Best Comics Villains?

[Gail Simone]

Do me a favor and list your fave villains in comics, in these categories...

DC

Marvel

Other (Image, Vertigo, whatever!)

THANKS!

Gail

[JeffreyWKramer]

DC - Psycho-Pirate, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Luthor, old-school Brainiac, Fatal Five, Black Adam, Anton Arcane, Mordru, Per Degaton, Ra's al-Ghul, Grodd, the Crime Syndicate

Marvel - Dr. Doom, Baron Mordo, Doctor Octopus, Purple Man, Mandarin, Dracula, Sebastian Shaw, Psycho-Man

Other - Herr Starr, Jesus DeSade

[Chuckg]

Doctor Victor von Doom (pre-"Unthinkable")

Best comics villain ever, any time, anywhere.

[Magneto_X]

Do me a favor and list your fave villains in comics, in these categories...

DC
Lex Luther, Darkseid, Brainiac (Superman:TAS, JL:U), Mordru, the Fatal Five (LSH), Bane, Clayface (Batman:TAS, JL:U), Deathstroke, Lady Shiva, Ra's al Ghul, Metallo

Marvel

Doom, Thanos, the Rhino, Deadpool (he counts as a villian, right?), Apocalypse, Sinister, Dormammu, Baron Zemo II, Kingpin, Magneto, Dracula, Venom, Loki, the Enchantress, the Lizard, Chameleon, Mephisto, the Destroyer (armour), Mystique, Sabastian Shaw, Cassandra Nova

Other (Image, Vertigo, whatever!)

Regis (Authority), that guy who was the reincarnated spirit of George Washington (StormWatch: Team Achilles), the Four (Planetary)

THANKS!

Gail

No problem, Gail.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

DC:

Lex Luthor
The Joker
Darkseid
Brainiac
Ra's Al Ghul

Marvel:

Doc Ock
Doom (sometimes)
Mad Thinker (just from his She-Hulk appearence alone; poor Awesome Andy)

Other (Vertigo, Wildstorm): Herr Starr, The Saint of Killers, Alter T'se Elon (spelling?), Tao, Miss Misery

[Dr Manolis Dooplove]

mmm, let's think

DC

PsychoPirate
Black Mary Marvel (from JLA classified)
Cheshire
Lady Shiva
Riddler
Catwoman
Black Mask
Bizarro
Poison Ivy
Mr. Mxyzptlk

Marvel

Lady Mastermind
Swarm
Korvac
Scorpio
Enchantress
Mojo
Proteus
the Spot
Rhino
the Coach
Princess Diana (X-statix)

Other (Image, Vertigo, whatever!)
-coming soon-

[Just_A_Rat]

DC - Joker, Brother Blood (though not as much the recent incarnation), Ra's Al Ghul, Sinestro, Deathstroke, Deadshot, Lady Shiva, Cheshire, Vandal Savage.

Marvel - Dr. Doom, Thanos, Green Goblin, Bullseye, The Mad Thinker, Taskmaster.

Other - Can't think of any in the "other" books I read off the top of my head.

[titanfan]

DC
1. Deathstroke
2. Deadshot
3. Count Vertigo
4. The Female Furies
5. Despero

Marvel
1. Tarot
2. White Queen (When she was a full villain)
3. Mephisto
4. Magneto
5. Dr. Doom

Other (Image, Vertigo, whatever!)
1. Skeletor
2. Darth Vader
3. Jaws (The James Bond Villain, not the Shark)
4. Terminator Robots (from the movies)
5. The Borg

[ducklord]

DC
Joker - Iconic, deceptively tricky to write, and downright scary when he's not overused.
Mr. Nobody - Had one of the creepier origins ever, and brightened up every Doom Patrol he appeared in.
Darkseid - True, these days he's almost in need of a ByrneBoot (i.e. "Every appearance of Darksied for the past five years has actually been Kalibak in disguise"), but when written well, Darkseid IS.
Compostie Superman - His name makes no sense. His costume makes no sense. He's laughably overpowered. And his action figure sits on my desk.
Pre-Crisis Luthor - The Greatest Mind in the World, overcome by petty jealousies and misplaced hostility. A tragic character.

MARVEL
Dr. Doom - Possibly the coolest of all comic villains. Vain, arrogant, honorable, brilliant...and he's got a country backing him up.
Galactus - The man eats planets.
The Red Skull - The ultimate nazi. If he's really dead, Cap's lost a wonderful nemesis.
Loki - There are few villains more enjoyable to see defeated than Loki. He really gets into the whole "sniveling" thing.
Doc Ock - Just on looks alone.

OTHER
Emperor Palpatine - Episode III sold me. The Emperor is a bad-ass.
The Smoking Man - "Life is like a box of chocolates. A cheap, thoughtless, perfunctoral gift that no one ever asks for."
The Mayor - Rarely has evil been so gosh-darned affable.
Khan - Dude, Montablan should've been nominated for an Oscar.
Kid Miracleman - A fairly definitive peek into why we probably really DON'T want superhumans in the real world.
Most of the Disney Animated Villains - Special props to Ursula and Gaston, who sang the best songs in their movies, and Cruella DeVille, who has the best song ABOUT a villain.
Pennywise - Brrrrr.

Hmmm, perhaps I should work,
Mike.

[TheLyle]

DC:
The Fatal Five, the Emerald Empress especially... mostly because of Paul Levitz
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Brother Blood/Mother Mayhem/Bethany Snow.. I liked the idea of the Titans fighting a propagandist
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Gizmo/Shimmer/Spiral/Psimon... whatever those guys called themselves
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Mordru
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The Crime Syndicate of earth-3... there's just something about evil counterparts
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Madame Rouge... amongst my first comics was Garfield avenging the Doom Patrol. She was a very compelling villain.
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The New Brotherhood of Evil... Phobia, Warp and Plasimus made the Brain and Mallah scarier.
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Cheshire... she just invokes the diva complex
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If Catman counts, VU made him a winner for me.
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As much as I hate to admit it, I still adore the Force of July. I've always liked patriotic themed characters, and they played on the themes differently (with powers not usually found in patriotically-themed characters). Mayflower, Lady Liberty, Silent Majority -- I would have loved them as heroes or villains. And I would have loved them more without the lame accents.
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The Toyman... just 'cause I like scary toys.
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The Time Trapper... I just like the schemers. BTW, was there any follow up to the suggestion that the new TT was a woman at the end of Zero Hour?

Marvel:
The White Queen... I liked how she was a schemer who's plans often didn't require physical strength but guile and wit.
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The rest of the Hellfire Club...similar reasons, though the fetish uniforms certainly gave them a unique and creepy look.
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Killer Moth... she certainly had an intersting power
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Destiny and Mystique... The Sisterhood of Evil Mutants were the more interesting parts of the team to me and I did enjoy how they used their powers.
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The Enchantress, but just the campy, badly-written version who declared Dazzler her arch-nemesis.

Boy, those Marvel picks are the gayest ever.


Other:
The New Justice Machine... I just liked the whole "tools of propaganda" aspect of that comic.
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Saker (IIRC)... the elementals' first foe is still pretty scary.
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The Rapture... goodness, those guys have the scariest origin ever, I know comic fans who still haven't gotten over it.

[Kevinroc]

DC:

The Joker
Lex Luthor
Darkseid (except for the current incarnation that can't beat Superman. That's just wrong)
Captain Cold
The Crime Syndicate.

Marvel:

Magneto
Loki
Doom
Thanos
The Void

[EZMOHR]

DC- Lex Luthor- The Ultimate Villian
Brainiac- COld and Calculating
Capt. Cold- Just does it because it is a job
Joker- The Ultimate Psycho
Grodd- Strong, Hateful, and Scary

Marvel- Magneto- In full I hate humans mode is scary
Zombie Reed Richards in Ultimate FF
Apocalypse- Look at his name

Others- Darth Vader- When he was evil he was evil
Khan- His one-track mind made him dangerous
Agent Smith- He is the Joker of the movie universe. Scary
Alonzo Harris- Denzel made him nice at first, nuts at the end

[SoulOnIce]

DC: Lex Luthor, Two-Face

Marvel: Bullseye, Green Goblin (Norman Osborn).

Other: Alan Rickman in Die Hard.

[LibrarianThorne]

Do me a favor and list your fave villains in comics, in these categories...

DC

Marvel

Other (Image, Vertigo, whatever!)

THANKS!

Gail

DC
Mr. Mxyzptlk
The Joker
Two-Face
Darkseid
Doomsday (pre-Our Worlds at War. Doomsday shouldn't talk)
Bane
Lex Luthor (Byrne's Luthor, the evil businessman. Much cooler than generic mad scientist Luthor)
Captain Boomerang (how can you not like Captain Boomerang?)
Professor Zoom (the current one)
Black Adam

Marvel
Dr. Doom
Thanos (only Peter David's Thanos has really impressed me, to be honest)
Magneto
Galactus
Apocalypse
Mr. Sinister
Baron Zemo (the name alone does it)
Loki
The Red Skull

Image
Maelbolgia

Anime/Manga
Griffith (from Berserk)
Zabuza (from Naruto)
Akuma/Gouki (Street Fighter: Alpha)
Frieza/Furiza (Dragonball Z)

[chicainery]

DC: Joker, Harley Quinn, Lex Luthor, Poisen Ivy

Marvel: Doctor Doom, Magneto, White Rabbit

Vertigo: Saint of Killers (Preacher)