This is the list that almost wasn’t. I was ready to make this yet another “the Top 9 reasons the list I said would happen isn’t going to happen,” but I stuck it out and here it is.
9. Blob - Would you want to get stuck in this man’s folds? I don’t think so. Last thing I would want is to be smothered by Fred Duke’s fat.
8. Morlun - I’ve never been more afraid for the safety of a superhero than when Morlun showed up in Amazing Spider-Man and beat the snot out of Spidey.
7. Mystique - A terrorist sociopath that can change her appearance at will. She’s intelligent, cunning, violent, and amoral.
6. Sabretooth - Every year, Sabretooth hunts Wolverine down and beats him within an inch of his life. Then Victor Creed goes off and murders someone Wolvie loves.
5. Venom - Now that Mac Gargan bites off limbs and other body parts from other people when he gets hungry, I’m feeling pretty intimidated.
4. Magneto - I fear Magneto’s deep convictions. He has the will and physical power to act upon whatever he believes to be right (even if it means death and destruction).
3. Cassandra Nova - Charles Xavier strangled his twin sister to death in the womb, but she survived. Then she savagely massacred 16 million mutants using Sentinels assembled from pieces of scrap.
2. Joker - One minute he could be laughing with you and the next minute he could be torturing you to death. Plus, he enjoys it when Batman beats his face in.
1. Doctor Doom - Victor Von Doom is a mad scientist monarch that’s a true master of robotics and disguise (via his Doombots). He’s violent, deceptive, and brilliant. Plus, he’s into magic and he can time travel.
Common themes? Five out of nine villains predominantly tangle with the X-Men. Though I was raised on X-Men comics (and Marvel Comics, for that matter), that was a bit of a surprise to me. There’s also quite a lack of DC Comics supervillains, not to mention characters from other comic book publishers (Shredder, maybe).
Next: The Top 9 Least Intimidating Supervillains!
Why the Top 9? Because 10 is too many and 9 is a better number. 3 X 3 = Awesome. Now that’s what I call math.
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