# Name every hero's arch-nemesis! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046 "2002-05-03T12:40:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/21 "2002-05-03T15:56:08Z")
Well, seeing as **Fenris** ain’t here to give us a comprehensive list of obscure heroes and their arch-nemesis, I’ll toss out a few to keep the Teeming Millions satisfied. Atari Force: The Dark Destroyer Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld: Dark Opal ---
**Author:** ![madcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@madcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/22 "2002-05-03T15:59:23Z")
Maggie Simpson:That Baby With One Eyebrow. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/23 "2002-05-03T16:07:39Z")
I suppose the criteria for determining an arch-nemesis is multiple engagements: Captain James T. Kirk vs Kahn Noonian Singh Captain Jean-luc Picard vs Q Captain Benjamin Sisko vs Gul Ducat Captain Kathryn Janeway vs Borg Queen Dr. Who vs The Master Elvis Presley vs The Beatles Evel Kinevel vs gravity Commander Adama vs Lord Baltar Optimus Prime vs Megatro Howard Stern vs the FCC ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/24 "2002-05-03T16:11:24Z")
Iron Man = The Mandarin Groo = cheese dip ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/25 "2002-05-03T16:18:53Z")
Buffy::Angelus Angel::Angelus Robert Mapplethorpe::Cincinnati ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/26 "2002-05-03T16:25:50Z")
Flash: Reverse-Flash Legion of Super-Heroes: Time Trapper. I’m very tempted by the thought of the Fatal Five or Mordru, but somehow the “time travel” element seems so essential to the Legion’s history that it makes the Time Trapper seem like the villain who most challenges the essence of the team. Adam Warlock: Thanos Hank Pym: Ultron He-Man: Skeletor Green Lantern Alan Scott: Solomon Grundy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/27 "2002-05-03T16:34:48Z")
Sherlock Holmes/Professor Moriarty Nero Wolfe/Arnold Zeck Robin Hood/Sheriff of Nottingham Dick Tracy/Pruneface Harry Potter/Voldemort James Bond/Blofeld Encyclopedia Brown/Bugs Meany Steve McGarrett/Wo Fat ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/28 "2002-05-03T16:36:40Z")
Flash Gordon/Ming the Merciless ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/29 "2002-05-03T17:38:40Z")
The Maxx/Mr. Gone Generation X/Emplate Duncan MacLeod/Kalas? (Horton? Xavier?) Connor MacLeod/Depends which movie(s) you believe in. Kell makes the most convincing case… Austin Powers/Dr. Evil Luke/Vader Han/Jabba Frodo/Sauron Londo Molari/G’kar (Which one’s the hero, though?) 🙂 GI Joe/Cobra Commander He-man/Skeletor The Powerpuff Girls/Mojo Jojo Nick Knight/LaCroix Ripley/The aliens (BTW, the best example on this whole thread, I think is Sisko/Dukat. What a great relationship! 7 years of hatred, mistrust, and kinship…) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/30 "2002-05-03T17:43:14Z")
Doc Savage: John Sunlight The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: Norbert the Narc The Avengers (Marvel Comics): Kang the Conqueror The Sub-Mariner: Destiny The old X-Men: Magneto Cerebus the Aardvark: himself ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/31 "2002-05-03T17:43:59Z")
Buck Rogers/Killer Kane Nayland Smith/Dr. Fu Manchu Dr. Jeckyl/Mr. Hyde Rog Blake/Servilan James West/Dr. Miguelito Loveless (Michael Dunn only!!!) Human Torch/Sub-Mariner James Bond/Ernst Stavro Blofeld U.N.C.L.E./Thrush Control/Kaos Terry Lee/The Dragon Lady ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/32 "2002-05-03T17:46:16Z")
No, no, no…Spider-Man’s nemesis has always been **Peter Parker**. Not in the traditional villain role, but in the sense that his life is always a struggle between the webs and the man beneath them. Does he visit his sick aunt in the hospital or stop Dr. Octopus? Go on a date or stop the Green Goblin? This is why Peter is notorious for tossing his costume in a trash can…and, of course, why he always puts the costume back on. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/33 "2002-05-03T18:39:18Z")
Lester Girls::Lily Lee, the Lizard Lady Also General Poon Tang and (the slippery) Ben Wa. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/34 "2002-05-03T19:00:38Z")
Adam Warlock VS The Magus Warlock and Thanos have been allies numerous times. Warlock’s old nemesis was ManBeast. ManBeast is one of the few nemeses to stay beaten. Warlock’s then gained a new nemesis in the Magus. Magus keeps returning, and Warlock has to team up with Thanos to beat him. If you have to consistently team up with a villian to beat a second villain, villain #2 is your Nemesis. The Heckler Vs Boss Glitter The Heckler fought Bushwack’r once IIRC. He also fought El Gusano, Cabbage Head, only once. But, the same evil mastermind controlled those villains: Boss Glitter. They never actually met, but the writers were clearly setting Glitter up as the nemesis. The Heckler Vs Low Sales That is what ended the comic. The Heckler plunges a thousand feet or so and lands in a pile of trash Heckler-Don’t worry kids! It’ll take more than that to kill the Heckler! Editor-Yeah, it’d take lousy sales figures. Heckler-Yeah, that’d do it. Flaming Carrot Vs Don Whiskerando Captain Ultra Vs A Bic Lighter I’m amazed at how many heroes have permanent, evil doubles-Hulk/Maestro, Flash/Reverse Flash, Warlock/Magus, SpiderMan/Venom etc. The Maestro IMHO should have stayed dead. The Green Goblin should have remained Spidey’s arch foe. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/35 "2002-05-03T19:19:32Z")
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- Shredder The World War I Flying Ace- The Red Baron Homer Simpson- Mr. Burns (in the rare instances he can remember who Homer is) ---
**Author:** ![joshmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@joshmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joshmaker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/36 "2002-05-03T19:42:55Z")
Cecil Adams vs Marilyn Vos Savant ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/37 "2002-05-03T19:50:30Z")
**Groo** doesn’t have an arch-nemesis on the grounds that none of them live long enough to _become_ one. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/38 "2002-05-03T19:57:19Z")
John Crichton / Scorpius Worf / Duras and his sisters, L’ursa and B’etorr Zorro / Captain Esteban ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/39 "2002-05-03T19:58:17Z")
Particle Man = Triangle Man (They Might Be Giants) 😃 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046/40 "2002-05-03T20:01:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Captain Ultra Vs A Bic Lighter Wasn’t Captain Ultra cured of his pyrophobia back in Marvel Comics Presents #50? I am such a geek… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-every-heros-arch-nemesis/107046.md?page=3)