List of monsters in Marvel Comics
This article lists the known types of monsters in Marvel Comics.
History
In the earlier parts of Marvel Comics, issues such as Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense, and Tales to Astonish would detail stories of its different monsters. They consist of various monsters from mythologies, and novels, giant aliens, kaiju, Deviant Mutates, and experiments that went horribly wrong. In later Marvel Comics stories, some of the monsters would later be seen inhabiting Monster Isle.During the "Monsters Unleashed" storyline, the Inhuman Kei Kawade summons various monsters, identified as Goliathons, to help the superheroes fight the Leviathon Tide.
Known monsters
A-Bomb
Abominable Snowman
The Abominable Snowman is a large cryptid often found in the Himalayas.Carl Hanson
The first Abominable Snowman was created by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko and first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13.Carl Hanson was a greedy explorer who had heard of the infamous Abominable Snowman. To capture the creature and make money off it, Hanson steals a cursed photograph. In the Himalayas, he was unable to get help in finding it as people constantly warned him to get rid of the cursed photograph before the curse overtakes him. As he progresses up the mountain, Carl's hair grows longer, his mind becomes addled, and he drops the picture as he becomes the Abominable Snowman.
Over time, the Abominable Snowman became an inhabitant on Monster Isle and supposedly grew bigger. He was among the monsters that witnessed the arrival of the X-Men members Shadowcat and Magik when they arrived to pick up a mutant girl named Bo. When Shadowcat and Magik found Bo, the Abominable Snowman and the other monsters attacked them until Magik teleported herself, Shadowcat, and Bo back to the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
During the Monsters Unleashed storyline, the Abominable Snowman was one of the many monsters summoned by Kid Kaiju and helped defeat the Leviathon Mother and its creatures.
Howling Commandos version
The second Abominable Snowman was created by Keith Giffen and Eduardo Francisco and first appeared in Nick Fury's Howling Commandos #2. He is depicted as a member of the Howling Commandos and is capable of speech, albeit broken.Abomination
Teen Abomination
Absorbing Man
Adversary
Aries
Amatsu-Mikaboshi
Anole
Anuxa
Anuxa is a giant monster who was first seen in Tales to Astonish #7 and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck.Anuxa was part of a monstrous alien race that sent him to Earth as a scout. When the dominant species of Earth has died out, Anuxa is to claim the Earth for his kind. 1,000,000 years later, Anuxa got impatient that humanity would survive the many disasters. Upon hearing of the atomic bomb, Anuxa went back into the iceberg that he was using as a hiding place and continued to bide his time for the day when the atomic bombs would wipe out humanity.
Apocalypse
Armadillo
Azazel
Badoon
Batragon
Batragon is a giant bat/Komodo dragon hybrid monster that was first seen in Godzilla #4 and was created by Doug Moench and Tom Sutton.Batragon was once an ordinary bat and Komodo dragon that was transformed into a bat/Komodo dragon hybrid monster by a Lifestone that was wielded by Doctor Demonicus who then dispatched it to steal an oil tanker to use its oil to power his equipment. This attracted the attention of Godzilla, who then fought Batragon at Demonicus' volcano lair and destroyed it.
Batwing
Behemoth
Behemoth is an Atlantean beast that first appeared in Tales to Astonish #77 and was created by Stan Lee, Adam Austin, and Bill Everett.The Behemoth was an Atlantean beast that was created by Atlantean scientists to protect Atlantis from future threats.
Belasco
Beta-Beast
The Beta-Beast is a giant alien monster that first appeared in Godzilla #12 and was created by Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe.The Beta-Beast is a giant alien monster that was captured and augmented by the Warlords of the planet Beta. As the Beta-Beast was not strong enough to deal with the Mega-Monsters used by the Megan warlords, the Betans moved their base to Earth's Moon where they had it challenge Godzilla to see if he was able to fight the Mega-Monsters: Triax, Rhiahn and Krollar. The Beta-Beast was killed by Godzilla, proving to the Betan warlords that he might be able to destroy the Mega-Monsters.
Beast
Dark Beast
Bi-Beast
Black Spectre
Blackheart
Blackout
Blip
Blip is an electrical alien monster that first appeared in Tales to Astonish #15 and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers.The Blip is a giant alien monster composed of electrical energies.
Bloodaxe
Bombu
Bombu is an alien monster that first appeared in Journey into Mystery #60 and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers.Bombu is a giant alien conqueror from the planet Oobagon VIII who had conquered 275 worlds. The high commander of Oobagon VIII sent Bombu to Earth as part of a scouting mission for the Oobagonians. While subjugating the natives while operating as a witch doctor, Bombu's plan did not go well when he was struck by lightning. The natives then pelted Bombu, who then fled Earth.
Some years later, Bombu is sent back to Earth by his high commander to prepare Earth for an Oobagonian invasion. While manifesting in an unnamed American city, Bombu was confronted by the police who managed to taser him. Bombu was then arrested and incarcerated in a county jail, though he did use his one telephone call to inform the high commander of his failure.
Bova
Brood
Brothers Grimm
Bruttu
Bruttu is a giant monster that first appeared in Tales of Suspense #22 and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers.Howard Lindley was a short scientist who had been picked on for his size. When an atomic machine tapped into Howard's imagination, it transformed him into the comic book creature Bruttu. When he burst through the wall, he was unable to speak due to his now-monstrous vocal cords only producing monster sounds. While evading the military and learning that Anne Benson secretly loved him, Bruttu made his way back to the lab and thought of himself when he reactivated the machine. It was enough to turn Bruttu back into Howard Lindley. Afterwards, Howard destroyed the machines and professed his love to Anne Benson.
Bushmaster
Caliban
Carrion
Centurius
Ch'od
Charcoal
Clea
Cobra
Colossus
Constrictor
Copperhead
Cottonmouth
Crawling Creature
The Crawling Creature is a reptilian monster that first appeared in Tales to Astonish #22 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.The Crawling Creature is a reptilian monster that lived in the underground parts of the Grand Canyon where it menaced a lost tribe of cave people. While fleeing the Crawling Creature during a mining expedition, Walter Carter was saved by a passing helicopter.
Creature from the Black Bog
The Creature from the Black Bog is a giant alien monster that first appeared in Tales of Suspense #23 and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.The Creature from the Black Bog is a peaceful alien explorer who landed on Earth to fix its engines and got stuck in the bog where he was unable to reach the vines. Sometime later, an elderly couple named John and Martha later found the Creature from the Black Bog and helped it escape from its murky prison. Before leaving Earth upon fixing his ship, the Creature from the Black Bog rewarded John and Martha by taking their memories and sprinkling it into the Fountain of Youth which restored them to their physical age.
D'Spayre
Darwin
Death
Death Adder
Deathwatch
Demogoblin
Demon Bear
Delphyne Gorgon
Devil Dinosaur
Digger
Dinah Soar
Dire Wraith
Doctor Voodoo
Doppelganger
Dormammu
Dragoom
Dragoom first appeared in Strange Tales #76 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.Dragoom is a giant fiery denizen of the Vulcan race who escaped prison from his home world and came to Earth with the intent of conquering the planet. However, Dragoom fled when he was deceived by the filmmaker Victor Cartwright into believing that there were other Vulcans on the planet.
Dweller-in-Darkness
Eel
Elektro
Elektro first appeared in Tales of Suspense #13, in the seven-page story "Elektro" by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciler Jack Kirby. Elektro debuted in an issue of what fans and historians call pre-superhero Marvel comics, published by Marvel's 1950s and early 1960s predecessor, Atlas Comics.Elektro was originally a supercomputer created by scientist Wilbur Poole. The computer, however, achieves independent thought and hypnotizes Poole, and forces him to build an immense robotic body, tall, for protection and mobility. Calling itself Elektro and now armed with several dangerous weapons, the robot decides to conquer mankind and attacks the city of San Francisco.
Poole, however, recovers from the hypnotic trance and deactivates Elektro by accessing one of the robot's feet and removing a transistor.
Years later, Mister Fantastic wipes Elektro's flawed programming and replaces it. He then "enrolls" Elektro in his rehabilitation program, which involves Elektro being reduced to human size and stripped of his powers so as to allow him to enter human society. Elektro takes up a job as a mail attendant in the Fantastic Four's headquarters, the Baxter Building, and later joins his fellow rehab-program creatures, the extraterrestrials Fin Fang Foom, Googam and Gorgilla, to defeat the microscopic alien conqueror Tim Boo Baa. He also starts a relationship with Fantastic Four's robotic receptionist Roberta.
At some point, Elektro was arrested upon being mistaken for Electro and is imprisoned. Upon getting word of this, the robots at the Baxter Building saw the prison riot that Elektro was in. Elektro was later freed from prison when the confusion was cleared up.