Source: comicvine.gamespot.com
5. Electro
No, not THAT Electro.
Not the Spider-man villain one who was in that francize-ruiningly bad movie. No, as much as I’d like to talk about ol’ starfish-face, he’s sadly too well-known for this list. But Marvel’s OTHER Electro? He’s a prime candidate.
Because of the release of The Twelve, a decent miniseries that I’d recommend reading, a bunch of ‘40s Marvel characters are included in the 2010 Handbook, and Electro is my favorite because he’s a big dumb robot.
Also known as Iron-Man (if you don’t think Marvel loves reusing names, just ask Jim Hammond) Electro was invented and piloted by scientist Philo Zog, which is a name, I guess. The robot was at first used only to stop street crime via remote control, but it was eventually dispatched to help the war effort because it was the ‘40s and they needed all the help they could get. At some point during this time, the robot murdered a pirate at the request of President FDR.
And just when I thought I couldn’t love comic books any harder.
