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Marvel vs DC: Who has the better villains?
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ThoseDeafMutes
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Darkseid has the couch-appropriation game locked down tight, marvel could never.
DC has more iconic villains, but I'm sure which are better would come down to individual runs.
DC has more iconic villains, but I'm sure which are better would come down to individual runs.
BigJonsson
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Magneto > all
jackissocool
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Good point. I prefer Marvel so I think their villains have the best stories, but DC is just so much more iconic.
Captain Cold. Reverse Flash. Gorilla Grodd. Black Adam. Sinestro. Poison Ivy. Penguin. Joker. Mister Freeze. Two Face. Killer Frost. Lex Luthor. Mister Mxyzptlk. Captain Boomerang. Harley Quinn. Catwoman. Deadshot. Deathstroke. Cheetah. Darkseid.
And you forgot Mister Sinister for some inexplicable reason.
Blackage
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Bobby Roberts
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Bolded aren't even bad guys anymore. Italicized is a Killer Instinct character.
You could make arguments that Otto & Mystique stopped being badguys awhile ago as well and crossed over into anti-hero territory.
DC and also
this. Which is why Spidey is one of the few super heroes on the marvel side that is fking awesome.
this. Which is why Spidey is one of the few super heroes on the marvel side that is fking awesome.
I don't know much about Fantastic Four but I agree that X-Men and Spider-Man both have great villains, and it sucks that they cannot use them in the MCU films.
DC overall.
If we're talking movie universes, Marvel is locked out even further from some truly great baddies, DC would win that in a landslide.
Batman's rogue gallery almost single handily win this one for DC.
I'd swap out guys like Mr Freeze and Doomsday for Braniac, Sinestro, Harley, Deathstroke or Black Adam
If we're talking movie universes, Marvel is locked out even further from some truly great baddies, DC would win that in a landslide.
Batman's rogue gallery almost single handily win this one for DC.
I'd swap out guys like Mr Freeze and Doomsday for Braniac, Sinestro, Harley, Deathstroke or Black Adam
Sibersk Esto
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Dc villains burn out quicker. Many never seem to get better than 1 story for some weird reason.
excelsiorlef
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Agree with this, 100%
I could get behind swapping Freeze out but Doomsday is pretty iconic. He's the dude who iced Supes. I would say that maybe Harley could go in, but the others you listed, while good villains, don't have that mass-appeal I was going for with my selections. I'd put those on the same level as slightly lower tier Marvel villains like Mr Sinister, Loki, Green Goblin, Kingpin (despite being totally awesome in the Netflix series)... but that's just me. It's all so subjective.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Marvel vs DC, who has the sexier CEO's?
DC wins simply with The Flash. You've got your god tier villains:
Professor Zoom
The Rival/Reverse Flash
Inertia
Gorilla Grodd
and then you have the proper Rogues:
Captain Cold
Mirror Master
Weather Wizard
The Trickster
Heat Wave
Pied Piper
(sometimes) Golden Glider
Who are all amazing baddies in their own right but then they team up most of the time and just wreck shit up. The Rogues Rebellion mini-series showed that even in The New 52 they're not to be fucked with.
Then you have a bunch of other crazy shit like:
Girder
Cobalt Blue (Actually a Thawne Speedster, not enough appearances to be up there with them)
The Alchemist
Rainbow Raider
Turbine (more recently)
I could go on but I think that's enough. Sure, not all of them may have the name recognition of batman's gallery, but they're all better than anything that Spiderman can dish out.
Professor Zoom alone should be mentioned with Lex Luthor and The Joker at the very least, he has a capability to be legitimately freighting depending on the writer.
Professor Zoom
The Rival/Reverse Flash
Inertia
Gorilla Grodd
and then you have the proper Rogues:
Captain Cold
Mirror Master
Weather Wizard
The Trickster
Heat Wave
Pied Piper
(sometimes) Golden Glider
Who are all amazing baddies in their own right but then they team up most of the time and just wreck shit up. The Rogues Rebellion mini-series showed that even in The New 52 they're not to be fucked with.
Then you have a bunch of other crazy shit like:
Girder
Cobalt Blue (Actually a Thawne Speedster, not enough appearances to be up there with them)
The Alchemist
Rainbow Raider
Turbine (more recently)
I could go on but I think that's enough. Sure, not all of them may have the name recognition of batman's gallery, but they're all better than anything that Spiderman can dish out.
Professor Zoom alone should be mentioned with Lex Luthor and The Joker at the very least, he has a capability to be legitimately freighting depending on the writer.
VARIA
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Yep, this is the right answer.
No one has seen Marvels CEO since like 1987.
TheKaeptain
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Flash's Rogues owns 99% of Marvel villain. What's better than a bunch bros that just want the big score, catch a cold beer, and watch some sports on their down time?
People are going to say Doom is the best Marvel villain but really he's everything a lot of people hate about Batman except multiplied by a 1,000. Thanos was good during the DnA run but he has shit since then. Doc Ock and Green Goblin are the best Marvel villains.
Professor Pyg is the most disgusting villain. I want to know what Morrison was doing when he thought he up. Just the way he looks and is depicted sends shivers down my spine.
People are going to say Doom is the best Marvel villain but really he's everything a lot of people hate about Batman except multiplied by a 1,000. Thanos was good during the DnA run but he has shit since then. Doc Ock and Green Goblin are the best Marvel villains.
Bat's gallery also destroys everyone else's so it isn't really far to talk about his.
Professor Pyg is the most disgusting villain. I want to know what Morrison was doing when he thought he up. Just the way he looks and is depicted sends shivers down my spine.
Zeus Molecules
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Read the Sinister Six comic by Nick Spencer and tell me those bros (and girl) aren't on par if just not outright superior than the rogues.
TheKaeptain
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They're up there. Really it's Batman's, Spidey's, and Flash's rogues and then everyone else's villains.
Marvel is by far my favorite. Doctor Doom, Galactus, Molecule Man, Super Skrull, Norman Osborn, Magneto (?), Doc Ock, Annihilus and Ronan are fantastic.
DC has a bunch of really dumb characters that I love though. Characters like Gentleman Ghost, Captain Cold, Clock King, Larfleeze, and the Royal Flush Gang are a ton of fun.
DC has a bunch of really dumb characters that I love though. Characters like Gentleman Ghost, Captain Cold, Clock King, Larfleeze, and the Royal Flush Gang are a ton of fun.
The fuck is Albert?
Albert and Cyber? We are now best friends forever
TheKaeptain
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This reminds me.
Wolverine has a bunch of shitty villains.
Seriously, Spidey and FF have the best Marvel's bunch. Magneto is cool but he hasn't been a villain since the early 90's.
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And Scarecrow!
Magneto was never hero or villain, he is Magneto. The times put him in the role that he needs to be in.
:lol
I loved Wolverine as a kid. But Cyber, Silver Samurai and ALBERT? They were C-tier villains even for him, let alone outside of his immediate stories. Sabretooth, Omega Red and Deathstrike I can get behind being decent, but they're not high level, high profile villains.
This is a very tough question, actually. I don't have a preference, I love them all.
They also have their own share of goofy villains.
Oh god I had forgotten all about this.
They also have their own share of goofy villains.
Oh god I had forgotten all about this.
User 479360
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DC has Batman, who's the best superhero and has the best villains. However, Superman is boring to me and I prefer Marvel otherwise.
... God-damn GOAT.
They are actually designed to kill Wolverine. Albert keeps him busy while Elise Dee jumps on his back and goes nuclear
Not a bad plan and not over designed like spiderslayers
I give you such high marks for even remembering this. I feel as if a dusty old box that was in a corner of my brain has been opened up.
This is what I miss about comics. Everyone wants to be epic nowadays, but most stuff lacks this batshit level of awesome.
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