The original Brain Wave was an evil psychiatrist as is Dr. Faustus. Doc Samson is a good psychiatrist. I don't know about Harley Quinn these days... Are there other headshrinkers in comics? Do the good outnumber the bad?
The original Brain Wave was an evil psychiatrist as is Dr. Faustus. Doc Samson is a good psychiatrist. I don't know about Harley Quinn these days... Are there other headshrinkers in comics? Do the good outnumber the bad?
Harley Quinn very much depend on the writer.
Original Wonder Woman had more than a bit of schooling in psychology, including reversing brainwashing.
What kind of education Doctor Psycho has is a bit unknown, but in the Golden Age he went to medical school.
«Speaking generally, it is because of the desire of the tragic poets for the marvellous that so varied and inconsistent an account of Medea has been given out» (Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History [4.56.1])
Hugo Strange, bad to the bone.
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Dr. Karla Sofen - evil incarnate. She got her powers by manipulating the original Moonstone into killing himself as a patient and stealing his power source.
Who has a rivalry with Doc Samson, her opposite.
Dr. Blink, superhero shrink, is more of a good guy.
"How does the Green Goblin have anything to do with Herpes?" - The Dying Detective
Hillary was right!
Does Scarecrow in Batman Begins count?
I did some Google-fu and found a pile of them.
Professor X has a PhD AND an MD in Psychology and Psychiatry.
Doctor Druid and Brother Voodoo both have degrees in the field.
On the DC side of things, Doctor Fate (Kent V Nelson, grandson of the original).
Psychology is one of Mr. Terrific's whopping 14 PhD's.
And although you'd never guess, Guy Gardner actually has a bachelor's in the subject.
And for villains, Marvel has both Ahab and Sauron, while DC has Doctor Faust and Zoom (he was a profiler).
Plus those already mentioned, and there are more outside the big two. Seems like it's a more common field of study than we first thought.
Dark does not mean deep.
These 3 are all credited as psychiatrists.
Hypnos, from Atlas Comics’ TIGER-MAN...:
Jack Serious. He appeared in SHE-HULK...:
Phillip Nolan Voight (Overshadow). He’s a Paranormal in Marvel’s New Universe, and became President...:
I don't know if this is appropriate, but a personal favorite would be...
Dr. Malcolm Long
One of EC's ill-fated "New Direction" titles:
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Good replies. He's not fictional, but I'm surprised old Doc Wertham wasn't brought up on the "bad" side...