History Characters / ShazamVillains

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for his [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] incarnation, who had super-strength without a proportionate level of invulnerability.

* {{Archenemy}}: To the Marvel Family as a whole, in both {{UsefulNotes/the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} and UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} & UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks. Individual enemies like Sivana and Captain Nazi have claims on Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr., but when it comes to threatening the Marvels as a group, nobody holds a candle to Mister Mind.

Despite what you might be expecting after reading the above, he's one of the few Captain Marvel villains who ''isn't'' PlayedForLaughs Post-Crisis. Reimagined as a more realistic looking caterpillar, Mind's telepathic powers were made far more potent, making him one of the most powerful psychics in the DCU. He tried to pave the way for his species to invade Earth, and following his defeat hijacked Sarge Steel and tried to trigger a nuclear holocaust, destroying Mary Marvel's hometown of Fairfield in the process. Since then, he's evolved into the Hyperfly and tried to devour the multiverse, clashed with Lex Luthor on behalf of the [[ComicBook/TheBlackRing Zone Child]], and remained a major player in the Post-Crisis world.

* TakenforGranite: They are imprisoned as statues.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: How he was defeated in the Golden Age; as the demons who gave him his powers realized they couldn't win they'd run away one by one and take the power they gave Sabbac with them.

* GeniusBruiser: He doesn't really look like one, but he ''was'' the king of a technologically advanced species.

* ImmuneToMindControl: Captain marvel (and presumably the rest of the Shazam family) are immune to Evil Eye's hypnosis in super form.

* VillainDecay: When he was revived in the 80s, it pretty much ignored his godly physical attributes in favor of his magic.

* LimitedUseMagicalDevice: In his 40s appearances, his magic lets him do anything he can vocalize, but each power is limited to one use each (to explain why he doesn't just zap Captain Marvel back to a helpless kid and kill him after the first time).

* VillainDecay: IBAC started out as seeming like a pretty credible threat, especially with being given his powers by Satan himself and among Captain Marvel's first super-powered enemies besides. By the end of IBAC's second appearance, though, Cap was actively toying with him before finally taking him out. The rest of their Golden Age battles were similarly one-sided, although they were trying a little bit harder to make him seem like a threat when DC relaunched the series.

* {{Telepath}}: One of the strongest ones in the DCU.

--> '''Mr. Mind:''' HEE HO HA HO HAHO HEE HO HAW HAW YUK YUK HAAA HAAAAA HO HAAAAAAA-AAAA!
--> '''Narrator:''' Mr. Mind's horrible laughter cannot be matched by anyone on Earth!

[[folder:Mister Who]]
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-->''“That’s the trouble with you boys – all you think of is rough stuff ! There’s more money in doing things cleverly, and that’s just what I am !”''

He was once a handicapped but genius child, who suffered bullying and mockery. This led him to develop Solution Z, a formula which granted him super powers.

* EvilCripple
* {{Invisibility}}: Solution Z allows Mr. Who to become invisible.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Was formerly an enemy of Doctor Fate and the Green Lantern.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Solution Z allows hiw to grow or shrink at will.

[[folder:Mr. Banjo]]
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->'''A.K.A.:''' Kurt Filpots

A spy in disguise as a musician who delivered secret messages using the musical notes of his banjo.

* ComplexityAddiction: Even for wartime espionage, Banjo's scheme ''really'' takes the cake. A mole working as a secretary at the American Naval Headquarters would tap out a coded pattern on her typewriter for a fellow agent (whose family in Vichy France was being held hostage) that came in posing as a crank; the man would leave the HQ whistling the pattern, passing by Mr. Banjo, who would mentally translate it and replay it on his banjo with further instructions under the open window of a print shop... that ''then'' transcribed the notes onto sheet music and played them again on a radio broadcast, where they would FINALLY be intercepted and read by German command in the Pacific. Notably, after being foiled by Captain Marvel, his second and final plan doesn't involve music at all, [[BoringButPractical just kidnapping FDR and replacing him with an Axis doppelganger]].
* MusicalAssassin: Defied. Filpots relies on a gun when the going gets rough, and uses his banjo for purely utilitarian code transmission; Captain Marvel's the one to break it over his head. [[TheArtifact By his second appearance, he doesn't have a new one, and his evil plot has nothing to do with music]].
* RedheadInGreen: Wears a green suit and has orange hair.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Has auburn hair and wears green clothes.

[[folder:Mad Poet]]
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An enemy of Mary Marvel, he was a poet called Egbert Alvin Pfoe, who came third in a poetry contest and swore revenge.

* DisproportionateRetribution: He came third place, but wants revenge on the second and first place winners.
* MadArtist
* PunnyName: He’s named after Edgar Allan Poe.

[[folder:The Mad Mummy]]
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-->''"Harken! My old pyramid was destroyed by the Marvels! I need a new headquarters from which to send my plagues of horror over the world! Begin the '''NEW PYRAMID OF EVIL!"'''

An Ancient Egyptian mass murderer whom the wizard Shazam had defeated and imprisoned in the Pyramid of Peril, only to return millennia later when his Pyramid was discovered by archeologists.

* CompleteImmortality: Can't be killed, since he's already dead.
* SealedEvilInACan: Magically imprisoned by Shazam in ages past, and again at the end of the story arc.

[[folder:Mister Atom]]
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->''"I shall rule the world! That is the destiny of Mr. Atom."''

Mister Atom was a robot created by Doctor Charles Langley, who unfortunately died when he gave life to his creation with radioactive energy. The robot was instilled with hostile intentions of ruling the world

* DependingOnTheArtist: His design has varied between looking like an actual mechanical creation, a metal humanoid and a HumongousMecha.
* {{Flight}}: Mister Atom can fly.
* HandBlasts: Can fire nuclear blasts from his hands.
* KillerRobot: Believing he should rule the world, Mr. Atom has no qualms about killing puny humans.
* LosingYourHead: Mr. Atom can securely detach his head from his body.
* MasterComputer: Seeing how much mightier he was than humans, Atom determined to become Earth's ruler.
* TailorMadePrison: At the end of his first appearance, Mr. Atom is imprisoned in an underground, lead-lined cell, as no other prison could contain his power, but he threatens to break out one day.
* TokenRobot: He's the only robot among the human, alien or monster members of the Monster Society.

[[folder:The Monster Society of Evil]]
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Mister Mind assembled one of the first ever gang of bad guys in comic history. The roster includes members on this page, and some who only appear briefly.

The comic has a page [[ComicBook/TheMonsterSocietyOfEvil here]].

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Mr. Mind created three monsters to set on Capt Marvel: Oliver the octopus, Ophelius the ram, and Oliphant the dragon.
* {{Crossover}}: One of the earliest in comics. The first roster brought in villains who were previously enemies of other heroes, and united them under Mister Mind's leadership. Also a case of RoguesGalleryTransplant.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The roster is comprised of aliens, beast-creatures, fantasy beings, Nazis and Japanese from World War 2, and the odd demon and robot or two.
* LegionOfDoom: One of the earliest in comics.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Society has had Asian villains and Nazis in its ranks. Also a case of ValuesDissonance since that happened during World War 2 and hasn't been done since then.

[[folder:Nippo the Nipponese]]
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Nippo is a master of jujitsu and an agent of Imperial Japan during WWII.

* AlliterativeName: '''N'''ippo the '''N'''ipponese.
* AsianBuckTeeth: As with most offensive and dated depictions of Japanese people, he has prominent buck teeth.
* CrystalBall: Possessed two magical black pearls stolen from India, which gave him the ability to spy on people and see/hear what they were doing.
* YellowPeril: The guy is a walking stereotype of Japanese people during WWII.

[[folder:Nyola]]
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-->''“Hail to Yum Chac… make the Aztec race mighty again… we offer thee thy sacrifice…”''

An Aztec priestess who can control the weather. Served in the Monster Society.
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* LadyInRed: Dresses in red priestess clothes.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Was formerly an enemy of Hawkman and Hawkgirl
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