The Locust (comics)

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The Locust was a one-time supervillain foe of the X-Men. He made his debut in (Uncanny) X-Men #24 in September 1966. His alter ego is Doctor August Hopper, once a top name in entomology, whose "crackpot theories" cost him his job. He relocated to Ryan Chemicals, where he developed a Magno-Ray which causes insects to grow to enormous sizes. He sends an army of raging locusts, grasshoppers, wasps, and beetles to overthrow the world, but is eventually thwarted by the X-Men and surrenders to the authorities.

The Locust, as his name suggests, dresses like a giant locust and uses a personal jet pack to fly around. Along with his army of insects, Locust also carries a ray gun into battle.