For a character that's over 70 years old Superman hasn't had the best rogues gallery in comics. That being said I looked throughout the DCU to find out who I would cast for his villain in a future Man Of Steel sequel. This was tough, as I found some of his villains uninteresting. If there's anyone to blame for that it's the creative teams who put the books together. I did however find a pretty good group of possible enemies for the man of steel to rumble with. So in no particular order, here's my choices for worthy Man Of Steel opponents.
Worthy opponents:
DARKSEID
PRO:
Darkseid is one of the most powerful and evil characters in the DC Universe, IF NOT THE EVILEST. Although he might be used as a JLA threat he has been portrayed as a Superman villain, with acts so evil he easily can dethrone Lex Luthor as his most hated enemy.
CON:
He's a New Gods villain first.
He would probably be a better JLA threat.
BRAINIAC
PRO:
Now here's a villain that can compete with Darkseid, and anyone else for that matter. Brainiac is a super-intelligent alien being from the planet Colu who has fought Superman many times. Extremely advanced mental abilities that have allowed him to work through numerous robotic and even human proxies make him a dangerously formidable opponent. It is difficult to tell whether you're dealing with the original Brainiac, or one of his drones.
CON:
I don't know about you guys but some times find this character a little corny and drone-like to carry a full on film, but who knows?
DESPERO
PRO:
This character is BADASS. One of the strongest characters in the DC universe. Despero debuted in 1960 and is virtually an unstoppable force of nature. Despero is an alien from the planet Kalanor, and in addition to a genius intellect possesses a third eye on his forehead capable of mind control, illusions, telekinesis, and telepathy. Despero is also empowered by the "Flame of Py'tar", a mystical source of power that grants him massive superhuman strength, durability, and the ability to alter his mass (from human-sized to massive). He has repeatedly been shown to be more powerful than Superman and Captain Marvel, and has taken them on with WW at the same time and still managed to hold his own.He would be a fresh villain to introduce in a DCCU.
Here's a youtube video some guy put up about Despero, lol:
CON:
He might be too powerful for Superman. Maybe a better Justice League villain.
IMPERIEX
PRO:
Imperiex is probably the greatest threat on this list, even to the villains on the list. The embodiment of entropy, Imperiex takes the form of pure energy contained inside a humanoid set of armor, colossal in size.
CON:
Again Imperiex is the biggest threat on this list. That being said he can easily be a more DC universe villain than just a Superman one!
LEX LUTHOR
THE OLD CLASSIC!
PRO:
Lex is Superman's main arch-nemesis without question.
CON:
I'm personally sick of Lex Luthor, He's so overused in films imho and boring. The only version I ever liked of him is Clancy Brown's performance in Superman TAS!
MONGUL
PRO:
A very real threat to the Man of Steel...
Mongul attacks Superman on his birthday and ensnares him with the Black Mercy, an alien plant that fed off a victims "bio-aura" while rendering the victim incapable of fighting back, giving them their own perfect "dream world" in return. In the end, Mongul becomes the plant's next victim and dreams of himself as ruler of the universe. The story "For the Man Who Has Everything" was written by Alan Moore, and has become the pivotal Mongul story.
Here's that guy again with his Youtube vids:
The story he was referring to was written by Alex
CON:
Could be perceived as Darkseid-Lite, He's actually very brutal, ruthless and messed up.
ECLIPSO
PRO:
This guy is the incarnation of the Wrath of God and the Angel of Vengeance that turned evil before being replaced by the Spectre. He's definitely capable of holding his own against Supes.
CON:
Eclipso(est. 1963) looks like Green Goblin(est. 1964)
He was a virtual joke until the 90's series which reveals his origin and cast a significant paradigm effect at least for me about the character. At least for me anyhow.
MAXWELL LORD
PRO:
I later in life was confirmed as a metahuman with the ability to telepathically influence people's minds. The extent of his abilities range from simple suggestion to outright commandeering of another's mind as seen with my complete possession of Superman where I was able to make the Man of Steel perform acts far outside of the range of his normal sensibilities. My power is not of the "zombie" mind control variety, but rather the kind where the people affected go about their daily lives and are unaware of my influence. I also has the ability to influence more than one mind at a time and, at one point, had many people under my control. While the subject's will does factor in on how difficult it is to initially possess and maintain my control, so far no one has been able to avoid my influence for long.
CON:
There is no con :)
METALLO
PRO:
Could be a cool looking Villain on par with the Terminator aesthetically.
CON:
His story gets old IMO
Honorable Mentions:
MANCHESTER BLACK
GOG
LOBO
LIVEWIRE
PARASITE
DOOMSDAY
I personally never been a fan of Doomsday's visual aesthetic. I do like that this villain is a violent one, I just wish there was more to him than he once killed Supes.
To end this I decided to repost the Superman trailers, ENJOY:
TRAILER#4
TRAILER#3
TRAILER#2
TRAILER#1(Teaser)
Whats your opinion?
Who would you put as a villain in the next Superman film?