Top 100 Marvel Superheroes

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Superheroes traditionally are characters with special abilities who use them to protect others, especially from super villains. Some of the most iconic superheroes come from the Marvel Universe. With that in mind check out below for the top 100 Marvel Superheroes.

#100 – 90. Marvel Superheroes

100. Cassie Lang

Cassie Lang is the daughter of Scott Lang and a member of the Young Avengers. She has the same ability to shrink and grow in size as her father which she gained through utilizing Pym Particles.

99. Wiccan

Billy Kaplan, an electrokinetic mutant with magical and reality warping abilities. He joined the Young Avengers under the name Asgardian (which was later changed to Wiccan).

98. Rick Jones

Rick Jones accidentally was in the test site for the Gamma Bomb which inadvertently caused Bruce Banner to be caught in the blast while trying to save Rick. He became the Hulk’s closest friend. In addition, for a while, he also became a superhero when he was transformed into the gamma-powered monster he dubbed A-Bomb.

97. Elektra

The lethal scarlet assassin considered the greatest assassin in the world.

96. Howard the Duck

A cigar smoking anthropomorphic duck who lived in New Stork City on the planet Duckworld from a parallel dimension. He was transported to and became trapped on our world.

95. White Tiger

As the first White Tiger, Hector possessed magical items called the Jade Tiger Amulets which gave him enhanced strength, speed, stamina and agility.

94. Patriot

Patriot is a founding member and leader of the Young Avengers. Elijah Bradley is the nephew of Josiah-X and grandson of Isaiah Bradley. Elijah got the abilities of a Super Soldier from a blood transfusion.

93. Beta Ray Bill

The cyborg champion of the Korbinites, Beta Ray Bill guarded his people as they fled attack by demons. When he face Thor and proved himself worthy to hold Mjolnir, Odin gave him the powers of Thor and made an equally powerful hammer for him called Stormbreaker.

92. Madrox

Jamie Madrox, or Multiple Man, is a mutant with the ability to create replicas of himself through physical contact.

91. Ka-Zar

Ka-Zar is the son of an English nobleman. He grew up in the Savage Land alongside his loyal tiger Zabu after the death of his parents.

90. Jubilee

Jubilee is a long-time member of the X-Men and serves as a teacher to Generation X. He has pyrotechnic abilities.

#89 – 80. Marvel Superheroes

89. Swordsman

Jacques DuQuesne, or Swordsman, began his career as a circus performer. Here he helped to train a young Hawkeye.

88. Squirrel Girl

Squirrel Girl is a hero with squirrel-like abilities and features. Others don’t always take her seriously.  Squirrel Girl is not always taken seriously. However, she has defeated many of the greatest villains.

87. Hulkling

Teddy is a half-Kree, half-Skrull alien raised as a human. He took the name Hulkling when he joined the Young Avengers.

86. Speedball

After being given kinetic energy based powers in a laboratory accident, Robbie Baldwin became the hero Speedball.

85. War Machine

James “Rhodey” Rhodes is Tony Stark’s personal pilot and one of the playboy’s oldest friends. He often wears the Iron Man suit when the burden is too much for Stark. However, he also has his own identity as the War Machine and Iron Patriot.

84. Banshee

Banshee was a mutant with a sonic scream.

83. Phil Coulson

An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and member of the Secret Avengers.

82. Prodigy

One of the identities used by Spider-Man. However, now Ritchie Gilmore uses the costume.

81. Emma Frost

Emma Frost is a powerful mutant telepath who can transform herself into organic diamond. She is renowned for her beauty, wit, and revealing attire.

80. X-23

X-23 is a product of the Weapon X program cloned from a damaged sample of Wolverine’s DNA. She was trained to kill Wolverine. However, she instead became an X-Men and Wolverine’s successor.

#79 – 70. Marvel Superheroes

79. Odin

Odin is the All-Father of the Norse gods and ruler of Asgard. He is the wisest and most powerful of the Asgardian Gods.

78. Scarlet Witch

The world knows Wanda Maximoff as the Scarlet Witch, a mutant with probability manipulation and reality-warping abilities. She is also the twin sister of Quicksilver.

77. Toxin

Toxin is the symbiote spawn/son of the vicious symbiote Carnage, and grandson of Venom.

76. Ant-Man (Lang)

Scott Lang was the second man to take up the mantle of Ant-Man.

75. Cable

Cable (Nathan Summers) is Cyclops’ time-traveling son who was infected with the deadly techno-organic virus during his infancy. He keeps the virus at bay using his advanced psionic powers.

74. Lockheed

Lockheed is a purple, winged, quadrupedal alien. He looks like a small dragon. Additionally, he is a founding member of The Pet Avengers.

73. Black Bolt

The king of the Inhumans, Black Bolt is cursed and blessed with a quasi-sonic voice. He must remain forever quite because with just a small whisper he can destroy cities, and with a loud scream he can level continents.

72. Wonder Man

Simon Williams was made into a being of pure ionic energy by Baron Zemo and became the impossibly, powerful Wonder Man.

71. Spider-Girl (Parker)

The daughter of Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man.

70. Mockingbird

Barbara “Bobbi” Morse is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and has served on several Avengers teams.

#69 – 60. Marvel Superheroes

69. Vision

Vision is an artificial intelligence, a “synthezoid” created by the villain Ultron and an Avenger who possesses the power to alter his density at will.

68. Dum Dum Dugan

Dum Dum Dugan served with Nick Fury’s “Howling Commandos” during WWII. He later became Fury’s second in command at S.H.I.E.L.D. and one of his closest friends.

67. Havok

Havok is the son of Corsair and brother of Cyclops, and Vulcan, and has led both the Brotherhood, of Mutants, and X-Factor.

66. Wasp

Genetically altered by Dr. Henry Pym, Janet Van Dyne gained the ability to alter her size, fly at rapid speeds and fire bio-electric energy “stings”.

65. Bishop

Lucas Bishop is a mutant from the 22nd century that traveled into the past. He has the power to channel kinetic energy, releasing it generally through beams of energy.

64. Quicksilver

Quicksilver is a meta-human with the ability to travel at speeds far beyond the average human. He is the twin brother of the Scarlet Witch.

63. Jean Grey

Jean Grey was one of the five original X-Men. An omega-level mutant telekinetic and telepath, Jean has gained near limitless powers as a recurrent host of the Phoenix Force.

62. Black Knight

The latest wielder of the Ebony Blade in a long line of heroes and villains known as the Black Knight.

61. Noh-Varr

Noh-Varr was the youngest member of a Kree diplomatic team that was blown out of the sky after reaching Earth. He later became Captain Marvel and later the Protector. In both roles protecting the earth.

60. Union Jack

Union Jack is one of Britain’s greatest defenders and a champion of the common man.

#59 – 50. Marvel Superheroes

59. Hercules

One of six Olympian sons of Zeus, Hercules was born the savior of the Gods and mankind. Known as the Prince of Power, Hercules is one of the strongest beings in existence.

58. Bucky Barnes

Believed dead near the end of WII only to have been found and brainwashed by the Soviets for the next 50 years, Captain America’s former sidekick now continues to defend his country from the shadows against those who would threaten it as legendary spy and assassin, the Winter Soldier.

57. Captain Marvel

A captain in the Kree militia, Mar-Vell rebelled against a racist tyrannical empire to defend Earth and in so doing became the “Protector of the Universe” known as Captain Marvel.

56. Ghost Rider (Blaze)

Johnny Blaze, a motorcycle stuntman, became bound to the Spirit of Vengeance known as Zarathos. He has the power to control hellfire and to inflict pain on those he deems evil with his Penance Stare.

55. Captain Britain

Brian Braddock is Captain Britain. In this role he is the protector of Great Britain and the Omniverse.

54. Beast

A founding member of the X-Men, Dr. Hank McCoy is a mutant possessing animal-like strength and agility with blue fur. In addition, Hank possesses an astounding intellect and a superb wit.

53. She-Hulk

After being shot by mobsters, her cousin Bruce Banner (The Hulk) saved her life by giving her a last minute blood transfusion of his own irradiated blood.

52. Black Panther

T’Challa is the Black Panther, king of Wakanda, one of the most technologically advanced nations on Earth. He is among the top intellects and martial artists of the world. He has pledged his fortune, powers, and life to the service of all mankind.

51. Rogue

Rogue has the ability to absorb the thoughts, abilities and memories of others through physical contact.

50. Silver Sable

Symkarian ruler and leader of a band of mercenaries known as the Wild Pack.

#49 – 40. Marvel Superheroes

49. Molten Man

Molten Man is the stepbrother of Liz Allen.

48. Miles Morales

This version of Spider-Man is a 16 year old kid named Miles Morales from Brooklyn who takes on the Spider-Man identity after Peter Parker’s death.

47. Kitty Pryde

Kitty Pryde (a.k.a. Shadowcat) is a mutant gifted with the ability to become intangible and phase her entire body through solid material.

46. Dagger

Tandy Bowen is the “light” half of the vigilante duo known as Cloak & Dagger. She is a living personification of light. She can generate super-luminosity at will and use it both offensively and defensively.

45. Namor

Namor the Sub-Mariner is the ruler of undersea Atlantis.

44. Mr. Immortal

A mutant with the power to never truly die.

43. Cloak

Tyrone Johnson is the “dark” half of the vigilante duo known as Cloak and Dagger. He is the living personification of darkness.

42. Black Widow

A former KGB agent Natasha Romanova, better known as Black Widow, is one of the best agents S.H.I.E.L.D. has ever had.

41. Nova

Richard Rider was a young teenager when he was granted the power of a Nova Centurion. He eventually became Nova-Prime, leader of the Nova Corps, and a universally cosmic hero of immense power.

40. Kaine

Kaine was the first clone of Spider-Man created by the Jackal.

#39 – 30. Marvel Superheroes

39. Moon Knight

Moon Knight, Marc Spector, Steven Grant and Jake Lockley: four different aspects of the same man who was resurrected by Khonshu, the Egyptian Lunar-God of Vengeance and Justice to serve as his “avatar”.

38. Iceman

Bobby is an Omega-level mutant. His control of ice is vast; he can create shields, clones, spikes, slides and also freeze others.

37. Colossus

Piotr Rasputin is a Russian mutant who possesses the ability to transform his body into organic steel, giving him immense strength and durability.

36. Spider-Man 2099

In the year 2099, Miguel O’Hara, the head of the genetics department for the Alchemax Corporation becomes the legendary hero know as Spider-Man.

35. Spider-Woman

Jessica Drew was genetically enhanced and given super-powers by the criminal organization HYDRA, for whom she became an assassin as Spider-Woman.

34. Hank Pym

Hank Pym is a scientific genius, a founding member of the Avengers, the creator of Pym Particles and of Ultron. He has acted under many memorable identities such as Ant-Man, Giant Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, and the Wasp.

33. Prowler

Hobie Brown is a brilliant inventor whom started out as a criminal but soon turned to a more heroic path and trusted ally of Spider-man.

32. Professor X

Professor Charles Xavier is the creator of the X-Men and founder of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. He is an immensely powerful telepath and scientific genius.

31. Flash Thompson

Flash attended the same high school and university as Peter Parker. However, at the time he frequently bullied Peter. Ironically, he was also Spider-Man’s greatest fan. In time Flash befriended Peter, becoming a decorated war hero and was bonded to the Venom symbiote.

30. Angel

A mutant and original member of the X-Men, Warren received his angelic wings at a young age along with a unique healing factor in his blood.

#29 – 20. Marvel Superheroes

29. Invisible Woman

Susan Storm is a founding member of the Fantastic Four and later the Future Foundation. She is able to create invisible force fields of any shape she conceives and able to turn herself and anything she’s in contact with invisible.

28. Doctor Strange

Dr. Stephen Strange was once a gifted and egotistical doctor. He looked for the the Ancient One to heal his hands after getting wounded in a car accident. Instead, he became Master of the Mystic Arts and the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth.

27. Ben Reilly

The second and most successful clone of Spider-Man created by the Jackal.

26. Punisher

After his family was killed by the mob, U.S. Marine Special Forces veteran Frank Castle vowed to avenge their deaths. He became a one man army against the criminal underworld.

25. Mr. Fantastic

Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, is the leader of the Fantastic Four. He can stretch his body to great distances. He is also one of the smartest people alive.

24. Eddie Brock

Eddie Brock bonded to the alien symbiote after it was discarded by Spider-Man, becoming the first Venom.

23. Black Cat

Former cat burglar Felicia Hardy became a crime fighter when she became romantically involved with Spider-Man. She has ability to instill “bad luck” around others.

22. Storm

Ororo Munroe is mutagenically imbued with the potent genetic disposition to manipulate the elemental forces that preside over the weather, in addition to other atmospheric phenomena.

21. Nightcrawler

Kurt Wagner is a prominent member of the X-Men. He has the Neyaphemian ability of teleportation, as well as incredible agility, wall scaling and a prehensile tail.

20. Iron Fist

The latest in a long line of warriors who wielded their power against the wicked. He channels a soul of a dragon making his fists like unto iron. In addition, he is one of the greatest martial artists ever.

#19 – 10. Marvel Superheroes

19. Hawkeye

Hawkeye is the Earth’s Mightiest Marksman and a member of the Avengers for many years.

18. Blade

A human vampire hybrid with all the strengths but none of the weaknesses of a vampire.

17. Sentry

After ingesting an experimental super soldier formula, Robert Reynolds became the Sentry, one of the first and mightiest superheroes.

16. Luke Cage

Luke Cage was altered in a failed prison experiment that granted him unbreakable skin and superhuman strength.

15. Thunderbolt Ross

Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross is former U.S. military general. He is father of Bruce Banner’s love Betty Ross. He became the ruthless and cunning Red Hulk.

14. Human Torch

The second most powerful member of the Fantastic Four. He can manipulate fire and even turn his entire body into it and fly.

13. Nick Fury

Nicholas Joseph Fury served in WWII as the leader of the Howling Commandos. Fury is one of the greatest strategic minds in the world.

12. Carol Danvers

After encountering the Kree hero Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers was accidentally subjected to otherworldly radiation that transformed her into a superhuman warrior called Ms. Marvel.

11. Gambit

Gambit possesses the mutant ability to charge inanimate objects with kinetic energy which causes them to explode.

10. Spider-Man

Peter Parker is one of the most famous of the Marvel superheroes. He was bitten by a radioactive spider as a teenager, granting him spider-like powers.

#9 – 1. Marvel Superheroes

9. Iron Man

Tony Stark was the arrogant son of wealthy, weapon manufacturer Howard Stark. Stark uses his vast resources and intellect to make the world a better place as the invincible Iron Man.

8. Thor

Thor is the Asgardian God of Thunder, and the son of the All-Father of Asgard Odin and the Elder Earth-Goddess Gaea.

7. Hulk

After being bombarded with a massive dose of gamma radiation, Dr. Robert Bruce Banner transformed into the Incredible Hulk. As such he became the living personification of pure strength and rage.

6. Daredevil

As a child, Matt Murdock was blinded by radioactive waste. however, his other senses were heightened giving him a sort of radar sense.

5. Cyclops

Scott Summers possesses the mutant ability to draw ambient energy from another dimension through his eyes which channels into concussive force blasts.

4. Wolverine

James Logan is one of the best of the Marvel Superheroes. He possesses an accelerated healing factor, keenly enhanced senses and bone claws in each hand that are coated in adamantium.

3. Silver Surfer

The Silver Surfer has the Power Cosmic and a trusty board that’s faster than light speed which he can summon at will whenever needed.

2. Thing

Ben Grimm, better known as the Thing, is a mutated rock-skinned monster with immense superhuman strength.

1. Captain America

During WWII, Steve Rogers took the experimental Super-Soldier Serum which enhanced him to the pinnacle of human physical potential. This with his unbreakable shield made him a potent force and makes him the best of the Marvel superheroes.

Ideas for the top 100 Marvel Superheroes were taken from the following sources.^[1]Comic Vine -Top 100 Marvel Superheroe^[2]Ranker – The Top Marvel Comics Superheroes^[3]Ranker – The Best Comic Book Superheroes of All Time