10 Times Spider-Man Has Been Outwitted
2. Mysterio Comes Back From The Grave - Amazing Spider-Man #141
Ever the persistent nemesis, the Master of Illusion makes this list one more time for his triumphant return to villainy. In a two-issue arc beginning in 1975, written by Gerry Conway and pencilled by Ross Andru, Mysterio is up to his old tricks - taunting Spider-Man with holograms of his old villains, and even tricking the hero into punching brick walls until he injures his hands.
But as Spider-Man was about to find out, the real illusion was only just beginning.
When Peter Parker went to the Bugle to tell everyone Mysterio was back in town, his friend Ned Leeds gave him a nasty shock - apparently, Mysterio had died in prison a year ago. Now haunted by what he believed to be a vengeful ghost, Spider-Man's fear of these illusions was dialled up to eleven.
It was only when he discovered one of the image projectors did he realise the other possibility - just because the original Mysterio was dead, didn't mean someone else hadn't taken up the mantle. After a final showdown with the new Mysterio, it's revealed he was Quentin Beck's old cell-mate out to avenge his buddy, but he really had Spider-Man fooled for a minute there.