Mindworm (real name William Turner), was born with a gigantic head and psionic powers, surviving by leaching the mental energy from those in his vicinity like a more grotesque, lethal version of Colin Robinson from FX's What We Do in the Shadows. This cranially abnormal supervillain made his debut in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #138 courtesy of Gerry Conway and Ross Andru, and though it's technically true he never sought to become a villain to begin with - and even ended his stint in the comics trying to reform - that doesn't make him any less terrifying. Some of the most evil Spidey rogues have accrued that reputation steadily, having been around since the Silver Age and having been reworked in the darker Bronze and Modern Ages of comics, while others dropped out of the blue with a bang, raising the stakes immediately, and making readers feel just a bit more anxious for Spidey and his allies' wellbeing. The character has always dealt with mature themes, going all the way back to his tragic origin, but it's also true that Peter Parker's adversaries have gotten progressively more sinister over the decades - both in terms of classic characters adopting scary, new behaviours, and of rivals suddenly emerging to inject the rogues gallery with a not-so-healthy dose of edge.Īlthough it's true all of Spidey's villains have gotten darker as the years have gone by, there are a still a select few that stand out compared to the rest for being the absolute worst of the worst - the kind of villains that wouldn't look out of place in a Ghost Rider or Blade comic, let alone a Spider-Man one.
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