Greetings nerdy list afficionados and welcome back to top 10 nerd today a fun one well not
for the people it happened to but fun to tell you about heroes getting arrested it’s not
all sunshine and roses being a vigilante operating outside the law sometimes the people won’t
stand for it.
I’m Sasha and these are the Top 10 Superheroes Who Got Arrested.
Get ready for the deets.
Number 10 - Captain America – Civil War – We’re talking about Civil War 1 here
the 2006 event that changed a lot of the status quo for a time with it’s battle of pro and
anti superhero registration it was a comic that revealed spider-man’s identity had
reed and iron man create an extra dimensional prison had cap think about just taking tony
out.
Launched the stony ship because of the damage it did to tony and steve’s friendship that
the fandom rushed to fix which transformed into something else, and also at the end of
it Captain America got arrested.
He was about to kill Tony as you do with your best friends when he was halted by not only
police but really by the devastation they were causing around them and decided it needed
to stop.
He would end up getting arrested for opposing the act and then would be assassinated on
the courthouse steps in the aftermath of civil war.
This well the death of cap led to some strong feelings nothing compared to hydra cap though.
Number 9 - Superman – Now when some think of Superman getting arrested they may think
of him turning himself over in Man Of Steel where we get the much memed on my planet it
means hope and then he breaks the handcuffs which is lowkey a threat but it’s fine.
But he also tended to get arrested in the silver and bronze ages as well in single adventures.
Such as in action comics #556 he got arrested for destroying vandal savages robots.
Vandal savage was from earth 2 but made his way over to earth 1 where for a time he pretended
to renounce his evil ways but really he was engineering a series of situations to degrade
superman’s public image.
So superman would show up and stop something but it wasn’t what it seemed so he came
across as a jerk and a bully.
He ultimately would be forced to drop a building when Savage messed with his super hearing
so the public demanded his arrest and he let himself be arrested.
This story is one that highlights Clark’s intelligence which I appreciate he takes down
Savage quite neatly without throwing a single punch.
Also this story features pre crisis Jason so he’s so happy and go lucky it’s disconcerting.
Number 8 - Jessica Cruz – In Green Lanterns 48 Jessica Cruz is arrested by the green lantern
corps of which she is a member on the grounds of assaulting other officers of the peace
and level an entire city block.
But it’s fine just say you were possessed all will be forgiven.
She mananges to escape her pursuer and flees to a friend only for Hal to come tracking
down since she’s a fugitive on the run from the law and Hal hates authority except when
he doesn’t his characterization is all over the place.
Green lanterns was a fun book it focused on Jessica cruz and simon baz and it was a more
b team us against the world doing our own thing cause for awhile at the beginning hal
and the corps were missing.
It was a great place for these two newer lanterns to shine.
Quality content.
Number 7 - Wonder Woman Arrested – She was arrested in wonder woman 260 and the cover
is great Impudent fools no prison can hold me.
The comic opened with her being arrested and walked past other prisoners and from there
the story unfolds she apparently went berserk in times square but it’s cause get ready
her bracelets were off and without their bracelets amazons literally go berserk yeah that canon
has died hard.
Plus she was handcuffed by a man so she couldn’t break free that has also died hard she was
framed though so she manages to break lose and restore her reputation this adventure
went on for more than one issue but also cause this comic has the most ads I’ve ever seen.
I need to buy gum cause the green lantern told me too.
Number 6 – Punisher – I mean is this really all that shocking the punisher goes hard and
kills a lot of people.
This happened in the series punisher max which is the punisher but it was lowkey renamed
by some fans after frank retired and then came back.
But then we have actual punisher max which was an actual issue 12 where frank goes to
prison and it’s gritty and brutal and caps get busted heads get stomped.
He gets arrested after a brutal fight with Bullseye and sent to a max security prison
cause punisher max and all the people there want him dead but he’s not trapped in there
with them they’re trapped in there with him.
Actually this arc was also very reflective he contemplated a life of peace without violence
at one point that’s always the go to for the really need to shake up the punisher story
he can either retire or go on vacation there’s a surprising amount of punisher goes on vacation
stories.
Number 5 – Cyclops – So this happened after avengers vs x-men.
This was a 2012 crossover event wherein these teams are pitted against each other by the
arrival of the phoenix force which the x-men believe needs to possess hope so that the
mutant race can be reborn while the avengers believe the phoenix is a dangerous force that
could destroy the earth.
So this would pit cyclops and cap against one another with Cyclops coming to view cap
as a bigoted government pawn.
Cyclops ends up being possessed by part of the phoenix force and actually kills Xavier
but the coming together of the phoenix force in hope and others does restore the mutant
population so afterwards when he is arrested he demands to know from beast whether the
population was restored and when he learns yes he makes the X symbol and feels completely
vindicated.
Number 4- Miles Morales Civil War 2 Electric Boogalloo So Miles was arrested by Carol Danvers
captain Marvel in the civil war redo that made carol tony and tony steve essentially.
It was all situated around the minority deport dilemma if we know a crime is going to happen
should we stop it.
Actually miles has been arrested more than once the first time he was also unmasked.
So he was arrested in civil war 2 cause there had been visions that he was going to try
to kill steve rogers what was being shown was his fight with steve who was hydra cap
who was always steve in this timeline never forget.
So this was a big catalyst in people picking sides as Miles was well a child and he hadn’t
done anything yet.
Plus it never even happened cause in the marvel universe the future is definitely not set
it’s been seen several times.
Number 3 – Prodigy – Here we’re talking about ritchie Gilmore who’s a jock who decides
he wants more out of life so when The Black Marvel gives him the prodigy costume he jumps
at the chance which gives him strength and flight but he needs coaching on his people
skills cause he’s a very withdrawn hero.
Prodigy would end up in Norman Osbornes good graces after the skrull invasion and he was
placed on Osbornes heavy hitter program but he quickly realized that he’d made a mistake
especially as there were criminals on this team so he stages a fight with some of the
other members that results in him getting arrested but the fight gets uploaded to youtube
which slants public opinion in his favour giving him a leg up he was held at prison
42 and Norman insisted he be well treated so everyone would forget about him cause well
there was nothing to talk about.
He was released after Norman was removed and then he was praised for resisting and became
a motivational speaker for awhile.
Number 2 - The Flash – Yes I get to use that hilarious cw still where grant gustin
just looks so done with abosultely everything.
The cw did a version of the trial of the flash only instead of killing the reverse flahs
he killed the thinker he’s placed under house arrest but manages to still be the flash
cause of course his allies rig it so he can leave, the original trial of the flash was
part of the flash is boring what do we do send help storylines.
Cause it was an interesting concept a hero having to stand trial.
Barry would end up in the future in the comics pre crisis living hapilly with Iris.
In both instances Barry was framed cause the flash wouldn’t kill except you know sometimes
he worries that he might especially if it’s the reverse flash who killed Iris and was
coming to kill his new fiancé.
Number 1 - Green Arrow Arrested – In DC Rebirth Oliver Queen found himself arrested
at the end of the rise of star city finale So this involved ollie turning himself In
cause ollie was well he was very much 70s ollie in that regard so like stopping couples
coming out of restaurants and when he heard them saying they had leftovers for their pets
making them give them to homeless people that ollie the one who’d full of guilt for being
rich he had been accused of crimes well murder so he dramatically turned himself in so we
can get a full issue of him being tormented by police and stoically going lawyer it’s
all very tv show lawyer and arrest so if that’s up your alley this is the arc for you.
This was all setting up an on the run arc where he had to go it alone with no supporting
cast for a little bit.
So those were 10 superheroes who got arrested who else has been arrested is this a plot
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