Who's that supervillain?

Cafe Society
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Who’s the red guy in the back center?
http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/webstore/product_page.jsp?PRODUCT<>prd_id=845524893081491&mr:referralID=2a42002a-97b1-11e2-9389-001b2166c62d
(Rollover the image to zoom in)

I think I can name all the others. (Corrections welcome)
From left-to-right, starting with the front row:

Robin, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman
Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman
Joker, Penguin, Lex Luthor, Catwoman, Riddler
Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Cyborg*, ???, Brainiac, Bane

  • Also, why’s Cyborg standing with the bad guys?
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For context: This is the shirt my four-year-old daughter wore to preschool today. “Boys’ tee” my ass. :slight_smile:

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Not a comics guy, and I’ve little idea of who’s who in DC, but could it be Etrigan the Demon/Jason Blood?

Frankly, I thought it was Hellboy at first.

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Etriga’s yellow. I’m not sure who your guy is, though. Perhaps this question might get more traction in Cafe Society.

And you’re right. Why is Cyborg hanging out with the bad guys?

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After scouring the internet, I thought it might be this guy. But if so, he’d be an odd choice to include, as he’s way newer than anyone else on the shirt.

6

Clearly it’s just some red guy who snuck into the back of the picture.

7

This is the same conundrum with old wedding photos. That guy is just Braniac’s +1.

8

Looks like a miscolored Mongul.

9

Supervillian photobomb?

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Girls tee shirts would typically be cut a little differently to accommodate the typical, uh, female body form. I guess your four-year-old daughter doesn’t have a problem widdat. :slight_smile:

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Atrocious, head of the red lantern corps.

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And I don’t think that’s Cyborg. That guy looks Caucasian and too old.

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Yeah, looks like a terribly drawn Atrocitus.

But since everybody else is terribly drawn, as well (Joker, Robin, and Wonder Woman, especially), that fits. >_>

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Metallo?

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I think it’s probably a poorly drawn Cyborg.

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Interestingly, the villains are disproportionately from Batman’s circle. At a rough count:

Hero - Villain(s)

Superman - Luther, Brainiac
Batman (and Robin) - Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, Riddler, Harlequin, Poison Ivy, Bane
Flash - None
Green Lantern - Atrocitus (probably)
Aquaman - None
Wonder Woman - None
Cyborg - None

It looks like the artist was going for who was recognizable (basically the SuperFriends, plus a few), with Atrocitus thrown in as an afterthought because he or she couldn’t think up any good villains for GL, WW, Flash, Aquaman or Cyborg.

I have to admit, when I think of DC villains, I also tend toward Luther, Brainiac and then Batman’s foes. I couldn’t offhand name more than a handful of second-rate villains associated with anyone other than Superman or Batman.

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I looked at the image and immediately thought “Well that’s CLEARLY the Red Skull dude. Surely someone realized that!” Looking through the thread I saw NO ONE had and I was just shocked, as I’m not the biggest comic fan. I had a reply all ready, wondering how anyone could have missed it. Thankfully…before I pushed submit…I realized Red Skull was Captain America…who’s Marvel…which the Justice League is not XD Embarrassment narrowly avoided!

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Well, Flash’s gallery is pretty much all goofy, at least, and “second-rate” flatters most of them unmercifully. Wonder Woman’s is possibly worse, and I don’t think Egg-Fu would fit on the shirt, anyway. GL has some better enemies, but the obvious choice would be Sinestro. For Aquaman…I got nothing. (And I’m one of the guy’s rare defenders.)

I agree that the art is horrible. Aside from the others mentioned, that’s the worst Brainiac I’ve seen since before he demanded pants.

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Oh, come on! Wonder Woman has Cheetah, Hercules … HERCULES FFS … Ares, Circe and Baroness von Gunther, just for starters. She had some tasty opponents.

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Oh, were those opponents? I thought they were just her bondage playmates. :stuck_out_tongue: