Definitions
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fantasy fiction criminal or evil-doer, often withsupernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasyliterature who can present a credible challenge for asuperhero .
Etymologies
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Examples
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After reading these, I decided that the first ingredient to being a Marvel supervillain is to be born into a historically persecuted people -- Magneto being a German Jew, and Victor Von Doom who is gypsy/Romany.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010
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Ragged Boy, your observation about Agent Orange providing blood to the supervillain is genius.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Superhero Nation: Novel Synopsis 2008
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And at the end, she makes it plain that the only good supervillain is a dead supervillain, even if he's tucked away in a parallel universe prison.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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And at the end, she makes it plain that the only good supervillain is a dead supervillain, even if he's tucked away in a parallel universe prison.
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Come to think of it, La Conquistadora is a completely bitchin 'supervillain name.)
I did not go to school today... ellen_datlow 2008
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- I would also recommend against using the word supervillain in-story.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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The Spiderman films make it out to be that Spiderman just fights regular old crime most days of the week and every now and then he fights a supervillain, which is the opposite of the comics where he's usually fighting his small tier villains like Shocker, Scropion, and Rhino whenever there is a lull in an arc.
New Source Confirms Black Cat For Spider-Man 4, More Story Details Revealed? | /Film 2009
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And I don't think it's quite right to have a comic where the supervillain is the one to be so pathetic and pitied amd helpless.
Top 100 Comic Book Runs #80-76 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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And there's always the classic "Kneel before Zod" covers, wherein the hero is on his knees and the supervillain is about to bash him in the head.
Ferrett's Long Box Haul yuki_onna 2005
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But I guess becoming a supervillain is the next logical thing to do, just like John Lloyd Cruz, "magle-level up ka na!"
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