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THE AMERICAN VILLAIN: ENCY BAD GUYS IN COMICS FILM & TV

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Since the 1980s, pop culture has focused on what makes a villain a villain. The Joker, Darth Vader, and Hannibal Lecter have all been placed under the microscope to get to the origins of their villainy. Additionally, such bad guys as Angelus from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows have emphasized the desire for redemption-in even the darkest of villains. Various incarnations of Lucifer/Satan have even gone so far as to explore the very foundations of what we consider <Q>evil</Q>. This title seeks to collect all of those stories into one comprehensive volume. It opens with essays about villains in popular culture, followed by 100 A-Z entries on the most notorious bad guys in film, comics, and more. Sidebars highlight ancillary points of interest, such as authors, creators, and tropes that illuminate the motives of various villains. A glossary of key terms and a bibliography provide students with resources to continue their study of what makes the <Q>baddest</Q> among us so bad.

The American Villain

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
Chronology of Milestone Events.
Introduction.
1: Thematic Essays.
2: &#x201C;In the Beginning &#x2026;&#x201D;: The Origins of Villains in the Western World.
3: &#x201C;Nazis, Communists, and Terrorists &#x2026; Oh My!&#x201D;: The Rise of the Supervillain and the Evolution of the Modern American Villain.
4: The Dark Mirror: Evil Twins, The Twilight Zone, and the Villain Within.
5: Tarantino and the Antivillain.
6: The Pathos of Villainy: Getting to the Heart of Why Villains Went Bad.
7: A&#x2013;Z Entries.
8: A.
9: Agent Smith.
10: Alexis Carrington-Colby-Dexter.
11: Alpha/The Whisperers.
12: Angelique Bouchard-Collins.
13: Angelus.
14: Archie Bunker.
15: Asajj Ventress.
16: B.
17: Bellatrix Lestrange.
18: Bill/Snake Charmer.
19: Billy the Kid.
20: Boba Fett.
21: Borg Queen/Borg.
22: Brainiac.
23: C.
24: Captain Hector Barbossa.
25: Captain Phasma/Stormtroopers.
26: Catwoman.
27: Cersei Lannister.
28: COBRA.
29: The Comedian.
30: The Corleone Family.
31: The Court of Owls.
32: CSM/The Cigarette Smoking Man.
33: Cybermen.
34: D.
35: Dark Willow.
36: Davros/Daleks.
37: Doctor Doom.
38: Doomsday.
39: Dracula.
40: Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
41: E.
42: Ebenezer Scrooge.
43: Elle Driver/California Mountain Snake.
44: Ernst Stavro Blofeld/SPECTRE.
45: F.
46: Faith the Vampire Slayer.
47: Fiona Goode/The Supreme.
48: Fish Mooney.
49: Frank Burns.
50: Frankenstein&#x2019;s Monster.
51: Freddy Krueger.
52: G.
53: General Custer.
54: Geronimo.
55: Goldfinger.
56: Gollum.
57: The Governor.
58: Grand Nagus/Ferengi.
59: Green Goblin.
60: Grindelwald.
61: Gus Fring.
62: H.
63: Hannibal Lecter.
64: Harley Quinn.
65: Heisenberg/Walter White.
66: I.
67: Imperial Officers.
68: J.
69: Jabba the Hutt.
70: Jafar.
71: Jason Voorhees.
72: Joker.
73: J. R. Ewing.
74: K.
75: Kahless/Klingons.
76: Killmonger.
77: L.
78: La Llorona.
79: Leatherface.
80: Lex Luthor.
81: Loki.
82: Lucifer/Satan.
83: M.
84: Magneto.
85: Maleficent.
86: Marsellus Wallace.
87: Martin Brenner.
88: The Master/Missy.
89: Michael Myers.
90: Morgan le Fay.
91: N.
92: Negan/The Saviors.
93: Norman Bates.
94: Number Six/Cylons.
95: Nurse Ratched.
96: O.
97: O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth.
98: Ozymandias.
99: P.
100: Pancho Villa.
101: Penguin.
102: Poison Ivy.
103: Professor Moriarty.
104: Q.
105: Q.
106: R.
107: Ra&#x2019;s al Ghul.
108: Red Skull.
109: Reverend Stryker/The Purifiers.
110: S.
111: Sauron/Saruman.
112: Scarecrow.
113: Sherry Palmer.
114: Sith Lords.
115: Spike and Drusilla.
116: Sue Sylvester.
117: T.
118: Thanos.
119: Tia Dalma/Calypso.
120: Tony Montana.
121: Tony Soprano.
122: Two-Face.
123: U.
124: Ultron.
125: Ursula.
126: V.
127: Voldemort.
128: W.
129: Wicked Witch of the West.
130: Z.
131: Zod.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
About the Editor and Contributors.
Index.

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