Editing Greatest Avenger Villains 1888 (section)

==Melter==
:  Bruno Horgan
:: Joined Masters of Evil: Avengers 6 (founding member)
:: A failed industrialist, Bruno Horgan accidentally discovered a device that liquefies metal and embarked on a career as a costumed criminal and saboteur. He later improved his melting ray so that it could also liquefy nonmetallic substances, such as wood and flesh. His assaults on business rival Tony Stark's properties brought the Melter into recurring conflict with Stark's alter ego, Iron Man, an enmity that led to the Melter's founding membership in the original Masters of Evil. The Melter fought the Avengers repeatedly as a member of the original Masters and Ultron's subsequent Masters of Evil, but he was defeated and captured every time. Years later, the Melter was plotting a new solo assault on the Avengers when he was assassinated by the vigilante known as the Scourge of the Underworld.
::: '''Avengers Appearances''': Avengers 6 (as founding member of MOE, battled and defeated by Avengers); Avengers 15-16 (as member of MOE, battled and defeated by Avengers); Avengers 54-55 (joined MOE II; as member of MOE II, abducted Avengers; defeated by Avengers and Black Knight III); Avengers 83 (as member of MOE II, battled and defeated by Avengers and Lady Liberators); Avengers 263 (murdered by Scourge).