Top 10 Favorite Daredevil Villains: Part 2
This post consists of Part Two (Villains ranked 5-7). Make sure to catch Part One, Three and Four to get to Numerous Uno!
#7 - Purple Man
Now this douche bag is one bad dude. And to be honest, I wouldn't be saying he was one bad dude if Brian Michael Bendis wouldn't have turned him in to one twisted mofo who used Jessica Jones as a plaything in the Alias series. He was seriously twisted...Joker like twisted.
He arrived on the scene in DD #4 so he has been around for quite some time. He never achieved a kick ass status as a villain until the Bendis run but hey, if you were turned purple from nerve gas it would take you some time to adjust too.
Here are some of Zebediah's greatest hits:
Kidnapping the now deceased Karen Page!
Discovered DD's secret identity (but who hasn't really?)
Seriously traumatized Jessica Jones in one of the worst super villain mind jabs ever as he controlled her for over 8 months. Evil!
He's messed with the likes of Dr. Doom, Alpha Flight, and the X-Men just to name a few.
He may be mauve....but he would kick your ass.
#6 - Bullseye
I can already hear all you fanboys and gals saying, "Bullseye at #6?!"
Yeah.
He's always been DD's whipping boy. And not a cool whipping boy like Batman's Joker, but a loser one.
He get's bested by Elektra and comes in second to be the Kingpin's bodyguard. Sure, he eventually kills her but she's come back from the dead so many times her death doesn't even resonate anymore.
When DD moves to San Fran, Bullseye starts dressing like DD and acting like a homicidal Robin Hood.
He eventually kills Karen Page (but Mysterio set it all up) and goes after DD's new, blind girlfriend (BLIND!) causing old hornhead to go all crazy and he actually carves a bullseye into his forehead.
Which was used as a device to coordinate the comic book Bullseye with the movie Bullseye (another dig against this character!)
Now the fact that he did throw DD's own billyclub into the heart of Karen Page and mockingly walks away saying, "Oops, I missed" gives him a little cred.
And he looks cool in his costume when he is in the original. But six is as high as he is getting on my list!
#5 - Typhoid Mary
Now this is a cool chick. Well, not a cool chick that you would want to take home to mom, but a cool comic book villain chick.
She enters the Top 5 because this run that JRJR did with that Ann lady was my introduction to DD and all the characters. And it was great. I loved issues 254 and on...great story.
Typhoid actually had an affair with the Kingpin and DD at the same time! Ewww...but pretty interesting. She owned the Kingpin too. He was like putty in her hands. Although he's pretty fat so he would be putty in your hands too.
She was smart too. She knew that she couldn't take out DD at the same time so she got all these super powered goons to come at him in a wave and in one day just annihilated him. Wonderful comic booky stories. Wonderful character.
Alright that does it for Part Two of my Top 10 Favorite Daredevil Villains. Make sure to stay tuned for the Top 4 coming soon!
Make sure to give me your comments...I love to hear what you think.
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Cool posts! I linked them from my DD blog The Other Murdock Papers. I believe that Daredevil was touring upstate New York while Bullseye was impersonating him and not San Francisco, though... ;)
Posted by
Christine |
July 11, 2008 8:16 AM
Hey Christine!
Thanks for linking to your site. I'm always game for more DD related information and opinion. It was interesting to see how you found DD and came to like him, and then to read what you have done with this DD passion.
Now, about ruining my DD street cred forever by pointing out that I erred regarding DD's where abouts during the time that Bullseye was doing the DD impersonation bit. Argh! ;)
I will make sure to change it...thanks for pointing it out.
Now as a new DD fan, and one that came to the comic by way of the movie, what do you think about Bullseye being 6th on my list?
I'll make sure to put up your link. Keep in touch!
Posted by
Jon |
July 11, 2008 8:33 AM
Hi Jon! Saw this blog through that link. I'm another DD fan.
Hmm, Bulls just #6th? I agree that he has nearly always against DD.
In his defense we could say that he's one of the few DD villains who is respected and feared in the Marvel Universe (the others are trated like standard B or C list villains).
Also, what's fascinating of him is that he's DD's dual opposite: both are humans in peak physical condition, with low tier powers. Yet while DD is altruistic, generous, heroic, compassionate Bullseye is ruthless, selfish, cowardly and sadistic.
Well, see ya around.
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Posted by
Francesco |
July 11, 2008 1:05 PM
Small correction:
"Hmm, Bulls just #6th? I agree that he has nearly always _lost_ against DD"
Posted by
Francesco |
July 11, 2008 1:06 PM
Hello Francesco...great to hear from you! Yet another great DD blog which I will have to link to and RSS. Thanks for saying hi...I can never have too much DD information.
About Bullseye...yes, I was very careful to make sure I titled the Top 10 as my "favorite" as opposed to "best" or "greatest". But since it is a list of my favorite I can be a biased scum bag.
If I was doing "best" or "most important" Bullseye would have to come in second. He would have to.
To me it's the same thing as saying that Superman is the greatest superhero ever, but he's not my favorite.
Or you could reverse it and say that I am my favorite blogger ever, but not the greatest. lol
Are you reading the current DD issues? I have a pretty harsh opinion that I am writing (in my drafts folder) about the current state of DD. I also saw that Christine had some valid things to say about why people may not like our horny friend. And by horny I mean...well you get the point.
How is Italy this time of year? I am Italian myself, but born and raised over here in the USA so even though I have family over by you I have never visited. Someday...
Posted by
Jon |
July 11, 2008 3:23 PM
"How is Italy this time of year? I am Italian myself, but born and raised over here in the USA so even though I have family over by you I have never visited. Someday..."
Oh, nothing special, it's a hot summer (31°C) and the parliament is about to approve new laws that favour the private interests of our prime minister. :p
The only thing you're probably missing is our cuisine.
"About Bullseye...yes, I was very careful to make sure I titled the Top 10 as my "favorite" as opposed to "best" or "greatest"."
Hey, no prob. Mine was just an little comment. In fact, I have in mind to make one such top 10 in my blog myself.
"Are you reading the current DD issues? I have a pretty harsh opinion that I am writing (in my drafts folder) about the current state of DD. I also saw that Christine had some valid things to say about why people may not like our horny friend. And by horny I mean...well you get the point."
Yeah, I had some problem with the latest issues. In my opinion they are well written, generally speaking, but I cannot ignore that Matt/DD has lost part of the charisma he used to have in Bendis' run.
The fact that his victory over Mr Fear was completely hollow, and that he's lost yet another beloved woman, also didn't help in this sense.
But this is a complex topic, which may probably be better covered in an appropriated blog entry, in the future.
Posted by
Francesco |
July 12, 2008 4:59 AM