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Ox

Ox

74 appearances · Silver Age · 1964–2025 · 3 key issues
Who is Ox?

Raymond Bloch was a brutish street criminal whose exceptional size and natural superhuman strength made him a natural enforcer for hire. Known simply as the Ox, he became a founding member of the Enforcers, a team of thugs-for-hire who repeatedly clashed with Spider-Man.

Few villains can claim they've been making life difficult in the Marvel Universe since the earliest, most electric days of the Silver Age, but Ox has been doing exactly that since Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced him in The Amazing Spider-Man #10 back in 1964. A fixture of the street-level criminal world that gives Spider-Man's corner of Marvel its gritty, ground-floor tension, Ox has kept remarkable company over six decades — sharing pages with the likes of Jackson Brice, Montana, Fancy Dan, and even the perpetually aggravated J. Jonah Jameson. With 59 catalog appearances spanning all the way to 2025, three of them recognized as key collector issues, and a presence stretching from the flagship Amazing Spider-Man to the atmospheric Spider-Man Noir, this is a character whose staying power speaks for itself — a true Silver Age original still leaving his mark on Marvel's streets.

Identity

Real name. Raymond Bloch

Powers. Superhuman Strength: Dr. Shannon Stillwell stated that the Ox is able to lift a couple tons at most.Amazing Spider-Man ; Superhuman Durability: The Ox also seems to have some degree of resistance to injury as he was unhurt when Spider-Man dropped on him kicking him with both legs but was taken down when he zapped him with his bio-electricity.Amazing Spider-Man

Teams & affiliations
Enforcers
★ First appearance
The Amazing Spider-Man #10
Mar 1964

Top series

Covers through the years — 1964–2021

The Amazing Spider-Man #10 1964
The Amazing Spider-Man #10
Dazzler #27 1983
Dazzler #27
The Very Best of Marvel Comics #[nn] 1991
The Very Best of Marvel Comics #[nn]
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #11 1996
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #11
Earth X #[nn] 2000
Earth X #[nn]
Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko #[nn] 2005
Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko #[nn]
The Amazing Spider-Man #570 2008
The Amazing Spider-Man #570
Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus #[nn] 2012
Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus #[nn]
Prowler #5 2017
Prowler #5
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #2 2021
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #2

Appearances

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)
Daredevil (1964)
Pow! (1967)
#45
Dazzler (1981)
#27
The Very Best of Marvel Comics (1991)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995)
#11
Marvel Special (1997)
#4
Earth X (2000)
Ultimate Spider-Man (2001)
Spider-Man : l'intégrale (2002)
Wizard Ace Edition: Amazing Spider-Man #14 (2002)
Marvel Age Spider-Man (2004)
#9
Marvel : Les origines (2002)
#3
Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (2005)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005)
#2
Thunderbolts (2006)
Spider-Man: Swing Shift Director's Cut (2008)
#1
Spider-Man Noir (2009)
Amazing Spider-Girl (2006)
#30
Spider-Man: New Ways to Die (2009)
Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection (2009)
Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic (2010)
#3
Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus (2012)
Marvel Noir: Spider-Man / Punisher (2013)
Uncanny Avengers (2015)
#5
Prowler (2016)
#5
Prowler: The Clone Conspiracy (2017)
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection (2013)
#3
Spider-Man Noir: The Complete Collection (2019)
Gwen Stacy (2020)
#1
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil (2021)
#1
Marvel Masterworks: Dazzler (2020)
#3
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2021)
Marvel Legendary Collection (2022)
#59
Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond (2022)
#1
Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond (2021)
#3
The Amazing Spider-Man (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2022)
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (2007)
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2023)
Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar (2023)
#3
Dazzler Omnibus (2024)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025)
Marvel Origins (2023)
#41
Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man (2025)
#1
Spider-Man Noir: Omnibus (2025)
Marvel Zombies: Red Band (2025)
#2