Greatest supervillain origin stories of all time

I know I’m not the only one who can’t bear to see Batman‘s parents get murdered outside the theater or Peter Parker get bitten by a radioactive spider again. Yes, these heroes are great and their origin stories define who they are as heroes, but we’ve seen them dozens of times already. Thankfully we’ve hit a great point in comic book movies where we’re able to skip those events and get right into the good stuff when the hero is established and not waste time retreading old ground.

The same can’t be said about villains, however. Any villain that appears in a hero’s story is given a fraction of the time to establish themselves before ultimately getting beaten by the hero, which is a shame. Villains are often the more interesting characters in media, comic book or otherwise. They have a sense of swagger and delightful arrogance that makes them so fun to watch. What’s more interesting than seeing a normal person become a hero is watching a normal person dragged down into villainy. These amazing supervillain origin stories finally give the spotlight to the bad guys.