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  • Before they lost their powers en masse, the Order of Despots was this to the Pantheon in All Fall Down.
  • Disney Ducks Comic Universe: A non-superhero example would be with Scrooge McDuck, most notably in the comics by Carl Barks and Don Rosa. Along with the Beagle Boys, who are constantly trying to rob Scrooge blind, he has to contend with Magica De Spell, an evil sorceress who constantly tries to steal Scrooge's #1 Dime because she thinks it has magic powers; the snooty John D. Rockerduck, who simply inherited his money instead of working for it like Scrooge did; and Flintheart Glomgold, who has all of Scrooge's drive and determination but none of his ethics or morals. There's also Blackheart Beagle, the Beagle Boys' grandfather, founder, and occasional leader who is depicted as Scrooge's Arch-Enemy and is constantly trying to rob Scrooge blind with the aid of his family The Beagle Boys. Later day additions include the country of Brutopia and Arpine Lusene, who's out to steal Scrooge's money simply to show that he can, or, at the very least, make it disappear so he can claim he did.
    • The Beagle Boys, Flintheart, and Magica all became regulars on DuckTales.
    • Interestingly, while both come from the original canon, Rockerduck and Flintheart rarely if ever are featured in the same canon in modern comics. In America Flintheart is prevalent while in Europe Rockerduck is more famous, and as a result hardly any American fan is aware of Rockerduck and the same applies to European fans for Flintheart, which resulted in their personalities to have evolved over time to be the same. Thus, you can call Rockerduck "Europe's Flintheart" and Flintheart "America's Rockerduck".
    • Scrooge's Rogues Gallery is actually lampshaded in the first episode of the DuckTales reboot, when Scrooge learns that Donald's new job is with Flintheart Glomgold.
      Scrooge: Your new job is with my sworn enemy?
      Donald: I can't keep track of all your sworn enemies!
  • During her quest to find the person(s) responsible for her apparent murder, Ghost (Dark Horse Comics) amasses a gallery of enemies with varying strange abilities, including the likes of Cameron Nemo, Dr. October, Hunger, Dr. Trouvaille and his Ghost-Hunters, Archibald Scythe, Joe Yimbo, Malcolm Greymater, Towering Chris, Miasma, Snake, and Von Ghastly, and non-powered foes like Crux, Leo Merino and The Hunter.
  • Across the G.I. Joe franchise, the Joes consistently do battle against the Cobra Command terrorist organization in one form or another (not always paramilitary, such as in G.I. Joe: Renegades where it's Cobra Industries, a pharmaceutical conglomerate). Members of the Cobra group include Cobra Commander, Destro, the Baroness, Storm Shadow, Zartan, Dr. Mindbender, Black-Out, and Serpentor (who temporarily took Cobra Commander's place as leader of Cobra), while mercenaries Major Bludd and Firefly occasionally grant their services to the organization.
  • Judge Dredd has a rather small gallery, since (much like Punisher) most of his enemies end up dead, and many of those that he sends to prison don't pop up again. Recurring villains include Judge Death (who's an immortal undead), PJ Maybe (who's both incredibly lucky and a master of escape), Judge Child (Who was Dredd's first recurring enemy), and the recently retired Mean Machine Angel. One could perhaps also add Orlok, though he tends to tangle more with Anderson. Other foes of lesser renown include Stan Lee the Deathfist, Satanus the Time Traveling Dinosaur, Judge Caligula, and arguably Rico Dredd.
  • Mickey Mouse faced many adversaries in the Mickey Mouse Comic Universe, but his most notable enemies, aside from Peg-Leg Pete, include an Amoral Attorney named Sylvester Shyster, a stingy old man named Eli Squinch, a trio of simian mad scientists named Professors Ecks, Doublex, and Triplex, and his Arch-Enemy, the Phantom Blot.
    • Goofy, often co-starring in Mickey's adventures, tends to face the same villains as him, but he still has a small handful of recurring enemies such as Kranz, Super-Thief, and Doctor Tempo.
  • The Savage Dragon has hundreds of rogues between the Vicious Circle, various Overlords, Darklord, Thor, Solar Man, The Fiend, his Evil Doppelgänger, etc.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog:
  • Superlópez has a cast of recurring bad guys including Al Trapone, Escariano Avieso, Refuller D'Abastos and Lady Araña, to name a few.
  • Spawn has a lot of recurring villains being both supernatural and sci-fi mostly dealing with criminals, other hellspawns, gods, angels,vampires,werewolves cyborgs, assassins,Demons,and other monsters. His most prominent and notable foes are Violator, Malebolgia, Mammon, Sinn/Cogliostro, Disruptor/Jason Wynn, Curse, Billy Kincaid, Brock Fennel, Overtkill, Cy-gor, Zera, Tiffany, The Freak, Redeemer, Dark Redeemer/The Forsaken, Plague Spawn, Omega Spawn, Morana, Ab, Zab, Urizen, Cataclysm, Rapture, Godsend, Margaret Love, Necro Cop, and Mandarin Spawn along with many more.
  • Superman Substitute Supreme has Darius Dax, the Televillain, Korgo the Space Tyrant, Shadow Supreme, Emerpus, Optilux, and Szasz the Sprite Supreme, among others. Almost all of these are transparent Captains Ersatz of Superman villains.
  • Despite being relatively young by the standards of many comic book continuities, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW) has built up an extremely formidable gallery of rogues, most appear at least twice, with many having their own story arcs and some arguably even have their own rogue galleries.
    • Of the core villains, there are The Shredder, Krang, Baxter Stockman, Rat King, and arguably Agent Bishop, Leatherhead, Madame Null and Old Hob fill this role as well. Villains of slightly lesser notability are plentiful but not to be underestimated, such as Karai, Hun, Natsu, Zodi, Bebop and Rocksteady, Atilla the Frog, Metalhead, Bludgeon, Koya, Ocho, Dr. Barlow and D.B., Bloch, Darius Dun, Victor, Queen Maligna, Puggle, Bandit, and Diamond.
    • On the more cosmic scale, the turtles have battled against many aliens and astral beings, such as Colonel Ch'rell, Hakk-R, Savanti Romero, Queen Maligna and Zog.
    • Of course, the Turtles haven't just faced individuals. The four brothers and many of their friends have faced off against entire teams, organizations, and even entire civilizations, such as the Foot Clan and its many sub-organizations, T.C.R.I. Corporation, Earth Protection Force, Darkwater, the Stone Soldiers, the Malignoid Swarm, Punk Frogs, Utrom Empire, the Triceratons, Stock Gen, Mighty Mutanimals, Street Phantoms, and more.
    • Inarguably the most powerful enemies ever faced by the turtles are The Pantheon, a group of Chaotic Neutral gods who have been playing a "game" with humanity, a game that's almost over. Members include the aforementioned Rat King, Aka, Manmoth, Gothano, Chi-You, Toad Baron, Jagwar, Kitsune, and their father, The Dragon.
    • Several characters and teams in the series also have their own micro-rogue galleries. Each of the turtles have one or two villains who are (or were) out for them specifically. Leonardo has Koya, Karai and "Dark Leo", whose more of his darker innerself, but they've still fought a few times. Raphael has Alopex, Zodi, and a more personal hatred for the EPF. Michelangelo is associated with Wyrm, Kara Lewis, and in the later stories, Master Splinter. Donatello arguably has the largest of these, with Bebop and Rocksteady, Metalhead, Colonel Ch'rell, and Shredder all specifically attempting to kill him over his brothers. For their allies, Angel and Casey have beef against Hun and have butted heads against many gangs such as the Purple Dragons and the Garden State Wreckers. The Mutanimals themselves have confronted a handful of enemies unique to them, such as the Gang of Four and currently the group is split apart in a war against themselves, with Man Ray, Herman, and Old Hob as the bad guys.
    • As mentioned before, a number of the rogues have their own rogues! Most notably of this bunch are Bebop and Rocksteady, whose antics got them tangled in all sorts of sticky situations, causing them to go up against the Ghost Boys (lead by Xiang Fei Tong), The Olympian and Bopsteady.
    • And lastly, it goes without saying that many former villains have reformed to the side of good and a few good guys went bad. For the former, Alopex, Jennika, Krisa, Slash and most recently Kitsune and Shredder all started off as recurring enemies before becoming allies to the Turtles. For the latter, Leonardo for a time and Master Splinter fell to the dark side. He got better, though.
  • Tintin isn't a superhero, but he did have a series of recurring antagonists: Roberto Rastapopulous (Cigars of the Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus, The Red Sea Sharks, Flight 714), Colonel Sponsz(The Calculus Affair, Tintin and the Picaros) Colonel Boris/Jorgen (King Ottokar's Sceptre, Destination Moon, Explorers on the Moon), Allan (Cigars of the Pharaoh, The Crab with the Golden Claws, Flight 714), Dr. Mueller (The Black Island, Land of Black Gold minor in The Red Sea Sharks), and General Tapioca (The Broken Ear, Tintin and the Picaros). Also to a minor extent Dawson (The Blue Lotus, The Red Sea Sharks) and Sheik Bab El-Ehr (Land of Black Gold, The Red Sea Sharks).
  • Vampirella: Vampirella has had a shifting rogues gallery over the years. Some of her most frequent recurring enemies include Dracula, the progenitor of all evil vampires; the Mad God of Evil Chaos, who rules over Hell; Von Kreist, an undead Psycho for Hire Serial Killer; and the Blood Red Queen of Hearts, a body-hopping demoness.
  • Averted in Watchmen: One of the reasons the first wave of masked crime-fighters didn't work out well was that there weren't nearly as many villains that wore costumes, and they just ended up convincing criminals to work in less conspicuous ways.

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