List of Superman enemies
This is a list of fictional supervillains appearing in DC Comics who are or have been enemies of the superhero Superman. Several of Superman's opponents are or have been foes of the Justice League of America as well. Unlike most heroes, Superman's adversaries exist in every known capacity; humans, metahumans, androids, sorcerers, empowered animals, other aliens, mythical/supernatural creatures, corrupt doppelgängers of himself, and even deities.
Central rogues gallery
In alphabetical order :Foes of lesser renown
In alphabetical order :- In addition, Superman has fought many aliens.
Group villains
Allies in conflict
Some characters originally conceived as heroes have come into conflict with Superman.Enemies created for other media
These are Superman villains created in other media, with no appearances in previous comics.| Villain | Media | Actor/Actress | Description |
| Nigel St. John | ' | 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 | ' | Lane Davies | A time-traveler from the future who despises the peaceful society Superman created and wants to change time by killing or disposing of him beforehand. |
| The Warlock | The New Adventures of Superman | Ray Owens | A male witch who appeared in six episodes of Filmation's Superman animated TV series. 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. |
| The Titan | Smallville | Kane | A bloodthirsty alien warrior looking for the ultimate opponent. |
| Margaret Isobel Thoreaux | Smallville | Kristin Kreuk | Lana Lang's ancestor and a witch. |
| The Spider Lady | Superman | Carol Forman | |
| Luke Benson | Superman and the Mole-Men | Jeff Corey | |
| Blinky | Stamp Day for Superman | Billy Nelson | |
| The Dollmaker | ' 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 ' 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 | ' | Valri Bromfield Laurie Fraser | Small-time robbers. |
| Kurt Bowman | ' | Eddie Barth | A corrupt detective. Ironically realized that Clark Kent is Superman moments before his execution. |
| Earl Garver | ' | Brian Cox | A mad scientist who held Metropolis for ransom with a lead-covered bomb. |
| Livewire | ' | Lori Petty | A Superman-criticizing shock jock who received the power to manipulate and turn into electricity from a bolt of lightning. |
| Livewire | 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. |
| Mercy Graves | Superman: The Animated Series | Lisa Edelstein | Lex Luthor's faithful henchwoman, an experienced hand-to-hand combatant. |
| Mercy Graves | Justice League | Lisa Edelstein | |
| Mercy Graves | The Batman | Gwendoline Yeo | |
| The Prometheon Creature | Superman: The Animated Series | Frank Welker | A gigantic earth-like construct with minimal intelligence and made for simple labor, 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 goes more and more violent as it affects him. |
| Unity | Superman: The Animated Series | Stephen Root | A huge gray blob that converts humans into mindless drones and with a crippling weakness to X-rays. |
| Volcana | Superman: The Animated Series | 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. |
| Volcana | 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. |
| Otis | Superman: The Movie Superman II | Ned Beatty | Lex Luthor's bumbling henchman. |
| 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 kryptonite. |
| The Nuclear Man | ' | Mark Pillow Gene Hackman | A solar-powered menace born by detonating a nuclear bomb attached with Superman's genetic material in the sun. |
| Lenny Luthor | ' | Jon Cryer | Lex Luthor's nephew. |
Villains from comics in other media
A number of villains from the comic books have made an appearance, or appearances, in Superman related live-action media.| Villain | Media | Actor/Actress |
| Amanda Waller | Smallville | Pam Grier |
| Amos Fortune | Smallville | James Kidnie |
| Bizarro | Superboy | Barry Meyers |
| Bizarro | Smallville | Tom Welling Quinn Lord |
| Brainiac | Smallville | James Marsters Allison Mack |
| Bruno Mannheim | Smallville | Dominic Zamprogna |
| Darkseid | Smallville | John Glover Michael Daingerfield |
| Deadshot | Smallville | Bradley Stryker |
| Deathstroke the Terminator | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Antonio Sabàto, Jr. |
| Deathstroke the Terminator | Smallville | Michael Hogan |
| DeSaad | Smallville | Steve Byers |
| Doomsday | ' | Robin Atkin Downes |
| Doomsday | Smallville | Sam Witwer Dario Delacio |
| Faora | Man of Steel | Antje Traue |
| Faora | Smallville | Erica Durance Sharon Taylor |
| General Zod | Superman: The Movie Superman II | Terence Stamp |
| General Zod | Man of Steel | Michael Shannon |
| General Zod | Smallville | Michael Rosenbaum Callum Blue Terence Stamp |
| Glorious Godfrey | Smallville | Michael Daingerfield |
| Granny Goodness | Smallville | Nancy Amelia Bell Christine Willes |
| The Icicle I | Smallville | Gardiner Millar |
| The Icicle II | Smallville | Wesley MacInnes |
| Jax-Ur | Man of Steel | Mackenzie Gray |
| Lashina | Smallville | Rochelle Okoye |
| Lex Luthor | Atom Man vs. Superman | Lyle Talbot |
| Lex Luthor | Superman: The Movie Superman II ' | Gene Hackman |
| Lex Luthor | Superman Returns | Kevin Spacey |
| Lex Luthor | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Jesse Eisenberg |
| Lex Luthor | Superboy | Scott James Wells Sherman Howard |
| Lex Luthor | John Shea | |
| Lex Luthor | Smallville | Michael Rosenbaum |
| Livewire | Smallville | Anna Mae Routledge |
| Livewire | Supergirl | Brit Morgan |
| Mad Harriet | Smallville | Lindsay Hartley |
| Maxima | Smallville | Charlotte Sullivan |
| Maxima | Supergirl | Eve Torres |
| Maxwell Lord | Smallville | Gil Bellows |
| Maxwell Lord | Supergirl | Peter Facinelli |
| Mercy Graves | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Tao Okamoto |
| Metallo | Superboy | Michael Callan |
| Metallo | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Scott Valentine |
| Metallo | Smallville | Brian Austin Green |
| Metallo | Supergirl | Frederick Schmidt |
| Mister Mxyzptlk | Superboy | Michael J. Pollard |
| Mister Mxyzptlk | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Howie Mandel |
| Mister Mxyzptlk | Smallville | Trent Ford |
| Mister Mxyzptlk | Supergirl | Peter Gadiot |
| Morgan Edge | Smallville | Rutger Hauer Patrick Bergin |
| Morgan Edge | Supergirl | Adrian Pasdar |
| Nam-Ek | Smallville | Leonard Roberts |
| Non | Superman: The Movie Superman II | Jack O'Halloran |
| Non | Supergirl | Chris Vance |
| Neutron | Smallville | Nathaniel Tryon |
| The Parasite | Smallville | Brendan Fletcher |
| The Parasite | Supergirl | William Mapother |
| The Persuader | Smallville | Fraser Aitcheson |
| Plastique | Smallville | Jessica Parker Kennedy |
| The Prankster | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Bronson Pinchot |
| Roulette | Smallville | Steph Song |
| Roulette | Supergirl | Dichen Lachman |
| The Silver Banshee | Smallville | Odessa Rae Allison Mack Erica Durance |
| The Silver Banshee | Supergirl | Italia Ricci |
| Solomon Grundy | Smallville | John DeSantis |
| The Toyman | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Sherman Hemsley |
| The Toyman | Smallville | Chris Gauthier |
| The Toyman | Supergirl | Henry Czerny |
| Ultraman | Smallville | Tom Welling |
| Dr. Curtis Knox | Smallville | Dean Cain |
| Nick O'Teen | created for the Health Education Council; his catchphrase is "One puff and they'll soon be in my grasp." |