Grim Reaper (Marvel)

✓
This villain was proposed but was rejected by the community for not being heinous enough or lacks what is necessary to be a Pure Evil villain. Therefore, this villain shall be added to our "Never Again List", where proposed villains rejected by the community shall be placed to prevent future proposals of the same evil-doer. They can be proposed again (with the permission of an administrator) if new elements appear in their series that can change their status as non-PE villains. Any act of adding this villain to the Pure Evil category without a proposal or creating a proposal for this villain without the permission of an administrator will result in a ban. Additional Notice: This template is meant for admin maintenance only. Users who misuse the template will be blocked for a week minimum.

Villain Overview

Gallery

“	That which has been duly sown, shall now be harvested, by the man who killed the trio of Avengers... I... the Grim Reaper!!	„
	~ Grim Reaper

Eric Williams, also known as the Grim Reaper, is a villain from Marvel Comics and an enemy of the Avengers as well the archenemy and older brother of Wonder Man.

Biography[]

Despite being the older brother, Eric Williams was always in the shadow of his younger brother, Simon. As boys, sociopathic Eric and the good son Simon were taught by one of their parents: Simon was well educated by their mother, while Eric was abused by their father, resulting in him becoming a thief.

When their father died, he left the family company to Simon, while Eric got nothing. Jealous of his brother's success, Eric was more than happy to manipulate Simon into embezzling money from the company when business began to fail.

When Simon became the superhero Wonder Man, and died saving the Avengers, Eric swore to kill the Avengers.

Creating a hi-tech scythe capable of draining life force energy, Eric put Hawkeye, Hank Pym and the Wasp in a coma, which seemed like death, but was defeated by new Avenger the Black Panther. After several defeats from the Avengers, and eventually death, the Grim Reaper is now a parasitic entity that feasts on life force energy to live, and has set his sights on his resurrected brother, Wonder Man.

Eric was eventually killed for good when the heroic android Vision self-destructed next to him, causing both of their deaths.

Powers and Abilities[]

Originally the Grim Reaper had no powers, but had good fighting skills and his powerful scythe, which he could project arcs of electricity and sap people's life force. He now has powers of necromancy, teleportation, demon summoning, illusion casting, and clairvoyance.

In other media[]

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes[]

Grim Reaper A-EMH full — A redesigned Grim Reaper from "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes".

In the animated series, Grim Reaper is a sadistic and sociopathic mercenary who works for the terrorist organization HYDRA and is one of Baron Von Strucker's lieutenants. He has no superhuman powers, but has a cybernetic scythe on his right arm with a blaster attached to it.

He is a skilled fighter and his scythe is extremely sharp, able to cut through steel with ease. He was redesigned for the show, wearing a hooded cape and light armor. Reaper first appeared infiltrating the supervillain prison The Vault in order to free the captive Baron Strucker.

He succeeded, but was stopped by Nick Fury and put in the prison. After escaping during the mass breakout, he rejoined HYDRA. Eric later brought his frustrated brother Simon to A.I.M., where they turned him into Wonder Man so he could get revenge on Tony Stark.

Reaper was the representative for HYDRA when they made a deal with Man-Ape to get vibranium from Wakanda, and was partially responsible for the mutation of Klaw.

He was also HYDRA's representative in their deals with A.I.M., and took part in the battle when Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Captain America, and Black Panther attacked Hydra Island. During the battle, Reaper's scythe was shredded apart by Panther's claws and he was taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D.

He was voiced by Lance Henriksen, who also played Lockdown in Transformers: Animated, General Shepherd in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Karl Bishop Weyland in the 2010 Aliens vs Predator video game, the Lieutenant in The Legend of Korra, and the Baron in Tangled: The Series.

Film[]

The Grim Reaper make an uncredited appearance in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher. He appears as a buyer for the Leviathan organization who plan to auction stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology. He briefly participates in the final battle with the Avengers but is quickly defeated by Thor.

Videogames[]

In Captain America and the Avengers, released as an arcade console and for the Sega Genesis and SNES, the Grim Reaper is a boss character at the end of stage 2.
Grim Reaper appears as a mini-boss in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2.
Grim Reaper is featured as a boss in the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
Grim Reaper is featured as a boss in the MMORPG Marvel Heroes.
Grim Reaper is featured as a hub boss and a playable character in Lego Marvel's Avengers.

Navigation[]

Villains

Movies
Marvel Animated Features
Ultimate Avengers 1 & 2: Herr Kleiser | Chitauri
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow: Ultron | Iron Avengers

Villains

Movies
Captain America (1990): Red Skull | Valentina de Santis
Captain America: The First Avenger: HYDRA (Red Skull, Arnim Zola, Heinz Kruger, HYDRA Lieutenant, & Velt) | Nazi Party (Adolf Hitler, Roeder, Hutter, & Schneider)
Heroes United: Iron Man and Captain America: HYDRA (Red Skull & Taskmaster)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: HYDRA/STRIKE (Alexander Pierce, Winter Soldier, Crossbones, Jack Rollins, Jasper Sitwell, Russo, Senator Stern, Arnim Zola, Wolfgang von Strucker, List, Scarlet Witch, & Quicksilver) | Georges Batroc | Ferdinand Lopez | Gerald Durand
Captain America: Civil War: Helmut Zemo | Thunderbolt Ross | Winter Soldier | Scarlet Witch | HYDRA (Vasily Karpov, Josef, & Winter Soldiers) | Hero Mercs (Crossbones)
Captain America: Brave New World: The Leader | Mind Control Victims | SERPENT (Sidewinder & Copperhead) | Thunderbolt Ross

Villains
Angkor \| Baron Zemo \| Blackheart \| Black Talon \| Doppelganger \| Enchantress \| Galactus \| Goliath \| Grim Reaper \| Kree \| Magus \| Man-Ape \| Mephisto \| Rampage \| Rogue \| Sandman \| Scarlet Witch \| Skrulls \| Skurge \| Songbird \| Supreme Intelligence \| Thanos \| Universal Church of Truth