The Doom Patrol is a group of misfit superheroes, first appearing in DC Comics in 1963 and created by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney, and Bruno Premiani. The Doom Patrol has seen many different members come and go from their roster, but one thing always remains the same; they are weird, wonderful, and a family.
Labeled the "world's strangest heroes," it is necessary for this bunch of characters to have villains who can match their weirdness. A great villain for the Doom Patrol is one that is strange, interesting, and also an actual threat. Some don't meet the mark, but others hit just the right level of abnormality to be deemed the best Doom Patrol villains possible.
10 Madame Rouge
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 1 #86 By Writer Arnold Drake, And Penciler And Inker Bruno Premiani
Laura De Mille was once an ordinary French actress. De Mille developed a split personality after an unfortunate accident, and with help from fellow villains the Brain and Monsieur Mallah, the evil side of her came to the forefront, and she was given abilities in shape-shifting and elasticity.
As the only female member of the Brotherhood of Evil, Laura De Mille as Madame Rogue was an impressive character in DC Comics. A female finding her feet in the male-dominated villain world, her shift in personality allowed for a complicated and deep villain that ends up finding love in her enemy. Madame Rouge was strong-willed and did manage to exact revenge on both the Doom Patrol and the Brotherhood of Evil.
9 Mr. Nobody
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 1 #86 By Writer Arnold Drake, And Penciler And Inker Bruno Premiani
Exposure to a device called the White Room turned ordinary criminal Eric Morden completely insane. In place of his ordinary human form was a shadow-like being that was able to drain people of their sanity entirely, now going by the name Mr. Nobody.
Mr. Nobody created the Brotherhood of Dada, a group of like-minded and unstable individuals whose only goal is to bring about chaos and disrupt the order of things. Mr. Nobody has had a great impact on the Doom Patrol, wreaking havoc across realities and being a compelling villain as a result.
8 Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Man
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 1 #89 By Writer Arnold Drake, And Penciler And Inker Bruno Premiani
The Doom Patrol is nothing without their weirdness, and Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Man is potentially as weird as its villains get. Sven Larson became Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Man as a result of one of his own experiments, a villain with a very on-the-nose name and a wacky appearance.
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Man has the ability to change into any animal, vegetable, or mineral on command. This power is unique but incredibly useful and makes him quite a difficult foe for the Doom Patrol. He is a scary-looking character and brings the right amount of randomness to DC Comics.
7 Sleepwalk
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 2 #26 By Writer Grant Morrison, Penciler Richard Case, Inker Scott Hanna, Colorist Daniel Vozzo, And Letterer John Workman
Holly McKenzie was recruited by Mr. Nobody into the Brotherhood of Dada. A seemingly normal girl, her powers actually only surface when she is asleep, hence her name. In order to stay powerful, she often listens to music, specifically Barry Manilow, and takes sleeping tablets.
While asleep, McKenzie becomes the villain Sleepwalk and has superhuman strength that allows her to easily take down opponents. Sleepwalk is quite a humorous villain, much like everything to do with the Doom Patrol, being that her deep breaths and relaxed head make it very obvious that she is sleeping while also committing enormous acts of strength.
6 Red Jack
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 2 #23 By Writer Grant Morrison, Penciler Richard Case, Inker Scott Hanna, Colorist Daniel Vozzo, And Letterer John Workman
Red Jack claims to be both a God and Jack the Ripper, although it is undetermined whether he is actually either. What is determined is that Red Jack has been around for a long amount of time and survives by feeding on pain from other beings.
Another Doom Patrol villain with an interesting appearance, Red Jack is often shown wearing a long, red, garish coat. Red Jack is a powerful being who was able to actually defeat the Doom Patrol easily and caused suffering and pain through a wall full of pinned, but alive, butterflies to sustain and feed his power.
5 The Brain
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 1 #86 By Writer Arnold Drake, And Penciler And Inker Bruno Premiani
Once a great scientist, the Brain became so simply known as a result of a tragic accident that left him literally as just a brain. The Brain is most often seen with his companion, Monsieur Mallah, and is the leader of the Brotherhood of Evil.
The Brain is one of the more difficult villains the Doom Patrol has faced due to his mass intellect and potential mind-controlling abilities. Despite his physical weaknesses, the Brain has made a lasting impact in DC. Plus, he had an interestingly sweet romance with his gorilla partner, Monsieur Mallah.
4 Darren Jones
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 2 #35 By Writer Grant Morrison, Penciler Richard Case, Inker John Nyberg, Colorist Daniel Vozzo, And Letterer John Workman
Darren Jones is known for being the most ordinary man in the world. Or, so he wants to be. Darren Jones is a villain obsessed with ridding everything strange and weird from the world and will go to all ends to achieve his goal.
Considering the Doom Patrol's reputation for being particularly strange, a villain who quite simply hates strangeness is really the perfect villain. Darren Jones wants the entire world to be ordinary and normal, and it's ironic that his obsession with this makes him less normal than he would like to be.
3 Scissormen
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 2 #19 By Writer Grant Morrison, Penciler Richard Case, Inker Carlos Garzon, Colorist Michele Wolfman, And Letterer John Workman
The Scissormen are beings from Orqwith, an imaginary world that was created through a gateway when the non-existent world was written about, and therefore brought into existence. The Scissormen are tall, featureless beings clothed in red and black.
With a creepy look and vocabulary that doesn't seem to make much sense, the Scissormen are really the stuff of nightmares. They have scissors for weapons, which they use to cut people out of reality, and while they were erased from existence after being forced to confront their own reality, the Scissormen left a lasting impression.
2 Decreator
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 2 #32 By Writer Grant Morrison, Penciler Richard Case, Inker John Nyberg, Colorist Daniel Vozzo, And Letterer John Workman
The Decreator is a cosmic entity brought back to reality by its worshipers, the Cult of the Unwritten Book. The Decreator is said to be the shadow cast when God created light, the first darkness and the ultimate villain.
Depicted as a giant bloodshot eye in the sky, the Decreator was successfully summoned by its worshipers, although its destruction was slowed down by the Doom Patrol. With the ability to unmake and destroy everything in the Universe on a whim, the threat of the Decreator always looms.
1 Candlemaker
First Appeared In Doom Patrol Volume 2 #51 By Writer Grant Morrison, Penciler Richard Case, Inkers Stan Woch And Mark McKenna, Colorist Daniel Vozzo, And Letterer John Workman
The Candlemaker is possibly one of the most terrifying Doom Patrol villains there is. An ancient deity that grants wishes, the Candlemaker forced its way to the physical realm through the mind of Doom Patrol member Dorothy Spinner.
The Candlemaker granted Dorothy's wish to kill her bully in a gruesome way, and she attempted to keep him locked in her mind as a result. However, after using her final wish, the Candlemaker was released to the world. An all-powerful being with fatal touch, the Candlemaker is a creepy villain and one of the best the Doom Patrol has had to face.