The 2010 Otter Awards: Best Villain

After covering Best Team, now let's see which villain wreaked the most havoc.  Here are the runner-ups and winner for Best Villain in comics.


Runner-Ups
Sinestro
Sinestro was once the greatest of the Lanterns, and then became their greatest enemy.  In the past few months he's strattled the line between hero and villain, willing to sacrifice everything to stop the Blackest Night.  Sinestro has always been someone who fully believes his actions are justified, and in fighting off a zombie apoclypse he briefly became the representative of life itself.  Korugar's most hated son has done some pretty vile things over the years, but still believes himself to be the greatest lantern of all.  And truth be told, he might be right.

Lex Luthor
Any comic book fan can tell you Superman first premiered in Action Comics.  And at the moment, the series is now devoted to his archnemesis, Lex Luthor.  And wow, what a change for the better.  Superman has recently struggled to put out a decent comic, let alone an entire franchise.  Lex taking over the series has filled it with new life, even surpassing the Man of Steel.  It's one thing for a villain to beat a hero in a story.  But taking over their entire comic?  That's downright devious.  After gaining an orange ring during Blackest Night, Lex now seeks the power of the Black Lantern Corps.  The result has been alot of fun, and a powerful addition to the Superman mythos.

Winner
Loki
Okay, I might be a bit bias on this one since Loki is my favorite villain.  That being said, few villains had a greater impact and consistently delivered excellent stories as the Lord of Lies.  After negotiating with everyone from Dr. Doom to Norman Osborn, the trickster brought death and destruction to the city of Asgard.  And in the end, he sacrificed himself to save his brother and all of the Avengers.  I mean, I still have no idea why he had a change of heart, but it was a touching sentiment nonetheless.  And of course, in typical comic book fashion he has already been brought back from the dead. 

Yet where Loki has truly shined is in the number of mini series and one shots dedicated to the villain.  At the end of the day, no villain was as devious, destructive, and downright interesting as the God of Mischief.