Wonder Woman has faced down some of the most interesting villains in DC Comics history.
There could be no doubt that Wonder Woman is one of the greatest superheroes in history.
But those inconsistent directions have impacted the quality of villains Diana has faced.
Lets start with the classics, though…
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Meet Eviless, a woman so evil her name is Eviless.
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What makes Eviless so memorable?
Eviless used her mind powers to re-evil the Wonder Woman rogues and set them upon Diana and the Amazons.
You barely knew her, but damn, Eviless is one important villain in comic book lore.
Paula Von Gunther was an anti-Wonder Woman of sorts.
She also kept a small group of women as slaves.
During one memorable story, Gunther used mind control and drugs to force American girls to become Nazi spies.
From there, Von Gunther became the Amazons chief science officer and never mind the innocents she murdered.
He was a master planner but pretty darn generic.
Later, The Duke of Deception abandoned Mars and went off on his own.
From his base on Mars known as the Lie Factory (FOX News?
), The Duke of Deception plotted against mankind.
Cyber was once a beautiful but evil woman named Cylvia Cyber.
Cyber became obsessed with switching bodies with Wonder Woman and that might be the most 1960s plot ever!
And no character was weirder than Giganta.
So yeah, an evolved gorilla in the form of a super woman that can grow to tremendous size.
Thats like a whole bunch of 1950s B-movies all mashed together.
Giganta has returned many times over the years and has been a constant giant thorn in Dianas side.
How has Giganta and Grodd not been shipped together yet.
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You know how evil Doctor Poison was?
Well, first off, her name is Doctor Poison, so right there you know shes pretty evil.
Now look at that, not just poison, Nazi poison!
Like we said, evil.
Poison is a hideously deformed woman whose outside appearance matches her murderous nature.
Cale is a perfect foil for Diana and a fascinating, unpowered threat that stand against everything Diana represents.
She is also one of the most tragic WW foes in history.
The other Silver Swans were just as tragic.
The second Swan was a deformed little girl enhanced and tortured by scientists, leaving her beautiful and unstable.
The third Silver Swan was one of Dianas best friends Vanessa Kapatelis.
The former confidant of Wonder Woman was kidnapped and twisted into the Silver Swan by Circe and Doctor Psycho.
Doctor Psycho, real name Edgar Cizko, was mocked for his diminutive stature early in life.
Fun fact, Doctor Psycho was patterned after Lon Chaney and William Moulton Marstons undergraduate professor Hugo Munsterberg.
Munsterberg despised feminism and gender equality and went out of his way to demean women.
She brought those attributes into DC Comics when she faced WW early in Dianas career.
Rich and her identity disorder appeared throughout the Golden and Silver Ages.
The fourth and final Cheetah was actually a male, an Argentinian billionaire named Sebastian Ballesteros.
And how appropriate is that?
Its a conflict of love versus brutality whenever Wonder Woman goes bracelets to battle ax with Ares.
In Ares, mythology has provided the perfect arch foe for Wonder Woman.
Now remember, we mean no disrespect because we love comic book history.
Wonder Woman beat the Blue Snowman but the blackmailing lady would return a few times in the Golden Age.
Were just happy Byrnas father didnt invent yellow snow because that opens doors that we would rather remain closed.
Just sell the patent to the invention!
), Fireworks Man and Mouse Man both take a crack at bringing down the Daughter of Themyscira.
Also, why Fireworks Man?
Why not Firework man?
Unsurprisingly Mouse Man and Fireworks Man failed and faded into obscurity.
We do understand that these days Fireworks Man frequently teams up with Blown Off Fingers Lad.
In Wonder Womans world, does every nation have some evil schmuck named Adolph going through these same motions?
Yup, Wonder Woman once fought American Hitler and beat the ever loving crap out of him.
Paper Man
First appearance Wonder Woman #165 (October 1966)
Superman has steel hard skin.
Wolverine has unbreakable adamantium bones.
And then theres this guy, Paper Man!
Look at this guy, hes not just any throw in of paper… hes newspaper!
Transformed into a being of paper, Horace is mocked by his coworkers because people are dicks.
Wonder Woman kills the poor shmuck?
He is torn apart and distributed all over the city by newsboys?
He should have teamed with Styrofoam Man and Marshmallow Man to form the Legion of Harmless Dopes.
No, this wasnt a Village People opening act, this was THEM!
even without her powers and she remains the only DC hero to take down a gang of evil hippies.
Was there an evil Woodstock?
Were evil hippiessupportiveof the Vietnam War?
With that said, Kanigher and Andru sure liked to bring out the strange for ol Diana.
Take the Crimson Centipede for example.
This insect of alliteration was created by Ares to destabilize mans world.
Crimson Centipede tried to do just that… by committing mundane crimes.
But, at least he did it dressed like a bug, and bugs are icky.
But not to Wonder Woman who squished this bug like the pest that he was.
Well, she didnt really squash him, she just kind of arrested him.
And Crimson Centipedes crimes werent all that bad.
He probably got like six years with time served for good behavior.
At least Crimson Centipede had lots of hands so he could high five himself when he got out.
You probably picture Wonder Woman throwing down with a human Panzer in the ultimate battle of flesh versus machine.
Nope, Human Tank was some dick that had enhanced strength and dressed like a football player.
1959 Wonder Woman kicked his ass.
Anyway, heres The Glop, an amorphous something or other that fought the original Wonder Girl.
The original Wonder Girl was simply the adult Wonder Womans fantasies of being a teenage girl!
Wonder Girl fought The Glop in the mid-Silver Age, and by God, look at that thing.
Its like an evil smear of baby poop.
Imagine if it absorbed Slayer and Danzig records.
That would be the most metal thing ever!
So yeah you guys, The Glop.
No wait, it really, really isnt.
Gaucho and his facial hair was hired by a villain named the Prime Planner to take down Wonder Woman.
On the cover, Gaucho proclaimed that Diana had no chance against a real man.
Egg Fu
First appearance Wonder Woman #157 (1965)
And then theres Egg Fu.
Egg Fu is a giant egg.
With a mustache that he uses as a whip.
That speaks in horrific broken pigeon English and in general is a miserable example of comic book stereotyping.
Oh yeah, Egg Fu is also a devout Communist.
There were a few other versions of Egg Fu over the years including one that took the name Dr.
Yes (after Dr. No) and fought the Metal Men.
These days Eggy hangs out with Harley Quinn because of course he does.
But there you go, an egg with a killer mustache.
Youre drunk 1965 DC Comics, go home.
