Mindworm

The Mindworm (William Turner) is a Marvel Comics character and a former enemy of Spider-Man. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #138. Mindworm was a superhuman mutant with limited telepathic powers who was briefly a minor enemy of Spider-Man. He had an oversized cranium and was extremely intelligent. C.M. Kornbluth published a science fiction short story in 1950 with the title The Mindworm. The center character was a mutant who fed (fatally) on others' emotions. The Marvel character of that name has very similar abilities. He is also mentally ill, suffering from severe debilitating chronic depression and light dementia. Born a freak with superhuman powers, William Turner accidentally killed his mother...