The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television 2020005076, 2020005077, 9781440869877, 9781440869884
The American Villain: Encyclopedia of Bad Guys in Comics, Film, and Television seeks to provide one go-to reference for
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English Year 2020
Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chronology of Milestone Events
Introduction
Thematic Essays
“In the Beginning . . .”: The Origins of Villains in the Western World
“Nazis, Communists, and Terrorists . . . Oh My!”: The Rise of the Supervillain and the Evolution of the Modern American Villain
The Dark Mirror: Evil Twins, The Twilight Zone, and the Villain Within
Tarantino and the Antivillain
The Pathos of Villainy: Getting to the Heart of Why Villains Went Bad
A–Z Entries
Agent Smith
Alexis Carrington-Colby-Dexter
Alpha/The Whisperers
Angelique Bouchard-Collins
Angelus
Archie Bunker
Asajj Ventress
Bellatrix Lestrange
Bill/Snake Charmer
Billy the Kid
Boba Fett
Borg Queen/Borg
Brainiac
Captain Hector Barbossa
Captain Phasma/Stormtroopers
Catwoman
Cersei Lannister
COBRA
The Comedian
The Corleone Family
The Court of Owls
CSM/The Cigarette Smoking Man
Cybermen
Dark Willow
Davros/Daleks
Doctor Doom
Doomsday
Dracula
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Ebenezer Scrooge
Elle Driver/California Mountain Snake
Ernst Stavro Blofeld/SPECTRE
Faith the Vampire Slayer
Fiona Goode/The Supreme
Fish Mooney
Frank Burns
Frankenstein’s Monster
Freddy Krueger
General Custer
Geronimo
Goldfinger
Gollum
The Governor
Grand Nagus/Ferengi
Green Goblin
Grindelwald
Gus Fring
Hannibal Lecter
Harley Quinn
Heisenberg/Walter White
Imperial Officers
Jabba the Hutt
Jafar
Jason Voorhees
Joker
J. R. Ewing
Kahless/Klingons
Killmonger
La Llorona
Leatherface
Lex Luthor
Loki
Lucifer/Satan
Magneto
Maleficent
Marsellus Wallace
Martin Brenner
The Master/Missy
Michael Myers
Morgan le Fay
Negan/The Saviors
Norman Bates
Number Six/Cylons
Nurse Ratched
O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth
Ozymandias
Pancho Villa
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Professor Moriarty
Q
Ra’s al Ghul
Red Skull
Reverend Stryker/The Purifiers
Sauron/Saruman
Scarecrow
Sherry Palmer
Sith Lords
Spike and Drusilla
Sue Sylvester
Thanos
Tia Dalma/Calypso
Tony Montana
Tony Soprano
Two-Face
Ultron
Ursula
Voldemort
Wicked Witch of the West
Zod
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chronology of Milestone Events
Introduction
Thematic Essays
“In the Beginning . . .”: The Origins of Villains in the Western World
“Nazis, Communists, and Terrorists . . . Oh My!”: The Rise of the Supervillain and the Evolution of the Modern American Villain
The Dark Mirror: Evil Twins, The Twilight Zone, and the Villain Within
Tarantino and the Antivillain
The Pathos of Villainy: Getting to the Heart of Why Villains Went Bad
A–Z Entries
Agent Smith
Alexis Carrington-Colby-Dexter
Alpha/The Whisperers
Angelique Bouchard-Collins
Angelus
Archie Bunker
Asajj Ventress
Bellatrix Lestrange
Bill/Snake Charmer
Billy the Kid
Boba Fett
Borg Queen/Borg
Brainiac
Captain Hector Barbossa
Captain Phasma/Stormtroopers
Catwoman
Cersei Lannister
COBRA
The Comedian
The Corleone Family
The Court of Owls
CSM/The Cigarette Smoking Man
Cybermen
Dark Willow
Davros/Daleks
Doctor Doom
Doomsday
Dracula
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Ebenezer Scrooge
Elle Driver/California Mountain Snake
Ernst Stavro Blofeld/SPECTRE
Faith the Vampire Slayer
Fiona Goode/The Supreme
Fish Mooney
Frank Burns
Frankenstein’s Monster
Freddy Krueger
General Custer
Geronimo
Goldfinger
Gollum
The Governor
Grand Nagus/Ferengi
Green Goblin
Grindelwald
Gus Fring
Hannibal Lecter
Harley Quinn
Heisenberg/Walter White
Imperial Officers
Jabba the Hutt
Jafar
Jason Voorhees
Joker
J. R. Ewing
Kahless/Klingons
Killmonger
La Llorona
Leatherface
Lex Luthor
Loki
Lucifer/Satan
Magneto
Maleficent
Marsellus Wallace
Martin Brenner
The Master/Missy
Michael Myers
Morgan le Fay
Negan/The Saviors
Norman Bates
Number Six/Cylons
Nurse Ratched
O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth
Ozymandias
Pancho Villa
Penguin
Poison Ivy
Professor Moriarty
Q
Ra’s al Ghul
Red Skull
Reverend Stryker/The Purifiers
Sauron/Saruman
Scarecrow
Sherry Palmer
Sith Lords
Spike and Drusilla
Sue Sylvester
Thanos
Tia Dalma/Calypso
Tony Montana
Tony Soprano
Two-Face
Ultron
Ursula
Voldemort
Wicked Witch of the West
Zod
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
- Author / Uploaded
- Richard Hall
