There’s nothing like an origin story in superhero comics, when readers learn how their favorite heroes and villains came to be. Origins can take many shapes, from the simple to the overly complicated.

Many of Marvel's greatest characters actually have incredibly tragic backstories. Some of these origins should have turned these characters into Marvel's worst villains (and some of them indeed ...

From a 98-pound weakling who becomes a globetrotting force for freedom to a shy high school student transformed by a freak spider bite into a wall-crawling phenom, Marvel Comics has crafted some of ...