*Main Post* 30 Days of Scans: Favourite Villain

[schmevil]

This would have been up earlier, but my internet connection has been dodgy today.

Today we celebrate our favourite comic book villains, (and I blather on about my favourite). What makes a great villain? Depends on the story, I suppose. Different kinds of stories need different kinds of evil-doers. But the basics: clarity of purpose, a distinct voice, an equally great nemesis. All of these are more important than a cool name or costume. (Where would Dr. Doom be otherwise, amirite?) There are a ridiculous number of great and memorable villains in comics, and if you're having trouble figuring out yours, IGN has got a top 100 for you here.

I grew up watching X-Men and Batman TAS and my best-of list is heavily populated by villains I first encountered in those series: Poison Ivy, Magneto, Mr. Sinster, the Joker. But my most enduring villainous love, has got to be Lex Luthor. (So unusual, I know. XD)

I actually first met him through the Superman comics my neighbor collected. I bought the X-books, he bought the Superman and Bat-books, and we traded on Thursdays. I guess I saw something in those comics (awful though many of them were!), because after that I was all over the Superman cartoon and Lois & Clark, and savoring every Lex episode. By the time Justice League and Smallville came around, I was an accept-no-substitutes Lex Luthor stan.

So what's so great about Lex Luthor? Well, a couple of things imho. ( Read more... )

So who are your favourite villains?

30 Days of Scans Day 30 - Favorite Villain

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( Couldn't pick one... )

From the depths of /b/ come...

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Do you like porn? Sure, who doesn't? But not all porn likes you. Some porn isn't intended to arouse. Just by looking at it, you can tell it was created only to hurt people. Much like the Necronomicon or a Sonic The Hedgehog fanfic, every detail is clearly poised to attack the sanity of the human being. We were not meant for such as this, and heaven help us if the dark gods who could be aroused by such perversity ever turn their attention upon ignoble man.

I dare not try to crop a preview image of this supposedly erotic tale of Batman and Catwoman, so I'll leave you only with this brief legality pic. Take what fleeting joy you can in it, before all hope is lost.



( NSFW. )

30 Days of Scans Day 30 - Favorite Villain

[zechs80]

It didn't even take me a second to know my answer.



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Favorite Villain: Crocodile

[punishermax]

( He just don't give a f*ck.... )

30 days of scans, days 20 and 22 combined... Read or Dream

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A combination of 'favourite villain' and a belated 'series I could read over and over'...

Read or Dream, the follow-up series to Read or Die, follows the Paper Sisters - Michelle Chan, Maggie Mui, and Anita King - 3 Hong Kong papermasters who work as detectives, focussing on books (theoretically). It doesn't have much in the way of actual villains (unlike Read or Die or ROD the TV), but there are a couple...

And this is the introduction of one of them - the only recurring one, actually...

( We are the Paper Sisters Detective Agency... )

8.6 pages out of 26.

30 Days of Scans--Villain Day--A surprise entrant

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You may remember that in addition to adding a gay cast member, Archie Comics had a publicity stunt where they finally allowed Archie to choose between Veronica and Betty, and followed the two separate paths for three issues each.

Evidently, it did well for them, since there's now a new newsstand magazine called "Life With Archie" which continues the stories of the Andrews, both versions. Technically, these are interquels, between the second and third issues of the original storylines. Four pages from #1, where conflict is introduced by means of a villain....



( In Riverdale's darkest hour, a hero will rise... )

And now, over to Betty-World.

( Surely things aren't as bad there...right? )

Your thoughts and comments?

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Northlanders: Lindisfarne

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Greetings True Believers!

One of my current favorite series is Vertigo's Northlanders. It's a great series about characters and events during the Viking Age. Great history, great art and storytelling. Check it out!

This is one of my favorite arcs. It's about the Viking raid on the monastery of Lindisfarne (Which is considered to mark the beginning of the Viking Age.

The story revolves around a young boy who lives near the monastery. Sometimes children dream of running away and joining the circus but others have darker dreams......



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30 Days of Scans (Day 30): Favorite Villain

[zechs80]

Alright besides, Doom there is one other villain who's my favorite. Well besides my avatar. But the older more machine than man. Plus just as twisted and evil.


6 Six Scans From Purge: The Hidden Blade, one of Splinter of the Mind's Eye, and two from the original Purge.

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