Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics is a 2013 collection of stories from a number of books, showcasing tales of the DCU's most interesting villains. It was released as a companion to the documentary film of the same name.
Issues
- Superman: Lex 2000 #1: "Triumph Over Tragedy"
- Countdown #34: "The Origin of Lex Luthor"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #15: "The Origin of Doomsday"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #8: "This am unsecret origin of Bizarro!"
- Action Comics Annual #10: "The Criminals of Krypton"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #16: "The Origin of Sinestro"
- Green Lantern Corps (Volume 2) #14: "The Gathering Storm"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #14: "The Origin of Gorilla Grodd"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #9: "The Origin of Black Manta"
- Wonder Woman (Volume 2) #214: Truth or Dare, Part 2"
- Batman #614: "Hush, Part 7: The Joke"
- Solo #1: "Date Knight"
- Countdown #37: "The Origin of Poison Ivy"
- Countdown #33: "The Origin of the Riddler"
- Countdown #29: "The Origin of the Penguin"
- Countdown #27: "The Origin of Two-Face"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #19: "The Origin of the Scarecrow"
- Batman Villains Secret Files and Origins 2005: "If a Man be Clay!"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #10: "The Origin of Harley Quinn"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #7: "The Origin of Bane"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #5: "The Origin of Mr. Freeze"
- Batman #244: "The Demon Lives Again!"
- Black Adam: The Dark Age #6: "The Dark Age"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #11: "The Origin of Solomon Grundy"
- Countdown #36: "The Origin of Deathstroke"
- Countdown to Final Crisis #2: "The Origin of Darkseid"
- Countdown to Infinite Crisis #1: "Chapter 5"