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1. The Butcher In Black

(Nailbiter)

So of COURSE there was going to be an entry on this list from Nailbiter, because Nailbiter is literally all about serial killers and Nailbiter is also super awesome.

The town of Buckaroo, Oregon has served as the birthplace for sixteen of the world’s most dangerous serial killers when the series starts. The Butcher is number seventeen. Maybe. Look, the reveal of who the Butcher actually is serves as a long-running mystery throughout the first twenty-five issues of the series, which are also the only existing issues of the series at the present date. So as a result, I won’t give away the Butcher’s true identity.

But I will discuss him quite a bit. The Butcher is the big bad scary threat for the majority of the series’s first five arcs, a quiet, often silent, stalker with his creepy helmet and tendency to appear right the hell out of nowhere. Plus, his role as right-hand man to The Master makes him a cold, calculating murder machine. And a terrifying one at that.

And there we go, a solid list of the best murderous psychopaths in all of comicbookdom. Man, this list put me in a dark, dark place to write. Like, I need a shower and a hug. Not sure which one first. Because the thing is, while these lists will be posted during peak Halloween season, I write them in advance. So I’ve just been spending my early October creeping myself out beyond all reason. So, yeah. Good work, me.

Happy Halloween, I’ll take that hug now.