The most respected villain?

what villain is garners the most respect and fear from other villains (and even heroes) in their company? i'm not looking for cosmic baddies and such, just the more grounded earth based criminals and villains.

Calender Man.

Doom

Originally posted by tkitna
Doom

I'm not sure if he gets the respect he's due. Osborn sure talked down to him (Was lucky the entire room didn't laugh in his face over never beating bug boy, yet suddenly pulling rank.)

Joker.

Bane would also be up there.

Joker, Carnage, Purple Man

Originally posted by DarkSaint85
Joker, Carnage, Purple Man

Yup. Those 3 were exactly my pick as well. I'll throw deathstroke in there

Slade can be reasoned with... or bribed... or dealt with in other ways.

True. On the flip side ANYBODY can get it with him.

He gets respect, though, as a criminal.

Captain Cold, too. Plus Red Skull.

Yup, Captain Cold is a good call.

Also does Magneto count?

No one respects joker. 😂

They tolerate him, because he's the anti-Batman, but Lex, Grodd, and most any other villian but Quinn treats him like a loose cannon annoyance, because he is.

Doom.

He's respected as ruler of his own sovereign nation; thus he shows up in diplomatic-focused events, like with the X-men in Krakoa's Hellfire Gala.

Probably Thanos tbh.

Galactus is a big ***** tho. No one respects him.

Trigon

Dark Phoenix

Doom

….Owlman?

Fisk.

The Punisher.

Originally posted by DeadpoolXXX
i'm not looking for cosmic baddies and such, just the more grounded earth based criminals and villains.

Originally posted by CosmicComet
Probably Thanos tbh.

Galactus is a big ***** tho. No one respects him.

Originally posted by Sin I AM
Trigon

Originally posted by Smurph
Dark Phoenix

Doom

….Owlman?

Yes.

Originally posted by cdtm
Fisk.

Was about to mention The Kingpin 👆

Seriously, no powers, yet they all shit themselves in his presence.