Jackal

The Jackal is an alias used by two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually depicted as enemies of the superhero Spider-Man. The original and best known version, Miles Warren, was originally introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December 1965) as a professor at the fictional Empire State University. Later storylines established him as also being a scientist researching genetics and biochemistry, and revealed an unhealthy romantic obsession he had for Gwen Stacy. Driven mad with jealousy and grief after Gwen''''s death, he creates the Jackal alter-ego to seek revenge on Spider-Man, whom he blamed for Gwen''''s death. To this end, he trained himself in martial arts, and builds a green suit and gauntlets with claw-like razors. Although the Jackal initially did not possess any superpowers, he later gained enhanced strength, speed and agility by mixing his genes with those of an actual jackal. The Jackal was introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (February 1974), but his human identity was not revealed until The Amazing Spider-Man #148 (September 1975). Originally one of Spider-Man''''s less popular rogues, the character rose to prominence after