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1. Mr. Mxyzptlk

The fifth-dimensional imp has always been a favorite of Superman writers and people trying to prove they know a ton about comic books by spelling his name right. Which is easy, by the way. You want true nerd cred, spell Pxyzsyzygy without looking.

Anyway, the imp loved to pop over to our dimension to bug the Big Blue Boy Scout. The only way to beat him was to trick him into saying Kltpzyxm, his name backwards. If he did this, he had to go back to his home dimension for 90 days. But once those 90 days were up, the magical pixie was free to come back and torment Superman again.

Mxy has always been a goofy, fun antagonist, who isn’t interested in murder or world domination. He actually bounced back to relevance this year when he was revealed as the secret big bad behind the Rebirth run of Action Comics.

And those are some great comics, if you’re curious.

And there you have it, the best Superman villains who aren’t Zod, Luthor, Brainiac, or Bizarro. When you knock out the famous ones, it turns out that you still have a good list of weird and fun villains to fight the Man of Tomorrow.