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* Marvel had a comic book series called Super-Villain Team-Up, which despite the name was mostly Doctor Doom hanging out with Namor and fighting every two issues. |
* Marvel had a comic book series called Super-Villain Team-Up, which despite the name was mostly Doctor Doom hanging out with Namor and fighting every two issues. |
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* Several of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s [[Big Bad]]s all teamed up in the 1980s ''Acts of Vengeance'' [[Crossover]] in a large-scale [[Evil Plan]] to destroy each others' enemies by setting the heroes up against villains they'd never faced before. In effect, this was a Villain Team Up of almost '''all''' the human villains of the Marvel Universe, with a team of [[Chessmaster]]s manipulating dozens of lesser bad guys for their own personal agenda. The whole scheme falls apart for the simple fact that all of the villains behind the plot are so egomaniacal that they can't stand not being totally in charge, and they end up turning on each other while struggling for power. |
* Several of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s [[Big Bad]]s all teamed up in the 1980s ''Acts of Vengeance'' [[Crossover]] in a large-scale [[Evil Plan]] to destroy each others' enemies by setting the heroes up against villains they'd never faced before. In effect, this was a Villain Team Up of almost '''all''' the human villains of the Marvel Universe, with a team of [[Chessmaster]]s manipulating dozens of lesser bad guys for their own personal agenda. The whole scheme falls apart for the simple fact that all of the villains behind the plot are so egomaniacal that they can't stand not being totally in charge, and they end up turning on each other while struggling for power. |
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** Of course, it didn't help that [[Loki]] decided that his inner circle should include an [[Red Skull|UNREPENTANT FORMER NAZI]] alongside a [[Magneto|HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR]]. Seriously, Loki, we thought you were supposed to be one of the ''clever'' Asgardians... |
** Of course, it didn't help that [[Loki]] decided that his inner circle should include an [[Red Skull|UNREPENTANT FORMER NAZI]] alongside a [[Magneto|HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR]]. (Of course, [[Even Evil Has Standards|''all'' the other members hated the Skull]].) Seriously, Loki, we thought you were supposed to be one of the ''clever'' Asgardians... |
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* It should be noted that villains can and do form their own teams for reasons beyond simply getting vengeance on a particular hero. The Masters of Evil, one of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s longest-running supervillain teams, has had various incarnations formed over the years by [[Big Bad]]s who recruit other villains to share in the profits of the leader's evil scheme. The Serpent Society, long a thorn in the side of [[Captain America (comics)]], was a collection of snake-themed villains who essentially formed their own mercenary business, complete with health care coverage, room and board, and a guaranteed [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]] from the team leader, who would use his teleportation powers to free any members who were arrested or captured. |
* It should be noted that villains can and do form their own teams for reasons beyond simply getting vengeance on a particular hero. The Masters of Evil, one of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s longest-running supervillain teams, has had various incarnations formed over the years by [[Big Bad]]s who recruit other villains to share in the profits of the leader's evil scheme. The Serpent Society, long a thorn in the side of [[Captain America (comics)]], was a collection of snake-themed villains who essentially formed their own mercenary business, complete with health care coverage, room and board, and a guaranteed [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]] from the team leader, who would use his teleportation powers to free any members who were arrested or captured. |
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** ''[[The Batman]]'' also did a variation of this in the "Team Penguin" episode, when the Penguin recruits several second-tier Bat villains into a criminal gang as a way of evening the odds against Batman and his sidekicks. The idea is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] at every opportunity, as none of the other villains like the name "Team Penguin" and keep suggesting alternatives, which Penguin shoots down. It's Penguin's vanity that causes the others to abandon the team. {{spoiler|At first.}} |
** ''[[The Batman]]'' also did a variation of this in the "Team Penguin" episode, when the Penguin recruits several second-tier Bat villains into a criminal gang as a way of evening the odds against Batman and his sidekicks. The idea is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] at every opportunity, as none of the other villains like the name "Team Penguin" and keep suggesting alternatives, which Penguin shoots down. It's Penguin's vanity that causes the others to abandon the team. {{spoiler|At first.}} |
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