Reviews by Kyle Ellis

One has to admire how Doomsday rolls. If we were genetically engineered to be murdered repeatedly, in an attempt to become immune to death and destruction, just so we could kill Superman, then we would phone it in for the rest of our days, too.

It's not like he has anything left to prove, it's not like Lex Luthor and company can give him a whole lot of static. All he has to do is ask the room to raise their hands if you've killed a superhero and count his as the only one showing.

The character arguably peaked way too early in his villainous career, and hasn't done anything as epic since, hence his ranking here at number 46. He delivered a devastating blow to DC's most iconic hero, in one of the most well-known comics of all time. But the powers at be have yet to drop him in a story as memorable or worthwhile as the Death of Superman arc.

Despite his crowning achievement coming at the beginning of his infamous career, attention must be paid to this miracle of evolution. He can adapt to anything that comes at him in the field, from sound guns to plasma swords. The more others try to stop him the more unstoppable he becomes (Darkseid and his Omega Beams learned that one the hard way). He does not eat or sleep and his body is made out of bone protrusions he can use as weapons. On the surface, he may seem like a one-trick pony. But we wouldn't recommend saying that to the face of the thing that murdered the Last Son of Krypton.

Besides moonlighting as a Marvel villain, Mephisto is also the ruler of Hell and the comic book version of Satan. Spooky. He can shape shift, change time and has superhuman strength. You can try to kill him, but he will regenerate, so don't waste your time. His strongest ability though is his power of manipulation.

He is also buddies with Death. The two made a pact where Mephisto would be allowed to keep the souls of the dead. He can also keep the souls of the living but only with their permission. He is not buddies though with Silver Surfer or Thor, seeing as they're sort of opposing examples of what mankind could become if positivity and good cheer got its way.

He pissed off Doctor Doom by holding the soul of his mother, Cynthia von Doom, captive. He took the soul and brains of Mister Fantastic, his wife Invisible Woman and even their son Franklin Richards when they screwed up an exorcism.

That's not even the good stuff. When the Scarlet Witch tried to use magic to have babies with her husband Vision, she accidentally summons two shards of Mephisto's soul, which then became her infant twins. When she finds their true origin, Mephisto sucks them back into his body. Scarlet Witch then goes nuts because of it. Clearly, Mephisto is not one with whom to mess with.

Cassandra Nova was born without a body. So to fix this problem, she decided to copy Charles Xavier's DNA, effectively becoming his twin sister. They grew together all happy-like in the womb until X sensed her evil thoughts. He tried to kill her, but she survived as cell matter and clung to a sewer wall for years, rebuilding herself physically and imitating humans. Out of this brother-sister love, she decided to destroy Professor X's X-Men and his love Lilandra.

Cassandra Nova basically has the powers of Professor X like telekinesis and telepathy. Another more important tool in her arsenal is her ability to block his thoughts from entering her mind. She can mimic the voice and DNA of others, which comes in handy when she pretends to be Donald Trask and gets the Sentinels to kill 16 million mutants on Genosha. She is so powerful that she once took over Professor X's body through the help of Cerebra (an updated version of Cerebro). Then she shot him.

Still in Professor X's body, she forced Xavier Institute student Beak to beat Beast into a coma. She was so powerful, Jean Grey had to split X's conscience into pieces and store them into every mutant's mind.

A "gentleman of crime," The Penguin is one of the few Batman villains that is actually in complete control of his actions - he's mostly sane, but we think he'd still do better on some meds.

Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot was born into a wealthy family and tormented throughout his childhood due to his freakish appearance - his paunchy belly, short stature, and elongated nose earned him the Penguin nickname. And his overbearing widowed mother forced him to always carry an umbrella - convinced he would die of pneumonia like his father were he caught in an unexpected downpour.

Cobblepot's oddball nature caused him to be rejected by his upper-crust family, an experience which turned him to a life of crime -- one that suits him just fine. A master strategist, Penguin uses his considerable intellect, wit, and wealth to manipulate every situation to his advantage. And he executes it with a hoity toity style all his own.

The Penguin is not universally appreciated by Bat-fans, but his place in the pantheon of great comic villains is secured by pop cultural impact alone.

Superman could rip a cyborg into tiny pieces and use its fingers as a toothpick, unless that cyborg is powered by kryptonite. Enter Metallo.

A human brain with a cyborg body and a kryptonite heart, he has super strength and agility and can absorb any mechanical or metal object and make it an extension of his exoskeleton.

The first incarnation was George Grant. Then came journalist John Corben, who doubled as a thief and murderer. He suffered an accident while running from the scene of a crime and his body was mangled because of it. A professor by the name of Vale took Corben's brain and put it into a robotic body with fleshlike skin. Terminator much?

Corben, or "Corben's brain in a robot with fake skin on it," got a job at the Daily Planet, tried to "get" with Lois Lane and then decided to try and kill Superman as a hobby. He created a kryptonite trap for Superman but accidentally put the wrong metal in his power supply. He died because of that. Superman escaped. Corben's brother Roger then decided to avenge his brother's death by going through the same process, since it worked out so well the first time.

First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #15
Best Writer: J.M. DeMatteis
Best Artist: Mike Zeck

Sebastian Hiram Shaw is the leader of the New York branch of the Hellfire Club, an exclusive secret society bent on world domination. Although to the public, he is a legitimate businessman and ordinary human. Shaw created Shaw Industries and was a billionaire by 40, after being a successful engineering student at Carnegie Mellon University. He used some of his billions to fund the mutant-hunting Sentinel program. His fiancé Lourdes Chantel was killed by a Sentinel but let's not be conspiracy theorists.

She is so evil that his own son, Shinobi Shaw, who can alter his body's density, phased his hand into his father's chest to try and induce a coronary. Not happy with that outcome, Shinobi then set off a bomb in Shaw's mountain chalet.

Shaw is also partly responsible for Phoenix becoming Dark Phoenix. After Professor X was "outed" as a mutant, Shaw apparently returned to his capitalist roots and converted the New York branch of the Hellfire Club into a strip club. Said to be a safe haven for mutants, he used telepathic strippers to gain secrets from his patrons.

Shaw's mutant powers include the ability to absorb kinetic energy, which thusly increases his strength. So if you hit him, he gets more powerful. You can even shoot him or stab him and he still gets more powerful. Shaw also doesn't need to sleep if he gets punched enough. Just don't touch him, how about that?

You couldn't miss Dormammu if you saw him. Flames coming out of his head, he and his sister Umar were part of the energy-based extra-dimensional Faltine race. Their greed got the best of them, though, and they began bonding matter to themselves to further gain power.

Dormammu is composed of pure energy and his raw magical power as a sorcerer is basically unmatched. He can replenish these powers by worship in different dimensions. He can also transmutate matter, teleport through those dimensions, time travel, and he is said to be even more powerful than Mephisto. He's a genius too and also has mystical strength and speed. He also looks like Ghost Rider if Ghost Rider would be caught dead in something purple and red.

Being a representative of Lord Chaos, he battled Odin in cosmic chess to a draw. Odin wanted the draw, mind you. Dormammu would have kept playing. He even once beat Eternity in chess. Eternity, like the time and space eternity. Yeah.

His biggest nemesis is Dr. Strange, and he has allied himself with Baron Mordo against the good doctor. Strange is the love interest of Dormammu's sister's daughter, Clea, so maybe that has something to do with it. He's just being a good uncle! Dormammu has also allied with Loki in a war with the Avengers. He's taken possession of Doctor Strange's body, he along with his sister once beat Eternity and remade the universe and he also is the demon behind the powers of The Hood.