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50-544: A foe of the superhero Spider-Man , the original Living Brain was created by the fictional International Computing Machines Corporation and billed as the most intelligent computer and robot in existence, capable of solving virtually any question asked. In more recent times, the Superior Spider-Man reprogrammed it to serve as a laboratory assistant at Parker Industries , with it remaining in that role after Peter Parker returned. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko ,

100-530: A Guardians of the Galaxy uniform, Red Wolf , Miles Morales , Peter Parker , Ant-Man , Steve Rogers ' elderly appearance, Kamala Khan , Doctor Spectrum , Rocket Raccoon , Star-Lord , Iron Man , Daredevil , Hyperion , Inferno , a Citizen V , and Medusa . Sam Wilson and Jane Foster remained in their adopted roles of Captain America and Thor , respectively. After this, the company began revealing titles on

150-471: A red herring to suggest the possibility of a third individual that was the original Peter Parker, he is one of the Spider-Man clones created by Jackal , to be Jackal's enforcer and protector. However, Spidercide is actually a clone to Ben Reilly, who is a direct genetic duplicate of Spider-Man. The Jackal later modified Spidercide's powers, granting him the unique ability to control his physical make-up on

200-631: A "Parker-Ectomy." When Spider-Island II is attacked by the Goblin Underground, the Superior Spider-Man gets Living Brain out and rides it away from Spider-Island II while evading the pursuers from the Goblin Underground. The Superior Spider-Man later uses Living Brain to help fight Monster (the Goblin form of Carlie Cooper ). After Peter Parker reclaimed his body, Living Brain was kept as his assistant at Parker Industries . When Ghost takes over

250-514: A being or structure as well as determining the best situation to overcome this obstacle. The Living Brain has a dense metal exo-skeleton and possesses super-strength and speed. It can also fly and has clawed hands. The joints of the Living Brain's limbs can rotate nearly 360 degrees. Originally, the Living Brain had external controls on its thorax with which it could be deactivated, yet it has always countered any attempts to reach them. The Living Brain

300-459: A bi-daily basis. The new Invincible Iron Man series had Iron Man learning about who his birth parents are after it was revealed that Howard Stark and Maria Stark had adopted him and that Arno Stark was their biological son. Marvel unveiled most of its new titles in late June 2015, after a book detailing the titles was shipped out to retailers, which was officially released on July 1. Three more titles were announced at San Diego Comic-Con

350-547: A copy of the consciousness of Doctor Octopus . After the Anna Maria Marconi AI reactivated and transformed Doctor Octopus' gauntlets into an Octobot as part of the Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy storyline, he proceeded to take over Living Brain and bide his time. When it came to Peter Parker scanning Living Brain to find out why it was acting weird, he hears Doctor Octopus' voice asking why he

400-543: A horrific giant powerful flying monster from outer space that shoots burning acid. She's the only Spiderman foe that was never part of Marvel Comics Delilah first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #414 by Tom DeFalco and Mark Bagley . A highly skilled and ruthless assassin who came under the employ of the Rose during one of the many crime-boss gang wars and became his confidante as well as his chief enforcer. She

450-493: A laboratory, she thought he was the one she had teamed up with, and attacked him. Despite her skills, Johnny managed to knock her out with a cunningly thrown disc. Spidercide was a major antagonist in the "Maximum Clonage" story arc . He first appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #222 by Tom DeFalco and Sal Buscema . He is depicted as an evil foil of Spider-Man, Ben Reilly , and Kaine . Introduced as

500-791: A molecular level; he can alter his mass, density, shape and state at will similar to the symbiotes . Despite being created to escort and protect the Jackal, Spidercide betrayed him and aligned with the Scrier. He was believed to have died after being thrown off the roof of the Daily Bugle . only to survive and return to menace Reilly shortly afterwards. El Muerto / Juan-Carlos Sanchez debuted in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #5, created by Peter David and Roger Cruz . Trained by his father Marcus Estrada de la García, Juan-Carlos gained

550-444: A nervous Peter Parker, the volunteer for the demonstration, fed it all of the given known information from the students concerning the wall-crawler, relievingly finding the answer to be in a mathematical code for Peter to decode overnight (because of this, it is unknown if the Living Brain correctly deduced Spider-Man's true identity). During the course of the Living Brain's demonstration, the two workmen hired to transport it overhear how

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600-518: A new plan. This time, they stole the corpse of Doctor Octopus so the Hand could succeed in restoring him to life. Delilah later found herself ambushed by the Black Tarantula himself, who easily subdued her and broke her neck, inflicting fatal injuries, but before she could die, however, the Black Tarantula instantly healed her with a message of warning for the Rose. Attempting to find help to bring down

650-712: A particular villain or villainous group among their adversaries with whom they have come into conflict the most (e.g., the Joker to Batman , and Lex Luthor to Superman in DC Comics ; or Doctor Doom to the Fantastic Four , and the Brotherhood of Mutants to the X-Men in Marvel Comics etc.), Spider-Man is often regarded as having three archenemies, and it can be debated as to which one

700-453: Is capable of withstanding several close range bullet shots. Coldheart / Kateri Deseronto debuted in Spider-Man #49, created by Tom Lyle and Howard Mackie . She is an expert martial artist and swordsman who wields Cryonic Swords that can freeze anyone in their place. Lycanite debuted in the 1965 novel, Spiderman George Era created by Pratap Mullick's father. She is described as

750-426: Is confronted by Spider-Man, who eventually shuts it down. At the end of the day as Peter is walking back home, he plans on telling everyone the next day he'd lost the code during the confusion. The Living Brain reappears several years later, now discredited and broken-down. Dr. Petty plans to donate it to Midtown High School's science lab. The Living Brain ends up being stolen by Dr. Petty's son Steve Petty who modifies

800-523: Is first shown wiping out an entire room of mobsters so the Rose could maintain control of part of the New York Organize Crime. Delilah came into conflict with Spider-Man for the first time when she attempted to assassinate the ex-husband of one of Rose's employers. When the Black Tarantula first involved himself in the gang war, Delilah attempted to kill his super-strong henchman El Uno but she

850-415: Is out of earshot, Anna jokingly orders Living Brain to terminate her, but he responds that his programming prevents him from complying. Anna remarks that she'll have to upgrade his sarcasm-detection software and sets off to comply with Sajani's orders. Living Brain follows and offers to assist her, making her remark that ever since his last upgrade, he's become clingy. Anna is unaware that Living Brain contains

900-458: Is the worst: Reaction to Spider-Man's rogues gallery has been overwhelmingly positive with many journalists citing it as one of the greatest comic book rogues galleries of all time, with Batman 's rogues gallery being its most rivaled contender. However, editors such as The Hollywood Reporter ' s Graeme McMillan felt that only Flash 's rogues gallery can compete with Spider-Man's rogues. Kyle Schmidlin of What Culture! described

950-579: Is what makes the Spider-Man villains so great. Newsarama ranked Spider-Man's rogues gallery as number one out of ten as the greatest rogues gallery of all time. George Marston of Newsarama said that the reason he felt that Spider-Man's rogues gallery was the best was the thematic elements that the villains manifested. He explained that just like the superhero they have the same concept of science gone wrong. They are "like him, great men with great minds, great power, and great determination." But instead they fail to use their powers responsibly, symbolizing

1000-701: 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. The rogues gallery of Spider-Man has garnered positive critical acclaim and has been considered one of

1050-611: The 1960s during the Silver Age of Comic Books , and created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. John Romita Sr. replaced Ditko starting with the Rhino. 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. Many collaborators would soon take over The Amazing Spider-Man title. One of

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1100-477: The Act. The following is a list of Spider-Man adversaries who, at one point or another, have been reformed or semi-reformed, either temporarily or currently, or who are no longer primarily antagonists of Spider-Man. Many of these characters are now anti-heroes and have often acted as allies of the web-slinger, while others occasionally return to villain status depending on the story arc. Unlike most superheroes, who have

1150-542: The Bar with No Name. To assist him out on trivia night at the Bar with No Name, the Answer unconvincingly introduces this Living Brain as "definitely not a Chinese-made knockoff of the Living Brain, no sir". The Living Brain has the ability to analyze any situation and determine how best to achieve its goals. Like any computer, the Living Brain can process and collate large amounts of information. The Living Brain can find any weaknesses in

1200-510: The Black Tarantula, Delilah enlisted the aid of the new costumed adventurer Ricochet (actually Spider-Man in disguise). Together they tackled two of the Black Tarantula's operatives, Roughhouse and Bloodscream. Bloodscream grabbed hold of Delilah and caused her to bleed until she passed out. She was taken by the authorities to the hospital. Years later she appears in Loners as an assassin smuggling MGH. When Johnny Gallo (the second Ricochet) broke into

1250-560: The Boys", centering on images of Spider-Man foes from the 1960s Spider-Man animated series that showcases the four supervillains – the Green Goblin , Electro , Vulture and a photoshopped addition of Rhino – along with other Spider-Man foes in some variations, emerged in 2019. The meme image parodied and represented a group of friends bonding, hanging out, or engaging in various shenanigans. It originated from Reddit and, later, Twitter . It

1300-619: The Hunter and Mephisto , the latter of whom originated as a Silver Surfer villain. The villains oftentimes form teams such as the Sinister Six to oppose the web-slinger. Spider-Man is notable for having numerous villains that redeemed themselves and became antiheroes , such as Black Cat , the Prowler , Morbius , Kraven , Sandman and Silver Sable . Also, unlike most superheroes, Spider-Man doesn't have one particular archenemy , but rather three:

1350-533: The Living Brain as "a talking gumball machine". The Beyond Corporation somehow created duplicates of Living Brain and unleashed them upon Nextwave at the time when they invaded the Beyond Corporation's State 51 base. Nextwave managed to make short work of the Living Brain duplicates. Living Brain was among the contestants in a cosmic roller derby held by Chadmaster (a younger version of the Grandmaster ). It

1400-408: The Living Brain has the ability to answer anything and they decide to steal it to use this ability for gambling purposes. Caught in the middle of their stealing it by Dr. Petty, one of the workmen quickly knocks him out, but by doing so bumps the other one into the Living Brain's control panel on its chest, causing the Living Brain to malfunction. Going on a rampage through Midtown High, the Living Brain

1450-729: The Living Brain's remains, allowing Peter's consciousness to transfer into Octavius's tentacle harness. List of Spider-Man enemies 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 . After his debut, he received his own comic book entitled The Amazing Spider-Man . This comic introduced many of what would become his major supervillain adversaries. 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

1500-543: The central rogues gallery are in bold . Peter Benjamin Parker (Earth 65) Aaron Davis (Ultimate) Miles Morales (Earth 42) Sarah Stacy Note: In chronological order Note: In chronological order Note: In chronological order Janice Lincoln As well as endowing van Adder with super strength and agility, the prototypical Goblin Formula gave him claws, talons, fangs, glowing green eyes, and near-impenetrable red skin that

1550-819: 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 ). There are, however, numerous villains that don't fit into any specific category, such as Kraven

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1600-405: The following month, after which Marvel began sparsely revealing even more comics. In May 2016, Marvel announced the return of Marvel NOW! ( Marvel NOW! 2.0 ) following the conclusion of the " Civil War II " storyline. Marvel Executive Editor Tom Brevoort stated that the relaunch is timed to coincide with "Civil War II" as means to "refresh and revitalize" the titles explaining, "One of the things

1650-559: The greatest rogues galleries of all time. The majority of supervillains depicted in Spider-Man comics first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man , while some first appeared in spinoff comics such as The Spectacular Spider-Man and Marvel Team-Up and other titles. Most of the supervillains of Spider-Man would be introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man comic book starting with the Chameleon. The early villains would be introduced in

1700-451: The more popular examples included Todd McFarlane's Venom in the Modern Age of Comic Books . Note: Alter ego characters who are the most high profile in the supervillain alias but have shared that alias with others are in bold. Alter egos listed having N/A use their real name as supervillain name. All the villains are listed in the chronological order of their debut in comics. Characters of

1750-601: The mystical mask and lineage of El Muertos, granting the user superhuman strength. Hesitant to do so, he battles his fellow Luchador foe El Dorado, who kills his father. Ten years go by and now Juan-Carlos is now El Muerto, who Dorado wishes to take his mask for his own. But Spider-Man aides in defeating El Dorado. During Civil War , the United States Superhuman Registration Act (SHRA) newly-appointed S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Tony Stark classified El Muerto with further monitoring before able to join

1800-487: The original Living Brain's first appearance was in The Amazing Spider-Man #8 (Jan. 1964). The second Living Brain appears in Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5 #6. The Living Brain, soon after its creation, is brought to Midtown High School by its creator Dr. Petty as a part of a demonstration of its renowned ability to solve any problem. The students agreed to ask the machine what is Spider-Man's secret identity, and

1850-539: The robot, giving it a gold and red color scheme, clawed hands and the ability to fly. Remotely controlling the Living Brain to attack a bully who had been tormenting him, Steve is eventually defeated by Spider-Man (who had been on a visit to Midtown High as Peter Parker) and the Living Brain is shut down once more. The Living Brain, restored to its pre-upgrade appearance, was then acquired by a group of criminals, who used it to commit robberies. The robot and its controllers were apprehended by Spider-Man, who mockingly referred to

1900-431: The role of established heroes. The comic also featured a preview of Uncanny Inhumans . In early June 2015, Marvel unveiled two photos depicting many of its iconic and lesser known characters post-"Secret Wars". Among these were Gwen Stacy 's Spider-Woman counterpart, X-23 as the new Wolverine , Old Man Logan , Phil Coulson , Vision , Spider-Woman , Doctor Strange (wielding an axe), Black Panther , Thing in

1950-575: The security measures to attack the Parker Industries staff as part of his sabotage mission upon being hired by Mark Raxton and Tiberius Stone of Alchemax , Living Brain is ordered by Peter Parker to protect the employees during the evacuation and is damaged in the process. As part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Living Brain and Anna Maria Marconi were shown in Parker Industries' London branch where they greet Sajani Jaffrey . Once Sajani

2000-449: The superhero's rogues gallery as "one of the most colorful in comics" explaining that Batman could only be debated as having a great number of enemies as good as Spider-Man. IGN staff editors, Joshua Yehl and Jesse Schedeen, described the Spider-Man villains as "one of the most iconic and well-balanced in comics". They opined that the scope of their schemes, how cool their powers are, and how dramatically they have affected Spider-Man's life

2050-442: The thin line between being a hero and being a villain. Alex Wyse of Comic Book Resources felt that a good villain is supposed to challenge the ideals of the hero. For Spider-Man that idea was the famous quote " With great power comes great responsibility ", where the superhero is pitted against an antithesis of the hero's motto like the concept of using superpowers for their personal gain. A viral Internet meme called "Me and

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2100-418: The web-slinger, across their various incarnations . As with Spider-Man, most of his villains' powers originate from scientific accidents or the misuse of scientific technology. 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 ), villains with powers over

2150-459: Was announced in February 2015 by Marvel that following the "Secret Wars" storyline, a new universe would be established by combining the 616 Universe and 1610 Ultimate Universe . Soon after, Marvel revealed a title called the All-New, All-Different Avengers for Free Comic Book Day , a preview of the new Marvel Universe that featured many "legacy heroes", a term used for new characters taking on

2200-452: Was created by Horizon High's students to serve as a housing unit for the school's Neuro Cortex device. In the episode "Brain Drain" and its self-titled episode, the Living Brain houses Otto Octavius 's consciousness, with him initially pretending to be a robotic servant to Miles Morales before using the robot to switch bodies with Spider-Man. In the episode "Critical Update", Max Modell recovers

2250-614: Was destroyed by a Sentinel . As part of the Marvel NOW! event, Living Brain appears as a member of Boomerang 's incarnation of the Sinister Six . Following the Sinister Six's defeat at the hands of the Superior Spider-Man (Otto Octavius's mind in Peter Parker's body), Living Brain's body is in the custody of Horizon Labs. Living Brain has been reprogrammed by Otto and now serves as his assistant. Living Brain later preps Otto's lab for

2300-520: Was erased. Upon realizing the truth, Peter Parker was forced to shut Living Brain down to stop Doctor Octopus' consciousness only for it to reactivate Living Brain and have it self-destruct while escaping in the Octobot. Anna Maria Marconi later rebuilt Living Brain, with digital components, when she summons it to confront Otto Octavius. A counterpart of Living Brain was later created by Stephen Perry called Ultra Living Brain . A new Living Brain appears in

2350-417: Was later operated by remote-control. The Living Brain has great strength, the ability to move upon command and its limbs can perform various motions. It has the ability to think due to its great computerized "brain". It was short-circuited after its first introduction in the school and went haywire until Peter readjusted the machine back to normal. The "souped-up" later version had the ability to hover or fly and

2400-673: Was much stronger. It has even beaten the Avengers once due to its extreme intelligence. An alternate universe variant of the Living Brain from Earth-50302 appears in Marvel Age . This version possesses a more humanoid appearance and was created by Roxxon . The Living Brain appears among the villains defeated by Spider-Man in What If?: J. Jonah Jameson Adopted Spider-Man? The Living Brain appears in Spider-Man , voiced by Scott Menville . This version

2450-494: Was overwhelmed by his power. The rematch, though, was a firm win for Delilah, with El Uno's head being mailed back to the Black Tarantula. She also had a role during the Rose's efforts to gain extra muscle and to remove Spider-Man from interfering in their operations, in the rebirth of two of Spider-Man's old foes. She was the one who threw the switch of the electric chair which gave Electro his powers back, hoping he would eliminate Spider-Man. Electro failed, and so they devised

2500-465: Was placed as the 35th-best meme of 2019 by Thrillist . All-New, All-Different Marvel All-New, All-Different Marvel ( ANADM ) is a 2015–2019 branding for Marvel Comics ' entire main line of comics. Taking place after the crossover storyline " Secret Wars ", it details the new Marvel Universe , with nearly 60–65 titles relaunched with first issues, with a total of 76 issues. Marvel NOW! 2.0 and Marvel Legacy are concurrent with it. It

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