The comic book medium is known for creating larger-than-life villains capable of destroying universes at the snap of a finger. But on the other end of the spectrum, its also known for creating goofy villains that think a high-velocity ketchup gun is going to stop Batman.

They can't all be megalomaniacs on the villainous "A-Team" with nearly unlimited powers. Some of the guys on the "Z-Team" make the best of it with nothing but a silly gimmick and criminal dream in their hearts. And you've got to give it to some of these lower level guys for their bravery bordering on the insane. Who else in their right mind would take on Superman with nothing more than a bow tie and an exploding gift-package?

While the lower-level villains are just a nuisance to be solved on a slow Wednesday afternoon, the top-shelf villains require massive team-ups to defeat and planning skills on fleek. It takes the likes of the entire Justice League or Avengers roster to go up against some of these reality-bending monsters. And by the end of it, they might not even what happened because the timeline got rebooted in the process. Up against these odds, a few batarangs or spider-webs just aren't going to cut it.

Putting the strongest and weakest villains next to each other makes the weak ones look even more pathetic, and the strong ones look like gods. The big guys probably wouldn't think twice scraping the Z-team of the bottom of their shoes.

Here are the strongest and weakest Marvel and DC Villains.

Strongest: Braniac (DC)

Skipping the middle-tier of villains and landing close to the top, we have the likes of Braniac. There have been multiple versions of Braniac throughout the years, but the most recent ones cast him as an alien super-intelligence that is a formidable threat to be reckoned with.

Braniac is a collector, often absorbing the knowledge of entire worlds and shrinking them down to the size of jars to be included as part of his menagerie. He can control robotic or organic drones remotely, making it hard to discern where the "real" Braniac actually is. He is a master of all forms of computers and technology.

He most often goes head to head against Superman, proving to be one of his most formidable challenges. Worse, he occasionally teams up with Lex Luthor, a combination that proves to be a giant headache for Superman.

Weakest: The Ten-Eyed Man (DC)

Blinded by a warehouse explosion, Phillip Reardon thought he would never see again. Until some quack claimed he could re-attach his retinas to his finger-tips. That doesn't sound medically possible, but, you know, comics.

So now Reardon calls himself the Ten-Eyed Man and leads a life of crime with the power of... ten eyes. Did anyone think this villain through? Wouldn't this cause excruciating pain every time he grabbed anything at all? Typing must be literal torture.

Supposedly these extra eyes make him a good marksman and fighter. At least, that's what he probably he tells himself. In his free time, he suffers from the delusion that he can win against Batman. This usually ends in bitter defeat, with the maniacal sounds of Batman laughing his cape off.

Strongest: Ultron (Marvel)

Ultron is similar to Braniac in that he is a master manipulator of computers and technology, and can control multiple proxies of himself. Where he is different is that he is a complete machine super-intelligence, originally created by Hank Pym, aka Ant-Man. In the MCU films, Ultron was created by both Tony Stark and Bruce Banner.

Ultron has nearly destroyed the Avengers on multiple occasions. He is the human equivalent of a megalomaniacal sociopath, bent on wholesale destruction of the human race. Despite his inner evil, he contributed to the forces of good by creating the synthetic being known as Vision, a member of the Avengers.

As an opponent, he is extremely difficult to take down. He is a master tactician and his body is constructed of Adamantium metal, nearly impossible to destroy.

Weakest: The Matador (Marvel)

Matadors are graceful and some people think they're pretty cool. But no one equates bull-fighting skills with actual superpowers. Except for this guy, who let's all it it, does it with style.

There were actually two different guys that took the Matador mantle. The first one was named Manuel Eloganto (Really, Marvel? Really?). The second one was simply named Juan. Both used their capes for criminal tom-foolery, like covering the windshield of an armored car or using it to envelop an enemy.

Unfortunately, both Matadors went up against Daredevil, a guy who doesn't need his eyes and sure as heck wouldn't get visually diverted by a cape. Bullfighting is definitely a skill that doesn't have much practical use in criminal masterminding. At least he has a sword!

Strongest: Doomsday (DC)

Doomsday carries the exclusive distinction among super-villains as the only one to successfully destroy Superman. Well, temporarily, at least.

Doomsday is a genetically engineered being, endowed with certain abilities by its creator, an alien scientist named Bertron who used to work with Kryptonians before Krypton exploded. What makes his creation Doomsday so powerful is that he continually regenerates himself. Every time he is apparently destroyed, he regenerates and develops an immunity to the thing that just destroyed him. Over time, this has made him virtually invulnerable to all things that typically might be a threat.

A behemoth with strength and invulnerability equal or greater than Superman, Doomsday is a top shelf-villain and is among the most elite examples of sheer force and durability in the DC universe.

Weakest: Prankster (DC)

It's funny how some villains with similar gimmicks ended up so far apart from each other in status. The Joker, with no powers, is one of the most iconic villains of all time with movie-stars lining up to play him on the silver screen. But a guy like The Prankster, with a similar skill-set and a far more subdued degree of insanity, gets no respect at all.

Part of the reason is how he was originally drawn. What you see above is his original incarnation, looking like a goofy carny. Just like Joker or The Trickster, he uses weaponized practical jokes and pranks as a way to attack his enemies. Older versions of The Prankster used gags like exploding gifts and acid corsages. New versions of the character use high-tech pranks involving nano-bots or ultrasonic frequencies— none of which are particularly useful against the likes of Superman, his arch-enemy.

Strongest: Nemesis (Marvel)

Nemesis is a being that was created when all seven Infinity Gems were ed together. Once they were coned, they formed a sentient intelligence in a humanoid female form.

Most are aware of the six Infinity Gems: Space, Reality, Power, Soul, Mind and Time. These six were enough to power up Thanos' gauntlet during the original storyline of Infinity War. But there was a seventh gem: the Ego Gem. This was the missing gem that gives Nemesis both her form and power.

Having control over all of the Infinity Gems gives Nemesis nearly omniscient power over everything, but she can only exist as long as the Infinity Gems are ed. Only a massive alliance that comprised of multiple heroes and Avengers from several different universes was able to take her down. One universe's heroes were just not enough.

Weakest: Paste-Pot Pete (Marvel)

Paste-Pot Pete doesn't have much going for him in the way of strength or superpowers. But what he does have is an amazing grasp of chemistry, particularly as it applies to state-of-the-art adhesives. Paste-Pot Pete utilizes a paste gun to trap those in his way, and in his early years had meager success as a bank robber.

Later in his career, he changed his name to Trapster and updated his outfit so it was sleeker and sporting. He once was part of a super-villain group which included Wizard, Hydroman, and Titania. He also tried to go after Deadpool, but Deadpool took care of him easily.

These days, he has gone back to calling himself Paste-Pot Pete in the hopes of being underestimated in battle. Honestly, with that outfit, it's hard to underestimate anyone further.

Strongest: Krona (DC)

By witnessing the dawn of time with a device he created, the genius scientist Krona unwittingly split reality into countless parallel universes. This is what created the DC multiverse.

This was seen as an unforgivable sin by his own species. For punishment, they banished him by converting him into a state of pure energy. This forced him to be a ive observer, witnessing the universe from the outside for all of eternity.

Of course, Krona escaped, and when he did, he had amassed massive power. He meant to continue his experiments to observe the beginning of time, but he didn't get very far. The Green Lanterns stopped him before he could do any more lasting damage.

Had it not been for Krona's initial meddling with forbidden knowledge, millions of extra universes would never have existed at all.

Weakest: Condiment King (DC)

It's not clear how a stand-up comedian could sink so low that he resorted to sporting weaponized condiment guns to assist him in a life of crime. A joke even among 5th and 6th string super-villains, Condiment King had the audacity to take on Batman armed with nothing more than common kitchen condiments.

ittedly, a blast of horseradish to the eyes might actually incapacitate someone for a short time. Also, if one has a food allergy to mustard or the other condiments, it's possible that a condiment gun could be life-threatening. But we think Condiment King has delusions of grandeur. If big guys with real guns are no match for Batman, what good is a non-lethal mayo gun? Perhaps he is better suited for working a high capacity burger t as a mascot. They're used to clowns in that industry.