10 Strangest Justice League Villains Of All Time

Being one of the oldest superhero teams since comics began, the Justice League have had their fair share of beloved and fantastic villains.

They've also had their fair share of absolute weirdos, and the latter team really deserve more focus than they get - in no small part because some of the weirdest and wildest villains are also the most diverse, which is something comics could often do with an extra heaping dose of.

While not every villain can be a God-like woman who only hypothetically exists, or a man who can summon tiny panthers, having these completely surreal characters pop up every now and then works as a kind of comics palette cleanser, as the overload of conventional bad guys is balanced out by the blaring weirdness of these unorthodox lawbreakers.

They're unlikely to feature in any film adaptation, and there's little to zero chance of them featuring in newer comics aside from as a complete joke character. But, in this way, weird Justice League villains are a bizarre little treat for the comics community, where a man with a lock for a head is just another unsurprising dude.

While the Toyman isn't the worst idea for a villain ever, there's something more than slightly uncanny about the kind of bad guy that belongs more in a kid's cartoon than any kind of legitimate supervillain. The fact that writers seem split between making the Toyman a well-meaning man made villain out of unfortunate circumstances, or the single most sinister figure in the entire of DC's lineup, only makes everything all the more confusing.

For example, initially you learn that one of the definitive events of the Toymaker's life was the death of his wife, Mary, in a tragic car accident. After making you develop a genuine level of sympathy for the odd man, it is then summarily revealed that said 'wife' was in fact an android that the Toymaker had designed and created to behave like he had a wife, and who had had then convinced himself was totally real.

With events like these being a dime a dozen around the Toyman, you'd be forgiven for tensing ever so slightly every time he appears on page.