Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd you were all onboard the
hat train for part one you wanted a part 2. I’m Sasha and these are the top 10 superheroes
who deserve the hate they get part 2 juts like last time let’s address some caveats
this will predominantly deal with heroes who are hated in universe with a side of fans
hating on them too but to make the list you have to have gotten some in universe hate.
Credible in universe hate not like oh my god that one time Superman didn’t tip I hate
him. So get ready to defend your faves and also as always remember like who you like
and don’t like who you don’t let no list sway you just like last time I love some of
the people on this list or just love hating them. Let’s get started.
Number 10 - Gallahad – Insufferable. Insufferable is a digital comic from 2012 written by Mark
Waid that was meant to showcase the power of digital that a comic could be digital only
and flourish this did not happen and Insufferable slipped under the radar for many people. And
digital in general has plateaued however what was it about well it was about a father and
son dynamic duo team who had had a massive public falling out wherein their secret identities
were revealed. Galahad was fulfilling the boy wonder role on the team and used the super
identity reveal that he caused he used it to catapult himself to social media fame.
Galahad is big on the twitter he’s on forums he stays up late arguing with trolls he let’s
his dad do the legwork solving crimes shows up takes a selfie then claims he did all of
it on social media or at least that his dad is old and in the way. He sells merch and
gets sponsorship deals and as you can imagine eventually he gets a twitter mob turning against
him when he has a run of well bad press and just a bit of a stint as an ineffectual superhero.
Gallahad in a brat more concerned with branding himself than stopping crimes For those who
see through his façade and call him out he does deserve some of the hate he gets. Most
of it he’s low on the list cause he’s relatively harmless more lame than anything.
Number 9 – Cracker Jack we’re heading back to Astro City. Yes it’s all happening.
Cracker Jack first appears in Astro City #5 and is instantly set up as a hero that others
are annoyed with. Flamboyant and flashy he loves to swoop into a situation and take all
the credit even though sometimes he’s more of a hindrance than a help. The thing is the
public likes him he’s gregarious and charming but behind the scenes it’s said that and
I quote "He depends on luck, he is jealous of others, he does sloppy work, he steals
credit for the achievements of others" Harsh No one seems to know who cracker jack really
is his superhero identity takes up much of his persona and even his lover quarrel on
again off again is frequently annoyed with him. His arc culminates in him being career
endingly injured in the process of teaming up with one of astro cities enemies to attempt
to bolster his failing body as he was starting to age out of the hero business after being
active for over 20 years. Teaming up with an enemy for ones own selfish reasons didn’t
endear him to all the heroes though some understood. He’s still the same rake he always was though
and is working to recover from his injuries with the help of quarrel who he still hasn’t
told his name too. So yeah does he deserve the hate sorta kinda most of the time. Most
of the time lands you at number 9.
Number 8 – Damien Wayne – Controversial I know and can feel the keys how dare you
Damien wayne is the goat. Well here’s the thing Damien Wayne ranges a lot based on how
he’s written and in canon there are many who can’t stand him or have to put up with
him in a kind of oh Damien what a precocious child calling women trollops and whores belittling
his father for his own rape. Kidnapping Superboy even though they become friends. Taking his
father’s paranoia to a whole new level, and just generally being rude to everyone.
Damien is not as hated as he would be by the other heroes cause he is a child so he gets
a lot of leeway and the potential to grow out of it which he sometimes does until a
writer decides to take him back to base. Damien is constantly being forced to learn to get
along with others thanks to his upbringing with ra’s and talia and the league of assassins
to say he’s anti social would be an understatement though a lot of it does stem from a place
of insecurity. Here’s the thing Damien is constantly mean to those around him no matter
how much they help or go to the mat for him. They give him infinite chances though but
for those who give up and give in to hate it’s not that undeserved. Yes he’s 13
I’m aware. All I’m saying is those futures where he turns out evil I believe still I
hold out hope for good writers and nuanced portrayals it happens let’s just stay away
from the Damien who tells his father to
cover his drink…that’s disgusting.
Number 7 – Emma Frost – Now emma frost started off her comic career as a villain
first debuting in The Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980) she was the white queen of the hellfire
club. She eventually would end up joining and leading the x-men here’s the thing now
the x-men have a better track record at this than other teams but villains reformed or
otherwise can be a hard sell for everyone to trust she is also just as devious as her
other half can be her and cyclops were well matched. She lied about how he died in order
for mutants to declare war on the inhumans and well her methods don’t always line up
with the rest of the x-men she even reassumed control of the hellfire club in order to fix
mutant kind her own way but now it’s house of x or as some are arguing house of ten #houseofx.
We’ll see how things shake up. Emma is hated for the lies for the lack of trust and her
willingness to go back to her old ways, and use people to her own end. I love Emma but
hate deserved.
Number 6 – Omni Man – We’re heading over the Robert Kirkman’s indie mega comic
invincible for this number. Omni Man appears in the first issue of Invincible and is the
father of the lead Mark grayson. Omni Man is the sueprman amalgam of this universe the
hero. Coming from another planet heralding a mission of piece and prosperity he married
a human woman had a son is part of a league of heroes and seeks to keep the world safe
or so it seemed it turned out in a twist that occurred several issues in that Omni man had
not been sent to improve the earth but to conquer it. He bred with an earth woman to
create and heir and equal to help him in his conquest and when it is revealed he goes and
kills most of the earths top tier heroes. This obviously turns the planets population
and the remaining heroes against him, his son would go on to have quite a complex relationship
with him. So yeah turning on the planet you claimed you protecting hate deserved .
Number 5 – Professor X- Professor X has veered quite widely from the character he
was when he first debuted back in The X-Men #1 (September 1963) since then he has amassed
a whole host of questionable action it’s been revealed that he’s repressed memories,
hidden the sentience of the danger room, mind wiped people like erasing magneto and creating
onslaught through the activation of the dark portions of his mind, been part of secret
clandestine dealings. Over the years a lot of his students or allies have come to hate
him because of the lies and breaches in trust compounded by the image he presents of himself
as what can come across to some as holier than thou. Xavier now goes by X as he is Charles
mind living in Fantomex’s body following some shadow king shenanigans. Honestly these
betrayals cut deep and for those who do hate him it makes sense. No judgement here.
Number 4 – The Homelander – That’s right the boys. So this applies to comic homelander
and tv series homelander who both abuse their power quite a bit in different ways but heinous
ones. The homelander is an arrogant self centred false hero is manipulative and for those who
know who he really is the hate is deserved to find out your heroes are sexual predators,
murderers, cold calculating cynics more interested in making a profit than helping. Are untrained
and regularly cause deaths because of it yeah that’s reasons to hate and maybe form some
kind of clandestine team to keep an eye on them. Yeah the Homelander may be a bit more
sympathetic in the series a tiny bit just a smidge but he still deserves a lot of the
hate he gets.
Number 3 – Cyclops – So a lot of you were quite salty that cyclops wasn’t on part
one like it was a travesty. So cyclops what a journey. Now I like cyclops he is a jerk
though but that’s part of what makes him interesting to me at least. Cyclops was one
of the original members of the x-men and the defacto leader for a lot of points here’s
the thing Cyclops takes an antagonistic approach to leadership the person you set yourself
up against a lot of times rather than the person you are inspired by. This results in
him oft times being cold and not that empathetic add to that his rigidness and desire to please
authority figures he has a lot of traits people dislike in real life and it also comes across
in the comics. Then as it went on Cyclops oh boy he’s gotten pretty dictatorial and
sanctioned all kinds of things say clandestine x factor mission even though publicly he was
all oh no x factor I would never. He’s turned into a segregationalist is willing to separate
kids from parents and on the whole has just become someone you need to walk on eggshells
around. There’s a baseline of ugh cyclops from lots of people within the marvel universe
and as much as I like him it makes complete sense., But you need characters like that
it’s an interesting contrast you’re definitely not going to forget cyclops anytime soon.
The fictional world needs a jerk or two.
Number 2 – Batman, now I love Batman many people do but in universe he has his destractors
especially modern post identity crisis Batman which is when canonically you started to see
a real shift towards paranoid contingency plan Batman. There have been numerous plots
about Batman having a plan to take down his allies most notable tower of bable. Everyone
else on staff here says bable and now I live in a world of uncertainty. Batman is tracking
people friend and foe alike he will go out of his way to defend his enemies even the
joker and this has not endeared him to people. Such as the plot where Batman argued that
the joker shouldn’t be executed, how do you think commissioner gorden felt let’s
not even visit Jason on that he’s a t home flipping a table. Even nightwing hated him
for awhile after he fired him from being robin and replaced him very quickly after with Jason.
Guy hates him, one punch and all that. To some of his allies he’s an uptight paranoid
stick in the mud and they worry that one day he could snap which he also has a contingency
plan for. Batman is complicated but I’m a sucker for him what can I say give me all
the batdad. I’m basic it’s fine where’s my pumpkin spice. Don’t get triggered enough
of us love batman to make up for the people in canon who hate him.
Number 1 – The Plutonian – We’re going indie for number one We’re looking at irredeemable
an entire series dealing with the breakdown of his title hero. The plutonian is a dark
look at what could have been in superman had not had the temperament to be a hero coupled
with a series of unfortunate events happening to him. Such as revealing his secret identity
to his lady love only for her to reject him and spread it to the whole world destroying
his life and forcing him into even further isolation from humanity. The plutonian ends
up going on a killing spree destroying the worlds heroes, and innocents alike in fact
the title is a hint to the fact that he has become irredeemable. While they do a good
job exploring how this all happened for those who hate the plutonian it makes perfect sense.
He’s terrifying. Superhearing was part of this I warned
all of you about the super hearing.