Swarm (Fritz von Meyer) is a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, an enemy of Spider-Man. Created by Bill Mantlo and John Byrne, the character first appeared in Champions #14 (July 1977). A former Nazi sympathizer, the character is devoured by a colony of mutated bees who absorb his consciousness. He surrounds his skeletal remains with the bees, and can manipulate them at will.
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Famous quotes containing the word swarm:
“The moon was waiting for her chill effect.
I looked at nine: the swarm was turned to rock
In every lifelike posture of the swarm,
Transfixed on mountain slopes almost erect.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Bees don’t swarm in a mango grove for nothing.
Where can you see a wisp of smoke
without a fire?”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“As night returns bringing doubts
That swarm around the sleeper’s head
But are fended off with clubs and knives ...”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)