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When judging and rating the best villains in superhero movies there are several things that have to be taken into consideration. Is the villain evil or a victim? What exactly does he or she do to make them a villain? Memorable quote or scene? Classic fight scene with hero? If you want to get technical you should also consider how close to the source material the villain is portrayed. Now when using this profile to rate the best villains in superhero movies the following ten nicely fit the top ten bracket of villainy.

10 - Dr. Arcane. The villain from a not that well known movie about a not that well known superhero. The Swamp Thing. A man turned into the living swamp, or the swamp turned into a man perhaps. Either way, Swamp Thing was a cult classic movie with a decidedly evil villain. The mad scientist Dr. Anton Arcane had his men raid a lab in the swamp that was run by Dr. Alec Holland who was on the verge of a major discovery in botany and biology. A plant that could live anywhere, imagine the possibilities. However the side effect of the formula for this super-plant was explosive, literally. Arcane wanted the formula for his own uses and had an army of mercenaries steal everything they could and burn the place, in the process dousing Holland with the formula and setting him on fire to fall into the swamp and emerge as the Swamp Thing. Arcane mercilessly pursues his enemy the Swamp Thing and a survivor from the lab in order to get the formula, even going so far as to cut off the swamp thing's arm. Once he obtained the formula he was so bold as to drink it to see the effects it would have on him, unleashing his inner evil monster. This cult favorite was an early Wes Craven villain as well, that counts for something.

9 - Doctor Doom. Now, he was not that faithful to the source material, which is truly a shame as the comic book Dr. Doom is by all rights top villain in his world. Here is a man who is more than a genius on the level of Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic himself, but truly so self involved his ego is the only thing that keeps him from winning against the Fantastic Four and conquering the world. However, his movie counterpart while no where near as good of a character has his own redeeming qualities. For instance he is still a genius, he's got a bone to pick with Reed Richards and still pulls off the arrogance of the Latverian dictator well. However he's just a businessman here. He was playing Lex Luthor with Doctor Doom's body. Doom with his electric

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