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The most powerful villains are able to go up against foes like the League, the Justice Society, the Titans, the Outsiders, Teen Titans, and all the rest. Not only can they go up against those teams, but some can beat them on their own. These ten DC villains are able to take out teams all by themselves, making them some of the most formidable enemies in comics.
10) Brainiac
Brainiac has a legacy of devastation, leaving light years of debris in his wake. The Coluan cyborg has been traveling through the universe for ages, stealing cities, destroying star systems, trying to learn and catalogue everything. He’s the smartest being in the cosmos, and is powerful enough to fight Superman. Add in his ship full of drones (who can also fight Superman) and the kind of weapons that no one else in the universe has ever seen, and he’s at another level compared to just about everyone. He could run through just about any team you can name anywhere, whether he does it with his mind or with his fists.
9) Prometheus
Prometheus doesn’t get as much credit as he deserves, but at his best he can beat just about anyone out there. He’s one of many characters who can be described as the “Batman of evil”, with an inverted origin — he was the son of criminals who were killed by the police and he devoted himself to destroying justice, using the fortune his parents squirreled away from their crimes to train himself and create the best weaponry. He knows how to beat everyone, and has a door to the Ghost Zone, which is basically just the Phantom Zone. He’s taken out one of the most powerful Justice Leagues ever, and proving his worth right from the start. He gets jobbed out, but he’s still quite formidable.
8) Starro the Conqueror
The Justice League battle the most powerful villains in the multiverse, and they proved that immediately. The group’s first enemy was also one of the most dangerous ever: Starro the Conqueror. This massive kaiju-sized starfish rains mini-Starros down on planets, taking control of the population and commanding them as armies that spread through the universe, taking control of more and more planets. Starros are so dangerous because if they hit at the right time, they can beat a whole team, and make them into drones, attacking other teams and adding them to their army. Heroes have to be perfect to come out of initial Starro attacks with the strength to beat one.
7) Reverse Flash
Speedsters in the DC Multiverse are some of the most powerful heroes and villains and Eobard Thawne has always been one of the most dangerous. The master of Negative Speed Force is as fast, if not faster, than Barry Allen and can use the parasitic energy of the Negative Speed Force against other speedsters. Non-speedsters don’t really have a lot of hope against him without lots of preparation; he can wipe out all the non-powered members in less than a second and move on to the more powerful before they even know what’s happened.
6) Perpetua
Many DC villains have high kill counts, but few of them can match Perpetua. She created the DC Multiverse to use it as a weapon to conquer other multiverses created by her fellow Hands. She’s defeated every team in the DC Universe. She fought and defeated the Justice League numerous times like they were nothing, and was only defeated by the Batman Who Laughs, who put his brain in the body of Doctor Bathattan. When it comes right down to it, no team can beat her, and she has a flawless record against all of them.
