Top 10 Weird Marvel Comic Characters

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The Marvel Comics enterprise has been at the forefront of presenting fictional superheroes who have commanded a global following. However, among the list of many illustrious and immensely popular characters, there are also some who never climbed the popularity charts and eventually had to be dumped or mercifully ****ed off. While, some of these were plain bizarre, some were just unlucky for not being able to engage enough attention to be another successful contributor to the Marvel universe.
10. Ego

Alias: Nu-Xandar


Ego was beyond the comprehension of Marvel’s very young readers. For most, it was difficult to imagine whether Ego was a planetary force or some inter-planetary evil entity. Introduced as a creation from The Black Galaxy of the ‘Thor’ series (#132) in 1966, Ego had a face, tentacles and could out think every one that encountered it. However, most of Ego’s deeds were limited to laying out sinister plans for galaxy conquest rather than doing some damage on it own. It could suck energy from smaller, ‘innocent’ stars to power its astronomical strength but seldom used it.

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9. M.O.D.O.K.

Alias: George Tarleton


When your body is also your head, you are a weird Marvel character. First appearing in Tales of Suspense #93 (1967), MODOK is one of the oddest looking characters you will find in the pages of any comic. His name is actually an acronym that only adds to his weird factor, Mobile Organism Designed Only for ****ing. Quite a mouthful, yes? Well his gargantuan mouth and oversized choppers could easily swallow that name. Believe it or not, he as actually a human who was mutated by A.I.M scientists into the misfit villain we know today. His powers are enhanced intelligence (big surprise with a noggin like that), with the added ability to predict outcomes that sometimes resembles clairvoyance. He also can control individuals and large groups of people, generate force fields and finally, shoot powerful force beams from his swanky headband that focuses his incredible mental powers. Oh, and he can scare the **** out of little kids with his sputnik like head. Geez, did I mention his head is huge?

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8. Swarm

Alias: Fritz von Meyer


For many Marvel fans, Swarm wasn’t put forth in the right manner by its creators. But then molding a swarm of bees into a major supervillain was probably not in the cards. Appearing for the first time in 1977 in ‘Champions’ #14, Swarm was a body of mutant, super-intelligent ****er bees that ****ed Nazi scientist, Fritz von Meyer. In his death throes, his consciousness dissipated into the swarm of bees. Thus, von Meyer became an aggregate being, a living embodiment of the swarm, with his own scientific mind added to the mutant intelligence of the multitude of bees. Being villainous to the core and looking very menacing, Swarm had what it took to put up a resistance against Marvel’s heroes. What didn’t help Swarm’s presentation was the under-utilization of his strengths — very seldom was it hinted that the attack by the bees could actually **** or destroy something beyond redemption.

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7. Howard the Duck

Alias: Master of Quak Fu / Feathered Fury


This is one of the few Marvel characters looked upon by many as a mistake that Marvel creators should be ashamed of — Why? Introduced in 1973’s ‘Adventure into Fear’ (No. 19), Howard Duck didn’t have any superpowers or anything substantial to be even considered as a Marvel character, other than the fact he was a talking duck. Seems familiar, doesn’t it? Hello, Donald.
Howard the Duck quipped rarely humorous one-liners while engaging the human race that often surrounded him. Further, the Feathered Fury was once shown as trying to occupy the White House and being booed away because of its strange appearance! For some inexplicable reason, the character did influence a 1986 movie called ‘Howard the Duck’ and the movie met the same destiny and failed miserably at the Box Office.

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6. Thunder Frog

Alias: Thor


Being a huge Walt Simonson fan I would be remiss if I were to leave out one of the goofiest characters from the Marvel universe, Thunder Frog. Yes, as crazy as it sounds, the God of Thunder was actually hopping around as a amphibian. While he was only here for a short while, he made such a “splash” that Marvel actually comissioned a bust to be made in honor of the Frog of Thunder. He jumped onto the scene in Thor #364 (“Thor Croaks”) and stay in the comic for three issues. He keeps his super powers as a frog and helps his fellow lily pad lovers by leading them against the rats in Central park and the alligators in the sewers. A fun read to be sure and one of the classics of the immortal Simonson run on Thor.