The Peyote Coyote–true, he’s more like Dream’s ass-kicking agent–but I also love the line: “Haven’t you wondered what it would be like to see the world through the eyes of a god?[my sic if I got it wrong]” as Loki is laying there and the teeth are smiling.
I don’t have that issue before me, 647, but I think your paraphrase is close, if not totally accurate. Yes, it is a great line, but then Gaiman wrote a lot of great ones during “The Sandman.”
PC–not to turn this to the “Sandman” but I also love the one where Augustus Caesar responds to the dwarf’s question about Cato (or was Cicero, I don’t have any issues with me either)
Dwarf [something like]: “he was one of the graet ones; whatever happened to him?”
AC:“I had him killed.”
If we’re going to talk about the Sandman in this thread, we have to bring up Dr. Dee. 24 hours was one of the most terrifying stories I ever read, and Dee was the most disturbing psychotics ever to grace the page.
‘They couldn’t hit an Elephant from this dist…!’
Last words of General John Sedgwick
Tengu–that was the issue that really got me into the “Sandman”; not exactly “Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spiderman”. We need two new threads regarding one-liners here–one about the “Sandman” and one about Clint Eastwood westerns, as somebody posted about Angel-Eyes.
Eastwood westerns have some classics.
Richard Nixon.
Of course, you have to be just the right age.
So far as I know, there is only one instance of some guy in the Archie comics “getting in bed with Midge,” and that was an accident:
In a science class, Midge stands in front of the class with a sleeping bag. Prof. Flutesnoot says for Jughead to come up and join her in the sleeping bag–or Midge and Veronica con him into it, I forget which. Of course, Moose is present. You can guess the rest. Hey, even Reggie, Moose’s No. 1 enemy, wouldn’t do something THAT stupid! (Maybe Reggie Mantle could be considered as a super-villain, because his conceit and cunning are larger-than-life.)
Some other memorable villains from Not Brand Ecch:
Warlord Krank, a blue-skinned mutant who “sinks” Sunk-Mariner.
Hokey of Jazzgard, distant relative and constant foe of The Mighty Sore.
Zero, adversary of Captain American. (At the end of the story the hunk who supposedly was the Captain turns out to be the now-grown Bunky Barnes, and he and Zero become close friends. Cap had been “pulverized,” Bunky explains.)
Electrico, who doesn’t want any part of Scaredevil; Electrico won’t even listen when the superhero offers to tell him his secret identity.
The Kingpin, but specifically from the Daredevil mini-series “Born Again.” In this 4-issue magnum opus, the Kingpin discovers Daredevil’s secret identity, and proceeds to destroy his life, just because he can. It’s a tour-de-force story by Frank Miller.
Loki, from the original Norse myths. Loki develops from a bad-boy prankster into a sociopathic nutjob; if you get a good translation, the story is chilling.
As a Doctor Who fan, I have to say both the Master and Davros, of course. The Master’s finest moment was the last story, “Survival”, where he finally becomes evil for evil’s sake.
Since no one else has mentioned them yet:
Herr Starr from Preacher
The First of the Fallen from Helllblazer.
Both were written by Garth Ennis.
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent” Isaac Asimov
Does anyone remember the Peculiar Purple Pie-Man from Porcupine Peak and Sour Grapes? They were the coolest.
In Disney movies, I’d have to say that Claude Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame had to be the most evil. Second, Shan-yu from Mulan. Third, well I’m not so sure. It’s either Scar from The Lion King (for killing Mufasa) or Sid from Toy Story (those poor toys).