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Watchmen, tantalizingly, ends at a point where it’s ambiguous just how successful he’s been.
See, Bane didn’t justbeatBatman way back in his first story, hebrokeBatman - literally.

That alone puts a villain in the upper echelon of bad guys.
He famously killed Barry’s girlfriend Iris West in the pre-Crisis continuity.
He’s the Flash’s arch-nemesis and a truly chilling villain.

Galactus is a massive being who devours the life-force of planets - an incredibly cool concept.
Batman and Ra’s remain bitter enemies but, well, it’s complicated.
It’s hard to be more villainous than that.

Magneto
Calling Magneto simply a “villain” is a bit of a simplification.










































