Nature Abhors A Villain

Can YOU

Name This Marvel Villain??

Our featured villain first appeared on the scene over forty years ago, but chances are you remember the distinctive appearance of Fritz von Meyer, better known as Swarm--a former Nazi who fled to South America and indulged in research involving killer bees. But even with such a seemingly benign pursuit, it turns out our scientist still had a hankering for world conquest--yet how would a beehive help him in that regard? We'll let the "man" himself explain, as he recounts his tale to Darkstar of the Champions.

As we can see, von Meyer's aspirations have been overheard by an Interpol agent, who would later meet a gruesome fate--though in certain respects, we could say the same for von Meyer when his experiment gets away from him (or, rather, gets horrifyingly close).

It's only when Hercules later deals with the further mutated queen bee by hurling it to its death that Swarm learns how fleeting his dreams of conquest were--much like the cohesion of his physical form, which comes to an end almost at the same time.

Swarm would reappear over the years to menace Spider-Man, the Secret Defenders, the X-Men, the Avengers, Squirrel Girl, et al. Of course if he shows up again he might want to look into a new name for himself--these days he'd be hard-pressed to gather enough bees to become mobile, much less menace anyone.