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10 Marvel Villains Who Deserve Year One Comics After The Joker

While fans have explored the origins of Marvel villains like Apocalypse and Red Skull, a Year One-inspired story could explore untouched chapters.

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10 Marvel Villains Ghost Machine's Geiger Would Defeat

Ultron and Magneto might be powerful Marvel villains, but even they couldn't take down Ghost Machine's hero, Geiger the Glowing Man.

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Does the Red Skull Still Have a Place in the Marvel Universe?

One of the oldest and most iconic Marvel villains of all time hasn't been himself in decades, and it might be time to finally let him go completely.

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The 20 Most Important Marvel Villains, Ranked

Marvel's biggest villains are just as important as the heroes, and the comics simply wouldn't be as epic without them.

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10 Deadliest Avengers Villains, Ranked by Kill Count

Destroying countless civilizations, Marvel villains like Thanos and Ultron proved themselves some of the deadliest killers the Avengers have faced.

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10 Villains Marvel Nailed From The Beginning

Thanks to the creatives behind their comic debut, Marvel villains like Doctor Doom and Thanos quickly established themselves as formidable threats.

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10 Marvel Villains Who Need Symbiotes

Classic Marvel villains like Doctor Octopus and Sabretooth would benefit greatly from bonding with symbiotes like Venom and Carnage.

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10 Marvel Villains With Multiple Arch-Enemies

The concept of an arch-nemesis is a key, successful trope in Marvel Comics, but villains like Kingpin and Norman Osborn have more than one major foe.

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10 Shadiest Marvel Characters Everyone Keeps Trusting For Some Reason

Nick Fury holds military secrets, Loki is the god of mischief, and plenty of other Marvel characters somehow earn trust despite their shady dealings.

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10 Most Brutal Avengers Villains

The Avengers are Marvel's mightiest heroes so it makes sense that villains like Ultron, Thanos, and Zemo have to be brutal to challenge them.

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10 Most Important Captain America Milestones In Marvel Comics

Captain America is a true hero in Marvel Comics and these life milestones have come to establish who he is as a man, an Avenger, and as a soldier.

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10 Popular Marvel Villains (& Their Greatest Victory)

The most popular Marvel Comics villains like Green Goblin and Doctor Doom have achieved great victories that shaped the Marvel Universe for years.

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10 Marvel Villains Who Should Never Fight The X-Men

While Marvel Comics boasts incredibly powerful villains like Kang and Abomination, the X-Men have surprises in their repertoire that few can overcome.

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10 Popular Marvel Villains With The Cringiest Debuts

Some of Marvel's greatest villains got off to rough starts in incredibly cringey first appearances that thankfully didn't ruin the characters forever.

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10 Popular Marvel Villains (& Their Most Useless Power)

Iconic Marvel villains like Galactus and Venom are horrific, three-dimensional, and powerful, yet some of their abilities are absurdly pointless.

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10 Ways Captain America's Origin Changed Over The Years

From Bucky Barnes to Cap's iconic shield, one of the constants of Captain America's origin in Marvel Comics is that it's always changing.

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10 Marvel Villains Ruined By One Single Mistake

They say pride comes before the fall, and these villains from the Marvel universe know firsthand just how badly hubris can ruin the best-laid plans.

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10 Most Influential Marvel Villains, Ranked

Some Marvel Comics villains like Doctor Doom or Magneto have influenced so many subsequent villains and storylines, gaining more fame than the heroes.

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10 Most Toxic Parents In The Marvel Universe

Marvel Comics often features family-focused stories, but these parents are particularly toxic and have manipulated their kids in unsavory ways.

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10 Marvel Comics Villains Who Really Need A Partner

While Marvel's villains tend to be arrogant lone wolves, the fact is most of them would do better working with a reliable partner.

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