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Image Comics has some villains whose power makes many in Marvel and DC pale in comparison. In 1992, several high-profile artists broke away from Marvel Comics and founded Image Comics, a company where they published creator-owned properties where they kept all copyrights. The three creators who launched the company included Todd McFarlane (Spider-Man), Rob Liefeld…

The Batman villains of the 1970s had a lot of work to do when it came to defining the character for a new generation. When the 1970s started, Batman had become an almost kitsch character in pop culture thanks to the television series with Adam West and Burt Ward as Batman and Robin. While things…

In the 1970s, the X-Men faced cancellation, and reprints were all that carried the comic book series on. However, with Giant Size X-Men introducing the new mutant heroes to the team, it changed everything, and the title skyrocketed in popularity. By the 1980s, the X-Men were the most popular characters in Marvel Comics and the…

DC Comics has created great heroes, but a hero is only as good as their villains. DC supervillains have run the gamut from universe-devouring monsters to colorfully dressed street toughs trying to make enough money for rent. While the A-list villains are the best in comics, the B-list villains are honestly even better at times.…

DC Comics has created some of the most popular heroes of all-time. These stalwart champions of justice have been fighting the good fight since the beginning, protecting their home cities, the planet, the universe, and the very omniverse itself from the worst threats out there. It takes something special to be a DC hero; you’ve…

The 1960s were when Marvel Comics began publishing its superhero comics, and some of its early breakout heroes were the mutants known as the X-Men. During this decade, some of the X-Men’s most notable villains debuted, with names like Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Juggernaut, the Blob, and the Sentinels making their debut.…

Marvel Comics in the ’60s was something fresh and new in many ways, including the art. Jack Kirby’s energetic pencils took the de facto method of drawing superhero musculature – characters were big, but they weren’t what you would call cut – and tweaked it, like he did everything else. There was a sense of…

Marvel Comicshas been giving readers some of the coolest villains in the history of the superhero medium. These bad guys more than have their work cut out for them. Marvel heroes might not be as powerful as those of their distinguished competition, but they have it where it counts. They’re skilled, intelligent protagonists and the…

Doctor Strange remains one of the most powerful magic users in Marvel Comics, and this means his most powerful villains have to bring something impressive to the table. For many years, Doctor Strange was the Sorcerer Supreme on Earth, meaning he was the most powerful sorcerer on the planet and was responsible for protecting the…