10 Embarrassing Supervillains Marvel Wants You To Forget

10. The Matador

The Matador is a character created by Stan Lee and Wally Wood for Daredevil back in 1964, but he isn't the most thought out supervillain Stan Lee ever created.

Manuel Eloganto was once the most famous bull fighter in all of Spain, but the crowd soured on him thanks to his overt cruelty he showed the bulls. During his final performance, a riot broke out and he was severely injured, but eventually recovered. He swore vengeance upon all mankind because they didn't tolerate him - y'know, the usual supervillain excuse.

As The Matador, Eloganto embraced a life of crime and villainy thanks to his skills as a swordfighter and bullfighting abilities... which somehow made him a threat to the likes of Matt Murdock...?

In many ways, this was little more than a silly supervillain with a ridiculous story, but it was also culturally appropriative and a negative depiction of Spanish people. The character was almost universally disliked, which is why it's likely you never heard of him before now.