top ten villians

[shadowman79]

youre favorite villians of all time
10 taskmaster
9 reverse flash
8skinner sweet
7 rhino
6 black adam
5 shreder
4 red skull
3dr doom
2 sinestro
1 kingpin

[MRP]

10. Kulan Gath
9. Klarion the Witchboy
8. Lord Papal
7. Enchantress (and Executioner)
6. Anton Arcane
5. Loki
4. Kang
3. Ultron
2. Darkseid
1. Thanos

-M

[Phil Maurice]

10. Kulan Gath
9. Klarion the Witchboy
-M

Great list. Was it Kulan Gath who "villained" that memorable Spidey/Red Sonja team-up? If so, even though that's my only exposure to him, he would still make my top 10.

Klarion. Only know of him from various DC animated series, but gahh! I despise that sawed-off little so-and-so. AND his cat!

Only villain I can really add that may be overlooked in this thread is D'Spayre (MTU #68). Seriously, that guy should eat a bag of ticks.

[MRP]

Great list. Was it Kulan Gath who "villained" that memorable Spidey/Red Sonja team-up? If so, even though that's my only exposure to him, he would still make my top 10.

Klarion. Only know of him from various DC animated series, but gahh! I despise that sawed-off little so-and-so. AND his cat!

Only villain I can really add that may be overlooked in this thread is D'Spayre (MTU #68). Seriously, that guy should eat a bag of ticks.

Yeah that was Kulan Gath-he was also a villain in X-Men of all places during the Claremont Romita Jr. run, and was brought back in the Dynamite Red Sonja series.

Klarion was one of the highlights of what I have read from Kirby's Demon series.

-M

[Scott Harris]

Yeah that was Kulan Gath-he was also a villain in X-Men of all places during the Claremont Romita Jr. run, and was brought back in the Dynamite Red Sonja series.

Klarion was one of the highlights of what I have read from Kirby's Demon series.

-M

Nice pick, the Kulan Gath story in X-Men #190-191 is a favorite of mine. For those who haven't read it, he casts a spell that turns Manhattan into a Robert E. Howard style swords and sorcery world. The X-Men and the Avengers are caught in the spell and, like everyone else, are transformed as well, with no memories of their real selves. Kulan Gath is planning to spread this to the entire world, but things don't go as he planned. Spider-Man and Dr. Strange play key roles as well; for some reason, Spidey is the one person in New York who remembers the real world and it gets him in a boat load of trouble.

Great story.

[Phil Maurice]

Nice pick, the Kulan Gath story in X-Men #190-191 is a favorite of mine. For those who haven't read it, he casts a spell that turns Manhattan into a Robert E. Howard style swords and sorcery world. The X-Men and the Avengers are caught in the spell and, like everyone else, are transformed as well, with no memories of their real selves. Kulan Gath is planning to spread this to the entire world, but things don't go as he planned. Spider-Man and Dr. Strange play key roles as well; for some reason, Spidey is the one person in New York who remembers the real world and it gets him in a boat load of trouble.

Great story.

Whoa! And they get this done in TWO issues? What EVER will they use to fill out the trade? I assume it's unreprintable like the other Howard stories, due to licensing. In which case, a thousand thanks for the synopsis. Off to ebay to find these books!

[MRP]

Whoa! And they get this done in TWO issues? What EVER will they use to fill out the trade? I assume it's unreprintable like the other Howard stories, due to licensing. In which case, a thousand thanks for the synopsis. Off to ebay to find these books!

Kulan Gath also returned in Busiek's Avengers run issues 28-30.

Gath was created by Marvel for that Marvel Team Up story with Sonja, so I think Marvel at least shares the rights. The X-Men issues are reprinted in Essential X-Men Vol. 5.

-M

[Jolly Mon]

Nice pick, the Kulan Gath story in X-Men #190-191 is a favorite of mine. For those who haven't read it, he casts a spell that turns Manhattan into a Robert E. Howard style swords and sorcery world. The X-Men and the Avengers are caught in the spell and, like everyone else, are transformed as well, with no memories of their real selves. Kulan Gath is planning to spread this to the entire world, but things don't go as he planned. Spider-Man and Dr. Strange play key roles as well; for some reason, Spidey is the one person in New York who remembers the real world and it gets him in a boat load of trouble.

Great story.

Kulan Gath also turns up in Kurt Busiek's Avengers run # 28-30. Same sort of transforming-modern-world-to-ancient spell, but in South America, and with a different goal than the New York story. Plus George Perez art. Highly recommended.

Edit: and MRP beat me to it. Oh, well.

[Jezebel Bond]

1. Joker
2. Kingpin
3. Bullseye
4. The Hand
5. Magneto

The rest are very interchangeable. There are times I prefer the Green Goblin to Lex Luthor, or Ma Gnucci over them both. I'd also put Mr. Zsazz above The Penguin or Two-Face or Riddler...

[dogwelder]

in no order

zoom
goblin
captain cold
sinestro
luthor
dr.doom
vandal savage
ultron
darkseid
despero


love the ma gnucci reference above........herr starr was also awesome.

[Scott Harris]

This is an interesting question, as it made me realize how few villains I really love. There are plenty of villains I enjoy and don't mind reading about, but favorite? That's a hard one beyond the top two. Some of the villains on my favorite list are ones I have barely actually read any stories about, but like the concept of (Professor Zoom). While other villains who I have read dozens of stories about and enjoy still aren't really favorites (Red Skull).

The first two are a stone lock, but the rest are kind of up in the air:

1. Kang
2. Ultron
3. Batroc the Leaper
4. El Papagayo
5. Professor Zoom
6. Doctor Cyber
7. Crossbones
8. The Collector
9. The Grandmaster
10. Eddie Fyers

[Antoine]

I've always preferred villains to Heroes, don't really know why..

My Top Ten, in no particular order

Galactus
Dr. Doom
Kriss de Valnor (From Thorgal, a French comic)
La Mangouste (From XIII, another French comic)
Joker
Klaw
Ultron
Elektro
Mysterio
Juggernaut

[Polar Bear]

In no order:

Ultron
Starro
Gorilla Grodd
Taskmaster (who really, really should have fought Deathstroke some day)
Dr. Doom
Kobra
Terra-Man (Did he have even one appearance post-Crisis???)
Maxie Zeus (Did he have even one appearance post-Crisis???)
The Dire Wraiths (An alien race that uses magic? Bring it on!)
Brainiac (the Wolfman/Kane revamp that went from Action 544 until the Crisis, then disappeared, then reappeared for "Panic in the Sky" and sporadically after that)

Honorable mentions:
Former favorite that I've just had enough of: Thanos
Not a villain anymore, but still a favorite: The Black Cat

[DubipR]

In no order:

1. Darkseid (DC)
2. Dracula (Marvel)
3. Sir Miles Delacourt (DC/Vertigo-The Invisibles)
4. Eclipso (DC)
5. Solomon Grundy (DC)
6. Ra's Al Ghul (DC)
7. Red Skull (Marvel)
8. Hela (Marvel)
9. Maxima (DC)
10. Dormammu (Marvel)

[Jodoc]

No order here -

Dr Doom
Darkseid
Nocturna
Dr Cyber
Satan Girl
Kid Marvelman
Black Zero
Fin Fang Foom
Riddler
Dormammu