10 Most Terrifying Villains In DC Comics

10. The Joker

In light of DC's recent cinematic megahit, which is now a cultural landmark and the centerpiece of worldwide discussion - a movie based largely on the disturbing nature of its titular main character - it would be nothing short of criminal to leave The Joker off this list.

This summer featured two different movies centered around killer clowns, and the one that was an actual horror movie based on classic source material from Stephen King was, remarkably, the less unnerving of the two.

Of course there are many differences between Arthur Fleck and the classic comic iterations of The Joker, but one thing that's shared between them is how remorseless and brutal the character is. In the comics he viciously murdered kids, skinned a man alive and made him dance on stage while he died, and sexually assaulted multiple victims. It's hard to get more creepy than The Joker.