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It could be said that the first supervillain was Professor Moriarty. The first supervillain who wore a bizarre costume was the Lightning, from the film serial " Fighting Devil Dogs ", which preceded Superman.

Supervillains are often depicted as seeking to commit spectacular crimes and/or rule the world through terror from their secret underground lair. Some supervillains like Mr. Mxyzptlk prefer to simply torment the heroes for their own pleasure. Some supervillains like Magneto have laudable goals such as his desire to protect his people, mutants, from persecution, but his methods are so extreme and violent that superheroes have no choice but to oppose him.

Also at least until recently, most supervillains were not team players and prone to fight among their contemporaries. They're also typically highly vindictive with a great desire to kill their superhero enemies for interfering in their crimes, often at the expense of more profitable ventures.

Examples of fictional supervillains include:

• Ernst Stavro Blofeld (adversary of James Bond)
• Darkseid (adversary to the New Gods and the DC superhero community in general)
• The Joker (adversary of BatmanFor other uses see Batman (disambiguation Batman more properly known as The Batman and occasionally as The Bat-Man is a fictional character, a comic book superhero, first appearing in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Most accounts suggest that he was co-crea)
• Lex LuthorLex Luthor is a fictional character in the Superman comics and spin-offs, Superman's greatest supervillain enemy. His full first name has over the years been variously spelled as Alexis, Alexei, and Alexander (currently his official first name), but origi (adversary of SupermanMetropolis, his home, with the Daily Planet building in the background. Superman is a fictional character and superhero, created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, who first appeared in comic books in 1938, and eventually became the most popular comic book)
• DoomsdayDoomsday is the name of a fictional supervillain in the Superman comic book series, published by DC Comics. Doomsday was created in 1992 by writer/artist Dan Jurgens for a story arc in the Superman series of comic books that was titled The Death and Life (adversary of Superman, famous for having "killed" Superman in the Death of Superman story of the early 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn)
• Magneto (adversary of the X-MenThe X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, they first appeared in X-Men #1 ( September 1963). The teams original incarnation failed to find a large audience. However, after a 1975 reforma)
• Doctor DoomDoctor Doom (real name: Victor von Doom is a fictional supervillain from Marvel Comics' shared comic book continuity, who first appeared in Fantastic Four #5 ( 1962) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He is the monarch of Latveria, a small fictional eastern Euro (adversary of the Fantastic FourThe Fantastic Four is a team of comic book superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, they first appeared in Fantastic Four #1 ( November 1961). One of the most important comics of the Silver Age of comic books, this is)
• Doctor Gloom (adversary of the Explorers of the Unknown )
• Palpatine and Darth Vader ( Star Wars)
• Grand Admiral Thrawn ( Star Wars Expanded Universe)
• Carmen Sandiego (adversary of the ACME Detective Agency)
• Lord Voldemort (also known as "You-Know-Who") (adversary of Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore)
• Khan Noonien Singh (nemesis of Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek)
• Man-Killer (Marvel)
• The Master (adversary of Doctor Who)
• Dr. Evil (the arch-foe of Austin Powers)
• Fem Paragon (AC)
• Rad (AC)
• Skeletor (adversary of He-Man)
• Evil Ernie (Enemy to all that are living and breathing) (Chaos! Comics)
• Cobra Commander {Enemy of G.I. Joe and the world}

In fantasy the supervillains are typically Dark Lords.