REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAIN - Adam Worth, the Napoleon of the CriminalWorld.

Looking at the world of fiction and popular culture...  and real people acting like super villains.

This one's pretty obvious.  Professor James Moriarty, one of Holmes's major nemeses in his few appearances, was called by Holmes, "The Napoleon of Crime" in his first appearance a couple of months after Worth's trial.  Not that Worth is the only possible inspiration for Moriarty, but the sharing of a sobriquet says that Worth is likely a Real Life Super Villain.

The following categories come from 10 Rules to Tell if a Character is a Super Villain.

REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAIN - Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski

Even Super Villains need advice... and role models.

Hired Killer

Not all super villains run a criminal organisations, comic books and Bond films are full of psychopathic killers who sell their natural talents.  So is Richard Kuklinski a super villain?  Let's check the 10 Rules to Tell if a Character is a Super Villain.

REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAIN - Marvin "Killdozer" Heemeyer

Even Super Villains need advice... and role models.

One Man Killing Machine, pilot of a

Is Marvin "Killdozer" Heemeyer a real life super villain?  Not all super villains run a criminal organisations, comic books are full of people who gain (or get themselves) powers (or make or steal something to give them powers) and go on a rampage for some wrong they see as have being done to them.  Some people see Marvin Heemeyer as a hero, but let's test it by applying 10 Rules to Tell if a Character is a Super-villain to him.

REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAINS - Julian Assange

Even Super Villains need advice... and role models.

Founder of Wikileaks

Is Julian Assange a real life super villain?  He is in the eyes of some, but let's test it by applying 10 Rules to Tell if a Character is a Super-villain to him.

SUPER VILLAIN POV - Megamind

vice.  Everyone's the hero of their own story, the Super Villain's POV...

One of the 2010 Animated Super Villain films,, Megamind is the story of a Super Villain who ends up turning hero.

SUPER VILLAIN POV - Despicable Me

Even Super Villains need advice.  Everyone's the hero of their own story, the Super Villain's POV...

One of the 2010 Animated Super Villain films, Despicable Me is the story of a Super Villain who ends up raising three children.

REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAIN - Yulia Tymoshenko

Even Super Villains need advice... and role models.

Prime Minister of Ukraine

24 January 2005 - 8 September 2005

18 December 207 - 4 March 2010

Is Yulia Tymoshenko a real life super villain?  She certainly did gaol time, but let's test it by applying 10 Rules to Tell if a Character is a Super-villain to him.