Villains on the cover

[DavidTheDavid]

So what villain has gotten the most cover time for Marvel comics? Galactus? Dr. Doom?

[HighStakesComics]

I'd guess Loki. He had more covers on the early JIMs than Doom on the earlier FFs and still relevant. Doc Ock might be up there also. You are right though that Doom and the big guy have to be up there.

[gaz973]

My money would be on Doom or possibly Magneto.

 

[telerites]

Sub-Mariner

[mystrymachine]

My money would be on Doom or possibly Magneto.

 

Yeah I'm going for these two myself. Magneto might have the edge.

[FineCollector]

Has to be Doom. He appeared steadily in FF, he has crossed over into just about every other Marvel title, and was featured in Super Villain Team-Up and early Astonishing Tales.

 

Loki is a rare sight outside of Thor. After Avengers 1, he appears once more until the reboot, while Doom has 5 Avengers covers to his name. I think they have one each in West Coast Avengers as well.

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

My money would be on Doom or possibly Magneto.

Do we count the issues where Magneto wasn't strictly a villain? Defining what is and isn't a villain is probably key too, since Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Venom, Deadpool etc. all started as villains. Maybe a better question is what antagonist (i.e. not the title character or member of title team) has appeared on the most covers?

[HarveySwick]

You should open it up and include DC

 

I'm curious about comparisons in the numbers such as Doctor Doom vs. Joker.

[Vikingreed]

Joker wins, hands down.

 

[Ken Aldred]

Or Lex Luthor?

[Phicks]

For Marvel, it's Chameleon. He was on every cover, you just didn't recognize him.

[valiantman]

So what villain has gotten the most cover time for Marvel comics? Galactus? Dr. Doom?

 

Joker wins, hands down.

 

Or Lex Luthor?

 

[HarveySwick]

You should open it up and include DC

 

I'm curious about comparisons in the numbers such as Doctor Doom vs. Joker.

 

Didn't mean to derail the Marvel Only thread. I think the responses were to my post suggesting opening it up to include DC villains.

[rjrjr]

You should open it up and include DC

 

I'm curious about comparisons in the numbers such as Doctor Doom vs. Joker.

 

DC had 20-25 more years of comics to feature Joker. And then you have to consider Batman has been in multiple titles for almost as long (Batman and Detective Comics.) I'm guessing Joker has more covers by far.

[Lazyboy]

For Marvel, it's Chameleon. He was on every cover, you just didn't recognize him.

Nope, the Invisible Girl/Woman was on the scene even for covers that featured no humanoid characters (and, therefore, no Chameleon), you just can't see her.

[HarveySwick]

Invisible woman is a villain!

[Lazyboy]

My money would be on Doom or possibly Magneto.

Do we count the issues where Magneto wasn't strictly a villain? Defining what is and isn't a villain is probably key too, since Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Venom, Deadpool etc. all started as villains. Maybe a better question is what antagonist (i.e. not the title character or member of title team) has appeared on the most covers?

Another relevant question: Do we count Doom-Bots?

[chrisco37]

Invisible woman is a villain!

 

Naked villain!

[Lazyboy]

Invisible woman is a villain!

Malice.

 

Sub-mariner was suggested earlier.

[HarveySwick]

Doctor Doom appears in 2455 issues.

Joker appears in 1863 issues.

 

I'll see if I can break it down by cover appearances.

 

But it makes sense. Joker is pretty much only a Batman character whereas Doctor Doom has appeared in almost every Marvel characters book at one time or another.