The Ten Worst Villains #10

All right, who are the worst of the worst? The vilains,that as soon as you see their names in the "coming next issue" blurb, you cringe, and write off that issue as having any entertainment value?

Now, by this, I'm not talking about lame villains that only appear in one or two storylines and then fade into the woodwork... (like this bozo) but, the ones that you see again and again. The ones you just wonder... "Why doesn't grab these authors and tell them, that this guy is an automatic -50 points in enjoyment factor?"

So, #10 of "painful villians".

Stryfe

Now, I don't really recall what his mutant power was, (I've tried to forget this joker), but I think it may have involved having super-neck muscles. That helmet is enough to make my neck start throbbing just looking at it.

Can anyone name a single good Stryfe story? That's what I sort of thought. Still, he is a prime example of one of the worst cliches in all comicdom. The evil twin/clone/alternate version of a hero.

I recall, back in the early 90's, Marvel was gearing up for one of their annual crossovers (I think it was one of the Infinity ones, not positive), and at the same time, the short lived Marvel UK imprint was getting ready for their own "blow out" event. Oddly enough, both focused on having large numbers of evil twins around. In one of their house mags, one of the editors said "evil twins are always a good idea."

Nope, they are almost always a bad idea. A truly bad idea. If you want someone to go fight their Id, let them do it the old fashioned way, a bit of soul searching and all that. While it ended badly (and we'll see why later on in the 10), Darkchilde Magik (Illyana), was a far more effective way to play in that bit of territory than any number of evil twins.

So, Stryfe, take that Buick Hood Ornament you call a helmet, and set up chairs for the other nine.