Superman Villains Appreciation 2021

[Vordan]

Bloodsport is definitely going to have some cool toys

[Brian Adkins]

Bizarro
Bloodthirst
Cyborg Superman
Conduit
Dev-Em

Doctor Stratos (an interesting story as to how this character started and ended. Naturally,I doubt anyone would mind if someone brought him back to be what he claimed- a god-like being with weather controlling powers)

Dreadnaught (and Psi-Phon...or should that be the other way around? lol)
Equus
Eradicator
Galactic Golem
Grax- a 4 armed alien and self appointed (?) 20th level intellect and sometimes competitor with Brainiac
Hellgrammite- after his deal with Neron,being able to make others into lesser more subordinate versions of himself and imprisoning them in cocoons is rather creepy.
Ignition- a cyborg-supposedly?- created by the Joker when he had Mxy's powers.

Kru-El :The first cousin once removed of Superman himself, and the black sheep of the House of El, who brought disgrace upon the family name by manufacturing an arsenal of forbidden weapons and unleashing them for a field-test upon Kryptonopolis. Kru-El was the first Kryptonian criminal to ever be imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, at the hands of his cousin Jor-El, and his weapons were sealed with the Phantom Zone Projector into a casket and launched into orbit around Krypton when punishments by incarceration in the Zone were discontinued. When Krypton exploded, the blast sent the casket containing the Projector and the weapons on a course towards Earth, providing the circumstances for them to be discovered by a naive Superboy.

Kryptonite Man
Maaldor the Dark Lord
Massacre
Master Jailer

Obsession (a.k.a. "Mrs. Superman") Dana Dearden is obsessed with Superman causing her to make irrational decisions that could hurt herself and others.
Magic Coins grant her powers of the gods Zeus, Hercules, Mercury, and Heimdall.
Superhuman Strength: Strength of Hercules.
Superhuman Speed: Speed of Mercury.
Flight: Flight of Mercury.
Electrokinesis: Lightning of Zeus.
Superhuman Durability: Power of Zeus.
Enhanced Vision: Sight of Heimdall.

Satanus:A lord of Hell who takes the form of human tabloid publisher Colin Thornton by day, while furtively seeking the corruption and damnation of souls and the downfall of humanity's greatest inspiration in Superman.

Zha-Vam: A construct made of clay, given intelligence and animate human form, and bequeathed a belt with tiles that allow selection of the various Greek gods' powers. Zha-Vam was given life by the Gods of Olympus to punish Superman centuries into the future for eclipsing the legends of their exploits with his own.

[Brian Adkins]

Was rather surprised at just how many Kryptonian and cyborg villains he has had. And it's a little odd that he has so many magically powered villains and yet so few use them.

[marhawkman]

Was rather surprised at just how many Kryptonian and cyborg villains he has had. And it's a little odd that he has so many magically powered villains and yet so few use them.

Old-school Zoners were often random mooks that were lucky to have names. Very few got re-used.

[Brian Adkins]

Old-school Zoners were often random mooks that were lucky to have names. Very few got re-used.

Right. Would have to look up his name again but one was used because he used a horn from a Kryptonian rhino or something? lol

[Gaius]

[Vordan]

Was Justice after Waid’s Birthright origin or was it using Johns Secret Origin? Definitely using one of those two for Luthor.

I like Ross’ take on Toyman and the comparison between Brainiac and Kal is an interesting one there.

Bizarro is typical and works well.

I like Parasite’s origin, that’s a better way of tying him to greed than how Johns did in Secret Origin imo, but the goals are still too banal.

Metallo is too basic.

[Gaius]

Was Justice after Waid’s Birthright origin or was it using Johns Secret Origin? Definitely using one of those two for Luthor.

I like Ross’ take on Toyman and the comparison between Brainiac and Kal is an interesting one there.

Bizarro is typical and works well.

I like Parasite’s origin, that’s a better way of tying him to greed than how Johns did in Secret Origin imo, but the goals are still too banal.

Metallo is too basic.

I think Ross and Waid just take from the same pre-Crisis/Silver Age source of Lex and Clark being childhood friends. Though Smallville was on at the time, so there's that also.

Metallo gives me used car salesman with possible mob ties.

[Dr. Skeleton]

Atomic Skull and Kryptonite Man should definitely get more love and attention. I also wish they would stop mutating Parasite and stick with his original look. My other faves are Luthor, Darkseid, Zod, Braniac, and Bizarro. Not exactly Superman villains, but I love when he fights Solomon Grundy and Mongul. Mongul is borrowed from Green Lantern in the way Daredevil borrows Kingpin from Spider-Man.

[AdamFTF]

Was Justice after Waid’s Birthright origin or was it using Johns Secret Origin? Definitely using one of those two for Luthor.

I like Ross’ take on Toyman and the comparison between Brainiac and Kal is an interesting one there.

Bizarro is typical and works well.

I like Parasite’s origin, that’s a better way of tying him to greed than how Johns did in Secret Origin imo, but the goals are still too banal.

Metallo is too basic.

Justice is just straight-up Silver Age/Bronze Age continuity. It was an Alex Ross passion project and Ross tends to stay away from more modern stuff. Notice how he even references Parasite's real name as being Maxwell Jensen rather than Rudy Jones, even though there wasn't really a huge difference between Jensen and Jones.

Mongul is borrowed from Green Lantern in the way Daredevil borrows Kingpin from Spider-Man.

Other way around. Mongul's a Superman villain. Has been ever since DC Comics Presents #27 back in 1980. He only became a Green Lantern villain because they chose to sacrifice Coast City to his Warworld in a Superman story.

[Vordan]

Yeah I don’t mind sharing Mongul with GL (and I would gladly pawn Henshaw off on Hal), but his most famous story is a Superman one and I’m glad they’re focusing on the feud between Kal and Mongul again.

[marhawkman]

Right. Would have to look up his name again but one was used because he used a horn from a Kryptonian rhino or something? lol

And other weird stuff like Jewel Kryptonite.

[atomicskull]

Bloodsport is definitely going to have some cool toys

Instead of him having weapons teleported to him. His weapons will just transform. I dig it.

[Vordan]

Instead of him having weapons teleported to him. His weapons will just transform. I dig it.

Heh I didn’t realize it was the same weapon, good eye. That actually isn’t a bad way of handling his power come to think of it. In the comics I’d give him adaption weapons that configure themselves to hurt whatever he’s fighting, Gunn may be going for something similar.

[Dr. Skeleton]

Other way around. Mongul's a Superman villain. Has been ever since DC Comics Presents #27 back in 1980. He only became a Green Lantern villain because they chose to sacrifice Coast City to his Warworld in a Superman story.

Ah ok, my bad!