How Many Villains Will We See in The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

by Chris Vegvary

Seems like Peter Parker has it pretty rough these days. Did you know that in the Ultimate Marvel comics (which is designed to be geared towards newer readers who don’t want to go through the decades of backstory), Peter Parker was beaten to death by that reality’s version of the Sinister Six? He was then replaced by a 12-year-old kid in a cooler outfit. About a year ago now, in the mainstream Marvel Comics universe (Earth-616), Otto Octavius, better known as Dr. Octopus, switched bodies with Peter Parker so that Otto was Spider-Man and Peter was stuck in Otto’s dying body. Finally, while trying to stop Otto, Peter was killed and somehow, Otto decided to take up the mantle of a hero better than all the rest and becomes the “Superior” Spider-Man. That still continues to be the case to this day.

I bring all that up because it looks to me like Peter Parker’s going to get wailed on in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 by maybe three or more villains. I won’t be giving away anything super major here, but some of it could be considered spoilery, so look away now if you don’t want to know anything about the film. Are you looking away? Look here. Ok, check out this movie poster below

Here’s what we know: the plot seems to revolve mainly around the rise of the villain Electro, played by Jamie Fox in the movie. We also know that Paul Giamatti is going to be playing the villain called the Rhino, who in the mainstream Marvel Comics is a big guy in a huge rhino suit. In Ultimate Spider-Man comics, the Rhino was a giant robotic rhino controlled by a pilot inside of it. Looks like they’re going with the Ultimate version. We know that Norman Osborn will be in the movie, as well as Harry Osborn, so there’s a chance we could see one or two different Goblins here. On the official poster, there is clearly a figure off in the distance on a glider who many people agree is the Green Goblin. I’ve heard in rumors that the villain Shocker may also make an appearance, and I swear I thought I saw a mechanical octopus arm on that poster in the background, but that’s honestly probably just wishful thinking.

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