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, better known by his code name, the Rhino, is a fictional comic book supervillain featured in titles published by Marvel Comics. For many years, the true identity of the Rhino was unknown, but he eventually given the name and established to be of Russian descent. The Rhino character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Romita, Jr. and first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man, Volume 1 #41 in October, 1966. Although he has been primarily viewed as a Spider-Man villain, the Rhino has also locked horns (both figuratively and literally) with the Hulk and the Avengers.