Obnoxio the Clown

Obnoxio the Clown is Marvel's cigar-chomping, perpetually bad-tempered clown mascot, born from the irreverent humor of Crazy Magazine. Gloriously unpleasant and anarchic, he requires no superpowers — his obnoxious personality is weapon enough.

Few characters can claim to have crashed Marvel's Bronze Age with quite the anarchic nerve of Obnoxio the Clown, the cigar-chomping, bad-attitude mascot who stumbled out of Crazy Magazine in 1980 courtesy of Roger Stern and Vicente Alcázar. Born from Marvel's irreverent humor imprint, this gloriously unpleasant clown spent years sharing pages with the likes of Spider-Man, Ben Grimm, and Teen Hulk — unlikely company that speaks to just how far his chaotic presence could reach. The fact that he was still turning up as late as Deadpool: Back in Black in 2017 proves that a genuinely singular comedic creation has a stubborn kind of staying power. If you love the weird, self-aware corners of the Marvel universe, Obnoxio is exactly the kind of deep-cut character worth tracking down.