History AdaptationalVillainy / Comicbooks

* IDW's ''Star Trek: Countdown To Darkness'', set in the [[AlternateTimeline Alternate Reality]] between ''Film/StarTrek2009'' and ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' features the new timeline's version of the original ''Enterprise's'' first captain in the prime reality, [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Robert_April Robert April]]. [[spoiler: He FaceHeelTurn[=s=] into a rogue AntiVillain, hijacking the new ''Enterprise'' in order to save an alien species from extinction.]]

** The first example is ComicBook/PeterCannonThunderbolt whom Ozymandias is based off. In the Charlton Comics and DC comics, Thunderbolt is a heroic vigilante and GeniusBruiser who despite having a mental break down and briefly retiring from superheroing still cares about saving and protecting innocent people. His ''Watchmen'' counterpart Ozymandias however is far from heroic, [[spoiler: being the LightIsNotGood HiddenVillain who in a WellIntentionedExtremist move has three billion people killed in New York to unite the worlds nations and create his own “utopia”.]]

* The ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' Udon comics, do this to Morrigan along with Lilith in ''ComicBook/StreetFighterVsDarkstalkers''. In the games Morrigan is an AntiHero who while being a [[HornyDevils Succubus]] has a soft spot for humans and hasn't killed one in her life, as further seen in the OVA and crossover games. Lilith (Morrigan's SplitAtBirth SoulJar) although she works for [[DarkMessiah Jedah]] is largely a UnwittingPawn, and is genuinely [[GenkiGirl sweet and bubbly]]. In the Udon comics, Morrigan is a malevolent monster, assaulting and soul sucking a handsome man who sheltered her while she pretended to be a grieving widow, has been killing humans since she got the means (a ring gifted by her father) to travel to the human world and later on kills one of Demitri's harem (who was a innocent woman) simply so she can disguise herself. In ''Street Fighter vs Darkstalkers'' Morrigan is against the World Warriors (until an EnemyMine against Jedah right at the end, and that was just because her world was in danger), tricks and kills two innocent explorers in Brazil, and tries to kill Chun-Li repeatedly. Lilith is even worse, as apart from having a body count of her own, she happily serves Jedah and cruelly delights in causing bloodshed and chaos, in the finale ''she even tries to murder AllLovingHero [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Elena!]]''

* The comic adaptaion of [[VideoGame/DinoCrisis]]has Gail, the SORT team leader, betray Regina and Rick and turns out to be working with Guerilla Fighters after the Third Energy and Dr. Kirk.

** Vampirella herself in more... non-legit... works, where she usually is an evil vampire rather than a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire. (Probably not a good example, as this more falls under CriticalResearchFailure or even Couldn't Care Less.)

*** Robotnik himself, while still maintaining some of his comical pathos from the games, is far more evil and void of redeeming aspects, gaining a similar dictator role as his ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground Underground]]'' counterpart, then he becomes even worse than his game incarnation by [[OmnicidalManiac trying to destroy Mobius outright]].

*** Chaos, who is depicted as a transformed and already villainous Drakon Prosecutor with no sympathetic backstory or clear motivation. In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', he is a mutated Chao who was previously peaceful, only turning violent when all of his Chao friends were massacred by the Knuckles Tribe, under the leadership of Chief Pachacamac. Tikal the Echidna, who Chaos tortures in the comic, was his friend in the game, and the two leave in peace after Chaos is calmed down.

*** Super Sonic is a psychopath - in the games, he was an alternate form of Sonic as opposed to a full-blown SplitPersonality ([[SuperpoweredEvilSide and a nasty one at that]]).

** Overlord in [[Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce Masterforce]] had him as a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, and honorable enough to turn on his evil boss and help the heroes. His appearance in the [[Franchise/TransformersClassics Classics community]] had him as a straight up villain, and Decepticon conqueror. All of them pale in comparison to his appearance in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'' (and later ''More Than Meets The Eye''), where he is the BigBad, and one of the most depraved Decepticons ever. He murders populations of creatures, pits Autobot prisoners against each other and his own troops for his amusement, and then executes all of them so they can't be rescued.

*** The Red Queen from ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' is a sadistic schoolmistress who grooms young girls and succumbs them to a life of drug-induced orgies and even encourages The White Queen to initiate her own daughter in her sordid activities.

** The third and most complex example is ComicBook/{{Peacemaker}} whom The Comedian is based off. Peacemaker is a violent AntiHero and KnightTemplar vigilante in the Charlton and DC comics, who in later continuity is perfectly willingly to kill innocent people to achieve peace or kill anyone who gets in his way. His ''Watchmen'' counterpart The Comedian, is somehow much worse as while Peacemaker took no satisfaction in his work and had few standards, Comedian is a AxCrazy BloodKnight who is also [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil a rapist]] who tries to sexually assault Silk Spectre I, kills a Vietnamese woman pregnant with his child and is implied to have assassinated [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]] (although he could’ve been joking [[note]] in the [[Film/{{Watchmen}} film]], it’s confirmed he did kill the President [[/note]]). Then again, The Comedian does have a breakdown [[spoiler: after learning Ozymandias’ plan]] in which he regrets his actions, unlike Peacemaker who unapologetically views all violence he commits as necessary.

** ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' has quite a few characters who are HeroOfAnotherStory presented in a decidedly darker light than in their original works, with SocietyMarchesOn, ValuesDissonance, and GenreDeconstruction strongly applied.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' Udon comics, do this to Morrigan along with Lilith in ''ComicBook/StreetFighterVsDarkstalkers''. In the games Morrigan is an AntiHero who while being a [[HornyDevils Succubus]] has a soft spot for humans, as further seen in the manga, OVA and crossover games and Lilith (Morrigan's SplitAtBirth SoulJar) although she works for [[DarkMessiah Jedah]] is largely a UnwittingPawn, is genuinely [[GenkiGirl sweet and bubbly]]. In the Udon comics, Morrigan is much more malevolent, assaulting and soul sucking a handsome man who sheltered her while she pretended to be a grieving widow and later on kills one of Demitri's harem (who was a innocent woman) simply so she can disguise herself. In ''Street Fighter vs Darkstalkers'' Morrigan is against the World Warriors (until an EnemyMine against Jedah right at the end), kills two innocent explorers in Brazil, and tries to kill Chun-Li repeatedly. Lilith is even worse, as apart from having a body count of her own, she happily serves Jedah and cruelly delights in causing bloodshed and chaos, in the finale ''she even tries to murder AllLovingHero [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Elena!]]''

* ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'': Zig-zagged with Clash. She outright tries to murder Jem (or at least seriously hurt her). In the cartoon she never did anything besides try and get her band embarrassed or make them fail. Even The Misfits don't want to discuss what Clash did. However, outside of that, she's not violent or any meaner than usual.

* ''ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse'':
** Cable and Manhunter are both heroes in their respective universes, but become the villainous mercenary Wired.
** Deathlok (a cyborg who, in every iteration, wishes to break free of his killing machine programming) and Jason Todd (the then-thought-dead Robin, whose Red Hood AntiVillain days wouldn't be for another nine years) are merged into a ruthless cyborg HYDRA agent.
** Mr. Freeze lacks the redeeming qualities he has in the comics, due to being merged with Nazi scientist Wolfgang von Strucker.
* ''ComicBook/BatmanDamned'', a sequel to the ''ComicBook/{{Joker}}'' comic, reveals the nastiest depiction of Bruce Wayne's family this side of the Telltale Games adaptation. Thomas Wayne is a shameless philanderer who picks up women in young Bruce's presence and threatens to divorce Martha when she confronts him on it. Martha, in response, hires a hitman to have Thomas assassinated so she can get the Wayne fortune before the divorce is finalized - the implication being that the hitman was Joe Chill. No wonder Batman is even more messed up here than his mainstream depiction.
* ''ComicBook/BatmanThrillkiller'':
** ComicBook/TwoFace in the mainstream continuity was ultimately a tragic figure who was constantly trying and failing to reform. His counterpart Duell is a DirtyCop racketeer who ends up becoming [[ComicBook/TheJoker Bianca Steeplechase]]'s first {{Dragon}} and has zero redeeming qualities.
** Killer Croc may be a violent criminal, but he's never been the bodyguard to a Nazi.
** [[spoiler:At the time of the comic's release, Harley Quinn was still a villain and Joker's gleeful sidekick in the mainstream continuity, but her tragic elements are omitted in this canon.]]
* PlayedWith in ''ComicBook/BillyBatsonAndTheMagicOfShazam:'' when Freddy first shows up, he blames Captain Marvel for his disability and originally gains superpowers as [[EvilCounterpart Black Adam]]'s sidekick. Of course, within a few issues he [[HeelRealization realizes that was a bad idea]] and defects for the Marvel Family.
* ''ComicBook/CatwomanGuardianOfGotham'': In a world where Catwoman and Batman have [[{{Elseworld}} switched places]], with the former becoming a vigilante superhero after her wealthy parents were killed, you'd think Batman would be a mere GentlemanThief who often flirts with the female protagonist... he's more of a deranged SerialKiller who murders the Joker in his first scene before offing the rest of Catwoman's RoguesGallery to prevent them from stealing his spotlight. He's also revealed to be the one to have killed Selina Kyle's parents ForTheEvulz. The whole DatingCatwoman angle is invoked when Bruce seduces and ''marries'' Selina, then murders her best friend before trying to kill her as well.

* In ''Franchise/TheFlash: Rebirth'', Professor Zoom is delighted to learn that one of the differences between the history of this Flash and the one he's familiar with is [[spoiler: that Barry's future children, Don and Dawn, become villains because he was never there for them. In the previous continuity, they were the heroic Tornado Twins.]]

* Batman and Red Hood are usually heroes. In ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', Bruce Wayne is ComicBook/LexLuthor's chief enforcer and Jason Todd leads a road gang
* A staple of [[Creator/DCComics DC Comics']] ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'' line, since the franchise is basically [[DarkerAndEdgier grimmer takes]] on old Creator/HannaBarbera properties. To wit:
** ''ComicBook/ScoobyApocalypse'': Just like in the movies, the traditionally heroic Scrappy is a [[TheNapoleon little bully]].
** ''ComicBook/WackyRaceland'': A good chunk of the cast is portrayed this way compared to ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''. For instance, Red Max in the original series was a [[FunnyForeigner bumbling, yet gentlemanly German pilot]]. In ''Raceland'', well...he's a [[AllGermansAreNazis Nazi]].
* ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'':
** Mantis in ''ComicBook/HeroesRebornTheAvengers'' retroactively counts as this, as while it was reflective of her status in ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'' as someone who decided to join Kang, that particular "Mantis" was revealed to be a Space Phantom and not the real Mantis in ''ComicBook/AvengersForever''.
** Downplayed with [[spoiler:Wyatt Wingfoot]] in ''ComicBook/HeroesRebornFantasticFour''. At first, he seems like TheMole for ComicBook/DoctorDoom, but [[spoiler:that "Wingfoot" was really the ''HR'' version of the Super-Skrull in disguise and the real Wyatt is still a good guy.]]
** ''ComicBook/HeroesRebornIronMan'' sees Jasper Sitwell as very underhanded, responsible for turning Doc Samson into the ''HR'' [[CompositeCharacter version of the Abomination]].
* ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'':
** ComicBook/ShangChi is the leader of a Chinatown street gang and seeks to rebuild his deceased father's criminal empire (in contrast to the mainline continuity, where he opposed his father's evil activities and thwarted them whenever possible). He eventually comes around, though, and acts as an ally to Luke Cage's Avengers.
** Thunderbird was already portrayed as a hothead in the mainstream ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, but this version of the character is a RabidCop and {{Fantastic Racis|m}}t who hates humans. He's willing to go to extremely shady lengths to take down ComicBook/LukeCage's Human Resistance Movement, including using PoliceBrutality, allying himself with a murderous gangster like ComicBook/TheKingpin, and even performing an outright purge of a human neighborhood. His actions eventually prove to be too much even for ''ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'', who has him placed on unpaid suspension.
* When the ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' comics decided to do its own version of Bruce's father (''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' has Banner's dad as a man named DW), Brian abused his family and killed his wife, unthinkable by DW Banner.

* In Threeboot ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes'', White Witch, Polar Boy and Chlorophyll Kid (as Plant Lad) are all members of the Wanderers, which is an antihero version of the Legion of Super-Villains, a bit like the Light Speed Vanguard in [[WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes the cartoon]]. In the original continuity, White Witch is a Legionnaire, and Polar Boy and Chlorophyll Kid are founders of the Legion of Substitute Heroes.
* Similar to [[spoiler:her]] Ultimate incarnation below, the ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' version of [[spoiler:Black Widow, turns out to be a reversal of her original counterpart, only in this case, she's a double agent for [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Count Otto von Doom]]]].
** There's also the ''1602'' version of [[ComicBook/TheHulk Bruce Banner]], who's presented as an EvilChancellor with UndyingLoyalty towards King James I and willingly assists in his goal of arresting Nick Fury and the "witchbreed" mutants for "treason." However, at the climax, he does [[spoiler:risk his life to save [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parquaugh]] in a similar fashion to the way he became the Hulk in the original comics by saving Rick Jones.]]
* ''Marvel Noir'' has some cases, most notably the ComicBook/XMen, who, in this timeline, aren't mutants, but sociopaths– and [[spoiler: Jean Grey killed Rogue]]. [[spoiler:Professor X himself]] is the BigBad of the sequel miniseries.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Noir'', the BigBad is [[spoiler: Rose, from Wolvie's mini ''Origin'']].
** In ''ComicBook/SpiderManNoir'', Curt Connors is a Nazi-sympathetic scientist and assistant to Doctor Octopus who remorselessly experiments on humans, very different from his mainstream comics counterpart, who is generally a good guy when he isn't having SuperpoweredEvilSide issues.
* The basic theme of ''ComicBook/MichaelCray'' is Cray hunting down the [[ComicBook/TheWildStorm Wild Storm]] universe counterparts of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague, who are all complete monsters. [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver Queen]] became obsessed with survival on the island and now [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunts people]] to see if they deserve to live; [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] is a paranoid lunatic with a SplitPersonality who uses his SuperSpeed to murder anyone working to develop ArtificialIntelligence; [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur Curry]] is a mutant fish monster and [[SerialNumbersFiledOff lawyer-friendly]] equivalent of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Dagon]]; ComicBook/JohnConstantine is a sociopathic dark wizard and even more of a prick than his mainstream equivalent; and [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Diana Prince]] is a CorruptCorporateExecutive and religious zealot planning to unleash the Old Gods on the world who gets her powers from [=LexCorp=] experimental super-steroids.
* In ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' comics, ComicBook/{{Loki}} is generally depicted as an evil god (though some individual writers have made him more of an AntiVillain), but in the original Norse mythology he's a much more ambiguous figure, usually taking the role of TheTrickster.
** He himself noticed this and killed himself in the ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}'' to change. His success is... ambiguous, but he managed to ''not'' go back to straight up villainy for years until 2016 where he joined a team of Asgardian villains.
* Baron Karza in the Marvel ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts}}'' comic books is the BigBad of the "Homeworld" sector of Microverse. The toy line gave little to no characterization of the various figures. In the toyline, he was described as the rival to Force Commander but he was also one of a number of assorted Magno figures of a similar theme. There were also other European release only characters such as Green Baron and King Atlas. All of these characters were lesser nobles under a figure named Red Falcon who was the right hand of an Emperor Megas. In the toyline, Karza seemed to be evil by default because of [[GoodColorsEvilColors color coding]] and because Karza bore a passing resemblance to [[DarthVaderClone another armored villain from]] ''[[Franchise/StarWars a then recent very popular]] [[Film/ANewHope space fantasy movie.]]'' But we don't know for sure if he was the worst of the worst, especially since Megas does an even better job at the [[DarthVaderClone passing resemblance]].
* ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'':
** In ''Thunderworld #1'', Magnificus Sivana is on his father's side with [[DaddysLittleVillain Junior and Georgia]], while traditionally he's [[MadDictatorsHandsomeSon a good guy]] and friend of the Marvel Family.
** In ''Pax Americana #1'', Sarge Steel, a hero in both Franchise/TheDCU and the Creator/CharltonComics universe, is the [[TheDragon bloodthirsty second in command]] of the [[EvilChancellor evil Vice President]].

* The ComicBook/{{New 52}} (as with the ''Wonder Woman'' examples below, many of these were reversed by ''ComicBook/DCRebirth''):
** [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Mr. Freeze]], who has been revised to be less of an AntiVillain. He's still out to cure his frozen wife Nora - but this is a lie. Nora was preserved long before Freeze was even born, he's just deluded himself into believing they're married as part of his obsession with cold. Of course, the antivillain version of Freeze [[CanonImmigrant in the first place was based off of his alternate portrayal]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. The original Freeze, from the Silver Age, lacked any such humanizing qualities, being an unrepentant villain who uses a cold theme.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'', [[spoiler: Vulko has undergone a FaceHeelTurn, due to bitter exile]].
** ComicBook/TheCreeper, formerly a [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]] to ComicBook/TheJoker as well as an alter ego of Jack Ryder, was brought back in ''ComicBook/{{Katana}}'' as an oni who seems to want to ''haunt'' Ryder.
** In the original ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comics, Francine Langstrom was the long-suffering wife of Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat, whose occasional bouts of being She-Bat were either against her will or out of a desire to keep her family together, and she generally had more control than Kirk did. The New 52 version [[spoiler: is an industrial spy who only married Kirk to steal the Man-Bat formula, and who based her own version of the serum on a ''vampire'' bat, making her much more vicious than Kirk is.]].
** In the New 52 ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', [[spoiler: Raven is a willing servant of her father, the demon Trigon, and is using the Titans as part of a thus-far undisclosed plan; Superboy is a living weapon who doesn't really "get" morality (and was later replaced by a full-blown murderous psychopath); Cassie/Wonder Girl is a thrill-seeking cat burglar; and Bart/Kid Flash is a former terrorist leader (albeit against a really horrible-seeming regime). Tim/Red Robin is a bit of a jerk as well.]]
** In the original ''ComicBook/NewGods'', the good gods of New Genesis were the creative free-will of chaos, and the evil gods of Apokolips were the stifling controlling forces of order. In the New 52 version (as seen in ''Infinity Man and the Forever People'' and ''ComicBook/GreenLantern: Godhead'') they ''both'' represent order and control, with Highfather as a WellIntentionedExtremist, who may be just as much a threat to humanity as Darkseid.
* The GreaterScopeVillain in ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'' is [[spoiler: Devil Dinosaur]]. Usually a heroic character, he's now an OmnicidalManiac in charge of a massive terrorist organization, killed and ''ate'' his partner [[spoiler: Moon Boy]] (who is also abusive here), and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he can also]] [[spoiler: [[SuddenlySpeaking speak]]]]. When the events of ''Nextwave'' became part of mainstream Marvel continuity, they were both naturally revealed to be evil clones. All PlayedForLaughs, of course.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Noob}}'', the comic version of Donteuil in regards to the webseries one. When that fact that [[spoiler:Fantöm's avatar was illegally enhanced]] gets revealed in the webseries, Judge Dead is the one who decides to blame the whole thing on its LockedOutOfTheLoop victim. A couple of webseries scenes give the impression that Donteuil has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone feeling towards the victim in question and it's via Donteuil that the audience eventually finds out that the victim's situation isn't as bad as it first looked. In the comic, Donteuil seems to be the one who decided to pull the "blame the victim" move, while the "situation not as bad as it first looked" reveal comes from a FictionalDocument that gets no mention in the webseries, provided by someone else than Donteuil.
* Many of the Marvel characters unambiguously on the side of good that were featured in ''ComicBook/{{Ruins}}'' who ''weren't'' [[DeathByAdaptation killed]] by the accidents that gave them their powers are portrayed in a far more sinister light, the most jarring examples including Professor X being [[PresidentEvil a corrupt President of the United States]] who imprisons and mutilates mutants rather than the benevolent leader of the X-Men and Captain America's ally Nomad being a Nazi sympathizer.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMen II'' picks up where the original left in regards to Peter finding out about ComicBook/MilesMorales's counterpart in the mainline universe--a friend and former ally of ComicBook/TheKingpin back before Fisk did his coup against Don Rigoletto.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderManLifeStory'' gives this treatment to ComicBook/IronMan. Tony’s moral awakening about about being an ArmsDealer is [[AdaptedOut removed]] and he happily continues being involved in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar and he later becomes a CorruptCorporateExecutive at odds with Spidey, similar to ComicBook/NormanOsborn. Particularly jarring given most other Marvel characters in the comic besides Tony have their personalities unaltered, if not [[AdaptationalNiceGuy improved]] in the case of [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Otto]] and Norman. [[spoiler: Although Tony does posthumously leave behind a satellite, that once activated will free world from ComicBook/DoctorDoom’s control.]]
** The ComicBook/{{Venom}} [[TheSymbiote Symbiote]] and ComicBook/KravenTheHunter. [[spoiler: While both far from heroic in the mainline comics, they combine to become a major villain for the finale of the comic as the Symboite bonds with Kraven for murderous revenge against Spidey, in the 616 universe the Symboite doesn’t actually want to kill Peter since it genuinely loves him]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Supergirl's father Zor-El was a decent, nice person and a good father in the original pre-Crisis continuity. Post-Crisis he was briefly portrayed as a paranoid lunatic defined by his jealousy of Jor-El, who turned Kara into a weapon, but that got retconned as a halucination. In the ''ComicBook/New52'' universe and ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'' he took part in the creation of world-killing biological weapons and became the villainous Cyborg Superman.
* Pre-Crisis ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics would see Morgan Edge as a ruthless businessman, but was overall a BenevolentBoss to his employees, though a clone impersonating him did have ties to Intergang and Darkseid. ComicBook/PostCrisis, Edge was a CorruptCorporateExecutive with genuine ties to Intergang.
* In ''ComicBook/SupermanFamilyAdventures,'' Lor-Zod was raised by his villainous parents and works with them. In pre-Flashpoint mainstream comics he gets adopted by Franchise/{{Superman}} and ''ComicBook/LoisLane'', renamed "Chris Kent" and becomes a superhero himself. ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' makes the ''SFA'' version canon so ComicBook/JonathanSamuelKent could have an EvilCounterpart.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Wonder Dog in ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' is a cute, Franchise/ScoobyDoo-like mascot. Wonder Dog in the DC comics is a hellhound belonging to Ares' son who disguised himself as a normal dog, ''killed'' Marvin, and paralyzed Wendy, carrying out his master's desires to target Wonder Girl. He ended up getting killed by the Teen Titans in the end.
** In his cameo in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Ultimatum" he's portrayed similarly as a beast.

* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel: Has [[AdaptationalVillainy/UltimateMarvel its own page]].

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** Played with in the case of the Greek gods and goddesses in the comic. A number of them started out as LighterAndSofter than they were in Myth/GreekMythology. However, ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}}, the God of War, is portrayed as so dangerous and TooPowerfulToLive that Wonder Woman has to actually ''kill'' him in [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 at least one adaptation]]. Ares in the Greek myths, although TheBerserker and ironically a bit of a DirtyCoward, [[HiddenHeartOfGold looked after his kids]] and was worshipped like the other gods. However, the more recent Wonder Woman stories have taken to portraying the pantheon as somewhere closer to what they were like in mythology.
** Since its change from [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Paradise Island]] to Themyscira the Amazon homeland has always had its share of misandrists and {{Straw Feminist}}s, but their attitude gradually descended over the years from an isolationist community serving as a refuge for women, to having a few bad apples, to having a legit excuse for hating and fearing men ([[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 being the spirits of women who were murdered by abusive spouses]]), to the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 New 52]], where they have truly become evil, [[ConceiveAndKill raping and murdering men in order to reproduce]] and engaging in child slave trading. [[http://www.geekscape.net/how-dc-comics-forced-one-lifelong-wonder-woman-fan-to-quit-buying-her-comic Most fans were furious.]] The New 52 explanation has been retconned away with ComicBook/DCRebirth by revealing that everything Diana knew of them was actually a lie.
** [[ComicBook/HerculesUnbound Heracles]] in the modern adaptation is portrayed as a villain who raped Hippolyta (instead of just seducing her). He becomes TheAtoner, however.
** Ironically, in the ComicBook/New52 Wonder Woman series, Ares (only referred to as "War") is one of the few Olympians who isn't somewhat villainous. The most villainous of the Olympians is Apollo, one of the most noble Olympian gods in the original mythology.
** Cottus, one of the Hekatonkheires, is a major enemy of Wonder Woman and a frighteningly powerful PersonOfMassDestruction. In mythology, he and his brothers allied with the Olympians against the Titans and he was their jailer in Tartarus.
** The New 52 version of Donna Troy was never ComicBook/WonderGirl and was created as a murderous misandrist to lead the Amazons in slaughtering their male offspring. This change was undone in ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/TitansRebirth'' where its revealed her mind was tampered with and her past as Wonder Girl did really occur.
** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' Dr. Leslie Anderson spoke out against her friend Veronica Cale's questionable opinions, and once she realized her friend was a villain left to tell Wonder Woman what she'd learned and ally with her. In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' Cale is given much more sympathetic motivations so Dr. Anderson never leaves her side and dies fighting Wondy.
** In ''ComicBook/{{The Legend of Wonder Woman|2016}}'' Antiope is SparedByTheAdaptation at the cost of becoming a villain instead of being the Amazon to lead those who could not accept the god's biased judgement of their actions in killing the men who drugged, raped and enslaved them and instead chose to remain mortal and abandon the gods like main DC counterpart.