Posts Tagged ‘ villain

Alphabet of the Arcane: The Letter D

Justin Maudslien, aka Sub-Human’s Mr. M., explores weird and little known factoids and shares his skewed observations about the world of comics, cartoons and sequential art.

The letter D could stand for many things: “comic book deaths,” “The lost art of 3-D comics,” “The Double D’s of comics,” … but today it stands for the showdown of the two most badass villains in comic book history: Darth Vader and The Demon of Deutschland, the Dork of D-Day, Adolf Hitler.

Most would probably guess the Joker or Dr. Doom, but no. The two most badass villains are Darth Vader and Adolf Hitler. “What!?” you may be screaming, but hear me out.

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The Doctor Is In: Bring on the Bad Guys

On alternating Tuesdays, Allan “Doc” Dorison operates on a specific part of popular culture.

by Allan Dorison

Webster’s has four definitions for the word villain.

Definition 1: an uncouth person. Definition 2: a deliberate scoundrel or criminal. Definition 3: a character in a story or play who opposes the hero. Definition 4: one blamed for a particular evil or difficulty.

For this instance I’m going to focus on definition 3… with which I disagree.   I think, in the best cases at least, it’s the hero who opposes the villain. That’s what drives the plot.

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