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.