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today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 darkest superhero shows
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stop it vision help him for this list
we'll be looking at shows with twisted
unsettling or serious subject matter we
won't be including animated shows as
those deserve a list of their own but
batman the animated series would
definitely make the cut which superhero
show do you find the darkest let us know
in the comments
number 10
doom patrol
the strange world of dc's doom patrol
doesn't follow your typical superheroes
after the superhuman outcasts suffer
horrific accidents that leave them
physically and emotionally scarred the
only person to care for them is dr niles
calder aka the chief each member of the
eponymous team is tormented by their own
personal demons and painful memories
cliff and cyborg are haunted by the
deaths of loved ones while larry
struggles to be open about his sexuality
but you have no idea how hard it was
living this way
the lies
the fear
the threat of losing everything if
anyone so much has questioned my
sexuality some of the darkest moments
involved kay chalice's childhood trauma
and resulting dissociative identity
disorder sweet sweet baby kay
there you are
come
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i haven't finished my puzzle yet
finish it later jane axe the primary
personality among the 64 super-powered
altars that manifested to protect the
young girl beyond the bizarre characters
and wacky antics is a story about a
group of rejects and their tragic pasts
i've been admiring your friends niles
those freaks of yours for quite some
time don't you dare
to know
that wouldn't be any fun number nine
luke cage
after spending years in prison for a
crime he didn't commit carl lucas just
wants to keep a low profile
you don't have to think about all the
people you could help
you should be more ambitious
what if my ambition
is a sweep hair but the rampant crime
and corruption in his home of harlem new
york makes it hard for him to keep his
head down his indestructible skin and
super strength come in handy when he
goes up against the likes of arms dealer
cornell cottonmouth stokes and
councilwoman mariah stokes dillard you
want a job
i can find something more suitable for a
man your size
better paying too
you ever carried a gun going by the name
luke cage the neighborhood hero tries to
protect his community while dealing with
systemic racism injustice and his own
past i was framed
beaten
and put in some tank like an exotic fish
came out with
abilities number eight
legion
noah hawley's legion remains one of the
most daring visually striking superhero
series to grace our screens when he was
an infant david howler son of professor
charles xavier was infected with a
parasite in his mind he was diagnosed
with schizophrenia unaware that he was a
powerful telepathic mutant it's not real
it's my
brain that's the old narrative son
the schizophrenic delusions you're not
schizophrenic
your powers the things you see are real
like david viewers don't know when
something's real or a hallucination
listen to me
david
throughout his lifetime of mental
turmoil and abandonment issues david
developed a substance use disorder
leading to a moment where he attempts to
take his own life
legion is a fun trippy ride with layered
captivating characters but it also
explores love mental illness and the
blurry line between heroes and villains
you know the most dangerous thing about
schizophrenia you're not the most
dangerous thing is believing
you don't have it number 7
moon night steven grant is an egyptology
obsessed museum gift shopist living a
humble life in london often disoriented
with perpetual dark circles under his
tired eyes he believes he has a sleep
disorder his life gets more and more
chaotic until he is confronted by mark
spector another identity inside him who
also happens to be an avatar for konshu
egyptian god of the moon rise and live
again
as my fist of vengeance
as my own
night
growing up he spent years being severely
mistreated by his mother who blamed him
for the accidental death of his little
brother the trauma caused mark to
disassociate and create the identity of
stephen moon knight has moments of humor
and fantasy but it also tells a complex
story with elements of psychological
horror
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number six
jessica jones
hardened private investigator jessica
jones runs her own detective agency in
hell's kitchen the former superhero
suffers from ptsd after years spent with
the sinister kilgrave who uses his
powers of mind control to get whatever
and whomever he desires i never know if
someone is doing what they want or what
i tell them to oh poor you you have no
idea while his backstory makes him a
touch sympathetic at times his constant
gaslighting and unwillingness to admit
his wrongdoing solidify him as one of
the most deplorable marvel villains you
violated every cell in my body and every
thought in my goddamn head not what i
was trying it doesn't matter what you
were trying to do jessica comes off as
apathetic but behind the sarcasm and
hard drinking she's a good person just
trying to survive in a world that's
beating her down helping a few people
along the way she may not want to be an
avenger but her dedication to saving
humanity is still heroic maybe it's
enough
that the world thinks i'm a hero
maybe if i work long and hard
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maybe i can fool myself number five
titans
the gritty realism of titans can at
times feel forced like the instantly
memeable cringey line from the first
episode
this dick grayson isn't the optimist we
know from the comics or animated series
he left bruce and gotham behind to be a
detective in detroit but gets sucked
back into the superhero world when a
troubled girl needs his help rachel roth
aka raven doesn't learn about her
demonic parentage until she's a teenager
and eventually has to face off with her
father trigon i know how to look after
myself
i always have
you know what they say
genetics is destiny we witness several
on-screen deaths often at the hands of
ruthless villains like deathstroke
violent grounded and all-around bleak
titans delves into the harrowing
emotional effects of life as a young
superhero you took another kid who was
lost and angry and alone
and convinced him that he'd be
invincible if he put on a mask
no more robins bruce number 4. daredevil
during the day matt murdock is a lawyer
fighting against the injustices in new
york city's hell's kitchen but at night
he becomes the vigilante superhero
daredevil i'm not seeking penance for
what i've done father
i'm asking forgiveness
for what i'm about to do blinded as a
kid matt developed heightened senses
that allow him to become an expert
fighter when the legal system fails the
people of hell's kitchen daredevil takes
it upon himself to make things right but
after i lost my sight after my abilities
developed
i realized how many sirens there
actually were
how much this city suffered every single
night and that means breaking some bones
and spilling some blood along the way
but he's not the only one with a
penchant for violence wilson fisk aka
kingpin is a widely feared crime boss
that no one would dare cross you got a
name
what's a biscuit
never heard of him because he doesn't
want you to that's what makes him
dangerous leaving the shadows no one
knowing who he is a flashback to a young
fisk murdering his father gives us
insight into the man he is now
number three the punisher after
appearing as an antagonist in netflix's
daredevil frank castle moved on to his
own show the former marine turned
merciless vigilante lives a life of
solitude this skull
that's a memento mori
it's latin for remember you will die as
one of the darkest marvel characters
frank's approach to crime fighting stems
from the unbearable loss of his family
his justifiable rage sends him on a
quest for vengeance but he later finds
himself in the middle of a larger
conspiracy to uncover i'm gonna wait
here on these [ __ ]
when they come i'll make him tell me
where sarah is
after that i'm going to kill them all no
cape no superpowers just a regular
person in extreme circumstances using
lethal methods if you're going to look
at yourself
really look in the mirror you gotta
hey you gotta admit who you are
but not just to yourself you gotta
yeah everybody else number two
the boys
the boys is known for its graphic
violence and satire but that humor
clearly comes from a dark place the
series begins with the horrifying death
of huey campbell's girlfriend robin
caused by an unhinged soup my deepest
condolences to robin ward's family
i was chasing these bank robbers
she just stepped in the middle of the
street all members of the seven are
pretty terrible in their own ways except
for their latest recruit starlight who
is assaulted by the deep on her first
day many of the characters have been
dehumanized in some way especially the
soups they weren't born with powers but
made by vaught using compound v what are
you talking about
we're born like this
i'm so sorry some are addicted to their
strength and power like the psychopathic
homelander while others hate the
consequences of their abilities
but to vaught they're just lucrative
weapons lat american has entered into a
partnership with the us government in a
global war against communism payback
will embed themselves and fight
alongside the cultural rebels
think of it as a trial run before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
gotham explores the origin stories of
the dark knight's most disturbing
villains jonathan crane is no more call
me by my true name
two teenagers connect through their
powers of darkness and light stop
running
who are you
the umbrella academy a dysfunctional
superhero family bonded by childhood
trauma we were just strangers living
under the same roof
destined to be alone
starved for attention
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damaged by our upbringings hellstrom
demons satanists and serial killers
he didn't finish the verse
john chapter 10 verse 10
it ends with ego vineyard vitamin d
peacemaker a hero with a violent
upbringing killing in the name of peace
but you
it was just a blob of flesh i felt
nothing for
well dad maybe i'm a grower before we
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number one
watchman while its source material was
already dark damon lindelof managed to
go even darker in the hbo series set in
tulsa oklahoma in 2019 it sees a white
supremacist group declare war on the
tulsa police department we are the
seventh cavalry
we are no one we are everyone we are
invisible
and we will never compromise years
before on the fateful white night the
group killed police officers who
protected minorities receiving
reparations for racial injustice
since then officers wear masks to
conceal their identities including
detective angela abar whose costume
persona is sister knight people who wear
masks are driven by trauma they're
obsessed with justice because of some
injustice they suffered usually when
they were kids ergo the mask the series
opens on the 1921 tulsa race massacre a
true american tragedy often left out of
history classes unlike alan moore's
graphic novel the series isn't focused
on morally reprehensible superheroes but
rather racism and extremism and it is
extremely difficult to be a white man in
america right now
so i'm thinking
i might try being a blue one
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