Marvel's heroes are rightfully lauded as some of the best, but the villains deserve just as much praise. A superhero story only works if the villains are up to snuff, and the publisher has many to fit that description. In fact, an argument can be made that many of the villains of Marvel are better than the heroes they fight and are just as deserving of their own books.
Villain books are becoming all the rage again, but so far, Marvel has gone with the obvious villains or MCU-related ones. That's doing a grave disservice to their villains, as there are plenty who could star in great comics.
10 A Wrecking Crew Team Book Would Be So Much Fun
The Wrecking Crew has long been some of the best groups of henchmen in the Marvel Universe, fighting Thor and battling against the Avengers on their own or with the Masters of Evil. Wrecker, Piledriver, Bulldozer, and Thunderball have been bumming around for ages and they're the ultimate blue-collar villains. That would be the fun of their book; seeing a group of henchmen operate behind the scenes.
None of the characters have been extremely fleshed beyond just being gleeful bad guys, so there's a blank slate for any creative team to work with. It could be the perfect over-the-top action comic, playing up the dysfunctional camaraderie of the group.
9 A Count Nefaria Book Could Bring The Maggia Back To Prominence
The Maggia was an inspired idea back in the old days of Marvel. Essentially a superpowered version of the Mafia that would fight it out with the Avengers and other heroes. For some reason, it fell to the wayside but it's great fodder for a supervillain comic, especially if it focused on the best Maggia head, Count Nefaria.
Powered by ionic energy, Nefaria was powerful enough to slap around the Avengers and was a lot of fun whenever he showed up. A book starring Nefaria could see him fighting to bring the Maggia back to power in the Marvel criminal underworld and have a Sopranos feel to it.
8 The Hood Deserves A Comeback
Brian Michael Bendis did a lot during his time at Marvel, for better and worse. One of his best ideas was making the Hood a more important part of the Marvel underworld. He became the Kingpin of the supervillains and led the more street-level villains through the post-Civil War era. Armed with his magical cloak and dual pistols, he proved to be a greater threat than he seemed.
The Hood has been out of the spotlight since an abortive attempt to grab the Infinity Gauntlet. A comeback book where he tries to recapture his power in a very different Marvel Universe could be very entertaining.
7 Lady Deathstrike Is One Of Wolverine's Most Underrated Villains
Wolverine fights many deadly villains, and plenty of them have benefited from being his foe. One who hasn't but definitely deserves to is Lady Deathstrike. A cybernetically enhanced assassin with a grudge against Logan, she got a modicum of the spotlight as an anti-hero after his death but never got the solo book she needed.
A Lady Deathstrike book could see her trying to retake her place among the greatest mercenaries of the Marvel Universe, pitting against all kinds of heroes and villains. She has so much potential as a solo star, so giving her that chance would be perfect.
6 Kraven The Hunter Could Use Some Extra Attention
Spider-Man's foes are a varied and colorful lot. Sometimes, it can be hard for villains to stand out, and that's been the case with Kraven the Hunter in recent years. In fact, ever since the seminal "Kraven's Last Hunt" by writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Mike Zeck, Kraven has been coasting. He's had his moments but he's been overshadowed by others.
Kraven is such a great villain and needs more spotlight. He's strong and skilled and has a relationship with the black ops world through his brother the Chameleon. A Kraven book could play with all kinds of plot lines, from him testing himself against different heroes and villains to black ops missions and so much more.
5 Baron Mordo Needs Some Major Work And A Solo Book Is A Great Place for It
Baron Mordo is considered one of Doctor Strange's greatest villains, but one has to look way back in the past to see why. Doctor Strange lacked a solo title of his for two decades, and Mordo languished with him. Since Strange's return, Mordo has rarely been seen. His days were the Silver and Bronze Age and modern readers know little to nothing about him.
A solo book could change all of that. The magic side of the Marvel Universe suffers from a paucity of good books and giving Mordo a comic where he can be defined for modern fans would go a long way. Plus, his status as a villain means that the dark side of magic can be explored therein.
4 A Mephisto Book Can Be A Fun Horror Anthology Unlike Any Marvel's Ever Had
If one were to only listen to MCU fan theories, they would assume that Mephisto is a massive part of the Marvel Universe based on how many stories non-comic reading MCU fans think he should be in. However, most of these people only know of him from Google searches, and beyond One More Day or The Infamous Iron Man, he's made few important appearances in the last thirty years.
Mephisto serves an important role in the Marvel cosmology, though, and the best way to showcase him would be an anthology series. Mephisto's status as a soul-stealing devil is perfect for that kind of book, as each issue could see him tempting someone and it ending badly. It could be a Marvel approach to a classic horror trope and a great read.
3 Sebastian Shaw Would Make A Fascinating Solo Star
Sebastian Shaw was the long-time leader of the Hellfire Club and also assumed a lofty place in the mutant nation of Krakoa. Marauders was all about the battle between him and the duo of Emma Frost and Kate Pryde over the Hellfire Trading Company. While he lost that battle, he still kept a modicum of his power, which is a great starting point for a potential Shaw comic.
Shaw is long overdue solo stardom. A Sebastian Shaw book could showcase him manipulating his way back to the top and, if need be, fighting his way there. Shaw could work on so many levels and Krakoa needs more villain books.
2 Mister Sinister Has Gotten So Much More Entertaining In Recent Years
Mister Sinister is an iconic villain but for years he was kind of boring. All of that changed during Kieron Gillen's Uncanny X-Men run, when the writer took the dry homicidal geneticist and gave him a more entertaining attitude. It played up the trickster aspects of the character but kept the cunning plans that Sinister was known for. This approach has paid dividends and would make him a great solo star.
Hellions highlighted his machinations, but a book all about Sinister would be amazing. A solo series would give readers a chance to see how the sausage is made, as it were, which is something they haven't seen up till this point.
1 Moonstone Needs A Chance Outside Of Team Books
Moonstone has been a lowkey important villain for years, and it's time to change the lowkey part. A member of the Masters of Evil, she joined Zemo's Thunderbolts and has been a linchpin of that group ever since. She served as Ms. Marvel on the Dark Avengers and is one of the more powerful and interesting villains out there.
Moonstone has been entertaining in every team book she's been in, so giving her a chance to shine in her own solo book is long overdue. She's a much more important part of Marvel's villains than she gets credit for and a comic about her fighting for that respect would be great.