Fictional character biography
Antoine Desloin is the lead singer of the Mercy Killers, going by the name of Hypno-Hustler. He and his band are scheduled to perform at a nightclub called "Beyond Forever". When the club's manager catches Hypno-Hustler robbing his safe, he used his hypnotic equipment on the manager. When it comes time to perform, Hypno-Hustler and his band use their hypnotizing equipment on the audience in a plan to rob them as well. Peter Parker is at the club at the time and changed into Spider-Man. During the fight, Spider-Man discovers that Hypno-Hustler's headphones protect him from his own music. Spider-Man manages to remove the headphones from Hypno-Hustler, causing him to become a victim of his own hypnosis. When the audience is free of the hypnosis, Hypno-Hustler and his Mercy Killers are webbed up and left for the police. [1]
Hypno-Hustler later appears at a Vil-Anon meeting with Armadillo, Big Wheel, Equinox, Man-Bull, and Schizoid Man. [2]
While Tombstone is in prison and in need of a heart bypass, Hypno-Hustler is among the inmates who he hires to protect him. [3]
During the "Origin of the Species" storyline, Hypno-Hustler comes into a police station wanting help, as Spider-Man is on a rampage against various villains following the kidnapping of Menace's child. [4]
After Tinkerer repairs his costume, Hypno-Hustler tries to escape from prison, only to be defeated by Deadpool and Spider-Man. [5]
During the "Hunted" storyline, Hypno-Hustler appears as a patron at the Pop-Up with No Name. [6]
Reception
Hypno-Hustler has received negative reception, sometimes being ranked as one of the worst supervillains in comic books due to his outdated 1970s camp factor. ShortList ranked the Hypno-Hustler as the second worst supervillain of all time. [12] Meanwhile, heavy.com listed him as one of the 20 worst supervillains. [13] CraveOnline put the Hypno-Hustler at number 3 of their "five Spider-Man villains you will never see in theaters" list, describing him as "a recurring joke in the Marvel Universe for decades". [14] Tony Wilson of Dorkly referenced him as one of Spider-Man's "Dumbest Forgotten Villains" in his "Today in Nerd History" sketch comedy video. [15]
In 2022, CBR.com ranked Hypno-Hustler 7th in their "Spider-Man's 10 Funniest Villains" list, [16] while Screen Rant ranked Hypno-Huster 9th in their "10 Most Powerful Silk Villains In Marvel Comics" list. [17]
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