Whenever I read comments, I always feel as though there’s a double standard when it comes to Spider-Man villains.(The same could be said about Spider-Man’s supporting cast, but this thread isn’t about them.)

When I read the old comics, there’s not much that really stands out about them in terms of story or design when they first started out. I can’t say that many of the newer ones are necessarily better, but they definitely seemed to be judged more harshly for the same quality of writing.

It’s caused me to feel like a lot of the later villains are underrated.