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Villains. Sometimes, they’re simply over-the-top evil-doers with bombastic personalities and twisted hearts. Other times, they’re a walking tragedy, a living image that begs the question: what would it take to become this person? What would it take for ME to become this person? Just as often as we see ourselves in heroes, we see ourselves…

DC Comics has created some amazing villains over the decades. Bad guys like Lex Luthor, the Ultra-Humanite, the Joker, Vandal Savage, Per Degaton, Two-Face, Cheetah, and loads more first appeard in the Golden Age, setting the standards for what supervillains would be in the days to come. The rise of Marvel would lead the publisher…

Batman is one of the world’s most popular superheroes, and his extensive rogues’ gallery has some of the most iconic villains in comic book history. Ask people on the street about The Joker, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, or the Riddler, and they are likely to know exactly who you’re talking about. When these villains are…

After a number of years when Batman was seen as more of a kitsch hero thanks to the 1960s TV series, the 1980s went a long way toward making him a more serious comic book character again. This decade sent Batman comics into a darker, more grounded storytelling territory, and some of the villains played…

Marvel Comics did something unique with their heroes, making them more human their distinguished competition. This extended to their villains as well. While Marvel has its share of inhuman killing machines and monsters cloaked in flesh, there are loads of extremely complex villains out there. They’re bad guys, but they aren’t always bad guys. When…

The 2010s were a paramount decade for television. With the rise of social media and the abundance of streaming services, it’s harder for a show to completely capture the public’s attention like the 2010s’ most iconic series. As a result, we find ourselves missing those big shows of the 2010s and their memorable casts of…

When fans talk about the greatest Hulk villains, the name that usually rises to the top of most conversations is the Leader. This rings true in many ways because of the differences between them. It is the same reason that Lex Luthor is Superman’s greatest foe, because while he will never match Superman’s strength, he…

James Gunn promised that his DC Universe (DCU) would be releasing different types of movies, similar to how some comics have very different styles despite being from the same publisher. He proved this by making Superman and Supergirl as regular superhero movies with a sci-fi twist and then following up with a straight-up horror movie,…

Every decade of television is predominantly shaped by its heroes — but the 2020s might be the first to be defined by its villains. So far, this has been the decade when shows have largely stopped hand-wringing over antiheroes and started asking audiences to immerse themselves in true evil. We’ve moved past the morally conflicted…

DC Comics created the comic book supervillain as we know it, with bad guys like Lex Luthor, the Joker, the Ultra-Humanite, Per Degaton, Vandal Savage, Catwoman, and many more defining what it meant to be a villain in comics. Over the years, the publisher has taken their bad guys in various directions, with the best…