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Best Rogue Galleries in Fiction
- Thread starter PixelatedBookake
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Is it? The CW show is doing a horrible job then.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Do Rogue Galleries have to be recurring enemies?
Otherwise I'll probably put forth One Piece for manga and the No More Heroes series for videogames.
Otherwise I'll probably put forth One Piece for manga and the No More Heroes series for videogames.
UnemployedVillain
Member
I think the big 3 are Batman, Spiderman and Xmen. They're large enough random people who aren't super into comics know them
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
I love the Winds of Destruction guys but the other Units in the MG universe are all great too.
Aaronrules380
Member
To be fair a good portion of One Piece villains do return, just not always as villains
I'd want to say Xmen are right below Batman and Spiderman but because they battle so many guys a lot of their rogues are just trash. Many highs but so many lows.
Yeah, as a casual I have no idea who is a part of Flash's gallery besides Reverse Flash and Captain Cold. I think he fight's an Austrailian too?
Stop, you're going to lead me down the rabbit hole of watching No More Heroes cutscenes.
Hisoka is legit one of the coolest anime characters to me.
Blonde kid creeped me the fuck out with his genuine smile while murdering many people.
Each of them have cool abilities, are prone to wildin the fuck out, but have a duty to each other.
Goat
If I see that right this picture excludes the Shocker. Which is not surprising but always funny.
How you put Flash above Batman?
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
ElRenoRaven
Member
Batman without a doubt. After Batman I'd say Spider-man. In Third place I'd say Superman.
Because I honestly don't give a damn about Batman's main villain. Or Batman.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Yes boo! They are all unique in their own way and funny in their own way. Princess is probably my favorite out of the gallery. I love that rich spoiled archetype. Who's yours?
There's none outside of superheroes that I dig though. Batman is top notch. I don't really like Spider-man so I don't know a whole lot about his villains other than their costumes and to me they have the fucking worst costumes.
Superman should have better ones. All I think anyone really cares about are Lex Luthor, Darkseid, and Braniac.
Shocker, Vulture, and Rhino
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I just watch the toons and movies. Who do y'all like?
All I'm aware of are Magneto, The Brotherhood of Mutants, The Murlocks, Mystique, Mr. Sinister, Dark Phoenix, Sabertooth, Juggernaut, and Apocalypse.
Out of those I don't like The Murlocks, The Brotherhood, and Sabertooth. Sabertooth might be because that costume in the 90s was terrible. He looks naked.
Edit: I forgot, fucking Xena! Xena had some good ones too: Ares of course, and then you have Callisto, Cesar, Aphrodite, and Hope. Alti was trash though.
Other than Captain Cold they do a bad job on all the rogues.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
It's Batman. Nothing else comes close. Spider-Man or Superman would probably be next, with X-Men after.
PanSexual_Peacock
Member
I agree. Too bad the movies have been dreadful. So much wasted potential. Especially with Doom.
I can get on this train
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Not a bad answer.
I liked Magneto, Apocalypse, Juggernaut, Dark Phoenix, Wendigo, and the Sentinels
BoogieWoogie
Banned
Always had a soft spot for the OGs
While it might be my Marvel bias (or at least familiarity) showing, I think Spider-Man has the edge over Batman's rogues in that they tend to feel more thematic and personal. Spider-Man has generally had more internal conflicts and the villains tend to mirror that, especially in regards to how they twist or refute the "great power/great responsibility" burden he's assumed.
kylecoley182
Banned
Supernatural
Secret Fawful
Member
Spider-Man and Batman are the obvious picks, but I'd also like to throw out Fullmetal Alchemist's homunculi and Sherlock Holmes' villains gallery. In fact, I'd say Holmes has the ORIGINAL rogues gallery.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Batman > The Flash > everybody else
I don't get the love for Spider-Man's rogues. Yeah, Doctor Octopus, Kraven and a few others are great but the Green Goblin is just a lame flying Joker imo.
I don't get the love for Spider-Man's rogues. Yeah, Doctor Octopus, Kraven and a few others are great but the Green Goblin is just a lame flying Joker imo.
The Penguin, Catwoman, Killer Croc, Man Bat, Poison Ivy, Firefly, Professor Pyg, Killer Moth...
Huh. I guess that's a reasonably solid rebuttal.
Rastafarian42
Member
1. Spider-man
2. Batman
Star Wars and Metal Gear are great suggestions as well
X-men have the best rogues for a superhero team.
2. Batman
Star Wars and Metal Gear are great suggestions as well
X-men have the best rogues for a superhero team.
Ghost Rider
Member
I was going to say, you cannot make that argument about names and backgrounds with Batman villains.
Calendar Man?
Fiction in general? I am going to go with the Yakuza video games. (almost) Every major enemy in the whole series gets a badass buildup and most of them have a clear own identity/motivation. To me, it is an impressive feat due to all of them being plain humans, rather than monsters/dressed up supervillains/robots/whatever. Yakuza 0 is an excellent example for any videogame on how to do villains.
Other bodies of fiction in which I enjoy many of the villains/enemies: Batman, X-men,, One Piece, Metal Gear, Bond, and The Witcher.
Other bodies of fiction in which I enjoy many of the villains/enemies: Batman, X-men,, One Piece, Metal Gear, Bond, and The Witcher.
Right. I do think the answer is Batman, but to try to play down Spider-Man's villains is silly.
Beyond the obvious top two, I'm going to go with a left field choice.
GARGOYLES
Gai Murakumo
Member
Batman and Spiderman's rogue galleries are the GOAT's.
youbastards
Member
Spider-Man, hands down.
He killed his own girlfriend.
He killed his own girlfriend.