Super Villain
A Super Villain is a variant of the villain character type, commonly found in comic books. Super Villains concoct complex and ambitious schemes to accumulate power and suppress adversaries. They often have colorful names and costumes and/or other eccentricities. Female Super Villains are sometimes known as Super Villainesses.
Super Villains are often used as foils to Super Heroes and other fictional heroes. Their extraordinary brainpower and/or superhuman abilities make them viable antagonists for the most gifted heroes.
(See Also: Super Hero, Anti-hero, A list of Marvel characters)