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The [[Marvel Universe]] is one of the Big Two of comics, along with [[The DCU]]. As such, it's the <s>birthplace</s> populariser of many of the more famous comic-book related tropes, as well as the source material for various comic-book movies.
See also the [[X-Men
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== Absorbing Man ==
Empowered by the evil trickster god [[Loki (Comic Book)|Loki]], convicted felon Carl "Crusher" Creel was given the ability to absorb the physical properties of anything he made physical contact with. Using his new powers to return to his life of crime, Creel would go on to become battle [[The Mighty Thor]] (which was what Loki had in mind when he gave Creel his powers) but also numerous other heroes. Although he continues to be a charter member of Thor's [[Rogues Gallery]], he's also tangled with everyone from [[Daredevil]] to [[
* [[A Wizard Did It]]: The Absorbing Man's ball and chain has been destroyed on several occasions, and yet somehow it's always good as new the next time the Absorbing Man appears. Is this ever explained in the comics?
* [[Epic Flail]]: Creel's ball and chain has the same absorbing properties he does. It can even absorb the properties of Thor's mystic uru hammer, which is never a pleasant experience for Thor.
* [[Future Badass]]: While plenty powerful as he is, in one [[Alternate Universe]] story Creel realizes he has the ability to also absorb knowledge. After absorbing the intellect and processing power of [[AI Is a Crapshoot|Ultron]] he is able to recall ''everything'' he ever absorbed and became able to display their properties at will and effectively became the most dangerous superhuman on the planet.
* [[Hoist
** In one of his first appearances, Thor tricked him into absorbing the properties of helium, which caused him to literally float away into the upper atmosphere.
** When he absorbed the strength and power of the [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Gray Hulk]], he also absorbed the weakness to sunlight that the Hulk was suffering from. The Hulk was mostly protected from the sun by the three-piece suit he was wearing...but the Absorbing Man wasn't so lucky.
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* [[Power Copying]]: The Absorbing Man can mimic the physical properties of anything he or his ball and chain touches. If he touches concrete, he gains the strength and durability of concrete. He touches electricity, he becomes electrical. He touches titanium, he becomes as strong and durable as titanium. He can also duplicate the strength and durability of anyone he touches, such as the [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]] or [[The Incredible Hercules]].
* [[Staying Alive]]: The Absorbing Man has literally been smashed to pieces, but he's always been able to pull himself back together.
* [[Tricking the Shapeshifter]]: Related to [[Hoist
== Amadeus Cho ==
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Herc.
* [[Shout-Out]]: His latest costume bears a close resemblance to that of [[
== [[Ares (Comic Book)|Ares]] ==
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* [[Badass in Distress]] -- For someone who's considered one of the most broken character in Marvel Universe, he got caught easily by the Skrulls before the ''[[Secret Invasion]]''. His answer to 'redeem' his badassery is in [[War of Kings]].
* [[Blessed
* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]] -- {{spoiler|His response after the Skrull Invasion is to make ''everyone'' into an Inhuman, a plan that even a [[Complete Monster]] like Vulcan [[Even Evil Has Standards|think it's horrible]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]] -- Yeah right. We'll see how long it lasts}}
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* [[Dating Catwoman]] -- Ties in with the Alternate Company Equivalent listing above.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]] -- Her costume makes [[Catwoman (Comic Book)|Catwoman]]'s look understated.
* [[Rape
== [[Black Panther]] ==
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* [[Retcon]] -- Wakanda went from a nation that had been built up into a technological wonderland by T'Challa almost single handedly, into a country that had always been far in advance of the rest of the world and a utopia to boot.
== [[Black Widow (
=== Natasha Romanov ===
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* [[Weapon of Choice]]: [[Captain Obvious|Boomerangs]]
* [[Weaponized Exhaust]]: Boomerang likes to use his jet boots as a secondary weapon.
* [[Wearing a Flag
== Bullseye ==
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* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Death Is Cheap]] -- "Nobody dies in comics except [[Spider-Man
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
* [[Hero
* [[Kid Sidekick]] Kinda subverted; he fit the mould in the 40's, but Ed Brubaker's [[Retcon]] introduced the idea that this was just a cover story, and that he was really the advance scout and go-to guy for the dirty jobs that Cap couldn't/''wouldn't'' be seen doing.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]] - Since Ed Brubaker got his hands on him
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* [[Evil Redhead]]
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[Kill It
== Cobweb ==
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* [[Patrick Stewart Speech]]: Horrifically inverted when the Red Skull is feeling depressed and Crossbones tries to cheer him up by reminding him of all his evil accomplishments.
* [[Post-Rape Taunt]]: Poor Diamondback.
* [[Skeletons in
== [[Daredevil]] ==
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* [[Evil Overlord]] -- Strangely, not that evil to his own people.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]] -- [[Depending
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]] -- Well, except for the part where he doesn't ''actually'' have a doctorate. But then, other evil dictators like to give themselves titles, why shouldn't he? [[Justified Trope]] when you realize he probably already knows more about any given scientific field than most actual PhDs...
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]] -- To rival that of his archenemy, that accursed Richards, dabbling in everything from [[Time Travel]] to [[Black Magic]] (if you would consider sorcery a form of science anyway).
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]] -- He takes grave exception to anyone else trying to destroy the Four, and views it as his exclusive right. In an alternate universe where Spider-Man, the Hulk, Wolverine, and Ghost Rider became the new Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom even rescued them when they were about to be killed, stating that no one else may destroy the Fantastic Four-any Fantastic Four.
* [[Pet the Dog]] -- The Doctor sometimes does this with his citizens in Latveria.
* [[Powered Armor]] -- Rumoured to have inspired [[Star Wars
* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]] -- His real name is Victor Von Doom. One wonders why he didn't choose a career as a humanitarian aid worker or civil rights lawyer.
* [[Third Person Person]]
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* [[Biological Mashup]]: The Dreadknight uses the Hellhorse, a black stallion with large bat wings, as his main means of transportation.
* [[Blade
* [[Clingy Costume]]: To spite Velsing, who was very vain and proud of his good looks, Doom surgically attached a steel skull mask to his face. Attached with specially designed microcircuitry, the mask is impossible to remove.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Anybody who thinks he can outsmart ''Doctor freaking Doom'' has got to qualify for this trope.
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== [[Elektra]] ==
Originally created as [[Daredevil]]'s ex-girlfriend turned mob killer, Elektra Natchios is an anti-heroic semi-mystical ninja assassin who's managed a few mini-series of her own as well as [[Elektra (
* [[Badass Normal]]
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* [[Badass Normal]] -- Once fought without his power as Ghost Rider and still remains formidable
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]] -- He's using Hell's powers, for Pete's sake! But he is still one of the heroes, usually erring towards [[Anti-Hero]]
* [[Deal
* [[Legacy Character]]: The Spirits of Vengeance have possessed many people over the centuries. Johnny Blaze and Dan Ketch are merely the latest in a very long line of human hosts for the Rider.
* [[Mind Rape]] -- The Penance Stare, in a rare instance of the ''hero'' doing it.
* [[Playing
* [[Retcon]] -- The Spirit of Vengeance was changed from being a servant of Hell to actually being a servant of Heaven, Mephisto tricked him into thinking it was the reverse. When Johnny found out he'd been conned, he gave Mephisto a godly arse whooping.
* [[Whip It Good]] -- His physical weapon of choice is his mystic chain, when he's not staring at people for their sins, or burning them away
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* [[The Casanova]] -- starting with ''Sins Past''.
* [[Color Character]]
* [[Idiot Ball]] -- The first five issues of ''The Pulse'' have him murder his own workers and a reporter investigating him and hiding their bodies in a ditch near his factory. And he gets himself unmasked by [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire]] and [[Alias (Comic Book)|Jessica Jones]] even though the only people who discovered his identity were Spider-Man (to whom Norman revealed to) and Hobgoblin (when Norman was considered dead). [[Fanon]] attributed this to [[Sanity Slippage]].
* [[Karmic Death]] -- Was impaled by his own glider in Amazing Spider-Man #122. He got better.
* [[Legacy Character]] -- Several characters have taken up the Green Goblin mantle, but none have been as iconic as Norman.
* [[The Plan]]-- As said by Mac Gargan in ''[[Dark Reign (
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: There are times when Norman's madness begins to overcome him, and he lets his [[Ax Crazy]] tendencies run amuck. As leader of the [[Thunderbolts]], he's shown to be taking medication to keep himself under control. As noted above, ''The Pulse'' is one of those instances where he fell off the wagon.
* [[Villain
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]
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* [[Mind Rape]] - Poor poor Betty...
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Well, more like Obfuscating Cowardice. Roderick only made himself look like a spineless weakling to disguise his true [[Magnificent Bastard]] nature.
* [[Pick
* [[Twin Switch]]: Roderick frequently used this trope with his brother Daniel to make people underestimate him.
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* [[Darker and Edgier]] - Macendale was like this to the point of making a deal with a demon ([[One More Day|ironic huh?]]) to gain power. He was possessed and after a physical separation, the Demogoblin was born.
* [[Deal
* [[Dirty Coward]]: During his first fight with Spider-Man as Jack O'Lantern, Macendale suffered a minor [[Freak-Out]] and realized he had to escape. While working with Roderick Kingsley at a later point, Macendale refused to go after Spider-Man again.
* [[Legacy Character]]: The second man to become the Hobgoblin, Macendale proved to be unworthy of Kingsley's mantle.
* [[Pick
* [[Rogues Gallery Transplant]]: He started out fighting the C-list hero Machine Man, before he switched over to taking on Spider-Man full time both as Jack O'Lantern and the Hobgoblin.
* [[Smug Snake]]: The Jason Macendale Goblin. He liked to think he was a major villain, but in truth was just a sadistic, bullying thug who wound up working under ''real'' [[Magnificent Bastard|movers]] like the Kingpin, who at one point literally tossed him away like a piece of trash. Add that to the fact that despite all his various bids for power, he could never beat Spidey in an even fight, it's easy to see why Kingsley considered him an embarrassment.
* [[Spanner in
* [[Talking to Themself]]: After being fused to a demon, Macendale was eventually forced to fight against it for control of his body. It didn't do much for his sanity, as you might expect.
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Alias, [[Ant-Man]], Giant-Man, Yellowjacket, the Wasp, yadda yadda yadda. One of the original Avengers and current leader of the Mighty Avengers. He could be described as Marvel's answer to [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]], with all that entails.
* [[Butt Monkey]] - [[Depending
* [[Dr. Jerk]] - The Yellowjacket persona.
* [[Hot-Blooded]] - Originally he was easily the most hot blooded of the Avengers, despite being the smallest.
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]
* [[Legacy Character]] - A long and confusing history of both changing his identity and passing them on to others.
* [[Overshadowed
** This was actually used as part of his characterization for a while, so much so it drove him insane.
* [[Science Hero]] - Of the pulpy, [[Doctor Who]] variety. This is how Dr Pym should always be written. Why do so many writers forget this?
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* [[Improbable Weapon User]] -- The big guy will use anything from construction girders to large trees to really big rocks as weapons, if he has to.
* [[Interrupted Cooldown Hug]] -- Former [[Trope Namer]] and frequent victim
* [[Jerk
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] -- Much of the world, including Banner himself a lot of the time, views the Hulk as this. It's [[Subverted]] in the sense that the Hulk isn't really evil, and is more often provoked by someone dumb enough to be [[Bullying a Dragon]].
* [[Super Strength]]
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* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]] -- More-so than many Marvel characters. Recently [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by the Thing: "I'm just waiting for you to yell 'puberty on!!'"
* [[Personality Powers]]
* [[Playing
== Invisible Woman ==
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* [[Chest Insignia]] -- Actually branded on his chest, as a result of the method used to kill the dragon Shou-Lao in his origin.
* [[Costume Copycat]] -- He wore Dare Devil's costume for a while when Matt Murdock was in jail.
* [[Crimefighting
* [[Heir to
* [[Ki Attacks]]
* [[Legacy Character]] -- The "Immortal" part of his "Immortal Iron Fist" title.
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== [[Iron Man (Comic Book)|Iron Man]] ==
Billionaire weapons manufacturer Tony Stark is almost fatally wounded in a war zone and taken hostage by the enemy, who wants him to make weapons for them. Instead he makes a suit of armor that both powers his escape and helps keep him alive. As Iron Man, he fights corporate espionage in addition to the standard colorful supervillains. Was the subject of [[Iron Man (
* [[Back From the Dead]] -- Sort of. If the Iron Man armor is destroyed, Tony can always make another suit if he himself escapes harm.
* [[Badass Bookworm]] -- Tony Stark is the exemplar of this
* [[Crimefighting
* [[Fiction 500]]
* [[Hero
* [[Ho Yay]] -- With [[Captain America]].
* [[Jerk
* [[Kick the Dog]] -- happened a lot in the ''Civil War'' [[Crisis Crossover]]. Although apparently the writers didn't intend it to be seen this way.
* [[Locking MacGyver in
* [[Powered Armor]]
* [[Really Gets Around]] -- In the last couple of years alone, [[She Hulk]], Maria Hill, Pepper Potts, and [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Emma Frost]].
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: To the [[Black Panther]].
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Being split up and used as a host for the Beyonder didn't exactly do much for his sanity.
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: And freaking ''how''. Not only can he fire deadly sonic vibrations, he can also create [[
* [[Pick
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: He's a latter-day colonialist and slaver who would have been good drinking buddies with [[Heart of Darkness
* [[Staying Alive]]: Klaw's been repeatedly dissipated, mutilated, and cut to pieces. He always manages to pull himself together again.
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Klaw's father was allied with the Nazis in World War II, and Klaw inherited many of his attitudes.
== [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire]] ==
Like Hank Pym above Luke Cage (born Carl Lucas) has used a secret identity in the past, Powerman, but is much better known by his civilian name. Born out of the Blaxploitation craze of the sixties and seventies, Luke Cage was one of the earliest African-American superheroes.
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* [[Cool Chair]]: He ''is'' the chair
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: He's had two; first was Ms. MODOK, then M.O.D.A.M. (Mental Organism Designed for Aggressive Maneuvers)
* [[Fun
* [[My Brain Is Big]]
* [[Psychic Powers]]: He can fire psionic blasts from his forehead
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== Mr Hyde ==
Biochemist Calvin Zabo read ''[[The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' and became fascinated with the character of Edward Hyde. Seeking to unleash the hidden savagery he believed lurked within himself, he proceeded to steal the chemicals he needed for his research. When he tried to get a job with Dr. Donald Blake, the mortal identity of [[The Mighty Thor]], and was refused because of the reputation he'd gained for stealing from the places he'd worked, Zabo swore revenge on him. Zabo eventually perfected his serum and became a deformed but superstrong monster when he drank it. Now calling himself Mr Hyde, the man-monster sought to kill Dr. Blake and crossed paths with Thor. From there, Mr Hyde became a long-standing supervillain, clashing with such heroes as the [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]], [[
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]] -- Calvin Zabo originally sought to unleash the savage and murderous side of humanity that he saw in Edward Hyde. He considers that over time humanity has become weakened when "defects" like kindness and compassion slipped through the evolutionary cracks.
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: When he was partnered with the Cobra, they routinely insulted and argued with each other.
== [[
Carol Danvers is a NASA officer who were embroiled in the Kree Empire's plot, which changes her genetics into a Half Kree superhuman with the power to turn imagination to reality. She became Ms. Marvel and joined the Avengers temporarily before quitting... only to have her powers absorbed by [[X-Men
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Sort of. Carol's current powerset is a combination of her previous two sets of abilities.
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* {{spoiler|[[Not Himself|Not Herself]] -- Through a [[Mind Screw]]-ing events which involves her [[Death Is Cheap|cheapass death]], the Ms. Marvel in the current continuity might not be the same Carol Danvers, but rather her warrior self. While her human self is transferred to another woman named Catherine Donovan.}} [[Mind Screw|Trust me, it's THAT confusing]].
* [[Running Gag]] -- About her being 'fat'. Moonstone, and even Dr. Doom have been heavy offenders of that fact.
* [[Take That]] -- Her first volume has a civilian saying this about her: "She makes Lynda Carter look like [[Popeye (
* [[Ten
== Mysterio ==
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* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: [[Double Subversion]], as he ''started out'' as a legitimate special effects artist. Eventually, he saw it as a dead-end job and decided to use his skills for crime instead. As a supervillain, he invented all sorts of new special effects and robotics devices that could probably have revolutionized the film industry, but he never tried to use them legitimately.
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}
* [[Hoist
* [[Large Ham]]: Part of the reason he became bored with his special effects work was because he wanted to be a mainstream actor but never got the chance. As a supervillain, he can indulge his flair for the dramatic.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]: He was in his sixties before he got his powers.
* [[Clingy Costume]]: The purple costume he wears is in fact part of his body, although he can wear normal clothes over it if he wants.
* [[Depending
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: He can literally detonate himself to cause this trope.
* [[Evil Old Folks]]: Needs no explanation.
* [[Hoist
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: After taking out Captain Marvel, he became a hired hitman, accepting contracts to kill everyone from [[Iron Man (Comic Book)|Tony Stark]] to [[Daredevil|Matt Murdock]].
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* [[Don't Fear the Reaper]]: He tells Spider-Man to not fear death or mourn Aunt May should she pass.
* [[Empathic Healer]]: He healed [[Beta Ray Bill]] of his injuries.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: He once took the form of a homeless man to speak with Spider-Man.
* [[God Is Good]]: Between consoling Spider-Man and restoring his faith in humanity, bringing Thing back to life and giving Beta Ray Bill hope for him and his people, The One Above All is a pretty swell guy.
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* [[Creepy Child]]
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The God of Fear is none the less a good guy...or kid.
** Though he did cause a panic when he broke into the White House during the Siege event at the end of ''[[Dark Reign (
*** And that was after seeing Ares ''ripped in half'' on national television. Some people would call that restraint, for a god.
* [[I Am X, Son of Y]]: I am Alexander Aaron, Phobos, God of Fear, Son of War.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Color Character]]
* [[Dirty Business]]: The Red Skull earned his spurs in the Nazi party by intimidating and terrorizing dissenters while Hitler remained the popular [[Villain
* [[The Dragon]]: To Hitler, back in the day. Now has his own Dragon in the form of Crossbones.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] -- [[Captain Obvious|Not for the Skull himself]], but for the rest of the major villains of the Marvel Universe, most of whom are too disgusted by the Skull to willingly work with him.
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* [[Affably Evil]] -- A mook so likable the Punisher let him go. Keep it straight: the Rhino isn't a killer, he's an enforcer. When an accidental death occurred during a robbery he took part in, he started sending his loot to the dead guy's widow.
* [[Clingy Costume]] -- The Rhino's gotten several power upgrades over the years, some of which have given him new armored hides. Unfortunately, at least one set of Rhino armor became fused with his skin and couldn't be removed. The Rhino made several efforts to get it off, such as voluntarily turning himself in to the authorities in exchange for their help in getting the armor off or robbing banks to pay for the surgery, and he finally succeeded. See [[Ten
* [[Depending
* [[Dumb Muscle]] -- He's got muscles of stone and a head to match. It works great when you need to smash through a concrete wall, less so when you're doing something like advanced calculus.
* [[The Juggernaut]] -- He's not in the same league as the [[Trope Namer]], but he's still pretty vicious when he gets moving. And brother, can this guy move.
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* [[Love Redeems]] -- Played with. After giving up supervillainy, his love for his wife Oksana is the main thing that keeps him from going back. {{spoiler|And now she's dead, courtesy of the upstart new Rhino.}}
* [[Nigh Invulnerable]] -- He's immensely resistant to injury, to the point where he's pretty much immune to any physical attacks Spidey can throw at him and can trade punches with the Hulk without being turned into street pizza.
* [[Not Even Bothering
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] -- There are times when the Rhino is depicted as not being as dumb as he looks, and can actually show a fair amount of cunning. It's just that the direct approach is usually more effective.
* [[Rogues Gallery Transplant]] -- Along with being a charter member of Spider-Man's [[Rogues Gallery]], he's also repeatedly tangled with the Hulk.
* [[Soviet Russia Ukraine and So On]] -- First introduced during the [[Cold War]], the Rhino was originally a Soviet agent who wanted to kidnap John Jameson for the Reds.
* [[Ten
== Sandman ==
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* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]] - Ultimate Sandman's origin.
* [[Heel Face Turn]] -- And then [[Face Heel Turn|back to heel again.]] He can't seem to settle down.
* [[Kill It
* [[Meaningful Name]] -- Flint Marko. Not his actual name, but his most well known alias after his code name.
* [[Shapeshifter Weapon]] -- One of his favorite methods of attack is to reshape his body into various large axes, maces, hammers, and other dangerous implements.
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* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]] -- Schultz probably could have been a legitimate engineer, but he went into supervillainy. Then again, he's hardly the only Marvel villain to go this route.
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]] -- His gauntlets actually vibrate the air to create powerful sonic vibrations, but they have a similar effect on anything they hit, whether it's a bank safe or Spider-Man.
* [[Only in It For
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: The Shocker's eventual breakdown was more gradual and less dramatic than most examples of this trope, as he gradually lost his nerve and self-esteem.
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: In the ''Deadly Foes of Spider-Man'' mini-series, the Shocker becomes fed up with the abuse and taunting he suffers in prison. When Spider-Man attempts to catch him, he brutally beats the wall-crawler in a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] that would have ended with the Shocker killing Spidey if not for the interference of a hired thug sent by the Kingpin.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Even by the standards of the early 1970s when he debuted.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Has [[The Power of the Sun|solar powers]], but it's a bit of a stretch to call him a good guy on any definition of the word.
* [[Playing
* [[Pyromaniac]]: Starting fires is fun, after all.
* [[Rogues Gallery Transplant]]: Never really lasted long enough to become a permanent fixture in anyone's gallery, although he tangled with [[Captain America]], [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]], the Defenders, Spider-Man, [[Daredevil]], and [[Alpha Flight]] one after another.
== [[
Peter Parker is a student who got bitten by a radioactive spider and gains [[Super Strength]] and spider-attributes. After trying to pursue a life of fame and fortune, he is struck hard with the death of his beloved Uncle Ben and realizes that ''With Great Power [[Comes Great Responsibility]]'' and began a life of crime-fighting, despite the bad press from Daily Bugle's J. Jonah Jameson.
* [[Alliterative Name]] -- Peter Parker
* [[Anti-Hero]] -- Oddly enough, [[Wikipedia
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] -- As with Captain America, Spidey is generally a pretty nice guy. Of course, that's before he gets angry... Good rule of thumb? If Spidey's not joking when he fights you, you're basically screwed.
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* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Insistent Terminology]] -- She insists to be called 'Arachne', not Spider-Woman. Or Spider-Girl. Even if her daughter thinks the second one sounds cooler.
* [[Mama Bear]] -- As [[
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]] -- The Mother
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* [[All Your Powers Combined]] -- She has Jessica and Julia's powers (And Charlotte's too), and is growing her own powers.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Actively wanted to be this for Spider-Man, filling in for him when he was indisposed.
* [[Fan Girl]] -- Which explains why she took over Spidey's crimefighting job when he had a [[Ten
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]] -- The Child
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* [[Badass Normal]] -- Even when he loses his Thing powers and reverts to his human form, he still possesses his considerable fighting and piloting skills.
* [[Book Dumb]] -- Is he a Nobel-level intellect like Reed? No. Is he extremely streetwise and cunning? You bet.
* [[Blessed
* [[The Big Guy]].
* [[Catch Phrase]] -- It's clobberin' time.
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== [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]] ==
The [[Marvel Universe]]'s take on the [[Norse Mythology|Norse god of thunder]], [[The Mighty Thor]] was created to be stronger than even the Hulk (although that has been going up and down throught the years, [[Depending
* [[Blood Brothers]]: This is the relationship Thor has with Hercules.
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* [[Friendly Rivalry]] - With Hercules.
* [[Fusion Dance]]: When his mortal friend Eric Masterson was mortally wounded, Thor agreed to become fused with him so he could survive. Eric would later become a [[Legacy Character]] / [[Costume Copycat]] when he wielded Mjolnir after Thor had been banished from Earth.
* [[Only the Worthy May Pass]]: Mjolnir can only be wielded by people who are worthy enough. Besides Thor, the few people who've proven capable of lifting Mjolnir are the likes of [[
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Thor can get pretty touchy about matters of personal honor, and doesn't take kindly to being insulted, particularly by mortals.
* [[Purple Prose]] Especially in the olden days
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Utrecht was already a multimillionaire, captain of industry, and former political office-holder, but that just wasn't enough for him. He wanted real, physical powers.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Bizarrely subverted. Although their powers and origins are similar in some ways to the Fantastic Four, they've never actually tangled with the Four. Instead, they're recurring foes of the Hulk and the Avengers.
* [[Hoist
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Vector can emit powerful psychic waves that repel anything he directs his energies at. He can repel anything from physical matter to tracking signals to [[Doctor Strange]]'s magic.
* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: This, along with Super Strength, is Ironclad's primary power. He's gone multiple rounds with the Hulk and lived to tell the tale.
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* [[The Atoner]] -- Anti-Venom
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]] -- This always made him one of the more interesting villains.
* [[Can't Live
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] -- Not so much anymore, but part of his [[Badass|Badassery]] back then was his ability to out-snark even Spidey himself.
* [[Enemy Mine]] -- Several times.
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] -- At one point, the Scorpion thought his costume wouldn't come off. Again, that mutagen he drank made him more than a little nutty.
* [[Discard and Draw]] -- Meeting the symbiote meant he lost his Scorpion powers, but gained Venom's powers. And now that [[Dan Slott]] has taken over writing the spider-comics full time, it looks like he's going to go back to his original Scorpion identity.
* [[Only in It For
== The Vulture ==
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* [[The Chick]] -- Upgraded from the ditz.
* [[The Ditz]] -- Originally.
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Faux Action Girl]] -- Amazingly subverted. Despite having all of the hallmarks of such a character from her earliest beginnings, even at the start of the Avengers way back when she was an indispensable and valuable member of the team, often winning the day.
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