Doctor Claw

A villain from Marvel UK's Bronze Age, Doctor Claw debuted in the British weekly Super Spider-Man #239, operating in stories featuring Captain Britain and the Vulture (Adrian Toomes), placing them firmly within Marvel's distinctly British corner.

A creature of Marvel UK's Bronze Age, Doctor Claw clawed their way onto the page in 1977 courtesy of the legendary team of Archie Goodwin and Sal Buscema in Super Spider-Man #239 — a debut that places this villain squarely in the rich, distinctly British corner of the Marvel universe. Keeping genuinely formidable company, Doctor Claw shares adventures with the likes of Captain Britain himself (Brian Braddock) as well as the notorious Adrian Toomes, which speaks to the caliber of the world this character inhabits. With appearances stretching all the way to 2021, there's a quiet staying power here that rewards the dedicated collector willing to dig into Marvel UK's wonderfully idiosyncratic output. A rare find with only a handful of catalog appearances, Doctor Claw is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes hunting through Bronze Age British comics so endlessly rewarding.