| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 357 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Agent Smith -- Alexis Carrington-Colby-Dexter -- Alpha/The Whisperers -- Angelique Bouchard-Collins -- Angelus -- Archie Bunker -- Asajj Ventress -- Bellatrix Lestrange -- Bill/Snake Charmer -- Billy the Kid Boba Fett -- Borg Queen/Borg -- Brainiac -- Captain Hector Barbossa -- Captain Phasma/Stormtroopers -- Catwoman -- Cersei Lannister -- COBRA -- The Comedian -- The Corleone Family -- The Court of Owls -- CSM/The Cigarette Smoking Man -- Cybermen -- Dark Willow -- Davros/Daleks -- Doctor Doom -- Doomsday -- Dracula -- Dr. Frank-N-Furter -- Ebenezer Scrooge -- Elle Driver/California Mountain Snake -- Ernst Stavro Blofeld/SPECTRE -- Faith the Vampire Slayer -- Fiona Goode/The Supreme -- Fish Mooney -- Frank Burns -- Frankenstein's Monster -- Freddy Krueger -- General Custer -- Geronimo -- Goldfinger -- Gollum -- The Governor -- Grand Nagus/Ferengi -- Green Goblin -- Grindelwald -- Gus Fring -- Hannibal Lecter -- Harley Quinn -- Heisenberg/Walter White -- Imperial Officers -- Jabba the Hutt -- Jafar -- Jason Voorhees -- Joker -- J. R. Ewing -- Kahless/Klingons -- Killmonger -- La Llorona -- Leatherface -- Lex Luthor -- Loki -- Lucifer/Satan -- Magneto -- Maleficent -- Marsellus Wallace -- Martin Brenner -- The Master/Missy -- Michael Myers -- Morgan le Fay -- Negan/The Saviors -- Norman Bates -- Number Six/Cylons -- Nurse Ratched -- O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth -- Ozymandias -- Pancho Villa -- Penguin -- Poison Ivy -- Professor Moriarty -- Q -- Ra's al Ghul -- Red Skull -- Reverend Stryker/The Purifiers -- Sauron/Saruman -- Scarecrow -- Sherry Palmer -- Sith Lords -- Spike and Drusilla -- Sue Sylvester -- Thanos -- Tia Dalma/Calypso -- Tony Montana -- Tony Soprano -- Two-Face -- Ultron -- Ursula -- Voldemort -- Wicked Witch of the West -- Zod. |
| Summary |
This book contains essays about villains in popular culture, followed by 100 A - Z entries on the most notorious bad guys in film, comics, and more. Sidebars highlight ancillary points of interest, such as authors, creators, and tropes that illuminate the motives of various villains. A glossary of key terms and a bibliography are also included. |
| Subject |
Villains in popular culture -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
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Villains in mass media -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
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Villains in motion pictures -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
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Villains in television -- United States -- Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: American villain. Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, [2021] 9781440869877 (DLC) 2020005076 |
| ISBN |
9781440869884 (electronic book) |
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9781440869877 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
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