Not a typical "versus", but it is a competition. Title pretty much says it all.
What character has performed the most evil acts in comics? Not necessarily the most acts of murder/genocide, but just 'wrong' in every conceivable way?
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Looking for a Top 10 Most Evil Characters (and their top 10 most evil acts).
Personally, I think Joker may be at the top of the list that I can think of, particularly if you're of the school of thought he isn't insane and simply lives life without any inhibitions whatsoever, so he doesn't have a second thought about anything he does.
Joker's a good candidate just because of his very personal method of committing such evil acts. Plenty of people have higher body counts or operated on grander scale, but not many people go so far out of their way to commit evil just for the lulz. Personally, I subscribe to the theory that Joker's not actually crazy - well, he's obviously crazy - to the point where he can't make informed decisions over right and wrong. He knows what he does is horrible and revels in it. Worse, he tries to get others to embrace that aspect. All that crap about him not being responsible for his own actions is just that: crap.
People like Thanos and Darkseid are certainly evil in their own ways, too (Darkseid being more so, imo) and have gladly committed cosmic level atrocities, but for the two of them, they're usually means to an ends. Darkseid wants to eradicate free will and imagination and gain absolute control over all life, which to me, is more heinous than simply wanting to eradicate most of the universe (which is still phucked up).
I'd like to throw out Bullseye as a contender toward the bottom of the list, though. Red Skull, too.
Hmm, Red Skull and Bullseye are good candidates. As are Darkseid's 'lieutenants'. How about Lex Luthor? I actually don't know if evil quite describes Lex though.
Also, don't forget to list the top 10 most evil acts the characters you would include in a top 10 list has committed.
I think Lex is evil, but not diabolically so. He shares a lot of the negative or frowned upon qualities of humanity without being straight up sociopathic. He's selfish, egotistically, petty, vindictive, ruthless, and blames his faults on someone else.
Now, "stormin'" Norman Osborn is one twisted S.O.B.
Interesting that a lot seem to be concerned with method or intent. If we were doing this via utilitarian philosophy, we'd just do a body count. For example, despite his epic body count, Joker's total pales in comparison to, say, Thanos. That he does it for more intellectual reasons does not justify it more, imo.
So Joker might be more evil, but his acts are not the most evil.
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