Grizzly

Supervillains are often themed after animals and, given that bears are pretty scary, you’d think that’d be a half-decent gimmick for one. However, it’s all about the execution and Grizzly just doesn’t pull it off.

There are four characters who go by that name in Marvel comic books, but we’re obviously referring to Maxwell Markham here, as he’s the only Spider-Man villain of the quartet.

Markham was a wrestler whose violent tendencies in the ring resulted in J. Jonah Jameson writing an article about him that ended up getting him banned from the sport. Years later, he would be given a bear-like exoskeleton by another Spider-Man foe – the Jackal – which enabled him to attack the Daily Bugle as revenge for Jameson’s actions.

Unfortunately, in addition to looking utterly ridiculous in his bear suit, his attempt at revenge was thwarted by Spider-Man, which made him become a recurring foe to the Webbed Wonder. In spite of the strength, durability and razor sharp claws granted to him by the suit, he looks far too ridiculous to be taken seriously in a movie.