SIMPLE SIMON

Real Name: Unrevealed, possibly Simon

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Reality TV star, professional criminal

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: To Be A Villain! producers, his henchmen

Enemies: Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Norah Winters

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City

First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man II#623 (May, 2010)

Powers/Abilities: Simple Simon is a skilled pie-thrower.  He also carries several cans of whipped cream.

History: (Amazing Spider-Man II#623 (fb) ) - A cast member on the reality TV show To Be A Villain!, Simple Simon was provided with an overturned bakery truck full of pies by the show's producers.

(Amazing Spider-Man II#623) - Simple Simon hit Spider-Man with a couple of pies and let loose with some bombastic villain dialogue, but the web-slinger was not amused.  He webbed Simon to a lamppost; terrified, Simon told him all about the TV show, and explained that they even had permits from the city.  Angered that the city was handing out permits for (admittedly Z-grade) supervillainy, Spider-Man swung off to City Hall, telling Simon to inform the producers that they didn't have a permit from Spider-Man. 

(Amazing Spider-Man II#647/4) - Now accompanied by several henchmen, Simple Simon was committing some kind of illegal action at a loading dock (possibly for To Be A Villain!) when he was attacked and defeated by Spider-Man.  Once Simon's henchmen were webbed up, Spider-Man allowed his friend Norah Winters (who he was attempting to cheer up) to punch Simon in the face.

Comments: Created by Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, and Paul Azaceta.

Simple Simon derives his name from the nursery rhyme character of the same name.

Spider-Man says he's "in no mood to be in your little Electric Company skit", a reference to the Spider-Man sketches on The Electric Company, many of which were immortalized in the pages of Spidey Super Stories, and featured goofy villains much like Simon here.  Given his fondness for pie, he may also be a reference to the various pastry-obsessed villains who Spider-Man and other Marvel heroes placated with delicious snack foods in the Hostess ads of the '70s.

Mmmm...pie.

Profile by Minor Irritant.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Simple Simon, pie-throwing Spider-Man villain, has no known connections to:

images: (without ads)
Amazing Spider-Man II#623, p5, pan3 (main image)
Amazing Spider-Man II#623, p6, pan3 (headshot)

Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man II#623 (May, 2010) - Mark Waid & Tom Peyer (writers), Paul Azaceta (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)
Amazing Spider-Man II#647/4 (December, 2010) - Joe Kelly (writer), JM Ken Niimura (art), Stephen Wacker (editor)

Last updated: 01/29/06

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