History Sandbox / MonsterTheDCU

* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers'': [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] and Lord Zedd [[BigBadDuumvirate team up to collect Angel Grove]]. After finding himself on the DC Earth, Zedd convinces Brainiac to allow him to enlarge some of his collection as a distraction while Brainiac takes the Zords and Coins. The two then leave the groups stranded on the DC Earth as they escape to the dimension to take Angel Grove. The Rangers and the Justice League arrive in time to see them collecting Angel Grove and planning to destroy the Earth. When a group infiltrates Brainiac's ship, Brainiac forces Cyborg to attack his friends. The group eventually find a room full of other captured cities. Taking Alpha 5 prisoner, Brainiac tries to turn him to his side, before trying to kill Superman with Kryptonite. Meanwhile Zedd leads a group of Monsters in helping Brainiac and shrinks Zordon, so he can [[ForcedToWatch force Zordon to watch]] as he destroys the world he swore to protect.
* ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'': [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]], the ultimate mastermind behind the LegionOfDoom and [[TheChessmaster the architect of most of the disasters in the story]], is an [[RoboticPsychopath advanced android]] created by the Computer Tyrants of Colu. When the Computer Tyrants were destroyed by the people they had oppressed, Brainiac decides to create his own version of Colu on Earth, by killing most of humanity and turning the rest into copies of himself. To do this, Brainiac meets with [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] villain [[MadScientist Doctor Sivana]], who has been developing [[MindControlDevice tiny robot worms that control the minds of others]]. Brainiac takes his research and uses it to [[DrivenToMadness drive Doctor Sivana insane]]. Brainiac forms his own Legion of Doom, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-controlling most of the members]], except for Lex Luthor who has a force field that protects him from Brainiac's devices. Brainiac has Black Manta kidnap Aquaman, with Brainiac wanting to learn more about his telepathy by cutting open his brain. Brainiac has the various Legion of Doom members [[FalselyReformedVillain pretend to have turned good and wanting to help humanity]], with several of them creating cities for the sick and needy, that will provided technology that will cure their illnesses and provided them with a good standard of life. Brainiac's micro worms have also let him take control of Earth's nuclear stockpile, with Brainiac planning to nuke most of the world to destroy humanity. When the Justice League reveal to Luthor that Brainiac has betrayed him, Luthor sabotages his plans and forces him to retreat to his ship. Brainiac, unhappy about losing, decides to set off the nukes anyway and destroy humanity.

** Vol. 2 issues #37-50--"American Gothic" arc: [[EvilSorcerer The Grand Master]] is an aged sorcerer who leads the Brujeria, a cult of [[StrawNihilist extreme nihilists]] based in Argentina. Disappointed at the Anti-Monitor's failure to destroy reality during the [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis]], the Grand Master resolves to finish the job himself by invoking an even more powerful horror, [[TheAntiGod the Great Darkness]]. To this end, the Grand Master summons supernatural creatures to wage gruesome attacks on innocent people, and channels their resulting belief in the impending apocalypse into a magical gem that can awaken the Darkness. The Grand Master also presides over the Brujeria's brutal internal policies, including making clothing from human skin, mutilating newborn babies to turn them into mystical assassins called Invunche, and seducing [[Characters/HellblazerJohnConstantine John Constantine]]'s ally Judith into betraying Constantine, only to double-cross her in turn by agonizingly transforming her into a messenger bird.

** ''Dead Planet'': [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Trigon the Terrible]], vexed by the Anti-Life Equation denying the souls of the dead to Hell, decides to take matters into his own hands by burning away all life and Anti-Life alike from the Earth. When [[Characters/HellblazerJohnConstantine John Constantine]] interferes, Trigon [[EvilGloating gloats]] of the tortures awaiting the magician in Hell and promises that [[TortureTechnician he will partake in inflicting these punishments]].

* [[OverlordJr Mongul II]] has dedicated his life to aping and surpassing [[Characters/DCComicsMongul his equally unpleasant father]]. During his first appearance in Green Lantern, Mongul II used the Black Mercy plants to trap Hal Jordan and [[Characters/GreenArrowTheCharacter Oliver Queen]] in a fantasy world; he subsequently murdered his sister, Mongal, and kept her corpse as a trophy. When Mongul II really comes into his own, however, is after gaining a [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro Corps Ring]] (by murdering its owner). Taking control of the Black Mercy homeworld, Mongul II uses his ring to alter the genetics of the Black Mercies so that they will trap their victims in their worst nightmares, instead of their ideal fantasies. He coerces the benevolent Mother Mercy into aiding him by threatening to make her eat her own children if she does not. Defeated by the Green Lanterns, Mongul II escapes from prison, seizes control of the Sinestro Corps by killing anybody who disagrees with him (or even annoys him in the slightest), rips out [[TheDragon Arkillo]]'s tongue, and overruns the planet Daxam, slaughtering or enslaving the population. Beaten off by Sodam Yat and Arisia, Mongul II later arrives on Korugar, and is in the process of having the citizenry strung up along the streets when his reign is finally halted by the return of [[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Sinestro]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'': [[MadScientist Randall Dowling]] is the leader of The Four, an evil analogue of ComicBook/TheFantasticFour. Having made contact with another world, Dowling plans to assist it in conquering Earth in exchange for power. For decades, he has kept Earth's technology at its current level by [[WithholdingTheCure withholding or suppressing discoveries]] that could eradicate disease--including the cure for cancer--and save countless lives. in addition, Dowling locates children with budding technological skill able to advance humanity. He has their families killed in "accidents", before tormenting and brainwashing the kids into using their talents to stifle humanity's growth, with bombs planted in them in case anyone tries to rescue them. Using the RedScare as a threat, Dowling also creates "City Zero", where suspected "spies" are rounded up and subjected to inhuman experiments, kept alive in horrible agony for Dowling's purposes. To store his experiments and weapons, Dowling also wiped out all life on a planet, just to ensure it was freed for storage. Treating his fellow members of the Four as disposable as well, Dowling's only care is [[ItsAllAboutMe for his own ego, advancement and power]], no matter how many worlds he sacrifices.

* ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': [[SorcerousOverlord Deimos]] was a slaver and warlord with a plot to take over all Skartaris. Keeping many in bondage, Deimos relied on technology to pass as magic, later attempting to wipe out New Atlantis with his weapons. Stealing the baby son of his ArchEnemy Travis Morgan, Deimos artificially aged a clone he believed was the boy to a man with the mind of a child to have father and son kill one another. Returning in ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', Deimos takes the chance to gleefully try to murder all heroes while harnessing Brainiac's power, intent on tearing down reality to [[OmnicidalManiac erase it]] and rebuild it [[InTheirOwnImage in his own image]].

** [[Creator/BrianKVaughan Vol. 3]] issues #11-17--"Red Harvest" arc: [[PsychoForHire DDI Agent Romero]] is the AxCrazy enforcer of [[CorruptPolitician Senator Culler Strand]], assigned to eliminate any civilians with knowledge of Tefe Holland's powers as an elemental. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment]] by [[SlashedThroat slicing the throat]] of a young man Tefe had recently helped, Romero follows Tefe and her friends as they journey across the country cheerfully disposing of witnesses, ultimately increasing her range of targets from anyone who has seen Tefe use her powers to anyone who has seen her, period, at one point slicing an entire diner full of people to ribbons just because she'd eaten there. When Romero and Tefe finally meet face to face, Romero taunts her about all the past acquaintances she's killed before offering to spare the life of Tefe's friend Barnabas if Tefe agrees to serve the military. When Tefe acquiesces, Romero kills Barnabas anyway.

* [[Characters/DarkNightsMetalTheBatmanWhoLaughs The Batman Who Laughs]] is a being born of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]]'s toxins infecting the [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]] of Earth-22, giving rise to something new and far eviler that slaughtered his entire world. As the right-hand of Barbatos and leader of the [[Characters/DarkNightsMetal Dark Knights]], the One Who Laughs gleefully gave all for a chance to massacre entire worlds, summoning Barbatos to Earth to annihilate it and torture and kill everything there. Surviving his master's downfall, the One Who Laughs continues massacring others in his path, tries to start entire world wars, attempts to twist Gotham into pitiless monsters like him, and eventually becomes the herald of Perpetua. Betraying her upon achieving a new cosmic awareness, the One Who Laughs rechristens himself the Darkest Knight, vowing to become a bullet to the Multiverse itself as its worlds fall before him. Slaying Perpetua, he unleashes an army of the worst he has to offer, plotting to turn all existence [[InTheirOwnImage into a nightmarish reflection of his own soul]] in an eternal chaos that will devour itself until nothing remains.

** [[AxCrazy The Robin King]] is an utterly sadistic version of [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]] who was born hyperviolent and evil on an unknown world in the Dark Multiverse. Committing various obscenely violent atrocities [[EnfantTerrible as a child]], such as bashing Alfred Pennyworth in the face with his rattle, torturing animals, and crafting weapons, Bruce solidifies himself as a sociopathic murderer by [[SelfMadeOrphan shooting his parents in Crime Alley]] and framing a mugger he killed immediately before. Murdering Alfred and police officer Jim Gordon, Bruce soon turns to the superhero population and puts his weapons to use in the most brutal and sadistic manners a 10-year-old boy can imagine. Reluctantly deferring to the authority of The Batman Who Laughs, who christens him the Robin King, Bruce aids his new master by gleefully [[HeroKiller killing off many heroes]] who stand in The Batman Who Laughs's way of multiversal conquest.

** [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} The Beast]], a cruel demon summoned by Jason Blood to do his bidding, decided to pursue his own agenda, overpowering Jason and embarking on a quest to spread death and destruction across the world. Gathering an army of criminals, [[ABeastInNameAndNature the Beast]] led them to massacre several thousands of people, until he was defeated by [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Batman]] and the rest of the heroes. Surviving by fusing with Jason and killing him, the Beast discovered [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter Jonzz]], burned him alive, and used his remains to resurrect the dead, corrupting them into demonic monsters. [[BadBoss Torturing and killing his minions for fun]], the Beast restarted his rampage, sending his army to slaughter everyone they see.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlashTheFastestManAlive'' issue #3: [[AxCrazy The Top]], real name Roscoe Dillon, is a former scientist at Central City Advanced Robotics turned ArmsDealer. After losing his job for using his technology to [[SpectacularSpinning enhance his body]], the Top breaks into his old laboratory and leaves his robots to massacre other scientists. Deciding to impress investors by killing [[Characters/DCEUTheFlash the Flash]], the Top causes destruction in Central City to lure the Flash out and threatens to destroy the whole city with [[BattleTops giant weapons]] unless its inhabitants surrender the Flash to him. When the citizens refuse his demands and his investors cut him off because of the destruction he caused, the Top tries to destroy Central City as a demonstration of the destructive power of his weapons.

* Examples from films can be found [[Monster/DCFilms here]].

* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] foe The Controller wasn't one to let morality get in the way of his plans for [[GalacticConqueror universal conquest]]. Abandoning his highly advanced race, The Controller decided to use his superweapon, the [[StarKilling Sun-Eater]], to obliterate every inhabited system in the Milky Way, starting with Earth's sun, Sol. When Ferro Lad's HeroicSacrifice destroyed the Sun-Eater, The Controller attempted to brainwash the Legion into becoming his new army, then sought to murder them all when that plan failed. Convinced of his own innate superiority, and willing to wipe out an inhabited galaxy just to send the a message, The Controller would let nothing stand in his path of becoming the universe's DimensionLord.

* [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]], born Vandar Adg, was a caveman who received super intellect and immortality from a meteorite, after which he used his endless life to become the biggest monster he could. [[HistoricalRapSheet Over the millennia]], he has been one of the most vicious and depraved men in history and one of the most efficient, best [[ManipulativeBastard manipulators]] in the DCU, with billions of bodies to his name. Vandal has spent his time as TheManBehindTheMan to many conquerors, [[TheChessmaster organizing conquests and massacres]]. Vandal has also fathered legions of monsters, but with the exception of one child, he considers the rest pathetic and treats their lives or deaths as not worthy of his attention. His treatment toward his sole legitimate child, [[ComicBook/SecretSix Scandal]], was [[AbusiveParents no better]]: On her birthday, he forced her to run a gauntlet of men beating her, and if she failed, he swore he'd murder her mother. Despite Scandal being a lesbian, Vandal [[IWantGrandkids wants a male heir]]--and has no compunction having Scandal raped by other supervillains to get it. Vandal's crimes have also including introducing a new drug in the stead of heroin that burns out its users to death very quickly; cannibalism--which he might well have invented as a concept; attempting to pull an asteroid down to Earth; murdering [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superheroes with their families after founding a Neo-Nazi group called The Fourth Reich; and planning to nuke Washington, D.C. (thanks to [[ComicBook/DCOneMillion Solaris]], Montevideo, Uruguay was nuked instead, killing over a million people).

* ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'': Nekron here managed to slaughter the heroes of the Earth, after which he turned them into zombified Black Lanterns and massacred humanity, later traveling across the galaxy and destroying entire civilizations. Possessing [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], Nekron turned nearly all the ComicBook/NewGods into his undead slaves, and sent his Black Lanterns to hunt down [[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Sinestro]], [[Characters/DCComicsLobo Lobo]], and [[ComicBook/HawkAndDove Dove]], when the heroes went on the quest to destroy him. Attacking them, Nekron tricked Mister Miracle into trying to stop the heroes from using the Source to destroy him, after which he mocks Sinestro and announces his intention to wipe out the remaining life in the universe.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}!'': [[PuppeteerParasite Mister Mind]] is a two-inch long parasitic worm from Venus. As his race's advance scout on Earth, Mister Mind took control of Captain Marvel's cousin, Sinclair Batson, mutating him into a monster. When Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel foiled Mind's plans, the worm vowed revenge, and [[GrandTheftMe bodyjacking]] Sarge Steel of the Department of Metahuman Affairs, set in motion a plan for a [[NukeEm nuclear holocaust]]. Incubating his larvae in sores within Sinclair's body, Mind took mental control of his offspring after they were born and had them in turn infest nuclear technicians, army officers, and politicians, while he himself used Sarge Steel's authority to obliterate Fairfield, Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel's hometown. Defeated before he could [[KillAllHumans end humanity]], Mind broke out again during the events of ''52'', and after mutating into his adult form of the Hyperfly, tried to devour the totality of space/time, plotting to [[OmnicidalManiac end the multiverse]].

* [[EvilSorcerer Felix Faust]] is one of the most power-hungry sorcerers alive. Kicking off his career by selling his infant son's soul for his own ability, Faust committed many acts of cruel murder and torture to fuel his black magic. When he finally realized he could no longer bargain with his own tainted soul, Faust resorted to harvesting the soul of an innocent little girl to trade to demons. Faust offered his assistance to Black Adam to help resurrect Black Adam's wife Isis, but deceived Adam into thinking Isis's revival had failed, while Faust kept a paralyzed Isis to serve as his personal sex toy.

* ''ComicBook/TheOutsiders'' Vol. 3 issues #17-19--"Most Wanted" arc: [[HumanTraffickers Mr. Tanner]] manages to occupy a special field of depravity despite being a [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters normal human with no superhuman powers]]. Mr. Tanner runs an international slavery ring, with a focus on [[WouldHurtAChild young children]]; countless children are abducted from across the globe to be painfully branded and serve as abused {{sex slave}}s for years on end at the hands of Tanner and his buyers. Having perpetuated the ring of pedophilic rape and torture for years, Tanner catches the eye of one of his previous victims--Grace Chou, who suffered under his abuses for three years and is now a fully-grown superhuman--and goads her into coming back into his grasp by arranging the murder of an innocent man and kidnapping the young daughter of Arsenal to be turned into a sex slave. Tanner's atrocities are a dark reminder of similar incidents happening every day in real life, and despite being an incredibly minor villain in the long run, Tanner still stands out as one of the most realistically depraved characters in the DC universe.

* ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse: Green Skull is a sociopathic billionaire who combines the ambition of [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] with the psychopathic ruthlessness of [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]]. A war profiteer who initially attempted to prolong UsefulNotes/WorldWarII for his own gain, Green Skull cut his losses at the end of the war, marrying and then later murdering Lois Lane when she attempted to steer Skull's daughter Selina away from his path of corruption, trying shortly after to have Washington and its populace blown up by his creation to plunge America into chaos and take over. Transformed due to the effects of Green K(ryptonite) while also becoming immortal, Green Skull has no compunction about who he has to crush to get his way, torturing Jimmy Olsen to near-death and having Bruce Wayne's parents murdered after founding ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}, even setting up a scheme that could potentially [[TakingYouWithMe annihilate the entire planet in the event of his seeming death]].

* ''[[ComicBook/AquamanAndromeda Aquaman: Andromeda]]'', written by Creator/RamV for Creator/DCBlackLabel: Issue #3: [[BalkanBastard Captain Franco]] was the leader of a Serbian special ops team during [[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars the Bosnian war]] and Alexei Ivanov's former superior. Franco ran the illegal operation of transporting war refugees to Pesara. When in danger of being caught at the end of the war, Franco orders Ivanov to cut the tow line of a rubber dinghy holding 14 refugees, including [[WouldHurtAChild a little girl]], in the middle of the sea. When Franco learns Serbian ships are in the area, he holds Ivanov at gunpoint to force him to sink the dinghy and drown the refugees.