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There are dozens of heroes in theDC Universewho stand against the vicious villains who endeavor to either rule or destruct the Earth . But sometimes , being a grinder lose its appeal .
When this happens , due to change ideologies , or mind ascendancy , or some other motivation , a submarine sandwich might start going down the itinerary of being a villain . The story might even be tell in an alternate universe where things just do n’t go their way . They could also but settle that the path to ultimate goodness simply requires a little bit of evil . disregardless of the reason , there is nothing like a story in which an iconic superhero finds themselves struggle against their former friends and allies , and these are just some ofthe good floor where DC heroes turned into villains .
10Green Arrow Betrayed The Justice League
Absolute Power#1 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora
Oliver Queen has always been stanchly on the side of justice , but lately , Green Arrow has been form closely with Amanda Waller , and it seems that Ollie might finally have switch over side . As Amanda Waller launches her approach on the superhero biotic community , Oliver has been at her side help her do it the entire time .
With Oliver ’s noesis , Waller has deal to in full take over the Hall of Justice , renamed to the Hall of Order . Not only this , but thanks to Ollie ’s cognition of the intimate workings of the Justice League , he was able to give her admittance to the Red Channel , a secure oftenness for Justice League communications . With this information , Waller was able-bodied to cover down and ambush members of the League . While it ’s improbable this is a true act to evil for Oliver , decent now at least , he ’s certainly not on the side of the heroes .
Connor Hawke , the Green Arrow of the nineties , turn back to action in Green Arrow # 13 , stark with a brand - young costume inspired by the 90s .
9Lex Luthor Honestly Tried To Be A Hero, Before Returning To Villainy
Justice League: No Justiceby Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, and Francis Manapul
Lex Luthor is primarily known as a villain , but hehastried to turn his reputation around several times . Currently , in comics , Lex swears he has turn over a new leaf and is a true and honorable sub . So far , his action have seemed to try out this , but that ’s not the first time he ’s render to be a grinder .
During theNew 52 , Lex was every bit the villain he always is , but after Superman dies , Lex is proceed and inspired to uphold Superman ’s values . This lead toLex becoming the unexampled bomber of Metropolis . It ’s a major import and Lex even finds his way into the Justice League Unfortunately , during the events ofNo Justice , it seems that the universe itself considers Lex a villain . Heartbroken by this Revelation of Saint John the Divine , Lex ends up returning to hisvillainous ways and unleashes the moody goddess Perpetua .
8Red Hood Is One Of The Most Famous Examples Of Hero Turned Villain
Batman: Under The Hoodby Judd Winick and Doug Mahnke
While some Robins might walk a dark path here and there , the only one who ’s crossed the line into outright villainy is Jason Todd . As Robin , Jason was Batman ’s valued sidekick , and he did everything he could to bring criminals to justice . After Jason was killed by the Joker , he hark back as something much dark-skinned and was distinctly no longer a hero .
Jason now act on a lethal variant of justness against both Batman and the criminals of Gotham City . This led Jason to try and kill Batman and the rest of the Bat - Familyseveraltimes , and before his rebirth as an anti - hero , and eventually a full - blow hoagie , Jason was steadfastly on the villain side of things , and was one of the Bat - Family ’s most grave opposition .
The owner of the greatest rogues ' gallery in comics , The Dark Knight has handle with a rough gang over the years . Here are the best Batman villains .
7Hawk Became One Of DC’s Most Powerful Villains
Armageddon 2001#1 by Archie Goodwin, Dennis O’Neil, and Dan Jurgens
Hawk is a paladin that not many DC fans are aware of . Despite his appearance in the live - actionTitansshow , he is n’t really used that much in comic strip these days . Originally , he was n’t even meant to rick into a baddie . DC had planned to bring out that the tyrant Monarch was none other than Captain Atom . But after buff aright venture this , DC decided to change this to Hawk , which did n’t really work , since Hawk had no reason or build up - up to be a villain , but now he was one .
Hawk would laterchange his name to Extant and team up with the evil Hal Jordan to try and rewrite time in his own mental image . While both Extant and Hal were finally defeated , this was still a messy example of a former zep occupy on a nefarious personal identity .
6Martian Manhunter Nearly Destroyed The World As Fernus
JLA#86 by Joe Kelly, Doug Mahnke, and Tom Nguyen
The Justice League is full of powerful heroes , butMartian Manhunter is the only one Superman is afraid to press , and for good reason . InJLA#86 , Martian Manhunter ’s evil potency is unleashed as Fernus . After Martian Manhunter manages to get the best his psychological fear of fire , he accidentally awakens the Burning Martian DNA inside of him . This causes Martian Manhunter ’s body to be taken over by the nefarious personality of Fernus . Fernus is brutal , sadistic , and seeks to only propagate decease and destruction so he can reproduce .
Not only does Fernus defeat the Justice Leagueseveral times , but he unleashes a volley of nuclear bombs on the Earth and even ends up destroying a major city in North Korea . While the story form it clear Fernus and Martian Manhunter are separate entity , Fernus was still created due to Martian Manhunter ’s activeness .
5Parallax Is The Most (In)Famous Example Of A Hero Becoming A VIllain
Green Lantern#50 by Ron Marz, Darryl Banks, and Romeo Tanghal
During theEmerald Twilightstoryline , after Coast City was kill , that Hal Jordan jump his pedigree into madness . Using the force of his annulus , Hal tried to reanimate Coast City , along with everyone in it . When the Green Lantern Corps tried to stop him , as this was a misdemeanor of the rule , he lead mad and slaughtered them .
Hal continued his massacre and even traveled all the direction to Oa where he bolt down the Guardians and Sinestro . This culminated in Hal Jordan adjudicate to rewrite sentence inZero Hour , but he was eventually stop by the Justice League . Hal would later return as the Spectre and attempt to make amends for his evilness , and his responsibility for all of this would later be retconned alone .
There are a lot of great stories featuring DC ’s numerous Green Lanterns . Discover 15 of the bang-up stories feature the Emerald Knight .
4Wonder Woman Nearly Destroyed The World Of Magic
Wonder Woman: The Witching Hour#1 by James Tynion IV, Jesus Merino, and Romulo Fajardo Jr
It ’s always a trouble when a poor boy go malevolent , but Wonder Woman has been a reproducible menace in that department . There has been a surprising identification number of timesWonder Woman has been taken over by an malign force , and the cock-a-hoop example is inWitching Hourstoryline , when Wonder Woman ’s body is taken over by Hecate . Hecate plans to control all magic on the major planet , and she does this by take over Wonder Woman ’s body .
This realise her an foe of the Justice League and Justice League Dark . She shew so powerful that they have to side with the terrific Upside - Down adult male just to beat her . While Wonder Woman was eventually freed of Hecate ’s dominance , this is n’t the first time Wonder Woman has been possess and turned malevolent , and it ’s unlikely it ’ll be the last time .
3Barry Allen Went Back In Time To Kill Himself
The Flash#30 by Van Jensen, Robert Venditti, Brett Booth, and Norm Rapmund.
When a role is capable of time travel , it ’s not unusual to turn tail into alternate future evil versions of oneself . This is exactly what befall to Barry Allen when he encountered a dark future version of himself . This future Barry began getting slower as he misplace his connector to the speed force play , and this result in him being unable to save more and more people . Eventually , after his rendering of Wally West was killed , he decided to use his speed to go back in time and fix everything he could .
This result in him brutally killing Gorilla Grodd , as well as changing the lives of the scalawag so that they ’d never become villain . Ultimately , he planned to give the younger version of himself to varnish the leak in the Speed Force , but was forestall due to the Wally West of the future doing it instead .
2The Batman Who Laughs Is The Darkest Knight
Dark Days: The Casting#1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
It ’s a very democratic thing to take Batman and just make him vicious , and the most popular interpretation of this idea is by farThe Batman Who Laughs . The Bruce Wayne of Earth -22 was just like the Batman of any other humankind . A heroic military personnel who tried to do the right-hand thing to spare people from the injury he feel as a child . This all commute when the Joker plunge one final sadistic attack on Gotham City , which culminated in Batman killing him .
This would also do Batman to become infected with a toxin that slowly begins rewriting his brain . Batman would take on the characteristics of the Joker and became one of the most brutal killers the Multiverse has ever seen . Unfortunately for this adaptation of Batman , there was no cure for what infected him , and he was ultimately pour down by Wonder Woman .
1Injustice Superman Is Everything Superman Wouldn’t Be
Injustice: Gods Among Us#1 by Tom Taylor, Axel Gimenez, Mike S. Miller, and Jheremy Raapack
Usually , Superman is the kind and greatest of any hero in the DC Universe , but that was n’t the cause in the twisted cosmos ofInjustice . In this world , the Joker manages to trick Superman into kill a pregnant Lois Lane , which also localize off a nuclear bomb in Metropolis , obliterating the metropolis . Having suddenly lost everything , this sends Superman down a glowering path . alternatively of being the shining beacon of hope that everyone cognize him as , Superman became a brute and cruel authoritarian who hold the world in his hand .
Under his command , Superman took over the world with an army of superheroes and villains , and staged a five - year warfare against Batman and his resistance . This is by far one of the darkest times a hero has turned into a villain , because it was n’t through mind control or ownership like so many others on this lean , but just tragedy .
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