kaine has completely reformed though and is the new Scarlet Spider.
 

#27 Vermin:

Real Name: Edward Whelan

First Appearance: August 1982's Captain America #272

About: Edward Whelan was a brilliant genetics researcher who worked as an assistant to Armin Zola (Nazi!), but when Whelan objected to use humans as test subjects Zola's employer, Baron Zemo (another Nazi!!) decided that Whelan would be the next test subject turning him into a cannibalistic rat-man who was dubbed Vermin, naturally. Vermin has for the most part not been that much of a threat he mostly keeps to himself in the sewers of New York however he will defend his territory at all costs. Once after burying Spider-Man alive, Kraven The Hunter, who had taken up Spider-Man's mantel decided to find a suitable foe to prove his superiority, hunted down and defeated Vermin. Soon after his defeat Kraven released Vermin who then nearly killed the real Spider-Man. Vermin's human personality was mostly lost in the experiment that created him and now although his humanity does briefly reappear from time to time he has more of a child like quality to his speech and how he feels about things.

#26 The Spot:

Real Name: Jonathan Ohnn

First Appearance: Dec 1984's Spectacular Spider-Man #97

About: As a former scientist for The Kingpin, Dr. Jonathan Ohnn experimented on Cloak's (of Cloak and Dagger fame) dark dimension which provided him with the ability to teleport by opening portals in space. Donning a horrible costume and dubbing himself The Spot he started a life a crime but his crimes were easily foiled by Spider-Man and The Black Cat. Spot although a brilliant scientist was never that good a villain even to the point where he teamed up with fellow crap villains Kangaroo, Gibbon and The Grizzly to from the appropriately named Legion of Losers, though it was Spider-Man who dubbed them this. Once again Spot along with his new cohorts were easily defeated by Spider-Man. Spot unlike the rest of those characters in The Legion Of Losers is the one with the most potential and has recently really stepped up his game in the last few years.

#25 Swarm:

Real Name: Fritz Von Meyer

First Appearance: July 1977's Champions #14

About: Swarm is a Nazi (Yes another Nazi!) scientist who's real name is Fritz Von Meyer, need I say more??? Ok so I'll say more but you have to admit that that was one hell of a lead off. I've always liked Swarm a lot even if he has never been that big of a villain. While studying killer bees (as if a Nazi would waste his time on any sort of non-killer bee) Fritz decided to try to control them via a psychic  beam but was instead completely consumed by a maddened swarm but if there's one thing we've learned is that you just can't keep a good (bad) Nazi down and he somehow became the bees master in the process (comics everyone!) Not content to just steal money Swarm has much grander plans like the Nazi that he is he has tried to conquer the world on several occasions but is always stopped by Spider-Man who thinks of brilliant tactics in fighting a swarm of bees like covering his costume in raid and putting the stuff in his webbing to disrupt Fritz's psychic link with bees. God I love fictional Nazis!!!

#24 Mister Negative:

Real Name: Martin Li

First Appearance: Jan 2008s Amazing Spider-Man #546

About:The newest villain on my list. Of all of the new villains that came out of Brand New Day Mister Negative is the best. Mister negative is a mob boss with some neat powers, he can heal with his touch which is different for a villain but he also has mental control over others, super human strength and of course change his appearance to give himself the look of a negative photo. In one of the better cover ups for a mob boss Mister Negative runs a homeless shelter helping those on the streets in need and even cured a dying Eddie Brock of his cancer while giving him the power to become Anti-Venom at the same time which would be something that would come back to bite him in the backside more then once. Of all of the villains that were introduced in the Brand New Day storyline Mister Negative has the feel of a classic Spider-Man villain more then any of the others and that alone is reason enough o include him on my list.

 

#23 The Jackel:

Real Name: Miles Warren

First Appearance: Dec 1965s Amazing Spider-Man #31 as Warren, Feb 1974s Amazing Spider-Man #129

About: Although not one of the most threatening villains Spider-Man has ever face The Jackal has caused him more grief then nearly any other. The Jackal is the villain who is was mostly behind the entire clone saga since it was him or cloned Peter in the first place. He was thought dead for years but returned in the '90s to be a thorn in Spider-Man's side in very big way revealing to Spider-Man that he was actually the clone he had created years earlier and the person who was thought to be the clone now going under the name of Ben Riley was in fact the real Peter Parker. The stress of the situation was more then Spider-Man had ever gone through before and made him eventually pass the role of Spider-Man on to Ben Riley since both believed only the real Peter Parker, which at that time was thought to be Ben, should be Spider-Man. The Jackal was eventually killed but his legacy lived on with the new Spider-Man. Eventually of course it was revealed that Ben was the clone all along and was then killed by the returning original Green Goblin, Norman Osbourn, who was revealed to be the mastermind behind the whole clone saga. God that storyline sucked! So yeah The Jackal, not so much a threat himself but lots and lots of grief, and lost Spidey fans, came with him. Oh yeah and it turns out he wasn't killed off with him returning yet again during last years Spider Island in which he infected everyone in New York with Peter's spider powers.

#22 Hydroman:

Real Name: Morris "Morrie" Bench

First Appearance: Jan 1981s Amazing Spider-Man #212

About: Here's a guy who has all the potential in the world to be one of Marvels most powerful villains, I mean he can turn into and to a small extent control water for petes sake, but due to his own short sidedness, ego and obsession with taking out Spider-Man among other small beans things is little more then a second stringer above the likes of The Kangaroo and The Gibbon, but way out of the league of guys like Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, Venom or even The Vulture. Instead Hydro-Man seems content with his crappyness when he is just one big move from taking that next step. Alas though that seems like its out of Hydro-Man's reach as he has no sense of judgment and focuses solely on killing Spider-Man, and poorly at that.

#21 Hammerhead:

Real Name: Unknown

First Appearance: Oct 1972s Amazing Spider-Man #113

About: On paper Hammerhead is a mostly lame villain. He's a 1920's-30's style gangster with a baby blue pinstriped suit and a head made of adamantium that he uses to ram people with as though he were a common billy goat or a lamer version of The Rhino. But once again lame premise or not Hammerhead is a character who has worked time and time again for Spider-Man sure hes only a C grade Spider-Man villain who has never had a definitive story, the closest being a couple issue story arch that just came out last year that revamped the character, but hes still a fun character that's always fun to see pop up every now and again.

Well that will do it for part one of this three part series on My Top 30 Spider-Man Villain's be sure to come back again in the next few days for Part 2 which will feature #20-11 and feature a lot more of Spider-Man's bigger villains.

Top Ten Marvel Heroes I Would Love To See Pixar Tackle

Since Disney acquired the rights to Marvel Comics and became its parent company people have been clamoring for Disney and more specifically Pixar to do their take on some of Marvel's characters. Naturally I'm no different, here are the top ten Marvel movies I would love to see Pixar tackle in alphabetical order.

Ant Man & Wasp:


I'm not quite sure how we got there but the name that has been thrown around the most for a Marvel Pixar movie has been Ant Man. Really I can't disagree with that decision, Ant Man is a great character and has never seemed to get his due but I say why not up the ante a little and make it an Ant Man & Wasp movie. These two characters go hand and hand together, their peanut butter and jelly. On top of all of that as a romantic couple these two are one of the best in all of comics history but seems to get no attention sure they are not as popular as other Marvel couples like Spider-Man and Mary Jane or Mr. Fantastic and The Invisible Woman but they should be. The thought of Pixar making this movie would be amazing they have had experience with creating a world with the point of view of the very small with A Bugs Life and with the advances in technology that has been made in their animation since then this one would be awesome.



Cloak & Dagger:


Cloak and Dagger are the story of a couple of teen runaways who gained their powers when they were injected with a new synthetic heroin (though it was revealed years later that both were mutants and the injections had simply awakened their latent mutant abilities) Cloak becomes engulfed by darkness while Dagger is engulfed in light. After gaining their powers they decided to take up a war on drugs and to help other runaway teens. Cloak and Dagger might be quite a bit darker then what Pixar is accustomed to doing but they have shown in the past that they can do dark all we have to do is think back to the trash incinerator scene in Toy Story 3 for proof. The dark and light themes could make for some amazing visuals and it would be great to see Pixar going outside of their comfort zone and doing something that is rated a little higher than G though that has never hindered them in the past.


Doctor Strange:

Pixar has been known for its far out there ideas and when it comes to comics there is no character more out there in concept then Doctor Strange. To me Doctor Strange is a perfect fit for Pixar. Just thinking about all of the great visuals that we could get from Doctor Strange being a master of magic and the mystic arts has me salivating. On top of this despite being one of the more popular characters in Marvel Doctor Strange has never gotten a big break in the world of film. All he has has is a terrible 1970's made for TV movie, a couple episodes of the 1990's Spider-Man and a direct to DVD animated movie in 2007. Out of everyone on this list however Doctor Strange seems like one of the most likely to get a live action treatment some time in the future.



Hercules:


Hercules might be the toughest sell on this list for no other reason then the fact that Disney did their own animated version of Hercules in 1997 so Pixar may very well be hesitant to do another animated version with Marvels version of the character. Still that being said Marvel's Hercules is quite different from Disney's Hercules and I think there are room for the both of them. Marvel's version of the character has always been a fan favorite but has always been a C lister at best but in the last few years has gained a lot more steam and has made it to the B list at the very least. To see Marvel's incredibly jolly but extremely bad ass when he has to be in a Pixar movie would be great.


Heroes For Hire:

Luke Cage and Iron Fist are two characters that seem to of been around forever but have both really picked up steam in the last ten years or so, Luke Cage epically. That said when most people think of these characters they think of the '70s and that's just where I would love to see a movie with these two take place. Another fun thing about this movie is the differences between Iron Fist and Luke Cage. Iron Fist is the finesse man with all the skills and a principals from the eastern world while Luke Cage is the power house street tough from with the street smarts from New York. These two would be clashing personalities would be as great on screen as they have been in comics for decades. Pixar could have some real fun putting that decade on screen with two heroes who would start off doing the job just for the money, they ARE The Heroes for Hire after all and then as the movie goes on it becomes less about the cash and more about doing the right thing, a motto both have come to go by these days.



The Inhumans:

The Inhumans are one of the more unrated teams in comics. You take a dash of X-Men and mix it with The Fantastic Four and you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. The X-Men portion comes because when a inhuman comes of age they go into The Terrigen Mist, which is a natural mutagen that alters the biology of an Inhuman giving them special powers. The Fantastic Four part comes into play with The Inhuman royal family headed by their king Blackbolt, a character who cannot speak because even the quietest whisper from him could level a mountain. Pixar has proven they can deal with a lack of talking through WALL-E but they won't really have to worry about it here as Blackbolt is the only one who can't speak unless absolutely necessary, Pixar could really pull at the emotional strings here on that one letting him speak at the right moment for massive destruction. Other Inhumans include their queen Madusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Triton, Crystal, Maximus and of course Lockjaw. Like The X-Men and Fantastic Four all of these characters have their own unique powers and abilities that could make for some amazing visuals and action scenes and hey if Pixar doesn't want to give us a new Incredibles movie then why not The Inhumans?





Namor: The Sub Mariner:



Much like Aquaman, Namor gets a bad rap and I can't think of any real reason for it. Is it because Aquaman gets a lot of shit and Namor is the Marvel equivalent to him. All that said Namor is a complete bad ass and always has been, he is one of the original anti-heroes who just so happened to be one before a anti-hero was even a thing. Back in the 1930's and 1940's Namor teamed up with Captain America and fought the Nazi's, in the 1960's he was a asshole who was a thorn in the side of Mr. Fantastic all while trying to steal The Invisible Woman away from him. All the while and since then Namor has been the arrogant king of Atlantis. Pixar has experience with going underwater with Finding Nemo but that was nearly a decade ago now and their technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. Add to that the amazing scenery and backgrounds that you could get from Atlantis and you got one of the most beautiful movies that Pixar has ever done.



Rocket Racoon:

Now here is a character that seems custom made for Pixar or Disney. Rocket Raccoon is a Raccoon (obviously) who flies about as the guardian of The Keystone Quadrant, a area of outer space that is sealed off from the rest of the space in a spaceship with his first mate Wal Russ who is (SHOCK) a walrus. Its not all cute and fuzzy though as Rocket Raccoon is a master military tactician how seems to also have a serious case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. All of these other characters on this list might make for a great Pixar movie but Rocket Raccoon is a character that would be a perfect fit for Pixar. The fact that Rocket Raccoon is also a pretty obscure character most people wouldn't even second guess as anything but another original Pixar creation.




Rom: Spaceknight:

I guess if Pixar doesn't want to go to outer space with Rocket Raccoon then they could go to outer space with another pretty obscure Marvel space character with Rom: Spaceknight. The big difference between the two is obviously one is a raccoon and the other is a robot. Unlike most characters on this list I know next to nothing about Rom aside the fact that hes a space robot who's comic was only created to help promote a toy, much like many TV shows in the 1980's, and although the toy died a death pretty quick the comic went on to a pretty decent following that helped the comic last an impressive 75 issues. What I do know about it is that Rom is a spaceknight who battles a evil aliens race called The Dire Wraiths who employ the use of dark magic and can shape shift. Although that's all I know about Rom I know that Pixar can make a hell of a movie out of this.

The Runaways:


Every kid thinks that their parents are evil, but what if they really were? That's the plot behind The Runaways. There is sooooo much more to The Runaways then that though. Not only do these kids discover their parents are evil super villains they find out that through that they themselves have special powers. One is a witch, another is a alien, another a mutant another is the daughter to time travelers and gets a pet dinosaur that she has a telepathic link with and so forth. While running they discover that they are not all as different from each other that they had originally thought and all come together for a final showdown with their parents. Pixar are no strangers to the amount of character development that this movie would require and unlike most superhero movies this one has a different angle that you know they could nail.