8 Incredibly Ridiculous Things About Early Ant-Man Comics

8. His Major Archenemy is Egghead

In the early days of Ant-Man's career, Egghead was most notable of his admittedly lackluster rogue's gallery. He is a supposed "super genius" with an egg shaped head. That's it. That's his whole shtick.

It is important to note that the term genius should be used lightly. Everyone always claims he is one of the smartest around, but his actions seem to suggest otherwise. For example, in his first appearance in Tales to Astonish #38, Egghead's big plan is to trick Ant-Man's ants to lure him into a trap. And that big trap was... getting Ant-Man stuck to a piece of flypaper. Surely, a true genius could have come up with something a little more foolproof than flypaper. But then again maybe he is a genius, because the criminals who hired him paid him $10,000 for that idea.

Egghead frequently reappears in future classic Ant-Man stories but is always foiled in the end. The idea of a non-powered super genius villain isn't a bad one. Lex Luthor is one of the best baddies in comic history. Heck, Dr. Eggman from the Sonic the Hedgehog series even shares the whole egg motif and he's much better than this. But Egghead never really evoked the same sense of danger and for that reason, is doomed to irrelevancy.