#10 - Hal Jordan - So Hal Jordan was a villain for awhile after he went off the deep end
post the destruction of coast city during the death of superman event.
It drove him insane he tried to recreate it with his ring.
He grew out some reed richards hair streaks.
He killed the green lantern corps snapped sinestro’s neck took up the name parallax
then ultimately redeemed himself in zero hour by diving into the sun to save the world.
Ok then he was resurrected as the host for the spectre the spirit of vengeance and eventually
was just brought back to life.
Here’s the thing it was then retconned that all that parallax stuff evil fear entity pushed
him over the edge not his fault well still sorta kinda but if you bring it up you’re
the jerk, who do you think you are Batman.
Hal is low cause he works well as a hero but he’s also a compelling villain it doesn’t
have to go full corps murder far again but for example in injustice when he joined sinestros
corp that was pretty compelling stuff.
You can do a lot with hal that doesn’t involve bringing him back to base we already did the
villain hal arc it was good so can we do it again.
#9 - Silver Surfer - In the late 1960s the Silver Surfer was viewed as more of a hero
than a villain at least in terms of the Marvel comic books.
He would go on to become a herald for Galactus but it was only so that he could save his
home world of Zenn-La.
Sure that was a pretty heroic act, but following this he also assisted Galactus in not just
finding but consuming dozens of populated planets.
In the movie Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer the heroes confront the arrival of
the Silver Surfer and rightfully view him as a threat.
In our opinion this is a much better usage of the Galactus Herald.
The Silver Surfer makes for a much better villain than a hero just by the way we saw
him easily handle the Human Torch in that movie.
How much better would it have been if the Silver Surfer never rebelled against Galactus
but instead became evil from his own motivations.
#8 - Jason Todd - Jason Todd has had quite the journey towards his path of anti heroism
which began with his resurrection in Batman Under The Hood this was his official resurrection
there was another but it was changed because fans guessed the twist.
Jason Todd was the second robin killed unceremoniously via telephone vote in 1988.
Upon his return he was a villainous character full on villain for a bit though he thought
he was an anti hero.
He was pretending to be nightwing for a bt but this was because nightwing was supposed
to die Then Jason was a tentacle monster for a bit anyways the point is since rebirth and
the new 52 really he’s been in an anti heroish black sheepy position in a place that many
former robin’s who aren’t nightwing end up that being ok so what do we do now.
Jason becoming one of bruce’s villains may be a great way to encapsulate the level of
his failure the kinda strained relationship can be viewed as a bit of a retread.
Some even feel he should die again while others are like how dare you.
Like most on this list it’s a mileage varies thing.
Still could be interesting to go there again post rebirth now’s the time!
#7 - Harley Quinn - First appearing in the Batman Animated series episode titled Jokers
Favor, Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel was simply viewed as overly devoted to the Joker regardless
of his psychotic nature.
In the comic books when learning about Harley's origins we found out that she was a psychiatrist
at Arkham Asylum who fell in love with the Joker.
This confused a lot of people as to which side this character resides.
Is she actually a good person who just got in with the wrong crowd or is she truly a
villain.
We say a little bit of both actually.
Some may still hold her as secretly being a superhero, but we all know that the day
Harley Quinn met the Joker changed her forever.
She went from a timid psychiatrist to being one of the key players in the Jokers team
of psychos.
Add the fact that she even carries an oversized hammer as a weapon and you'll agree that Harley
is much better as a villain.
#6 - Reed Richards - I know I hear you lay off Reed you say but hear me out recently
at the time of this recording Reed had to fight an evil version of himself called The
Maker and he is actually the Fantastic Four from the ultimate verse earth 1610 So Ultimate
reed’s mind is as flexible as his body that’s a quote and that includes his morality.
There’s nothing holding the Maker back and when Reed encounters him it’s like looking
into a dark mirror that coupled with losing his family has catapulted mainverse reed into
nice guy reed.
However the marvel universe has flirted with a dark reed for years his own son was afraid
he was going to go psychotic and kill them all for awhile.
He infected the Fantastic Four on purpose, he joined the illuminati, he joined a council
of alternate versions of himself many of which were evil and wielding infinity gauntlets.
You could make Reed a really cool behind the scenes villain who has for years been manipulating
everyone behind the scenes he could really do some damage and well his family would be
oblivious they always are.
Listen don’t take jerk reed away from me I need him.
J - #5 - Terra - This is another one of those supposed heroes that walk a thin line between
good and evil many times.
Most fans of Terra will jump to say that she was portrayed as a tragic heroine in the animated
Teen Titans series and fans will even show sympathy for her.
However lets be honest, shes betrayed the Teen Titans and her mentor is Deathstroke.
Her character if you look closely is actually a hero-loathing sociopath that displays little
remorse.
Just because she was portrayed as a tragic villain in the series doesnt mean that she
would be better as a superhero.
Once a villain, always a villain.
#4 - Cyclops - Insert your jerk cyclops jokes here.
Cyclops he’s made some decisions they’ll just take Cyclops places narratively that
get real intense.
Cyclops is one of the original mutants from x-men number 1 from 1963.
He is one of the notable leaders of the x-men and renowned for his abrasive leadership style
which often causes him to clash with his fellow x-men particularly wolverine.
As the years went on he got into some dubious territory sanctioning and sending off x-force.
Encouraging mutant segragationism although there were few of them left and Tony was sketch
at the time but still.
Cyclops has gone to great lengths to jumpstart the mutant population after Scarlet Witch’s
whole no more mutants.
He killed professor X he has been dubbed by some as the mutant Hitler but all the while
he has stood by what he has done.
Transitioning Scott into being a villain would be interesting and some feel that is exactly
what has happened as he’d be one of those chilling ones who believes that everything
they are doing is for the greater good.
I like Cyclops but maybe it’s time for him to acknowledge and embrace his dark side permanently.
#3 - Kaine Parker - Also known as the Scarlet Spider, Kaine is the first of five clones
created by Jackal in his attempt to manufacture the perfect version of Peter Parker.
Currently Kaine Parker is the only remaining clone to have taken up the mantle of the Scarlet
Spider.
There's a couple events that went down early on after Kaine had survived the degeneration
process that Miles had put him into and if you didnt see him as a hero you'd say wow
this guy is pure evil.
First of all Kaine developed the ability to leave what would be called the Mark of Kaine
which was an acidic touch that would burn a specific marking on his victims faces.
Plus after becoming romantically involved with detective Louise Kennedy in Salt Lake
City, Kaine killed her once he discovered she was working for criminals.
That's some pretty anti-hero stuff right there and in our opinion those few early actions
in his life as the Scarlet Spider make him a much better villain than a superhero.
#2 - Namor - So Namor first debuted in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly (April 1939) and has
long been operating in an anti hero sometimes villain capacity for decades now and well
he’s more efficient as a villain he just has a huge kill count and the arrogance to
match it.
He’s often in that is he with us or against us mode and anyone who joined the illuminatti
must be eyed askance.
They were a secret team that was trying to preemptively deal with threats it got pretty
ugly.
One of the reasons that Namor may make a better permanent villain is that everything is already
set up for him to be one.
He has his own kingdom, his own army his squabbles with Black Panther.
He’s quasi friends with Doom he’s out to steal Reed’s girl come on sue storm queen
of atlantis it’s happened before it can happen again.
Now admittedly you do need neutral parties out there to keep you on your toes wondering
just can you count on them or no.
But at the same time there are some epic battles to be had with a full time villain Namor and
I mean of it goes too far we can always have Hyperion decapitate him again.
#1 - The Punisher - For starters the original concept of the Punisher was for him to be
a villain called the Assassin.
He was rightfully classified as an anti-hero which means that just because he does heroic
acts doesn't necessarily mean they are moral by any stretch of the imagination.
If you've watched the Punisher on Netflix you know by now that he is very gratuitous
when it comes to killing people for his own personal mission.
This is at a base level the motivations for most super villains and a look into the idea
that he would actually be a better villain.
In fact the Punisher has taken on the role of the villain in the past.
The Punisher is no doubt a good superhero, but if he were to suddenly do away with any
moral consciousness that he has left, Frank could for sure be superior as a villain.
And that has been the Top 10 Superheroes Who Would Make Better Villains.
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