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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. Eventually revealed to in fact not be Luthor but his even worse counterpart from another dimension.
  • 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: Black Adam, though they betrayed him first.

• 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, Songbird

• 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: it's The Sentry

• 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 - Haazen

• 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 andThe Starscream: 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.