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**Supervillains= WIN. **
Top five: 1. **The Joker**
 * Strengths:** The Joker may not be some large planet-eating alien, but he does have a multitude of strengths. The Joker's many traits are psychopathic, intelligent, scheming, eccentric, clever with a twisted sense of humor (some have even stated he has all the signs of a s chizophrenic ). All of these traits should be considered strengths, in my opinion, for they are what drives him to do what he does best: create chaos.
 * Importance:** The importance of Joker is simple: without Joker there could really be no Batman. Sure, Batman has a multitude of combatants, but none are as notorious as the Joker. The Joker and Batman need each other, he's the main antagonist and the one criminal that always keeps coming back.

2. **Lex Luthor**
 * Strengths:** Luthor's strengths are pretty self explanatory. He's a genius. He's a ruthless, power hungry and rather evil businessman. He's relentless, he'll never give up on trying to conquer the world. No one could ever match his technological prowess.
 * Importance:** Lex Luthor is a classic example of the cliche "mad scientist wanting to take over the world." What makes his character so important are his many attempts to try and subdue, and even kill, Superman. He's like the Batman to his Joker.

3. **Johnny The Homicidal Maniac**
 * Strengths:** Johnny (or Nny) is a deranged serial killer who kills anyone or anything in an elaborate fashion. He, although may come off as crazy, is actually quite the philosopher. His ability to kill without remorse, and his high level of intelligence (which he uses to concoct "death machines") are his two most prominent strengths.
 * Importance:** I think people could learn a lot from some of the things Johnny says within the few issues he stars in. Although most of his comments are considered insane tangents, most of what he says has deeper, intricate meanings. i.e. "**I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they say it's the ultimate, but I can't even wish for that. I don't even want the desire to be content. I can only hope for silence."**

4. **Venom**
 * Strengths:** Although the Venom Symbiote has often showed some minuscule sign of fending for itself, it often requires a host. Yet, due to his prolonged contact with Spider-Man, Spider-Man cannot detect him with his "spider senses". This is a huge strength of his, for most of Spider-Man's fighting abilities are based on his spider senses.
 * Importance:** Venom is clear, metaphorical character. From my point of view, he stands for that commons belief that power (which the symbiote offers, enhanced abilities) comes with a price, and not only does it corrupt you, but it's like a parasite.

5. **Ra's al Ghul Strengths:** Ra's al Ghul, Batman's greatest enemy, has many strengths partly because of his extensive lifespan. Over his lifetime, he has acquired a vast knowledge and understanding of chemistry, hand-to-hand combat, physics and martial arts. He can also heal himself, despite the severity of the injury, using what he calls Lazarus Pits.
 * Importance**: What I find interesting about Ra's al Ghul is his theory that in order to restore balance to the world, a majority of humanity would have to be erased. Also, I believe his expanded lifespan just displays the natural human fear of death, and how we desire to be immortal.

Heroes

Top five:

1. Spawn Strengths: Spawn, by our standards, is a superhero. His body is very dense (450 lbs) and he is completely made out of necroplasm. The necroplasm gives him super strength, durability, necroplasmic energy blasts and gives him the living, symbiotic suit which he wears. Despite this, he tends to rely more on weapons then his symbiotic-given powers. Importance:

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4. Professor-X I consider him a hero. Strengths: Although I'm not a big fan of the X-Men, Professor X has always been a badass in my eyes. He's a mutant who posses telepathy, and is among one of the most powerful Earth-born telepathic mutants. He is able to read the thoughts of others, and then project his own thoughts into another person's mind. Importance:

5. Doctor Strange Strengths: Doctor Strange is a master magician and, like Ra's al Ghul, has an extended lifespan. He is also highly intelligent, genius status, and is also a neurosurgeon. Another strength of his is that he possesses the Soul Gem, which allows the user to steal, manipulate and alter souls. Importance: