Talk:Supervillain

Dubious alt title

Can any source confirm that "supervillainess" is more common for females than simply "supervillain"? As far as I know "villain" is not male-exclusive. Bataaf van Oranje (talk) 23:34, 27 February 2016 (UTC) I think that a villain is a bad guy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.36.25.46 (talk) 13:50, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

First global super villian

I do not want to attempt an alteration of Wikipedia fearing I will not do it correctly, but will leave it up to others. It seems there should be an entry for global super villains, that is, villains intending to take over the whole world. The earliest I know of is the appropriately named “Master of the World” in one of the last books written by Jules Verne, “Master of the World” written in 1905. DocGoss (talk) 20:19, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

The definition of supervillain

The definition in the start of the title defines a supervillain as having superpowers which often is not the case, seeing as many characters like Joker don't possess any innate powers. The image of this article also features four characters without superpowers (Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and Joker).

I have begun by adding more potential features alongside superpowers (e.g. "intellect, physical abilities, and ambition often surpass those in everyday villains") . Emcgonigle (talk) 00:06, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

"Black supervillains" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Black supervillains has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 February 9 § Black supervillains until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 02:15, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

"List of Black supervillains" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect List of Black supervillains has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 February 9 § List of Black supervillains until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 02:16, 9 February 2026 (UTC)