RICHARD WORMLY

Real Name: Richard Wormly

Identity/Class: Normal human

Occupation: Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Bugle

Group Membership: Daily Bugle newspaper

Affiliations: J. Jonah Jameson

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: New York City, USA

First Appearance: Amazing Spider-Man I#19 (November, 1964)

Powers/Abilities: The extent of Wormly's education in the field of journalism is unrevealed.

History:  

(Amazing Spider-Man I#19) - Wormly brought J. Jonah Jameson news of Spider-Man's return and his capture of a gang of bank robbers, just as Jameson was being introduced in a lecture hall to give a speech titled "How I proved Spider-Man is a cowardly fraud." As Jameson made a hasty exit, Wormly told the puzzled introductory speaker that he was leaving because he didn't feel well.

Comments: Created by Stan Lee (writer) and Steve Ditko (art).

Wormly's first name and position at the Daily Bugle were revealed in the Daily Bugle entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man: Back in Black Handbook.

Profile by G Morrow.

CLARIFICATIONS: Richard Wormly has no known connections to

• Worm, Savage Land Mutates, worm-like lower half of body @ Uncanny X-Men #250
• Worm, Winston Hobbs, District X @ District X #7
• Worm of Darkness, aka Dark-Crawler @ Marvel Fanfare I#8
• Wormhole, of Earth-Guardians, Inhumans @ Guardians of the Galaxy I#39
• Wormhole, Martin Murken, of Earth-New Universe @ DP7 #9
• Worm Man, used shrinking potion, trapped in tiny size @ Strange Tales I#78/4
• Worms of the Earth, sub-human race, forced to kill Titus Sulla @ Savage Sword of Conan #16/4
• Worm of the Earth, of Earth-Nightside, summoned by Little People @ Nightside #2
• Wormwall, New York prison, held Dr. Angst following his attempted assassination of Howard the Duck @ She-Hulk II#14
• Wormword, aka Marduk @ Silver Surfer IV #7
• Wormwood, Dark Elves of Scartalfheim, former servant to Malekith @ Thor I#347
• Wormwood, servant of Olivier Stoker, deformed dwarf @ Gambit II#2
• Wormworlds, quadriverse, small planetoids @ Dr. Strange II#24
• White Worm, Blade foe, undead creature raised from slime of Hell @ Blade II#½
• any other "Richard" or "Worm-" characters

images: (without ads)
Amazing Spider-Man I#19, p4, pan8 (main image)
Amazing Spider-Man I#19, p4, pan4 (close-up)

Appearances:
Amazing Spider-Man I#19 (November, 1964) - Stan Lee (writer and editor), Steve Ditko (illustrator)

Last updated: 05/17/08

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