All right, not all of my "painful villain" list come out of the world of Marvel Comics. Actually, #1 will be a DC character, but his/her/its name will be revealed.
Anyway, one type of character that annoys me is the "big, idiotic muscle" sort of villain. (BTW, no I've never been a real Hulk fan either. Only run of Hulk I ever collected was one stretch where you had Bruce's brain in the green body. That was the first time I was ever remotely interested).
Anyway, there are lots of these kinds of villians around. Of course, Marvel has good ol Juggernaut, but honestly, he's too smart for this. Yeah, he has some telepath issues, but at least he has a chance of adding 2+2 and being right. I know, that doesn't explain the whole Black Tom thing, but give the poor goof a break. You'd be messed up too if you lived with lil Chuck.
Then, Batsie has the ever "popular" Killer Croc, but even so, he just doesn't quite rate.
No, painful Villian #7 is so bad that they had to use him in the rather painful Supergirl #1. Yes, #7 was born on a Monday...
Yes, it's Solomon Grundy
A big mound of muscle, with no real character. He exists solely to give the artist something to do while the writer does character exposition on the hero (again, see Supergirl #1, or the JSA issue where Grundy attacks Stargirl and Jakeem Thunder).
*yawn*
Tomorrow, the most painful of all Fantastic Four villians
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