Interesting piece on Scorpion as the epitome of the "just okay" villain in the context of the Fox cartoon's adaptation of his early appearances.
https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-scorpion-martin-landau/
Interesting piece on Scorpion as the epitome of the "just okay" villain in the context of the Fox cartoon's adaptation of his early appearances.
https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-scorpion-martin-landau/
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Thomas Mets
Not all of Spider-Man's rogues can be big threats and deals. Some of them can be uncomplicated and simplistic while offering unique physical and combat challenges to Spider-Man. Scorpion fits that.
I was sure surprised waaaaay back in the day that the Scorpion suit could come off--I thought it was part of him! I think some Marvel editors thought the same and tried to clear it up with readers in Spider-Man when Gargan was unbalanced and had to be shown it would come off.
I do believe it became public knowledge at some point that Jonah was responsible for Gargan becoming the Scorpion, and at the beginning of Dan Slott's Big Time run, Alistair Smythe recruited Scorpion for his J. Jonah Jameson Revenge Squad, who were technologically augmented to basically be human Spider-Slayers, even to the point of being able to counter Spider-Man's spider-sense with their own danger-sense, which worked on the same frequency as the spider-sense.
The spider is always on the hunt.
Scorpion would be just okay, but his connection to Jonah puts him in a special category of Jonah-created villains that he's at the top of. He's tied to the mythos, has a striking visual across his designs, and is a Ditko original. Scorpions are also spider predators. I like him.
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Scorpion vs Ms. Marvel!
From Ms. Marvel #1.
Art by John Buscema https://13thdimension.com/13-covers-...celebration-5/ and Joe Sinnott