The crazy thing is, once upon a time The Spot would've likely made this list but now he's well known thanks to that movie. Goes to show how these guys only need one good showing
Darter was a simple gimmick villain. A college student named Randy Vale. He was quite arrogant. No epic abilities, but obviously cannon fodder. However, he thought himself a master criminal.
You know how you can fix Paperdoll? Make her obsessed with Spidey, they were able to do that with Christina in MTV's Spider-Man Head Over Heels. I know about Coldheart, was a government agent, who lost her family in a superhero fight (who the hero was and who the villain was were never revealed), she just lashed out on any superheroes she could find, once she stole her gear to seek vengeance on Marvel superheroes. Spider-Man and even Captain America were battling Hobgoblin when Coldheart interfered. She was in a very sweet Christmas story were Coldheart was trying to get present or something when she decided to battle Spider-Man, she was defeated sent to jail, and in her cell was a gift from Spidey, a picture of her family. It's believed she had died in the explosion that triggered the Civil War, but somehow Coldheart may have been brought back to life. Coldheart's vengeance on superheroes for the loss of her family is a perfect tragic-villain archetype, but without a who was the hero, and what battle did it take place, it's hard to take it seriously. But I know it could've worked, if Spidey stories in the 90's weren't tied into the Clone Saga. The story isn't, it was just over shadowed.
You're right! That would've absolutely saved the character She could've tried to kill Black Cat for flirting with her man or attacked The Bugle for badmouthing him Theres so many disasters that could have been Coldheart's origin that her ambiguity might let her be a baddie for everyone. Could've been Namor fighting avengers, Mole Man attacking the F4 or when Nuke messed up Hells kitchen trying to kill Daredevil. Marvel's less-cool Deathstroke?
This is great! You should do Skinhead (Web of Spider-Man #56-57). I had indeed completely forgotten the Blaze (but I have a vague recollection of reading it). They kinda remind me of the Trio from Buffy. I do remember the Lightmaster though! I also like him. Would be happy to see him return. There was a later issue where he thought he'd figured out Spider-Man's secret identity, but had mistaken him for Hector Ayala, who is actually the White Tiger. It's because of this stunt that Hector's identity was made public, which led to trouble for him down the road. Hector's whole story is just tragedy after tragedy, the poor guy. I do think you're too harsh on Paper Doll. Her powers are so weird and unique. I think there's a lot of untapped potential with her. I enjoy villains with unique powers!
@davidbjacobs3598 glad you enjoyed it mate, I'll check out Skinhead and I think I remember the issue you mean You know what, you're right about Blaze being like the Buffy lads, great call Lightmaster deserves an appearance in something, it blew my mind when I saw he's comics only Paper Doll was wasted being tied to the nothing character of Bobby Carr, another commenter said she'd be better stalking a more important character like Harry Osborn or Peter himself
@@SkullRy_Comicsno need to mention Rabin as he was the reason why MJ left Peter for Paul. I guess you know those Spider-Man villains that appeared in cartoons but never in comics like Batman had with the animated series appear.
@srstriker6420 that Rabin stuff was so bad I think I've already blocked it from my mind I can only think of the invisible guy Noah Body for cartoon created villains, batman has loads but does spidey have more? And detective Terry Lee but she wasn't a bad guy
Lightmaster. He worked with The Enforcers who are one of my favorite teams of Spider-Man villians. If you want a couple underused villians that had potential try Diamondhead and The Condor from the original Nova series.
@mikewilson3581 The Enforcers used to be absolutely everywhere, Daredevil used them a lot to the point Mr Fear recruited Ox to his own gang I've heard good stuff about the Richard Rider Nova stuff, I'll deffo look into it
@VonWenk Shaker's story is in a run a lot of people consider the best Spider-Man has ever had, and the story is a sweet one about aunt may but Shaker himself was purely filler Sure! Puma had a cool part in the story where MJ reveals she knows Peter is Spidey so maybe he should get a full focus video of his own
Kangaroo, I would place around D tier, he even got an Ultimate universe version and he did come up briefly when I did Ends of The Earth Gibbon tho, other than the issue where he died recently, is a good shout
@Pat12379 Quintin Beck died for a while so others tried to fill in Danny Berkhart, who was fun Francis Klum, who's story I covered in my Spider-Man Unmasked video And arguably Maguire Beck, Quintin's cousin but she was more Jack O'Lantern with Mysterio's playbook
@felixleidig8307 the new Jack was great in Agent Venom I thought, and the original shows up in the Rose video I just released He's deffo Goblin-adjacent but he can stand on his own as a threat too
@@SkullRy_Comics guy gets spinal fluid drank by an alien xenomorph knock off and gets the ability to turn people in to monsters based on their own fears and he can also give people heart attacks, both needing a physical touch to do. Hes from dcs bloodlines event, its not a good event tbh
Lightmaster definitely has a lot of potential. They even expanded upon his character with the introduction of his daughter, the heroic Sun Girl. Which on its own creates an interesting dynamic. As while Lightmaster is still out pursuing his criminal agenda, we see he still cares about his kid, even as she works to undermine him. Further proving that he's not a straight up monster. He's just very misguided in how he's going about his work. Sadly, outside of a brief run with the New Warriors, Sun Girl has also fallen into complete obscurity. Like father like daughter, I guess. You want some seriously forgotten Spider-Man villains though? Molten Man 2, Captain Power, Killshot, Spellcheck.
Even at the very start Lightmaster was only trying to fund the university, he does seem to be a complex character All great suggestions, I remember Sun Girl appearing in Superior Spiderman team up, Killshot's issue was that good one with the tailor and Molten Man 2 led to Peter moving into Avengers tower but I've no idea who Spellcheck is haha
I think he was killed off during Paul Jenkins' run on Spectacular Spider-Man. Although, since Dan Slott apparently had Ben Reilly clone any character Spider-Man ever met...
The crazy thing is, once upon a time The Spot would've likely made this list but now he's well known thanks to that movie.
Goes to show how these guys only need one good showing
You mentioned kravens last hunt, that's another example of one great story letting a villain ascend to new levels
@cyberr23 exactly dude
I always loved Kraven but a lot of people didn't take him serious until KLH
one great story is all any villain needs
I liked Dart. They used him briefly as a minion of Carrion.
@leonardpigg6441 even I don't remember Dart, what did you like about him?
Darter was a simple gimmick villain. A college student named Randy Vale. He was quite arrogant. No epic abilities, but obviously cannon fodder. However, he thought himself a master criminal.
You know how you can fix Paperdoll? Make her obsessed with Spidey, they were able to do that with Christina in MTV's Spider-Man Head Over Heels.
I know about Coldheart, was a government agent, who lost her family in a superhero fight (who the hero was and who the villain was were never revealed), she just lashed out on any superheroes she could find, once she stole her gear to seek vengeance on Marvel superheroes. Spider-Man and even Captain America were battling Hobgoblin when Coldheart interfered. She was in a very sweet Christmas story were Coldheart was trying to get present or something when she decided to battle Spider-Man, she was defeated sent to jail, and in her cell was a gift from Spidey, a picture of her family. It's believed she had died in the explosion that triggered the Civil War, but somehow Coldheart may have been brought back to life. Coldheart's vengeance on superheroes for the loss of her family is a perfect tragic-villain archetype, but without a who was the hero, and what battle did it take place, it's hard to take it seriously. But I know it could've worked, if Spidey stories in the 90's weren't tied into the Clone Saga. The story isn't, it was just over shadowed.
You're right! That would've absolutely saved the character
She could've tried to kill Black Cat for flirting with her man or attacked The Bugle for badmouthing him
Theres so many disasters that could have been Coldheart's origin that her ambiguity might let her be a baddie for everyone. Could've been Namor fighting avengers, Mole Man attacking the F4 or when Nuke messed up Hells kitchen trying to kill Daredevil. Marvel's less-cool Deathstroke?
When it comes to obscure villains, I think you could also mention the symbiote ZZZXX or the wonderful character of Menace.
Oh god, I remember Menace
What a mess, wasn't she the White Cat last time we saw her?
@@SkullRy_Comics If I remember correctly, yes.
@emerald773sstudio2 I've actually got planned a video all about the entire brand new day era so Menace will surely be a big part of that one
This is great! You should do Skinhead (Web of Spider-Man #56-57).
I had indeed completely forgotten the Blaze (but I have a vague recollection of reading it). They kinda remind me of the Trio from Buffy.
I do remember the Lightmaster though! I also like him. Would be happy to see him return. There was a later issue where he thought he'd figured out Spider-Man's secret identity, but had mistaken him for Hector Ayala, who is actually the White Tiger. It's because of this stunt that Hector's identity was made public, which led to trouble for him down the road. Hector's whole story is just tragedy after tragedy, the poor guy.
I do think you're too harsh on Paper Doll. Her powers are so weird and unique. I think there's a lot of untapped potential with her. I enjoy villains with unique powers!
@davidbjacobs3598 glad you enjoyed it mate, I'll check out Skinhead and I think I remember the issue you mean
You know what, you're right about Blaze being like the Buffy lads, great call
Lightmaster deserves an appearance in something, it blew my mind when I saw he's comics only
Paper Doll was wasted being tied to the nothing character of Bobby Carr, another commenter said she'd be better stalking a more important character like Harry Osborn or Peter himself
How about Stunner,Coldheart, Grizzly, Iguana,Stegron the dinosaur man,Spider Queen and the other vulture as well as Red Vulture
Nice list
We should add that other dinosaur guy called raptor and if we're doing legacy villains kravens kids are a goldmine
Great suggestions, cheers
I've got planned Massacre and White Dragon for next time too
@@cyberr23 I've read that! He was after Ben Reilly!
You lot are just handing me more video ideas, I love this teamwork
@@SkullRy_Comicsno need to mention Rabin as he was the reason why MJ left Peter for Paul. I guess you know those Spider-Man villains that appeared in cartoons but never in comics like Batman had with the animated series appear.
@srstriker6420 that Rabin stuff was so bad I think I've already blocked it from my mind
I can only think of the invisible guy Noah Body for cartoon created villains, batman has loads but does spidey have more?
And detective Terry Lee but she wasn't a bad guy
Lightmaster. He worked with The Enforcers who are one of my favorite teams of Spider-Man villians. If you want a couple underused villians that had potential try Diamondhead and The Condor from the original Nova series.
@mikewilson3581 The Enforcers used to be absolutely everywhere, Daredevil used them a lot to the point Mr Fear recruited Ox to his own gang
I've heard good stuff about the Richard Rider Nova stuff, I'll deffo look into it
The art in that Paper Doll story actually looks pretty good, as well as the art in the Shaker story. Can you cover Stegron, the Dinosaur Man and Puma?
@VonWenk Shaker's story is in a run a lot of people consider the best Spider-Man has ever had, and the story is a sweet one about aunt may but Shaker himself was purely filler
Sure! Puma had a cool part in the story where MJ reveals she knows Peter is Spidey so maybe he should get a full focus video of his own
Great video :)
Cheers, I always have fun making these
How about Kangaroo and the Gibbon?
Kangaroo, I would place around D tier, he even got an Ultimate universe version and he did come up briefly when I did Ends of The Earth
Gibbon tho, other than the issue where he died recently, is a good shout
Theres more tha. 1 mystreo?
@Pat12379 Quintin Beck died for a while so others tried to fill in
Danny Berkhart, who was fun
Francis Klum, who's story I covered in my Spider-Man Unmasked video
And arguably Maguire Beck, Quintin's cousin but she was more Jack O'Lantern with Mysterio's playbook
i love Jack O Lantern sadly he is not often used anymore i think since we have allready green goblin and hob goblin
@felixleidig8307 the new Jack was great in Agent Venom I thought, and the original shows up in the Rose video I just released
He's deffo Goblin-adjacent but he can stand on his own as a threat too
My favorite little known villian was Doc Trama. She was in Web of Spider-Man, in 2009 I think.
I think she also outfitted the new Rhino with his armour in the gauntlet
Underused baddie honestly
@@SkullRy_Comics
Power brokers are always interesting bad guys. They make good masterminds or right hands to the main baddie.
@@Taigia527 Hobgoblin does something similar nowadays outfitting villains, maybe Trama has gone unused because they'd rather use HobGob?
@@SkullRy_Comicsindeed. And vwfore that was tinker
@turtleanton6539 true, and I like that as a job role for Tinkerer because no way he should be out in the field at his age
Obscure dc villain, Terrorsmith, look him up
The one thing I love more than obscure villains is spooky villains
So an obscure spooky villain?
I'll deffo check this fella out, thanks
@@SkullRy_Comics guy gets spinal fluid drank by an alien xenomorph knock off and gets the ability to turn people in to monsters based on their own fears and he can also give people heart attacks, both needing a physical touch to do. Hes from dcs bloodlines event, its not a good event tbh
@@AquaFan1998 cheers, I'll suffer through it for a cool bad guy
Lightmaster definitely has a lot of potential. They even expanded upon his character with the introduction of his daughter, the heroic Sun Girl. Which on its own creates an interesting dynamic. As while Lightmaster is still out pursuing his criminal agenda, we see he still cares about his kid, even as she works to undermine him. Further proving that he's not a straight up monster. He's just very misguided in how he's going about his work.
Sadly, outside of a brief run with the New Warriors, Sun Girl has also fallen into complete obscurity. Like father like daughter, I guess.
You want some seriously forgotten Spider-Man villains though? Molten Man 2, Captain Power, Killshot, Spellcheck.
Even at the very start Lightmaster was only trying to fund the university, he does seem to be a complex character
All great suggestions, I remember Sun Girl appearing in Superior Spiderman team up, Killshot's issue was that good one with the tailor and Molten Man 2 led to Peter moving into Avengers tower but I've no idea who Spellcheck is haha
@@SkullRy_Comics Spellcheck. Rejected partner to another obscure Spider-Man foe: Typeface.
Yes. Spider-Man has TWO alphabet themed villains.
@mediabaron2416 No way dude
Next time there's a DC crossover I want these two teaming up with Eraser
No Grizzly?!? Lame...
@alancarnell2747 yeah no Walrus either
Yet!
@@SkullRy_Comics Grizzly was my first villain in my first Spider-Man comic
@@alancarnell2747 was it the ASM where he tries to kill Jonah? That was a fun one
@@SkullRy_Comics yeah. I feared for Peter though. That dude was huge and as strong as a Grizzly. How could Spider-Man win against that beast...lol
How about the Mind Worm?
That dude was so weird!
I think he was killed off during Paul Jenkins' run on Spectacular Spider-Man. Although, since Dan Slott apparently had Ben Reilly clone any character Spider-Man ever met...
@VonWenk the Clone Conspiracy is maybe the worst Dan Slott ever went
And yeah, EVERYONE was cloned, even bloody Bart Hamilton was there
I've loved lightmaster since first came out, certainly not used to full potential. Blaze could've been an awesome character as well.
I fully agree, total hidden gem
I've got no idea why Lightmaster is shunned, he's no less a threat than Shocker or Vulture
i wanna know who's "piiiizza paaaaka"
Tobey Maguire's character in Spider-Man 2
Thought youd like shaker cos hes so similar to your favourite baddie
It ain't the powers that make me like Herman, it's the attitude