Spider-Man: Year One was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, and fans can’t wait to see Spider-Man take on some of his iconic supervillains like Speed Demon and Tombstone. He will also fight some of his animal-based villains, such as Rhino, Scorpion, and Doctor Octopus in this new anime series.
Throughout Spider-Man’s crime-fighting career, he’s actually amassed a large gallery of rogue villains who have based themselves on animals. Many of these villains are considered his strongest adversaries and have even come close to killing Peter on different occasions.
ten Black cat
Black Cat is a professional cat burglar and has developed a small fortune from all the items she has stolen. She started out as an enemy of Spider-Man, but the two would eventually develop feelings for each other and start an on-again-off-again relationship. Although considered an anti-hero, Black Cat sometimes acted as a dangerous villain.
Through intense training and practice, Black Cat has become a skilled acrobat with near-perfect reflexes and stamina. She is adept in many forms of martial arts and has gained enough physical strength to take on multiple armed attackers and endure strong physical attacks. She even has retractable claws in her suit that are capable of cutting through many durable substances.
9 Vulture
The Vulture, played by Michael Keaton, was not only the first Spider-Man villain to appear in the MCU, but he’s also one of the first villains to fight Spider-Man in the comics. He was a scientist who created his flight suit and used it in his first crime to steal money from his corrupt former business partner. Doing this got the Vulture so excited that he decided to be a full-time criminal.
As one of Spider-Man’s first villains, the Vulture has plenty of experience battling him and has been a member of nearly every Sinister Six. He can fly at high speed for a long period of time and can reach heights as high as skyscrapers. His electromagnetic wings also grant him super strength, being able to lift hundreds of pounds.
8 Puma
Through mystical ceremonies and genetic engineering, Thomas Fireheart was granted the ability to transform into a human-puma hybrid. He considers it his duty to protect his Native American tribesmen, but he also works as a mercenary and professional assassin for hire.
In her Puma form, Fireheart has incredible strength, speed, and reflexes. Coupled with his martial arts training in Japan, he is a mortal enemy to Spider-Man and many of his targets. Its claws and fangs are easily able to cut through bone and some metals. When he wants to quickly kill his target, Puma even dips his claws in poison. His vision, hearing, and sense of smell are also enhanced, and he can detect enemies from afar.
seven Stegron
Dr. Vincent Stegron worked as an assistant to Dr. Curtis Connors and became obsessed with his Lizard formula. He then stole and drank the formula after combining it with Stegosaurus DNA. This turned him into a human-Stegosaurus hybrid.
Stegron has super strength, speed, and skin durable enough to deflect bullets. It also has razor-sharp claws and a powerful pointed tail. What makes him particularly dangerous is his ability to mind control any dinosaur that comes near him. He even used it to lead a herd of attacking dinosaurs in New York. He also has the ability to drain a person’s life force just by touching them.
6 Jackal
Although the Jackal has yet to appear in the MCU, he remains a fearsome Spider-Man villain who has caused the hero great pain. He is an expert in biochemistry and was once Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy’s college professor. He fell in love with Gwen and was filled with grief after her death. He blames Spider-Man for his death and has sworn to kill him for it.
This villain deliberately introduced jackal DNA into his system and gained superhuman strength, speed, and agility. He is also a skilled gymnast and martial artist. What makes him particularly dangerous is his knowledge and ability to create super-powered clones to do whatever he wants. Since he’s cloned Spider-Man so many times, he knows him better than most people in his life.
5 Beetle
Abner Jenkins was an aircraft parts mechanic who was an expert in his field. Although he worked there for years, he was looked down upon and his flight suit designs were constantly rejected. He created his own costume and took the name The Beetle. He decided to use his costume to defeat superheroes in battle to gain instant fame.
The Beetle’s first suit allowed him to fly, increasing his strength, and protecting him from most physical attacks. Since then, he has created many different upgraded versions of his suit. Its most recent are equipped with machine guns and rocket launchers. The suit also alerts him if an enemy gets too close, making it difficult for Spider-Man or any other hero to catch him.
4 Lizard
The lizard was created by accident when Dr. Curt Connors took a serum that mutated him into a human-sized lizard. He did this because he hoped the lizard DNA would regenerate his missing arm. As a lizard, a new character takes over, one who wants to turn all humans into lizards like him.
The Lizard has superhuman strength, speed, and agility. Its scaly skin is much tougher than a human’s and can withstand many physical attacks. If the lizard injures itself or loses a limb, it has a lizard’s natural ability to regenerate its body. He also has sharp teeth, fangs and a powerful tail. The Lizard on his own is a huge threat to Spider-Man, but his added ability to control any reptile, including alligators, makes him an even bigger threat.
3 Rhinoceros
The Rhino is arguably the physically strongest villain in Spider-Man’s rogues gallery. He was once an ordinary thug but gained unfathomable power after agreeing to undertake chemical and radiological treatment, including gamma rays, to increase his strength. It was also tied to an almost indestructible rhino costume.
Gamma rays alone made him stronger than most Marvel characters. He even stood up to the Hulk. His combination heat and acid resistant also gives him an extra layer of protection. He can even charge enemies at high speed, which becomes extremely deadly when paired with the horns on his head. Spider-Man has no chance of defeating him with physical strength, instead he must rely on creative tactics to bring him down.
2 Scorpio
Mac Gargan was once a private detective paid by J. Jonah Jameson to participate in an experiment combining his DNA with that of a scorpion. He was given all the abilities of a scorpion, along with exceptional strength, speed, and durability. He was also given a combat suit, equipped with powerful armor and a tail with a deadly metal spike.
What makes Scorpion so deadly to Spider-Man is that he was specifically created to beat him in battle. Scorpions are natural predators of spiders, and Gargan’s scorpion strength has proven to be stronger than Spider-Man’s. Scorpion even lost his mind during his transformation and acquired a violent temper. This makes it difficult for Spider-Man to reason with him. Scorpion has become so well-known that some people want to see him take on Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man.
1 Doctor Octopus
Otto Octavius is a brilliant scientist who created his four metal arms to aid in his research. However, an unfortunate accident fused the arms to his body and gave him greater control over them. This new power increased his ego, he convinced himself that he was the smartest man on the planet, and his arms made him a superior being.
Doc Ock arguably got Spider-Man more trouble than all of his other villains. He nearly killed Spider-Man many times before with his extremely strong and durable arms and was the one who formed and led the Sinister Six. He was also smart enough to switch minds with Spider-Man and killed him while they were in each other’s bodies. This makes him one of the few villains who managed to get rid of the crawler (until he came back to life).
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