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10 Best Superman Villain Alliances That Almost Took Out The Man of Steel

Lex Luthor has frequently gathered some of Superman's greatest villains to take on the Man of Steel, though he isn't the only team-up threat.

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10 Marvel Characters Brainiac Would Love In His Collection

Unique Marvel beings like Ego the Living Planet and powerful nexus heroes like Scarlet Witch would surely catch the eye of Superman's enemy, Brainiac.

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10 DC Villains Who Deserve Year One Comics After The Joker

Joker: Year One explored his life right after his transformation, and other DC villains like Lex Luthor and Deathstroke could use the same treatment.

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10 DC Characters Brainiac Would Love In His Collection

Given Brainiac's desire for power and knowledge, he'd give anything to add DC characters like Wonder Woman and Darkseid to his collection.

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10 Best Scientific Upgrades Used By DC Characters

DC Comics heroes and villains possess even more power thanks to various technological upgrades from sci-fi origins like Apokolips and New Genesis.

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10 Classic DC Comics That My Adventures With Superman Needs To Adapt

My Adventures with Superman is the Man of Steel's animated return to TV, and certain classic DC comics should inspire upcoming episode plots.

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10 Best Science Fiction-Based DC Villains

DC's greatest villains spawned from science fiction origins, using sci-fi weapons and technology to combat heroes like Superman and Green Lantern.

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10 Popular DC Villains (& Their Greatest Victory)

The heroes don't always win, and DC's most popular villains, from the Joker to Darkseid, have actually achieved great, lasting victories.

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10 Most Brutal Superman Comics

Superman, while popular for his high morals, has starred in some incredibly brutal DC comics featuring alternate, bloody versions of the Man of Steel.

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General Zod using heat vision and Harley Quinn holding a gun in DC Comics
10 Popular DC Villains (& Their Most Useless Power)

Even the most popular DC Comics villains, from the Joker to Darkseid, possess a useless power that doesn't aid them in their villainy at all.

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10 DC Villains With The Biggest Secrets

Prominent DC Comics villains like Ra's al Ghul and Vandal Savage house big secrets while amassing power and resources.

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Every DC Villain In Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (So Far)

Given the IP, Rocksteady's Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is set to feature a large number of supervillains from across the DC universe.

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10 Best Upgraded Versions Of Iconic DC Villains

Through technological or magical means, DC Comics villains like Darkseid and Lex Luthor received upgrades that made them even more powerful.

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10 DC Villains Who Have No Sense Of Humor

Not every villain in the DC universe is akin to the Joker, with some of the scariest DC villains displaying no sense of humor at all.

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DC's 10 Most Popular Villains, Ranked By Intelligence

The most popular DC villains aren't all just muscles and godly powers. Some are highly intelligent, while others are the smartest in the universe.

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10 Greatest Gender-Flipped DC Villains

Creating gender-flipped villains has become a common trope in DC Comics, but several villains prove they're their own person.

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10 Superman Villains Perfect For James Gunn's Reboot

James Gunn has a wide roster of villains to choose from for the new Superman movie, but some are more deserving than others.

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10 Most Successful DC Villain Redesigns

DC's villains are evil icons but not many of them have only improved over the years. Figures like Luthor and Zod were transformed by their new looks.

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10 Greediest DC Villains

The DC Universe is home to some of the greatest villains in fiction, but these evildoers take greed to levels that are hard to believe.

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Lex Luthor and General Zod
10 Themes Superman's Villains Have In Common

Superman's villains have a bit too much in common for comfort.

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