Category: The Week in Villainy

It’s been a while since my regularly scheduled look at comics from the black-cape perspective, so let’s catch up with a quick lightning round. — Hulk 10-12: The three-issue “Defenders vs. Offenders” arc is at its mid-way point, with some
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TWiV: Taking stock of super-villains Scratch Fury: How do you know when you’ve arrived as a super-villain? Is it the cushy lair in the Carpathian Mountains? Is it the leagues of toadying henchmen? Is it the knowledge that you’ve finally
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TWiV: Taking stock of super-villains Green Goblin Norman Osborne Green Goblin: Last month, TWiV heralded Norman Osborne as one of the most powerful villains in the Marvel Universe. Last week, TWiV has been forced to reconsider. In recent months, it
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TWiV: Taking stock of super-villains Junior: Besides teeing up a tasty plot about springing Tarantula from a maximum-security prison for supers (all at the behest of the Penguin), Secret Six introduces a new super villian that has more creep-out value
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Taking stock of super-villains Mephisto: Is there a villain that holds the spotlight as firmly as Mephisto this week? Let’s look at the tally: • Presents MJ and Peter with a no-win decision: Their marriage or May’s life. • Single-handledly
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Taking stock of super-villains Psimon: The second issue of Salvation Run brought the death of Psimon, a villain with formidable telekinetic and psychic powers. Unfortunately, he didn’t predict a direct frontal assault by the Joker — namely a rock applied
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Taking stock of super-villains Starro: Yes, he’s always looked like a giant starfish with a single eye that resembled Captain America’s shield, but he’s been fighting the evil fight since 1960, and after nearly half a century of attempts to
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Taking stock of super-villains Mr. Mxyzptlk: In other Trickster-related news, in Countdown to Final Crisis #23, Mr. Mxyzptlk reveals himself as the Trickster God, raising his VQ to a god-worthy 9. Then Superboy Prime makes him hurl and scars a
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Taking stock of super-villains M.O.D.O.K.: As Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK’s 11 limps to a close, we find our favorite big-headed baddie leaping ahead in the Marvel Universe. But first, why did this series leave me so cold? Well, first of all,
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Taking stock of super-villains Jokester: The Earth-3 doppleganger of Batman arch-nemesis, Joker, actually made for excellent reading in DC’s Countdown. Despite his good-guy status, the Jokester character has been a marked highpoint in the Countdown series. From the DC Database
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The Week in Villainy: Puppet Master Taking stock of super-villains Puppet Master: I direct your attention to Ms. Marvel #18, and the Puppet Master. I’m actually not sure if this should count as an up arrow or a down arrow,
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The Week in Villainy: Joker Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Joker: After lying low following the “Slayride” story where he had been hit by a truck, the Joker now has an upper hand. Currently in the Detective Comics line, he
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The Week in Villainy: Electra Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Electra: First Mary Marvel. Now Electra. It seems as if this is the year for switching sides. I guess black is the new… er… black. In the latest copy of
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The Week in Villainy: Sabertooth Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Sabertooth: He’s currently involved in two story arcs, in Wolverine, he was captured and needed to be rescued by his own personal Mini-me (Wild Child). The story arc also seems
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The Week in Villainy: Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Mary Marvel:Dear Mary Marvel, Welcome. The Official Welcome Wagon will be around this week with a Gift Basket. It will, of course, explode. Sincerely Yours,The Villain Community P.S.: R-r-r-r-r-r-a-a-a-w-w-w-r-r-r Black Adam:
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The Week in Villainy: Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Star Sapphire:Star Sapphire’s origins have been ret-conned to the following: The Star Sapphire stone is a creating of a race of Zamarons — female equivalents to the Guardians of Oa. It
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The Week in Villainy Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Fatal Five:In the latest issue of The Brave and the Bold, the Fatal Five burst onto the scene, led by The Lord of Time, and squaring off against Batman and the
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The Week in Villainy: May 20-26, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted The Rogues: Flash’s Rogues Gallery are taking a step towards the center of the DC universe in the early issues of Countdown. So far, the gathering of the
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The Week in Villainy: May 13-19, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Black Manta: He’s been too gone for too long. In Aquaman #52 he’s back and worser than ever. He has just taken over Sub Diego, and now he’s
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The Week in Villainy: May 6-12, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Oolong Island: DC seems to have agreed with one of my strongest feelings about their recently ended weekly series 52: The mad scientists of Oolong Island were the
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This Week in Villainy: May 6-12, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Duela: Duela gets offed in Countdown #51 by at character with the worst hair in the DC Universe, the Monitor. (Number One went to Pre-Crisis Alexander Luthor.) [WIKIPEDIA]
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This Week in Villainy: April 29 – May 5, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Terrible Trio: [WIKIPEDIA] The Terrible Trio were originally three famous inventors in Gotham City, who sought new challenges by starting a criminal career. As a
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This Week in Villainy: April 29 – May 5, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted MODOK: In Ms Marvel #15, MODOK steps to the forefront to battle the shapely Ms. Marvel. His weapon of choice? Wonder Man… the guy she
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This Week in Villainy: April 22-28, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Joker: After being summarily dismissed in DC’s previous two blockbuster series, Infinite Crisis and 52, the Joker is taking center stage in promos for DC’s next weekly series,
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This Week in Villainy: April 22-28, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Mr. Mind: He started as a downright cute caterpillar-like creature who provided a mild threat to the Captain Marvel Family. We saw him weave a cocoon in DC’s
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This Week in Villainy: April 16-22, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Black Adam: He lost his wife and brother-in-law, and then opted for the tried-and-true method of ameliorating his grief — the one four out of five therapists agree
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This Week in Villainy: April 9-14, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Ultron: Ultron is back. And she’s hot. No one — no one — draws voluptuous women like artist Frank Cho, so Mighty Avengers #2 shouldn’t surprise anyone with
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This Week in Villainy: April 9-14, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Chang Tzu: Chang Tzu (a/k/a Egg Fu) gets destroyed by Dr. Will Magnus and his Metal-Men bullets in 52 #49. …And all the King’s horses, and all the
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This Week in Villainy: April 9-14, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Green Goblin: Since becoming director of the Thunderbolts, Norman “Green Goblin” Osborne has put together the best super-villain group in the Marvel universe since the Masters of Evil.
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This Week in Villainy: April 2-8, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Starro: Due to compelling arguments by the fans of Starro, TWIV has reconsidered its “thwart” rating. Being chosen to launch the original JLA and this new JLA would
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This Week in Villainy: April 2-8, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Starro: He (it?) has been a huge space monster, a small cybernetic neck-attachment, and a microscopic virus. And now, in JLA #7, it has become Star-Ro — a
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This Week in Villainy: April 2-8, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Wrecking Crew: Marvel’s blue-collar baddies are going to earn the distinction of being the first butts kicked by the newly-formed Omega Flight in Omega Flight #1. Since this
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This Week in Villainy: April 2-8, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Diablo: In Ultimate FF #40, the Fantastic Four go back in time to thwart Diablo’s plot to grant himself immortal life. To get immortal life he must release
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This Week in Villainy: March 19-25, 2007 Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted Jack O’ Lantern: Who would have though that taking a bullet to the cranium would be a career move? After being summarily dispatched by the Punisher in Marvel’s
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The Week in Villany Who’s Up and Who’s Down in Crime (part two) Solomon Grundy: Formerly a brainless heavy, Grundy has resurfaced in JLA #5 with all the muscles — plus brains. According to the exposatory dialogue, Grundy changes a
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The Week in Villany Who’s Up and Who’s Down in Crime Dr. Sivana: The formerly mousy foil of the Big Red Cheese roared last week as part of a team of evil scientists who took down an incredibly powerful —
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