Egghead (Marvel Comics)

Egghead
Elihas Starr the original Egghead
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Tales to Astonish #38 (Dec 1962)
Created by	Stan Lee (Writer) Jack Kirby (Artist) Larry Lieber
In-story information
Alter ego	Elihas Starr
Team affiliations	Emissaries of Evil Masters of Evil Intelligencia Cross Technological Enterprises
Partnerships	Mad Thinker Puppet Master
Notable aliases	Carl Stricker
Abilities	Genius intelligence Extensive knowledge in a wide variety of scientific and technological disciplines Ability to absorb new ideas and knowledge at a seemingly superhuman rate

Egghead is the name of two fictional villains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The original first appeared in Tales to Astonish #38 and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Larry Lieber.

The second first appeared in Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1 and was created by Paul Cornell and Mark Brooks.

Elihas Starr was born in Queens, New York. A gifted government research atomic scientist with an egg-shaped head, Starr was dismissed for espionage and resolved to use his intellect as a criminal mastermind. He was dealt a humiliating initial defeat by Ant-Man (Hank Pym) when he created a device to communicate with ants and tried to convince them to betray Ant-Man by leading him into a fly paper trap. Ant-Man tricked him into thinking the ants had betrayed him before revealing that the ants were his friends and would never turn against him. Egghead later captured the Wasp to try luring Hank into a trap involving several creatures, including an iguana and an anteater, but this failed. Egghead divided his remaining years between attempted world conquest and seeking revenge on Pym, often hiding out in the Bowery section of Manhattan in between.

Egghead allied with the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master in a plot to use a laser satellite to blackmail the United States government. He caused the death of Barney Barton, brother of Hawkeye, who was aiding the Avengers, hired the Swordsman to kidnap Henry Pym, and battled Clint Barton who had recently adopted Pym's previous identity of Goliath.