Welcome back, nerd squad.
Today we will be taking a closer look at some of the supervillains who deserve the hate
they get.
Spoiler alert from a superhero perspective, they all kind of do.
Though some more than others.
We will be taking a close look at some of the worst crimes ever committed in comics
as well as some of the worst crimes ever committed when it comes to the writing and motivation
that our supervillains have had to deal with.
Some of the writing is what deserves the real hate here.
I am obviously a huge supervillain fan myself, like my fellow host, Sasha so really I want
to love all these villains as much as I want to hate them.
And I want to know how you feel when it comes to supervillains in comics.
Do you love them, hate them, fear them?
Are there lines you don’t think should be crossed when it comes violence and crimes?
How do you feel about comic book supervillains and the atrocities they commit?
Let us know in the comments below.
Alright, let’s get counting.
10 Doctor Doom
As much as I personally love Doctor Doom as a villain, he’s done a slew of messed up
things.
And I don’t just mean in the way of terrorizing the Fantastic Four and wanting to take over
the world.
His goals for world domination may even be super noble.
However the way he goes about it is usually all wrong.
When he rules Latveria, the place is peaceful but he also uses mind controlling dragon tattoos.
He also can be seen invoking an historical and old sovereign [right] in his land of “droit
de seigneur”.
If you are unfamiliar with this, it something that real life supervillain Roman Emperor
Caligula also did, the right to take any woman’s [first night] with her betrothed for yourself.
Doctor Doom’s interpretation of this [law] is even worse, he can sleep with any woman
of Latveria any time he wants.
Ick.
9 Lizard
While I usually feel pity for Doctor Connors.
He is kind of a two bit villain.
His premise of being a Doctor and scientist who works hard to grow back his lost appendage
makes sense but when he turns villain, his plans are rather lackluster.
Granted you can interpret this as his [animal] mind taking over but the idea of brilliant
man who turns into a dumb animal who is often defeated is just not very interesting.
In Sony’s the Amazing Spider-Man franchise, his plan is to transform the whole city into
lizards?
Why?
Because he can!
Because he is a lizard!
Like, wtf?
His plan isn’t terrible but his motivation seems weak.
And when he does manage to pull of some of the most dastardly things possible, it is
often more harmful to him than anyone, making Connors better suited to be presented as a
struggling hero.
Like in the story, Shed, where he loses control and eats his son and then transforms back
and has to deal with that.
Wow.
8 Morlun and Inheritors
So a lot people are not huge fans of Morlun and the Inheritors, especially in regards
to their return in the Spider-Geddon arc.
And I get it.
People felt like Morlun was a stronger villain without the Inheritors and the great web and
all of it.
I mean, sure vampires can be cool.
Morlun is terrifying and intimidating.
But then you had to go and bring in a whole family and make it about the fact that they
just like… devouring spider-totems?
Cause they’re hungry?
Like, I get it.
We have Galactus, Devourer of Worlds and he is a villain who is enjoyed by the masses.
But he also devours worlds, not alternate versions of Spider-Man.
Beyond that Morlun is cheesy.
He and his family, who let’s be honest look like they belong at a steam-punk convention.
If we’re going steampunk, Lady Spider can come out to play but let’s leave the Inheritors
at home, shall we?
7 Ronan the Accuser
So before Ronan entered the MCU, he was a complex character in the comics.
A villain sometimes but one who had a lot of depth.
And then the MCU came along and apparently they just had to have him.
And to be honest, they sort of ruined him.
In Captain Marvel, we get to see him more as he is presented in the comics, a Kree accuser
who fights for and with the Supreme Intelligence.
While Lee Pace is fantastic, what they have decided to do with his character in the cinematic
universe is make him the butt of all the jokes.
He has a dance off with Star Lord, he gets makes this face when confronted by Captain
Marvel [insert clip, link in script], and he is presented as a pawn of Thanos.
He freaking goes up against Thanos in the comics!
6 Norman Osborn
Osborn deserves hate from anyone who loves Peter Parker and the friendly neighbourhood,
Spidey.
He has probably committed the most vile atrocities against him, as someone who always seems to
be targeting those closest to Peter.
He slept with Gwen Stacey, got her pregnant, then after she had the babies, killed her.
In fact he kills Gwen more than once in the comics.
He also preys on Aunt May and on Flash Thompson’s addiction to alcohol.
Oh and he also makes MJ think her baby with Peter is stillborn when it’s not.
And then he kidnaps their baby while they mourn it’s death.
5 Yon Rogg
A guy whose motivations are based around the fact that he can’t get a date, Yon Rogg
is kind of the worst.
Not only is this presented in the comics as the real only motivation for hating Mar-Vell
but later he seems to have almost no real reason to become Ms Marvel’s nemesis other
than to despite his old enemy who is Ms Marvel’s friend and former lover.
So you’d think when Mar-Vell died that might end, maybe he could let it go.
Nope, apparently the fued has gotten so great between him and Ms Marvel that even after
Mar-Vell’s death when Carol takes up the mantle Captain Marvel, he decides to build
a new Kree city on top of New York, squishing it, just to spite her.
He does this as a result of the fact that when he calls up the Kree to tell them that
he has Captain Marvel in his grasp and would like to return home and be rewarded, they
basically roll their eyes at his insignificance and hang up on him.
So that’s the level of villain he often is.
Yeah.
4 Black Mask
What would a hated supervillain list be without some Batman villains.
Amiright?
Black Mask easily makes the cut for being one of the sickest ones out there.
This Batman supervillain is also a nemesis of Catwoman.
He goes so far as to kidnap Catwoman’s sister, Maggie and her husband.
He kills Catwoman’s brother-in-law in cold blood in front of Maggie and then forces into
cannibalism, making her eat her deceased husband.
Ick.
3 Talia
I’m sure no one is surprised about Talia’s appearance on this list.
This Batman supervillain and sometimes friend and lover is a complex one.
While she is often seen as helping Batman in the comics and both sort of have a forbidden
love thing going on, Talia has also raped Batman.
And as a result of that, became pregnant, didn’t tell Batman and then years later
dropped left their son on his doorstep and was basically like, he’s your problem now.
And Damien is often presented as being a problem for Batman who is not the best at the dad
stuff.
Though when you’re ten year old son randomly gets dropped in your lap and has a ton of
attitude and is a trained assassin, I don’t know who would be.
2 Joker
Where to start with the Joker?
There are so many reasons to hate this insane supervillain.
He paralyzed Barbara Gordon.
He killed Sarah Essen, Commissioner Gordon’s second wife.
Using a baby to disarm her.
Yeah, he threw a baby at her to make her drop her gun, knowing she would catch it.
He full on skinned a man.
He made Harley insane and gave her major Stockholme syndrome.
And he’s tried to kill her a bunch.
And if that’s not enough reasons to hate him, he also killed China.
Yeah, when he is Emperor Joker and has the powers of Mr Mxyzpltlk [Mix-yez-pit-el-ik],
he shrinks China down and eats them, cracking awful jokes about eating chinese food.
1 Purple Man
Killgrave uses mind control to do others to get his bidding.
He is particularly powerful though his influence doesn’t work on everyone.
Still as we’ve already discussed multiple times her at Top 10 Nerd, persuasion powers
do not belong to superheroes and Killgrave is a perfect example of that.
He is a serial rapist who uses his powers to his advantage.
If you thought he was awful in the Jessica Jones Netflix series, you don’t even know.
The comic series Alias by Brian Michael Bendis also does a great job of exploring a similar
journey for Jones via the comics.
So if you’d rather read than watch to learn more, I’d recommend it.
But beyond the crimes we see him commit in that storyline, he also often impregnates
his victims and in 2014 we saw him round up his Purple CHildren in the comics, who have
inherited his powers and turn them into his kind little troop of supervillain kids.
Thank you so much for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you found out some new dastardly details about some supervillains and some of the criminal
writing and motivations behind them.
Is there a supervillain that you love to hate even more than the ones listed here?
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