As the DC Comics’ shared universe films look to emulate Marvel’s model of planning ahead, fans look to the future in anticipation, wondering whether or not they can replicate their rivals’ huge success (the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now officially the biggest movie franchise of all time).

Man of Steel performed moderately in 2013 – both critically and financially – and next year sees the release of both Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad. The former of those two movies will see the introduction of Wonder Woman to the big screen – played by Gal Gadot – and she will subsequently get a movie of her own in 2017.

With that in mind, it’s interesting to speculate just who the Amazonian warrior princess will be going up against in her solo outing. She has a very rich and varied rogues gallery in the comic books to choose from and this article will run through five great possibilities.

Maxwell Lord

Maxwell Lord – who first appeared on panel in 1987 – would be an interesting choice for a Wonder Woman villain if DC and Warner Brothers wanted to go for a Lex Luthor-esque antagonist for the Amazonian warrior princess.

Although he was instrumental in helping the Justice League to form, Lord is actually a ruthless and villainous businessman who has a nefarious agenda when it comes to almost everything he does.

A metahuman, Lord is able to influence people’s minds through telepathy and often uses superheroes via mind-control. A famous incident in the comic books saw him controlling Superman and making him attack Wonder Woman. In order to break said control, Wonder Woman broke his neck – twisting his head 180 degrees on live television, no less – and something like that would have a real impact on screen.

Introducing him to a movie universe that already has Lex Luthor (to be played by Jesse Eisenberg) in it would also make for a potentially interesting on-screen rivalry between the pair.