List of Masters of Evil members explained
The Masters of Evil is a fictional supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Although the roster has changed over the years, the team remains the principal foes, and the evil counterpart, of the superhero team the Avengers.
Listed here are the known members of the Masters of Evil.
Membership
listed alphabetically, after leader
Baron Heinrich Zemo's incarnation
Avengers #6-7, 9-10, 15-16 (July 1964 - May 1965)
Ultron's incarnation
Avengers #54-55 (July - Aug. 1968); 83 (Dec. 1970)
Egghead's incarnation
Avengers #222 (Aug. 1982); 227 - 229 (Jan. - Mar. 1983)
Baron Helmut Zemo's first incarnation
Avengers #273 - 277 (Nov. 1986 - Mar. 1987)
- Baron Helmut Zemo (leader) - The son of Baron Heinrich Zemo.
- Absorbing Man - A supervillain who can absorb the properties of anything and is an enemy of Thor and the Hulk.
- Blackout (Marcus Daniels) - A Darkforce-manipulating supervillain.
- Black Mamba - A member of the Serpent Society who has Darkforce energy control and illusion-casting abilities. She is an associate who appears as Tanya Sealy.
- Fixer (Paul Norbert Ebersol) - A genius-level criminal inventor.
- Goliath (Erik Josten) - A size-shifting supervillain who the Enchantress put through the same procedure as Wonder Man.
- Grey Gargoyle - An enemy of Thor who can temporarily turn anything he touches to stone.
- Mister Hyde - A biochemist and an enemy of Thor who is inspired by the novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and takes a formula that grants him a similar transformation.
- Moonstone
- Screaming Mimi - A supervillain with a sonic scream.
- Tiger Shark
- Titania - A super-strong supervillain who is the love interest of the Absorbing Man.
- Whirlwind
- The Wrecking Crew - A group of supervillains that are enemies of Thor.
- Bulldozer - A supervillain with an armored metal helmet who fights by ramming his victims head-first.
- Piledriver - A supervillain who fights with his oversized pile-driving fists.
- Thunderball - The group's thinker who wields a huge demolition ball on a chain.
- Wrecker - The team's leader who wields an indestructible crowbar with magical properties. He both hates and fears Thor.
- Yellowjacket - A reluctant supervillain who uses one of Hank Pym's stolen Yellowjacket costumes.
Doctor Octopus' incarnation
- Doctor Octopus (leader) - A supervillain with four metal tentacles who is an enemy of Spider-Man.
- Absorbing Man
- Gargantua - A 25 ft. supervillain that used to work as a biochemist for S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Jackhammer - A super-strong supervillain who used to work for Silvermane's HYDRA branch.
- Oddball - A juggler and street fighter that is a member of the Death-Throws.
- Powderkeg - A super-strong villain who can also sweat a nitroglycerin compound.
- Puff Adder - A mutant and Serpent Society member with the power to breathe various debilitative gases (in one instance, the gas was able to eat away a metal lock) and inflate his body mass to a certain extent. He also has superhuman strength and increased physical durability.
- Shocker (Herman Schultz)
- Titania
- Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)
Baron Helmut Zemo's second incarnation / the Thunderbolts
Avengers #270-277 (Aug. 1986 - Mar. 1987), Amazing Spider-Man #283 (Dec. 1986) and West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #16 (Jan. 1987).
The Crimson Cowl's first incarnation
- Crimson Cowl (leader) - The daughter of Justin Hammer.
- Aqueduct - A supervillain who can control and shape water.
- Bison - A bison-themed supervillain who was transformed from an injured basketball player by the Egyptian god Seth and had previously fought Luke Cage and Thunderstrike.
- Blackwing - The son of Silvermane and an enemy of Captain America and Daredevil, who is an expert bat trainer.
- Boomerang - A boomerang-wielding supervillain and an enemy of Spider-Man.
- Cardinal - A supervillain who wears an armored suit that can fly and has a number of offensive weapons including energy blasters, a grenade launcher and a tar gun.
- Constrictor - A boa constrictor-themed supervillain and former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
- Cyclone (Pierre Fresson) - A supervillain who wears a costume that enables him to create tornado-force whirlwinds.
- Dragonfly - A dragonfly-themed supervillain and former Maggia member who can fly and has a hypnotic gaze.
- Eel (Edward Lavell) - A supervillain who wears an electrified lubricated suit.
- Flying Tiger - A supervillain whose tiger-like body armor makes him capable of powered flight, as well as giving him enhanced strength, durability and endurance, and a set of claws.
- Icemaster - A cryokinetic supervillain.
- Joystick - A supervillain with super-strength and super-speed who also wears a wrist device that creates energy batons.
- Klaw
- Lodestone - A supervillain who can manipulate the magnetic force.
- Man-Ape - A supervillain from Wakanda and an enemy of the Black Panther.
- Man-Killer - A supervillain with super-strength and size-shifting abilities.
- Quicksand - A supervillain who can transform her body into a sand-like substance.
- Scorcher - A supervillain and an enemy of Spider-Man whose insulated suit has flamethrower equipment.
- Shatterfist - A supervillain and an enemy of Thor who wields power gloves that delivers devastating blows.
- Shockwave - A supervillain and an enemy of Shang-Chi whose suit enables him to generate an electric shock.
- Slyde - A supervillain and skilled chemist whose suit grants him super-speed.
- Sunstroke - A solar-manipulating supervillain created by Dominus.
- Supercharger - A supervillain who can absorb, store, and release electricity.
- Tiger Shark
The Crimson Cowl's second incarnation
The Shadow Council's incarnation
Lightmaster's incarnation
Baron Helmut Zemo's third incarnation
The West Coast Masters of Evil
Multiversal Masters of Evil
- Mephisto (benefactor)
- Doom Supreme (leader) - A version of Doctor Doom from an unidentified reality who is the master of the darkest arts.
- Black Skull - A version of Red Skull from an unidentified reality who possesses the Venom Symbiote.
- Dark Phoenix - An unidentified golden-skinned female host of the Phoenix Force who wears a dark robe. Her appearance is revealed to be the form of a Mystique variant from Earth-14412.
- Berserkers - The pets of Dark Phoenix who consider her their mother.
- Hound - An unidentified alternate reality version of Wolverine that is loyal to Dark Phoenix and has spikes coming out of his body.
- An unidentified reality version of Thor.
- Ghost Goblin - A version of Green Goblin from an unidentified reality with the powers of Ghost Rider who can also throw flaming skull-shaped Noggin Bombs.
- Kid Thanos - A younger version of Thanos that was apparently taken from the past.
- King Killmonger - A variation of Erik Killmonger conqueror of Wakanda and Asgard from an unidentified reality who is wearing an armor that resembles the Destroyer laced with Vibranium.
Other versions
listed alphabetically, after leader
Marvel Adventures
Other media
listed alphabetically, after leader