...that Green Lantern had to be saved by children because Mirror Master beat him.
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Top Eleven: DC Villains Who Don't Fight Batman (Often)
Recently an offhand comment on Facebook sparked a bit of conversation about DC villains. Batman has, arguably, the best rogues gallery in comics, because each villain fits one specific criteria of villainy or challenge for Batman to overcome. The Joker is pure chaos, Ra's al Ghul is perfect order without freedom and with unacceptable casualties. The Riddler, in my eyes, is Batman's most underrated villain and possibly his most dangerous, but then you have characters like Bane, Penguin, Zsasz, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Mad Hatter, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc...
Each one has a role to play and no other villain can really take their place.
But try to think of Green Lantern's rogues gallery. Try to think of Superman's enemies that regularly challenge him. Try to think of three Wonder Woman villains. DC simply tends to not have the same name power as Marvel's characters (Dr. Doom, Venom, Galactus, so on), but I think there are some truly great villains in DC's repertoire, and they don't involve giant yellow space bugs, twisted clones, or whiny entitled super-powered fanboys.
In fact, I think there's at least eleven!
Disclaimer: I'm not sure what the status of the "Nu52" versions of these characters are, but I'm willing to point out why they were great before the reboot in the hopes someone at DC realizes what they need to keep.
Each one has a role to play and no other villain can really take their place.
But try to think of Green Lantern's rogues gallery. Try to think of Superman's enemies that regularly challenge him. Try to think of three Wonder Woman villains. DC simply tends to not have the same name power as Marvel's characters (Dr. Doom, Venom, Galactus, so on), but I think there are some truly great villains in DC's repertoire, and they don't involve giant yellow space bugs, twisted clones, or whiny entitled super-powered fanboys.
In fact, I think there's at least eleven!
Disclaimer: I'm not sure what the status of the "Nu52" versions of these characters are, but I'm willing to point out why they were great before the reboot in the hopes someone at DC realizes what they need to keep.
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