Top 10 Worst Marvel Villains

Kicking of our list is this laughably bad Hulk foe. Arriving in 1966’s Tales to Astonish #81, this colorfully dressed villain was once a world-class baseball pitcher who accepted bribes, causing his exit from the major leagues. Thanks to his throwing arm, a criminal organization enlisted his services throwing gimmicky boomerangs and disks. Obviously, this guy stood more of a chance battling Spider-man, especially with jet boots.

David Cannon was introduced in 1963’s Tales to astonish #50. Possessing superhuman speed, he spins his body around rapidly to create the form of a tornado, all without impairing himself. Of course, this not only led him to become a jewel thief, but battle the Avengers. Despite the name change to Whirlwind, we would be much cooler if he fired tornadoes instead of playing the Tasmanian devil from Looney Tunes.

No, this isn’t the older DC Scarecrow that goes up against the dark knight. Ebenezer Laughton arrived in 1964’s Tales of Suspense #51. A circus escape artist and contortionist, he decided to seek his fortune as a burglar. His special weapon, which he uses against Iron man are a murder of specially trained crows provided by the Mandarin. Yah, you won’t be seeing this in a movie anytime soon.

If you’re going to fight as a villain against a blind sonar powered ninja, then you’ve got plenty of options. One of the most unusual is presented by Wilbur Day in 1965’s Daredevil #8. Okay great, he constructed a suit of armor, but then he went that extra mile, literally, by including telescopic legs. This allowing him to giraffe up alongside buildings to pull off heists above ground floor. However, instead of rivalling such characters as Iron man in cool factor, it instead made for one of Marvel’s biggest push overs.

This foe had the potential to be a truly insidious villain. Appearing in 1963’s Fantastic Four #21, this masked foe looked like he was straight out of a clan, and prayed upon hatred using his hate gun. Sounds cool, unfortunately, his potential was totally squandered. Not only killed, his appeal was having a secret identity, which was quickly revealed, like from an episode of Scooby Doo. Adolf Hitler’s body double? Seriously?

Oh boy. Thought stilts were out of the comfort zone for a proper Daredevil super villain match-up? Well, arriving in 1964’s Daredevil #5 was this former Spanish bullfighter. A man cruel to the animals, he was kicked from the profession. Swearing revenge upon mankind, he became a criminal using his red cape to distract armored trucks in order to pull off heists. We’re not joking, he even uses it against the blind hero.

Ever call a nerd an egghead? Well this villain, Elihas Starr reared his misshapen head in 1962’s Tales to Astonish #38. Literally having an egghead, this scientist was a foe that became the arch nemesis of Ant Man. His biggest schemes involved taking control of the ants, and stealing information so he could concoct a cure for aging. Seriously, you’d think he’s want to look normal or something.

Arriving in 1965’s Daredevil #25, a criminal named Vinnie took on the persona using a ridiculous and non-threatening exoskeleton suit equipped with coils to jump great distances. Once a novelty inventor working for toy companies, he began his career by messing with Matt Murdock! Seriously though, this frog themed villain would make much more sense fighting Spider-Man.

Next up is criminal Ulysses Lugman who first appearing in Captain America’s 1987 issue #325. A 1200-pound morbidly obese man, he is the head of Miami’s drug trade. Unlike Marvel’s Kingpin, this criminal mastermind isn’t coy and doesn’t hide muscle under his girth. Actually, he’s totally immobile without gadgets. You never heard of him because a human beanbag chair isn’t very impressive for a super villain.

Taking the top spot on our list is the super villain who you can tell was a bad idea just from the name. Arriving as a foe for the Human Torch, this flame repellant villain arrived when Asbestos was at the height of its popularity. Incredibly, scientist Victoria Murdock not only made a suit out of it, but was eventually captured, got cancer and died. No, we’re not making this up.

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