Underrated DC villains that should get more attention?

[SiegePerilous02]

It's probably anyone who isn't a Batman villain, and even that can be narrowed down to anyone that isn't Joker or Harley

[Johnny Thunders!]

Anton Arcane is my favorite, I like that it’s always personal with him. I also love Star Saphire.

[K7P5V]

My Top (3) Three:

• Signalman (Perez version)
  
  
• Killer Croc (Conway version)
  
  
• Doctor Destiny (Gaiman version)

[exile001]

Almost any Justice League enemy outside of Darkseid.

Despero, Starro, Professor Ivo, Amazo, T.O.Morrow, Kanjar Ro, Doctor Destiny, Felix Faust, various Injustice Leagues, these could all be massive threats under the correct writer (see Morrison with the Shaggy Man).

Maybe not Dr Light, though.

[krazijoe]

I loved Meltzer's version of Solomon Grundy and wish more had been done with him changing persona's everytime he is reborn.

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[scary harpy]

All-Star Squadron foes:

• Deathbolt
• Fledermaus*
• Grosshorn Eule*
• Gudra*
• Kamikaze*
• Mekanique
• Night and Fog
• Sea Wolf*
• Thor
• Ubermensch*
• Usil*
• Zyklon

(*Axis America)

[scary harpy]

Batman foes:

• The Artisans
• Baffle, Michael
• Blackbeard
• The Black Rogue
• The Blaster
• The Blaze
• Cavalier
• The Conjurer
• The Crimesmith
• The Dagger
• False face
• Glass Man
• Goblin
• The Gong
• Gorilla Boss of Gotham
• Gregorian
• Hydro
• The Jackal
• Jolly Roger
• King of the Cats
• Little Nap Boyd
• Lucky Starr
• Mallard, Ducky
• The Match
• Mannequin
• Mirror Man
• Mr. Camera
• Mr. Cipher
• Mr. Zero
• Moriarty
• Numbers
• Prof. Post
• Prof. Radium
• Prof. Zero
• Puppet Master
• The Queen Bee
• The Robber Baron
• Styx
• The Thumb
• Tiger Shark
• Frederic Vaux
• The Zero

[Dr. Poison]

Cadre
Dr. Death
Dr. Phosphorus
Dr. Poison
Kung
Marine Marauder
Monacle
Osira
Queen Clea
Starbreaker
The Wizard
Vulcan Son of Fire

[scary harpy]

The Flash golden-age foes

• Black Hat
• Empire, Norman
• Fiddler
• Maldita Toxicohedron
• Rival
• Shade
• Star Sapphire
• The Thorn (rename The Rose)
• Wooden Man

[scary harpy]

Green Lantern golden-age foes

• Backwards Man
• Crime of the Month Club
• Dandy
• Johnny Double
• The Fool
• The Fop
• The Gambler
• Harlequin
• The Icicle
• The Juggler
• Kid Triangle
• Knodar
• Merry Moon
• Johnny Mimic
• Mr. Paradox
• Prof. Nobody
• Red Domino
• Silhouette
• Sky Pirate
• The Whistler
• White Star

[scary harpy]

Hawkman golden age foes

• Alexander the Great
• The Beanstalk
• Chance
• Dynamo
• The Foil
• Hot Shot
• The Hummingbird
• Johnny Law
• Lasso
• March, Danford
• The Monocle
• Nikaloff, Boris
• Nyola
• Phantom Menace
• Purple Pilgrim
• Satana
• Simple Simon
• Thought Terror

[scary harpy]

I can do this awhile longer.

We lost a lot of good golden-age villains when the Silver Age began. At least, a lot of good names.

We've continued to lose villains through the decades...simply because of thoughtlessness.

It's a shame and a waste.

[Sutekh]

The Fatal Five - each individual member. The Legionnaires series actually did this years ago, introducing each member on their own as a legitimate threat so that when they got together, you understood how dangerous they'd be.

Hell yes. Emerald Empress (dealing with her former conquest of Venegar, or other artifacts like the Emerald Eye), Tharok (and his Dark Men clones and spin-off villains like the League of Super-Assassins, and erratic control of Validus) and the Persuader (and his criminal gang / organization, and possible origin story for the Atomic Axe and other potential ancient alien artifacts like it) each have potential for an entire spin-off arc.

I've got less ideas for Validus or Mano, but I'm sure others can pick up that slack!

[scary harpy]

Superman golden-age foes

• Aesop, Johnny
• The Archer
• Atoman
• Atomic Skull
• Colonel Future
• The Domino
• Funny Face
• Hi-Jack
• Jim Dandy
• The Gargoyle
• The Leopard
• Mala
• Mr. Ohm
• Mr. Sinister
• Mother Goose
• Night-Owl
• The Water Sprite
• Wizard of Wokkit
• Zoltan

Wonder Woman golden-age foes

• Anti Electric
• Badra
• Baroness Paula von Gunther
• Minister Blizzard
• Blue Snowman
• Dalma
• Furiousa, Mistress of Masquerade
• Fausta Grables
• Gundra
• Hypnota
• Lord Conquest
• Mask
• Mouseman
• Nuclear the Magnetic Marauder
• Osira
• Prof. Toxino
• Queen Atomia
• Thought Master
• Tigra Tropica
• Wanta
• Zara

[Zero Hunter]

Definitely Eclipso. The creature is the former wraith of god and angle of vengeance but we hardly ever see him used to his true potential because he would just be too powerful. I have had the idea for years to really show how powerful he is he needs to shown in the Legions time. Link him to the Dark Circle religion as their god and have him and his cultist start conquering worlds.