Not the most powerful. Not the highest body count.
Which villain is most likely to inspire nightmares?
Not the most powerful. Not the highest body count.
Which villain is most likely to inspire nightmares?
Junior (Alex Merkel)
Dan Didio? JK!
“To the future or to the past. To a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone - to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: from the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink - greetings!" - Winston Smith
Two excellent suggestions! (Especially Dan Didio)
I'd add Murmur to the list. Doctor is one messed up bloke....
"My name is Wally West. I'm the fastest man alive!"
I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter.
The Batman Who Laughs is horrifyingly overused.
It's the Dynamic Duo! Batman and Robin!... and Red Robin and Red Hood and Nightwing and Batwoman and Batgirl and Orphan and Spoiler and Bluebird and Lark and Gotham Girl and Talon and Batwing and Huntress and Azreal and Flamebird and Batcow?
Since when could just anybody do what we trained to do? It makes it all dumb instead of special. Like it doesn't matter anymore.
-Dick Grayson (Batman Inc.)
I'm gonna nominate the PlaSStic Men from the current Freedom Fighters maxi. They are f**king horrifying.
I dunno if anyone else will remember this guy, but Alex Nero. He was from the Kyle Rayner era of Green Lantern; a Arkham worthy lunatic who got a hold of Sinestro's old jewelry. And this guy's subconscious controlled the ring so every twisted thought came to life. He maintained this huge, ever-changing army of Lovecraftian style constructs, which he didn't really have total control over.....constructs of his dead parents would follow him around and yell abuse at him.....and obviously he was crazier than a bag of cats and almost Joker-level unpredictable. Dude was a endless supply of Cthulhu inspired nightmares. Everyone remembers when Scarecrow got a yellow ring in Blackest Night, but Alex Nero makes Crane look like an amateur.
And oddly, I find Dessad scarier than Darkseid.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.