Love it or hate it, one of the touchstones of the thrice-monthly Amazing Spider-Man books has been the amount of new villains brought to the series. Topless Robot has a great post up, listing their all-time, top five Best and Worst of these new villains.

A highlight:

4) Overdrive

Yeah, it’s a silly idea for a character; aguy who can jump into any ride and automatically pimp it to Xzibit-level proportions. But hey, the two stories he’s been in have been fun, and at its best that’s what the last couple of years of Spidey comics have been about. On top of that, he almost ran over DB (formerly the Daily Bugle) owner Dexter Bennett three times in one issue, and that’s a pretty great accomplishment.

Heh, I love Overdrive — he kind of reminded me a bit of Brian Michael Bendis’ Shocker, or Brian Lynch’s one-issue take on Slyde. (Slyde Punch! Gets me every time.) Curious to see where your favorite (or most hated) creations went? Click here for the rest of the list!

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