12 Most Powerful Superhero TV Show Villains Of All Time
From the realms of Marvel, DC and beyond, which baddie comes out on top?
They say how good a story is, depends on how bad its villains are. This is especially true for superhero shows. After all, how can you get behind the brave hero in a cape or the warrior princess swinging her sword, if they aren’t facing some great threat that has their backs to the wall?
For a good few years now - hell, a few decades now - the television scene has been blessed by a steady stream of quality superhero content.
One common denominator between all the good ones, is the quality of their villains. To make a superhero show successful, you really need someone of the calibre of a Joker or Lex Luthor to draw in viewers and keep them hooked. Luckily for us, these shows have given us more than their fair share.
Occasionally, though, in the effort to stack up the odds against the good guys, showrunners end up creating some incredibly overpowered villains.
So just which superhero show villains are the most powerful?
12. Reign - Supergirl
The arrival of the Arrowverse helped trigger a big shift in the superhero TV show market. Hence, you can expect to see a number of their most sinister make this list, but first up is Reign.
Reign was a prophesized figure, foretold by a rogue Kryptonian religion. Their deity was the direct opposite of the more commonly worshipped figure in Krypton, Rao. Shunned by the rest of the planet and forced to practice their religion in secrecy, these worshipers formed their own community and began preparing for the arrival of their own messianic figure. Only this one would eradicate all those who refused to join them.
When Krypton was destroyed, they managed to save this chosen one and sent her into space, much like the Super Cousins. And just like Kara and Kal, she too landed on earth. After spending her entire youth and early adulthood as Sam Arias, her matriarchs, the Witches reached out to her and triggered the transformation into Reign.
Reign boasted the full Kryptonian arsenal of superpowers, from flight to super strength. At full force, she absolutely wiped the floor with Supergirl, leaving her an inch from death.