Five-Bad Band/Comic Books

DC Comics

 * The Flash Rogues (current, not Silver Age)
 * The Big Bad - Captain Cold, the unequivocal leader
 * The Dragon - Heat Wave, the only one who ever challenges Cold's authority
 * The Evil Genius - Weather Wizard, a histrionic scientist who developed his own equipment
 * The Brute - Mirror Master, easily the most powerful of the lot and the most brutal killer
 * The Dark Chick - The Trickster, a relative newcomer still earning his keep in the group


 * The Crime Syndicate of Amerika
 * The Big Bad - Ultraman
 * The Dragon/The Evil Genius/The Starscream - Owlman
 * The Brute - Power Ring and Johnny Quick do this together
 * The Dark Chick - Superwoman


 * Neron's big 5 in Underworld Unleashed
 * The Big Bad - Lex Luthor
 * The Dragon - The Joker (he and Luthor do this all the time)
 * The Evil Genius - Abra Kadabra
 * The Brute - Dr. Polaris
 * The Dark Chick - Circe


 * The leaders of the Sinestro Corps in Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War
 * The Big Bad - The Anti-Monitor, an immensely powerful Omnicidal Maniac who's almost deified by the Corps.
 * The Dragon - Sinestro, Green Lantern's Evil Counterpart and the commander of the Mooks.
 * The Evil Genius - Cyborg-Superman, the Corps's quartermaster, leader of the robotic Manhunters, and the warden of their technology.
 * The Brute - Parallax, the Anthropomorphic Personification of fear. He's smart, but he has no real goals of his own besides spreading misery and lets Sinestro direct his actions.
 * The Dark Chick - Superman-Prime. Has power on par with the Anti-Monitor, but is the most emotionally unstable member of the group, prone to fits and breakdowns. Eventually turns on the others.
 * Alternately, Arkillo as The Brute, and Parallax as more of an evil & superpowerful Team Pet.


 * The inner circle of the Society during the Infinite Crisis
 * Big Bad: Lex Luthor, feared by all of the others and questioned by none of them.
 * The Dragon: Deathstroke, the world's most expensive assassin and a match for the entire Justice League.
 * Evil Genius: The Calculator, a former joke villain who has since become the underworld's greatest source of information.
 * The Brute: Dr. Psycho, always the first to advocate violence despite being physically weak himself. Usually serves as the field leader.
 * Dark Chick: Talia, the (at the time) late Ra's Al Ghul's Femme Fatale daughter.
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor:


 * The Fatal Five, enemies of the Legion of Super-Heroes:
 * Big Bad: Tharok
 * The Dragon: The Persuader
 * Evil Genius: Mano
 * The Brute: Validus
 * Dark Chick: The Emerald Empress


 * The Fearsome Five, enemies of The Teen Titans
 * The Big Bad - Dr. Light (such as he was)
 * The Lancer - Psimon
 * The Evil Genius - Gizmo
 * The Brute - Mammoth
 * The Dark Chick - Shimmer


 * The Injustice Gang (Morrison era JLA)
 * First Incarnation (Rock of Ages Storyline)
 * Big Bad: Lex Luthor
 * The Dragon: Ocean Master
 * Evil Genius: Dr Light. Luthor and Mirror Master help but Light's role is most strictly defined this way.
 * Brute: Circe. She's a goddess and has the most power of any team member aside from Lex.
 * Dark Chick: The Joker
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Mirror Master. One of Batman's strategies involves headhunting him.


 * Second Incarnation (World War Three storyline.)
 * Big Bad & Evil Genius: Lex Luthor
 * The Dragon: Prometheus
 * Brute: The General
 * The Dark Chick: Insect Queen.


 * First Brotherhood of Dada
 * The Big Bad: Mister Nobody
 * The Dragon: Frenzy
 * The Brute: The Fog
 * The Dark Chick: Sleepwalk
 * Sixth Ranger: The Quiz (their first mission is to break her out of jail)


 * Second Brotherhood of Dada
 * The Big Bad: Mister Nobody
 * The Dragon: Agent "!"
 * The Brute: Aliast The Blur
 * The Evil Genius: Love Glove, Number None.
 * The Dark Chick: Love Glove, Number None, Agent "!"
 * Sixth Ranger: played with The Toy, who arrived after Brotherhood's defeat

Marvel Comics

 * The original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
 * The Big Bad - Magneto
 * The Dragon - Toad
 * The Evil Genius - Mastermind (fittingly enough)
 * The Brute - Quicksilver (ironically, he's a Fragile Speedster)
 * The Dark Chick - Scarlet Witch.


 * The second Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
 * The Big Bad - Mystique
 * The Dragon/The Evil Genius - Destiny
 * The Brute(s) - Blob and Avalanche
 * The Dark Chick - Pyro
 * Token Good Teammate - Spider-Woman


 * The Masters of Evil (Original)
 * The Big Bad - Baron Zemo
 * The Dragon - Executioner
 * The Brute - Black Knight
 * The Evil Genius - The Melter
 * The Dark Chick - Enchantress
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Wonder Man


 * The Masters of Evil aka Thunderbolts
 * The Big Bad - Baron Zemo/Citizen V
 * The Dragon - Moonstone/Meteorite, with vaguely Starscreamish tendencies
 * The Brute(s) - Goliath/Atlas and Beetle/MACH-1
 * The Evil Genius - Fixer/Techno
 * The Dark Chick - Screaming Mimi/Songbird
 * Tagalong Kid - Jolt


 * Thunderbolts between Civil War and Secret Invasion:
 * The Big Bad: Norman Osborn
 * The Dragon: Moonstone
 * The Evil Genius: Radioactive Man
 * The Brute: Bullseye, Venom, Swordsman
 * The Dark Chick: Penance, Songbird
 * The Starscream: Moonstone, Swordsman,


 * The Dark Avengers
 * The Big Bad - Norman "Green Goblin" Osborn/Iron Patriot
 * The Dragon - Robert Reynolds/The Sentry/The Void
 * The Evil Genius- Moonstone/Ms. Marvel
 * The Brutes - Venom III (the Scorpion)/Spider-Man, Bullseye/Hawkeye, Daken/Wolverine and Ares/..er... Ares.
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Noh-Varr/Captain Marvel
 * It should be noted that Depending On the Writer has a lot to say about this one - sometimes Ares would switch to be The Dragon either doing Co Dragons with Sentry or reducing him to the Dark Chick and Daken sometimes could be The Lancer or The Starscream.


 * Thunderbolts during Dark Reign
 * The Big Bad: Norman Osborn
 * The Dragon: Black Widow, later Scourge
 * The Evil Genius: Ghost
 * The Brute: Headsman
 * The Dark Chick: Ant-Man, who really didn't knew what he got himself into. Paladin, who is in it just for money. Headsman, once he can give up the position of The Brute to..
 * Sixth Rangers Mister X, Scourge, Grizzly


 * The Cabal
 * The Big Bad - Norman Osborn/Iron Patriot
 * The Dragon / The Brute - The Hood
 * Evil Genius - Loki and Dr Doom share it for the most part
 * The Dark Chick - Emma Frost
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Namor
 * Sixth Ranger: Taskmaster
 * The Lancer - Norman's Secret Weapon. Hint:


 * Spider-Man, The Sinister Six, or at least the ones from "Return of the Sinister Six"
 * The Big Bad: Doctor Octopus.
 * The Dragon: Electro seems to count, as he was the first to accept Ock's offer to reform the six.
 * The Brute: Kraven the Hunter with his potion-induced superpowers seemed to fit this.
 * The Evil Genius: Vulture by virtue that he is the only one to create his powers himself, not get them in a freak accident.
 * The Dark Chick: Mysterio, because when your only skill is illusion among these guys, what else can you be?
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Sandman, as this was early in his development towards being a nice guy.


 * Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants aka Freedom Force
 * The Big Bad: Mystique.
 * The Dragon: Crimson Commando, although he didn't join up until the Freedom Force era. Before that the place could've belonged to Destiny, maybe Pyro, or maybe even Rogue.
 * The Evil Genius: Destiny.
 * The Brute: Pyro, Avalanche, The Blob, Stonewall, Super Sabre.
 * The Dark Chick: Spiral.


 * Carnage Family
 * The Big Bad: Carnage
 * The Dragon: Shriek
 * The Brute: Spider-Man Doppleganger
 * The Evil Genius: Carrion
 * The Dark Chick: Demogoblin, who thought he can use Carnage in his crusade against sin and realized how wrong he was a little too late.


 * Second Dark Avengers:
 * The Big Bad: Norman Osborn
 * The Dragon: June Covington, Osborn's right hand and romantically involved with him.
 * The Brute: Decapitator, who revels in Cold Blooded Torture, Gorgon, who is sadistic killer and Skaar, who is strongest member of the team.
 * The Evil Genius: Superia, genius terrorist.
 * The Dark Chick - Barney Barton, who seems to be here just for a chance to fight his brother again

Other

 * The Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic's Suppression Squad
 * The Big Bad - Scourge
 * The Dragon / The Starscream - Miles
 * The Evil Genius - Boomer
 * The Brute - Patch
 * The Dark Chick - Princess Alicia
 * The Sixth Ranger - Fiona (only member not from Moebius)


 * The Archie Sonic the Hedgehog comic's Mammoth Mogul and his Fearsome Foursome
 * The Big Bad - Mammoth Mogul
 * The Dragon - Sgt. Simian
 * The Evil Genius - Predator Hawk
 * The Brute -- Lightning Lynx
 * The Dark Chick - Flying Frog


 * The core One Sith from Star Wars Legacy
 * Big Bad - Darth Krayt (Evil Overlord, leader, and prophet to the new Sith)
 * The Dragon - Darth Wyyrlok ("I am the first of his servants... the one nearest to him, the one closest to his thoughts...")
 * Evil Genius - Darth Maladi (Mad Scientist and spymaster)
 * The Brute - Darth Nihl, later Darth Stryfe (most powerful warriors of the group, but generally the least cunning and creative)
 * Dark Chick - Darth Talon (probably the least powerful, but is the most loyal to Krayt and has some serious Foe Yay with Cade Skywalker)


 * Now the updated version from Legacy:


 * Big Bad: Darth Wyyrlok, pulled a Starscream and became the Dragon Ascendant
 * Co Dragons: Both Darth Nihl and Darth Stryfe agree to become Dragons for Lord Wyyrlok
 * Evil Genius: Vul Isen, and Darth Havok
 * The Brute: Darth Azard
 * Dark Chick(s): Darth Rauder, Saarai (Wyyrlok's daughter)
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor(s): Darth Talon, Darth Maladi


 * And now the re-updated version in Legacy - War:


 * Big Bad: Darth Krayt, again
 * Co Dragons: Both Darth Nihl and Darth Talon
 * Evil Genius: Darth Havok
 * The Brute: Darth Stryfe and Darth Rauder
 * Dark Chick: Morlish Veed, the non Sith


 * The Jedi Covenant from the Knights of the Old Republic comics:
 * Big Bad - Lady Krynda Draay
 * The Dragon - Lucien Draay
 * Evil Genius - Q'anilia
 * The Brute - Raana Tey and Feln
 * Dark Chick - Xamar
 * Man Behind the Man -


 * The League of Evil Exes
 * Big Bad: Gideon
 * The Dragon: Todd Ingram (Only Ex-Boyfriend besides Gideon to appear in more than one book. He also took the longest to kill so far.)
 * The Brute: Lucas Lee
 * The Evil Geniuses: Kyle & Ken Katayanagi
 * The Dark Chick: Roxanne Richter
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Matthew Patel


 * Hellboy, Wake The Devil
 * The Big Bad: Rasputin
 * The Dragon: Vladimir Girescu
 * The Brute: The flail-armed Nazi.
 * The Evil Genius: Doktor-Professor Kroenen, Leopold, Zinco
 * The Dark Chick: Ilsa Haupstein
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Hermann von Klempt


 * Hellboy, Conqueror Worm
 * The Big Bad: Rasputin. Reduced to a ghost by this point, and only able to manipulate from the shadows.
 * Dragon in Chief and Evil Genius: Herr Doktor-Professor Hermann von Klempt. The de facto Big Bad as Rasputin is only a ghost; his defeat ruins Rasputin's plans. Also provides most of the technical know-how for the plan.
 * The Brute: Kreigaffe 10. Cyborg gorilla, and The Dragon to von Klempt.
 * The Dark Chick: Von Klempt's granddaughter; The Mole among Hellboy's party and the only truly dedicated Nazi in the group.
 * Team Pet: The Conqueror Worm itself.


 * Team Evil from The Order of the Stick Graphic Novel Prequel Start of Darkness:
 * How it was supposed to be:
 * The Big Bad: Redcloak
 * The Dragon: Right-Eye
 * The Brute: Xykon
 * The Evil Genius: Shared by Xykon (Sorcerer) and Redcloak (Cleric)
 * Team Pet: Evil Roaches
 * How it turned out:
 * The Big Bad: Xykon
 * The Dragon and The Evil Genius: Redcloak
 * The Lancer and: Right-Eye
 * The Dark Chick and Sixth Ranger: Monster In The Darkness
 * Team Pet: Evil Roaches
 * It went from there and became more complicated in original series.