Greatest 21st century Spider-Man villains

[Confuzzled]

Screwball is fun, though I don't even remember the last time she was used...

Being wheeled to the hospital after being beaten to a pulp by Spock.

Hope she recovers though. Want to see more of her, Shathra and Paper Doll, all for very different reasons.

[Vworp Vworp]

Surely it's Mephisto.

OK, he's not an exclusively Spider-Man villain. But he is the one who beat him.

[weezer17]

Why no votes for Gabriel Stacy yet? Sins Past is one of the greatest Spider-Man stories of all time!

Morlun wasn't even the best villain to debut that month.

I'm going with Jenkins' Fusion.

That's a good vote! I loved his whole concept. Just forgot to include him in the poll

[cyberhubbs]

Forgot about Paper Doll. But that's mainly due to her lack of use.

I look forward to her being dusted off in twenty years by some young and nostalgic scribe working on his first script for an Annual.

[Keeper of the Crows]

I'll echo the praise for Fusion. His debut was a powerful story that featured a compelling motivation, he had a great design, and there was a triumph of will for Peter at the end. I think a lot more could have been done with the character. Someone else mentioned Tracer, and I think the same goes for him. I thought the first JMS arc with Morlun was awesome, but I always thought his first appearance was best and that he lost something whenever he popped up since (looking at you, "The Other").

[Metamorphosis]

I'll echo the praise for Fusion. His debut was a powerful story that featured a compelling motivation, he had a great design, and there was a triumph of will for Peter at the end. I think a lot more could have been done with the character. Someone else mentioned Tracer, and I think the same goes for him. I thought the first JMS arc with Morlun was awesome, but I always thought his first appearance was best and that he lost something whenever he popped up since (looking at you, "The Other").

Much like Carnage before him: first appearance, creepy and awesome. Second appearance, part of an overblown 12(+) part event, and not nearly as good.

I liked Jenkins' Fusion stories, pretty damn good reads though Fusion came off like a bit of a variation on Mysterio. Even Morlun himself was a bit of a variation on Morbius in ways, though not character-wise.

[Keeper of the Crows]

Much like Carnage before him: first appearance, creepy and awesome. Second appearance, part of an overblown 12(+) part event, and not nearly as good.

I liked Jenkins' Fusion stories, pretty damn good reads though Fusion came off like a bit of a variation on Mysterio. Even Morlun himself was a bit of a variation on Morbius in ways, though not character-wise.

I never actually read Fusion's subsequent appearance (though I know about his thrashing at the hands of Ock), or where Jenkins killed him off (in Thor?). You might be right about the powerset being similar to Mysterio (I think Pete even calls him "a poor man's Mysterio"), but Fusion's visual design and his very personal motivation to hate Spider-Man was a potent combination--at least to me. The cliffhanger at the end of that second part where Spider-Man was "paralyzed" had me waiting to know what was going to happen next. And I'd still take him (and Tracer and Morlun) over most of the BND villains.

[Metamorphosis]

I never actually read Fusion's subsequent appearance (though I know about his thrashing at the hands of Ock), or where Jenkins killed him off (in Thor?). You might be right about the powerset being similar to Mysterio (I think Pete even calls him "a poor man's Mysterio"), but Fusion's visual design and his very personal motivation to hate Spider-Man was a potent combination--at least to me. The cliffhanger at the end of that second part where Spider-Man was "paralyzed" had me waiting to know what was going to happen next. And I'd still take him (and Tracer and Morlun) over most of the BND villains.

Yeah Fusion was still distinct from Mysterio. I'm surprised no one else really did much with him outside of Jenkins.

Which I think is part of the reason that it's hard for new villains to catch on.

[Frontier]

Being wheeled to the hospital after being beaten to a pulp by Spock.

Hope she recovers though. Want to see more of her, Shathra and Paper Doll, all for very different reasons.

Oh wow, I can't believe I forgot about SpOck beating and mauling her and Jester...no wonder she hasn't appeared in a while .

[Mister Mets]

I never actually read Fusion's subsequent appearance (though I know about his thrashing at the hands of Ock), or where Jenkins killed him off (in Thor?). You might be right about the powerset being similar to Mysterio (I think Pete even calls him "a poor man's Mysterio"), but Fusion's visual design and his very personal motivation to hate Spider-Man was a potent combination--at least to me. The cliffhanger at the end of that second part where Spider-Man was "paralyzed" had me waiting to know what was going to happen next. And I'd still take him (and Tracer and Morlun) over most of the BND villains.

Jenkins did seemingly kill off Fusion in the Thor: Heaven & Hell mini-series. On the other hand, Fusion's ability is to make people think they saw something different than what's really happening.

[Nero]

Mr. Negative is the only one I see with any long lasting potential.

[SidheKnight]

Mr. Negative and his Inner Demons

[protege]

Don't know most of them, so I'm going to go with the Kravenoffs...

[Mister Mets]

Forgot about Paper Doll. But that's mainly due to her lack of use.

I look forward to her being dusted off in twenty years by some young and nostalgic scribe working on his first script for an Annual.

She has been somewhat one-note. I know Slott was planning to bring her back for the Johnny Storm team-up story, but he then opted against it.

A crazy teenager might work well as an antagonist for Miles.

[cyberhubbs]

She has been somewhat one-note. I know Slott was planning to bring her back for the Johnny Storm team-up story, but he then opted against it.

A crazy teenager might work well as an antagonist for Miles.

I think the problem is that people associate her obsession exclusively with Carr, therefore she can't work unless he's involved. But an obsessive nature doesn't have to be all about crazed fan-love.

I still argue she'd be a great if sometimes wildcard assassin. Like any good fan, she'd get to know her target's habits, their schedules, their likes and dislikes, their loved ones. She'd know them better than they know themselves because she makes a connection with them, albeit a psychotic one. She has all the obsessive/possessive skillsets of an modern day urban tracker.

She basically just needs someone to mold what's already there into something even more dangerous.