There are many supervillains out there who are considered laughing stocks due to their lame gimmicks, examples include the Condiment King or Turner D. Century. There are, however, some villains that can still be threatening despite having a lame gimmick. Some villains did this in their first appearance, while others were revamped to be more threatening.

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In the case of the Marvel Universe, some of these villains have become some of its most infamous bad guys. This article will examine ten villains from Marvel Comics that worked as threatening villains despite having a gimmick that can be considered by some as lame.

10 Mysterio

With his fishbowl looking helmet and title as master of illusions, Mysterio is a villain hard to take seriously. However, he has shown on several occasions that he can use convincing special effects to be a dangerous villain. One occasion was in Guardian Devil, where he uses his mastery of illusions and manipulations to bring Daredevil to the brink of madness.

The most dangerous incarnation of Mysterio would be the one seen in Old Man Logan. The story reveals that the reason that this timeline version of Logan did not fight against the Red Skull's army of supervillains was a result of him being tricked by Mysterio into seeing the X-men as various villains. This illusion leads to Wolverine killing the entirety of the X-men and students at Xavier's mansion.         

9 Mad Jim Jasper

Sir Jim Jaspers Going Mad

Mad Jim Jasper is a clear lesson in judging a villain by appearances alone. Appearing as an ordinary middle-aged man with a bizarre sense in fashion, he is also hard to take him seriously. Especially when he leads a gang of criminals dressed up as characters from Alice in Wonderland called the Crazy Gang. He is, however, one of the greatest threats to the multiverse itself.

The reason that Mad Jim Jasper is a threat is that he can warp reality at will. This power combined with him being completely insane makes him a dangerous villain. In his first appearance, he warped Britain into becoming a fascist dystopia that he ruled as its supreme ruler. He would later threaten the multiverse itself on several occasions.

8 Kraven The Hunter

Kraven the Hunter crouching in a tree

Kraven is a villain that should not work, as a big game hunter seems a strange choice for a villain for an urban-based superhero. Kraven has, however, become one of Spider-man's most fearsome foes. This is a result of his skills as a hunter being applied in ways that work in an urban environment. He uses traps and tracking techniques in a manner that makes him a more cerebral foe for Spider-Man to face.

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This can be seen in the storyline Kraven's Last Hunt where he nearly killed Spider-Man and impersonated him. As Spider-Man, Kraven was able to operate quite well as a vigilant, having taken out a bunch of criminals before Spider-Man confronted him and he took his own life. After returning from the dead, Kraven has on several occasions nearly taken down Spider-Man.

7 Madcap

Madcap's face melts

Madcap is a case of a villain being introduced in the wrong character's rogue gallery. Madcap was introduced as a Captain America villain who was driven crazy by an A.I.M chemical agent seeking to cause insanity in others. While he has a threatening M.O., Madcap was limited by his silly costume and bubble gun.

Madcap would, however, become an actual threat when he joined Deadpool's rogue gallery. In Gerry Duggan's run on Deadpool, it was revealed that Deadpool was fused with Madcap during Daniel Way's run on the title. This experience made Madcap now hungry for vengeance against Deadpool leading to Madcap impersonating Deadpool to discredit him as a superhero.

6 Jester

Marvel's Jester laughs while pointing at the reader.

The Jester is usually brought up as one of Daredevil's sillier Silver Age villains, thanks to him being a criminal that dresses up like a jester and commits pranks during his crimes. He has, however, been a dangerous threat on several occasions. The first was in a storyline in 1976 when he manipulated the population of New York City by creating a bunch of fake newscasts. This would begin a plot to frame Daredevil for murder and create chaos in New York City through his fake news.

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Mark Waid's run on Daredevil sees the Jester move back to this depiction when he fakes his death to frame Daredevil for murder. This leads Daredevil to deal with a massive anti-Daredevil campaign and the Sons of the Serpent using this campaign to publicly try to take him down.

5 M.O.D.O.K

MODOK as a puppet

M.O.D.O.K is a villain whose silly appearance hides the fact that he can be a very dangerous villain. Despite being a massive head with a tiny body, M.O.D.O.K was A.I.M's ruthless commander on several occasions. An A.I.M scientist mutated by the organization to study the Cosmic Cube, M.O.D.O.K used his enhanced intelligence to take over A.I.M and become its new Scientist Supreme.

More recently, he formed the organization Intellgencia composed of the world's greatest mad scientists. This organization would serve as the main villain of World War Hulks, where  M.O.D.O.K played a major role in mutating most of the world's superheroes into Hulk-like monsters.

4 The Hood

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On paper, a villain who is a street thug with a mystic cloak would not have the making of a villain capable of taking on the Avengers. The Hood proves that assessment wrong. Parker Robbins was a petty criminal who came across a cloak from the Dark Dimension  and began his rise into replacing the Kingpin as the new head of crime in New York City

The Hood would then organize a massive army of supervillains to take on the New Avengers on several occasions. He would also become a member of Norman Osborn's Cabal alongside Doctor Doom and Loki. After the collapse of Osborn's regime, The Hood would threaten the Avengers on several other occasions, most memorably he was the first person to use the Infinity Gauntlet since the 1990s.

3 Mister Sinister

Mister Sinister feature

Despite the silly-sounding name and glam rocker meets Dracula appearance,  Mister Sinister has been one of the X-men's viler foes. Mister Sinister is the man behind many of the foes that the X-Men have faced. Most infamously, he ordered the Marauder to wipe out the Morlocks, due to them possibly being created by someone who stole his research.

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Beyond that, Mister Sinister has done many horrible things in the name of advancing the study of Mutants. From committing a bunch of deadly experiments to manipulating the Summer bloodline to create Cable. Most recently he has formed an alliance with the Mutant nation of Krakoa with a secret agenda of his own.

2 Bullseye

Bullseye initially seemed doomed to be regarded as a lame villain. He was a villain with a strange dartboard inspired costume and could simply throw things well. Frank Miller's run on Daredevil, however, turns him into one of Daredevil's most deadly foes. This was done by empathizing with his psychopathic nature, who killed Elektra out of a personal jealous of her being the Kingpin's assassin instead of him.

From then on, Bullseye has been established as the Marvel Universe's most premier assassin facing off against a variety of superheroes. His ability to throw things well has also been turned into him being able to kill a person with any object that he possibly throw.

1 Green Goblin

Green Goblin is Spider-Man's most well-known foe and seems an odd choice for a villain that could be considered lame. However, thinking about it on paper, a man dressed as goblin flying around on glider while throwing bombs shape like a pumpkin is not the most intimidating idea for a supervillain.

The Green Goblin, however, easily proves this initial impression is wrong with him being portrayed as an intelligent and insane super-villain. On many occasions, the Green Goblin has attempted to ruin Spider-Man's life. From killing Gwen Stacy to infecting his grandson with the Carnage symbiote, Green Goblin has attempted to ruin the life of Peter Parker and the people around him.

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