I think that Magneto holds the distinction for most film appearances by a comic book villain. X-Men: Apocalypse will mark his 6th time as part of an X-movie. Lex Luthor is hot on his heels though, with his 5th film appearance coming up - and if rumors of his appearing in Suicide Squad are true, he will have his sixth turn as well. Doctor Polaris is still waiting patiently.
I have to say, Ross, that from an artistic standpoint this is one of your best works yet. It looks like a unit piece, almost like it was done by one artist (or, at worst, two in deliberate collaboration).
ReplyDeleteI can see how this could work as a story, too: focus on the dealings between these two individual, culminating in a big knock-down drag-out between the two, leaving the JLA and the X-Men to try to bring it to an end and prevent collateral casualties.
In an actual one-on-one between these two? My (non-magnetic paper) money is on big Daddy M.
ReplyDeleteBy "most film appearances by a comic book villain" I presume you're considering only villains who actually ORIGINATED in the comics?
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, Magneto would fall a long way behind either Dracula or Hitler...
For Lex Luthor it will actually be six if you count Lyle Talbot as Luthor in the movie serial "Atom Man vs Superman"
ReplyDeleteExcellent point, Anonymous!
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