The Wonder Woman rogue's gallery has been a relatively hot topic as of late, so ultimately which one is your all time favorite and why is it that particular Wonder Woman rogue? For me, it's always been this gentleman......
Aside from being the God of War, he symbolizes the perfect anti thesis for Wonder Woman. He is heartless to Diana's compassion. He is manipulative to Diana's straightforwardness. He is merciless to Diana's faithfulness. As Diana is a warrior striving for peace, he is a warrior striving for a never ending war. Also, he is one of the coolest looking villains I have ever seen. By all accounts, he should be of the upper echelon of the DCU villains because he covers all bases in regards to villainy.
Oh, I'm also proud to say that I actually have that action figure being shown.
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09-12-2009, 10:34 PM #1The Red Star
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Which Wonder Woman villain is your favorite?
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09-12-2009, 10:38 PM #2Member
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Visually - Circe
Nostalgically - Cheetah
Funness - Giganta - especially written by Gail!
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09-12-2009, 10:43 PM #3The voice in your head
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Seconded. And I love his design, in fact the only problem I had with Rucka's run was that he very rarely wears his armor.
Originally Posted by Crimson Knightman
The Wonder Woman rogue's gallery has been a relatively hot topic as of late, so ultimately which one is your all time favorite and why is it that particular Wonder Woman rogue? For me, it's always been this gentleman......
Aside from being the God of War, he symbolizes the perfect anti thesis for Wonder Woman. He is heartless to Diana's compassion. He is manipulative to Diana's straightforwardness. He is merciless to Diana's faithfulness. As Diana is a warrior striving for peace, he is a warrior striving for a never ending war. Also, he is one of the coolest looking villains I have ever seen. By all accounts, he should be of the upper echelon of the DCU villains because he covers all bases in regards to villainy.
Oh, I'm also proud to say that I actually have that action figure being shown.
I still say DC should promote him as a Darkseid-level threat.
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09-12-2009, 10:51 PM #4Member
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It's too hard for me to choose just one (which doesn't really answer your question), because I think Wonder Woman's mythos is filled with some great villains and potential villains. I'm drawn to are Ares, Circe, Cheetah, Dr Psycho, Giganta, Angle Man (Jimenez version), Hercules, Veronica Cale, The Circle and Dr Poison pretty strongly. Ares' children, Phobos, Deimos and Eris have always been good too. Cronos' children had some great designs and I'm curious how other writers might enhance Devastation. I like them all for a lot of different reasons.
I'm hoping that Giganta and Dr Poison get some more characterization, motivation explanation and origins/back story sometime soon.
My future favorites hope to include a revamped Dr Cyber, Eviless, The Mask and Zara and The Cult of the Crimson Flame. Diana needs a good cult trying to destroy her and everything/one she cares about.
Waaaaaay to hard for me to make a decision apparently, but I'm sticking to honesty.Last edited by Mr Prince; 09-12-2009 at 11:39 PM.
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09-12-2009, 11:20 PM #5The Toy Wonder
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I blush to confess that mine is Egg Fu.
I do really like Giganta, though.
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Ares has always been my favorite Wonder Woman villain due to as you guys he is bodies everything that Wonder Woman tries to fight ad rid the world of as well as he's an awesome visual. I always thought of him as being Diana's Lex Luthor or Joker because
Superman is justice and is physically powerful and almost unstopptable while Lex Luthor is injustice and is financially powerful and almost "unstoppable" for this reason.
Batman is order and darkness while the Joker is chaos and "joy".
Wonder Woman is peace, love, and truth while Ares is war, hatred, and hyprocritism.
To me, Ares wishes not only to spread the flames of hate across the world but also make Diana fail her mission and make her no different then his "worshipers". To Ares, the greatest victory for him is Diana losing faith in humanity, losing faith in her mission of peace, or taking a human life. That kind of victory is greater to him then him just simply killing Diana.
I also love how in Rucka's version, how smooth and charming Ares was . Rucka was the closest to make Ares an actual character or how I envision the character who actually is Ares. Sadly the closest the comics have gotten in how envision Ares has been with another character, Neron. The idea that this guy looks and sounds so smooth, handsome, and charming but at the same can tear your organs out of your body and paint them all over the room is a element I wish was with Ares. Ares has so much potential at being the same level of threat as Darkseid and wish Gail does more with the character.
Cronus is another character who is an awesome visual and has so much potential.Last edited by raporfest; 09-12-2009 at 11:39 PM.
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Dr. Cyber. Loved her in THE POWER COMPANY. She's the head of a vast criminal empire. Perfect adversary for Wonder Woman and her small army of allies.
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09-13-2009, 09:14 PM #8Wallace Likes It That Way
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I'm on the other side. I hate the armor, and I absolutely love his look from Rucka's run. I'd also say Ares written by Rucka is my favorite Wonder Woman villain, followed by Circe and Veronica Cale. Originally Posted by Shatagni
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09-13-2009, 09:19 PM #9Veteran Member
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Cheetah
Ares
Circe
Dr. Psycho
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09-13-2009, 09:32 PM #10Senior Member
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The Duke of Deception.
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09-13-2009, 09:33 PM #11This is bad comedy.
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I liked both of Ares' looks... I figured he'd default his 'modern' look and then the more warlike/angry he gets, the more he'd revert back to his more monstrous armor.
But that could just be wishful thinking on my part.
My favorite villain is Circe written well. Sassy and smart, a schemer, and quite insanely powerful. Hates Diana, despite once being her 'friend' and despite being a villain, has great love for her child... even if that interferes with her grand plans.
That said, I also have some creepy ideas for Doctor Psycho I'd love to see... he's WW's most wretched foe and has great potential because of it.
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09-13-2009, 10:17 PM #12The Red Star
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He's my second favorite Wonder Woman villain, he's also a brilliant anti thesis to Wonder Woman as well. I also like the fact that he relishes in his own insanity, I think every hero and heroine should have a mad man in their rogue's gallery and Dr. Psycho is that for Wonder Woman. I would love to see a Joker/Dr. Psycho team against Batman and Wonder Woman written by Gail Simone. Originally Posted by Schornforce
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09-14-2009, 03:27 AM #13Senior Member
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I think the Queen of Fables is my favorite. It's such a great, powerful idea for a character.
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09-14-2009, 03:35 AM #14BANNED
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1. Dr. Psycho.
2. Cheetah
3.Giganta
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09-14-2009, 04:42 AM #15BANNED
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For me it's a tie between the CHeetah (Smart, vicious and powerful) and Dr Cyber (Great visual, different kind of villain for WW to fight, appeared in some great stories back in the silver age)
I've also got a soft spot for Dr Psycho. He's gloriously warped.
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