Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-34097347-20160924191552/@comment-26884760-20161206213337

Love Robin wrote:

NerdWithAKeyboard wrote: Another thing: are we still merging "Batman Villains", "Superman Villains", "Wonder Woman Villains", etc. into just "DC Comics Villains"? Same with Marvel and Darkhorse? No we are not. However we *are* restricting those categories to villains who started with those Heroes, or are BEST KNOWN for being their main nemesis.

In other words, just because4 a "Hero X Villain" can be spotted in a "Hero Y story" but are otherwise not known for being their main foe, they are not to be tagged as a "Hero Y Villain".

This is because, especially with comic-originated franchises and titles, they have such a long history and have crossed over soo many times that just about every villain of a particular copyright-holder could be tagged with all the Heroes of that copyright'r.

For example, Dr Sylvannas and his family originated in the pages of Shazam! as a Captain Marvel and Family Villain. However he has also faced Superman but should not be tagged as a "Superman Villain". what do we do about characters like Thanos, Darkseid and "Crisis Villains" who tend to face entire legions of superheroes? particularly beings like Doomsday who when introduced fought (and in Doomsday's case pretty much decimated) the Justice League *before* his more famous Superman fight.

we also have guys like the Anti-Monitor and the Beyonder(s) - who fight EVERYONE and are specifically made to be "free-for-all" battles when introduced (cosmic entities and "omnipotent" villains are bad for this because by nature they are an enemy to everyone)