Who Is Spencer Smythe? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Spencer Smythe is a Marvel comic book character, with over 81 comic issue appearances. Spencer Smythe was a expert in robotics and created robots designed to kill Spider-man. He died due to radiation poisoning he received from the materials his robots were made of.

Who is Spencer Smythe?

Origin Professor Spencer Smythe was an expert in the fields of robotics, and well respected by his peers. One day he asked J. Jonah Jameson to fund his projects since he had become convinced by Jameson's slanderous editorials that Spider-Man was a menace, and needed to be put to justice. Smythe seen the project as a unique opportunity to prove his intelligence against a worthy foe, through over time would slowly grow more bitter and obsessed with each failure. Creation Spencer Smythe was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, first appearing in Amazing Spider-Man #25. His last appearance was in The Amazing Spider-Man #192 - 24 Hours Till Doomsday! . Major Story Arcs After a demonstration of how Smythe's robot could sense and track spiders based on their unique trails, Jameson hired Smythe to capture Spider-Man after Peter convinced him thinking he could easily beat the robot. Jameson himself controlled the robot, meaning that Spidey found himself chased by a machine with Jameson's face.

Key facts

Spencer Smythe is of human origin and first appeared in "Captured By J. Jonah Jameson". The character is published by Marvel. With 81 recorded issue appearances, Spencer Smythe ranks among the most featured characters in comics.