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** By a similar token is ''Comicbook/SevenSoldiers'', another meta-series about several heroes facing down various loosely interconnected conflicts. [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Gloriana Tenebrae]], queen of the [[PlanetLooters Sheeda]], is the primary villain of the story and is related to all the various subthreads, but other notable antagonists include the Nebula Man, Gloriana's most dangerous accomplice and ArchEnemy to the original Golden Age Seven Soldiers of Victory (most relevant to Shining Knight and Frankenstein's stories); Melmoth, Gloriana's equally evil ex-husband who schemes to take his throne back from her (most relevant to Klarion's story); Zor the Terrible Time Tailor, an insane CosmicEntity whose meddling with the space-time continuum let the Sheeda into reality to begin with (most relevant to Zatanna and Manhattan Guardian's stories); and [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] himself, who has struck a deal with Gloriana in preparation for [[Comicbook/FinalCrisis his upcoming endgame]] (most relevant to Mr. Miracle's story).

** The ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'' arc in the ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' comics has Generals [[GeneralRipper Zod]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Lane]] opposing [[EvilVersusEvil each other]], though [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] and [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] have their own agendas as well.
** ''Comicbook/FinalCrisis'' has [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and [[EldritchAbomination Mandrakk the Dark Monitor]]. They don't interact, one isn't manipulating the other, and it isn't clear whether Darkseid even knows Mandrakk exists, but Mandrakk is all too happy to piggyback onto Darkseid's schemes to further his own.

*** However, as of the CosmicRetcon at the end of the ''Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'' event, most of the above have been {{retgone}}d out of existence leaving Eggman as the sole BigBad. However, the Battle Kukku and Walter Naugus ([[AdaptationNameChange formerly]] Ixis Naugus) are still around (the former was created and is owned by Sega, the latter was from ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'', whereas the retconned characters were lost due to a lawsuit from a writer who had made some of them) and are hinted to be potential [[TheStarscream future rivals]], and right now [[EldritchAbomination Dark Gaia]] is another potential BigBad who's just as big of a threat as Eggman.