Batman villains, for the most part, seem to be regular humans who respond to traumatic life events by putting on a weird costume. They play off of the idea that Batman, for all his money and training is just a dude in costume responding to a traumatic event in his life.

Spiderman villains, tend to be losers or average blue-collar Joes, and Janes who get a taste of power, via technology, or a freak accident, and the power goes to their heads. This of course, is playing off of the whole "with great power comes great responsibility," thesis at the core of the Spiderman mythos.

But what makes a good Superman foe? there really doesn't seem to be much of a thru line with Superman rogues.