3-D Man was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Jim Craig. The character was originally created as a tribute to the unsuccessful Harvey Comics character Captain 3-D. 3-D Man was originally supposed to appear as the back-up feature in a stereoscopic comic book featuring Spider-Man, but the idea was cancelled and 3-D Man made his premiere in Marvel Premiere #35 (1977). [1] 3-D Man is described as having three times the strength, speed and physicality of an average man. [2] 3-D Man is the alternate persona of Chuck Chandler, a test pilot who was abducted by the Skrulls. Chandler was imbued with powers by a Skrull artifact during his escape, but the same incident connected him with his brother Hal Chandler, with Hal giving up his energy and going into a coma whenever Chuck needs to access the power of 3-D Man. The character retained his association with the Skrulls, and they became his main adversaries. [3] The original 3-D Man remained an obscure character. [2]
The character of Delroy Garrett was created by Kurt Busiek and George Pérez. [2] The character of Garrett is described as a former Olympic sprinter who joined a cult, the Triune Understanding, after he was disgraced for using steroids. [4] Originally known as Triathlon and first appearing in Avengers #8 (1988), [4] he is given the powers of 3-D Man by the Triune Understanding after they steal them from Chandler. Triathlon joined the Avengers as the new 3-D Man, but he believed himself to be a token hire as he was an African American and the team was being accused of racism at the time they allowed him to join. The character played a prominent role during the Kang Dynasty story arc, but he was unpopular with readers and was not heavily used. [2] He played another prominent role in Avengers: The Initiative #19, in which he joins the Skrull Kill Krew and uses his abilities to see through the disguises of shapeshifting Skrulls. [5] This ability brings him to kill a defecting Skrull who he believed to be hostile. [4]
An alternate version of Chandler's 3-D Man portrayed him as a hero in the 1950s who joined that world's version of the Avengers. [3]
8-Ball was created by Bob Budiansky and Bret Blevins, and first appeared in Sleepwalker #2 (1991). [6] 8-Ball has no superhuman powers. [7] Wearing a spherical helmet designed to look like a billiards 8 ball, he wields a concussive cue stick and exploding balls. [8] Screen Rant listed him among the worst Marvel Comics villains introduced in the 1990s. [7] Jeff Hagees is introduced as a defense contractor and engineer who is also a skilled pool player. [6] [7] He develops problem gambling and adopts the villainous persona of 8-Ball to recoup his losses. Initially a Sleepwalker villain, 8-Ball goes on to fight various superheroes. He did not achieve popularity as a villain, and he was eventually killed off when he was murdered by the Wrecker. [6]
An unnamed character wearing the 8-Ball costume appears in a fight sequence in The Amazing Spider-Man #600. The third version of 8-Ball is introduced in The Superior Spider-Man #26. Created by Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos, and Victor Olazaba, this version of 8-Ball is created by the Hobgoblin when he forms a team of newly created supervillains. [9] The Hagees version of 8-Ball was later resurrected, and for a time he was the cellmate of Moon Knight, giving him another character to interact with and allowing for character growth. [10] Hagees questions his choices in Moon Knight #25 (2023) after luring Moon Knight into a trap: unhappy with his identity as a failed supervillain and the assumptions that this creates about him, he changes his mind and goes back to save Moon Knight. [6]
803 is a service robot who joins Agent Venom (Flash Thompson)'s crew. [11] He appears in the series Venom: Space Knight , where he plays a sidekick role. The character was created by Robbie Thompson, who described his history as if "C-3PO had stayed with Jabba for thousands of years", saying that this made the character "self effacing" and "somewhat suicidal". [12] To help Agent Venom move without his legs, 803 builds him a set of prosthetic legs. This idea inspired editor Jake Thomas to focus on the wounded veteran aspect of Thompson's character, including a partnership between Marvel Comics and the Wounded Warrior Project. [13]
MacDonald "Mac" Gargan is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #19. Mac Gargan is a recurring antagonist of the superhero Peter Parker / Spider-Man. He debuted as a private investigator hired by J. Jonah Jameson to learn how Peter Parker took pictures of Spider-Man. In the following issue, Jameson decided to turn Gargan into a deadly adversary for Spider-Man through a barely-tested procedure, which left Gargan with an irremovable scorpion-themed armor and the predatory instincts of the arachnid. Driven insane by his mutation, Gargan instead turned to a life of crime as the Scorpion, and went on to menace both Spider-Man and Jameson, whom he held responsible for his transformation. Since then, having finally removed the armor, Gargan has also served as the third host of the Venom symbiote, and a member of the Dark Avengers as Spider-Man, but eventually returned to his Scorpion alias as it kept him alive due to the strain both the neural-armors and symbiote put on his body.
Kang the Conqueror is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #19 as Rama-Tut, an adversary of the Fantastic Four, before being reinvented as Kang in The Avengers #8, an adversary of the Avengers. A time-traveler, several alternate versions of Kang have appeared throughout Marvel Comics titles over the years, such as Rama-Tut, Immortus, Scarlet Centurion, Victor Timely, Iron Lad, and Mister Gryphon.
Delroy Garrett is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Kurt Busiek and George Pérez, the character first appeared in Avengers vol. 3 #8. The character has also been known as Triathlon and 3-D Man at various points in his history.
Jessica Campbell Jones-Cage, professionally known as Jessica Jones, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos and first appeared in Alias #1 as part of Marvel's Max, an imprint for more mature content, and was later retroactively established to have first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #4 in the Silver Age of Comic Books as an unnamed classmate of Peter Parker, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. Within the context of Marvel's shared universe, Jones is a former superhero who becomes the owner of Alias Private Investigations. Bendis envisioned the series as centered on Jessica Drew and only decided to create Jones once he realized that the main character he was writing had a distinct-enough voice and background to differentiate her from Drew, though deciding to still name the character after her on the basis of how "two [people] can have the same first name".
Hulkling is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A member of the Young Avengers superhero team in the Marvel Universe, Hulkling's visual design is patterned on the iconic Marvel character Hulk. In addition to being superhumanly strong, he possesses shapeshifting abilities that go far beyond the ability to mimic the Hulk, which give him the power to fly.
Swordsman is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Don Heck, the character first appeared in The Avengers #19. Although Swordsman was first introduced as an enemy of Hawkeye and the Avengers, the character has since appeared as both a supervillain and a superhero.
Jack O'Lantern is an alias used by several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Dr. Karla Sofen is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Captain America #192, created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Frank Robbins.
Echo is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada, the character first appeared in Daredevil #9. Lopez is a Cheyenne woman, and this background as an indigenous character informs many of her arcs and storylines. She is also half-Mexican-American. Her Echo guise includes a white handprint that covers part of her face. She is one of the few deaf comic book characters. She has also adopted the Ronin codename and was a host of the Phoenix Force.
Zabu is a fictional saber-toothed cat appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Zabu is connected primarily to the Savage Land, and the X-Men, and most recently the Avengers. He is the last known living Smilodon and is a companion and ally of Ka-Zar.
Ares is a fictional character, a deity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the Greek god of the same name. He first appeared in Thor #129 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Ares has commonly appeared as an enemy of Thor and Hercules, starring in his own self-titled series in 2006.
Sentry is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, with uncredited conceptual contributions by Rick Veitch, the character first appeared in The Sentry #1 (2000).
3-D Man is the name of two fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Crusader is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Two versions have made significant appearances while others are minor characters who have utilized the alias.
Morgan le Fay is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely, is based on the Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend. In this version of the character, Morgan le Fay belongs to the species of humanoid magical beings called fairies, who are born with supernatural powers, and is the half-faerie half-sister of the mythic King Arthur. Her elven heritage granted her immortality, and she used this time to master the mystic arts. She occasionally tries to take over the world. She has been an opponent of The Avengers, and in the 1970s, she appeared in the original Spider-Woman comic acting as a foe of Jessica Drew, while opposed by a reincarnation of her "ancient foe" Magnus. She is a former lover of Doctor Doom, and was a member of the Darkholders for a time.
Venom is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a sentient alien symbiote with an amorphous, liquid-like form, who survives by bonding with a host, usually human. This dual-life form receives enhanced powers and usually refers to itself as "Venom". The symbiote was originally introduced as a living alien costume in The Amazing Spider-Man #252, with a full first appearance as Venom in The Amazing Spider-Man #300.
Knull is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Venom and Carnage. He was later retroactively established as an unseen enemy of Thor and the Silver Surfer, as he was behind Gorr the God Butcher's mission to hunt down and kill various deities, in addition to having come into conflict with the Silver Surfer via a temporal black hole through time. The character is depicted as an evil deity who created the weapon known as All-Black the Necrosword and the alien races known as the Klyntar/Symbiotes and Exolons. The character would go on to play a more important role in the Marvel Universe.
Jeff the Land Shark is a fictional character who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Kelly Thompson and artist Daniele di Nicuolo, the character first appeared in West Coast Avengers vol. 3 #6, but was not named and formally introduced until issue #7. Jeff is the pet landshark of the superheroes Gwen Poole and Kate Bishop, and has also been cared for by Wade Wilson and Elsa Bloodstone.