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This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are or have been enemies of Superman. It is notable that several of Superman's enemies are or have been foes of the Justice League of America as well.

In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance):

According to writer Mark Evanier, Jack Kirby modeled Darkseid on actor Jack Palance.

In the modern era, Lex Luthor was re-envisioned as a wealthy CEO/scientist who hides his sociopathic tendencies behind a mask of philanthropy. Although beloved by the people of Metropolis for his many public works, Superman knows the truth. In the mainstream comic series, Luthor eventually manipulates his way to the U.S. Presidency, but is forcibly unseated from office by Superman and the Justice League.

In alphabetical order (with issue and date of first appearance):

Post-Crisis: Miguel Diaz and Ray Ryker were two physicists until a nuclear experiment goes wrong. Diaz is caught in an explosion that transfers his essence into the mechanical being, N.R.G.-X (Nuclear Radiation Generator Experimental). Confused and trying to escape, he confronts Superman encasing him in a steel shell. N.R.G.-X attempts to go after Ryker. Breaking free, Superman once again confronts N.R.G.-X who self-destructs in the process, reverting to a comatose Daiz.

Some characters originally conceived as heroes have come into conflict with Superman.

These are Superman villains created in other media, with no appearances in previous comics. !Description |- | Nigel St. John || Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman || Tony Jay || The butler and confidante of Lex Luthor, who later betrays him to Intergang and attempts to blackmail Superman with knowledge of his identity. |- | Tempus || Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman || Lane Davies || A time-traveller from the future who despises the peaceful society Superman created and wants to change time by killing or disposing of him beforehand. |- | Wicked Warlock || The New Adventures of Superman || Ray Owens || A male witch who appeared in six episodes of Filmation's varied incarnations of Superman. His power is derived from a sorcerer's ruby, a crimson jewel fitted to his cane that casts magical energy beams. |- | Lionel Luthor || Smallville || John Glover || The father of Lex Luthor and a classic corrupt businessman. |- | Baern || Smallville || Bow Wow || A wraith that escaped from the Phantom Zone and could absorb and project nuclear energy. |- | Aldar || Smallville || Dave Batista || A hulking man-eating humanoid. |- | Titan || Smallville || Kane (wrestler) || A bloodthirsty alien warrior looking for the ultimate opponent. |- | Margaret Isobel Thoreaux || Smallville || Kristin Kreuk || Lana Lang's ancestor and a witc |- | Spider Lady || Superman (1948 serial) || Carol Forman || |- | The Dollmaker || Super Friends
Batman vs. Robin || Frank Welker
"Weird Al" Yankovic || Not to be confused with Barton Mathis, a Batman villain who also calls himself "the Dollmaker", Anton Schott is the son of the Toyman who kidnaps children and turns them into doll-like slaves. The character was originally created for the animated series, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, as a stand-in for the Toyman but would later go on to appear in the comic books. The character most recently appeared in the animated film, Batman vs. Robin, albeit with some of Barton Mathis' characteristics. |- | Big Susan and Lizzie || Superman: The Animated Series || Valri Bromfield (Big Susan)
Laurie Fraser (Lizzie) || Small-time robbers. |- | Kurt Bowman || Superman: The Animated Series || Eddie Barth || A corrupt detective. Ironically realised Clark Kent is Superman moments before his execution. |- | Earl Garver || Superman: The Animated Series || Brian Cox||A mad scientist who held Metropolis ransom with a lead-covered bomb. |- | rowspan="2"| Livewire || Superman: The Animated Series || Lori Petty ||A Superman-criticizing shock jock who received the power to manipulate and turn into electricity from a bolt of lightning. |- | Justice League || Maria Canals || |- | Luminus || Superman: The Animated Series || Robert Hays||A scientist armed with light-based weaponry and hard-light constructs in a manner reminiscent of Mirror Master. |- | rowspan="2"| Mercy Graves || Superman: The Animated Series
Justice League || Lisa Edelstein||Lex Luthor's faithful henchman, an experienced hand-to-hand combatant. |- | The Batman || Gwendoline Yeo || |- | Prometheon creature || Superman: The Animated Series || Frank Welker||A gigantic earth-like construct with minimal intelligence and made for simple labour, absorbing heat to fuel itself. |- | Corey Mills || Superman: The Animated Series || Xander Berkeley||An outstanding officer who was selected to don a battle suit controlled directly by his neural systems, but eventually go more and more violent as this affects him. |- | Unity || Superman: The Animated Series || Stephen Root||A huge grey blob that converts humans into mindless drones and with a crippling weakness to X-rays. |- | Volcana || Superman: The Animated Series
Justice League || Peri Gilpin||A pyrokinetic imprisoned by the government as a secret weapon. Rescued by Superman during his series, but returned as a generic villain in the Justice League series. |- | Non || Superman: The Movie
Superman II || Jack O'Halloran || The mute henchman of General Zod. He has the same superpowers as Superman and Zod and sports a mustache and thicker beard than that of Zod. He obeys Zod's commands, most graphically when he hurls a police siren light at hypervelocity to kill a fleeing boy in East Houston, Idaho. Non later crossed into the comics. |- | Ursa || Superman: The Movie
Superman II || Sarah Douglas || The female companion of General Zod. She has the same superpowers as Superman and Zod and sports short hair. She has a fascination with authoritative-appearing badges and is driven by "perversions and unreasoning hatred of all mankind," | Ross Webster || Superman III || Robert Vaughn || An industrialist trying to gain a monopoly by destroying his rivals, who turns Superman evil with tainted [[kryp |- | Nuclear Man || Superman IV: The Quest for Peace || Mark Pillow (actor)
Gene Hackman (voice)||A solar-powered menace born by detonating a nuclear bomb attached with Superman's genetic material in the sun. |}

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