Batman Beyond: 10 Best Villains

10. Spellbinder

Like was said in the beginning, some of these villains really wear their inspiration on their sleeve, and while for most that can be a good thing, it only holds Spellbinder back.

Don't get it wrong, your writer adores the idea of him. Illusionist supervillains are always a fun time, but like Mysterio, Spellbinder just never got more ambitious than wanting to get rich. Which would be fine for a weekly animated cartoon series, except Spellbinder is nowhere near as charming as his Marvel counterpart.

So what got him onto the list? Well, for all his lacking ambition, the show still took advantage of his powers in clever ways. Whether it's framing Batman for a crime by making Commissioner Gordon think he kills someone, to getting rich via addictive full-dive VR. If he had appeared more often and had done more damage with his frankly insane power set, he would have been higher on the list. As it stands, sorry Spellbinder, you just didn't shoot high enough.