10 Comics Villains Who CHEATED Their Powers

10. Spellbinder Using Technology To Induce Hypnosis - Batman Beyond

One of the coolest villains from the 100% original rogues gallery of Batman Beyond was Spellbinder, whose whole schtick was being a more effective (if less versatile) Mysterio.

Spellbinder was a scientist who figured out how to build a machine that could induce near perfect hallucinations onto people, even making them forget what they were previously doing and genuinely think they are living the hallucination.

So obviously he used this tech to get rich. First by straight up turning teenagers into hypnotized slaves to do his dirty work and then take the fall, next by realizing "oh wait I can just siphon money off of them by making VR headsets that don't suck and charging them for the privilege!"

What puts Spellbinder on this list is his dramatic flare which belongs to all Gothamites by birthright leading him to hide his science based powers behind a façade of mysticism, hence the all-spiral onesie costume and the hypnosis device made to look like a large magic eyeball.