Spiderman has been around since the 1960s but while he has a classic line-up of skilled
and amazing supervillains, it doesn’t mean that there isn’t always some room for new
ones to emerge to terrorize and cause grief to Peter Parker and his fellow Spider-heroes
even more.
Today we’ll be taking a closer look at some of these villains as we count down the top
10 newest Spider-Man villains.
All of the Spider-Man villains listed here have made their debut within the past 15 years
so get ready to swing on into some new and updated villains.
And be sure to stick around till the end of this list where I will have some bonus content
coming your way.
Alright, let’s get counting.
10 Mister Negative - July 2007
Starting off strong we have a supervillain who was introduced in 2007 and yet despite
being newer to the Spider-Man supervillain roster, has quickly risen in terms of his
evil acclaim.
Mister Negative’s true identity still remains somewhat of a mystery.
He was originally a member of a gang in China known for human trafficking.
Looking to escape the criminal life, he stole the identity of one of the human cargo who
had perished on the journey, Martin Li, who was setting out to America to join his wife.
He ended up kidnapped by the Simon Marshall who developed a drug called D-Lite, the experimentation
of which often led to the death of those who tested it.
He forcefully tested it on fake Martin Li and two other hostages of his who somehow
survived the process.
The three escaped and as a result of experimental drug developed superpowers attached to the
darkforce and lightforce.
Martin Li would become Mister Negative.
And the other two prisoners, Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen would become Cloak and Dagger.
The effects also caused a split within Mister Negative’s personality, dividing the evil
and criminal persona of Mister Negative from the kind and sweet persona of Martin Li.
Mister Negative has the power to corrupt a person bringing out the dark side of them
with just a touch.
He can also imbue weapons with the darkforce, increasing their strength.
9 Hippo - August 2009
I felt we had to include Hippo because a lot of these villains have a lot of intense and
serious elements to them.
They are all terrifying in their own way.
But Hippo does a good job of providing some lightness to the new Spider-Man villain scene.
After Spiderman comics are often known for having some of the most ridiculous villains.
Not to say that Hippos aren’t terrifying because they are.
You don’t want to mess with a hippo, I know that.
I certainly wouldn’t.
Still Mrs Fluffy Lumpkins as Hippo was once known as when he was a zoo animal has a pretty
comical backstory, being transformed randomly by the High Evolutionary and then setting
out to rob banks because he knows no one would hire a semi-human hippo.
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8 Massacre - April 2011
Massacre is a pretty meaningful villain when it comes to those of them that reflect the
issues of the times as well.
Though he is a little on the nose.
He was caught up in an attack on Wall Street and while his wife died, he survived, though
shrapnel became lodged in his brain.
This shrapnel affected his feelings, causing him to basically become detached from his
own emotions and humanity, enabling him to become a sociopathic villain.
He set out shooting people are random but was apprehended and spared by Spider-Man.
He then did some time in Ravencroft, the Arkham Asylum of Marvel basically.
After getting out of Ravencroft he was back at going on a shooting spree, but this time
he was able to leverage millions of dollars out of the mass shooting.
But this time he was confronted by Superior Spider-Man, Otto Octavius in Spider-Man’s
body.
Otto shot him and this allowed Massacre to feel fear again for the first time.
Which he revelled in.
7 The Inheritors - Nov 2014
Not everyone is a huge fan of these energy vampires.
But they played an integral role in the Spider-Verse story arcs.
Both of them to be honest.
The family of vampires who feed off of Spider Totems and any other animal-based Totems to
be honest, was an extension of the original villain, Morlun.
Morlun first appeared in the Spiderman comics in 2001 and it wasn’t until 2014 that we
would meet the rest of his family, the Inheritors.
These energy vampires threatened the existence of the entire Spider-Verse on more than one
occasion.
Though Karn himself who was part of the Inheritor family, he actually defected, becoming the
Master Weaver.
In the end when the Inheritors ended up cloned and returned due to the error of Superior
Spider-Man.
The head of the family Solus, and the rest of the Inheritors ended up defeated at the
hands of an Enigma Force powered Miles Morales armed with the Sword Vigor and it was discovered
that Solus was behind the endless hunger that all of his family felt.
Because of this, the Spider-Army decided to bring back the Inheritors once more with each
other consciousness transferred into a baby clone.
Freed from the hunger that made them evil, they were then all adopted by Spider M’am.
Awww, cutest villains ever.
6 Regent - Dec 2015
Regent was also known as Augusts Roman.
He was the man behind a prison known as the Cellar on Ryker’s Island which housed some
of the most dangerous criminals.
Ryker’s Island itself is known for prisons of this sort.
The difference with this one was that, Roman was actually using the prison as a means of
creating his own super powered suit to go after the Avengers with.
He was mistreating the prisoners, using them for their powers which he was then able to
utilize with his own suit.
Roman was obsessed with controlling and containing the super powered abilities of all superhumans,
which he also aimed to do with the Avengers.
During his fight with the team we got to see him take on not just Spiderman but we also
saw MJ join the fight as well, donning the Iron Spider suit.
I love when writers let MJ get involved in some of the action.
Regent proved to be a challenging foe for the Avenger team.
5 Red Goblin - Jun 2018
During a fight with Spiderman in The Amazing Spider-Man volume one, issue 798, it was revealed
that Norman Osborn has bonded with the Carnage symbiote.
Spider-Man of course had an appropriate to respond to this news.
Red Goblin then proceeded to threaten Spider-Man’s loved ones, promising he would kill them not
as Green Goblin would with a fall, but as only the Red Goblin could unless Peter Parker
gave up being Spiderman.
Terrified Parker agreed to the Red Goblin’s terms but of course double crossed him, promising
at the end of the comic to fight on not as Spider-Man but as Peter Parker.
Red Goblin would then chase after his own family, his son Harry, his daughter-in-law
Liz and his two grandchildren, Normie and Stanley.
He was accosted during this ongoings of this family affair by Human Torch, Clash, Silk
and Peter Parker.
But due to the combined powers of the Goblin Formula and the Carnage symbiote was able
to easily defeat them.
Because that’s just how terrifying and powerful Red Goblin is.
Not to mention he’s also one of the most ruthless and diabolical villains that Parker
has ever come up against.
4 Knull - Aug 2018
Knull has been at the center of one of the biggest most exciting Venom story arcs yet,
Donny Cates’ Absolute Carnage.
This storyline features in fact a spectacularly terrifying cast of great big bads, including
a resurrected Cletus Kassady in the Grendel symbiote, evoking an even more psychotic version
of the recently deceased Carnage symbiote; Shriek; the Church of the New Darkness; and
Doppelganger, an evil version of Spider-Man basically.
Knull seeks to gain control over Cletus and be reborn.
As such Dark Carnage as we now know him, prompted by Knull, attempts to reclaim all the codexes
of those who were once bonded with symbiotes.
Codexes are basically like a leftover remnant or imprint of those symbiotes within one’s
body, stored within the spine.
Meaning that we see Dark Carnage as well as a whole bunch of other similarly influence
symbiotes go on a rampage devouring spines of beloved heroes, villains, and characters
both alive and dead who were once bonded with any symbiote ever.
3 Kindred - Nov 2018
Kindred was hinted at in the comics more than a decade before his made his comic debut it
Amazing Spider-Man volume 5, issue 5.
He is maybe one of the best villains because he is still so shrouded in mystery.
In fact I’m not even sure if he is a he.
This villain can control and create centipedes and is a demon spawn.
In life he was someone who was close to Peter Parker, hence his codename, Kindred.
He affectionately has referred to Peter as Pete.
All we know so far is that he’s out for blood when it comes to Norman Osborn and also
has a grudge against Pete for some reason as well.
He was also powerful and terrifying enough to have had Mysterio pledge loyalty to him.
2 Doctor Octopus - Dec 2018
While Doctor Octopus is one of the oldest and most iconic Spider-Man villains around--though
Chameleon was first--there was an amazing alternate version of him that needs to be
acknowledged.
In Into the Spider-Verse, we got to meet a female version of Doc Ock known as Olivia
Octavius.
Why do we love her?
Because she is terrifying, brilliant, has a great character design, is voiced by Kathryn
Hahn AND because she was unexpected.
When you’re making superhero movies or even writing comics, it’s hard to keep things
feeling fresh and unpredictable and this was honestly something I wasn’t expecting.
I also just love that she has a Tom Baker’s Doctor Who vibe going on with her headband
and scarf.
1 Cadaverous - Nov 2019
You asked for the newest villains and you got it.
Cadaverous first appeared in the 2019 Spider-Man series co-written by JJ Abrams and his son,
Henry.
It’s… an experience.
Cadaverous is a combination of technology and organic parts.
A human face and almost a human mind, albeit one that seems to struggle to speak properly--make
up this huge cybernetic monster.
In the first issue we handily see him defeat Peter as Spider-Man and kill MJ, leaving their
son, Ben to grow up moody and without his mom.
It now seems that Cadaverous has a villainous plot and that young Ben and possibly his absentee,
hook-handed father Peter will have to work together to unravel and eventually stop.
Oh yeah, he’s also got an army of robots.
Thank you so much for watching, nerd squad.
Who is your favourite Spider-Man villain?
Are there any new villains that you have become super attached to and need to know more about?
Let us know in the comments below.
And speaking of comments, it’s time to turn to some comments from one of our latest videos,
top 10 scary Sabretooth facts you need to know.
Chad Smith comments, “Love the irony of wearing a “Peachy” bellyshirt while discussing
the horrors of Sabretooth.”
I mean at the end of the day, Sabretooth seems to be pretty good at handling all the trauma.
So despite all of the horrific facts, I feel like he would be fine with it.
I hope so anyways.
I do not wanna mess with Sabretooth.
I don’t have the powerset to take him.
Ronald Marcano suggests, “Maybe Sabretooth needs medication?
Aw, so Sabretooth does think of Wolverine like family.
I like inverted Sabretooth.
He was like Wolverine but with more baggage.”
I agree there.
I also enjoy inverted Sabretooth.
Sad to see him go but he had a long run.
And as a matter of fact, there are tons of alternate realities where Wolverine and Sabretooth
are actually related.
Wolverine has been Sabretooth’s son and dad before, I believe.
And was his half-brother in Wolverine: Origins of course.
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