Egghead is a fictional Marvel comics' villain who first appeared in Tales to Astonish# 38. He is also the arch-nemesis of super-hero Henry Pym. Tales to Astonish #44 Tales to Astonish is the name of several comic book series published by Marvel Comics. ... Dr. Henry Hank Pym is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, a founding member of the superhero group The Avengers and a brilliant scientist who spends much of his time in his lab. ...
A gifted government research scientist, Elihas Starr was dismissed for espionage and resolved to use his intellect for criminal gain. He was dealt a humiliating initial defeat by Ant-Man (Hank Pym), and divided his remaining years between attempted world conquest and seeking revenge on Pym.
Egghead was obsessed with Hank Pym, and also had several run-ins with Pym's teammates from the Avengers and the Defenders--notably Hawkeye, whose brother, Barney Barton, died aiding the Avengers against Egghead. Ironically, it was Hawkeye who caused Egghead's accidental death years later, in a battle with Egghead's Masters of Evil: the defeated Egghead was about to shoot Hank Pym in the back out of spite, but Hawkeye shot an arrow into Egghead's gun barrel. The gun misfired, killing Egghead.
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Egghead article at the website Bring on the Bad Guys
Egghead was back four months later in Little Red Walking Hood, Avery's first (of many) deconstruction of a classic children's story.
Some modern scholars point to a few small differences in design (unabashedly bald, whereas Egghead wore a hairpiece, squint-eyed as opposed to Egghead's widely open eyes, and a few others), to support a contention that this is actually the first appearance of Elmer Fudd.
Whoever he was, he was a very eccentric little guy — which may have been his downfall, as audiences seem to have found him too eccentric to relate to very closely.
The scheme is much too convoluted to bother with but Egghead does manage to capture the Wasp and use her as bait for Ant-Man who he tries to defeat using an iguana and an anteater.
In a 1990s retcon, it is revealed that Egghead first forms his Emissaries of Evil (composed of the Eel, the Rhino, the Porcupine, Solarr, the Swordsman, and Power Man I) to help him threaten New York City with a nuclear missile from the wilds of Canada.
The woman turns out to be Egghead's niece Trixie Starr and she is resisting because her Uncle wants to subject her to his "hypno-kon", a machine that draws power from brainwaves even as it mind wipes its victim.
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