Here is an archive of all the past top five lists I've one over the years.

I recently did a top five list of the top five supporting cast members who moved from one title to another. Now we take a look at the top five supervillains who began their comic career as a member of one hero's rogues gallery but ended up being more notable as a foe of a different superhero/superhero team.

CHARACTERS WHO DON'T REALLY COUNT

DC has a few examples of characters who began as individual threats that became just general "any superhero" threat, like Solomon Grundy (first a Green Lantern foe) and Vandal Savage (also first a Green Lantern foe). I don't think these guys really count for this list, because they really didn't become part of any one hero's rogues gallery. Same basic concept applies to Thanos and Darkseid, who very quickly became just generic "cosmic villains." I think Galactus sort of applies to that category, as well.

Lady Deathstrike debuted in the pages of Daredevil, but she didn't become a VILLAIN until she met Wolverine (even though their rivalry was also pretty silly).

Apocalypse is close to qualifying, but he started out fighting X-Factor and then, when the members of X-Factor rejoined the X-Men, he became an X-Men villain. That's not really changing rogues galleries, is it? He just followed his rogues to a new book.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Ultra-Humanite



The Ultra-Humanite debuted in Action Comics #13 as a Superman foe, but he has since become much better known as a Justice Society of America villain and a Power Girl foe.

Cyborg-Superman

Cyborg-Superman is still obviously a Superman foe (hence the name), but he also destroyed Hal Jordan's home of Coast City, so he has also become a Green Lantern Rogue...



Major Force

That same visceral connection is why Major Force became a Green Lantern rogue. Dude STUFFED GREEN LANTERN'S GIRLFRIEND INTO A REFRIGERATOR!!



Silver Samurai

Silver Samurai debuted in the pages of Daredevil #111 by Steve Gerber and Bob Brown...



before Chris Claremont made him a Wolverine rogue (after Claremont first connected him to Viper in Marvel Team-Up)...



The only reason Silver Samurai isn't on the top five is that while he will always be connected to Wolverine, he's not exactly all that much of a ROGUE of Wolverine's. They work together more often than not.

Viper herself is a tricky one. I don't think she ever officially stopped being a Cap rogue, despite clearly also becoming a Wolverine rogue, so I don't think she works for this list. She is not completely associated with Wolverine. Heck, her most famous comic book appearance is still in Steranko's cap "run."

Go to the next page for the top five!

5. Lady Shiva

Shivs is an interesting case, in that she actually debuted outside of comics entirely, in a novel written by Denny O'Neil. O'Neil then adapted that novel (and its star) into the Richard Dragon comic book, where Shiva debuted in issue #5 (Ric Estrada as the artist)...



When O'Neil took over the Batman comics as editor, he eventually brought Shiva over to the Bat-titles, where she is now a firmly entrenched member of the Bat-universe. Notably, she trained Bruce Wayne for his return as Batman to take the name from Azrael...



She's even the MOTHER of Cassandra Cain (one-time Batgirl)...



4. Deathbird

Chris Claremont introduced Deathbird as a Ms. Marvel rogue...



but she is now fully a part of the X-Men Universe.





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3. Mystique

The shape-shifting Mystique also debuted as a rogue of Ms. Marvel by Chris Claremont. Here she is is Ms. Marvel #17...





And just like Deathbird, Claremont brought Mystique over to the X-Men once Ms. Marvel was canceled...





And she never left.

2. Sabretooth

A certain name keeps popping up. ;)

Chris Claremont and John Byrne introduced Sabretooth as an Iron Fist villain in Iron Fist #14...









and eventually he made his way to the pages of Uncanny X-Men during the Mutant Massacre...





and he has never left.

1. Kingpin

While he was first a Spider-Man foe...



and honestly HAS fought Spider-Man plenty over the years (enough so that I can see a case for Sabretooth getting the top spot, since he is ONLY a Wolverine villain now, while Kingpin still has fought Spider-Man on many occasions even after becoming primarily a Daredevil villain), he is now and will almost certainly forever be known for his rivalry with Daredevil...





I think Kingpin still should be #1, because even when Sabretooth was fighting Iron Fist, the plan by Claremont and Byrne was to tie him in with Wolverine. The dude says "bub," for crying out loud! So it is not the same thing as Kingpin going from being a Spider-Man foe with no plans for anything BUT being a Spider-Man foe (outside of a weird Cap story) and then becoming THE preeminent Daredevil foe.

Well, that's the list! There are so many possible choices for this list that I'm sure people disagree! Let me know!