Villains that outgrew their hero ?

For me it'll be Norman Osborne and Black Adam

I'm curious how Norman outgrew Peter, assuming that's what you meant. You mean how he went on to fight the Avengers and all that? I agree it elevated his status a bit. He still went on to continue being the Green Goblin and a Spidey villain though.

Same as how Lex Luthor is a villain to the JL and Superman as a solo.

Or maybe I'm not understanding haha.

@granitesoldier: Ok I dont mean they will never fight their villain but that they will go on to fight others and not even see the hero they started out with. Hope that explanation wasnt as terrible as it sounded

Oh ok I understand now. I thought you meant they "moved on" and purely became a threat to a team or something like that.

Black Adam

Deadshot and Catman.

Deadshot.

Deathstroke,lobo and darkseid

Ultra-Humanite.

Darkseid. He's a supreme overlord who riles himself up over 1 Kryptonian....

Lex Luthor

Winter Soldier. I liked him better as Cap.

Movie Loki

Norman Osborn and Dr.Doom

Heh, Darth Maul.

I think Thanos is the ultimate example. It's hard to say what Marvel franchise he belongs to. Adam Warlock and Captain Marvel are his two arch-enemies, but he's so much bigger/ more popular than either of them. He's survived cancellations of 5 series where he served as a main antagonist (Adam Warlock, Captain Marvel, Silver Surfer, Warlock and The Infinity Watch, Guardians of the Galaxy) and still manages to show up in a huge event every 5 years. He also serves as the main character in many of his arcs, which is odd for a villain.

Deathstroke.

Would you guys say Magneto has moved on?

@stormphoenix: he has his own solo now so yes

@stormphoenix: Magneto is not a villain.

Damn. So many great answers. I agree with everything here. Especially movie Loki. I wouldn't mind if we got that last battle between him and the Avengers that was shown in EMH

joker.

Dr.Doom. While yes, he does skirmish with the Fantastic Four, he has evolved to become a universe wide threat.

#16 Posted by Kangconquers (232 posts) - 2 days, 23 hours ago - Show Bio

I think Thanos is the ultimate example. It's hard to say what Marvel franchise he belongs to. Adam Warlock and Captain Marvel are his two arch-enemies, but he's so much bigger/ more popular than either of them. He's survived cancellations of 5 series where he served as a main antagonist (Adam Warlock, Captain Marvel, Silver Surfer, Warlock and The Infinity Watch, Guardians of the Galaxy) and still manages to show up in a huge event every 5 years. He also serves as the main character in many of his arcs, which is odd for a villain.

QFT

Osbourne, Doom, Thanos, Loki, Doc Ock.

Those would be my picks

Kingpin from Spider-man to Daredevil.

I would love that

Thanos & Darkseid.

Red Hulk. Dude's making his own tracks these days..

WRYYYYYYYY!

Doom, Darkseid, Black Adam, Sinestro and to an extent Raj Au Ghul

@stormdriven: Sorry for such a late response. But yeah it would be awesome!

@guardiandevil83: That fight was epic. As was the whole build up to it.

Juggernaut.

Venom (Brock), classic Juggernaut, Black Adam, Deathstroke, Mongul, Norman Osborne, Deadpool (started off as an X-Force/Cable villain), Luthor, Dr. Doom, Loki I suppose, Cheetah

Kingpin

Doom, Thanos, Ultron, Darkseid and Kang to name a few.

@greatcaesarsghost said:

This guy.

The Skrulls.

This.

@stormdriven: Exactly. We have the players and if they use the visuals from TDW it would be awesome. I'm a sucker for a beautiful movie, although I was let down story wise. I wanted more of a sword and sorcery epic. They gave me Lord Of The Rings meets Battlestar Galactica

Someone said it but Deathstroke. I mean the guy started off as a lowly Titan villain. Now look at him. They're relaunching his series. Given him multiple appearances. And even a part in a TV show. He's got one of the best success stories imo.