Master villains are fictional literary or movie characters that embody an exceptional criminal mind and sometimes intelligence. They are often matched by an equally intelligent fictional hero.
Famous Master Villains:
* Lex Luthor from works also featuring the superhero Superman
* Artemis Fowl from the Eoin Colfer books on Artemis Fowl
* Senator/Chanselor/Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars universe
* Hannibal Lecter by Thomas Harris
* Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer
* Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes fiction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* Dr. Mabuse by Norbert Jacques
* Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond universe
* Fantômas
* Vautrin The Ace Of Spades in Balzac's Splendors And Miseries
* Doctor Doom From Marvel comics' Fantastic Four
* O'Brien from 1984 by George Orwell
* Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
* Sauron from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
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