Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

A single prestige-format issue from 2013, Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics is a DC Comics one-shot that serves as a companion piece to the documentary of the same name. Written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner with art by Rags Morales, the issue explores the psychology and motivations of DC's greatest villains, offering a thoughtful, in-universe perspective on why these characters are as essential to the mythology as the heroes they oppose.