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Best mystery villain reveals! 2017-03-01 11:39:45 Post No. 90331705
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This week's Superman reminded me how much I love a good old-fashioned mystery villain reveal after months of clues and build-up, so I'm going to post and rate some of the past ones I can remember off the top of my head
Which was the most unexpected?
Which was the biggest OH SHIT moment?
Which had the best build-up?
Feel free to post others and rate them
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>>90331705
Starting with GL 60, part of the lead-up to War of the Green Lanterns
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>>90331724
One of my favorites, it had months of build-up, with the villain appearing in lots of books, it was relatively unexpected, and a badass moment
9/10
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>>90331739
Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes
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>>90331768
The identity of the villain was relatively easy to guess, but at least it featured great writing, and a cool moment with Jezebel
6/10
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>>90331780
Hulk 22, part of the Red Hulk saga
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>>90331705
>prime suspects
Heh
Also, how disappointed would people be if it wasn't prime time? I can kinda see (but not feel) MM happening, h
as he turned up anywhere recent?
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>>90331792
absolutely shit-tier, one of the biggest asspull moments in comic history, complete with deus ex lmd-s and disappearing moustaches
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>>90331807
Legion of Three Worlds 4
Forgot to rate the Red Hulk reveal: -10/10
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>>90331911
The sheer hilarity of this one makes it for me
3000/10
>>90331803
IIRC he hasn't appeared since Rebirth
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>>90331758
Oh hey, it's that girl Batman raped that nobody talks about.
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>>90331807
Tons of people called that it was Ross though
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>>90331920
back after a break, now with a double reveal!
Batman Eternal 50
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>>90331705
Does this count?
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>>90332192
The riddler reveal in hush was better
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>>90332192
I can't remember much from this, because the story went to shit in the final issues, and I just sorta skimmed over them
4/10
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>>90332248
but wait, there is more!
Batman Eternal 51
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>>90332257
AKA the guy everyone was expecting to be the mastermind!
4/10
>>90332223
well, for the purposes of this thread not really, since it was the first issue and thus had no build-up
>>90332118
what?
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>>90332286
>what?
The whole sleeping with someone under a false identity was ruled rape by courts.
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>>90332537
well, then Aquaman was raped, too
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>>90331705
This one was especially surprising because Bendis' first arc of Mighty Avengers with Frank Cho-Boobs Ultron was coming out at the same time, so nobody considered Ultron to be a suspect over who the Big Bad controlling the Phalanx was. The Phalanx themselves were a surprising reveal, lots of people were expecting Kang because of the Conquest title.
In a completely unheard of move, it turns out Bendis and DnA were actually coordinating things.
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>>90332626
Hey, I totally forgot about that! Nice one
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>>90331705
My favourite asspull, can't find the reveal page though
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>>90331705
what reason would J'onn ever have to be this Clark and pine after Lois like this?
How much potential is there in the idea of Magog?
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>>90332963
>Tomasi wrote a Magog story in the New 52
>even there, he had an alias
>he always had a diverse powerset, maybe even reality warping
>the 'you ruined everything' line fits his backstory even more than Prime's
>he got his powers as a child, that explains his child-like behavior
My money is on him
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>>90332897
Yeah, this was impressive
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>>90331758
Damn I knew Jezebel got the axe but I forgot this scene
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>>90331705
Hobgoblin
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>>90335996
You mean when he was revealed to have been Ned Leeds after Leeds was killed, or when he was revealed to have been Roderick Kingsley all along many years later?
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>>90331807
They could have just made it so he had shaved... you can fucking shave off a mustache, guys. It wouldn't have to go away. Hell, they make fake mustaches you can buy if you feel weird about it.
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>>90332897
This was absolutely an "Oh holy fuck, they're unstoppable" moment.
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>Nu-Clark because he is a Nu-male
Get it?
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>>90337028
the ending of Sinestro Corps War is the most bad-ass comic ever
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>>90331724
Who was it?
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Tao revealing himself in Wildcats under Alan Moore.
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>>90336320
>best build up
>biggest ass pull
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>>90331807
Red Hulk in general is garbage. All of it. Ross being a Hulk is even dumber.
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>>90337910
Krona
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>>90331705
Dr. Octopus as the Master Planner will always be a classic.
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Starman. The reveal dealing with Shade and Culp was pretty big.
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>mfw reading The Boys #65
>mfwHHEEENNNHHH
>mfw"I did things"
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>>90332678
Agreed
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>>90331780
I dunno about how great a reveal it is when Grant had to give Talia a whole new personality in order to make it work.
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>>90332248
I was really disappointed with this. I was actually excited at the prospect of fucking Cluemaster of all people stepping up.
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Hoping NuClark is a completely new villain.
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>>90340567
The gears were set in motion when Ra's was dead and Talia was poised to take his place.
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I wish I could have seen /co/s reaction to this one
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>>90341023
I kinda remember people being pretty into it.
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>>90340652
>weeks of nothing but threads bitching about SHITTY OCme too
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>>90340652
Did you like these guys?
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>>90331911
On the subject of hilarious Legion mystery reveals, who could possibly be the three greatest villains in history?
>>90341637
Different anon, but they were cool. They weren't played as a huge mystery and were a good way to show Superdad's distrust of Lex was kind of ridiculous. I did like the way Lex manages to get completely under Supe's skin even while he is (for now at least, I have little doubt he'll turn heel again in the near future) completely innocent
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>>90341794
Three greatest villains?
Lighting Lord, Cosmic King, Saturn Queen?
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>>90342102
Nope, they're all historical figuresHitlerNero
And last but not leastJohn Dillinger
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>>90342159
Kek
My second guess would have been Superman, Batman and Robin
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>>90331705
I have a mystery for you. Who is the masked murderer? Storytime Adventure comics 310
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>>90340567
I kinda get it but she went completely batshit crazy evil by the ends of it apparently she went crazy not being able to get Batman
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>>90342359
IT'S NAPOLEON
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>>90342294
Thanks, gonna read it after work
Love these stupid old Legion stories
LEGION REBIRTH WHEN???
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>>90340567
Ex-GF's can be terrible
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>>90341023
I remember hating it. Probably because that time was the peak of my hatred of how overused the Joker was. Having gotten over it, I'm more ambivalent. Plus I never thought Morrison's Joker was really that interesting or good.
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>>90341023
Came here to post this, what a time to be alive on /co/
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>>90342869What stops him from coming back in 90 days and doing it again?
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The reveal won't come until later this month, and at this point it would be a surprise if it wasn'tOblivion, but in this thread of villain reveals I think it's worth pointing out how good the buildup has been in the overaching arc of ultimates and Ultimates2.
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>>90343743
Damn Eternity has a giant dick
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>>90340567
That seems to be a recurring theme. I mean, I love the guy, but he did almost the exact same thing with Xorneto.
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>>90344109
Grant loves villains who are card-carrying evil. This works great with characters like Darkseid and Joker, even if his versions don't really hit the original point of the characters. It works decidedly less well with characters defined by their grayness.
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>>90331705
1/10. This fucking Whor still pisses me off.
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>>90344071
Watching eternity from the side is worse than watching the powerpuff girls from the side or Phineas face to face. I always thought that thing behind his head was part of it.
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>>90338174
Red She-Hulk was hot at least
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>>90331705
Bump for villainy
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