The best comic book villains are the ones who don’t see themselves as villains. They set out to achieve goals that may have horrifying consequences for society. Still, they believe such actions are beneficial in the end – even if at the sacrifice of their own humanity. In their minds, if they don’t do it, who will?
Some comic book villains view humanity as human cattle, unappreciative and undeserving of their existence; they need to be shocked back into appreciating their lives. Some become villains by force. Other comic book villains are anarchists who believe they need to be the chaos “ying” to the “yang” of societal laws and norms. After all, there is no light without dark and no love without hate.
