Scorpion (Mac Gargan)

The Scorpion is a supervillain published by Marvel Comics, one of Spider-Man's numerous recurring foes. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the Scorpion debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #19 (December 1964). A private investigator, Mac Gargan was hired by J. Jonah Jameson to discover how Peter Parker was able to take such high-quality pictures of Spider-Man. Peter Parker was abel to easily evade the detective, however, thanks to his spider-sense. Gargan was then hired as a test subject of an experiment that would grant him the abilities of a scorpion in order to defeat Spider-Man, as the scorpion is a spider's natural predator. He was also outfitted with a club-like mechanical tail. He managed to defeat Spider-Man, but the process also drove him insane as the instincts of the scorpion takes over his mind, and becomes a criminal before Spider-Man eventually manages to apprehend him. The Scorpion continues to be a thorn on Spider-Man's side, and even serves a brief stint as Venom in the 2000s.