Top Ten X-men Villains
Thanks to Marvel for providing the basis for this list. For a full reading, please visit their page on this subject: X-men villains. Marvel classified Dark Phoenix as #4, but I moved her up to #2. I couldn’t delude myself into thinking she was their ultimate villain, I think everyone would agree that has been and always will be Magneto. But for pure power, emotion and the effect she had on the X-men I think Dark Phoenix deserves #2 status, no offense Marvel. I found a similar list of the top ten comic book villains at TopTenz.net
10. ONSLAUGHT
First Appearance: X-MEN v2 #53 (1996)
The very concept of this character hinges on the enduring, enthralling and never boring relationship between Charles Xavier and Magneto. Onslaught is big, ambitious and the kind of threat worthy of an event.
9. STRYFE
First Appearance: NEW MUTANTS v1 #87 (1990)
What makes Stryfe such a great foe for the X-Men isn’t his cool powers or rad costume, it’s his very personal connection to several of their key members and the fact that so much of his hatred towards them feels quite justified.
8. THE SHADOW KING
First Appearance: X-MEN v1 #117 (1979)
The very first mutant menace Charles Xavier ever encountered—the Shadow King—was, as Professor X has said more than once, in many ways the reason the X-Men were formed.
7. CASSANDRA NOVA
First Appearance: NEW X-MEN v1 #114 (2001)
For her opening act, Professor X’s evil twin sister used Sentinels to decimate Genosha and exterminate 16 million living beings, human and mutant alike.
6. MR. SINISTER
First Appearance: UNCANNY X-MEN #213 (1987)
Unleashed upon the world by Apocalypse, Sinister’s parade of death, destruction and genetic manipulation stems back to the 19th Century when he began tinkering with his own DNA.
5. WILLIAM STRYKER
First Appearance: X-MEN: GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS (1982)
It’s been said that there’s nothing more terrifying than the evil within man, and Stryker would certainly be evidence of that notion. William Stryker takes the very real prejudice we all feel from the world around us and distills it into a villain who needs only his hate-filled rhetoric to demonstrate his evil.
4. APOCALYPSE
First Appearance: X-FACTOR v1 #5 (1986)
Lemme break it down for ya why ‘Pocy rocks so much: One, he has one of the coolest villain names in all of comics. Heck, his real name—En Sabah Nur—sounds totally badass. Two, a blue and gray monster with a giant ‘A’ belt buckle sounds silly but looks awesome.
3. THE SENTINELS
First Appearance: X-MEN v1 #14 (1965)
The Sentinels can’t be reasoned with. They can’t be convinced, bought off or persuaded. They are cold, unfeeling robots with a single, unshakable objective: to exterminate an entire race of people. The Sentinels don’t hunt mutants because they feel prejudice or fight the X-Men because they have ambition, they simply follow their programming and will continue to do so no matter what.
2. DARK PHOENIX
First Appearance: X-MEN v1 #1 (1963)
While many enemies have hit the X-Men hard and caused them great loss, none have hurt them like Dark Phoenix did. Sure DP’s ridiculously powerful combination of telekinesis, telepathy and pyrokinesis left the good guys with their fair share of bruises, but having to find a way to stop their beloved Jean Grey by any means necessary really scarred the X-Men forever. For readers, it was the first time a hero had turned on them and gone so tragically wrong. She may not have surfaced in years, but Dark Phoenix is always a nightmare hanging over the heads of X-Men and X-Fans alike.” – Annihilator882
Spotlight Comic: X-MEN v1 #135—After suppressing the evil within for months, Jean Grey loses control of Dark Phoenix, scattering the Hellfire Club and drawing the X-Men into a personal conflict they can’t afford to lose.
1. MAGNETO
First Appearance: X-MEN v1 #1 (1963)
The Secret Cabal has never agreed on a number one choice until now, and if there’s anyone deserving of such agreement, it’s the man who many would call Marvel’s greatest villain—even though it’s tough at times to call him a ‘villain.’
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I agree with the move of Dark Phoenix from 4 to 2 and could have seen the move to #1, but replacing Magneto would have been a tough call. Nice start for a Jean Grey site. I’ll be watching.
Michael, I’m glad you agree as well. And thanks for looking over the site. It is new, but it will grow. Be sure to send any suggestions or comments for improving the site to admin@jean-grey.com.
Why the Fuck is Deadpool not There???????
He is Awesome Villain