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Here are the 10 lamest supervillains that the Amazing Spider-Man has ever faced over his long superhero career.
10) Spidercide
“The Clone Saga” is one of the most infamous Spider-Man storylines because of its constant retconning and the appearance of new clones claiming to be Peter Parker. By the time the villainous Spidercide showed up, believing himself to be the original Peter, fans had had enough. Although Spidercide possesses an incredible number of powers, including super-strength and shapeshifting, there’s nothing about his character that’s original or interesting. Everything about his background, personality, and abilities had been explored in greater detail by characters like Scarlet Spider, Kaine, and Carnage. Spidercide feels like a cheap and bland imitator who only existed to drag out “The Clone Saga” beyond its natural expiration.
9) Gibbon
Martin Blank, aka Gibbon, was a mutant who was born with a monkey-like appearance. He had never been treated seriously. Martin dressed himself up in a monkey suit and tried to team up with Spider-Man. But his ridiculous get-up caused Spider-Man to burst out laughing. This rejection made Martin swear revenge against the Wall-Crawler. Despite possessing superhuman strength and agility, Martin never became a noteworthy adversary and was frequently defeated by Spider-Man with minimal effort. He even joined the Legion of Losers, a team consisting of other lame Spider-Man villains, like the Kangaroo. Martin was eventually killed by Kraven the Hunter’s Hunterbots.
8) White Rabbit
Lorina Dodson left her wealthy upbringing to become a supervillain inspired by the White Rabbit character from Alice in Wonderland. Using an assortment of exploding stopwatches and explosive carrot-firing umbrellas, Lorina has tried her best to become a serious threat, but she always falls short. In her first appearance, she was easily apprehended while robbing a fast-food restaurant by Spider-Man and the D-List hero Frog Man. One of her most ridiculous weapons is a giant mechanical bunny rabbit armed with machine guns, which she rides into battle. With a gimmick and weapons as silly as these, it’s no wonder that, despite Lorina’s best efforts, no one takes her seriously.
7) Slyde
Spider-Man uses his sticky webbing to apprehend criminals. To overcome this weapon, Jalome Beacher, aka Slyde, found a way to make sure that the Wall-Crawler could never grab him. Jalome’s suit gives him the power of incredible slipperiness, and that’s it. Jalome created a special lubricant that makes him practically frictionless, allowing him to slide on any surface. To fund his chemical research, he robbed banks using his suit. His suit is so slippery that he can slide along at speeds of 30 mph, although that’s not nearly fast enough to evade the likes of the web-slinging Spider-Man. Aside from his slipperiness, Jalome has no other powers. This means that a single punch from the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was enough to knock the escape artist out cold.
6) Kangaroo
Remarkably, not one but two criminals thought that “Kangaroo” was a good supervillain name. The first Kangaroo was an Australian former kickboxer named Frank Oliver. Paul lived and ate alongside wild kangaroos, learning how to jump freakish heights, which he later used to become a criminal. After Frank died, another Kangaroo hopped up to take on the mantle: Brian Hibbs. Brian wears a suit of armor designed to look like a kangaroo, complete with a tail, big ears, and a pouch. Unlike most kangaroos, he tucks a cannon inside his pouch. Hilariously, when Brian tried to use his pouch-cannon on Spider-Man, the Wall-Crawler webbed it up, and it literally blew up in the villain’s face.
