Now that all the major superhero films of the summer blockbuster season have come and gone, it is time to do the companion piece to our Top 30 Superheroes According to the Fans of FAN article. As with that article, these are the results of a fan vote on the official FAN forum. Unlike the last article, I’ll be including in each character profile some of their more prominent stories be they in the form of comics, games, shows or films as well as their main superhero opponents. You can find the full results here.
30) Sabretooth/Apocalypse
Real name: Victor Creed
Affiliates: Brotherhood of Mutants, Weapon X, Team X
Powers: Healing factor; superhuman senses and physical attributes; resistance to telepathic powers; retractable claws in his fingers; fangs
Primary opponents: Wolverine, X-Men
Prominent appearances: X-Men(film), X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Age of Apocalypse, Ultimate X-Men
Real name: En Sabah Nur
Affiliates: Mister Sinister, Four Horsemen, Dark Riders, Alliance of Evil, Clan Akkaba
Powers: Molecular manipulation; immortality; teleportation; energy manipulation; technokenesis; psionic powers
Primary opponents: X-Men
Prominent appearances: Rise of Apocalypse, Sins of the Future, Apocalypse: The Twelve, Blood of Apocalypse, Age of Apocalypse, X-Men: The Animated Series, X-Men: Evolution
29) Catwoman
Real name: Selina Kyle
Affiliates: Batman Family, Outsiders, Birds of Prey, Injustice League, Gotham City Sirens
Powers: Peak athlete; skilled gymnast, hand-to-hand combatant, and burglar; assortment of gadgets including infrared goggles, caltrops, bolas, whips and retractable claws
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Gotham City Sirens, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Returns, The Dark Knight Rises, The Long Halloween, Batman: Arkham City
28) Mystique
Real name: Raven Darkholme
Affiliates: Brotherhood of Mutants, Dark X-Men, X-Men, X-Factor
Powers: Shapeshifting; superhuman agility; ageless; healing factor; skilled combatant and strategist
Primary opponents: X-Men
Prominent appearances: X-Men: The Animated Series, X-Men: Evolution, X-Men film trilogy, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Messiah Complex,
27) Captain Cold/Mad Hatter
Real name: Leonard Snart
Affiliates: Injustice League, Rogues, Suicide Squad
Powers: Freeze guns; extensive knowledge of cryonics
Primary opponents: The Flash
Prominent appearances: Final Crisis: Rogues’ Revenge, Blackest Night, Flashpoint, One Year Later, Underworld Unleashed
Real name: Jervis Tetch
Affiliates: Secret Six, The Society, Wonderland Gang
Powers: Genius-level intellect; technology based mind-control devices
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Arkham City, Gotham Underground, Final Crisis, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
26) Kraven the Hunter
Real name: Sergei Kravinoff
Affiliates: Sinister Six, Kravinoff Family
Powers: Superhuman physical attributes; longevity; expert hunter and hand-to-hand combatant
Primary opponents: Spider-Man
Prominent appearances: Kraven’s Last Hunt, Spider-Man: The Animated Series
25) Ra’s al Ghul/Solomon Grundy
Real name: Unknown
Affiliates: The Demon, League of Shadows
Powers: Immortality via Lazarus Pits; skilled martial artists, swordsman, and alchemist; centuries worth of knowledge, experience, and resources
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman Begins, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: The Animated Series, JLA: Tower of Babel, Death and the Maidens, The Resurrection of Ra’s al Ghul, Batman: Under the Red Hood
Real name: Cyrus Gold
Affiliates: Injustice League, Suicide Squad, Black Lantern Corps
Powers: Super strength; super endurance; healing factor; self-resurrection
Primary opponents: Batman, Alan Scott, Superman, Justice League
Prominent appearances: Faces of Evil: Grundy, Blackest Night, Challenge of the Super Friends, Justice League, Batman: Arkham City
24) Poison Ivy
Real name: Pamela Lillian Isley
Affiliates: Birds of Prey, Gotham City Sirens, Injustice League, Suicide Squad
Powers: Expertise in botany and toxicology; ability to control plant life; can secrete various floral toxins; immunity to all toxins, bacteria and viruses; semi-mystical connection to the plant world through the force known as the Green
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman: The Animated Series, Batman & Robin, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Gotham City Sirens, The Batman, One Year Later
23) The Penguin
Real name: Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot
Affiliates: Injustice League, Suicide Squad, The Society
Powers: Assorted bird-related paraphernalia; trick umbrellas; vast network of underworld connections
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman Returns, One Year Later, Gotham Underground, Batman: The Animated Series, The Batman, Batman: Arkham City
22) Darkseid/Thanos
Real name: Uxas
Affiliates: Darkseid’s Elite, Intergang
Powers: The Omega Force; super strength; super endurance; immortality; invulnerability; genius-level intellect
Primary opponents: Superman, Justice League
Prominent appearances: Seven Soldiers, Final Crisis, The Great Darkness Saga, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Smallville, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Real name: Thanos
Affiliates: Infinity Watch, Secret Defenders, Annihilation Wave
Powers: Superhuman physical attributes; longevity; intelligence; energy manipulation; telekinesis, teleportation
Primary opponents: The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy
Prominent appearances: The Infinity Gauntlet, The First Thanos War, The Second Thanos War, The Infinity Abyss, The Thanos Imperative
21) Black Adam
Real name: Teth-Adam(original form), Theo Adam(reincarnated form)
Affiliates: Kahndaq, Justice Society of America, Injustice Society, The Society, Suicide Squad, Monster Society of Evil, Black Marvel Family
Powers: The powers of Shazam derived from ancient Egyptian gods, the stamina of Shu, the speed of Heru, the strength of Amon, the wisdom of Zehuti, the power of Aton, and the courage of Mehen
Primary opponents: Captain Marvel, Marvel Family
Prominent appearances: JSA: Black Reign, Infinite Crisis, 52, World War III, Black Adam: The Dark Age
20) Deathstroke
Real name: Slade Wilson
Affiliates: Injustice League, The Societ, Titans East
Powers: Enhanced physical and mental attributes; healing factor, expert martial artist; skilled combatant; master tactician and strategist; skilled manipulator
Primary opponents: Teen Titans
Prominent appearances: Teen Titans(animated series), Smallville, Judas Contract, Titans: Villains for Hire, One Year Later, Infinite Crisis, Blackest Night: Teen Titans,
19) Kingpin
Real name: Wilson Fisk
Affiliates: HYDRA, The Hand
Powers: Genius-level intellect; martial artist; expert strategist and tactician; great physical attributes, most notably his strength
Primary opponents: Daredevil, Punisher, Spider-Man
Prominent appearances: Daredevil(film), Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Daredevil: Born Again, Return of the King, Punisher MAX, Ultimate Marvel
18) Loki/Bane
Real name: Loki Laufeyson
Affiliates: Acts of Vengeance, Cabal, Mighty Avengers
Powers: Superhuman strength, stamina, longevity, and durability; healing factor; telepathy; flight; shapeshifting; inter-dimensional teleportation; psionic abilities; astral projection; molecular rearrangement; energy blasts; illusion casting; hypnosis
Primary opponents: Thor, The Avengers
Prominent appearances: Thor(film), The Avengers(film), Dark Reign, Siege, Loki, Heroes Reborn, Ultimate Marvel, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
Real name: Unknown
Affiliates: Suicide Squad, The Society, Secret Six, Ra’s al Ghul, League of Shadows
Powers: Peak human physical condition; physical abilities enhanced to superhuman levels via Venom, genius-level intellect; photographic memory; expert strategist, martial artist, and escapologist; master of disguise
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: The Dark Knight Rises, Batman: Knightfall, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman & Robin, Batman: The Animated Series, Secret Six, Young Justice, The Batman, Batman: Bane of the Demon
17) Mr. Freeze
Real name: Victor Fries
Affiliates: Injustice League, The Society
Powers: Genius-level intellect; expertise in cryogenics; freeze gun and exo-suit that keeps his body temperature below freezing and grants him superhuman strength
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman: Arkham City, Batman: The Animated Series, The Batman, Batman & Robin, Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
16) Juggernaut
Real name: Cain Marko
Affiliates: X-Men, Brotherhood of Mutants
Powers: Superhuman attributes; healing factor; force field generation; virtually unstoppable momentum
Primary opponents: X-Men, Spider-Man
Prominent appearances: X-Men: The Animated Series, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men, X-Men(arcade game), Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut
15) Bizarro
Real name: El-Kal/Kent Clark
Affiliates: Injustice League, The Society
Powers: Reverse versions of Kryptonian powers
Primary opponents: Superman, Justice League
Prominent appearances: Challenge of the Super Friends, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League Unlimited, Smallville
14) Carnage
Real name: Cletus Kasady
Affiliates: N/A
Powers: Shape shifting; web-like projections; variation of the Spider-Sense; tissue regeneration; immunity to all Earth-born diseases and infections
Primary opponents: Spider-Man, Venom
Prominent appearances: Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Spider-Man(video game), Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Maximum Carnage
13) Scarecrow
Real name: Jonathan Crane
Affiliates: Injustice League, Injustice Gang, The Society, Sinestro Corps, Legion of Doom
Powers: Fear gas; expert in the psychology of fear; practitioner of a martial art that combines crane style kung fu and drunken boxing called “violent dancing”
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman Begins, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: The Animated Series, Blackest Night, Batman/Scarecrow: Year One, As the Crow Flies, Challenge of the Super Friends
12) Harley Quinn
Real name: Harleen Quinzel
Affiliates: The Society, Secret Six, Suicide Squad
Powers: Immunity to most poisons and toxins; trained in the field of psychiatry; talented gymnast
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman: The Animated Series, Gotham City Sirens, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, The Batman, Mad Love
11) Mister Sinister
Real name: Nathaniel Essex
Affiliates: Maurauders, Nasty Boys, Apocalypse
Powers: Superhuman attributes; telepathy, telekinesis; molecular manipulation; genius-level intellect; healing factor
Primary opponents: X-Men
Prominent appearances: X-Men: The End, X-Men/Spider-Man, X-Men: The Animated Series, Wolverine and the X-Men, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, Inferno
10) Red Skull/Doctor Octopus
Real name: Johann Schmidt/George Maxon/Albert Malik
Affiliates: Kronas Corporation, Exiles, Nazi Germany, HYDRA, AIM, ULTIMATUM, Skeleton Crew, Soviet Union
Powers: Skilled hand-to-hand combatant; strategic genius; political mastermind; expert marksman
Primary opponents: Captain America
Prominent appearances: Captain America: The First Avenger, Winter Soldier, Captain America: Reborn, Old Man Logan, Ultimate Marvel, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
Real name: Otto Octavius
Affiliates: Sinister Six, Masters of Evil, Thunderbolts
Powers: Genius-level intellect; super-strong and durable mechanical tentacles
Primary opponents: Spider-Man
Prominent appearances: Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Spider-Man Noir, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man(cartoon), Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate Clone Saga, Ends of the Earth, Master Planner
9) Norman Osborn
Real name: Norman Osborn
Affiliates: Dark Avengers, H.A.M.M.E.R., The Cabal, Oscorp, Thunderbolts, Sinister Twelve
Powers: Superhuman attributes; healing factor; genius-level intellect; hand-to-hand combatant; use of goblin themed weapons, gadgets, and a glider equipped with various weapons; use of a variant of the Iron Man armor named the Iron Patriot filled with a wide range of weapons and gadgets
Primary opponents: Spider-Man
Prominent appearances: Dark Reign, Spider-Man(film), Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Ultimate Spider-Man, The Night Gwen Stacy Died
8) Sinestro
Real name: Thaal Sinestro
Affiliates: Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro Corps, White Lantern Corps, New Guardians, The Society, Injustice League, Anti-Justice League
Powers: Various power rings from the emotional color spectrum that grant him flight and the ability to create light constructs; innate understanding of the fears of others; exert at hand-to-hand combat
Primary opponents: Green Lantern Corps
Prominent appearances: Sinestro Corps War, Blackest Night, Green Lantern(film), Challenge of the Super Friends, Green Lantern: First Flight
7) Two-Face
Real name: Harvey Dent
Affiliates: Injustice League, Injustice Gang, Underground Society
Powers: Hand-to-hand combatant; skilled marksman
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman: Face the Face, The Long Halloween, Batman: The Animated Series, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Forever, Batman: Arkham City
6) Riddler
Real name: Edward Nigma
Affiliates: The Society, Legion of Doom
Powers: Abnormally high IQ; highly creative and skilled at creating or solving puzzles and riddles; eidetic memory; lateral and critical thinking; pattern recognition
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, The Primal Riddle, Hush, Batman(tv show), Challenge of the Super Friends, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Forever
5) Venom
Real name: Eddie Brock/Mac Gargan/Flash Thompson
Affiliates: Thunderbolts, Spider-Man
Powers: Alien symbiotic that grants the wearer the powers of Spider-Man; limited shapeshifting; undetectable by the Spider-Sense; invisibility through camouflage
Primary opponents: Spider-Man
Prominent appearances: Spider-Man: The Animated Series, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, Venom: Lethal Protector, Ultimate Spider-Man
4) Lex Luthor
Real name: Alexander Luthor
Affiliates: LexCorp, Injustice Gang, The Society, Injustice League, Secret Six
Powers: Genius-level intellect; proficient with technology; access to vast wealth; robotic battle suits that grant increased strength and flight
Primary opponents: Superman, Batman, Justice League
Prominent appearances: Superman: The Movie, Superman II, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Superman: The Animated Series, Challenge of the Super Friends, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Smallville, Superman Returns, Blackest Night, Superman: New Krypton, 52
3) Doctor Doom
Real name: Victor von Doom
Affiliates: Terrible Trio, The Cabal, Intelligencia, Future Foundation
Powers: Genius-level intellect; powered armor; skilled scientist and sorcerer; mind transferal; technopathy
Primary opponents: Fantastic Four, Avengers
Prominent appearances: Fantastic Four(2005 film), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Dr. Doom vs. The Beyonder, Fantastic Four: The Books of Doom, Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment, Ultimate Fantastic Four
2) Magneto
Real name: Max Eisenhardt/Erik Lehnsherr
Affiliates: Brotherhood of Mutants, Genoshan Excalibur, X-Men, New Mutantsp/strong , The Twelve, Hellfire Club
Powers: Magnetism manipulation; magnetic force fields; magnetic flight; genius-level intellect; skilled leader and strategist
Primary opponents: X-Men
Prominent appearances: X-Men: The Animated Series, X-Men: Evolution, X-Men(film), X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men: First Class, Mutant Genesis, House of M, 1602, Age of Apocalypse, Marvel Zombies, Ultimate X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men
1) The Joker
Real name: Unknown
Affiliates: Injustice Gang, Injustice League, The Society, Club of Villains
Powers: Wide range of comedic-themed weapons such as bladed playing cards, acid-squirting flowers, cyanide-stuffed pies, exploding cigars, and lethal electric joy buzzers; Joker venom; clown-themed weapons and gadgets; immunity to poisons and toxins
Primary opponents: Batman, Batman Family
Prominent appearances: Batman(film), The Dark Knight, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: A Death in the Family, Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, The Batman, Batman(tv show), Joker, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
So there you have it, the Fans of FAN’s Top 30 villains to go with their Top 30 heroes. And with having a whopping 12 villains in the Top 30, 13 if you include Solomon Grundy, it would appear that the Fans of FAN think that Batman and his wards have the best rogues gallery in comics.