Black Scorpion (TV Series) - Major Enemies

Major Enemies

Aerobicide

• Real Name: Susie Payne
• Powers: Cybernetic implants give her superstrength and agility; exercise-based weaponry
• First appearance: No Sweat Episode 1.9
• Portrayed by: Renee Griffin
• Notes: Her sidekicks are Bend and Stretch

Angel of Death

• Real Name: Detective Angela Archer
• Powers: None; uses her poison lipstick to bring death to all criminals
• First Appearance Kiss of Death Episode 1.16
• Portrayed by: Nancy Valen
• Notes: A Punisher-like vigilante who like Darcy was a cop.

Aftershock

• Real Name: Professor Ursula Undershaft
• Powers: None; uses gauntlets that shoot out shock waves through the city.
• First appearance: Home Sweet Homeless Episode 1.4
• Portrayed By Sherrie Rose
• Notes: Was Darcy's main enemy in Black Scorpion II. Footage from the movie was edited into the episode.

Breathtaker

• Real Name: Dr. Noah Goddard
• Powers: None; hallucinogenic gas dispensers
• First appearance: Out of Thin Air Episode 1.6
• Portrayed by: Adam West
• Notes: Breathtaker is handicapped. He has to breathe through a respirator. He was also the original enemy of the film version.

Clockwise

• Real Name: Benjamin Tickerman
• Powers: None, but physically strong enough to KO a time-frozen Black Scorpion; time-related weaponry that can freeze the time localized around Black Scorpion, leaving her defenseless
• First appearance: Crime Time Episode 1.8
• Portrayed by: Frank Gorshin
• Notes: His henchmen are the sexy Hourglass, the tall Big Hand, and the dwarfish Little Hand.

FireArm

• Real Name: Jack Aimes
• Powers: None; prosthetic arm is a powerful energy blaster and artificial eye is sophisticated targeting apparatus.
• First appearance: Armed and Dangerous Episode 1.1
• Portrayed by: Martin Kove

Flashpoint

• Real Name: Cameron Albright
• Powers: None; light-based weaponry
• First appearance: Blinded by the Light Episode 1.3
• Portrayed by: Allen Scotti
• Notes: Flashpoint was blinded by Black Scorpion's energy ring, but his eyesight was restored by advanced laser surgery. Became one of the heroine's most persistent archenemies, and even managed to unmask her in one episode. He has a sexy sidekick named Vision.

Gangster Prankster

• Real Name: Luther Sims
• Powers: None, just terrorizes citizens with his maniacal laughter and his gang of fools. That, and a few novelty weapons, such as an acid-squirting squirt gun
• First appearance: An officer and a Prankster Episode 1.10
• Portrayed by Stoney Jackson
• Notes: Was an enemy in Black Scorpion II. He's Argyle's brother, and dies in Episode 17.

Greenthumb

• Real Name: Eugene Gardner
• Powers: Specializes in breeding plant with special and unique properties
• First appearance: Roses Are Red, You're Dead Episode 1.12
• Portrayed by: David Lander
• Notes: He has two sexy sidekicks named Tiger Lily and African Violet.

Hurricane

• Real Name: Dr. Gail Waters
• Powers: Weather manipulation
• First appearance: Wave Goodbye Episode 1.2
• Portrayed by: Athena Massey
• Notes: A marine biologist who gains her powers after being mutated by toxic waste. She has two sidekicks who are referred to as "the Squids", they are also marine biologist who are mutated to become half-human, half octopus (with "tentacles in embarrassing places").

Inferno

• Real Name: Adam Burns
• Powers: Pyrokinesis
• First appearance: Love Burns Episode 1.5
• Portrayed by: Brent Huff
• Notes: A fireman who, while chasing an arsonist, got blasted by an experimental device and gained his powers.

Medusa

• Real Name: Minerva Stone
• Powers: None; cement gun turns victims to stone
• Portrayed by: Lisa Boyle
• First Appearance: No Stone Unturned Episode 1.7
• Notes: Medusa owns her own health and beauty spa. Most of the statues in the spa are her victims. Her sidekicks are Marble and Granite.

Mindbender

• Real Name: Dr. Sarah Bellum
• Powers: None; just uses VR to trap her victims and her technological skills to build bombs.
• First Appearance: Virtual Vice Episode 1.14
• Portrayed By: Lana Clarkson
• Notes: Her henchwomen are Giga and Byte.

Polutia

• Real Name: Dr. Ariel Haze
• Powers: Can turn herself into smog, allowing her to outmaneuver Black Scorpion several times before kicking her into unconsciousness when the superheroine least expects to.
• First Appearance: Life's a Gas Episode 1.11
• Portrayed By: Julie McCullough
• Notes: Dr. Ariel Haze is a former student of the Breathtaker, who is desperate to stop pollution.

Professor Prophet

• Real Name: Sonny Dey
• Powers: None Uses a device to control Inferno, Aftershock, Hurricane, and Breathtaker.
• First Appearance:Zodiak Attack - Part 1 Episode 1.21
• Portrayed by: Soupy Sales.
• Notes: Professor Prophet is a washed up psychic who uses the super villains to carry out his evil deeds so he can make his predictions come true. He appeared earlier as a weatherman in "Wave Goodbye".

Slapshot

• Real Name: Ricky Blade
• Powers: None: uses his super metal armor to go after his victims and kill those who he blames for his accident
• First appearance: Bad Sport Episode 1.15
• Portrayed By: Greg Kean
• Notes: Ricky Blade is paralyzed so he must wear a metallic armor to overcome his injuries

Stunner

• Real Name: Edwina Watts
• Powers: Can shoot Electricity Through her hands.
• First Appearance: Power Play Episode 1.18
• Portrayed By: Alison Armitage
• Notes: Formerly the Mayor's Deputy, whom he used as a scapegoat for all his mistakes. Was electrocuted in an attempt to save the mayor and gained her powers.

Vox Populi

• Real Name: Unknown, only referred to by her stage name.
• Powers: None: uses subsonic sounds to turn her lyrics into orders. Also wields an electric guitar that sends out dangerous sonic waves.
• First Appearance: Face the Music Episode 1.20
• Portrayed By: Shannon Whirry
• Notes: With her sidekicks Screech and Shriek they form the band the Bleeding Eardrums. Used by the Mayor in an attempt to ensure his reelection.

A guest appearance was made by Dave Mustaine, who portrayed the pyromaniac Torchy Thompson. During his fight scenes, sound clips of Hangar 18 were played.

Ben McCain appeared in 16 episodes as anchor/reporter Don MacDonald.