The Most Important Villains in Comic History 

My favourite Dr Doom moment was from Judgement Day, a celestial tells him to just say Reed is smarter than him and he’ll pass, he laughs and walks away and he still passes

Doc Doom wasn’t the FFs first villain, just their most iconic

Dr. Doom is my favorite villaim because he is so complex and his run as Infamous Iron Man was one of the weirdest, yet well-characterized stories ever.

Dr. Doom is by far my fav. I feel like he perfectly encapsulates the word villain. He’s spooky, brilliant, suave and powerful which is why he can mold so well into any story because of how versatile he is. Without him we wouldn’t have MF Doom and Darth Vader. Goat material fs.

Dr.Doom has always been one of my personal favorite supervillains. He's pretty much the Marvel comic book supervillain version of Darth Vader from Star Wars. (As well as Magneto from X-Men)

We are all forgetting the most important DC Villain of all time.... Lord Death Man.

Darkseid definitely put the fear of God in me as a kid. I used to have nightmares about his omega beams

Doctor octopus is in the thumbnail but not in the video itself lol

I would’ve added Ozymandias, Ras al Ghul, Sinestro, and Black Manta to the list as well.

Could you do a second list? Like Venom, Carnage, Ras al ghul, Hobgoblin, Bane, and maybe Knull? Also maybe Kang?

It's a tight list on Marvel's end, but for me Red Skull is one of their most iconic villains, just not sure who I would switch out for him- probably Galactus. DC could lose Anti- Monitor, yes he is important to the creation of the universe but isn't really popular or iconic outside of that. Doomsday is truly iconic for killing Superman though.

Yeah I Agree the list he just read out are the best and most dangerous villains in comic history

5:19 Don't forget about Michael Fassbender. 7:09-7:18 The Fantastic Four's first villain was actually Mole Man. 9:51 Yeah, I was wondering about him.

You scared me when you brought up Luther last! Honestly, I feel like Sinestro would be more recognizable and influential than the anti monitor. Maybe even more than Galactus.

I would have also mentioned The Shredder and Krang (TMNT)

This is my list 📃 of the greatest comic book 📙 villains (in no particular order) -Joker 🃏 -King Pin -Shredder -Frieza -Red Skull 💀 -Lex Luther -Amanda Waller -Green Goblin -Death Stroke - Metallo

No Kingpin? Yeah, he is not a cosmic threat or even that powerful, but the saga of hate between Fisk and Murdock is legendary. It’s pretty much the oposite of Batman saying “how can two men hate each other so much and know nothing about each other” about his and the jokers relationship. Daredevil and Kingpin grew up in the dame neighbourhood, they know pretty much all of each others secrets and despite having each other with such a passion they have a sort of understanding. For years Kingpin kept his mouth shot about Daredevils secret identity. That is interesting.

Joker firing into the crowd in The Killing Joke and laughing so hard while enjoying it is top tier Greatest Villain of All Time.

Joker, Lex Luthor, Reverse Flash, Green Goblin, Magneto, Thanos, Loki, Carnage, Sinestro, Catwoman, Ra's Al Ghul, Shredder I'll say.

I think anyone that I would add would probably deserve their own list. "Greatest Villains that mean the most to the hero" with the likes of Bruce Wayne's best friend Harvey, Peter's mentor, almost father figure Curt, maybe even Otto in some respects, Hal and Sinestro, Flash and some of his Rogues, Thor and Loki, Matt Murdoc and his college sweetheart, and sooo many X-Men villains.

I hope Green Goblin appears in the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game. People keep demanding that he be in the 3rd game without even considering that insomniac will most likely put Spidey to bed after the 2nd game

Lex Luthor Doctor Octopus Doomsday Joker Darkseid and Thanos are my all time favorite Supervillains.

Ayee the MF DOOM poster for the Dr. Doom segment was awesome! Long live DOOM and Malikai 💜

Doomsday is one of my all time favorites. I get why hes not on this list but hes still an awesome villain. Hes the John Wick of bad guys. He doesn't have an elaborate goal or complicated personality, hes just fucking shit up Edit: also, The Batman who Laughs, even though very new, could make a case to get on a list like this one day

Joker is by far the greatest of all time.

You thought Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Venom would be Spider-Man's most important villain? But it was I Paul.

Love Darkseid, Doom, and Zoom but special shout-out to black manta for breaking cultural barriers and Arthur Curry's heart 😂😂😂 🙏. In some ways manta is like an off shoot of ta'challa with all the cultural significance but only more ruthless

For me Venom is one of the most iconic villains.

I'd say joker, lex, darksied, reverse Flash, dr doom, magneto, Thanos, and the green Goblin are definitely my most important.

Scarecrow, don't mess with him because he can make have a horror trip.

I would like to add Cletus Kasady, aka Carnage, to the list because not only does he have a thing with killing kids like the joker, but he is like an unstoppable force of nature that pushes the superhero boundary of not killing anyone no matter how evil. For example, in Carnage USA, he was able to possess an entire town of people in Colorado and the Avengers. Then, he killed a little girl who lived in the town. Then, in the origin of carnage, spider-man and Venom had to team up to stop him and he threw a baby out the window without a second thought. Not to mention, he found a way to release Knull, the god of all the symbiotes and the creator of the necrosword, allowing Knull to kill one of the celestials and possess the rest. And finally, when Cletus Kasady was separated from the Carnage symbiote, Norman Osborn took it for himself to become the Red Goblin before it went back to Cletus Kasady! This character is more of a badass in comics than in the movie Venom 2, which I still wish it was an R- rated movie!

As much as I like the Joker, I feel he is a bit overused.

It’s got to be Joker, then Lex Luther as one and two. After that, I would think Dr. Doom, Darkseid, and Thanos would make everyone’s top 10. My last five would probably be Venom, Bane, Norman Osborn, General Zod, and Ultron. But, I do think 6-10 are fairly interchangeable. I thought Galactus was an interesting choice because he’s not really a bad guy in the traditional sense.

Its a great list here are sone of mine for no reason or order: Captain cold Scarecrow Surtur Two face

So when are you going to do history of DC Despero since he is one of the biggest Justice League Villians from the Comics?

Villains like Venom and Carnage are very important Baddies in Marvel comics, with Venom being one of the most well known Spiderman villains in animated shows and in live action films like Spider-Man 3 and his first Stand alone movie with the actor Tom hardy has been Bane before to joined the Mcu as Venom🕸️🕸️.

Havent watched your channel in like 7 years. Glad youre still cranking these out.

The Joker is the most iconic and most evil villain who can't EVER be topped!

It's wild that Reverse Flash is above Lex Luthor.

My interpretation of Lex Luthor is more of a misunderstood man trying to think ahead regarding humanity. See Luthor hates Superman because he is an alien who stunts humanities by saving us, which in turn stunts or growth and evolution. Eventually humanity would reach a point where we will fail to exist without Superman’s intervention because we were unable to develop the necessary defenses on our own through trial and error.

1) The joker 2) Lex Luther 3) Reverse flash 4) Darkside

Are you going to do history of Jentorra, Kryler(played by Bill Murray), Multiple Man, Cassie Lang as Stature/Stinger and the city of Chronopolis in honour of the Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumainia movie?

For me Doctor Octopus is the ultimate “science gone wrong” villain

I can't believe the Shredder didn't even get an honorable mention

My Mt. Rushmore of comicbook villains and in no order... Lex, Joker, Magneto, Dr. Doom. Honorable mention goes to Green Goblin.

VERY WELL PUT! THANK YOU!!😊

should've mentioned that sins past was retconned because more people who don't read comics are gonna hear about the gwen affair and go around saying it without knowing it never actually happened

Joker is the perfect warped mirror to the man who completes him. Good choice. A possible extra would be Ozymandias, the intellect of Luther and the fall of a super hero to a supervillain. Love to hear if you did think about him for inclusion. Great list

Can you do the history of magneto, gambit, judge dredd, Cassie hack, qwenpool, hit monkey, vamperrella, moon girl & devil dinosaur and league of extraordinary gentlemen

I would definitely add Venom, General Zod, Riddler, Sinestro, Carnage, Kang, Knull, Ra's al Ghul, Ultron, and Black Manta.

Moat important villains in comic book history are Sabertooth and Magneto as well, with both incredibly powerful X men foes that's puts like Wolverine a hard time in some fights, and the Live action versions of X men villains are just as Iconic🧲🧲.

The Norman and Gwen affair was retconned to be a mysterio illusion with clones (thank god)

Can you do history of the Elementals, Cyclone and Sandman along with Kurt Conners the Lizard, Rhino, Chameleon, Scorpion and the Human Fly along with the Tinkerer, Alistair Smythe the Ultimate Spider Slayer, Living_Brain, and Prowler?

Can you please do history of DC OMAC along with the Reach who are the aliens who created the Scarabs in honour of the release of the Blue_Beetle movie?

I would also add Doomsday, he killed Superman and that event transcended comics

Galactus needs to come off this list. He is a Nemesis rather than a Villain.

My top 20 supervillains in comics 1. The Joker 2. Magneto 3. Green Goblin 4. Lex Luthor 5. Dr. Doom 6. Reverse-Flash 7. Darkseid 8. Loki 9. Thanos 10. Sinestro 11. The Kingpin 12. Black Manta 13. Apocalypse 14. Red Skull 15. The Cheetah 16. Deathstroke The Terminator 17. General Zod 18. Bullseye 19. Captain Cold 20. Anton Arcane

I wouldn't touch that list with a stick because you Mr arris is on the money with these villains, keep it coming variant 😊

Honorable mention, Doc Oct and Venom

Everyone: Joker Me: Venom

Love Villains month

Joker and green goblin

I wish lex was portrayed better in the movies he needs to be shown he is the number 2 villain and maybe number 1. I know everyone and their mom wants to say joker and I agree but its closer than some think.

Dear Arris, You've just given me an idea for a Death Battle: Lex Luthor vs Norman Osborne

Brainiac, General Zod, Doomsday, Bane, Ra's & Talia Al Ghul, Sinestro, Grail, Black Manta, Oceanmaster, Carnage, Knull, Mandarin, Red Skull, Apocalypse, Mr. Sinister, Sentinels, OMAC, Ultron, Kang, Dormammu, Mephisto, Loki, Violator, Doctor Octopus, Malebogia, Kingpin, Skrulls etc just to add to the roster of important villains.

This is a hard list, because there are so many villains that could be on this list. Brainiac, Venom, Deathstroke, Rhas Al Ghul, Loki, Ares, Sinestro, Red Skull, Doomsday, Ultron, Kingpin, Black Adam, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, etc. Which makes you wonder why they went with Kang, instead of Dr. Doom. Or why Darkseid and not the Legion of Doom.

You should do another list like this for non marvel and dc villai villains Shredder would easily be on this villain

Notice how the most popular superheros (Superman Batman Spiderman) arch nemesis all wear purple and green??and the most powerful villains that can destroy worlds are blue and purple (Thanos Darkseid Galactus)

Magneto is my favorite villain and I'm glad to see him represented here.

1) Galactus isn't truly a villain. He only gets that rep because people don't understand him. 2) Doom and Magneto are far better heroes when they get they get the chance. Doom needs to overcome his ego, sure, but his best turns are when he falls just short of crossing over to hero, and his few times as hero have been great. Magneto has now been a hero longer than he was ever a villain, and he's become an even bigger inspiration as a hero. 3) You could replace them with Kingpin (who has fought everyone on Earth at some point), Carnage (who is just plain evil incarnate, especially with two current series and a movie), and Baron Zemo (currently four MCU movies, one MCU series, and a huge footprint in the comics). 4) For seven more characters: Poison Ivy, Ra's al-Ghul, Red Skull, apocalypse, Bane, Doomsday, and Maxwell Lord.

I ❤ villains month. Keep 'em coming.

Shredder Rita Repulsa Lord Zed Skeletor COBRA Commander Zorack Megaton. Gargamel Witchipoo Mum-ra

Bane definitely deserves to be here

Doc Oc & Venom were on the thumbnail. I'd put both of them ahead of Antimonitor.

Joker Green Goblin Reverse flash Magneto Galactus Doctor Doom Thanos Darkseid Anti monitor Lex luthor

7:17 it was The Mole Man. Doom didnt debut until several issues later.

Completely agree with most of the list. Personally, I have no idea about Galactus, and it's only from comments on such forums that I know Dr. Doom is a big deal.

My favorite villains: Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne) Loki Two-Face Dr. Doom Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)

Totally agree with your list, if it should be longer i might add these from comic books as well. Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Apocalypse (Marvel Comics). Carnage (Marvel Comics). Doomsday (DC Comics). Joe Dalton (Lucky Luke). Lobo (DC Comics). Venom (Marvel Comics). Doctor Octopus (Marvel Comics). Billy the Kid (Lucky Luke). 😈

Do a video on characters who have remained dead in comics and will they ever be resurrected.

The Joker and Magnito are my favorite comic book villains ever💜💚🤡🔥🔥🔥😈

Not sure if this was only a DC/Marvel list but I also had Shredder from TMNT on my list

They luckily retconned that Gwen pregnancy story last year

I love villains month.

I think ones who are just shy of the list would be doc oc, vandal savage, sinestro and loki

Don't forget Bane because he's the one who broke the Bat also Two-Face, The Riddler, Venom, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, Man-Bat, Black Mask and Killer Frost (Catlin Snow) are my favorite comic book vilians of all time.

Loved the inclusion of off screen Tim😂

Doomsday and red skull should've been on here. Doomsday made the death of superman storyline and red skull is the comic embodiment of the Nazis, even the joker thought he was bad in the crossover and like you said, if the scum of humanity think what you're doing is bad, that's bad

For Sins Past, it was his son Harry who did all this

Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy having kids was (thankfully) retconned. You disrespected Doctor Doom though

Lex Luthor just sounds so petty to me, I'd replace him with Vandal Savage or Brainiac.

7:00 Dr. Doom played a game of Mortal Kombat one day, saw subzero’s finisher and said, “here hold my controller” and went on to fight Thanos to one up the finisher move 😂

Solid list

How did you leave out the Condiment King? 🤯

Why isn’t anyone saying KINGPIN. Dude is iconic across comics, cartoons, and movies.

my first soon-to-be original character jinx the loose cannon is gonna be on that list one day.

Id like to see some villains outside Marvel and DC. Deathstroke, Venom, Loki are missing (though they are more of anti-heroes)

The only one i could add here is Venom. The dude became THE most popular character in Marvel rivaling Iron Man which is crazy to think about

Some villains from comics that I have are Joker, Lex Luthor, Captain Cold, Black Manta, Darkseid, and Black Adam for DC. Green Goblin, Ultron, Thanos Doctor Octopus, Venom and Doctor Doom for Marvel.

Awesome video, Hope for Marvel Scorpion video soon