Okay, I'm borrowing this idea from a CBR story, but I thought it was interesting.
How many examples are there of a DC character who was a hero in the beginning but turned into a villain - and for the most part, stayed that way?
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Thread: DC Heroes who became Villains
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04-01-2020, 05:48 AM #1Extraordinary Member
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DC Heroes who became Villains
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04-01-2020, 06:29 AM #2The Spirits of Vengeance
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Definitely Harvey Dent (A.K.A. Two-Face):
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04-01-2020, 06:31 AM #3Astonishing Member
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I don't think he started off a hero. He was evil by the end of his first issue. It's villain origin story, not a character created as a hero switching sides.
Originally Posted by K7P5V
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04-01-2020, 06:44 AM #4Extraordinary Member
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Sasha Bordeaux?
Jean Loring?
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04-01-2020, 06:49 AM #5Astonishing Member
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Jean's not a bad choice, but she was typically more supporting character than hero, IMO. Don't know Sasha enough to comment. Originally Posted by Restingvoice
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04-01-2020, 06:51 AM #6Extraordinary Member
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Oh duh! Superboy Prime and Alexander Luthor!
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04-01-2020, 06:53 AM #7Astonishing Member
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Good call on those. Originally Posted by Restingvoice
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04-01-2020, 06:55 AM #8Extraordinary Member
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Jason Todd. He's more of an anti-hero now but he's clearly not a Robin-level hero like he was at first.
Superboy Prime was originally a hero. He's been purely villainous ever since IC.
Hal didn't stay evil but his turn is a rare example I will always find fascinating.
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04-01-2020, 07:56 AM #9Fantastic Member
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Lady Shiva and Bronze Tiger were Richard Dragon supporting characters before they became villains.
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04-01-2020, 08:20 AM #10Incredible Member
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monarch - former hero turned supervillain
maxwell lord - rich business man with a minor power gets turned into a megalomania mastermind
Triumph - was at the beginning for the formation of the justice league , got timelost and forgotten , by the time he returned , world has pass him by and he eventually turned bad guy
maxima - former supervillain turned jla member turned bad again
brainwave jr - son of a supervillain , former infinity inc member turned evil but good again - not sure
jericho - son of deathstroke , eventually his soul got corrupted and deathstroke had to put him down
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04-01-2020, 08:23 AM #11Astonishing Member
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Thinking of how that character has been ruined makes me so sad. I mean, the original possession and death sucked, but after they brought him back it was worse.jericho - son of deathstroke , eventually his soul got corrupted and deathstroke had to put him down
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04-01-2020, 11:50 AM #12Extraordinary Member
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Element Lad in Legion Lost
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04-01-2020, 01:20 PM #13Mighty Member
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Before COIE, Sargon the Sorcerer was a good guy who turned bad then...good?
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04-01-2020, 03:15 PM #14Incredible Member
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Risk/Cody Driscoll from the 1996 Teen Titans series.
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04-01-2020, 04:13 PM #15BANNED
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I can't believe no one mentioned the Superboy Prime yet.
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