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Reptilla

Reptilla

12 appearances · Bronze Age · 1977–2025
Who is Reptilla?

Reptilla is a member of Salem's Seven, a group of superpowered villains with ties to New Salem, Colorado. A daughter of Nicolas Scratch and granddaughter of Agatha Harkness, she possesses a serpentine form and reptilian abilities, making her one of the group's most visually distinctive members.

Slithering out of the Bronze Age in Fantastic Four #186 (1977), Reptilla is a Marvel creation with serious pedigree — brought to life by the legendary team of Len Wein, George Pérez, and Joe Sinnott. A member of both the Fantastic Four's world and the sinister Salem's Seven, she's the kind of character who reminds you just how wild and imaginative Marvel's Bronze Age could be, populating its corners with genuinely distinctive figures. She keeps remarkable company across her appearances — sharing pages with the likes of Thornn, Vakume, Gazelle, Vertigo, and Hydron — and her presence stretches across titles including Fantastic Four and Marvel Knights 4, making her a quietly enduring thread in Marvel's tapestry. With nearly five decades of publication history and a debut issue that's a bona fide collector's landmark, Reptilla is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through Marvel's back catalogue so rewarding.

Teams & affiliations
Fantastic FourSalem's Seven
★ First appearance
Fantastic Four #186
Sep 1977

Top series

Covers through the years — 1977–2015

Fantastic Four #186 1977
Fantastic Four #186
The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3 1985
The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3
Marvel Knights 4 #25 2006
Marvel Knights 4 #25
Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Fantastic Four #[nn] 2015
Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Fantastic Four #[nn]

Appearances

Fantastic Four (1961)
Fantastic Four Annual (1963)
#14
The Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985)
#3
Avengers 2000 (2000)
Marvel Knights 4 (2004)
Mystic Arcana: The Book of Marvel Magic (2007)
Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Fantastic Four (2015)