Alistair Smythe

Alistair Smythe
Alistair Smythe as the Ultimate Spider-Slayer.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 (November 1985)
Created by	Louise Simonson Mary Wilshire
In-story information
Alter ego	Alistair Alphonso Smythe
Species	Human Cyborg
Notable aliases	The Ultimate Spider-Slayer
Abilities	Genius intelligence Biorganic carapace grants: Superhuman strength, durability, speed, agility, and reflexes Wall-crawling Razor blades and talons Artificial webbing from spinnerets on wrists

Alistair Alphonso Smythe (/smaɪθ/) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of the superhero Spider-Man, and the son of Spencer Smythe. After his father dedicated his life to eliminating Spider-Man and died as a result, Alistair inherited his Spider-Slayer legacy and developed a hatred for the web-slinger. He turned to a life of crime to exact revenge on Spider-Man, and created a new generation of Spider-Slayers to kill him, but this only resulted in Alistair getting paralyzed from the waist down. Later, he encased his body in a bioorganic carapace that allowed him to walk again, in addition to giving him superpowers, and adopted the alias of the Ultimate Spider-Slayer.

The character has been adapted from the comics into several forms of media, including animated series and video games. Actor B.J. Novak played Alistair Smythe in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2. IGN ranked him as Spider-Man's 9th greatest enemy.^[1]