10 Most Evil X-Men Villains

6. Selene

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Another member of the Hellfire Club, Selene has fought the X-Men, New Mutants and even her fellow teammates (turns out having a team made up of evil jerks isn't super great for teamwork) as the Black Queen.

However, Selene Gallo is more than just another rich mutant with some kinky fashion choices. Selene is actually an immortal vampire who has been around since the time before recorded history known as the Hyborian Age (and yes, that is the same Hyborian Age as Conan). Over the centuries she's racked up quite an impressive resume of evil, including enslaving the entire civilisation of Nova Roma to worship her as a goddess.

In more modern times, she murdered a friend of Rachel Summers (the second Phoenix), kidnapped her own granddaughter Magma and manipulated a group of young mutants called the Upstarts into engaging in a murder spree with the promise of immortality, leading to the death of Emma Frost's team the Hellions.

Selene would top that though during the story Necrosha. As part of a ritual to become a goddess, she attacked the X-Men with an army of zombies, including fallen friends like Thunderbird and Blink, dangerous enemies like Pyro and Destiny, all the dead of Genosha and... Barnacle.

Selene was killed by Warpath before she could achieve godhood but, like all good villains, she didn't let that keep her down for long.

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