C-List and below villains who would actually be huge threats if they were real.
Hardmode: the lamest power/weapon

I like the idea of Mister Freeze or Snart coming into a bank and just killing people

>>149559514 (OP)
Specifically for the mass mind control.

>>149559587
A lot of the rogues would be a fucking problem. Which is why its so cool that the most overpowered man gets to fight them and they come off as the under dogs

>>149559587
How he use those guns if the barrels are clogged?

>>149559810
Keeps a cool head.

Obviously.

>>149559514 (OP)
There's literally nothing about Onomatopeia that would make him some unstoppable force in real life.
"oh he says the sound effects", give me a fucking break, he'd get gunned down by any random cop immediately, all street level characters would, they only work in fictional stories.

>>149560286
Isn't he like a tamer version of Black Bolt?

>>149559514 (OP)
Mindworm would be an absolute menace

>unconditionally disorient everyone around you and inflict intense vertigo, synaesthesia, and completely screw with their visual perception and bodily control just by them being in your presence
cubist could unironically be a huge threat especially in coordination with other villains, even a half second lapse is enough to get shot.

plus he's aesthetic as fuck

>>149560356
I'm not familiar with Mr. Boltagon outside his silly name, but Onomatopeia has no powers, he's just a serial killer that makes his own sound effects.
He's just a guy with a gimmick that would realistically die as soon as someone with gun hears him.

>>149560356
No? He has no powers at all. He's just a good killer with an arsenal who fucking hates capes, and he just makes noises with his mouth because he's autistic or something. I actually have no idea why he does that.

It's actually weird how much heavy lifting spiderverse did for it's characters.

>>149559587
You can do that with a regular gun

>>149560424
Imagine if him and Vertigo fucked.

>>149560424
>especially in coordination with other villains
This week's issue had a whole page dedicated to how that's a bad idea and he would never actually team up with other villains.

>>149560513
>These spots allow the Spot to teleport himself, objects, or others across short or long distances, and even through dimensions.
Think of the covert assassinations he could carry out. Just open up a tiny little hole in someone's brain vein. Or espionage, gathering intelligence and/or blackmail material on opponents. Catching him would not be easy since he can hide in a pocket dimension for however long. Every law enforcement and three-letter agency on earth would want him dead, assuming he wasn't working for one of them that is.

>>149561437
This is the supervillain thread man

>>149559514 (OP)
The penguin isn't a c-list (some fucking how by virtue of being in everything) but he could fuck up the police for a good year especially with the trained birds and truck umberellas

>>149562203
He'd get shot by any random cop almost immediately.
No street level character could work in realistically.

>>149562865
But Oenguin has bulletproof umbrellas. Check mate

>>149560492
>I actually have no idea why he does that.
Kevin Smith came up with what he thought was a cool gimmick for a comic book character and didn't put much thought into it beyond that initial idea.

>>149560286
>>149560492
My mistake the only knowledge i have of this character is from the Superman and Lois show

before I knew anything about Onomatopeia I thought based on his name he had the power to manifest whatever he made the sound off. Like if he made gun sounds some invisible "force" would pew pew out of his fingers like bullets and if he made a "crack" sound then what he's aiming for would brake. What he actually turned out to be was somewhat underwhelming.

>>149562865
You seem believe to exist successful criminals and crime lords have never existed

>>149559810
Same way a kidney passes the bladder, painfully.

>>149562865
Blob is a c-list isn't he?

Whenever I see an image of Onomatapeia I think of the episode of Aeon Flux
>plop

>>149563324
I didn't mean to reply.

>>149563246
They mostly existed by not being on the front lines in front of cops, which is the issue here. The Penguin as a gang lord is sensible, which is why interpretations have tended in that direction. As your active bank robber it's a bit dicier.

>>149559957
Isn't it sort of the opposite? At least for me the appeal of shocker was that he was really mundane compared to many other of Spiderman's villains but consistently gave spiderman a much harder time than he was "worth". like shocker is almost an underdog, just a guy with some homemade(or prison made) tech that lets him hit really hard. Yet he is usually portrayed as consistently being a considerable threat to Spiderman when they are just duking it out.

>>149561589
>how that's a bad idea
it's a bad idea if they're a bunch of literal psychos and mentally unstable retards
the first time he showed up he beat the fuck out of moon knight and hunter's moon after crashing a car of goons, and only didn't shoot them dead because fists of khonshu can resurrect so it'd just make him come back angrier.

if timed properly (or with shit like sniper/artillery/missile support that allows indirect participation) he could legit be a total menace; lucky for the heroes he's content just getting paid.

>>149563465
He is treated like a joke by everybody in the marvel universe. I feel like once you job to Squirrel Girl or Kamala Khan you just don't get respect. Now if he was here and (I assume OP meant there's no superheroes) just started causing earthquakes he would probably become king of a nation.

>>149563465
yeah shocker is the underdog villain you root for, spidey is a fucking avenger who takes on ridiculous planet-level and even cosmic/interdimensional threats. Shocker is a guy in a yellow suit who zaps people.

If this nigga existed we would be fucked. Not just because his suit is made of the strongest metal in the universe but if some twenty foot tall dude with a laser asks for your money there's nothing you can do.

>>149563465
Shocker's tech, if scaled up, could level whole sections of the city. He's just not a fan of mass murdering and would rather be robbing convenience stores. He's an annoying one because of the sheer amount of property damage he does every time they actually fight

>>149563555
>>149559587
These two are so similar in that if they tried to go beyond petty crime they would be slapped down by like Hulk or Superman but they slide just below those guy's noses so they come off as "the lame guys"

>>149559514 (OP)
Incredibly cool outfit, incredibly lame power/schtick.

>>149559646
he would be rebooted as a gay man now

>>149563598
pretty sure he also punches Spiderman really hard.
>>149563554
>>149563555
that's kind of what I'm trying to get at here. the thread theme is all about supervillains who sort of feel less threatening due to their relationships in universe, but would be dangerous irl. this sort of requires them to not be so completely dangerous in universe. obviously shocker would be dangerous in real life just like any other supervillain, but I also feel like this is important to how he's written, where in universe he is underestimated. I think most stories I have seen about Shocker do actually give him that moment, where the hero thinks he's not a big deal but he turns out to be a much bigger hassle than they had hoped. obviously he still loses at the end but that's true of villains people take seriously too.

>>149563465

Herman doesn't just hit hard but his suit and powers also protect him from impacts. So he can basically tank hits from Spider-Man that would knock out a lot of Pete's other villains.

>>149559957
He looks so menacing with realistic eyes

>>149559514 (OP)
A couple of the Serpent Society crooks might qualify, but Black Mamba sticks out for her Darkforce powers. She lacks the imagination to use her powers to their full potential and lacks the ambition to enter the big leagues.

>>149559514 (OP)
Haven't read anything with him since his debut, but doesn't Onomatopeia only go after powerless superheroes? He wouldn't be a thing irl because his entire motivation is to take down capes that he believes are unworthy.

>>149565645
This. One half is a heavy hitter and the other a heavy hitter goon.

>>149560286
>>149560492
It actually pissed me off finding out he's just a murderous version of the guy from Police Academy, I was under the assumption his able to emulate thing through his sound effects

>>149559514 (OP)
Red Skull's daughter Sin gains superpowers in like half the arcs she shows up in, but by the next one she always reverts to being just a psycho chick with handguns.

>>149563764
He showed up recently and his sexuality was as inconsequential as always.

>>149563465
>just a guy with some homemade(or prison made) tech that lets him hit really hard
Yeah but think about that for a second. Shocker can build weapons strong enough to topple buildings and make armor that can tank hits from Spider-man out of ordinary household shit he managed to find lying around a prison. Herman is a drastically underestimated genius who could change the world if he applied himself but he'd rather make a name for himself in the supervillain game, and he's gonna keep trying as many times as it takes.

>>149565645
She and Asp should follow Diamondback's example and join up with Domino.
>Ex-call girl, now professional criminal
>Tanya Sealy was selected by executives in the Roxxon Oil Company to be a special agent in covert operations.
Average Shadowrun backstory.

>>149559514 (OP)
>"hey man, whos your favorite video game mascot"

>>149559587
Capt. Cold doesn't kill, but that's because all Flash's rogues have an unwritten agreement with him that if they don't use lethal force neither will he. Still, he's not really the type to build new equipment just to drop more bodies when his existing tech is more that enough to handle any bank job.

>>149562203
Forget Penguin. I think Scarecrow and Riddler could be genuine threats. Scarecrow is obvious but the clues Riddler leaves could only be solved by AI at this point.
>>149560469
Thats so lame. Thats so fucking lame.

Rat Catcher or Rat King from TMNT. Rats have always been a problem with their only shortcoming being they're so beastial. But give them order and tell them to attack? Its fucking over.

>>149566982
Scarecrow and Riddler are just annoying dweebs with gizmos. Penguin will have you skinned alive if he thinks you're disrespecting him.

>>149566661
Thats the difference between Capt. Cold and Shocker. Cold killed the guy who built the gun and spent so much time molesting the shit out of it that he could put it together backwards, blindfolded. Then he improved on the tech.

Herman on the other hand built that shit the same way Tony Stark did. That level of genius could be dangerous if he thought bigger