supervillain
Sign in to saveAlso known as supervillainess, super-villain, super villain
thumb|Supervillains of the United Underworld from the 1966 film Batman (1966 film)|Batman, a film adaptation of the comic books based on [[Batman and the 1960s television show of the same name. From left to right: Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and Joker.]]
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- stock character
- Subclass of
- villain
- Image
- Batman villains 1966.jpg
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- Commons category
- Supervillains
- topic's main category
- Category:Supervillains
- opposite of
- superhero
- female form of label
- суперзлодейка
- Unicode character
- 🦹
- male form of label
- суперзлодей
- hashtag
- super-villain
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thumb|Supervillains of the United Underworld from the 1966 film Batman (1966 film)|Batman, a film adaptation of the comic books based on [[Batman and the 1960s television show of the same name. From left to right: Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and Joker.]]
A supervillain, supervillainess or supercriminal is a variant of the villainous stock character. The character is a common archetype in comic books and other popular culture, often acting as the primary adversary of superheros.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “supervillain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.