Silver Age Marvel Villains
The Melter (Bruno Horgan)
Villain Facts:
- First Appearance Tales of Suspense #47 (Nov. 1963)
- Iron Man Foe
- Member of Masters of Evil
- Uses Melting Ray device
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| The Melter in his original, 1960s costume |
The Melter
(Bruno Horgan) debuted in Tales of Suspense #47 (Nov. 1963) and was created by Stan Lee
and Sam Rosen. Horgan was a weapons manufacturer and business rival to Tony Stark.
Horgan was supplying the U.S. Army with defective weapons, and this revelation ruined him financially.
Discovering a melting ray device, Horgan decided to become a super-villain, and went after
Stark Industries. This led to his initial battles with Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #47 (Nov. 1963). Melter then appears next in Avengers #6 (Jul. 1964) as part of super-villain team the Masters of Evil, which was led by Baron Zemo. Melter returned to the Masters of Evil in Avengers #15 - 16 (Apr. - May 1965), and, after being defeated by the Avengers, the Melter is jailed. The Melter reappears to battle Iron Man in Tales of Suspense 89 - 90 (May - Jun. 1967), and then Avengers #54 - 55 (Jul. - Aug. 1968) as part of the next version of the Masters of Evil (formed without the villains' knowledge by the robot Ultron) and again in Avengers #83 (Dec. 1970). The Melter continues as an Iron Man villain in the title Iron Man, appearing in Iron Man #72 (Jan. 1974); #92 (Nov. 1976) and #123 - 124 (Jun. - Jul. 1979) and #127 (Oct. 1979).
(Bruno Horgan) debuted in Tales of Suspense #47 (Nov. 1963) and was created by Stan Lee
and Sam Rosen. Horgan was a weapons manufacturer and business rival to Tony Stark.
Horgan was supplying the U.S. Army with defective weapons, and this revelation ruined him financially.
Discovering a melting ray device, Horgan decided to become a super-villain, and went after
Stark Industries. This led to his initial battles with Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #47 (Nov. 1963). Melter then appears next in Avengers #6 (Jul. 1964) as part of super-villain team the Masters of Evil, which was led by Baron Zemo. Melter returned to the Masters of Evil in Avengers #15 - 16 (Apr. - May 1965), and, after being defeated by the Avengers, the Melter is jailed. The Melter reappears to battle Iron Man in Tales of Suspense 89 - 90 (May - Jun. 1967), and then Avengers #54 - 55 (Jul. - Aug. 1968) as part of the next version of the Masters of Evil (formed without the villains' knowledge by the robot Ultron) and again in Avengers #83 (Dec. 1970). The Melter continues as an Iron Man villain in the title Iron Man, appearing in Iron Man #72 (Jan. 1974); #92 (Nov. 1976) and #123 - 124 (Jun. - Jul. 1979) and #127 (Oct. 1979).
After another attempt to sabotage the company Stark International in Iron Man #166 (Jan. 1983), the character reappears in Marvel Two-in-One #96 (Feb. 1983) before being assassinated during the Scourge of the Underworld storyline in The Avengers #263 (Jan. 1986).
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| Melter in his 1970s costume |
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