10 Lame Comic Book Villains (Who Are Actually Incredibly Powerful)

While the stellar Young Justice cartoon has rehabilitated his image to a considerable degree, Sportsmaster was a running joke for much of his comic book history. A thinly-veiled parody of sports culture, drawn in no small part from the bully-jock archetype, Sportsmaster was a failed athlete who, upon being banned for cheating, decided to dedicate his life and arsenal of sports equipment to crime.

Needless to say, this pretty much fell flat. Sure he made his own exploding baseballs and hockey pucks, but he was regularly shown up by the likes of Robin, Batgirl, and Stargirl, and was forced to reform after he lost a game of heroes vs. villains baseball. No, really, that was a thing. And through it all, his look ranged from ridiculous to just boring.

But while his equipment and combat training was standard for his industry, Sportsmaster's real power was his charisma and silver tongue. Despite being a C-level villain, he manipulated his way into illustrious company, being a regular member of the Injustice Society, the Society of Super Villains, and the League of Assassins.

He even married Huntress, a much higher caliber of villain, and together they trained their daughter to be a much more successful supervillain than either of them had been.

With the help of his ill-gotten allies, Sportsmaster pulled off a number of high-profile heists and trounced the Justice Society of America more than once.