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  • Heroes from two worlds has many mystical creatures from various mythologies and folklore tales being MODOK's prisoners to experiment on. And when they come out, they show just why they were so feared in tales.
  • Heroes from Middle-earth shows just how much of a threat Sauron is in spite of him only having a total of one appearance. He confronts Steve and Aragorn once each through the Palantír and while they come out on top, they are very drained by the encounter.
    • The Witch-King of Angmar has a crown over an invisible head, and breaks the shields of both Steve and Boromir.
  • Heroes stand united shows the effect that Thanos' snap has on the entire Multiverse, with various Heroes losing their loved ones and being unable to do anything about it. There are quite a few scenes where only one person is left in a room to grieve those they lost. In particular Matt Murdock just stops sensing the heartbeats of anyone who gets snapped away.
    • Thanos alone was terrifying enough, but then Morgoth also joining him? Good luck to the Heroes.
    • Red Hulk is around too, and this time, he is mystical in nature due to Morgoth having tortured Ross to turn into this.
    • Morgoth's mechanical Ancalagon is a huge threat, and kills many defenders with its jets of flames.
    • And then, Thanos brings back almost every single dead villain the Heroes have ever faced to fight them back, including some who'd been very hard to kill. And now literally all of them are opposing the Heroes together.
  • Of Speedsters and Forces has Jean Grey as the Phoenix feast on a star and wipe out planets in the process too.
    • The post-credits scene of this story has three Lex Luthors joining forces to trouble the Supermen and the other Heroes.
  • Heroes, Magicians and Luthors has the three Lex Luthors brainwashing their three Supermen into fighting all over the Multiverse, causing untold destruction from their uncontrolled super-powered brawl.
    • Earth-50 Lex Luthor unleashes a very powerful version of Doomsday which is created by a combination of the old Doomsday's and General Zod's corpses. Not even all the Heroes together are able to take it out by conventional means. It just keeps coming back from literally anything.
  • More than one Spider-Man has Mysterio with a fear gas that makes all Spider-Men hallucinate all of their old enemies coming after them at once.
    • Venom gobbles Coldheart's head in front of Mysterio.
  • One too many Dark Knights shows just why The Batman Who Laughs is to be feared, and his grotesque appearance is the least of those reasons. He is a master manipulator who with his mysterious card has ravaged many Universes. He introduces himself with a terrifying poem, and reveals himself to the protagonists by throwing the bodies of his Earth's Superman and Supergirl via portal.
  • A Venomous Conspiracy has Helen Stacy going through the ringer, with her daughter going missing from the hospital and no one but her apparently remembering it. Then when her husband George looks into it, he meets with an accident, and even she is almost killed, her wrist broken.
    • Moon Knight is, for the villains, considering there is no length he won't go to in order to take them down. There's even a scene where he grins with the lower half of his mask gone under the moonlight, giving a creepy vibe.
    • The Carnage Symbiote crawls upon Gwen Stacy when it decides to make her his host.
    • And at the end, Carnage becomes a servant of Dormammu.
  • Rise of the Great Demon shows just how bad Carnage is, his power now increased by Dormammu to take people's energies and that of the other Symbiotes born from him and use it all to bring Dormammu back. He goes around the Multiverse, killing many people by drinking their bodily fluids until not even their skins are left. Only the empty clothes of the people are left when Carnage is done with them. He enjoys this as well, playing sadistic games with some of the victims, and gloating to Constantine about all that he did. Before his end, his kill count is in the millions.
    • The other creatures of Dormammu in the final battle aren't very cuddly either.
    • And then Dormammu himself comes in. Even when he's not at full power, he ragdolls all of the Heroes, and before that, he'd tricked them all into releasing him as well. He has an orb of darkness formed from eons of destruction which can destroy the Earth, and he plays a sadistic game of catch with SuperThor with that orb. Not to mention almost the whole Multiverse is covered by his Dark Dimension when he gets angry. At the end, it is Time Travel that finally stops him.
    • A small glimpse of an apocalyptic future is shown where the whole world is ravaged by Dormammu.
  • A Game of Doom has Doctor Doom showing just why he is the most intelligent and ruthlessly efficient villain in the series, manipulating the situation to get the Phoenix Force for himself, and then being near unstoppable. He has also made deals with 4 other Entities to keep the Phoenix Force within him. He is also revealed to have been behind the death of Earth-199999 Jean Grey. He also tells Earth-167 Lex Luthor that when his seemingly perfect horse lost a race, he killed the horse and trained a perfect wolf to kill the owner of the horse that had beaten him. Even when he loses the Phoenix Force, he is able to escape unscathed due to knowing the location of Earth-167 Clark and also having information on Earth-167 Lex's crimes which he freely offers to sweeten the deal. It is also implied he is doing all this not out of malice but to protect his Universe from something even worse than him.
    • Thor engages some Heralds of Galactus in a destructive battle, and while he wins, its clear the Heralds are just a precursor to their master's arrival.
    • A Demon possesses Earth-167 Clark at one point and defeats a few of the Heroes pretty much effortlessly.
    • Not to mention the return of The Batman Who Laughs who uses Earth-167 Batman's contingencies to take down almost the entire Justice League and comes close to killing them all with his new suit.
    • The final fate of The Batman Who Laughs is somehow even more horrifying than his current appearance, which says a lot.
  • Heroes, Vampires and Slayers once again has Doctor Doom going after the Senior Partners, and when he destroys the Seed of Wonder, he makes Earth-92 lose all magic, and Dawn fades away in front of Buffy's very eyes.
    • Warren is still alive, but skinless. Let that sink in.
    • Glory is now back at full power and teams up with Dromos who has turned into a Hell Lord as well via Seed of Wonder.
  • Arrival of the Devourer has all the Heroes of Earth-199999 almost scared due to how big of a threat Galactus is. The worst part is its not out of malice but rather in his nature.
    • The Ultimate Nullifier is a weapon that can destroy a Universe at its weakest and the entire Multiverse with all of its timelines at its strongest. The existence of something like this is pretty terrifying in itself.
  • Two Worlds' Finest has Darkseid attack Earth-50 personally now, and he kills the whole Justice League except Earth-50 Barry who travels back in time and brings the Earth-167 Justice League to help out. Even the two of them together are only barely enough.
  • Of Heroes and Charlatans has Mr. Mxyzptlk in a cameo, and he sends Steve and Earth-167 Clark to Earth-72 seemingly for his own fun. He is a powerful reality warper who does things like this for fun.
  • Never alone has Earth-199999 Parker's loved ones all abducted with threats that he can't contact the Avengers for help, or they'd be killed. The fact that his enemies went to such lengths to keep a watch on him is telling enough.
  • The Bats against the Demon shows just how dangerous Ra's al Ghul is, abducting various scientists to make a machine that can open a door to the Multiverse. His resources are vast.
  • Vampires, Witches and Blackheart shows Blackheart gaining more and more power by killing any powerful creature he finds, and by the end of it, he turns into a powerful giant being. He makes his entrance by tearing through Michael Myers' skin as he'd been inside Michael until then.
  • The Contest of Champions has the Grandmaster with the Cosmic Cube capturing almost all the Heroes to brainwash them to fight and kill each in gladiator-style matches, and then bring them back, all for his sick entertainment. He also randomly blows some of them up or makes them sing and dance, and airs the lives of Erik Lensherr and Logan for the whole Multiverse to see. When Steve defies him, he angrily has five brainwashed Supermen 'kill' him.
    • The Heroes are all mind-controlled by the Grandmaster to fight and kill each other, regardless of their usual relationships, and they remember what they did too after the fight is over, traumatizing them with the guilt they feel.
    • The Egyptian God Set makes an appearance and engages Thor in a destructive battle.
  • King in Black has the return of Knull who possesses Earth-199999 Parker and tries to cover the Multiverse in his darkness. He is near unstoppable, and his Necrosword gets more powerful with the blood of the Gods. Even Thor, Hercules and Steve with both Green and Blue Lantern Rings are no match for him. Parker possessed by him is pale and unconscious permanently, which is another horrifying sight. Some of the other worlds also come under attack, and barely hold the enemies back. The worst part is this doesn't happen too long after the Grandmaster mess.
    • The Dragons of Knull are pretty big threats by themselves.
    • Carnage is back and there's a scene of him devouring brains of people he killed.
    • When Earth-2002 Spider-Man and Earth-199999 Strange are dying, they are completely pale with bloodshot eyes, and come close to dying.
  • Return of the Devourer has the arrival of the Black Winter, who scares even Galactus, and like Galactus, he doesn't destroy Universes out of malice but due to his nature.
    • Thor at one point battles almost all of his major villains in a hallucination.
    • Then there's Thor's vision of the Crisis.
  • Heroes from Infinite Earths shows various Universes of other fandoms being destroyed by the Anti-Monitor, with red skies appearing as the characters barely have time to react before their ends. When the Anti-Monitor gets his power-up from the Beyonders, the skies turn white instead, but the end result is the same.
    • Annihilus is a powerful general of the Anti-Monitor. He personally kills Earth-38 Supergirl effortlessly too, and it takes a lot of power from Thor to end him. The worst part is outside of the Shadow Demons he is the weakest of the Anti-Monitor's forces.
    • The residents of the destroyed Universes all rise as Black Lanterns.
    • The Exterminators have gained a lot of power from the Anti-Monitor and destroy their own masters the Celestials. Not to mention killing the Gods that battle them.
    • Battleworld is created by Doom who is now God Emperor Doom. This world is under his rule, with the Thor Corps being his personal police force, Earth-2002 Stephen Strange as his Sherriff, and Earth-50 Clark as his Executioner. The sun is a punished Johnny Storm and Susan Storm is now Doom's wife.
    • God Emperor Doom is very powerful, easily killing various Heroes, including Zarathos, and he even defeats Tony wielding all 6 Infinity Stones in his suit.
    • One Beyonder alone manages to kill various Heroes within seconds, and it takes Thor-El with all of his power to barely defeat that one. Worst part is he was just one Beyonder.
    • More Heroes are killed in the attack on Earth-10005, not very long after the destruction of Earth-199999.
    • The Anti-Monitor is the most powerful villain in this series. He makes his entrance by effortlessly wiping out Darkseid, while his Exterminators kill the Celestials. The Heroes are no match for him as he kills Jean Grey with the Phoenix Force and Steve Rogers who has the power of both the Green Lantern and Blue Lantern Rings. Even God Emperor Doom is destroyed, as is Uatu the Watcher. The entire Multiverse is destroyed by him and replaced by the anti-matter Universe. Tony with all six Infinity Stones, Logan with the Phoenix Force, Earth-167 Clark with Mjolnir, Earth-199999 Strange with Earth-2002 Strange's power, Wanda with Chthon's power, and the other Heroes together aren't able to put him down. Rune King Thor is the one to finally end him. But only after Anti-Monitor causing an infinite amount of damage and deaths throughout the entire story.
  • When Heroes live their lives has Alex literally suffer this as punishment for capturing Dream.
    • Earth-22 has a Superman who became a dictator after being tricked into killing Lois and his unborn child, alongside Metropolis. The description of this Earth by its Batman is enough to give chills.
    • Then there is Earth-33, which is home to the Crime Syndicate.

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