I personally think Spider-man's Arch-enemy is the Green Goblin, But Doctor Octopus is a close second.

Goblin killed Gwen, after having sex and two babies with her, there is no topping that. Even killing Peter and taking his body isn't that bad. (Peter's life sucks)

Green Goblin

Green Goblin is probably the main pick. Venom makes more sense though.

Parker's luck is real Spider-man archenemy.

How? Brock wasn't that bad, they were even teaming up together within four years after his creation. Venom was a anti-hero by 92.

He's like a twisted version of Spider Man, he has all of Spider Man's powers (with an added strength boost), he doesn't trigger his Spider Sense, plus more. he wanted him and his life destroyed, not to mention he has killed innocent people before. he was pretty bad, yeah, he was toned down after a while.

Venom.

Sounds like a reasons for him to be a lethal opponent, not a arch enemy. Goblin and doc Ock have done more things to mess up Peter's life than Venom. I would actually put chameleon before Venom if I was to count down Spider-Man's arch enemies.

• Stole Pete's body for months
• Killed Captain Stacy
• Bashed Black Cat against a wall repeatedly then held her still and had his goons riddle her with bullets

7 replies and not a single "Dan Slott" comment? I'm shocked CV.

@heatblaze123: Your argument for why Venom should be Peter's arch enemy doesn't make sense. Your giving reasons why Venom hates Peter but none on why Peter should despise Venom more then he does Doc Ock and Osborne. Saying Venom should be number one because he kills a few people, which is your only logical argument so far, doesn't even make sense considering that Spider-man has other villains that has killed a lot more.

On-topic, Green Goblin seemed designed to be it by Stan Lee. Two of his first major events (being unmasked and having a loved one killed) were by Green Goblin and he had a personal connection (being his best friend's father).

• And what happened afterwards? Got a company, rich, and hasn't really done anything damaging to his life.
• He didn't kill him directly, Peter made Otto's arms malfunction and the arms knocked over debris over a kid and Captain Stacy pushed him out of the way and he ended up getting killed.
• Venom brutalized Black Cat too.

@heatblaze123: Doc Ock essentially mind raped Peter for months. That alone is reason enough to hate him more then Venom. So what if he did somthing that benefited Peter while doing so, he still took his life away. Months that he will never get back.

Honestly my real reason is more for Venom aesthetically represents the opposite of Peter, I probably should have phrased it differently.

Your reason for Otto doesn't make sense either though. He hasn't done anything that really horrible that comes close to Osborne.

Saying Venom should be number one because he kills a few people.

You were calling Venom an Antihero, I'm just saying he was obviously not, unless you mean he was an Antihero by 92 and you acknowledge he was villian, then nvm.

Venom did next to nothing to Black Cat, he broke her nose and knocked her about a bit. There was little actual malice involved, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and got in his way. Also she wasn't even dating Pete at the time.

Ock went out of his way to actively try to kill her, he put her in critical condition, she was in hospital for months and months.

The truth of the situation is that Venom has actually done barely anything to Pete at all over the years, the guy's honour prevented him from attacking Pete's friends and family so their confrontations have been generally limited to fair fights to the death.

and on top of that Venom was neutered pretty fast, the guy's probably saved Pete nearly as many times as he's attacked him now!

Just to be pedantic Doc Ock unmasked Pete first (Ock didn't believe it was really him because Pete had fought so poorly) :D

Oh, okay.

If you don't think steeling someone's life for months is just cause to hate someone whether they did things to benefit you or not, then we will have to agree to disagree.

Yes, I meant that by 92 in the maximum carnage story-arc Venom was essentially a antihero. He even had his own series by 93 which saw him literally being a antihero.

@silent_bomber: ...(crap, forgot that) it wasn't really a proper unmasking, though, Goblin used his to target him at his home and was one of the first villains to exploit his knowledge of Peter Parker.

....Kraven the Hunter?

@silent_bomber: to be fair, Captain Stacys death was an accident. Otto didnt have control of his arms at the time.

Green Goblin most definitely but...

Venom is really the only villain Spider-Man fears.

While I love pre superior Otto I've always felt he was poorly used and overated for much of his history. Web of Death was great though.

Green Goblin is undoubtedly Spidey's arch nemesis, though he hasn't done much in the recent years (as of yet). Otto would probably be the runner-up having done his fair share against the Wall-Crawler. For Venom's case, he is one of the main Spidey villain, being the "dark-side" representation of Spider-Man (at least he used to be), however he really isn't Spidey's arch enemy, especially ever since Eddie has lost the symbiote.

Easily Green Goblin. They never should have brought him back during Clone Wars. Especially with that stupid Sin's Past story line. That was freaking messed up.

Norman Osborn is the answer. But Otto Octavius is a close second.

Carnage: Cereal

I keep changing my answer to this question, since all the Spidey nemeses are so interesting.

Everyone sees the symbolic value of Venom and the mania/mad science value of Green Goblin (Norman Osborn), but I'm leaning right now towards Carnage.

Cletus Kasady by himself is psychotic enough, but when he dons the symbiote and transforms into the mayhem-rich Carnage, we really get a picture of criminality paranoia symbolic of Spider-Man's pedestrianism-defense world/universe.

Carnage is also a great marketing symbol for comic book villainy, since he invites fans/audiences to consider the tangibility of violent instincts.

I'd like to see someone like Ashton Kutcher portray Carnage in the next Hollywood (USA) Spidey film.

Carnage (Wikipedia)

Joe Q

Doc Ock, Spiderman shares a more engaging foil to Octavious than harry's crazy father and completely nutty psychopath who IMO is a terrible villain at making Spiderman break. Ock has broken Spiderman and has more a rivalry than GG.

Dan Slott.

I'd say you're spot on, Green Goblin at first and Ock slightly behind.

Goblin definitely. He is one of the few villains with a strong personal connection to Peter. Ock is definitely second, despite how he should pose no threat to Spidey, who is superior to him in every way.

The Green Goblin is definitely Spider-Man's archenemy. He caused the most pain towards Spider-Man, always torments him, always laughs maniacally and menacingly at Spider-Man, killed his one true love, impregnanted his one true love, traumatized his aunt May, etc.

I do agree that Doctor Octopus is definitely his secondary archenemy. He killed Gwen Stacy's father, a close ally of Spider-Man, started the Sinister Six which is all Spider-Man's rogues teaming up, nearly married his aunt May to murder her, etc.

Venom is still a tertiary archenemy but more of a rival. He has caused some pain towards Spider-Man but not as much as Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus did.

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The current staff at Marvel. They tore him apart and left him as a husk of what he once was.

It's JJJ in the perspective of messing spider-man's life. He was the main reason spidey had hard time around, treated Peter Parker poorly as a boss, was involved deeply in the origin of some spidey villains such as Spider Slayer and Scorpion, and he appeared in Spider-man comics from the very first time.

Green Goblin killed Spider-Man's first love, that automatically makes him his arch enemy

Quasada

While I love Venom (but hate the whole "evil double" thing), my original pick was Doctor Octopus because of Superior, but upon closer evaluation, for me, Spidey's nemesis has to be the Green Goblin. Doc Ock is definitely a close second, Venom takes the spot as number three, and the Chameleon is number 4.

Quasada

In my mind I've always felt that superheroes have villain scales, from the cockroach-like street villain who shows up constantly just to get beaten to the one-off earth-shaking villain. A nemesis is someone who is iconic but not a massive threat either, at least beyond the individual hero.

Venom, Dark Phoenix, Kang, and Thanos are all "major villains". They show up rarely and it's generally a huge deal.

Green Goblin, Magneto, and Doom are all nemesis-level. Scary as they are they rarely actually DO anything spectacular. Also they're usually the best developed. And extremely recurring.

Doc Oc is just on the higher end of the cockroach villain spectrum. He's done some freaky stuff but he's still kinda a throwaway villain; not a character-defining nemesis. (Although he's come close.) Same as Mystique, Zemo, Mole-Man, or Mister Sinister.

Well, I agree with 2 years ago me... Which is rare LOL

Green Goblin

Carnage, a shame such option isn't there, double-facepalm with an iron glove.