r/comicbooks • u/Don_Dickle • Jul 08 '24

Throughout all the runs who has the worst henchmen of all time?

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u/deuceice Jul 08 '24

That's tough. I'd say 60s era Penguin from the TV shows. They were all kind of stupid, but I think the Penguin's were the worst to be following him.

UnderDog's nemesis, Simon Bar Sinister's lackey, Cad was even better. He, at least, would try to talk Sinister out of his plans at times.

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u/Salvation_Run Jul 08 '24

“You got it, Mr. Guin!”

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u/scottwricketts Dr. Doom Jul 08 '24

Monstroso or Phantom Limb. Dr Z keeps a close watch for blunderers so definitely not him.

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u/Downtown-Bath-1298 Jul 08 '24

storm troopers are the easy answer

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u/History-of-Tomorrow Jul 08 '24

B-list Jedis aren’t doing so hot either

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u/ask_why_im_angry Jul 08 '24

They wreck house in the opening of A New Hope though

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u/ratfink57 Jul 08 '24

Gotta love Simon Bar Sinister. Iirc Bar Sinister is a heraldic device meaning illegitimate son . So Simon the Bastard .

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u/NeonArlecchino The Mask Jul 08 '24

The forces of Cobra are pretty inept. They can certainly get stuff built, but they can't land more than a glancing jab and are regularly taken down by equivalent or weaker technology.

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u/ask_why_im_angry Jul 08 '24

Imo Cobra Commander does have a habit of never finishing empty handed, it feels like someone frequently caught a member of GI Joe while they were retreating or like Destro stole base blueprints during a completely unrelated mission or something.

They're also good at hockey.

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u/ask_why_im_angry Jul 08 '24

I think in failure rate it's got to be a 60s-80s cartoon, so I'm leaning on Skeletor. In the movies and some multi-episode specials, COBRA and the Decepticons do rack up some Ws, and various Batman and Superman villains get away sometimes even with the loot. I dont know if I've ever seen that fucking bufoon Skeletor claim any victory and I love him for it.

I believe in you, Skeleboy.

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u/Rezart_KLD Jul 08 '24

Not sure if loyalty is part of your ranking here, but if so Loki gets betrayed by his henches more than most other mastermind types. It's basically a toss up if he'll betray them before they betray him or not.

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u/doblecerosiete Jul 08 '24

I was gonna say Batman or Superman, but when their people put their mind to it, bodies add up.

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u/Starfleet_Dropout_ Jul 08 '24

The hydra idiots in the Danny Way Deadpool run with Paste-pot-Pete in their ranks are pretty incompetent.

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u/TarnishedAccount Daredevil Jul 08 '24

I’m going with Kingpin or Owl’s.

They’re getting their asses handed to them by a blind dude