The difference between MCU and DC villains.

The difference between MCU and DC villains. Oct 26, 2017 6:09:49 GMT Hauntedknight87 likes this

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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2017 6:09:49 GMT

Oct 26, 2017 5:11:03 GMT harpospoke said:

Oct 26, 2017 2:01:11 GMT DC-Fan said:

Superman has a great rogues gallery:

Brainiac
Cyborg Superman
Darkseid
Doomsday
Livewire
Luthor
Maxima
Metallo
Mongul
Mxyzptlk
Parasite
Toyman
Zod

Great is subjective.

But the public doesn't know many of his foes. Lex, Zod...that's it...and Zod is pushing it. Brainiac is a well known term for "smart person"...but almost no one knows that comes from a Superman villain.

Not to be argumentative but I think you are underestimating the size of the 'Smallville' fanbase. James Marsters as Braniac was one of the most popular villains on the show and won awards for his performance. While Braniac was nowhere near as well-known and iconic as 'Spike' in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' it was very popular role and I can honestly say I don't know a single person who is a comic book fan or superhero fan who doesn't know who Braniac is thanks to 'Smallville.' 'Smallville' made a lot of lesser known superheroes and villains well known by being the first show or movie to have them on screen. The only reason we have an 'Arrow' is 'cause of the popularity of the Green Arrow on 'Smallville' and 'Arrow' was originally going to be a 'Smallville' spinoff show with Justin Hartley. When Green Arrow first joined 'Smallville' a lot of people just thought he was a knockoff of Robin Hood and didn't know who he was. The same went with Aquaman, Cyborg, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Zatanna, Hawkman, Doctor Fate, Doomsday, Darkseid, Braniac etc who a lot of fans didn't know of before the show.

Then we have Tempus in 'Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman' - a show that was so popular in its first three seasons it was getting around 20-30 million viewers a week and slaughtering a LOT of other shows people now call the greatest of all time around the world. 'Lois and Clark’ was so popular Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher were often getting their faces on the front of magazines and newspapers and being voted as the most popular TV show and TV couple of the year. A lot of younger fail to realise how popular ‘Lois and Clark’ and ‘Smallville’ were since they aren’t old enough to remember but to put both were massively popular worldwide and got high ratings especially in their early years. Kevin Feige has even praised the success of 'Smallville' and said if it wasn't for that show keeping the genre alive the MCU and DCEU wouldn't exist.