Everyone hates a bad guy, right? Well, not all the time. In many cases, the villain can be an entirely sympathetic person or even the star of the show, depending on the point of view. Still, you really are supposed to dislike a villain — in most cases. That being said, we aren’t talking about your typical Bond Villain here either (those guys are universally despised), we wanted to look into those villains we know we should hate, but we just can’t help but to love instead. Let’s face it, sometimes you want to see the good guy lose, right? Or is that just us? Fortunately, for every superhero, there are usually dozens of villains making up their rogues galleries and while many of these folks are pure, unadulterated evil we wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley, some of them just don’t fit that description. You might not like it when these baddies get their so-called comeuppance, but that doesn’t mean you don’t enjoy watching or reading about them… and maybe even rooting for them throughout their adventures. For this list, we took a look at Marvel, DC and Image comics, as well as television and film, to come up with the 15 greatest villains you simply hate to love.
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