Saturday, April 17, 2010

5 More Little-Known Villains from the Marvel Legends

There's no way to avoid it … in order for good to continue to triumph in comic book form, there needs to be an enormous number of baddies for them to routinely defeat every issue! This makes the villainous world of the Marvel Legends HUUGE, and also quite varied and rich. There are characters that can do little more than a bit of mind control, all the way up to long-time foes that can't be defeated within a single episode, and may have powers equal to those of the Marvel Legends. Today we continue our exploration of the many and varied villains in the Marvel Legends Universe, starting our journey at some of the more obscure corners!
Baroness S'Bak
Baroness S'Bak is a minor warlord of the Skrull Empire, with the natural shape-shifting abilities of her race, but little intelligence, strength, or energy projection capabilities. She appears in the Annihilation Comics.
The Communist Party
Given the prominence of the Cold War in the public consciousness in the heyday of Marvel Legends comics, it isn’t surprising that they were so blatant in naming them as villains! Some of the notable fictional characters from the party (which was led in the comics by the real Lenin and Stalin), include the Iron Maiden, Executioner, Fantasma, Omega Red, Red Ghost, Red Guardian, Red Skull … not many opportunities for non-confusing nicknames!
Ezekiel
Ezekiel is a long time nemesis of Spiderman, and one of the more interesting and permanent characters out of the corps of over 800 Marvel Legends villains. He has quite decent durability, strength and intelligence … which makes sense, since he derives his powers from the same source as Spiderman. He isn't really evil … more of a wasted opportunity.
Jazz
Jazz is one of the more recent additions to the Marvel Legends villain-verse, appearing in 2004 and 2006. He has blue skin and wears a 'Bufu' hat! He is part of the 198 group
Mosh
Mosh comes from the Hood comics, with his first appearance in 2002. He's nothing but muscle … but actually has minimal strength, durability, fighting skill or intelligence. He did have superhuman strength and night vision … before he died.


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