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The 10 Greatest Villains From DC Movies

2016 hadn’t been a particularly great year for villains in superhero movies, what with all the hero v hero action going on – at least, until Suicide Squad arrived and starred a team of bad guys forced into becoming heroes. Noting exceptions like Doctor Octopus and Loki, DC have generally produced stronger supervillains than Marvel, so it made a lot of sense that they would be the ones to make the first fully-fledged supervillain movie.
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It is ironic that, in a year where other superhero movies were sidelining supervillains in favour of having the heroes go at it, Suicide Squad put numerous bad guys centre stage. Such a simple yet nifty idea had to come sooner or later – and it made the most sense that it would be DC who got there first. Noting exceptions like Doctor Octopus and Loki, DC movies have generally always produced stronger supervillains than Marvel.

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But, just who are these great DC movie villains of which we speak? Read on to find out, as we count down the 10 antagonists we most love to hate from DC films – from 1978’s Superman all the way to 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises.

Also, note that we’re only including characters who were the antagonists of their respective films, so the majority of the cast of Suicide Squad do not count.


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'