Gotta commend the Purpleman retcon. From an almost silly comic villian to a complete sicko/ manipulator, he's definitely changed into a more threatening villain!
Actually, Killgrave was always sort of a disturbing , perverted character, so it Isn’t really a retcon. It was mostly just a natural progression for both his character and his powers.
I must say, the more complex Lex Luther Ive seen in some recent comic books is great. Not entirely evil but not a good guy, not silly, makes for a complex and compelling villain.
@@kaiseremotion854 Depends on what youre looking at; a I'll admit Im not the biggest expert on Supes, but some of the comics/tv shows/ movies just made him a comically silly /stupid / evil character. It fit against Superman as the champion of the people against princes and billionaires; but it didnt make for a compelling villain. Theres plenty of comics too where Lex is a 3 dimensional man with a rational fear of Superman and a weak sense of morality / strong sense of superiority which let him do whatever he thought he needed to do, villainous or not.
I've always thought it was weird that Condiment King keeps on showing up on supervillain lists, cause originally, he's just a stand up comedian that the Joker mind controlled into putting on a costume
Other villains who improved through retcons: Sinestro, going from a gimmick villain to a galactic level threat Black Manta: another one trick villain who became a well rounded character via rebooting.
I like the elseworld story by John Byrne, from 1999, "Generations" which re-imagined Lex Luthor to actually be the "Ultra-Humanite", who swapped his brain into Lex Luthor's body in 1939. As always thank you so very much for the video.
3:29 - For anyone wanting a translation of what those (for some reason) German aliens/gremlins are saying: "Your airplanes will be upgraded/improved" "We are not here for you" "Yea, we need people. They are very valuable." "Very valuable, indeed..."
I know what we’re all wondering about the orb. How the F*** is that thing even alive. does it have a mouth or a some sort of breathing hole!”? How does it eat? Or even hear in fact since it has no ear drums. Seriously am I the only one freaking out? Can somebody give me some clarity.
Eclipso went from a minor villain to one of the most powerful forces in the DC universe, it's evidence how improving unknown characters is better than creating new ones.
Is there a video on "super powers that aren't super powers"? Like for example how heroes have plot armor, resurrections, etc despite it not being a part of their power set.
The Callender Man was originally a weird character and so was Calulater Man but these characters were interesting because of numbers or data they could make use of they may not be powerful individuals but they were superior In other ways the technology they used in some fashion or not came from highly sought technology or they minds and I am surprised you don't mention The Thinker he was like Calulater Man and I believe he was a rival to the Thinker and Brainiac and Superboy Prime maybe returning in a future story in the JLs but not actually the way he left but as a Bizro Prime Boy Of Steel with a different power set?
Incorrect, Purple Man is not from Soviet Union, Russia or similar. He is from my homecountry SFR Yugoslavia, don't steal the few Yugoslavian characters that we have left (the other most famous one is Abomination)
Superman killed The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin,Lex Luthor, Batman 99 and …………. Lob o. Nowhere has he killed Mr.Freeze he’s killed everyone else but not The Man Who FROZE YOUR WIFE AND MELTED HER IN BOILING WATER? Superman you are strange, very , very strange (and no we do not count robot Mr. Freeze he’s not The Mr. Freeze he’s an artificial copy of The Mr.Freeze not if he was The Mr. Freeze he would have a head that’s not floating in a dome. Ok you technical smarty GEEKS!)
you forgot Tom King's retcon of kite man, Hell Yeah... www.polygon.com/2017/10/19/16455276/batman-kite-man-dc-comics-tom-king-bill-finger also, Mr Freeze in Batman TAS from one note joke villain to tragic sympathetic backstory via Dini and Timm was EPIC.
interested to see what's done with the upcoming appearance of The Spot in "Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse" the follow up to the amazing "Into the Spider-verse"
Gotta commend the Purpleman retcon. From an almost silly comic villian to a complete sicko/ manipulator, he's definitely changed into a more threatening villain!
Yeah, proof of that was the Jessica Jones series on Netflix. He was very very chilling.
Actually, Killgrave was always sort of a disturbing , perverted character, so it Isn’t really a retcon. It was mostly just a natural progression for both his character and his powers.
I must say, the more complex Lex Luther Ive seen in some recent comic books is great. Not entirely evil but not a good guy, not silly, makes for a complex and compelling villain.
tbf wasn't lex luther mostly a "superman might turn evil" but im also slightly evil villian?
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Depends on what youre looking at; a
I'll admit Im not the biggest expert on Supes, but some of the comics/tv shows/ movies just made him a comically silly /stupid / evil character.
It fit against Superman as the champion of the people against princes and billionaires; but it didnt make for a compelling villain.
Theres plenty of comics too where Lex is a 3 dimensional man with a rational fear of Superman and a weak sense of morality / strong sense of superiority which let him do whatever he thought he needed to do, villainous or not.
He was good in some comics
I've always thought it was weird that Condiment King keeps on showing up on supervillain lists, cause originally, he's just a stand up comedian that the Joker mind controlled into putting on a costume
About the Black Hand (William Hand) -- he was a loving riff on Bill Finger, who was known for keeping a notebook and jotting down ideas in it.
Other villains who improved through retcons: Sinestro, going from a gimmick villain to a galactic level threat
Black Manta: another one trick villain who became a well rounded character via rebooting.
I know this will be more subjective, but can you do like a top ten side kicks that complement their hero the best?
With this whole multiverse thing, old school Lex Luthor should make an appearance lol
Kite Man. Hell yeah.
Hell yeah. came to say the same thing...
0:08
I will never get over THIS outfit lol
Why are you laughing? That's a massive laser cannon! Nothing funny about this whatsoever!
The calculator is a very interesting villain
I like the elseworld story by John Byrne, from 1999, "Generations" which re-imagined Lex Luthor to actually be the "Ultra-Humanite", who swapped his brain into Lex Luthor's body in 1939.
As always thank you so very much for the video.
The entry bout Killgrave doesnt seem so much a retcon but a what hes up to next. With the main difference of character bein in his design.
So is Jules the only employee at WhatCulture now? This is like what the 3rd video in a row he’s done for comics channel.
3:29 - For anyone wanting a translation of what those (for some reason) German aliens/gremlins are saying:
"Your airplanes will be upgraded/improved"
"We are not here for you"
"Yea, we need people. They are very valuable."
"Very valuable, indeed..."
Thanks for the consent what culture this is a great channel I hope you guys really read this comment
Didn't Hand go even more insane?
Can you do a video or me Jon Kent powers abilities and other things like that
I just knew #1 would be Mr Freeze
I know what we’re all wondering about the orb. How the F*** is that thing even alive. does it have a mouth or a some sort of breathing hole!”? How does it eat? Or even hear in fact since it has no ear drums. Seriously am I the only one freaking out? Can somebody give me some clarity.
Great video what culture 👏 comics 👌
How you going to leave Mr Freeze off the list, one of the greatest things that Timm and Dini did?
One of MANY to be sure.. god, I love that series.
How about how spiderman would defeat every batman villain?
Ragdoll in Flash is bloody terrifying
Eclipso went from a minor villain to one of the most powerful forces in the DC universe, it's evidence how improving unknown characters is better than creating new ones.
Definitely would have switched 1 and 2 but good list
Lex luthor sounds like Elon musk
I wouldn't go around compariing the two. Musk isn't as clever.
What a great video
Kite man became a more interesting character after Tok King's Batman
He is cool in harley quinn animat3d series..go pacers
6:16 that’s straight up the cryolator from fallout 4 the hell
Kinda telling that Kilgrave is the only Marvel villain on this list.
Kinda telling you weren't paying attention, cause there was also that eyeball dude.
Somehow this is scary.
Wendy and Marvin. Ha!
I feel like all you have to do to the Orb is poke him in the eye and he’s done 🤷🏾♂️ I guess not, dude wore a bandanna
“Killing him quickly. Somehow, though, he survived.”
Is there a video on "super powers that aren't super powers"?
Like for example how heroes have plot armor, resurrections, etc despite it not being a part of their power set.
Calendar Man: OK a bit weird and silly... Alright getting more sinister I like that... I'm sorry he WHAT?!
Sooooo am I the only one who did a double take at 6:24 with Calendar Man?
They needed serious improvement.
Purple guy!
my only issue with calendar man is every day is technically a holiday of some kind.
The Callender Man was originally a weird character and so was Calulater Man but these characters were interesting because of numbers or data they could make use of they may not be powerful individuals but they were superior In other ways the technology they used in some fashion or not came from highly sought technology or they minds and I am surprised you don't mention The Thinker he was like Calulater Man and I believe he was a rival to the Thinker and Brainiac and Superboy Prime maybe returning in a future story in the JLs but not actually the way he left but as a Bizro Prime Boy Of Steel with a different power set?
Paste Pot Pete becoming The Trapster should be #1.
Huh? Isn't Orb just wearinga helmet that looks like an eyeball?
The post Crisis Luthor was just a copy of the Kingpin. He was better as the evil scientist. Not an improvement
Oh my goodness, I really never cared much for the purple man but wtaf, now I feel bad for Jessica Jones
Incorrect, Purple Man is not from Soviet Union, Russia or similar. He is from my homecountry SFR Yugoslavia, don't steal the few Yugoslavian characters that we have left (the other most famous one is Abomination)
Is it me or when i saw Calendar man he was holding a gun from fallout 4
6:16
Most of these aren't retcons, they're just lame characters who got their act together.
Wow
Superman killed The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin,Lex Luthor, Batman 99 and …………. Lob o. Nowhere has he killed Mr.Freeze he’s killed everyone else but not The Man Who FROZE YOUR WIFE AND MELTED HER IN BOILING WATER? Superman you are strange, very , very strange (and no we do not count robot Mr. Freeze he’s not The Mr. Freeze he’s an artificial copy of The Mr.Freeze not if he was The Mr. Freeze he would have a head that’s not floating in a dome. Ok you technical smarty GEEKS!)
And he also killed Impulse no offense to what culture comics u all of u are idiots
Less Joker would be better. Also, what Ragdoll did to his kids was just psycho.
wtf kinda number 1 was that
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Superboy prime was the worst
you forgot Tom King's retcon of kite man, Hell Yeah...
www.polygon.com/2017/10/19/16455276/batman-kite-man-dc-comics-tom-king-bill-finger
also, Mr Freeze in Batman TAS from one note joke villain to tragic sympathetic backstory via Dini and Timm was EPIC.
interested to see what's done with the upcoming appearance of The Spot in "Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse" the follow up to the amazing "Into the Spider-verse"
Maybe they'll show up on a sequel list?