They might not belong to the big two, but these characters are icons in their own right. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for Top 10 Comic Book Villains Outside Marvel and DC.

For this list, we’ll be looking at most memorable, menacing and prolific comic book villains found outside of Marvel or DC. Since Watchmen characters have joined the primary DC universe, Ozymandias is ineligible, but other Vertigo characters who have remained within their own isolated narrative universes will be considered.