Posted December 4-11, 2011 | Updated March 19, 2013 | April 2, 2013 | August 22, 2015

X-Men 22

With issue 22, Marvel took a whole bunch of villains from the other Marvel books and pitted the X-Men against them. First, we have Count Nefaria.

When I first saw Count Nefaria, it was in the pages of The Avengers. It would be many years later from these early X-Men years. Nefaria was in costume and he had given himself so much power that he could fight with Thor toe-to-toe.

Then we have Plantman.

Just like Count Nefaria, I first came across Plantman many years later. This time in the pages of The Defenders. This guy gave Luke Cage a hard time.

Next is the Scarecrow with his trained crows

I'm not very familiar with this villain.

Here's the Porcupine.

Porcupine is not around these days, he died in battle fighting together with Captain America. That's right, after a life of crime Porcupine would die a hero. His Porcupine armor once stood in Avengers Mansion bearing the words "Battle Armor of the Porcupine, honored foe of the Avengers". Very nice.

Next, is the Eel.

Prior to this the Eel had tangled with both the Human Torch and Daredevil. He's a slippery villain able to project electricity.

The Unicorn and his lethal horn. This villain is a foe of Iron Man.