When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a qualifying affiliate commission.Ĭomic Book Herald’s reading orders and guides are also made possible by reader support on Patreon, and generous reader donations.Īny size contribution will help keep CBH alive and full of new comics guides and content. Jean Grey had become Phoenix shortly after Claremont took over Uncanny X-Men, but the story of Jean being filled with cosmic Phoenix power and then pushed into villainy by the Hellfire Club reached a point of no return when the Dark Phoenix consumed a star, destroying a planet with billions of lives.Ĭomic Book Herald is reader-supported. Probably the most influential modern example of a hero turning evil is Jean Grey’s villainous turn in Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s Dark Phoenix Saga. We’ll also skip alternate universes or we’ll be here all day. Let’s take a look at a long history of when superheroes go bad in comic books, character by character in chronological order.įor the sake of time, we’re not going to include villainous superhero replacements (sorry Azrael and John Walker) or when superheroes get mind controlled and turn evil for like 1 issue. But what are the long and short term effects of turning a well-loved hero evil? And what does it take to bring heroes, and legions of angry readers, back? It’s also a great way of grabbing readers’ attention and raking in the cash.
From sudden tragic twists to long falls from grace, heroes becoming villains is a storied tradition. Superheroes turning bad is a staple of comic books.
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