Psycho-Man

A sub-microscopic tyrant from the Microverse, Psycho-Man sought to conquer macro-sized worlds using his signature Control Box, a weapon capable of amplifying fear, hate, or doubt in his victims to overwhelming levels.

Few villains carry the sheer conceptual menace of Psycho-Man, the Silver Age schemer who slithered out of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's imagination in Fantastic Four Annual #5 back in 1967. A Marvel creation from one of the most celebrated creative partnerships in comics history, he's spent nearly six decades haunting the pages of Fantastic Four and beyond, trading blows with Reed Richards, Susan Storm Richards, Ben Grimm, and the Human Torch himself. His team affiliation with the Fantastic Four speaks to how deeply woven he is into that corner of the Marvel Universe — a recurring shadow over Marvel's First Family. Across appearances in Fantastic Four, Marvel Knights 4, and even Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man, Psycho-Man has proven himself one of those enduring Silver Age creations whose staying power is a testament to the sheer imaginative firepower of the era that birthed him.