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 killer bees that killed 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 kill or destroy something beyond redemption