The closest to absolute victory?

What comic book villains have actually been successful with their plans, and come the closest to [or actually reached] the absolute victory they aspired for?

**Bonus points if the victory actually lasted for any decent length of time. 😛

Thanos.

Though being THE EMO EGGPLANT that he is he ultimately created the means to his own destruction each time.

Doom

Originally posted by MrMind
Doom

Yep

Darkseid

Darkseid was sung to death

Originally posted by MrMind
Darkseid was sung to death

But prior to that, he came pretty close to winning.

Lex becoming president was a massive win.

Thanos.

Didn't Darkseid actually win during Rock of Ages, and they had to rewrite time ?

Originally posted by -Pr-
Lex becoming president was a massive win.

👆

Same with Osborn getting put in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hmm, plenty of villains have successfully carried out their plans for domination or w/e.

...But I am having a hard time thinking of a villain whose victory actually lasted for any decent length of time?

Pr when he was promoted to a global 😂

Pr after transforming into a global.

To be fair, I haven't fully heel turned yet.

Originally posted by Galan007
Pr after transforming into a global.

😂 😂 😂

Accurate 👆

Originally posted by -Pr-
yet.

I wanted to say God Dooms, but it wasn't his plan, and he was kind of a hero in Secret Wars 2. But he controlled a muktiverse/giant universe for an unknown amount of time

Originally posted by Galan007
Hmm, plenty of villains have successfully carried out their plans for domination or w/e.

...But I am having a hard time thinking of a villain whose victory actually lasted for any decent length of time?

Norman Osborn

Dock Ock was a successful Spiderman for abit