Top Ten

Sup fellas. Happy Thursday. Since I wrote about Marvel last week. I will address the top ten DC Villians. I will use the same criteria as last week and will not count Doomsday and his omega beams or Parrallax. There have been a couple others that I have ignored like Mongul, or Brianiac, but meh they have never really captured my imagination.  I had a hard time not putting more Batman villians on here, but that may be my bias getting in the way.

 10. Gorilla Grodd - Gorilla Grodd is incredibly intelligent and strong, not only that, he has telekinetic powers and some telepathic mind control. I actually enjoyed the New 52 take on Gorilla Grodd, but it made me curious to go back and look at other story lines with him.  The idea of Gorilla City gives him a couple extra awesome points.

9.Mr. Freeze - My first exposure to Mr. Freeze was Batman The Animated Series.  He was one of my favorite villains, from voice to design to background story.  The modern age comics also built his background around this.  The New 52 did a little different, Batman Annual #1 written by Snyder and Tynion was a great read. Anytime Mr. Freeze is involved, it is something that I will read.

8. Amazo - Amazo has been under utilized, but in the recent arc the Amazo Virus, they did a great job using him in a new way. Amazo is very powerful and has beaten the Justice League a couple of times and can duplicate their powers.  The potential of a great villain is there, but has not been reached yet.

7. Sinestro - I used to hate Sinestro, especially the one from the Super friends waaaay back in the day.  However, he is a unique character that thinks he is doing the right thing and making the galaxy a better place. Geoff Johns Green Lantern run was amazing and Sinestro was so well written that he was turned into an awesome villain that you sometimes feel yourself rooting for.  Additionally, even though the Green Lantern movie was trash, I thought they did a great job of portraying Sinestro in that movie.

6. Black Manta - This is another character that I used to dislike, but that was due to the disrespect that I was showing to Aquaman. What made me take a closer look at Black Manta was the Brightest Day Story, wherein he is basically living a normal life, but once he finds out Aquaman is alive he kills everyone in his store and swears revenge on Aquaman again. I really like his helmet and suit design, which enhances his already enhanced strength and speed. Black Manta does not get the respect he deserves, but he should.

5. Bane - Bane is one of my favorite villains ever. Bane is incredibly intelligent and incredibly strong.  He broke Batman's back literally. Every version of him in cartoons or movies have been awful.  They always portray him as a strong guy with no brain, but the beauty of the character is that his brain is equal to his brawn.

4. Deathstroke - Deathstroke may not be the most powerful, but he is like an evil version of Batman.  He has a code, extremely skilled in hand to hand combat and every imaginable weapon.  He can hold his own against anyone of the super heroes except Superman. Deathstroke also inspired Deadpool, which is freaking awesome.

3. Black Adam - There have been a ton of iterations of Black Adam. It seems like him and Captain Marvel/Shazam and Superman all have about the same amount of power.  However, he is incredibly ruthless and always does what's best for Black Adam.  Black Adam the Dark Age is what turned me onto Black Adam. Thought it was a great story and showed depth and how much of a hard@$$ he is.

2. Parasite - Parasite is only as strong as the energy he can steal, but if he gets his hands on a super watch out.  The best part of Parasite, which I have only seen used in the Superman The Animated Series, is that not only does he steal strength he also steals knowledge. Image if he stole Superman's Powers and Batman's knowledge, he would be unstoppable.

1. Joker - There have been many iterations of the Joker that have been fantastic, The Killing Joke, A Death in the Family, both versions, Mark Hamil, Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson. He is crazy, smart and unpredictable. He truly installs fear in Batman and is the most dangerous villain of them all.  To further prove this point, the Joker tricked Superman into killing Lois Lane.  Superman was transformed into an insane killer, which led to Superman punching a hole into the Joker's chest.