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Looter

38 appearances · Silver Age · 1966–2025 · 2 key issues
Who is Looter?

Norton G. Fester became the Looter after a meteorite he was studying granted him superhuman abilities, leading him into a life of crime and repeated clashes with Spider-Man. He has since cycled through various criminal and reform organizations.

Born from the legendary creative partnership of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man #36 (1966), the Looter is a genuine Silver Age Marvel artifact — the kind of colorful, committed villain that defined an era when comics were crackling with invention. Over nearly six decades of publication, this persistent antagonist has carved out a niche in Spider-Man's rogues' gallery, turning up across The Amazing Spider-Man, Superior Spider-Man, and the fan-favorite Superior Foes of Spider-Man, sharing panels with the likes of Spider-Man himself and the formidable Doctor Octopus. With 31 catalog appearances and two collector-recognized key issues to his name, the Looter is exactly the kind of deep-cut character that rewards the dedicated Spider-fan — a Silver Age original still making mischief well into the 2020s.

Identity

Real name. Norton G. Fester

Affiliations. Current leader of the Spiderlings Formerly: ; Inklings; Villains Anonymous

★ First appearance
The Amazing Spider-Man #36
May 1966

Top series

Covers through the years — 1966–2021

The Amazing Spider-Man #36 1966
The Amazing Spider-Man #36
The Defenders #64 1978
The Defenders #64
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13 1979
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #13
Spider-Man Unmasked #[nn] 1996
Spider-Man Unmasked #[nn]
The Amazing Spider-Man #590 2009
The Amazing Spider-Man #590
The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #11 2014
The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #11
Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders #7 2020
Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders #7
Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy #1 2021
Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy #1

Appearances

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)
Pow! and Wham! (1968)
#69
The Defenders (1972)
#64
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964)
#13
Spider-Woman (1978)
#20
Spider-Man Unmasked (1996)
Best of Marvel (1994)
Spider-Man Special (1997)
Spider-Man (1997)
The Sensational Spider-Man (1996)
#27
Wizard Presents The Legacy of Spider-Man Special Edition (1998)
Spider-Man Komplett (1999)
Spider-Man Family (2005)
#1
Spider-Man: 24/7 (2009)
Spider-Man: Matters of Life and Death (2011)
Spider-Man: Identity Crisis (2012)
The Superior Foes of Spider-Man (2013)
Marvel Tsum Tsum (2016)
#4
Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (2008)
#7
Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy (2021)
#1
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007)
Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells (2023)
#7
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)
#11
Amazing Spider-Man (2021)
#38
Superior Spider-Man (2024)
Vengeance of the Moon Knight (2024)
Der überlegene Spider-Man (2024)
#1
Marvel Origins (2023)
#43
Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man (2025)
#1