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Seven Deadly Villains

Darth Vader is back! The Dark Lord of the Sith is back in an Epic, Big Way and right where he should be. Apologies if you are a fan of the Dark Horse Comics Star Wars. I read the Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope graphic novel, the Splinter of the Mind's Eye adaptation and the Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope re-adaptation by Dark Horse and found them to be classic. I'm not sure if I am a comic book snob, but outside of The Big Two, very little captures my attention. Dark Horse puts out some great comic books. I enjoyed their Comics Greatest World series back in the day. X, Ghost and Hellboy are probably my favorite Dark Horse characters. I've been meaning to check out Concrete. It's on my bucket list. I believe that Dark Horse produced some epic, classic Star Wars and Darth Vader stories.

I do believe that Disney and Marvel are the best place for Star Wars and Darth Vader. As good as I am sure Dark Horse was, Darth Vader fits better with Marvel in comic books and Disney on film. It would not be a good fit with DC or Warner Bros. Vader has that whole arrogant, sinister, diabolical cunning of a Marvel villain. Cut from the same cloth as Namor, Doctor Doom and Norman Osborn as The Green Goblin.

Vader is part of a very small group of villains, as far as ego and cunning. He might be like Lex Luthor as far as sinister, but he is far superior when it comes to The Force. He's far superior to The Joker as well. He does have qualities like The Terminator, but he is even superior to forces such as Doomsday, Venom, Bane, Lobo and other unfocused, mindless forces of nature.

At sixteen issues, I would argue that Darth Vader is well on his way to being the first successful comic book rogue. Very few other rogues have headlined their own book as long.

So, I started thinking what kind of peer group is Vader in? Here's what I've come up with. Feel free to make your suggestions in the comments. I've kept it to seven, similar to The Seven Deadly Virtues. If this list were limitless, I would include Namor, Doctor Doom, The Green Goblin Luthor and The Joker at the very least. The reason I have not is mainly because of power set. I believe Vader is more similar to Doom, Goblin and The Joker, as far as mystery and enigma, yet far superior as far as powers.

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  • As far as powers and abilities far beyond mortal men, I would start with General Zod. There is a discipline to Vader's training. It may not be military; more of a mystic Samurai warrior training. Zod was thwarted in his attempt to take control of Krypton and turn it into a dictatorship. He might have been more successful if he'd worked with an inside man such as The Emperor. Zod, The Crime Syndicate's Ultraman, Bizarro are all cut from the same cloth, but only Zod possesses the same intelligence and sophistication as The Sith Lord.

  • There is a cold, calculating nature to Vader. A machine-like precision to his actions. What makes Vader work is that he does not waste words and he is concise with his decisions and actions. Originally, Brainiac was an alien collector - perhaps a commentary on the growing comic book audience. More recently he has been posited as Krypton's internet. An evil Wikipedia.

  • Brainiac and Ultron are like most anything Marvel and DC: The flipside of the same coin. Green Arrow and Hawkeye. I have to confess I am not as familiar with Ultron's origins as Brainiac's. In the modern age it appears that Ultron is more of a defense system, like Norad. Run amok. That may be what Tony Stark was going for, or what Hank Pym was originally going for in creating Ultron.

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