Kangaroo

Oh dear. In many cases, having a superhero or supervillain themed around an animal of some sort can make sense. Sharks, tigers and rhinos are dangerous, spiders, scorpions and snakes are all creepy, but Kangaroo’s theme is… well… a god-damned kangaroo!

Kangaroo is actually the name of two Spider-Man villains, both of whom possess the same “astonishing” leaping ability. One is called Frank Oliver and the other is called Brian Hibbs – and they’re both equally as ridiculous as each other.

They’re both decent fighters (Oliver is a boxer and Hibbs is just a generally decent hand-to-hand combatant), but their powers come from different sources. Oliver studied kangaroos and developed a jumping style similar to them, which was augmented with cybernetic implants. Hibbs wore a suit of armour that gave him powerful legs and various other ridiculous kangaroo-themed abilities.

Oliver was a petty criminal who came into contact with Spider-Man during his crime spree and Hibbs donned the Kangaroo mantle to avenge Oliver, who he idolised, after he was defeated. Regardless, nobody wants to see a kangaroo-themed villain in a Spider-Man movie!

What do you think? Are these Spider-Man villains genuinely terrible? Could they actually work in a movie? Have your say below!