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** Creator/NickSpencer is fond of these in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer''. ''ComicBook/{{Hunted}}'' features Spider-Man and every animal-themed villain in his rogues' gallery being hunted down by Kraven the Hunter and Arcade. ''ComicBook/SinisterWar'', meanwhile, features Spider-Man versus six different Sinister Six teams.

** ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #100 features Spidey briefly battling various enemies, who call him out on his various insecurities, usually one that they share, finally culminating in his speaking with the recently deceased Captain George Stacy.

** Creator/NickSpencer is fond of these. ''ComicBook/{{Hunted}}'' features Spider-Man and every animal-themed villain in his rogues' gallery being hunted down by Kraven the Hunter and Arcade. ''ComicBook/SinisterWar'', meanwhile, features Spider-Man versus six different Sinister Six teams.

** There is a story in ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' where a bunch of villains are talking about how each of them almost got Spider-Man. Then one of them throws off his hat, reveals his hairdo, and says "[[ILetGwenStacyDie I threw his girlfriend off a bridge!]]"...

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Similar to the "Almost Got 'im" example below, there is a story in ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' where a bunch of villains are talking about how each of them almost got Spider-Man. Then one of them throws off his hat, reveals his hairdo, and says "[[ILetGwenStacyDie I threw his girlfriend off a bridge!]]"...

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* Similar to the "Almost Got 'im" example below, there is a ''Tangled Web'' story where a bunch of villains are talking about how each of them almost got Franchise/SpiderMan. Then one of them throws off his hat, reveals his hairdo and says "[[ILetGwenStacyDie I threw his girlfriend off a bridge!]]"...
** An ''Amazing Spider-Man'' issue featured a whole bunch of Spideys foes, old and new, hired by Doctor Octopus to kidnap Menace's child.
** Creator/MarkMillar featured one in his run on ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'', culminating in "The Last Stand" where the Green Goblin assembles The Sinister ''Twelve''.

* The ''Franchise/TheFlash'' storyline "Rogue War" featured a LegionOfDoom plot with two groups of Flash's Rogues coming together to fight each other, but also involved numerous other, unaligned Flash villains either taking advantage of the chaos or fighting both sides.

* A whole slew of pre-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} villains turn up to fight Thomas Wayne in ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}} #3'' including Professor Pyg, Man Bat, Dr Hurt, Una Nemo, Mr. Zsasz, [[spoiler:the Joker]].
* The "Grand Guignol" storyline fucntions as one for the Jack Knight incarnation of ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}'', bringing together Nash/The Mist II, Dr. Phosphorus, Crusher from the Bliss Carnival, the Bodines (from a "Times Past" story), plus [[spoiler: the rejuvenated Rag Doll, the mysterious Culp]], and, in flashbacks, the minor villains Pip and the Prairie Witch. [[spoiler: And to top it all off, the original Mist turns up alive, and Neron is the GreaterScopeVillain]].

* This is how the 1990s ''Power of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' series handled the then-Captain Marvel's LegionOfDoom, the Monster Society of Evil; rather than teaming up, it was a number of unconnected villains all being manipulated separately by [[spoiler: Mr. Mind]].
* The 200th issue CrisisCrossover storyline in ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' in the mid-1980s has most of the book's recurring villains pressed into service by Guy Gardner as part of an EnemyMine attack on the Anti-Monitor, but ComicBook/{{Sinestro}} is also there to pursue his own agenda.
* The ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storylines "Ending Battle" and ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'' both showed off virtually the entire roster of Superman villains; both were written by Creator/GeoffJohns.

** Being a MegamixGame for the racing spin-offs, ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' features many of the same playable villains and boss characters, and adds a few that previously weren't in them for good measure: Neo Cortex, N. Gin, Tiny, Dingodile, Ripper Roo, Papu Papu, the Komodo Bros. (Joe by default and Moe as DLC), Pinstripe, N. Tropy, Fake Crash, Penta the penguin, Nitrous Oxide, Zem, Zam, N. Trance, Krunk, Nash, the Norms, Geary, Emperor Velo, Nina Cortex, N. Brio, Koala Kong, Rilla Roo, Megamix and Lab Assistant. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Also]], [[VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon the Spyro villain Gnasty Gnorc]]. Uka Uka and the newcomer Apo-Apo act as power-up masks for them all.

* The ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storylines "Ending Battle" and [[ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway]] both showed off virtually the entire roster of Superman villains; both were written by Creator/GeoffJohns.

* The ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storylines "Ending Battle" and "[[ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway]]" both showed off virtually the entire roster of Superman villains; both were written by Creator/GeoffJohns.

** ''Where Were You on the Night Batman was Killed?'' where several members of Batman's rogues gallery (ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, Comicbook/TheRiddler, Comicbook/TheJoker and, inexplicably, ComicBook/LexLuthor) claim to have murdered Batman and place themselves on 'trial' before a jury of their peers (The Mad Hatter, Comicbook/PoisonIvy, Comicbook/TheScarecrow, Comicbook/MrFreeze, the Spook, and Signalman) with Comicbook/TwoFace as the prosecutor and Comicbook/RasAlGhul as the judge. Most of the rest of the rogues gallery shows up to watch.
** And between that one and Comicbook/{{Bane}}'s debut, ''Detective Comics'' #526 had new threat Killer Croc clash with not only Batman but also a rival group of villains including Clayface, Mister Freeze, Black Spider, the Penguin, Catman, the Cavalier, the Riddler, the Scarecrow, the Signalman the Spook, the Getaway Genius, the mad Hatter, Two-Face, Captain Stingaree, and Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Oh, and of course [[spoiler: the Joker is there to play both sides against each other for laughs.]]

** ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'': ''The War of Jokes and Riddles'' revolves around a gang war between the Joker and the Riddler. Ultimately, practically every villain in Gotham ends up picking a side (up to and including Kite Man), with Batman running around trying to stop the chaos.

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* The ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storylines "Ending Battle" and "Up, Up and Away" both showed off virtually the entire roster of Superman villains; both were written by Creator/GeoffJohns.

** Creator/NickSpencer is fond of these. ''ComicBook/{{Hunted}}'' features Spider-Man and every animal-themed villain in his rogues' gallery being hunted down by Kraven the Hunter and Arcade. ''ComicBook/SinisterWar'', meanwhile, features Spider-Man versus [[UpToEleven six different Sinister Six teams.]]

** The idea of the Rogues Gallery teaming up ''en masse'' actually started out this way in the [[Comicbook/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] series; the first time more than two of them teamed up was in a one-off story that had them all manipulated into doing so by another baddie, Gorilla Grodd.

** In the episode "Katastrophe", Dark Kat, Dr. Viper and The Metallikats join forces to "Destroy the SWAT Kats!" (Cue {{Evil Laugh}}s all around).
** In the episode "A Bright and Shiny Future", The Pastmaster teams up with The Metallikats to...well, you know the drill.

* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comics have done several stories that fit this trope:

** ''ComicBook/BatmanRebirth'': ''The War of Jokes and Riddles'' revolves around a gang war between the Joker and the Riddler. Ultimately, practically every villain in Gotham ends up picking a side (up to and including Kite Man), with Batman running around trying to stop the chaos.

* ''Anime/BatmanNinja'' features ComicBook/TheJoker, ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, ComicBook/ThePenguin, ComicBook/PoisonIvy, ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}, ComicBook/{{Bane}}, and [[Characters/TheFlashRoguesGallery Gorilla Grodd]] duking it out [[MeleeATrois with the Dark Knight and each other]].

* ''Anime/BatmanNinja'' features ComicBook/TheJoker, ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, ComicBook/ThePenguin, ComicBook/PoisonIvy, ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}, ComicBook/{{Bane}}, and ComicBook/GorillaGrodd duking it out [[MeleeATrois with the Dark Knight and each other]].

** "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE3Trial Trial]]": Batman is tried by a KangarooCourt consisting of the Joker ([[JokerJury who functions as the judge]]), Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Scarecrow, Ventriloquist, Poison Ivy, the Mad Hatter and a bunch of {{mook}} extras. They kidnap Gotham City's new District Attorney, Janet Van Dorn, to defend him, as she has publicly claimed Batman is [[CreateYourOwnVillain responsible for creating these villains]]. As she defends him, she realizes the error in her judgment, and the Rogues jury agrees and finds Batman not guilty...and then decide to execute him anyway.

** Finally, ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' features Scarecrow, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, the Penguin, and new villain the Arkham Knight [[spoiler: (really Jason Todd)]] in the main game. Side-missions feature Firefly, Professor Pyg, Man-Bat, the Riddler, Deathstroke, Deacon Blackfire, Ra's al Ghul, the Mad Hatter, Mr. Freeze, and Killer Croc (though the last four are DLC exclusive.) Zsasz and Calendar Man make cameo appearances, and [[spoiler: Batman is haunted by hallucinations of the Joker throughout the game]]. Black Mask also appears in a DLC prequel to the main story.

->''"Big Boy Caprice, Breathless Mahoney, Flattop, the D.A., Pruneface, Mumbles, Lip Manlis, and the Blank are all out to get the greatest detective of all time."''

** Creator/NickSpencer is fond of these. ComicBook/{{Hunted}} features Spider-Man and every animal-themed villain in his rogues' gallery being hunted down by Kraven the Hunter and Arcade. ComicBook/SinisterWar, meanwhile, features Spider-Man versus [[UpToEleven six different Sinister Six teams.]]

* ''VideoGame/SpiderMan'' on the [=PS1=]/N64/PC featured at least six of Spidey's most famous villains teaming up together (and at least two more pursuing their own agendas).

** ''Where Were You on the Night Batman was Killed?'' where several members of Batman's rogues gallery (ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, the Riddler, the Joker and, inexplicably, ComicBook/LexLuthor) claim to have murdered Batman and place themselves on 'trial' before a jury of their peers (The Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, the Scarecrow, Mr Freeze, the Spook, and Signalman) with Two-Face as the prosecutor and Ra's al Ghul as the judge. Most of the rest of the rogues gallery shows up to watch.
** And between that one and Bane's debut, ''Detective Comics'' #526 had new threat Killer Croc clash with not only Batman but also a rival group of villains including Clayface, Mister Freeze, Black Spider, the Penguin, Catman, the Cavalier, the Riddler, the Scarecrow, the Signalman the Spook, the Getaway Genius, the mad Hatter, Two-Face, Captain Stingaree, and Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Oh, and of course [[spoiler: the Joker is there to play both sides against each other for laughs.]]

** The sequel, ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', is truly a gift for the Rogue-loving fans of Batman. The main story features the Joker, Harley, Two-Face, Hugo Strange, [[spoiler:Ra's Al Ghul, Talia Al Ghul]], Catwoman, Solomon Grundy, The Penguin, Mr. Freeze, and [[spoiler:Clayface]]. Bane, The Riddler, Hush, The Mad Hatter, Zsasz, and Deadshot are featured in side missions. Poison Ivy, Killer Croc, Black Mask, Azrael, and Calendar Man show up in [[TheCameo cameos]] or otherwise short appearances. Most of the others are at least referenced, either via mook dialogues and {{Easter Egg}}s (like Scarecrow) or trophies (like Scarface).

** Being a MegamixGame for the racing spin-offs, ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' features many of the same playable villains and boss characters, and adds a few that previously weren't in them for good measure: Neo Cortex, N. Gin, Dingodile, Tiny, Ripper Roo, Papu Papu, the Komodo Bros. (Joe by default and Moe as DLC), Pinstripe, N. Tropy, Fake Crash, Penta the penguin, Nitrous Oxide, Zem, Zam, N. Trance, Krunk, Nash, the Norms, Geary, Emperor Velo, Nina Cortex, N. Brio, Koala Kong, Rilla Roo, Megamix and Lab Assistant. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Also]], [[VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon the Spyro villain Gnasty Gnorc]].

** Being a MegamixGame for the racing spin-offs, ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' features many of the same playable villains and boss characters, and adds a few that previously weren't in them for good measure: Neo Cortex, N. Gin, Dingodile, Tiny, Ripper Roo, Papu Papu, the Komodo Bros. (Joe by default and Moe as DLC), Pinstripe, N. Tropy, Penta the penguin, Nitrous Oxide, Zem, Zam, N. Trance, Krunk, Nash, the Norms, Geary, Emperor Velo, Nina Cortex, N. Brio, Koala Kong, Rilla Roo and Megamix. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Also]], [[VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon the Spyro villain Gnasty Gnorc]].