We've talked about hated characters within the comic-verse and we've talked about character
hated outside of the comic-verse who were hated by fans and on this part 3, we're going
to talk about a little bit of both.
Looking at some of the worst things heroes have done as well as some of the characters
who are hated within their universe for the worst things they've done.
In other words, we're going to look at some bad things that some otherwise heroic people
have done.
So get ready for some hate and keep in mind that without hate there can be no love.
In other words, if you disagree and love some of these characters be sure to let us know
in the comments below?
Not going to lie, some of the characters I love even made the cut.
Sad face.
Let's see if you can guess who those are.
Alright, let's get counting.
10 Black Widow
Okay, so obviously I love Natasha.
But there are some pretty terrible things that she has done, especially the Ultimate
version of her.
And for that her character deserves some hate or maybe Mark Millar who created the Marvel
Ultimate universe deserves some hate, but regardless someone definitely does.
Natasha has been known to use her feminine wiles to get her way and manipulate people
only to betray them but she usually doing so for the greater good.
In the Ultimate series however we see her get close to Tony only to betray him and the
United States and when Tony is genuinely surprised by this--as I think we all kind of were--she
asks him what he expected, she is after all a Russian spy.
Wow.
I mean someone deserves the hate for the way her character is presented at least.
Seriously, Natasha, why tho?
She also kills Jarvis in this series.
Oh and her and Tony have a sex tape.
Oh, Ultimates.
9 Jason Todd
So in my mind all Robins have deserved some hate at some point.
They all have a bit of a brattiness to them that just makes you want to hate them.
Jason Todd included.
While he has now been redeemed in many fans eyes when he went off to do his own thing
as the Red Hood, he was previously disliked by fans.
He only originally died in the comics because so many called in to DC to vote him killed
after DC left a statement at the back of the comics, letting readers know his fate would
be left in their hands.
After he was resurrected he did the same thing a lot of Robin's have done that royally bothers
Batman, threatened to kill.
Granted his focus was to kill Gotham's criminals, but this still has never set well for Batman.
And he really hates when his Robins can't follow the Bat-family code of not killing.
Jason even tried to become the Bat in Bruce's absence and did such a dreadful job that the
Robin's had to fight him to take it back.
8 Midnighter
Midnighter is violent to a fault.
His abilities allow to see the outcome of situations which he could use to avoid violence
and resolve things as neatly and cleanly as possible, however while he uses his precognitive
abilities to win a fight, he actually immensely enjoys violence.
If you think I'm exaggerating, you should check out his Grindr profile in the comics.
Yikes.
His gratuitous violence is part of the reason why he deserves the hate, unless you are really
into that sort of thing and then maybe to you he just deserves more love.
The hero out of DC's Wildstorm Universe was also once married to his teammate, Apollo.
While we are sad to see gay couple's marriage dissolve, it seems fair given how much of
a jerk Midnighter is.
In the comics we even see a time where he walks out on Apollo after declaring he "already
knows how this fight is going to end."
Not even trying for a resolution.
Talk about undervaluing your relationship.
7 Captain Ultra
Captain Ultra may just have been lurking in the background but that doesn't mean he doesn't
deserve some hate too.
The only reason he is ranked so low on this list actually is because he is a background
character.
Other than the fact that he has amazing powers, everything else about him kind of makes the
reader and the characters want to hate him.
He is often presented as being cocky and arrogant as a hero.
His costume is pretty heinous.
Beyond that even other heroes in the comics tend to try and distance themselves from him.
They usually aren't perceived as liking him too much.
He initially lays claim to Hellcat when he meets her because he is attracted to her,
as though she were some object.
And he attacks the Avengers!
Sure, he's part of Wonder Man's Revengers at the time so it comes as no surprise.
But his reason for joining the team is because he was jealous of the Avenger team and held
a grudge against them after they denied him membership.
Basically Captain Ultra is an overpowered whiney baby.
6 Superior Spider Man
Some people have expressed that Spider Man gets hate from other Marvel heroes and that
he gets some audience hate for his love life.
While I would agree that this can be a bit of an issue for the webslinger, I don't think
any version of Spider-Man has ever seen or deserved as much hate as Superior Spider Man.
Some may want to argue that Doc Ock's version of Spider Man can't be seen as a hero due
to the fact that Doc Ock himself is so villainous.
But I would argue that Superior Spider-Man represents a merging of the two minds, and
that his goal was to be a better hero than Spider-Man himself.
Well that and avoid dying.
From trapping Peter Parker's consciousness in his dying body to the violent ways he decided
to dole out justice, Superior Spider-Man has received a lot of internal and external hate
for his behaviour.
Beyond that he pridefully boasted that he was the best Spider-Man but then could not
even stop the Green Goblin.
Also he deserves some hate for punching Black Cat and knocking out one of her teeth.
How dare!
5 Iron Man
While we may all love Tony Stark today due to Robert Downey Jr's portrayal of him in
the MCU--let's be honest, Robert Downey Jr is basically Iron Man--we also have to acknowledge
some of his history.
And it is some of his past choices that haven't always made him quite so loved by fans and
fellow Avengers teammates.
Let's go to one of my favourite events to lovingly hate, the Crossing.
In this event, Tony was the bad guy after we found that he was working for Kang the
entire time.
The Hail Hydra scenario before that was a thing.
Either way, equally awful.
His involvement in this story line was also kind of beyond bizarre.
What's worse is that this isn't the only time Tony has been presented as the bad guy, nope.
Let's not forget the events of Civil War, where he played Captain Marvel's role a la
Civil War 2, being the bad guy who sought to control and restrict all supers.
He was also quite villainous in the events of Superior Iron Man, which explored a reality
where evil Tony was able to shield himself from Scarlet Witch's spell to undo the weird
superhero-supervillain persona reversal she had caused.
He did a thing that any millennial would condemn him for, offered people a free app.
But the app wasn't really free it was just a trial period.
And after it became crazy popular--it was an app after all that allowed you to change
your appearance--and the trial period ended it charged people $99.99 a day to keep using
it.
Noooooo!
4 Captain America
You didn't think I was going to let Cap off that easy though, did you?
Just cause he was the good guy in Civil War when he went up against Tony, doesn't mean
that he's particularly any better when it comes to dastardly deed.
Capt has had his own fair share of hate tossed his way in the comics especially.
Outside of the comics he does occasionally get labelled as a safe or boring character.
And while I see that, I don't tend to fight it particularly problematic for him as the
things people hate him for seem so ingrained in his being.
Ignoring the whole, "Hail Hydra" event there are still plenty of deeds that have made other
heroes condemn Cap in the comics, let's take a look at some of them, shall we?
In the events of Civil War 2, he concocted a plot to kill Hulk to protect the earth from
a simple "potential" future.
In Civil War 1, he severely beat up Frank Castle, who refused to fight back, after the
Punisher killed two villains.
What makes that awful is that Frank refused to even take a swing at Cap and rather than
throw a few punches and call it quits, Cap beats him to a pulp.
And then within the wheelhouse of Hydra-related evil deeds, he also killed his bff, Bucky.
Noooooo!
3 Punisher
What's worse than killing a few X-Men?
How about killing all of the mutants, including the Brotherhood, with a nuke, while pitting
them against one another.
That's just straight up cold.
This happens in the one-shot, Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe.
That's right.
If you thought Deadpool was bad, Punisher was killing the Marvel Universe before it
was cool, in the mid 90s.
Beyond this Punisher has also been a character who has gotten a lot of hate as a result of
him being too violent.
He is often seen as a character that represents an obsession with violence and the belief
of an eye for an eye.
I won't lie.
I do feel bad for Frank Castle.
But what he stands for as a hero in light of the issues we face in the real-world modern
day, make him problematic and definitely deserving of at least some hate.
2 Superman
There are almost as many reasons to love Superman as they are to hate him.
One he suffers from the goody-two shoes syndrome as a character, similarly to Captain America--that
is to say he is kind of boring, good to fault, predictable.
Except for when he is not and is a complete jerk for no reason.
Don't believe me?
If you go back to the 50s and 70s in the comics, Superman really wasn't that great of a guy
at all.
Sure he saved the world but he also adopted Jimmy Olson only to criticize and torment
him.
Granted we later find out this was because Superman was trying to protect Jimmy because
he'd heard a prophecy that harm would come to his son.
But rather than tell Jimmy this, he is simply a jerk to Jimmy until Jimmy decides he no
longer wants to be Superman's son.
And sure, that was for a somewhat noble cause... but what about all the times he's tormented
Lois?
There's a time in the Super Man's Girlfriend, Lois Lane series where he actually breaks
up with Lois just to elicit and capture an emotional response from her so he can prove
to a film director that she could play herself in a movie about Superman's life.
Wow.
And let's not forget what the alternate storyline Superman: Red Son teaches us about Superman's
potential for evil and red facism.
1 Hank Pym
You asked for him on part one and part two and I heard your cries of injustice.
Many of you have brought up that he beat his wife, Janet.
Which is also hugely problematic and reason for fans to hate on him.
This happened in the original Avengers series and resulted in him being kicked out of the
Avengers and Janet deciding to divorce him.
As strange as it sounds this altercation actually seems like nothing when compared with what
the Ultimate version of Hank did to his wife.
After getting in an argument, the Wasp shrinks down to get away from him and he assaults
her with bug spray.
While she coughs up toxic fumes, he also sicks his ant army on her.
This fight in the Ultimate series was even worse and left Janet hospitalized.
And leaving Hank hated by both readers and his fictional teammates.
Thank you so much for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you enjoyed this list and learned some villainous things about some otherwise superheroes.
Do you think these heroes deserve the hate?
Who do you think deserves the most hate?
Let us know in the comments below.
And if you love to hate your favourite heroes be sure to also check out our part one and
two of this list and get your hate on.
I personally like everyone deserves a little hate every now and then.
It means they have a well-rounded character.
Like I said before, we can't have love without some hate.
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