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The Scourge of the Underworld is the name of a series of fictional characters that have appeared in various series set in the Marvel Comics universe.Writer/editor Mark Gruenwald originally created the Scourge in 1985 as a plot device intended to thin the criminal population of the Marvel Universe in particular eliminating those supervillain characters he deemed to be too minor redundant or ill-conceived.[citation needed] Since that time other writers have expanded upon the concept and fleshed out the Scourge’s backstory.