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48. HARVEY PEKAR (American Splendor)
“AKA: LUCAS TRENT
Harvey Pekar, a fairly miserable and obsessive fellow who works as a file clerk in a Veterans' Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, is the creation of Harvey Pekar, a writer who sets out to chronicle his everyday life in comic form, recruiting artist Robert Crumb and others to ill” read more
“First Appearance: Tintin: The Crab with the Golden ClawsBest Writer & Artist: Hergé
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“AKA: AL SIMMONS
In 1992 a group of Marvel's top artists, frustrated with having their work exploited, walked out to form Image Comics, a place where creators would retain the rights to the characters they created. Among their numerous launch titles, Spawn would prove to be by far the most ” read more
“The DC Universe is packed with powerful entities that could destroy worlds at a time, but none are as feared or brilliantly executed as Darkseid, Lord of the war planet Apokolips. The evil god has had quite a legacy crafted for himself since being created by Jack Kirby. Not too shabby for a characte” read more
“You'd expect an immortal, international terrorist to want many things, but perfecting the Earth isn't one of them. And yet that's been Ra's Al Ghul's goal during his many lifetimes. He tears down societies to have them rebuilt in a more ideal fashion, bent on crafting his version of a utopia. "The D” read more
“Wilson Fisk has no powers. He has no immense global influence when compared to some of his rivals on this list. He barely ranks as a blip on the radar of some of the most powerful heroes. But the Kingpin of Crime is in many ways indicative of what makes Marvel characters so appealing. He's grounded.” read more
“In many ways The Dark Knightarticulated and demonstrated the importance of Harvey Dent better than we ever could. Dent is, in so many ways, the biggest failure of Batman's career, and is a constant reminder of the price that can be paid in the battle against evil. Two-Face is a character that has b” read more
“First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #14Best Writer: Gerry ConwayBest Artist: John Romita, Sr.
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“There are two big components to what makes the Red Skull such a classic villain as far as we're concerned - and one of them just happened a couple years ago. First thing is first - the Skull is a Nazi and, just like in gaming, it's tough to find a better villainous group outside of zombies and perha” read more
“This is one villain whose clout has really risen in the past couple years. Originally one of the greatest Green Lanterns, Sinestro has always had a dark side and a overwhelming lust for power and control. After his actions were discovered by his masters, he was exiled for punishment. Unfortunately t” read more
“Teth-Adam is yet another major DC villain that has skyrocketed in popularity, power and complexity in recent years. Though the character has been around for over 60 years, it's only been through the efforts of Geoff Johns, David Goyer and other modern writers that he's deserved a place on our list.I” read more
“To be quite honest, the Man of Steel doesn't have the best gallery of rogues. Superman might be a legendary hero but his villains… not so much. But through its repeated appearances over the decades culminating in one incredible, history-altering storyline last year, one particular city-collecting” read more
“Not every great villain has to be a world-conquering, war-mongering, super-powered bad ass. Some of them are simply great at manipulating events to their liking, bending the world to their desire and getting away with it. Mystique is one of those villains, and is absolutely one of the greatest femal” read more
“Cain Marko is a relatively straight-forward villain, but an iconic and important one nonetheless. Though his recent history has been filled with a failed attempt to be heroic, most IGN readers - and the editors at IGN for that matter - see him as a classic X-Men foe.Marko served in the Korean War al” read more
“Bullseye has never been about subtlety, nuance or emotion. He's a killer, through and through, with a disputed history that may or may not be true given some stories being narrated by Bullseye himself. The only clear information fans have at this point is that the man's first name is Lester. The res” read more
“"I did it 35 minutes ago." With that simple line, Ozymandias cemented his place as a comic book villain to remember. The fact that he himself, and perhaps many reading this, would argue he's not even a villain in the first place makes him all the more fascinating. The Smartest Man in the World, Adri” read more
“First Appearance: Avengers #54Best Writer: Roy ThomasBest Artist: George Perez
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“The living antithesis of Superman is more than just backwards talk and an inverted "S" shield on his chest. Bizarro and the reversed world he hails from have become vernacular for anything flipped or not how it should be for novice comics fans.Fans know that at the core of his brute is a tragedy, mo” read more
“Despite being a character surrounded by protracted legal battles outside the panels we read, Miracleman is another DC character made all the more interesting with the help of Alan Moore and others.AKA Marvelman, AKA Micky Moran, AKA Johnny Bates, number 26 on our list had quite the rise to his villa” read more
“Leonard Start began his criminal career like most do: Come up with an evil weapon of evil, aim it a superhero, and see what happens. Well, what happened was said weapon, originally designed to cripple the Flash's super speed, accidentally wound up freezing air molecules instead.The poor man's Mr. Fr” read more
“It began with a slap to the face. Spider-Man was feeling pretty confident early in his career, when he first encountered Otto Octavius, a scientist whose invention of robotic arms had become fused to his body - in an accident that also took his sanity. Very quickly, Spider-Man learned that the heavy” read more
“Like Apocalypse, who made him into the super powered menace he is, Mr. Sinister is obsessed with the Darwinian idea of survival of the fittest - but this genetic manipulator goes to some extremely dark and cruel places to further his beliefs and experiments, sometimes outdoing Apocalypse himself whe” read more
“Let's get this out of the way: Terrance Stamp is Zod. His interpretation of the Phantom Zone's most repeat offender in Superman II is an underlining force for folks giving a damn about the General. But outside of the Donner-directed sequel and an inspired rebirth of sorts in Last Son, Zod remai” read more
“Super speed for Reverse Flash Eobard Thawne may be his only superpower, but Zoom has not let that slow him down. Obsession drove him quickly to developing a plot to "become" and replace Barry Allen. He was so committed to taking over Allen's duties as Flash, he decided to play house with Allen's wif” read more
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“Assassin and mercenary Slade Wilson, born of humble New Teen Titans beginnings, has proven to be a force to reckon with. Ranking 32 on our list, Deathstroke the Terminator is a product of secret army experiments that managed to survive without suffering from being a one-note cliché of a villain.Fam” read more
“Good ol' Hank Henshaw, managing to get into both Superman and Green Lantern's Rogues' Gallery is no small feat. Suffering from a cosmic accident that left Hank cursed with immortality, and drove his wife to madness, The Cyborg is a tragic figure who elicits our sympathies to a point. And then we rea” read more
“First Appearance: Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1Best Writer: Chuck DixonBest Artist: Brian Bolland
Like The Joker, the scariest thing about Bane is his motives (or lack thereof). The beastly man infamously put Batman out of commission in the Knightfall comics, forcing a broken Bruce Wa” read more
“He might not be as tall as King Kong, or as talented a stage performer as Mighty Joe Young, but Flash comic villain Gorilla Grodd has one over on his big-screen cousins. This would-be world-conquering ape was granted extraordinary intellect and powerful psionic abilities after he and his tribe wer” read more
“With a name like Vandal Savage, this guy isn't cut out for being anything else but a villain. Or in his case, a supervillain whose crimes date back, well, before we even wrote dates down.An equal-opportunity offender to a range of superheroes (Flash, the JSA and Martian Manhunter to name a few), Sav” read more