Paste-Pot Pete

Paste-Pot Pete is a Marvel villain whose entire gimmick revolves around a high-tech paste gun capable of immobilizing enemies with super-adhesive compounds. Debuting in the Silver Age, he later embarrassedly rebranded himself the Trapster as his ludicrous original name became a liability.

Few names in Marvel's Silver Age carry quite the campy charm of Paste-Pot Pete, who glued himself into comics history with a debut in Strange Tales #110 back in 1963, courtesy of Stan Lee, H. E. Huntley, and Dick Ayers. Born in that gloriously earnest era when Marvel villains could be named after their gimmick without a hint of irony, Pete has proven surprisingly durable — turning up across an impressive 63-year publishing span and racking up four key collector issues along the way. He keeps remarkable company, sharing pages with the likes of the Human Torch, Reed Richards, and Ben Grimm, making the Fantastic Four his most frequent stomping ground. With team affiliations spanning both the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, and even a 2025 Snapple promotional reissue to his name, Paste-Pot Pete is the kind of delightfully Silver Age creation that reminds you why collectors fall in love with this era in the first place.