10 Spider-Man Villains (And Combinations) Deserving Of The Big Screen

9. The Jackal and Carrion

Mention the word €œclone€ to any Spider-Man fan and you€™ll most likely send a chill down their spine. In the context of Spider-Man, clones are most commonly associated with the 90s-era Clone Saga that made a mess of twenty years of Spider-Man continuity and drove fans away from the comics in record numbers. But the original 1970s Clone Saga introduced two of Spider-Man's most sadistic enemies. Gwen Stacy's death sent her and Peter Parker's biology professor, Miles Warren, over the edge. He had fallen in love with her and became the Jackal, producing clones of Parker, Stacy, and even himself. Whether or not Gwen dies in Marc Webb's new movies won't preclude the possibility of the Jackal's appearance; in fact, it may make the Gwen Stacy clone angle more interesting. Professor Warren is obsessed with the girl and if he can't have her, he will kill the man who does. Every villain in the films eventually learns Spider-Man's true identities, but in the early comics it was a novel discovery for a villain to learn that Peter Parker and The Amazing Spider-Man were one and the same. Jackal learned this, and his lust for vengeance against the man who took the love of his life enabled him to torment Peter Parker in a way almost no other villain ever has. Think of the suspense and the psychological toll of having Spider-Man fight a clone of himself, with neither the audience nor the characters having any idea which is the original and which is the fake even after the dust has settled. In his early appearances, Jackal almost always worked with some kind of enforcer or henchman. Carrion is a super-powered Jackal clone who appeared a few years after the Jackal's supposed death in the comic books, but he could easily serve in the enforcer role on-screen. His touch kills all organic matter, he can become transparent, he can fly and he has super-strength. The original Carrion saga in early issues of The Spectacular Spider-Man are almost as classic as the Clone Saga itself. How exactly who is the clone of what ends up being revealed is a matter for the scriptwriter to sort out, but I have no doubt that these basic elements would constitute a blockbuster Spider-Man film.