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What's With All the Green Villians?

posted 18 years ago by MattyHdot
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I was fine until they made Mysterio a dude without a costume... the green guys just look stupid.

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[–] jayanxiety 17 years ago

In the 60's and previous decades, "green" was always seen as slimey and unearthly. "little green men" were evil aliens from Mars and I guess this inspired the villians in this series.

[–] Grimlock-2 17 years ago

Or maybe they're olive-complected.

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[–] hypestyle 17 years ago

Ah… green is a classic color of villainy in the comic book world. Nothing more, nothing less. Though, in the case of the Radiation Specialist, that was rather curious… perhaps overexposure…

"With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility"
Stan Lee, 1962

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[–] 3PocketCharlie 13 years ago

Actually, green is the complimentary color to Spider-man's red and blue. It is the same reason kryptonite is green, to superman's red and blue.

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