History Characters / WonderWomanVillains

* DirtyCommunists: in his first incaranation, he was a former communist agent.

* TheBrute: Played this role as part of Villainy Incorporated.

* VillainTeamUp: Golden Age Giganta joined Villainy Incorporated. Silver Age Giganta briefly teamed with Doctor Psycho and even developed a bit of a crush on him.

An exceptionally large and aggressive gorilla, the Golden Age Giganta was the largest ape in captivity. After she broke out and went on a rampage (only to be stopped by Wonder Woman), Steve Trevor ordered her destroyed, despite the objections of her keepers. When a well-meaning scientist offered to change Giganta into a human being rather than killing her, Trevor agreed, hoping the experiment would kill the ape. Instead Giganta was changed into a seven foot tall woman who nevertheless retained all the strength and savagery of her original form.

* CarryABigStick: Sometimes wielded a club.

* CoolMask: The leather mask sported by Doctor Poison II.

->'''AKA:'''

[[folder: Giganta]]
[[WMG:Giganta]]
->'''AKA:''' Doris Zeul
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Exceptionally strong even at her normal height of 7 feet, Giganta has the power to grow to over 50 feet tall.

Pre-Crisis, Giganta was a gorilla who was transformed into a human by a well-intentioned MadScientist only to go on a rampage.

ComicBook/PostCrisis, Giganta is Doctor Doris Zeul, a mousy scientist who was dying from a fatal disease. After trying and failing to place her mind in Wonder Woman's body, Dr. Zeul instead switched bodies with a circus strongwoman who just happened to have mystical size-changing powers. In addition to her feud with Wonder Woman, Giganta is also a long-time member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains and Injustice League and has a crush on her one-time colleague [[Comicbook/TheAtom Ryan Choi]], the fourth Atom. She was also a member of ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' until the New-52 reboot.

* AmazonianBeauty: Is often depicted as being quite muscular, although how attractive she is depends on the artist. The pre-Crisis version was mostly a BrawnHilda.

%%* FriendlyEnemy

[[folder: Doctor Poison I-IV]]

* AmbiguousGender: Dr. Poisons I & II have used bulky clothing and masks to conceal their genders from the world. The original Dr. Poison was eventually revealed as a woman, the second one's gender has never been confirmed either way, though most people assume that it is female.

* BlueBlood: The original Doctor Poison was an Imperial Japanese princess. While Doctor Poison II is not a member of the royal family, their blood still flows in her veins.

* LegacyCharacter: The original Dr. Poison's grandchild has taken over the role in the modern era.

* RaceLift: Post-Flashpoint, Doctor Poison was revamped from a dark haired Japanese woman to a blonde, white Russian woman. Post-Rebirth Doctor Poison was changed back to a Japanese woman, now named Marina Maru.

[[WMG:Doctor Poison I-IV]]
->'''AKA:''' Maru (I), Unknown (II), Marina Maru (I
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[[caption-width-right:234:Doctor Poison II]]

An outcast member of the Japanese imperial family, Doctor Poison is a diabolical genius who specializes in toxins and disease. The first Doctor Poison, alias Princess Maru, fought Hippolyta, the Golden Age Wonder Woman, during World War II, both on her own, and as part of Villainy, Incorporated. Decades later, her unnamed grandchild would take on the identity of Doctor Poison to battle Diana in the Post-Crisis era, and would also join a new version of Villainy, Incorporated.

The New 52 transformed Doctor Poison into a Russian scientist (Doctor Poison III) with terrorist connections and a persona grudge against the American government. This version did not last long, with DC Rebirth making her an ex-colonel turned mercenary of Japanese decent (Doctor Poison IV), whose name, Marina Maru, referenced both the Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis versions of the character.

* AlliterativeName: As of DC Rebirth she is now '''M'''arina '''M'''aru.

* BadassNormal: Both Poisons tend to be a reasonably competent threat, despite lacking any innate superpowers, or even advanced combat training.
* BadassPrincess: The original Dr. Poison, alias Princess Maru of Imperial Japan.

* BreathWeapon: Doctor Poison II is able to exhale DeadlyGas, thanks to modifications to her own saliva.
* ColonelBadass: DC Rebirth gave Doctor Poison IV the rank of Colonel in the Japanese military.
* CoolMask: The leather mask sported by Doctor Poison II.
* DeadlyGas: A fan of them in all her incarnations.

* DominoMask: Worn by Doctor Poison I.

* EvilutionaryBiologist: Doctor Poison II is an arcanobiologist, devoted to the study of the biology of demigods, techno-organic beings, etc. This has led her to mutate humans into monsters using the DNA of supernatural or otherworldly beings, and to derive toxins and diseases from the genetics of such beings.
* ForScience: Doctor Poison II is far more interested in the results of her experiments than she is in ideology.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Both Doctor Poisons II and IV feature a scar in the shape of a caduceus below their eye.
* HiredGuns: Excepting the Pre-Crisis Doctor Poison, who was an Imperial Japanese agent, all subsequent versions of the character have been prepared to hire out their services.

* LegacyCharacter: The original Dr. Poison's grandchild has taken over the role in the modern era.

* MasterPoisoner: Both Doctor Poisons are experts in the use of poisons, toxins and plagues.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the modern era she's become a DistaffCounterpart to real life Japanese war criminal Ishii Shiro, who experimented on Chinese civilians with bubonic plague, smallpox, anthrax, and other biological and chemical agents.
* NoNameGiven: The second Dr. Poison's name has never been revealed.
* PoisonousPerson: Doctor Poison II can excrete poisons from her skin and saliva, thanks to modifications she made to herself.
* PsychoForHire: Doctor Poison II and IV, who has hired out his/her services to other members of Wonder Woman's rogues gallery.
* RaceLift: Post-Flashpoint, Doctor Poison was revamped from a dark haired Japanese woman to a blonde, white Russian woman. Post-Rebirth Doctor Poison was changed back to a Japanese woman, now named Marina Maru.

* SamusIsAGirl: Done with the first Doctor Poison, who was outed as a woman at the end of her first story, after having been assumed to be a man.
* SlasherSmile: Doctor Poison II uses a drug to lock her face in this position so that nobody can read her expression.
* VillainTeamUp: The first Doctor Poison was a founding member of Villainy Incorporated. The second Doctor Poison joined the Secret Society of Supervillains and aided in the creation of Genocide, in addition to joining Queen Clea's second Villainy Inc.

* YellowPeril: In her [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] appearances (later revealed to have been the modern Dr. Poison's grandmother).
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[[folder: Doctor Psycho]]
[[WMG:Doctor Psycho]]
->'''AKA:''' Edgar Cizko
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Diana's most disgusting and diminutive foe can control people's minds and broadcast illusions. He's a misogynistic sadist with serious problems when it comes to interacting with women... and it doesn't help that he has a creepy crush on Wonder Woman.

[[folder: Doctor Poison I-II]]
[[WMG:Doctor Poison I & II]]
->'''AKA:''' Maru, Unknown

An outcast member of the Japanese imperial family, Doctor Poison is a diabolical genius who specializes in toxins and disease. The first Doctor Poison, alias Princess Maru, fought Hippolyta, the Golden Age Wonder Woman, during World War II, both on her own, and as part of Villainy, Incorporated. Decades later, her as yet unnamed grandchild would take on the identity of Doctor Poison to battle Diana.

* AmbiguousGender: Both Dr. Poisons have used bulky clothing and masks to conceal their genders from the world. The original Dr. Poison was eventually revealed as a woman, the second one's gender has never been confirmed either way, though most people assume that it is female.

* BadassLongcoat: Wrapped head to foot in a concealing greatcoat.

* DeadlyGas: A fan of them.
* DiabolicalMastermind: The first Doctor Poison was an archetypal diabolical mastermind, operating at the top of a network of spies. Her successor also shares her penchant for operating through henchmen, though typically does so at the behest of others.

* PsychoForHire: Doctor Poison II, who has hired out his/her services to other members of Wonder Woman's rogues gallery.

* BadassNormal: Both Poisons to be a reasonably competent threat, despite lacking any innate superpowers, or even advanced combat training.

%%* EvilGenius

* {{Hypocrite}}: As a strong-willed, independent woman fighting for a regime that valued subservience in women (even members of the royal family), Doctor Poison I is inherently hypocritical.

%%* MadDoctor
%%* MadScientist

%%* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate

Cheetah is a LegacyCharacter and is one major Wonder Woman's Arch-Enemy. There have been four people who have taken up the mantle of Cheetah, and the first version, Priscilla Rich, a wealthy but troubled socialite with a SplitPersonality who donned a cheetah costume and fought Hippolyta (who was Wonder Woman back in the 1940s in both Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis continuities) was created by Wonder Woman's creator William Moulton Marston, and first appeared in Wonder Woman #6 (Volume 1) in 1943.

%%* AristocratsAreEvil

* EvilGenius

%%* MasterPoisoner

* AxCrazy: A completely unhinged monster. Looks the part too

* DepravedDwarf: Stunted and twisted in both body and spirit summarizes Doctor Psycho pretty well.

* MasterOfIllusion: Another major super power.

* PsychicPowers: Astral projection, ectoplasmic conjurations, MindControl via hypnosis and illusions...

* PsychoPsychologist: In his original depiction he was a psychiatrist, and well... for the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysontheTin psycho part]]...

%%* TheDragon: To Ares.

%%* MasterOfIllusion

%%* BackFromTheDead: Repeatedly

%%* DirtyCommunists

%%* MadScientist

* YellowPeril: One of the most racist villains of the 1960s, no way around that.

Debuting in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}; Egg Fu was a Chinese Communist agent (and horrible racial stereotype) who inexplicably took the form of an egg the size of a house, and used his FuManchu moustache as a weapon. Post-Crisis, Egg Fu was reimagined first as an Apokoliptian super computer, and then as a centuries old criminal mastermind and mad scientist named Chang Tzu.

* KilledOffForReal: The original Angle Man died in the first "Crisis", apparently as a result of attempting to use his Angler during the massive dimensional upheavals caused by that event.

!!Superwoman
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[[caption-width-right:176:Post-Crisis Superwoman]]

An evil Amazon from an alternate universe. There have been two main versions.

Pre-Crisis Superwoman was renegade Amazon from Earth-3 who was exiled from her people, and cursed with aging. Turning criminal, she founded the Crime Syndicate of America, alongside Ultraman, Owlman, Johnny Quick, and Power Ring, and proceeded to terrorize the people of the American Empire for years, before being imprisoned by first the Justice League of Earth-1, and then Alexander Luthor Senior. She, alongside her teammates, died defending Earth-3 against the Anti-Monitor.

Post-Crisis Superwoman hailed from an Antimatter Universe. She was an Amazon who lived undercover as her world's Lois Lane, before joining up with the Crime Syndicate of Amerika, and conquering the world. A dominatrix who maintained a harem for her personal amusement, she was married to Ultraman but maintained numerous affairs with both her victims and teammate Owlman, and was essentially every "bad woman" stereotype rolled into one.

The New 52 introduced a version of the character very similar to the Post-Crisis one, though with the added detail that she was constantly seeking a strong man to father children upon her.

* AlphaBitch: Both her Post-Crisis and New 52 versions love to degrade Ultraman in front of their teammates.
* BadassCape
* DarkActionGirl: All three versions
* DarkChick: In all three versions of the Crime Syndicate
* DesignatedGirlFight: Pre-Crisis. While the rest of the Crime Syndicate and the Justice League mixed it up in their first clash (Superman facing Power Ring, and The Flash, Ultraman, etc), Superwoman fought Wonder Woman, then Black Canary of the JSA, then Wonder Woman again.
* EvilCounterpart: To Wonder Woman, complete with lariat. Not an EvilTwin in the first two versions, however; she is explicitly ''not'' Diana of Themyscira in either version.
* EvilTwin: While her New 52 incarnation's identity is never revealed, she looks exactly like Wonder Woman, albeit with a paler skin tone. Given that most of her teammates are explicitly the same people as their Prime Earth counterparts, it's not an unlikely assumption to make.
* EvilMatriarch: In the New 52 she's obsessed with having a child that will bring about an age of darkness, according to an Amazonian prophecy.
* EvilerThanThou: Pre-Crisis with the Anti-Monitor and Post-Crisis with Antimatter Universe Brainiac. The New 52 version ends up freeing Alexander Luthor and turning on the entire Crime Syndicate because he is "stronger than they are".
* EyeBeams: Post-Crisis Superwoman has these for some reason.
* FemmeFatale
* FlyingBrick: Pre-and-Post-Crisis alike.
* Goth: While she's always dressed in black with a gold cape, her New 52 incarnation takes this a step further by giving her a pale skin tone and an association with death.
* LeotardOfPower
* NighInvulnerability
* ReallyGetsAround: Post-Crisis, where she has a harem of mind controlled men to "service" her. In the New 52, she'll sleep with anybody she thinks is "strong" including Owlman, Ultraman, and Alexander Luthor.
* SkunkStripe: Pre-Crisis Superwoman developed one as proof that her immortality had been lost.
* StatuesqueStunner
* SuperReflexes
* SuperSpeed: Not to the same level as Johnny Quick or Ultraman, though she does still run much faster than normal humans.
* SuperStrength
* UnholyMatrimony: With Ultraman Post-Crisis and New 52. Neither of them is happy with it.
* TheVamp: Post-Crisis and New 52.
* VillainousFriendship: Pre-Crisis, when she and the other members of the Syndicate were genuinely friends and would try to help one another.
* YourCheatingHeart: Post-Crisis where she constantly cheats on Ultraman with Owlman and various others. In the New 52 she's capable of loyalty only so until she meets somebody stronger.

* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Her real name is "Cylvia Cyber".

ComicBook/PostCrisis, Giganta is Doctor Doris Zeul, a mousy scientist who was dying from a fatal disease. After trying and failing to place her mind in Wonder Woman's body, Dr. Zeul instead switched bodies with a circus strongwoman who just happened to have mystical size-changing powers. In addition to her feud with Wonder Woman, Giganta is also a long-time member of the Secret Society of Super-Villains and Injustice League and has a crush on her one-time colleague [[Comicbook/TheAtom Ryan Choi]], the fourth Atom.

* GoKartingWithBowser: She went on a few dates with the Atom even after they found out each others' identities.

* MagicSkirt: With her classic costume. Strangely enough, considering she wears a tiny dress and can grow to giant size, we never see the obvious outcome, even when she falls over. Call out in an issue of ''Justice League'' by Comic/BlackCanary:
-->"If you have to wear a dress in battle? Get some underpants. Or at least learn to sit like a lady."

* SternTeacher: Sometimes has a legitimate job as a very strict college professor.

* VillainessesWantHeroes: Infected and controlled by ''M'Nagalah'', the monstrous Cancer god, she was sent to seduce and capture Ryan Choi, the fourth Atom, in the process even going so far as to swallow the miniature hero alive (he escapes). Free of M'Nagalah's control, she retains her position at Ivy University and has approached Ryan for a second chance creating a real relationship despite difficulties. In a bit of irony, their powers [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever are]] [[IncredibleShrinkingMan opposite]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Her reaction when discover that the shrinking killer, Dwarfstar, has hired Deathstroke and his Titans to kill Ryan Choi? He lure Dwarfstar to her bedroom with the promise of sex, strips him of his belt (the source of his powers) and beats him into submission. She is last heard covering Dwarfstar's mouth with duct tape to stifle his screams, telling him that she plans on keeping him alive so that she can prolong his suffering.

* DatingCatwoman: She's the Catwoman in this case; she was once involved with Ryan Choi, the fourth Atom. In a bit of irony, their powers [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever are]] [[IncredibleShrinkingMan opposite]].

%%* EvilRedhead

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: She was portrayed as Apache Chief's foe in ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}''.

%%* BadassCape

%%* EvilGenius
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* MadScientist
%%* ThoseWackyNazis

%%* EvilGenius
%%* EvilTwin

%%* MindControlEyes
%%* StageMagician

%%* AnIcePerson

%%* WesternTerrorists: Post-Crisis

%%* ApparentlyHumanMerfolk
%%* BareYourMidriff

%%* MinidressOfPower

%%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
%%* {{Immortality}}

%%* VainSorceress

%%* DarkActionGirl
%%* DemotedToExtra: Post-Crisis
* EvilIsNotPacifist: Averted. While Osira is certainly willing to use violence to achieve her ends, those ends are a peaceful world.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Blames violence on free will.

%%* HumanAliens

%%* ArmCannon

* StrawHypocrite: Red Panzer IV, who doesn't believe in Nazism at all, but wears the Red Panzer armor because VandalSavage told him to.

%%* BadassCape
%%* DarkActionGirl: All three versions

* Goth: While she's always dressed in black with a gold cape, her New 52 incarnation takes this a step further, giving her a pale skin tone and an association with death.

%%* StatuesqueStunner
%%* SuperReflexes

%%* SuperStrength
* UnholyMatrimony: With Ultraman Post-Crisis. Neither of them is happy with it.
%%* TheVamp: Post-Crisis

* EvilTwin: While her New 52 incarnation's identity is never revealed, she looks exactly like her good counterpart.
* EvilMatriarch: In the New 52 she's obsessed with having children.

%%* FlyingBrick: Pre-and-Post-Crisis alike.
%%* LeotardOfPower
%%* NighInvulnerability

* EvilCounterpart: To Wonder Woman, complete with lariat. Not an EvilTwin however; she is explicitly ''not'' Diana of Themyscira in either version.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Cale thinks she's Wonder Woman's LexLuthor and accordingly, tries to act the part. Unfortunately, this consistently gets her into trouble when dealing with the actual supervillains in Wonder Woman's rogues gallery.

%%* AmbitionIsEvil

%%* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* DisappearedDad: He vanished after getting her mother pregnant. [[spoiler: He appeared again when she tracked him down and blackmailed him into ggiving her money.]]

%%* EvilGenius
* {{Expy}}: She's effectively Wonder Woman's version of Lex Luthor, with similar resources and motivations.

%%* IcyBlueEyes

%%* ManipulativeBastard

%%* BaldOfEvil
%%* BaldWomen

%%* BodyguardCrush: On Hippolyta
%%* DarkActionGirl