Who has the best Rogues Gallery?
Send a list of you're top 10 Comic Book Rogues Gallery and if you have the time give a bit of info like the rogues names and why they are the baddest of the bad.
I'll just post mine here to get the ball rolling:
- Batman: The Joker! Two-Face! Raz-Al-Ghul! Black Mask! Bane! Killer Croc! There is just so many and if even one of them ever came to my hometown I would $#!T my pants. Sure some of them are bit camp but most are frightening sinister and extremely capable of giving any hero a kick into the coffin. The Bat's rogues are half the reason he is so successful across so many mediums from tv to video games.
- The X-Men: Time and again the X-Men have had to face off against some seriously nasty pieces of work, examples include Mr.Sinister, Apocalypse, The Hellfire Club, The Phalanx, Bastion and of course; Magneto. Like Batman, alot of the X-Mens villains are much darker than other titles evil-doers and thanks to the 90's cartoon they had some of the best voice actors. Who doesn't hear the voice of David Hemblen when reading the words of Magneto in comics?
- Spider-Man: Some of Spidey's villains are a bit naff but a lot have developed into characters who are fully nuanced and intriguing albeit horribly evil S.O.Bs. Venom, Kraven, Hobgoblin, Doc Ock, The Lizard, The Jackal and the Green Goblin. The top tier of the Web-Slinger's rogues always know how to get at Spidey where it hurts making for very compelling stories.
- Superman: Supes doesn't have too many top grade villains but the ones he does have more than make up for it. Luthor, Brainiac, Bizarro, Darkseid and Zod are probably the easiest to remember and that is because they are the cream of the rotten crop. Unfortunately alot, alot of the man of steels villains are very superficial, only looking for victory by out punching Superman making for weak reading e.g Doomsday.
- Fantastic Four: Like Superman, marvels first family are plagued by a long list of villains that are poor in premise and action but among them are true classics. Dr.Doom, Annihilus, the Skrulls, Namor, The Frightful Four and the devourer of worlds; Galactus. Some of these guys are truly badass like Doom and on top of being a world eater Galactus has also created many other thorns in the Fours collective asses i.e heralds like Terrax.
- The Avengers: Kang the Conqueror, Ultron, Thanos, Loki and more recently Norman Osborn. The villains that Earths Mightiest Heroes face are the very thing that defines them; threats too great for one hero to face alone and that is exactly what these guys are. Unfortunately the whole all powerful thing gets a bit outta hand sometimes like with Onslaught . . . nuff said.
- Invincible: I don't get this book regularly but I often wish I did cause it seems like a whole lot of old fashioned superhero fun and this is largely due to the cast of baddies. Omni-Man (possibly worst dad ever??), Angstrom Levy,The Viltrumites especially Conquest and Thragg. It's early days for Invincible but like the title the villains are becoming more and more recognizable.
- The Justice League: Alot of the leagues villains are syndicates or teams consisting of rogues from individual league members' galleries but among them are some who are widely considered Justice League villains. The White Martians, Amazo, Eclipso, Simon Magus, Prometheus, The Crime Syndicate of America, these are just a few who are defined as JL baddies.
- The Flash: It's The Flash's most famous enemy gang that own the name 'The Rogues' and over time they have proven themselves far more deadly than the name might imply yet it is hard to move past the campy origins and names of so many of Flash's villians; Captain Boomerang, The Pied Piper, The Trickster. Characters like Gorilla Grodd, Captain Cold and Reverse Flash help raise the bar a bit.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Thanks mainly to the tv shows there are millions who know the turtles and can name a few of their greatest enemies. Shredder, Krang, The Rat King, Bebop and Rocksteady; these are the most recognizable but there are others who are just as or even more deadly just less known. All n all the Turtles have a strong repertoire of villains that just haven't become either as well utilized or known.
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