Master villains

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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:

• 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