One thing that's always in demand for great superher♍oes is great supervillains - and when it comes to supervillains, some of the best/worst (depending on your perspective) is the deadly 𓆏female supervillains that have populated comics for decades.
In comic books, female villains are some of the most popular characters on the page, with characters like Catwoman, Harley Quinn, and Mystique often crossing back and forth and blurring the line between 'hero' and 'villain' thanks to the෴ir popularity as protagonists.
On that note, we're counting down the bestꦺ female supervil𓃲lains of all time!
10. Scandal Savage
One of the breakout characters of Gail Simone's𝓀 , Scandal Savage has everything you want in a great supervillain. She's got an unimpeachabl🦂e pedigree as the only acknowledged child of classic villain Vandal Savage, plus a great look, a distinct gimmick, and a vicious streak a mile wide.
Scandal would be higher on this list if she had operated on her own more often, but even as the leader of the brutally bad-ꦦass (and occasionally expendable) mercenaries the Secret Six, she's had some seriously cold-blooded moments.
She's been mostꦗly off the grid for, oh, two reboots now and counting - but we can't help but wish for a substantial comeback sooner rather than later.
9. Cheetah
As one of Wonde👍r Woman's greatest foes, differen𝔍t iterations of Cheetah have been around almost as long as the Amazon herself.
Though numerous women, and even one man, have held the identity of the Cheetah a෴t different points, it's the current Cheetah, Barbara Minerva, that has caused her the most problems.
Possessing the appearance and physical qualities of a cheetah thanks to a sinister ritual, Minerva has me🌺naced Wonder Woman over and over again, coveting her beauty and golden lasso.
She's beenꦅ one of Diana's primary enemies since 2016's , which helped redefine her origin and powers.
Cheetah appeared as one of the main villains of Wonder Woman 1984, pla🐭yed by Kristen Wiig.
8. Star Sapphire
Even though Carol Ferris, t🦩he most prominent Star Sapphire, has been more heroic than villainous for the last couple of years, Star🔴 Sapphire's legacy as a villain goes back much farther than that... all the way to the '40s, when a slightly different Star Sapphire menaced Jay Garrick, the original Flash.
Star Sapphire is, however, best known as a Green Lantern villain. Originally, Hal Jordan's girlfriend Carol Ferris would take on the identity of Star Sapphire when she became possessed by a🅷 strange gem from outer space.
Eventually, during the story , it was revealed that, like the Green Lanterns, the Star Sapphires comprise an entire corps of beings dedicated to theꦦ defense of true love.
7. Enchantress
Amora the Enchantr🐼ess is an Asgardian sorceress, and one of Thor's oldest and most powerful foes. Enchantress uses her bewitching powers to try to entrap others into her service, though she just as often relies on her natural feminine wiles to accomplish the same thing, often using the infa🐲tuated Skurge, the Executioner as muscle to back up her schemes.
Though she was initially interested in seducing Thor, ওEnchantress's schemes quickly became more elaborate and ambitious, as she even joined Baron Zemo's or✱iginal Masters of Evil in , and challenged the Avengers over and over in her quest for power.
She hasn't made it to live-action just yet, but her successor Sylvie, heir to the Asgardian magic of the Enchantress, was adapted int🐠o the MCU in Loki.
6. Viper
The unqueꦺstioned mistress of one of the largest sects of the te♛rrorist organization Hydra, Viper, a.k.a. Madame Hydra is one of the most powerful, and evil women in the Marvel Universe.
Though her only real power in comics could be considered her slowed aging process, her strength lies pri﷽marily in her formidable combat training, her charismatic leadership, and her ruthless conviction.
Though she has faced numerous heroes over the years, her primary enemies are usually Captain America and Wolverine, the latter of which she trained under the same master on the streets of the criminal island of Madripoo🌼r.
In fact, her relationship with Wolverine was one of the focal poin꧙ts of the 2013 film .
5. Granny Goodness
Granny Goodness is one of the most uni🔯que (and ter𝓰rifying) villains you're likely to find on this or any other list.
Known for the brutal training she inflicts on Darkseid's soldiers, her slavish devotion to the ideals of Apokolips, and her imposing phy💟sique, Granny is one of the most unique and distur𓃲bing of New Gods, introduced in saga.
Though she trains much of Darkseid's army, she is best known as the leader and trainer of his Female Furies✅, a group of elite women warriors that🔥 serve the will of Darkseid.
Granny is also responsible for training former Female Fury Big Barda, who later hel🐈ped Scott Free, a.k.a. Mr. Miracle escape from Apokolips, guaranteeing herself two formidable enemies for life - or death, as Barda and Scott were🌠 depicted as killing Granny in Tom King and Mitch Gerads' limited series.
She had a brief live-action cameo in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Zack Snyder's Justice League.
4. Harley Quinn
Though she starte🐟d asꦆ something of a sidekick for Batman's nemesis the Joker on , Harley Quinn became a breakout fan favorite, eventually crossing into comics. Despite her initial status as a supporting character, she quickly received her own ongoing series, and later a starring role in the Batman spin-off .
So, what makes Harley so great? Initially, her popularity stemmed from Arleen Sorkin's hilarious and expressive𒁃 performance, but it's the way the essence of the character has translated to comics that really makes Harley terrific; the fact that she evokes Batman's greatest nemesis while maintaining an attitude and style all her own.
Har🍷ley Quinn has become a mainstay of DC comic books with multiple headlining series under her belt, and a cওurrent animated series on the DC Universe streaming service. She also took a starring role in 2020's film.
Though she's still quite villainous in some media, the core comic book Harley Quinn is on a ꦰcurrent path of redemption following the story.
3. Mystique
Mystique is best descriౠbed as🐠 the ultimate femme fatale.
A daring, competent, ruthless super-spy with the enchanting power to change her appearance and a natural gift for seduction🐠 to back it up, Mystique has long menaced the X-Men both on her own and as a member of several i🎃ncarnations of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
As with many mutants, she has a familial connection to the X-Men as the moth💃er of Nightcrawler and the stepmother of Rogue🍸.
Though she did spend some time among the X-Men and working secretly for Professor X, she is best known as the leꦛader of numerous groups of villainous mutants, as well as💎 her core role in the film franchise.
She also🗹 headed up her ꦿown ongoing series in the mid-'00s.
Mystique has recently been working alongside the X-Men as an operative of Krakoa - but her re🐠lationship with the team and her more traditionally heroic counterparts has recently been heavily strained following the events of .
2. Dark Phoenix
Thou✃gh the Dark Phoenix can technically inhabit any host (as seen in 2012's ), its most iconic avatar was Jean Grey, one of the founding X-Men.
While her actual appearances are limited (with her greatest story undoubtedly being ), the Dark Phoenix's impact on X-Men comics and comics, in general, is almost im▨measurable. As one of the first, and most prominent heroes to go inexorably to the dark side, Jean's time as the Dark Phoenix rocked the relatively static nature of superhero comics up until that point.
The Dark Phoenix's reign of terror culminated in the destruction of an entire solar system, leading Jean Grey, in a moment of🐭 clarity, to sacrifice herself to end the Dark Phoenix's hold on her, sparking a cycle of death and rebirth that still reverberat⛦es in comics.
A new Phoenix🐬 host was just named in , in whichꦬ Echo took on the mantle - and the Phoenix Force itself told Thor that she is his mother.
has made it to the big screen twice, including an e༺ponymous 2019 film that put the capstone on Fox's X-Men films.
1. Catwoman
Sure, sure, she may be best known as more of an anti-hero these days, but Catwoman began as a villain. And, on a metaphorical level, isn't perfectly straddling the line of villain anꩲd hero, lithely stepping into either role as needed, the perfect embodiment of the fickle nature of a cat?
Catwoman's not the kind of villain who embarks on a world-conquering, murderous conquest, but the kind who vexes her nemesis at every turn, going to unheard-of length💧s to get what she wants, and life live by her own rules.
Nearꦛly as often an ally or even a lover of Batman as much as his enemy, Catwoman still started her career as a jewel thief, brazenly robbing, and occasionally seducing Gotham City's wealthiest citizens.
In all of her numerous and popular incarnations, including her last live-act𒁃ion appearance in , she always starts at odds withꦿ Batman, only siding with him once he's given in to his obvious attraction to his true opposite number, but almost always returning to her old life when he's outlived his usefulness.
She even went so far as to leave him at the altar in - th༒ough her future role as hero or villain is still playing out in the current limited serie𝐆s which continues the saga of their romance.
There aren't many characters who can say they're stronger-willed than Batman, but it isn't Catwoman who compromises her principle﷽s in the name of love or, more accurately, lust.
