100.
MODOK How
can you not love a villain whose name is an acronym for Mental Organism
Designed Only for Killing? One of the more bizarre looking characters
in the Marvel Universe (and that's saying something), AIM technician
George Tarleton found himself transformed into a living computer by the
group he worked for--with a giant, mutated head, and the need to be
fitted into a hover-chair in order to stay mobile.
With mental abilities, comprehension and memory skills far
beyond normal men, MODOK quickly proved to be a powerful presence,
whose own goals caused him to kill his AIM masters and take control
himself. In the process, he became a notable supervillain threat,
though one not as strictly tied to a single hero or team as most.
Indeed, MODOK has fought everyone from Captain America to Iron Man to
Hulk and even Namor and Dr. Doom along the way.
MODOK has returned from the dead more than once and rebelled
against subsequent attempts by AIM to once more gain control of him.
While his physical nature makes him easy to mock, his mental powers
have proven to be deadly for many who have dared cross him. Recently
he's been more pro-active than ever, gathering "MODOK's 11" in a scheme
that ultimately gave him a new base of operations and followers.
99.
Fin Fang Foom Fin Fang Foom, by all superficial accounts, is a dragon. He came to
earth from his alien world of Kakaranathara, aka Maklu IV in the Maklu
system of the Greater Magellanic Cloud, whatever that means, to conquer
planets with the help of other members of his race. So where's the best
place to go to strike fear in the hearts of people if you're a dragon
that's the size of a house? How about China! Is that Godzilla? No, it's
Fin Fang Foom.
Some people would argue that hatred is the worst characteristic
of the human race, but others swear that it's laziness or apathy. Fin
Fang Foom though, has it all wrapped in one. With the help of a
mystical herb, Foom can go into hibernation quicker than he can destroy
a small village, which is pretty fast, actually.
But don't let his idle exterior fool you; he can be evil too.
In one particular story after his body was destroyed, his spirit flew
into a statue to reside. Through his power of telepathy, he then willed
a small child into bonding with thousands of lizards in a New York
sewer to create a new body for him. It's what fairytales are made out
of.
Besides his powers of telepathy, he is stronger than the
average lizard, can fly, regenerate and has access to advanced alien
technology. Oh, and he can project an acidic mist from his mouth. He
also can cook a mean General Tso's Chicken since after becoming a
follower of Buddhism, he took up a job as head chef at a Chinese
restaurant in the Baxter Building. Fin Fang Foom first appeared in
Strange Tales #89 (Oct. 1961).
98.
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) Jason
Wyngarde, better known as Mastermind, was one of the more important
members of Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. The only thing known
about his past, though, is that he was a mentalist at carnivals.
Carnies are pretty screwed up, right?
Mastermind's powers include casting illusions causing people to
psionically see, hear and even touch things that don't really exist. He
can make people believe that he is another person or even invisible for
that matter. He can even do this to mutants as strong as Professor
Xavier and Jean Grey. Being somewhat older with graying hair, he uses
these powers to appear younger and better looking.
Mastermind once helped the Brotherhood take over a whole South
American country, by creating the illusion of thousands of soldiers. He
was part of the Hellfire Club during the "Dark Phoenix Saga," and is
basically the main person responsible for turning Phoenix into Dark
Phoenix. He manipulated her into believing she was a Victorian
aristocrat, married to Jason Wyngarde, and that she was Black Queen of
the Hellfire Club. He then basically killed Cyclops in battle. This
pissed her off and got her out of Mastermind's control. She then turned
him catatonic. When he came back to his senses, he manipulated Rogue
into leaving her foster mother Mystique while giving Mystique horrible
nightmares. He made the X-Men think Cyclops' fianc� Madelyne Pryor was
the Dark Phoenix and also compelled Mariko Yashida to reject Wolverine
on their wedding day.
Although Mastermind is dead, his powers live on through his
daughters Martinique Jason and Regan Wyngarde who are apparently
stronger than he ever was. Be afraid.
97.
Violator (Spawn) The
number one cause of coulrophobia (the abnormal or exaggerated fear of
clowns) is not, as you might initially think, a bad childhood
experience at a birthday party or the circus. Mental health experts
believe it may have more to do with children seeing sinister portrayals
of clowns in the media. If true,
Spawn creator Todd McFarlane may have psychologically damaged an entire generation with the Violator.
A Hell-born demon whose purpose is to groom Hellspawn's in the service
of evil, the gruesome Violator's most iconic physical form is the
Clown, a disgustingly overweight, short, balding man who wears blue
face-paint. His demonic powers include super-strength, shape-shifting,
healing, teleportation, and the ability to breathe fire... just to name
a few. And if being a real bastard was a superpower, we'd have listed
that, too.
Sent to Earth by Malebolgia, the powerful ruler of the Eighth
Circle of Hell, Violator is tasked with monitoring Al Simmons. But the
foul-mouthed Clown harasses and taunts Simmons, feeling that he is far
superior to this newest Spawn. And while he cannot kill any Spawn
without an order from his superiors, that hasn't stopped him from
making Simmons life a (literal) living Hell.He has been killed numerous
times, only to be sent back to Hell and restored to life by his master.
Violator first appeared Spawn #1 (May 1992), he was prominently
featured in the popular HBO miniseries, and was main antagonist in the
oft-maligned 1997 live-action movie (played by John Leguizamo). The
Violator has also made an appearance in every Spawn videogame ever
released.
96.
Despero He bathed himself in the Flame of Py'tar and is fueled by an
all-consuming hatred for the Justice League. What's not to love to
hate?
Despero has undergone as many variations as the very group he
wishes to inflict fatal injury upon, which accounts somewhat for his
lower status on the totem pole. His ambition his high, but one note -
kill the Justice League.
Initially conceived as a weak tyrant, prone to psychologically
playing with the fates of his enemies, Despero evolved into more of a
physically threatening presence; a thug with delusions of grandeur and
with some potent muscle to back it up. His run in
Justice League America,
leading to a showdown brawl at the United Nations, is a fun read - one
has to admire a baddie who decides to wear the UN's flag as a cape. But
ultimately, Despero's goals are hindered by his one-track approach to
achieving them. Consistency is good, but he'll need more than great
physical strength and myopic vision to join the ranks of real DC
threats.
95.
Omega Red It depends on who you ask, but Omega Red, aka Arkady Rossovich, was
just your average Russian soldier/serial killer/child rapist. One story
says he was captured by Interpol agent and X-Man Banshee. Another tells
that his fellow soldiers executed him for his child-related
transgressions and he somehow survived. Either way, the KGB gets
Rossovich and tries to make a super soldier out of him. Think Captain
America but the opposite.
Scientists had the bright idea of giving Rossovich retractable
carbonadium (a more malleable form of adamantium) tentacles instead of
his less useful arms. Although quite practical for killing and probably
not shaking hands, the carbonadium ended up being poisonous and he had
to drain the life out of people just to survive. Besides that great
quality which surely makes making new friends a breeze, Omega Red's
body can also produce pheromones called Death Spores, which kill normal
humans in seconds. He has superhuman everything normal that you have
like strength and speed and reflexes and etc. and his body tissue is
also harder than yours.
One flaw of Omega Red's is the need for the Carbonadium
Synthesizer, which stabilizes his weakness for the alloy. Wolverine,
with the help of Sabretooth and Maverick once stole this device, just
to make his life a little harder.
Due to Omega Red's unpredictability, the Soviet government (who
made him) once froze him in cryogenic animation. He's worked alongside
The Hand, Neocommunists, Russian gangster Ivan Pushkin, drug lords like
the General and has been the head of the Red Mafia posing as a
businessman. He is still looking for the Carbonadium Synthesizer. So if
you know of its whereabouts, please contact him. He'll probably kill
instead of provide a ransom, though.
94.
Annihilus Once upon a time, an advanced humanoid species was planting seeds
with life spores. A meteor hit one of their ships and hurled it into
the planet Arthros. Generations later, one of the spores evolved into
an insect-like creature, which somehow was extremely intelligent and
found a knowledge transference helmet to get even smarter. Thus is the
story behind Annihilus. This same old story again?
Since he came from humble beginnings being a seed spore and
all, Annihilus turned out to be somewhat paranoid about his survival
and set out to destroy anything he saw as a threat - aka everyone. With
help of the power of flight, an insectoid exoskeleton with armor that
can withstand blasts from even Galactus, super strength and a guard of
100 aliens by his side it wasn't so hard.
Annihilus' most important tool though and the one which leads
to much strife, since he won't share, is his Cosmic Control Rod. With
it he can manipulate cosmic energy to change the molecular structure of
matter and project gigantic amounts of destructive energy.
Annihilus wouldn't let the Fantastic Four borrow the Rod when
Sue Storm had cosmic ray-related pregnancy complications. They just
stole it. Annihilus even abducted the Richards' son Franklin to tap
into his powers to further his own. Reed Richards had to shut down his
own son's brain for a while just to protect the Earth's Solar System.
Oh, and he would have killed Thor once if Odin hadn't intervened.