What was fun with Osborn was that everyone was screwing with him and you just felt sort of bad for him. Oh, the street level folks like Scorpion, Bullseye, and even Taskmaster were on board, but Doom was getting annoyed, Emma and Namor were doing their thing, Loki was basically using him as a noose in the most complicated suicide plot ever, you had Daken doing whatever he was doing, and then there was the Void.
I'm gonna say Sabretooth, because he's sucked at it since 2003. lol
As an anti-hero, he got a bit more character depth, and had the potential for so much better if Bunn had gotten to keep him. Pak screwed up his character six ways from Sunday & he went out on the lowest note possible.
Rosenberg says he's doing some 70's stuff with Creed in WoR, and Hell Creed wasn't even a mutant during that period. lol So I expect more jobbing there. I gave up on reading Creed as a villain. Unless I hear he does something besides be a losing meathead.
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Batroc has his niche as honorable merc, but someone will inevitably have him workimg for Hydra or whatever again.
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Quentin?
There's absolutely no reason to make Emma Frost a villain other than "WHAAAAAAAAAAH, I WANT THINGS BACK LIKE THEY WERE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP! WHAAAAAAAH!". Which, sadly, is the default mode for a good part of Marvel writers and editors these days. There's nothing you can do with her as a villain you can't do with Selene or even Lady Mastermind.
Juggernaut really has no reason to be a villain either; his motivation was always limited to Xavier's issues, but at this point feels forced, specially since Xavier hasn't led the X-men in a long time.
Loki works better as an agent of chaos, that could help or harm the heroes depending on the story.
Galactus should have stayed as Lifebringer, a complete waste.
I don't even know if Marvel knows what a villain is currently and how they should act.
The most recent true villain AKA evil portrayal I can think of is the original Old Man Logan
short run. I am sure there have been a few recent stories if which a villain knew there
role and did not show up in top hat and tails
Very true ... but that was long before he even went full Tyrant. Wasn't he initially much more neutral/abstract? Been a long time sense I read thew older stuff.
I guess is was thinking more about the "Mad Tyrant" title that he currently holds that's pushed him squarely into diabolical villian territory.
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Loki has evolved past straight up villainy. He is more an opportunist who sides with whichever party can further whatever plan he has in motion. Sometimes that involves helping the hero, and other times the villain. Dude is pretty quick to back stab them at a moment's notice. Which is as it should be.
The last time Magneto was a straight up bad guy was, what, during Planet X? Even then, Marvel was quick to retcon that one. Magneto is more a morally grey character. His intentions are noble, but his methods leave alot to be desired. Heck, I think Xavier has done more reprehensible acts in the last 20 years than Magneto has.
Absorbing Man was trying to turn his life around until he got screwed over in Immortal Hulk. Thunderball has gone straight. Sabretooth worked as an antihero while Wolverine was dead. But Pak was quick to undo that. Sandman should have remained a hero. Lizard is no longer a villain. Gibbon, from what was shown in recent ASM issues, was trying to sort himself out.
Venom
Galactus
Black Cat
Magneto
Loki
Superior Spider-Man
Emma Frost (hoping her regression is resolved and forgotten sooner rather than later)
Emma cant be a hero while Jean is around..they basically rubbed that Cyclops relationship in everyone's face during her Morrison induced death exile. Made sure Cyclops was a heel.the whole time...now he's not a heel anymore magically as Jean is back in the mix.
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