Which Superhero has the biggest number of iconic villains?

I can think of only 3 possible ones.

Superman, Batman, Spiderman.

Wonder Woman, despite being the most iconic female superhero, doesn't have lots of iconic villain.

Ironman, Hulk, Captain America and Thor, despite being popular all do not have a big cast of iconic villains.

X-men has a good amount of iconic villains but because they operate as a team, its kinda hard to define what is an iconic villain for X-men, since the line is pretty grey.

Wolverine would be a more well defined character to say that he has iconic villain, but he does not have that big a cast.

Green Lantern have a pretty big cast of iconic villains as well, but not sure if there are as many as Superman, Batman and Spiderman.

Flash have the rogues which has pretty popular villains but I'm not sure if they're iconic.

So if you have to choose 1 Superhero who do you think has the most iconic supervillains.

Batman - Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Two-Face, Riddler, (maybe) Scarecrow, Poison Ivy and Mr Freeze. Spidey probably has a similar number (I can think Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Venom, maybe Lizard and Sandman). Most other major heroes only have one iconic villain, if that - Superman might have five but I'm not sure about Brainiac, Zod and Darkseid compared to Lex and maybe Bizarro (you know who he is even if you don't read comics - see the guy and he looks like a Superman character).

DC: Batman

Marvel: Spider-Man

definitely spider-man and batman.

@BiteMe-Fanboy: @spiderman20991992:

Choose one only. :P

@darth_brendroid said:

Batman - Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Two-Face, Riddler, (maybe) Scarecrow, Poison Ivy and Mr Freeze. Spidey probably has a similar number (I can think Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Venom, maybe Lizard and Sandman). Most other major heroes only have one iconic villain, if that - Superman might have five but I'm not sure about Brainiac, Zod and Darkseid compared to Lex and maybe Bizarro (you know who he is even if you don't read comics - see the guy and he looks like a Superman character).

Reason why I think Batman is because tons of his tons of villains. On top of that I would like to mention Bane, Clayface, Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Hush, Ra's Al Ghul, Talia Al Ghul, Killer Croc and the Ventriloquist.

So I would say Batman, but secretly deep in my heart I'm actually rooting for Superman. Seeing that he also has, Metallo, Doomsday, Atomic Skull, Toyman. Also, disagree on Bizarro since he has his own roller coaster in six flags :)

Marvel

Spidey

-Green Goblin

-HobGoblin

-Doc Ock

-Lizard

-Scorpion

-Rhino

-Sandman

-Venom

-Carnage

-Electro

-Kraven

-Mysterio

-Kingpin

DC

Batman

-Joker

-Two Face

-Penguin

-Riddler

- Freeze

- Ivy

- Catwoman

- Scarecrow

-Bane

-Clayface

-Croc

The X-Men and Superman have a few iconic villains but don't come close.

Spider-Man. Easily.

Batman

@BiteMe-Fanboy said:

DC: Batman

Marvel: Spider-Man

But Bats overall, I'd say.

Batman and Spidey.

Batman, easily.

Superman in second. Everyone has heard the name Brainiac even if they don't know where it comes from. Lex Luthor is pretty well known as well and used in every day speech. Those two are probably the best known villains/most heard of villains in all of comicdom.

Batman easily. You mention the Joker, Two-Face or Riddler to anyone and they'll instantly know who they are. 
 
Heck, we even have Arnie to thank for raising the awareness of Mr. Freeze. xD

@spiderman20991992 said:

definitely spider-man and batman.

Batman. 

Depends on how you define iconic. If you mean iconic as in the most mainstream and easily recognizable then Batman is the most iconic: Joker, Two-Face, Catwoman, Penguin, Riddler, Mr. Freeze, etc.

If we're talking iconic as in grandeur and awe inspiring, then I think Dr. Strange is the most iconic: Eternity, The Living Tribunal, Dormammu, Shuma-Gorath,etc.

Definitely Batman, Spider-Man is a close second though.

@FadeToBlackBolt said:

Batman.

Batman. The Joker is arguably the most iconic villain ever.

this is only a fight between the Bats and Spidey but I give it to Spidey. I think people would more easily recognize his rogues than Batsy's

@sethysquare said:

@BiteMe-Fanboy: @spiderman20991992:

Choose one only. :P

Batman, then.

Spider-man.

@Jorgevy: To me iconic means recognizable. So if were talking general public, I have to say Batman has the most well-known villians, because of all the popular media adaptions (especially the Dark Knight and the 60's show). So Batman, followed by Spider-Man, a pretty big gap, then Superman. Again, Im talking general public, plus comic fans.

Batman. I read his books for his bad guys. Heck they can hold their own titles I can't say that for any other heroes villains.

@KnightRise: well, if so, that's exactly why I said Spidey. With the movie adaptations and the cartoons.....

@sethysquare said:

@BiteMe-Fanboy: @spiderman20991992:

Choose one only. :P

Spider-man then. i just think his villains have had a ton of exposure with all the cartoons and movies. even spider-man's lesser know villains are more recognizable than batman's. but batman is definitely second. i don't think anyone else comes close to these two.

Batman.

Batman

close second Spider-Man

The answer is Batman. He has the single greatest villain of all time (the Joker) and best group of bad guys.

I would say Batman.

Batman easy

Batman.

@BiteMe-Fanboy said:

DC: Batman

Marvel: Spider-Man

Batman has the largest rogue's gallery of all time.

Definitely Batman, Spider-Man is a close second though.

@WaveMotionCannon said:

@Suprman

Definitely Batman, Spider-Man is a close second though.

This

Batman.

My non-comic book reading friends can recognise a fair few of Batman villains.

Aquaman.

@ImTheDamnBatman said:

Aquaman.

Agreed. LOL.

I'd have to go with Spiderman and Batman. Their movies definitely helped with the general public. The main Spidey villains (with the exception of Electro and Rhino) were all touched upon by his movies and Batman had all his in his movies as well, yes I am counting the horrible ones that had Riddler, Two Face, Freeze, and Ivy. Although I think the Adam West Batman helped more then any of the movies establishing who the Dark Knights main villains were.

spider-man. easy. then batman. superman has only 6-7 known villains.

@KainScion said:

spider-man. easy. then batman. superman has only 6-7 known villains.

Batman over Spider-Man

@Jnr6Lil: you can post yourself. you dont have to contradict the last guy that posted.

@KainScion: I just disagreed with what you said.

Batman.The Joker is probably the most iconic villain in the world.

@Jnr6Lil: oh. ok then. you are WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there i disagreed with you.

Batman has about 35-40 "Iconic" villains, Spider-Man only has about 20-25

But that's based on my criteria, so make of it what you will

@KainScion said:

@Jnr6Lil: oh. ok then. you are WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there i disagreed with you.

Ok I'm going to list the iconic villians for each, and by iconic I mean ones that are real popular

Batman: Joker, Poison Ivy, Penguin, Riddler, Ras Ahl Ghul, Two-Face, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, Bane, Harley Quinn,

Spider-Man: Venom, Doctor Octopus, Kingpin, Green Goblin, Sandman

These are just the primary ones, and as shown Batman has way more iconic villians, By the way I know what it is, but what is the actual definition of rogues gallery (in comic book terms, just to make sure?)

@Jnr6Lil: oh yes. nobody knows the lizard, black cat, electro, shocker, RHINO!!!!, Carnage, scorpion (to name a few and level the field). seriously. but i am in no mood of arguing with you. your opinnion (flawed) but your.

@KainScion: I'm not saying no one knows them but most if not all those villains you just listed, are not iconic, as the OP Stated, unlike the ones in which I stated.