"Foreword by Stan Lee"--Cover.

Aword from Stan Lee -- Those who worship evil's might : an introduction -- The people we would like to thank : the acknowledgments -- The people who helped make the book : the contributors -- The Abomination -- Abra Kadabra -- The Absorbing Man -- Agent Smith -- A.I.M. -- Aku -- Alien invaders -- Alternate-reality supervillains -- Amazo -- Amos Fortune -- Anarky -- Anime evil masterminds -- Annihilus -- The Anti-Monitor -- Apocalypse -- Aquatic supervillains -- Arachnid adversaries -- Arcade -- Arcane -- Astro City supervillains -- Atlas -- Attuma -- The Authority rogues' gallery -- Bane -- Baron Karza -- Baron Mordo -- Baron Zemo -- Batman TV villains -- Bat-Mite -- Batroc -- The Beyonder -- Bizarro -- Black Adam -- Black Manta -- Black Mask -- Black Spider -- Black Tome Cassidy -- Blackfire -- Blastaar -- Blizzard -- The Blob -- Blockbuster -- Blofeld -- Blood-sucking bad guys (and gals) -- Boomerang -- The Brain -- Brainiac -- Brainwave -- Brak -- Brimstone -- Bronze Age supervillains (1970-1979) -- The Brood -- Brother Blood -- The Brotherhood of Evil -- The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants -- Bug-based bad guys -- Bullseye -- The Calculator -- Captain Boomerang -- Captain Cold -- Captain Nazi -- Captain Planet's eco-villains -- Carnage -- Catman -- Catwoman -- Chameleon -- Cheetah -- Chemo -- Cheshire -- Chronos -- The Claw -- Clayface -- Cold War supervillains -- The Composite Superman -- Copperhead -- Count Nefaria -- The Crime Syndicate of America -- The criminal economy -- Cyborg Superman -- Dark Phoenix -- Darkseid -- Darkseid's elite -- Darth Vader -- Deadpool -- Deathstroke the Terminator -- Decepticons -- Despero -- Diablo -- Dr. Alchemy -- Dr. Cyclops -- Dr. Doom -- Dr. Evil 1 -- Dr. Evil 2 -- Dr. Light -- Dr. Loveless -- Dr. No -- Dr. Octopus -- Dr. Polaris -- Dr. Psycho -- Dr. Shrinker -- Dr. Sivana -- Dr. Zin -- Doomsday -- Dormammu -- Dragon Ball villains -- The Dragon lady -- Dragon Man -- Eclipso -- Egg Fu -- Ego the Living Planet -- Electro -- Emperor Palpatine -- Evil organizations -- Evil twins -- Evilheart the Great -- Extant -- The Fatal Eye -- Fatality -- The Fearsome Five -- Felix Faust -- The Female Furies -- The Fiddler -- Fin Fang Foom -- The Flash's rogues' gallery -- The Floronic Man -- The Frightful Four -- Fu Manchu -- Galactus -- Gen 13's rogues' gallery -- General Zod -- Genoshans -- The Gentleman Ghost -- Gog -- Golden Age supervillains (1938-1954) -- Gorilla Grodd -- The Grandmaster -- Green Goblin -- Gremlin -- Grey Gargoyle -- Griffith -- The Grim Reaper -- The Hand -- The Harlequin -- Harley Quinn -- Heat Wave -- Hector Hammond -- Hela -- The Hellfire Club -- Henchmen, minions, and underlings -- The High Evolutionary -- Hobgoblin -- Hostess supervillains -- Hugo Strange -- Hush -- Hydra -- Hydro-Man -- The Icicle -- Imperiex -- The Impossible Man -- The Injustice Society and beyond -- Intergang -- Iron Maiden -- Jack O'Lantern -- Jackal -- The Jester -- Joe Chill -- Johnny Bates -- Johnny Sorrow -- The Joker -- Judge Death -- Judge Doom -- Juggernaut -- Kalibak -- Kang the Conqueror -- Kanjar Ro -- The Key -- Khan -- Killer Croc -- Killer Kane -- Killer Moth -- Kingpin -- Klarion the Witch boy -- Klaw -- Kobra -- Krang -- Kraven the Hunter -- The Kryptonite Kid -- Lady Deathstrike -- Lady Shiva -- The Leader -- The League of Assassins -- Legion -- The Legion of Super-Villains -- Lex Luthor -- Living Laser -- The Lizard -- Loki -- Lord Voldemort -- Lucifer -- Mad Hatter -- Mad Mod -- The Mad Thinker -- Madame Masque -- Mageddon -- Magneto -- Malebolgia -- Man-Bat -- The Mandarin -- The Mangog -- The Master -- Mastermind -- The Masters of Evil -- Maximus the Mad -- Maxwell Lord -- Mephisto -- Metallo -- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' rogues' gallery -- Millions Knives -- Ming the Merciless -- Miroku -- Mirror Master -- The Mist -- Mr. Freeze -- Mr. Glass -- Mr. Hyde -- Mr. Mind -- Mr. Mxyzptlk -- Mr. Sinister -- Modern Age supervillains (1980-present -- Mojo -- Mojo Jojo -- Mole Man -- Molecule Man -- Moltar -- Mongul -- Monologues and soliloquies -- The Monster Society of Evil -- Monster supervillains -- Morbius the Living Vampire -- Mordru -- Morgan le Fay -- Morlun -- Mysterio -- Mystique -- Nightmare -- Nocturna -- Obsidian -- Ocean Master -- Omega Red -- Onomatopoeia -- Onslaught -- The Owl -- Ozymandias -- Parallax -- The Parasite -- The Penguin -- Phantasm -- The Phantom Blot -- Phantom Zone supervillains -- Pied Piper -- Poison Ivy -- Powers Villains -- The Prankster -- Prometheus -- Psycho-Pirate -- The Puke -- Pulp supervillains -- Punch and Jewelee -- The Puppet Master -- The Purple Man -- Pyro -- Q -- Queen Bee -- Ra's al Ghul -- Rasputin -- Red Skull -- Reinvented supervillains -- Reverse-Flash -- Rhino -- the Riddler -- The Ringmaster and the Circus of Crime -- Robotic supervillains -- Rodak -- The Royal Flush Gang -- Sabretooth -- Sandman -- Santa Claus as a supervillain -- Satana -- Saturday-morning supervillains -- Sauron II -- The Savage Dragon's rogues' gallery -- The Scarecrow -- Scorpion -- The Sentinels -- The Serpent Society -- Sesshomaru -- The Shade -- The Shadow-Thief -- The Shark -- Shredder -- Silver Age supervillains (1956-1969) -- Silver Banshee -- Silver Samurai -- Sinestro -- The Sinister Six -- Sinister Sorcerers and sorceresses -- Skeletor -- Slade -- Smallville villains -- Solomon Grundy -- Sonar -- Spellbinder -- Spider-Slayer -- The Squadron Sinister -- Star Sapphire -- Starro the Conqueror -- Stilt-Man -- Stryfe -- The Suicide Squad -- Super-Gorillas -- The Superman Revenge Squad -- Super-Nazis and Axis adversaries -- Super-sized supervillains -- Super-Skrull -- Supervillain Headquarters -- Supervillain prisons -- Supervillain team-ups -- The Supreme Intelligence -- Surtur -- Syndrome -- T.O. Morrow -- Talia -- Talpa -- Taskmaster -- The Tattooed Man -- Terra -- Thanos -- The Thorn -- Thunderbolts -- The Tick's rogues' gallery -- The Time Trapper -- Titania -- Titanium Man -- Titano the Super-Ape -- Toad -- Tom Strong's rogues' gallery -- The Top -- The Trickster -- Trigon -- TV toon terrors : beyond Saturday morning -- Two-Face -- The Ultra-Humanite -- Ultron -- Underworld supervillains -- Vandal Savage -- Venom -- The Ventriloquist -- Vermin -- Vertigo villains -- Villains from the toy box -- Villains of Mecha Anime -- Violator -- Viper -- Vulture -- Weather Wizard -- Wendigo -- Whiplash -- White Queen -- Wizard 1 -- Wizard 2 -- The Wrecking Crew -- The Yellow Claw -- Zombie Priest -- Zorak -- Zurg -- How to build a supervillain : the resources -- Photo and illustration credits -- The ultimate supervillain information locator : the index.