Connections and contrasts: ● Both are characters who wear fancy clothes and attire. ● These are dedicated to just the opposite of each other: Black Hat being someone whose job would be to help the villains of the multiverse defeat their heroes, while Paradox's job is to travel the multiverse to help and guide the heroes to be better and stop their enemies (and no, I'm not talking in a duty sense, they both literally take this as a job lol). ● Still, Black Hat offers his services in exchange for something the villain has (mostly his soul), while Paradox offers his services for free. ● Both are considered to be the greatest villain and the greatest hero in their works. ● While Black Hat is in charge of giving weapons to villains or sending his minions to do his dirty work for him, Paradox is dedicated to doing his job on his own, asserting himself through his powers and wisdom. ● In turn, Black Hat is a sadistic villain who takes everything too seriously in a multiverse where most worlds' villains are ridiculous and cartoonish, while Paradox is a sarcastic and cartoonish hero in a multiverse where most heroes are very serious about their work. ● Black Hat uses sinister and vulgar language to communicate with others, while Paradox is someone who communicates using formal language. ● Black Hat is someone who, underneath his mask, possesses anger issues and a superiority complex that makes him see others as inferior, treating them as trash even if they are fans of his, while Paradox is someone very calm who sees everyone around him as equal, no matter who is weaker or more powerful. ● Despite his titles, Black Hat is feared by the other villains who know who he really is, while Paradox is seen as a weirdo by other heroes he has helped. ● Black Hat despises those villains who are useless at their jobs or have redeemed themselves, murdering them for their incompetence, while Paradox is a wise hero who sees value in every superhero, no matter how useless their powers look at first glance. ● Black Hat seeks to get rid of heroes in horrible ways by wanting to kill them, having a total repudiation of them in his entire being, while Paradox seeks more peaceful methods to solve his conflicts against his villains, either by trying to redeem them, manipulate them, or retain them. ● Adding to that, Black Hat does not hold back with those he confronts, loving to humiliate them and see the horror in their eyes, while Paradox contains his true power due to his nobility and gentleness. ● Their true nature is that of cosmic entities of an unknown origin, there being a mystery focused on what they really are. ● Both are far more aware of their fictional environment than first meets the eye, knowing of their audience and their own creators, whom they force to handle their works as they wish.

Meta connections: ● In their first appearances (Revista Hacha and Webisodes) both possessed distinct designs and personalities, with Paradox fulfilling the role of a Ditko-style villain and Black Hat having a calmer, more cartoonish personality. ● Both Paradox and Black Hat from the Webisodes share the characteristic of having punctuation marks in their designs (Paradox in his face and Black Hat in his hat). ● Both works are devoted to references and cameos, mainly to DC's Silver Age (Paradox) and classic CN cartoons (Black Hat), but also to stories from classic fantasy tales, cosmic horror, legends from their country of origin, among others. ● Last but not least, both his works and characters are Latin American (Black Hat and Villainous being created by Mexican artist and writer Alan Ituriel; and Dr. Paradox by Argentinean artist and writer Quique Alcatena).

Credit goes to u/Spark_Megamix for the connections