The Amazing Spider-Man: 5 Villains We Never, Ever Want To See On Film

3. Scarecrow

Following his first appearance in 1964's Tales of Suspense #51, Marvel's Scarecrow (a blatant rip-off of DC's Batman rogue of the same name) has proven himself to be nowhere near as interesting a character as his DC counterpart, despite the obvious similarities. He first appeared while working as a contortionist in a circus, when he actually helped Iron Man to apprehend a criminal, but he decided to use his skills for criminal purposes in an attempt to get rich quickly after that, and came into conflict with a variety of heroes, including Spider-Man. His conflicts with Spider-Man have mostly occurred as part of a group (the Exterminators), rather than as an individual, but even that would be terrible in a movie, as he really doesn't deserve a passing thought when it comes to his potential inclusion in a Marvel live action movie. In addition to his obvious athletic and acrobatic abilities, Scarecrow is also injected with a pheromone that gives him slightly superhuman strength and a healing factor (as well as the ability to inflict fear in others, like the character he is so obviously based on). However, he also has the ability to control crows (yes, really - "terrifying" huh?), which he uses to carry out a variety of tasks, including attacking his victims en masse and killing them. On the off-chance that Marvel think "a Scarecrow character worked in the Dark Knight trilogy, why not in the Amazing Spider-Man universe?", they should quickly reconsider and give themselves a slap.