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* [[Black Panther]] is quite likely the biggest in Marvel ([[Depending on the Writer|sometimes]]). Basically every storyline during his longest run (under Christopher Priest) boiled down to "a bunch of really smart guys have a bunch of really smart, well-thought out, creative plans... that Panther anticipated and is manipulating to his own ends." It's doubly impressive because almost all of Panther's adversary are Magnificent Bastards themselves.
* [[Lex Luthor]], of ''[[The DCU]]''. Since the eighties, he's been well entrenched in Magnificent Bastardry. The [[Diniverse]] version is especially Magnificent, almost becoming the President as a ''distraction'' from his true plan
* The Prankster proved to be one of these in "The Art of the Prank", Superman #660, when dealing with Nitro G, a low-rate criminal with explosive powers that tried to strong-arm him into selling copies of his devices as weapons. And given that Prankster is a normal human, he couldn't simply beat Nitro G in a normal fight. So, he had to go by another route. Suffice to say Nitro G ended up naked, scarred, bruised and humiliated, begging Superman to take him to jail, in front of a laughing crowd while the Prankster ended up with more cash and more customers due to the publicity in his distraction-for-money business.
* [[Loki]], [[Marvel Comics|Marvel's]] expert [[Xanatos Speed Chess|free-form, improv manipulator]]. Not only does this guy play the big boys in the Marvel Universe, this is a guy who regularly improvises the [[The End of the World as We Know It|end of freaking nine worlds]] armed primarily with [[Manipulative Bastard|mischief]] and [[Consummate Liar|his lying tongue]]. And he's brought about Ragnarok multiple times. How many baddies have the chops to pull that off? He also lies regularly so well that no one can tell his lies from truth. Loki almost always gets what he wants.
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