10 Spot Spot aka Dr. Jonathan Ohnn is an enemy of
both Spider-man and Daredevil’s who has the ability to create portals that lead to
alternate dimensions, and portals that can cross a short distance.
This means that Spot, when in battle, can instantly move himself or any part of his
body from one area to another.
He calls the transitioning dimension Spotworld, which has been explained why the character
has been able to be revived despite suffering multiple deaths.
This has had different effects on both Spidey and Daredevil, with Peter’s spider-sense
unable to detect the dimensional travel, therefore resulting in a successful although not-overly
powerful attack from Spot, who lacks super strength.
Whereas with Daredevil, his Radar Sense picks up on the teleportation energy, making it
easier for him to detect Spot’s attacks.
Neat. 9 Magpie
The first of a few Batman villains on this list, Magpie aka Margaret Pye was sort of
doomed since her creation – she was a jewel thief with an obsession with shiny objects.
How creative.
But what’s interesting about this character is how she’s been adapted over the years.
She was the first villain to be defeated by Batman and Superman when they teamed up in
the Cross Over Legends issue pf Batman, #401 in 1986, as part of b story to a narrative
that consisted of Ronald Regan outlawing superheroes.
Wonder where that idea came from.
From there, she would be sent to Arkham, where she would be cellmates with Poison Ivy, and
would be eventually killed by Tally Man.
Magpie has been resurrected multiple times since – during Blackest Night, and then
appeared as a major villain in the Beware the Batman animated series in 2013.
8 Hood Venturing back to Marvel, Hood was a villain
named Parker Robbins who was created by Brian K Vaughn, Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell.
In his initial appearance, his powers derive from a cloak stole from a Nisanti demon that
gives him invisibility and a pair of boots, also stolen from the demon, that give him
levitation abilities.
Initially a small time criminal, he took advantage of the events of Civil War to gather a group
of super villains and create his own gang to rise up in the criminal world, causing
many to draw similarities to him and Vito Corleone of The Godfather.
Unfortunately, he lost his powers, and hasn’t made much of a splash since.
7 King Shark King Shark is known as the king of all sharks,
and the Shark God.
Initially a villain for Superboy, he fought for the Suicide Squad during the new 52, which
many fans feels was when the character was at his prime.
He’s also been a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains, and the Secret Six, and
was an enemy of Aquaman’s for quite some time.
These days, he antagonizes the Teen Titans, working under Black Manta.
And, fun fact – the character was supposed to appear in the Suicide Squad feature film,
but was replaced by Killer Croc – the production opted out for a character that could be created
with prosthetics rather than a full CGI one, which was required for creating King Shark.
6 Owlman Jumping into an alternate DC earth for this
number, let’s take a look at the Crime Syndicate member Owlman; a Batman alternate from Earth
3.
Earth 3 is a universe in which evil always prevails, and rather than the justice league,
we have the Crime Syndicate.
First appearing in JLA #29 in 1964, but the character is more developed in the new 52
relaunch, where we learn that he is a man named Thomas Wayne the 2nd, who, alongside
his butler Alfred, kills his parents and his younger brother Bruce, eventually becoming
a crime lord.
He travels to Earth Prime to fight against Batman and his allies.
5 Hugo Strange A prominent member of Batman’s Rogue Gallery,
Hugo is one of the more underrated baddies despite being one of Batman’s first reoccurring
foes.
First appearing in 1940 in Detective Comics 36, Strange has always been obsessed with
Batman, to the point of professing his love of Batman to his girlfriend/mannequin.
But don’t discredit him for his insanity just yet – his genius level intellect led
to the creation of Arkham City in the 2011 video game of the same name, and made for
one of the best video games in DC history.
4 Lord Death Man Aside from having the GREATEST NAME EVER,
Lord Death Man is a character than has appeared in both American comics and Japanese manga
as a foe to Batman.
These days, he’s antagonizing Mr Unknown, who is the Japanese batman incorporated representative.
But he first appears in Batman #189 – Death Knocks Three Times, from 1966, as Death-Man,
a villain who can come back from the dead.
After Batman and Robin catch him working as a gem dealer, and later at his trial hes sentenced
to death but has a heart attack while mocking the judge.
Surprise surprise, he comes back to life.
But eventually Batman discovers he’s been faking his deaths – how?
THROUGH YOGA.
Years later he reappears in Japan with the intent of taking over the country, using the
alias Lord Death Man, and this time around, can actually cheat death, to which Batman
notes that he received an upgrade.
3 Prince Robot IV Jumping into the world of Saga, Prince Robot
IV is a member of the royal family of the Robot Kingdom, and is the main antagonist
in pursuit of Saga’s two heroes, star crossed lovers Alana and Marko.
At the start of Saga, the Prince has just returned from a self-described “two year
tour of hell” only to discover his father has assigned him with the task of finding
Alana and Marko, despite his wife being pregnant and close to child birth.
While he’s more morally grey than most villains on this list, and we’ve seen him align himself
with our protagonists in extreme situations, he poses a dangerous threat in the beginning
of the series, and is responsible for The Stalk’s death.
But ultimately, turns a heroic cheek.
Or channel, rather?
2 Professor Pyg Professor Pyg is one of the most underrated
villains in contemporary comics.
A deranged schizophrenic who is obsessed with making people ‘perfect’, Pyg aka Lazlo
Valentin is a talented scientist who uses his abilities to bond doll faces with a humans
face to convert his victims into what he calls Dollotrons.
His surgeries tend to be beyond cosmetic – it appears that he also incorporates some sort
of lobotomy or brain surgery, and sometimes gender realignment.
Described by co-creator Grant Morrison as disturbed and disconnected, Pyg has also dabbled
into created viruses, specifically one that appears in Batman and Robin where it acts
as a mind control drug.
1 The Dollmaker Keeping with the theme of terrifying gifted
surgeons, the Dollmaker is the name of three different DC villains, but the one we’re
looking at today is the third, Barton Mathis.
He first appears in Detective Comics #1 in 2011, which was part of the new 52 relaunch,
and is a chilling antagonist for Batman.
He’s a serial killer who creates dolls out of the skin and limbs of his victims.
So where do these heinous tendencies come from?
He was taken with his father on hunting trips as a child where he was forced to watch his
father kill and cannibalize people.
So naturally, the mask he wears is constructed out of the skin from his dead father.
After his initial conflict with Batman, the character returns in the Death of the Family
story arc, in which Batman discovers he’s created a ‘royal tapestry’ created of
living bodies sewn together, kept alive by tubes attached to their stomachs; the Joker
had him make it as a tribute to Batman.
Yep.
Nightmarish.
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