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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DonAdam" data-source="post: 1791285" data-attributes="member: 2446">I'll second the Joker and Magneto.The best thing I've ever read on the Joker is The Killing Joke, when he paralyzes Barbara Gordon. It gets across well how perfectly evil he is.Note that when I say Magneto, I mean "sometimes does the right thing but still a bad, bad man" Magneto. I hate it when popular villains become heroes; it always fails miserably and kills the seriousness of the character (see Venom).The coolest thing about Magneto is that he is a holocaust survivor. Who cannot sympathize with that? Then there's the fact that he really does look out for his own; he's not entirely selfless in this, but he doesn't follow the typical pattern of attacking his own henchmen (unless they're human... see Ultimate X-Men #1, or 26, which is my favorite issue of the series). He might be after power for himself, and that might be partially selfishly motivated, but its also to protect those around him.I guess for my 3rd, though there are lots of good options, I should go with one that someone hasn't said. I'll just say this, to avoid spoilers for those who haven't read the comics: the mastermind bad guy in The Watchmen. Not a character that was extremely well developed, but a plan and execution truly diabolical.Honorable mentions go to:Well, most of the Batman villains. Two Face and the early 90's cartoon Mr Freeze, in particular, are interesting characters. And of course, Hush. "What kind of killer quotes Aristotle?"I enjoyed the whole Strife/Cable/Scott/Jean thing in Executioner's Song, especially when it came out who Cable really is.Omega Red, who wasn't actually cool, but because I like watching dirty commies get beat up (especially when his powers were a rank allegory for communism).And, of course... The Swiss agents from the Blowhole episode of the Tick. They had giant freaking swiss army knives on their backs. Classic!By the way, I think Batman finally beat Shiva. In Hush, Shiva beat up Selina pretty bad. In Batman/Superman, which follows right on its heels, they run into each other in Washington DC and Batman makes pretty short work of her.</blockquote>

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