History EvilCounterpart / Comicbooks

** Todd Ingram has a similarly structured name to Scott, and much like him is the bass player of a three-member band (though Todd is [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter more competent overall]] and is part of a band that recently rose to fame, unlike Scott's struggling local band). Todd is currently dating Scott's first ex-girlfriend Envy Adams, and used to date Scott's current girlfriend Ramona Flowers (in fact, Envy dated Todd specifically because he looked like a taller, muscular version of Scott); and he's eventually revealed to have been two-timing Envy with their band's drummer, similar to how Scott two-timed his last ex-girlfriend Knives with Ramona for a while after he began dating the latter. The parallels end there, as in terms of personality, Todd is absolutely nothing like Scott, being a perpetual {{Jerkass}} who wants to get away with whatever morally questionable or reprehensible acts he does (justifying it with his reputation as a "rockstar"), and a serial cheater who gets into romantic relationships for the sake of it (unlike Scott's genuine care, even if he also cheated at least once).

** Todd Ingram has a similarly structured name to Scott, and much like him is the bass player of a three-member band (though Todd is [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter more competent overall]] and is part of a band that recently rose to fame, unlike Scott's struggling local band). Todd is currently dating Scott's first ex-girlfriend Envy Adams, and used to date Scott's current girlfriend Ramona Flowers (in fact, Envy dated Todd specifically because he looked like a taller, muscular version of Scott); and he's eventually revealed to have been two-timing Envy with their band's drummer, similar to how Scott two-timed his last ex-girlfriend Knives with Ramona for a while after he began dating the latter. The parallels end there, as in terms of personality Todd is absolutely nothing like Scott.

* Nancy Thompson has become Freddy Krueger's GoodCounterpart in ''Comicbook/NightmaresOnElmStreet'', as she has developed [[DreamWeaver dream powers]] of her own that she uses to help people. Unfortunately, she hasn't fully accustomed to the dream world and lacks the years of experience that Freddy has.

* In a way, Gideon Graves to ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''. They're initially shown to be pretty opposite, as Gideon is a successful multi-millionaire mogul who's viewed as a winner, while Scott is seen as a lovable loser. Both also have large combat experience, with Scott being the best fighter in the province and Gideon [[spoiler:inventing the Glow for military purposes]]. However, they're much the same on a personal level. Both live in their own heads and seem to be unaware of their misdeeds (although in Scott's defense, he never explicitly denied doing anything wrong nor does he blame anyone for what happened. There's also the fact that Gideon [[spoiler:ended up tampering with his memories]]), weren't the best boyfriends, and made some bad decisions that led them to screw over people who cared about them (yet Scott's was the result of cluelessness, lack of thinking and a bit of circumstance, while Gideon is implied to be wholly responsible). Whereas Scott is willing to change all of these things to become a better person, Gideon does not. Ultimately, Gideon is much worse than Scott, and Scott's realization that they are alike in ways allows him to unlock the Power of Understanding during their fight in the series' final volume.

** Also Other evil hellspawns that oppose Spawn and The Scorched. Necrop Cop (Born from Spawn's cape),Raven Spawn,Omega Spawn,Kincaid,Morana,Sinn/Cogliostro,Plague Spawn,Mandarin Spawn,and Nightmare Spawn.

** Also Other evil hellspawns that oppose Spawn and The Scorched. Necrop Cop (Born from Spawn's cape),Raven Spawn,Omega Spawn,Kincaid,Morana,Sinn/Cogliostro,and Nightmare Spawn.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' Gargamel is the evil counterpart of his twin brother Gourmelin.
** He is also an evil counterpart to Papa Smurf. One wizard who uses magic to help people, the other uses it for evil deeds.

* In ''ComicBook/ElvisShrugged'', Creator/AndrewLloydWebber is TheDragon to [[BigBad Col. Tom Parker]] and is this trope to Music/StephenSondheim, who serves as a [[TheLancer Lancer]] to Music/ElvisPresley.

* The ''ComicBook/SonictheHedgehog(Archie Comics)'' has Scourge the hedgehog, he shares similar traits to Sonic but ths traits are twisted and amplified. Scourge has an ego like Sonic but lacks humility or modesty. He also lacks compassion and conscience and is petty and cruel. Unlike Sonic, who has a sense of duty with his fun-loving personality, Scourge only cares for his own amusement.

* The ''ComicBook/SonictheHedgehog(Archie Comics)has Scourge the hedgehog, he shares similar traits to Sonic but ths traits are twisted and amplified. Scourge has an ego like Sonic but lacks humility or modesty. He also lacks compassion and conscience and is petty and cruel. Unlike Sonic, who has a sense of duty with his fun loving personality, Scourge only cares for his own amusement.

* The ''ComicBook/SonictheHedgehog(ArchieComics)has Scourge the hedgehog, he shares similar traits to Sonic but ths traits are twisted and amplified. Scourge has an ego like Sonic but lacks humility or modesty. He also lacks compassion and conscience and is petty and cruel. Unlike Sonic, who has a sense of duty with his fun loving personality, Scourge only cares for his own amusement.

* In a way, Gideon Graves to ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''. They're initially shown to be pretty opposite, as Gideon is a successful multi-millionaire mogul who's viewed as a winner, while Scott is seen as a lovable loser. Both also have large combat experience, with Scott being the best fighter in the province and Gideon [[spoiler:inventing the Glow for military purposes]]. However, they're much the same on a personal level. Both live in their own heads and seem to be unaware of their misdeeds (although in Scott's defense, he never explicitly denied doing anything wrong nor does he blame anyone for what happened. There is also the fact that Gideon [[spoiler:ended up tampering with his memories]]), weren't the best boyfriends, and made some bad decisions that led them to screw over people who cared about them (yet Scott's was the result of cluelessness, lack of thinking and a bit of circumstance, while Gideon is implied to be wholly responsible). Whereas Scott is willing to change all of these things to become a better person, Gideon does not. Ultimately, Gideon is much worse than Scott, and Scott's realization that they are alike in ways allows him to unlock the Power of Understanding during their fight in the series' final volume.

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A list of {{Evil Counterpart}}s in ComicBooks.

** Judge Dredd has numerous ones of these but Judge Death is the image for the main page for a reason. Dredd cares about the law to an absurdist self-punishing degree while Judge Death twists it into something that exists purely to justify his own murderous instincts. In a very real way, Death exposes the hypocrisy inherent to Dredd's sworn service to a flawed system while Dredd continually beats down Death's own self-styled inevitability.

* In a way, Gideon Graves to ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''. They're initially shown to be pretty opposite, as Gideon is a successful multi-millionaire mogul who's viewed as a winner, while Scott is seen as a lovable loser. Both have large combat experience, with Scott being the best fighter in the province and Gideon [[spoiler:inventing the Glow for military purposes]]. However, they're much the same on a personal level. Both live in their own heads and seem to be unaware of their misdeeds (although in Scott's defense, he never explicitly denied doing anything wrong nor does he blame anyone for what happened. There is also the fact that Gideon [[spoiler:ended up tampering with his memories]]), weren't the best boyfriends, and made some bad decisions that led them to screw over people who cared about them (yet Scott's was the result of cluelessness, lack of thinking and a bit of circumstance, while Gideon is implied to be wholly responsible). Whereas Scott is willing to change all of these things to become a better person, Gideon does not. Ultimately, Gideon is much worse than Scott, and Scott's realization that they are alike in ways allows him to unlock the Power of Understanding during their fight in the series' final volume.

* Raven Red in the ''Comicbook/JetDream'' feature. Like Jet, she's also a top-notch aviatrix with an all-girl team.

* ''Comicbook/RedSonja'' meets her EvilCounterpart, Crimson Katherine, in ''Giant-Size Red Sonja'' #2.

* In a way, Gideon Graves to ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''. They're initially pretty opposite, as Gideon is a successful multi-millionaire mogul who's viewed as a winner, while Scott is seen as a lovable loser. Both have large combat experience, with Scott being the best fighter in the province and Gideon [[spoiler:inventing the Glow for military purposes]]. However, Gideon serves as a malevolent counterpart to Scott. Both seem to be unaware of their misdeeds,(although in Scott's defense, he never explicitly denied doing anything wrong nor does he blame anyone for what happened. There is also the fact that Gideon [[spoiler:ended up tampering with his memories]].) Both were also not the best boyfriends and made some bad decisions (yet Scott's was the result of cluelessness, lack of thinking and a bit of circumstance while Gideoon is implied to be wholly responsible). Ultimately, Gideon is much worse than Scott and Scott's realizing they are alike in ways allows him to unlock the Power of Understanding.

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** Flintheart Glomgold, of the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse (and later ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'') is an evil counterpart to Scrooge [=McDuck=] -- every bit as ambitious as Scrooge, almost as wealthy, but with none of Scrooge's redeeming factors, such as his honesty and sense of fair play. ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' even increased the similarities by making Flintheart Scottish, the same nationality as Scrooge -- though this was because he was originally South African in the comics, and they wanted to avoid unfortunate connections.

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* ''ComicBook/AnyasGhost'': [[spoiler: Emily when her true colors are revealed is the evil counterpart to Anya. After spending time with Anya, she turns out to possess exaggerated versions of all of Anya's negative traits: Emily is obsessive over boys (but unlike Anya, murderously so), sees existing girlfriends of 'mark' boys as competition and not individuals (but unlike Anya, she is inclined to murder them), lies and manipulates (but not just about her last name, she lies about her entire past). The mirroring is even physical: she dons Anya's hairdo and starts smoking "ghost cigarettes", presumably a mimicking of Anya's bad habit]].

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* In a way, Gideon Graves to ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''. They're initially pretty opposite, as Gideon is a successful multi-millionaire mogul who's viewed as a winner, while Scott is seen as a lovable loser. Both have large combat experience, with Scott being the best fighter in the province and Gideon [[spoiler:inventing the Glow for military purposes]]. However, Gideon serves as a malevolent counterpart to Scott. Both seem to be unaware of their misdeeds,(although in Scott's defense, he never explicitly denied doing anything wrong nor does he blame anyone for what happened. There is also the fact that Gideon [[spoiler:ended up tampering with his memories]].) Both were also not the best boyfriends and made some bad decisions (yet Scott's was the result of cluelessness, lack of thinking and a bit of cicumstance while Gideoon is implied to be wholly responsible). Ultimately, Gideon is much worse than Scott and Scott's realizing they are alike in ways allows him to unlock the Power of Understanding.

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* Axis Amerika was this to the ComicBook/AllStarSquadron, ironically modeled after the Golden Age/Earth-2 heroes (namely, Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Speedy) who vanished after the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', with the only exception being Kamikaze, who simply was Imperial Japan's replacement for Tsunami. They soon meet their match with the Young All-Stars, who filled the shoes of the erased All-Stars. Before that, there was Der Zyklon, who was a Nazi super-speedster counterpart of the Flash and Johnny Quick.
* ''Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}'' has had several evil counterparts. The most obvious is the Ocean Master, his own brother. Others include Charybdis, EvilTwin Thanatos, the Thirst and Black Manta (who's also evil counterpart [[ArchNemesisDad to his son]]).
* Franchise/{{Batman}}'s gallery is [[ThematicRoguesGallery built on]] the EvilCounterpart concept, mainly because writers acknowledge that what Bruce does isn't exactly sane and love to point out how easily it could have gone another way:
** The criminal Killer Moth originally patterned himself as an Evil Counterpart to Franchise/{{Batman}}... but quickly sank to a third-string position in the RoguesGallery. As we said, the Counterpart is sometimes a BigBad, but not always. It was probably a bad idea to name himself after something bats eat.
** The Wrath was a pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} villain who was even more of a Batman counterpart, down to duplicating much of his origin (his parents being killed in a shootout by Commissioner Gordon in his days as a rookie beat cop). Not only did he not become a BigBad, he was essentially a one-shot opponent.
*** He reappeared in ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' animated series, which also gave him a younger brother, Scorn, to act as EvilCounterpart to ComicBook/{{Robin}}.
*** And similarly, ''Batman Confidential'' introduces a new Wrath, the original's [[LegacyCharacter protégé]], as ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'s foe. He proved to have more staying power than his predecessor and later stepped up to Batman himself as the BigBad of ''Detective Comics'' for a time.
** Yet another Batman counterpart came in the pages of ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]]'', with Prometheus; [[FreudianExcuse he was the child of gangsters who had been gunned down by the cops when he was a boy]], and his great physical fighting abilities were the result, not of training, but of [[PowersAsPrograms "recording" other people's abilities electronically]] and loading them into his brain with a cybernetic helmet. Oddly, though, he ''isn't'' a particularly Batman-focused villain, usually meeting up with the hero only as part of an attempt to take down the whole JLA.
*** And both Prometheus ''and'' the Wrath are at large once again. Yes, they're practically the same person except for Prometheus' focus on technological gadgetry.
** While ComicBook/TheJoker has always been this to Batman, The Joker himself has pointed out they are both the results of something traumatic and life shattering ([[MultipleChoicePast maybe]]), in ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', [[spoiler:this time he is figuratively borrowing pages from Batman's book, like turning off the lights to get the drop on a group of his enemies, and finding out the Batfamily's secrets so he can hit his enemies where it hurts!]]
*** The Joker briefly had his own sidekick named Gaggy, who like Robin, was a former circus acrobat. He never caught on, but returned decades later as an enemy of ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and the ComicBook/GothamCitySirens.
** ComicBook/{{Bane}} was created as something of an EvilCounterpart to Batman, having trained his mind and body while in prison (serving part of his late father's term). The big difference is Bane's use of the chemical Venom to give himself SuperStrength. Bane could also be considered an evil counterpart to Franchise/DocSavage, particularly with regard to his original aides.
** ComicBook/TwoFace also mirrors Batman in his dual nature - Batman's identities are secret and united in their goals while Two-Face's are obvious and opposed. Harvey Dent started out with the exact same goal as Bruce, making him an example of what Batman could become if he loses his self-control, and was a close friend and confidant of either Bruce or Batman in most continuities.
** While Bruce Wayne had caring, loving parents, Tommy Elliot's were both cut from the RichBitch cloth (and his father was an abusive alcoholic). To keep himself from harm and create a better life for himself, he arranged a car accident that [[SelfMadeOrphan killed his father]] and left his mother an overbearing cripple. Tommy hated that Bruce's dad saved his mom and that Bruce eventually got the life Tommy wanted for himself. Upon being told by the Riddler that Bruce was Batman, Tommy became Hush, an archetype of Batman who is a criminal mastermind.
** The AxCrazy Black Mask. Like Bruce, he was the son of wealthy parents who died due to unnatural causes. The difference is that Black Mask happened to kill his own parents and run his company into the ground with his own incompetence, before becoming a masked and increasingly violent crime lord. He even met Bruce as a child. He's as much of an Anti-Bruce Wayne as an Anti-Batman.
** ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} is still another example. The son of a wealthy Gotham family, a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob by day and a BadassNormal by night. The primary differences in his life from Bruce's are that [[spoiler:he attempted to stop the tragedy as it happened, but his AbusiveParents survived while Deadshot accidentally killed his beloved brother. Already TheUnfavorite with both parents, Deadshot initially took to vigilantism and crime out of boredom, before graduating to both BloodKnight and DeathSeeker. Batman, in contrast, began his career out of a compulsion to serve justice and later developed a stronger desire to ensure that EverybodyLives.]]
** Batzarro. Yes, that's right. He is a Bizarro-Batman.
** ''ComicBook/BatmanRebirth'' takes this trope about as far as it can go: the final villain of the entire run is [[spoiler:Thomas Wayne, the Batman of the [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Flashpoint Timeline.]]]] He's seen that Bruce started out becoming Batman as an extended suicide attempt after the death of his parents, and wants him to stop, even if he has to rip down his entire life and take over Gotham to do it.
** It's hard to find a villain who isn't an evil counterpart of some facet of Batman:
*** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarecrow_(DC_Comics) The Scarecrow]] uses fear just as much as Batman does.
*** ComicBook/TheRiddler uses his intellect more effectively than physical strength.
*** [[https://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Hugo_Strange_(New_Earth) Hugo Strange]] mirrors Batman's intellectual pursuits as well as his obsession into diving psychologically into the minds of his foes. Ironically Batman and Strange are both affected mentally by their careers.
*** [[ComicBook/RasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul]] is a misguided WellIntentionedExtremist with a lifelong war on crime[[note]]Well, at least that perpetrated by ''others''; saying he's "anti-crime" is sort of like saying that [[Film/TheGodfather Don Corleone]] was[[/note]].
*** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Freeze Mr. Freeze]] is motivated into his actions by the person he loves most in the world.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catman_(comics) Catman]] was going to be one of these for about 5 minutes, specializing in cat-based gear like catarangs or a catamaran. Later he became an (even more) EvilCounterpart to Catwoman (see below), before returning to an antiheroic version of Batman who specializes in tracking instead of detective work.
** [[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd]] was the [[LegacyCharacter second Robin]], until ComicBookDeath turned him into the [[LegacyCharacter (new) Red Hood]], a vigilante who kills villains left and right and EvilCounterpart to both Batman and Nightwing (before, during, and after Nightwing briefly [[LegacyCharacter beca]][[RunningGag me Batman himself]]) - until [[ComicBook/New52 the reboot]] made him less villainous.
** Dr. Hurt is Thomas, and to a lesser extent, Bruce Wayne's evil counterpart, using his wealth and influence for evil.
** Ben Turner, like Batman, watched some petty criminals murder his parents. Unlike young Bruce Wayne, Turner killed both criminals on the scene. Also unlike Wayne, Turner was poor and black, and now orphaned and considered dangerous. As a ward of the state, he bounced around the foster system until recruited by Ra's al-Ghul's Brotherhood of Assassins, who trained him to be the Bronze Tiger. Turner is canonically Batman's superior in hand-to-hand combat, but has also since reformed and is on respectful terms with his former foe.
** James Gordon Jr. was described by Scott Snyder as the exact opposite of everything his father stood for.
*** Arguably Gordon Jr also plays EvilCounterpart to Dick Grayson (Batman’s first adoptive son and protégée) and of course his sister Barbra Gordon.
** [[ComicBook/{{Azrael}} Jean-Paul Valley's]] take on Batman, especially when he reaches the pinnacle of his SanitySlippage, is easily this - a Batman who wears flashy armor, armed to the teeth with deadly weaponry and finally ready to spill blood.
** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} can be seen as yet another evil counterpart to Batman. Like Bruce Wayne, Helena Bertinelli was the scion of a wealthy and prominent old-Gotham family who, when she was a young child, watched her family gunned down in front of her. She then spent the next several years training in combat and studying crime in order to fight back. Then, as a young adult, she was startled when a bat came crashing through the window. This inspired her to become a masked vigilante to take revenge on the criminal underworld. The key difference is that Huntress has no qualms about killing or torturing criminals; indeed, her goal is to kill them. Unlike most of the examples on this list, she is generally portrayed more as a very dark antihero (enough to make Batman look like TheCape) than as a villain, although [[AdaptationalVillainy making her a villain]] for ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' required very little change to her character. Certainly she has been a regular antagonist for Batman, almost killing him once, although she has regularly teamed-up with other members of the Bat-family. Huntress had her own evil counterpart in Tabby Brennan; see below.
** Since the Post-Crisis reluanch, ComicBook/LexLuthor has frequently been this to Batman. Both characters are some of the richest, most influential men in the DC Universe and are gifted with extradoinary scientific genius, but while Bruce uses his resources to make the world as much of a better place as he can, Lex uses his for his own selfish gain. Both are orphans, but while Bruce's were killed in a tragedy, Lex [[SelfMadeOrphan disposed of his]] similar to Hush. Both have close ties to Superman, with Batman being one of his closest allies, while Lex is one of his worst enemies, and the contrasts between the two are often highlighted in Superman and Batman team up stories, where Lex is often one of the main villains. Some major Batman storylines, such as "ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand" and "ComicBook/BruceWayneFugitive", even make Lex one of the major players because of this.
* ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} has a couple:
** Alice, who is [[spoiler:literally her twin sister.]]
** Knife, an assassin who, like Batwoman, is highly skilled physically but grew up in poverty while Kate is from a wealthy family.
* Death Mayhew, commander of the Nazi flying group the White Lions (and a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Creator/ErrolFlynn), was this to Comicbook/{{Blackhawk}}.
* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' has the Black Beetle, in terms of his name and PoweredArmor; beyond that we're not too sure, since [[MultipleChoicePast he keeps changing his backstory]]. Eventually he claims to be an evil version of Jaime from the future, but at that point Jaime has stopped caring who he claims to be.
** In his ComicBook/{{New 52}} series, Blue Beetle has Blood Beetle, who is [[spoiler: Jaime's friend Paco]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy controlled by a scarab fragment]] in his chest.
* The 2nd Supernova is an EvilCounterpart of ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'', who invented the Supernova identity. While Booster works with Rip Hunter, Time Master, to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, Supernova is working with time-travel based villains like Per Degaton to set things wrong in the first place. Supernova also has an EvilCounterpart of Booster's RobotBuddy, Skeets, and at the end of his first appearance is revealed to be [[LukeIAmYourFather Booster's father]].
** Another member of the Time Stealers is Black Beetle, listed above.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' has the Ghost, a.k.a. Alec Rois, a.k.a. the Faceless One. Both men died and returned with quantum-powers, but whereas Captain Atom returned as a living being, Rois came back as, well, a ghost. Their powers cancel each other out, and Cap is a hero while the Faceless One is a villain. Both are manipulated by [[MagnificentBastard Wade Eiling]], despite being excellent strategists and intriguers themselves.
** There is also Major Force, a criminal named Clifford Zmeck who was given powers similar to Nathaniel Adam's in exchange for being pardoned for his crimes.
* The ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' series tried giving Selina an EvilCounterpart a couple of times. One was She-Cat (another cat-based thief, but a less skilled and less ethical one, who eventually turned out to know Selina from when they were in the same orphanage) and another was Hellhound (a male chauvinist who'd been trained by the same OldMaster, and been TheUnfavorite). Neither of them caught on.
* In the ''{{ComicBook/Fables}}'' universe, [[Literature/LandOfOz Dorothy Gale]] is this to Fabletown's Cinderella. They're both female, attractive, and work black ops...but [[spoiler: Dorothy works freelance, purely for money, while Cindy considers herself a Fabletown patriot.]] They are blood enemies.
* All four [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]]es have fought a "reverse flash" of some sort or another.
** Jay Garrick had the Rival a.k.a. Edward Clariss, an old college professor who discovered his power source and committed crimes dressed like the Flash.
** Barry Allen fought Professor Zoom/Reverse-Flash a.k.a ComicBook/EobardThawne, a stalker who wanted to destroy everything Flash loved.
** Wally West's counterpart is Zoom a.k.a ComicBook/HunterZolomon, a former profiler who is convinced that superheroes are only effective if they lose people they care about.
** Interestingly, Thawne could also be considered his evil counterpart. Both characters hailed Barry as their idol and dedicated themselves to honoring Barry's heroic ways, which is something even Eobard points out in "The Return of Barry Allen", calling Wally "sorta like a brother". "Running Scared" (a Rebirth-era story) takes it to a new level, depicting Thawne's costume as being inspired by the similar colour scheme of the various Kid Flashes. His hair colour changed from strawberry-blonde to complete redhead just like Wally's too. On top of it all what makes Eobard snap? Seeing Wally take his desired place in Barry's life when he sees Barry telling him the very same thing he told Eobard when they met in the 25th century. Eobard Thawne is basically what would happen if Wally's dedication to the Flash took an extremely dark turn. This comparison is now explicitly stated by Hunter Zolomon at the beginning of "Flash War". He becomes friends with Thawne partly due to similarities.
-->'''Hunter''': I would never tell Eobard this, but he has so much in common with Wally West.
** Bart Allen had Inertia a.k.a Thaddeus Thawne, an evil clone of himself.
** Barry Allen also fought his prior to unknown twin Malcolm Thawne, a.k.a. Cobalt Blue, who established his own legacy of evil that mirrored the Flash Family. [[TangledFamilyTree Including Professor Zoom]].
** The ComicBook/New52 gives Barry another Reverse Flash; Daniel West, the younger brother of his love interest Iris. Taking the parallel further, he was a criminal before becoming the Reverse Flash, in contrast to Barry's role as a cop. Daniel is later [[VillainDecay demoted]] to being ArchnemesisDad to the new Kid Flash, essentially becoming ''his'' Reverse Flash instead.
* ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' has Merlyn, and as of the ComicBook/New52, Komodo. Both men mirror Green Arrow's archery abilities, but Komodo in particular rivals him on business terms as well, as he is a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
** Cupid, a female archer and GA's StalkerWithACrush, is arguably another example.
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''
** Not only ComicBook/{{Sinestro}} was once a Green Lantern himself, in ComicBook/PostCrisis continuity he actually ''trained'' Hal Jordan in the use of his powers before becoming his nemesis.
*** Soranik Natu serves as GoodCounterpart to her father [[ArchnemesisDad Sinestro]]. Both are (were in Sinestro's case) Green Lanterns who use that power to help Korugar; Soranik as a doctor, Sinestro as an order-imposing dictator. She's also served as the leader of the Sinestro Corps for a time, trying to get them to work to protect the universe like the Green Lanterns rather than by enforce fear like dear old dad.
** In more recent times, there are even more popping up, but not all evil (so sort of non-evil counterparts to the evil counterparts): while the green represents will, and yellow represents fear, there's now violet (love), blue (hope), red (rage), orange (greed), and indigo (compassion).[[note]]Unless you've read the stories, you'll probably guess wrong about where at least a couple of these fall on the SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness; red is definitely antiheroic but "evil" is a bit of a stretch, and violet is more the StalkerWithACrush kind of love than the selfless unconditional sort.[[/note]] And eventually black (death), which is the ''[[OmnicidalManiac really]]'' evil counterpart.
** The White Lanterns are a Good Counterpart to the Black Lanterns, as both are Corps that resurrect and recruit the deceased. The difference is that the Black Lantern Corps essentially raises its recruits as zombies that feed off emotions and are used by Nekron to further his plan of killing all life, whereas the White Lanterns are resurrected properly and are recruited to repair the damages done by the Black Lanterns.
** Kyle Rayner got 2 energy-wielding/manipulating {{Evil Counterpart}}s, himself. On the 'ring-wielder' side of things, Alex Nero - who was AxCrazy, and possibly killed his parents as a teenager. And where Kyle was a creative artist who channelled his prolific imagination into the ring, Nero suffered paranoid delusions and the ring made his hallucinations real. On the 'might've become' side of things, Effigy, who was what Kyle might've been if he hadn't matured and gained a sense of responsibility about the ring and super-heroics in general.
** Some individual members of the Sinestro Corps are evil counterparts of specific [=GLs=]; for instance Arkillo (Evil Kilowog) and Ranxx the Sentient City (Evil Mogo the Living Planet).
* With ComicBook/HarleyQuinn definitively repackaged as an AntiHero, DC created a new character to be the Joker’s henchwoman- Punchline. Like Harley, Punchline is a clown-themed villainess with an obsessive crush on the Joker; however, while Harley is a kooky, talkative {{Woobie}}, Punchline is a silent, remorseless SerialKiller. Also, while Harley started out as a well-intentioned doctor who Joker turned to the dark side, and who eventually left him; Punchline is a Joker FanGirl who sought him out and joined him of her own volition.
* In many ways {{ComicBook/Hawkman}} villain ComicBook/GentlemanGhost is Hawkman's opposite. Where Hawkman is a powerful BoisterousBruiser with a love of fighting, Gentleman Ghost is a laidback AffablyEvil chessmaster who prefers to manipulate people. Also they both use magic but where Hawkman uses magic to add to his formidable power, Gentleman Ghost prefers more creative uses such as invisibility or teleportation.
* Tabby Brennan was set up to be this to the {{ComicBook/Huntress}} in ''Comicbook/BirdsOfPrey'', in that both were the [[MafiaPrincess daughters of powerful crime bosses]], and both schemed to [[SelfMadeOrphan murder their fathers]] under the noses of several superheroes. The difference is that (in ''Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood'') Helena didn't know Santo Cassamento was her father, and he hated her and was trying to force her into the mob as his personal enforcer and assassin, while Tabby's father loved her and was trying to quit his life of crime for her sake; Huntress killed Cassamento to get out of the mob (and for revenge), while Tabby killed her father to take over his gang. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when Huntress thinks of Tabby as "Just like me." Of course, then Tabby got killed off in a really stupid manner, but the less said of that, the better.
* Over in ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', Mister Miracle of the ComicBook/NewGods had Doctor Impossible (who may or may not be his EvilTwin / [[LongLostRelative Long Lost]] [[CainAndAbel Brother]]). Doctor Impossible briefly palled around with evil counterparts of other Creator/JackKirby heroes: Tender Mercy (Big Barda), Hunter (Orion), Chair (Metatron), and Neon Black (Lightray).
* Another [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational Justice League]] example would be the Queen Bee, who was the evil counterpart to Maxwell Lord. This was back when Max himself was a good guy (who, granted, did some ethically questionable things), before DC retconned him into being a villain. Max and the Queen Bee both had mind-control powers, and they both got control of superhero teams, the Justice League and the Global Guardians, respectively, and they were both manipulators and intriguers. But while Max was basically good if flawed, the Queen Bee was evil.
* DC's White Martians are evil counterparts of the [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter Green Martians]].
* ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'':
** As shown in ''Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World #1'', Earth-40 is this to Earth-20, with explicit comparisons between the members of their respective teams:
*** ComicBook/VandalSavage as compared to the Immortal Man, with the meteorite used to create their respective powers being used as [[BiblicalBadGuy the first murder weapon]] or made into a hallowed holy relic respectively.
*** Felix Faust as compared to [[ComicBook/DoctorFate Doc Fate]], in terms of magical prowess.
*** ComicBook/LadyShiva as compared to the Blackhawks, as highly proficient female fighters, albeit with her focusing more on swordplay rather than her good counterparts' gunplay.
*** Blockbuster as compared to [[ComicBook/TheAtom the Mighty Atom]], in terms of ForceAndFinesse.
*** Sinestro and Parallax as compared to [[Franchise/GreenLantern Abin Sur's Green Lantern]], with opposing powers of fear versus willpower.
** In ''Thunderworld #1'', in the Sivanas of the Multiverse, there's a Hannibal Lecter-esque version who is far more bloodthirsty and depraved than the rest of them, who travelled back in time and violently murdered his universe's [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]] before he became the Wizard's champion. As a result has become very bored. (Thunderworld's Sivana seems [[EvenEvilHasStandards a bit put off by him]].)
** The majority of the New Reichsmen in ''Mastermen #1'' are evil Nazi doppelgangers of the Justice League of Earth-0.
* From ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'', the Marvel Family has numerous examples:
** Captain Marvel's original nemesis, [[MadScientist Dr. Sivana]], was eventually given [[DaddysLittleVillain an evil son and daughter]] to act as foes for Junior and Mary, respectively, in their spin-off books.
** [[TheBrute Ibac]] was Cap's first thematic counterpart: he derives his powers from evil historical figures the way that Cap gets his from legendary good ones, and changes by [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull saying a magic word]]. Junior later got his own version, [[EvilSorcerer Sabbac]], whose powers come from [[DealWithTheDevil six demons]].
** Comicbook/BlackAdam is Captain Marvel's most direct opposite: they have the exact same powers[[note]]well, Adam gets his from ''Egyptian'' gods, but the net effect is essentially the same[[/note]], since Adam was the Wizard's [[FallenHero original Champion]]. Eventually, he became more of an AntiVillain and got a super-powered wife and brother-in-law who were analogues to Mary and Freddy; they even knew a mutant crocodile who served as a counterpart to [[PantheraAwesome Tawky Tawny]]. Then CerebusSyndrome made them all evil to various degrees, fulfilling this trope.
** There's also one-off 1950s villain [[SdrawkcabName Niatpac Levram]], who's literally just an evil version of Captain Marvel's reflection brought to life by a wizard.
* Comicbook/{{Starman}}'s Jack Knight and Nash were on their respective sides of the law mainly because their fathers pushed them there.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}}'': A fair portion of Kon-El's more dangerous opponents are evil versions of himself;
** Kon's arch-enemy Match was cloned from him. He does not see clones in the same humanitarian light as Kon and his pride and hatred of Kon-El mean that even if Kon refers to him as a brother and cares more for his safety and continued well being than his creators he'll always ally himself with them against Kon.
** Black Zero is a version of Kon-El from a different universe who was completed to Westfield's specifications instead of released from Cadmus early by the Newsboy Legion and has conquered several earths which are then left to be ruled over by a Cadmus led dictatorship.
** S-01, or "Bizarre-O", was Cadmus' first unstable failed attempt to clone Superman and a prototype to Kon-El that ends up released accidentally. Like most Bizarros S-01 isn't actually evil but his limited understanding of the world, unpredictable nature and incredible powers make him incredibly dangerous anyway.
** Then there is, of course, ComicBook/SuperboyPrime. While Prime may also be an evil version of Super''man'' his hatred of Kon-El for carrying the Superboy name leads to him actually killing Kon-El.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' has fought many evil versions of hers throughout her career:
** The original Satan Girl, an EvilTwin created by exposure to Red Kryptonite, is every bit as powerful as a Silver Age Supergirl but with zero moral compunctions.
** [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis]] Dark Supergirl is a version of the former, but even nastier and violent.
** Superwoman (Lucy Lane) is another female with super-powers and complicated family issues. Nonetheless, she's an human with a super-powerful costume, whereas Supergirl is a Kryptonian with natural-born powers. And even though Supergirl stands up to her mother when she crosses one line, Superwoman would make anything to earn her father's approval, no matter how atrocious.
** Bizarro-Girl is Supergirl's imperfect clone. She's more of a backwards loony with a warped sense of morality than an evil twin, though.
** Overgirl is Supergirl's Nazi counterpart.
** Reign was born and empowered in a lab by who is heavily implied to be Supergirl's father Zor-El. She presents herself as Supergirl's counterpart and her own version of Zod as she wants to use her powers to conquer.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}: Similarly to Batman, Superman's rogues gallery is built on this tropes, with a sci-fi bent.
** Bizarro is an imperfect clone (of varying origin, depending on the medium) of Superman, with all of the Man of Steel's powers. Bizarro's level of "evilness" depends on the writer; generally, he tries to emulate Superman by doing good deeds, he's just got a warped sense of what "good" means. For example, if he sees a bank robbery occurring, he's likely to intervene to help ... the robbers. Of course, since his notion of "helping" is just as distorted, he often winds up as a net positive force anyway more or less despite himself.
** Brainiac is usually depicted as an alien automaton (if not cyborg), that utilizes his mechanical form and inhuman intelligence to crush those who oppose him/it. In contrast, Superman is given strength from his Kryptonian cells that harvest and metabolize solar energy, using his biological abilities and quick-thinking to passively end battles.
** Mr. Myxzptlk is a reality altering imp from the fifth-dimension, not dissimilar from Superman's own status as an "alien" that doesn't "naturally belong". However, while Superman uses his powers for charity and good will, Myxzptlk abuses his powers for pranks and games to alleviate boredom. Going further, Superman's home planet was destroyed, contrasting with Myxzptlk, who shifts from his home dimension to ours whenever the whim takes him.
** Zod is as much an EvilCounterpart to Superman as he is to his father, Jor-El. While Superman has acclimated to Earths culture and can perfectly synergies the best aspects of his adopted planet and Krypton, Zod waxes nostalgia on his planets more violent and competitive past. Sporting a militaristic "might-makes-right" philosophy, he uses his tactical genius and yellow-sun powers to prop himself up over others and wants nothing more than to rule a new Krypton with an iron fist. Superman is a citizen who voluntarily uses his powers to help people and ennoble others, Zod is a soldier at heart and sees no point helping those that are weaker. Both call upon their heritage, Superman opts for an enlightened perspective instilled in him by Jor-El, Zod longs for the brutality of old Krypton.
** SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} surprisingly checks all the right boxes to be Superman's Evil Counterpart and generally succeeds in being a {{Foil}} to Supes whenever they face each other. Lobo is the [[TheLastOfHisKind last]] son of Czarnia much like Supes is the last son of Krypton and like Clark, Lobo is a super strong, super fast, nigh-indestructible GeniusBruiser who is more resource and canny than his foes would suspect. The difference between them is cystal clear though, while Superman escaped the destruction of his planet, ''Lobo caused it himself'' and while Supes is an AllLovingHero who embodies TheCape, Lobo on the other hand is a ruthless BountyHunter AntiHero who only cares about getting paid and causing violence. Though ironically Lobo does have a [[BruiserWithASoftCenter soft side]] and Superman is [[BewareTheNiceOnes quite terrifying]] when pushed hard enough.
*** Perhaps in recognition of this trope, DC redesigned Lobo in the ComicBook/New52, taking away his BadassBiker look and making him TallDarkAndHandsome like Clark. After some [[ReplacementScrappy severe backlash]], DC soon brought back the OG Lobo back.
** Parallels from even some of his lesser bad guys can be drawn:
*** Superman is an alien who draws his strength harmlessly from the sun, while the Parasite is a human who steals the electro-chemical energy from other people.
*** Superman's other well-known nickname is the "Man of Tomorrow" for his forward-thinking ideals and his solar-powered biology, contrasting with Metallo -- a literal {{Transhuman}} powered by kryptonite.
*** Like with to Parasite, Livewire's electrical powers parallel Superman's energy absorption, but she uses her powers purely for the fame and attention she gets from being a supervillain, while Superman is a media darling for his good deeds.
** Taking into account various media, between [[CardCarryingVillain Ultraman]] (which name alone refers to several similar characters), [[KnightTemplar Justice Lord Superman]], [[{{Jerkass}} Kal]] and Kal-El in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', [[AxCrazy Superboy Prime]], [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-controlled Captain Marvel]], Cyborg Superman, etc., Superman has more evil counterparts than he knows what to do with.
** The Krypton Man/Eradicator was yet another one in his early appearances, before becoming an AntiHeroSubstitute after ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman''.
** It almost looked like Superman’s new substitutes after his famous death were good counterparts of his enemies. With Steel of Luthor (human scientist in a powered armor suit); Superboy of Bizarro (clone); Eradicator of Brainiac (alien automaton); but noticebly averted with Cyborg Superman and Metallo (BOTH evil transhuman cyborgs)
* ComicBook/WonderWoman:
** ([[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Earth-Two]]) Gundra is an evil reflection of Diana The champion of a god of wisdom and war who is a leader of a group of warrior women and took part in WWII Gundra put in on the side of the Nazis and Axis powers rather than the Allies. Highlighted when Axis Amerika took her on as their Wonder Woman equivalent in their first lineup, and also by the way the rest of the Golden Age Valkyries defected and joined the Amazons, swearing oaths of non-violence.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': Devastation is an evil counterpart, who was gifted by Cronus and the Titans rather than The Olympian Gods.
** Superwoman the evil Amazon from Earth 3 is an Evil Counterpart to Diana and a CompositeCharacter of her and ComicBook/LoisLane. Instead of the Lasso of Truth Superwoman has a ''barbed'' Lasso of Submission and while Diana has healthy relationships with Steve Trevor, Superman and Batman Superwoman [[ReallyGetsAround sleeps around with many men]].
** Barbara Ann Minerva aka ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} in many ways is a evil counterpart Diana, especially in the ComicBook/New52 where she's a fellow Amazon who thanks to cutting herself on a ancient dagger transformed into a human-cheetah hybrid who serves the "Goddess of the Hunt" much like Diana serves Olympians. Cheetah can also ensnare people (e.g Superman) with her powers much like Diana can control people with her Lasso, they're also both [[BloodKnight Blood Knights]] in later continuities but Diana has moral standards which Cheetah happily lacks. Even outside the New 52 and in ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' Cheetah is imbued with the powers of the Gods much like Diana is.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'': Also in the New 52, Donna Troy (who is already a [[ContinuitySnarl/DonnaTroy Continuity Snarl]]) is turned into Diana's EvilKnockOff by the sorceress Derinoe using the same clay birthing method like in Wonder Woman's original origin. However while this Donna Troy was created for the sole purpose of killing and replacing Diana, she is defeated and given FalseMemories becoming a hero like she is in [[ComicBook/WonderGirl previous continuities]].
* [[RobotGirl Cyborgirl]] ([=LeTonya=] Charles) happens to be an evil version of ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, as she had permanently damaged her body by overdosing on the drug Tar. But her aunt, who happened to be one of the scientists who repaired Victor Stone, saved her with [[WeCanRebuildHim powerful]] [[UnwillingRoboticization cybernetic implants]], hoping that this would reform her and give her a second chance in life. However, rather than use her newfound gifts for good, [=LeTonya=] chose to focus more on personal gain, essentially becoming [[RoboticPsychopath more machine than human]].

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* [[{{God}} The One Above All]] has [[TheAntiGod The One Below All]] as an evil counterpart.
* ComicBook/ThePunisher:
** From ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'':
*** Tiberiu Bulat from "The Slavers" arc. At one point Frank even refers to him as a "twisted old fuck who still thought he was a soldier". Amusingly Frank doesn't appear to realize the ''irony'' in this statement.
*** Barracuda. Ennis wrote him specifically to be the Punisher's. Like Frank, Barracuda was trained as an elite commando, honed his skills on the battlefield, and [[ShellShockedVeteran lost a great deal of his humanity]] there. Once they returned home, they found that they couldn't re-adjust to civilian life. But where Castle lost his family and found his war on crime, Barracuda signed on for another tour of duty, this time in UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}}, where the corruption gave him the chance to go completely wild; Frank hides his basic human decency and warmth behind a cold and humorless exterior, while Barracuda hides his psychopathy behind a humorous grin.
** In ''[[Comicbook/ThePunisherCircleOfBlood Circle of Blood]]'', the first miniseries for ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'', Castle fights against a brainwashed army of criminals, all patterned after him.
** And then there’s the crazy Johnny Nightmare to Frank.
* In the Marvel universe, the Masters of Evil are essentially the supervillain equivalent of ''Franchise/TheAvengers'' and have existed for almost as long. Their roster is very large and constantly rotating but has several core members, just like their heroic counterparts. Just about every professional supercrook worth their salt has been at least partly allied with the Masters at least once and being a member is considered by some villains to be a badge of honor. In fact the Masters were originally founded with this trope in mind; Baron Zemo realized that the Avengers were doing so great partly because they were working together as one big organization and decided that if the bad guys could do the same, they'd have a much better chance. Things took an interesting turn when Zemo disguised the Masters as a new superhero team called the Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}}. They did a surprisingly good job at filling the void left behind by their adversaries.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}}, the robotic archenemy of Franchise/TheAvengers, had his programming [[BrainUploading based on the personality of his creator, founding Avenger Hank Pym]], and thus Ultron is essentially the physical personification of Pym's misanthropy and self-loathing. It is occasionally implied that being "born" with all of Pym's mental issues and bad memories is what drove Ultron insane and gave him the desire to KillAllHumans in the first place.
** Former Masters of Evil member Erik Josten was also positioned as a villainous parallel to Hank Pym in the 80s, which was cemented during an ''Iron Man'' story where Erik adopted Pym's old Goliath moniker after gaining similar growth powers. He eventually reformed after changing his codename to Atlas, and is usually allied with the Thunderbolts these days.
* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' has Comicbook/ErikKillmonger (who was the new Black Panther for a brief time), White Wolf ([[CainAndabel T'Challa's adopted brother]]) and the American Panther, though the latter was a victim of {{Brainwash}}ing.
** As he was originally a ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' supporting character, one could argue Black Panther is the Good Counterpart of ComicBook/DoctorDoom. Both men are costumed, superpowered rulers of advanced high-tech nations with ties to the FF.
** [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is also a kind of evil counterpart to T'Challa considering Wakanda and Atlantis' long standing feud, and that they both are the warrior kings of their races and will do pretty much anything to protect their country. Though Black Panther knows when to draw the line while Namor frequently commits atrocities without regret.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'':
** The 1950s incarnation of Cap ("Commie Smasher") was (through the magic of {{Retcon}}) [[OldShame explained away as]] an obsessed fan of the original who insisted on replacing him during the time when he was presumed dead; while the US government decided to humor him, the faulty version of the SuperSoldier enhancement process eventually drove him insane. While he was eventually captured and placed in suspended animation, he broke out years later and attacked who he thought was another Captain America imposter - the real Captain America, who had defrosted from his own accidental suspended animation.
** There was also Protocide, a test subject for the Super Soldier serum who went crazy with pain, got put in storage for many years, then was let out by AIM and manipulated into going after Steve Rogers. There were some 'opposite' motifs going on in his appearance: his costume was red instead of blue, and he had a far pointier shield.
** He and ComicBook/TheFalcon briefly had an enemy named Anti-Cap, who was meant to be a modern day {{Deconstruction}} of Captain America with the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII background swapped out for a more timely one of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror. He even wore a black variant of the Captain America costume.
*** To really hammer home the counterpoint, Anti-Cap was a Navy man.
** Before Anti-Cap, there was John Walker, Cap's AntiHeroSubstitute. He wasn't evil, but was essentially an attempt to show what would happen if someone who hadn't been as open-minded and compassionate as Steve Rogers had been chosen to wield the shield. While Steve has a huge heart and is willing to criticize his country when it drops the ball, Walker was a violent, unstable JerkJock with a serious [[PatrioticFervor jingoistic]] streak. He eventually improved slightly and became the hero U.S. Agent.
** ComicBook/WinterSoldier aka Bucky Barnes Cap’s former KidSidekick was this at the time of his reintroduction into Marvel Universe after being dead for decades. Like Cap the Winter Solider was a hero of WWII who fell into the ocean and [[HumanPopsicle remained frozen]] before being recovered years later. Except instead of being discovered by The Avengers like Cap, Bucky was found by the Soviets who brainwashed him into becoming a super assassin, essentially showing what someone with Cap’s skill and experience would be like as an agent of evil without compassion or morality. Fortunately thanks to the Cosmic Cube Bucky was able to recover his memories and HeelFaceTurn to good, even becoming Captain America himself for a time.
** CaptainEthnic characters of enemy nations are sometimes also this. The ComicBook/RedSkull is effectively [[ThoseWackyNazis Captain Nazi]], while the Russian Red Guardian was this when he was first created, although thanks to TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, this element is downplayed now. Even Flag Smasher, who is an anarchist CaptainEthnic, falls into this category.
*** The ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'' takes this even further by making Red Guardian an ''explicit'' attempt to make a Soviet Captain America. He even has his own shield!
** Minor villain Nuke is actually a fairly good EvilCounterpart to Cap as well. They're both American Super Soldiers with drug-based enhancements, and their creation is connected, as Nuke was created by a successor project to the one that made Captain America... but, whereas Cap considers morality more important than nationality, Nuke is a case of the "my country wants it, so that makes it right" version of MyCountryRightOrWrong, butchering anyone he perceives or is told is "anti-American". Also, whereas Steve Rogers volunteered to be transformed, Nuke was systematically brainwashed and tortured into compliance. There's also the contrast between the perceived morality of the wars they were created for (UsefulNotes/WorldWarII for Cap, UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar for Nuke).
*** Really played up with by ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Nuke, who is literally "Captain America of the Vietnam War" but who turned against America after perceiving how corrupt and evil the country had become during that time period, in contrast to Cap, who acknowledges that America has done wrong, but thinks it can be saved from itself.
** As of ''Comicbook/SecretEmpire'', [[spoiler: there is now a ''literal'' Evil Cap in the form of Hydra Supreme, the Comicbook/{{HYDRA}}-aligned Captain America doppelgänger who was created by Kobik]].
* The Champions team, as a whole, has The Freelancers.
* ''{{ComicBook/Daredevil}}'' has Ikari, a ninja-themed warrior who has the same powers as Matt but with the added bonus of not being blind. Also whereas Daredevil is more of a FragileSpeedster, Ikari is an ImplacableMan. He also wears a variation of Daredevil's yellow [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] costume.
** ComicBook/{{Bullseye}} is a conspicuous counterpart to Daredevil being a crazed killer with nearly perfect aim, contrasting the [[HandicappedBadass blind hero]] with superhuman senses. They even have similar pasts though Matt had a loving relationship with father while Bullseye's father was an abusive scumbag. Skill-wise Daredevil and Bullseye are fighting geniuses with a particular talent for throwing things, however ImprobableAimingSkills is the reason why Daredevil became Bullseye's ArchEnemy as the former made the latter ''miss'' which hurts Bullseye's pride and fuels his insanity. At one point Bullseye even dresses up as Daredevil and goes around killing people.
*** If that wasn’t enough Bullseye even becomes blind like his ArchEnemy, though he gets better.
* ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}} has quite a few due to wearing armor that was originally meant for an army of SpacePirates.
* ''Comicbook/DoctorStrange'' has an EvilCounterpart in Baron Mordo, who was studying with (and planning to off) the Ancient One before Stephen Strange showed up.
** Other than their common teacher, however, the two men actually do not have very much in common, their life histories and backgrounds are ''very'' different. Doctor Strange did not even realize the supernatural was real until his middle years, and only began to pursue it because an accident crippled his surgical abilities; his background is actually ''scientific''. Mordo was raised supernatural, from a supernatural family, and steeped in evil from early youth; his background is more traditionally magical/occultist, and he always sought power.
** Next to Mordo, Dr Nicodemus West from ''Dr Strange The Oath'' is Strange's biggest evil counterpart. West was actually the doctor who botched the operation on Strange's [[CareerEndingInjury injured surgeon's hands]], West even trained under the Ancient One like Strange and Mordo did. West also used magic to help people, but after accidentally killing a girl with magic, West becomes disillusioned with sorcery and even formed a evil organization that would abolish all attempts to heal the sick with magic. West even [[WithholdingtheCure steals]] [[{{Panacea}} Otkid's Elixir]] (the cure of all illness) seeing it concluding in overpopulation and chaos for humanity but also selfishly as a doctor wants to keep disease existing in the human race.[[spoiler: Ironically Strange also doesn't use the elixir to cure everyone either, he just uses it to save Wong from dying of cancer, Strange like West could see danger with playing god with mankind's cure-all. Strange just went about in a more morally positive manner]].
* From ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', Reed Richards and Doctor Doom: archenemies, both intellectually-inclined supergeniuses, both master inventors, both with major strengths in technology, both [[LargeHam hammy]] and prone to SesquipedalianLoquaciousness, both pretty similar in personality once you factor out Doom's ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil. A lot of their battles consist of them passive-aggressively complimenting each other's moves in ways that often sound a lot like two computer geeks playing together. The key difference between them usually centres on how they handle responsibility; Doom's entire motivation stems from the fact that he can't accept that it was his own error, not Reed's interference, that caused the accident which scarred him, and maintains his vendetta to avoid having to acknowledge that he was at fault all along and Reed is just a little bit smarter than him, while Reed is a lot more willing to accept fault when he's in the wrong and will attempt to make amends or correct his mistakes.
** ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Reed Richards aka Maker becomes the EvilTwin of 616 Reed. Indeed Maker does absolutely everything that Reed abhors in regards to [[MadScientist science]], [[ChaoticEvil ethics]] and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood complete disregard of loved ones]] something a FamilyMan like Reed despises. Maker also serves as a grim reminder how dangerous and evil Reed could’ve been, if his path in life had [[StartOfDarkness gone down]] a [[ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}} dark turn]]. Also while Reed's RubberMan powers are goofy, Maker's stretchiness is pure NightmareFuel.
-->'''Maker''': You know when I look at your face... which is my face I see the age on it. I wonder how it became so sentimental. So soft. So weak.
-->'''Mr Fantastic''': It's easy, Reed, when you learn to care about things other than yourself.
-->'''Maker''': You mean things like ''this?'' (opens up a projection of Sue, Franklin and Valeria).
* Comicbook/GhostRider has Michael Badilino aka Vengeance, who made a deal with [[SatanicArchetype Mephisto]] and became a demon (similar to Johnny Blaze) in order get revenge on Ghost Rider. Ironically Vengeance’s beef with Ghost Rider only happened due to Mephisto‘s manipulation in the first place, Vengeance soon gets DrunkWithPower before Ghost Rider stops him and Vengeance has a HeelRealization blowing himself up.
** Vengeance 2 (Deputy Kowalski) is even worse since he didn’t have a FreudianExcuse like his predecessor, using HellFire for shits and giggles.
* Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} has Trick Shot. The original was his mentor, while the second one was Clint's brother Barney. They're both like Hawkeye, but without the morals or sense of decency.
* ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' has the ComicBook/RedHulk.
** Oddly enough, Hulk's RoguesGallery also includes ''someone else's'' Evil Counterparts. The U-Foes are a group of four villains whose origin, powers, and personalities are all extremely similar to those of the Comicbook/FantasticFour. Strangely, they have never faced the FF despite all of the characters being Creator/MarvelComics characters.
** Samuel Sterns aka The Leader is Hulk’s Evil Counterpart if the gamma radiation had the opposite reaction in Dr Banner. In laymen's terms, Bruce was smart and gamma radiation turned him into a child-like monster with infinite strength while Sterns was dumb and gamma radiation turned him into a monster with infinite intelligence. It’s essentially BrainsEvilBrawnGood.
** Emil Blonsky aka The Abomination is a more traditional counterpart, having been bombarded with gamma radiation and survived like the good doctor thanks to a genetic factor in his body that saved him from being killed, at the cost of turning into a giant monster. However, unlike Bruce, who was horrified by his transformation, Blonsky was [[DrunkWithPower delighted]] and consciously abused his strength for evil purposes. Interestingly, Abomination still retains his normal intelligence, and therefore is that more dangerous.
** Brian Banner is the evil counterpart to Bruce both are nuclear scientists with hidden rage inside them, difference is Bruce as a man or The Hulk always at least has some conscience and innate goodness (thanks to his mom) while Brian is immoral, horrifically abusive and serves an EldritchAbomination. In [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind Bruce's mind]] Brian is represented as a giant demonic snake-like hulk.
** The Maestro, an [[FutureMeScaresMe evil future version of the Hulk]] who acts as the ruler of a BadFuture caused by [[AfterTheEnd nuclear wars.]]
* The Marvel superhero team-up known as ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'', consisting of [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]], [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Stephen Strange]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]], [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Blackagar Bolton]], and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], is opposed by the villainous Cabal, consisting of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Victor von Doom]], ComicBook/EmmaFrost, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Loki]], [[ComicBook/TheHood Parker Robbins]], and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Yes, that's the same Namor on both teams.]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality No, he doesn't see a problem with this.]]
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'' has Iron Monger, another businessman who wears PoweredArmour.
** The Mandarin is more the anti-Stark than the anti-Iron Man. Stark is a thrill-seeker. Mandarin participates in gladiatorial games so he can thrill to putting his fist through someone's head. Stark sacrificed his health so he could help the world. The Mandarin sacrifices everything and everyone around him to become stronger.
** The various Crimson Dynamos and Titanium Men were originally created to be Communist (and therefore, at the time) Evil Counterparts to Iron Man. Since TheGreatPoliticsMessUp, they tend to get played more as the rival or even the WorthyOpponent.
** Justin Hammer is the anti-Stark-as-businessman. While Tony uses his money to fight crime, Hammer uses his to sponsor it.
** Obadiah Stane was a rival businessman who ended up stealing Tony's company and building his own armored suit, the Iron Monger. Stane's son Ezekiel would later menace Tony, taking the Iron Man concept even further by becoming an outright HollywoodCyborg (and thus a ''true'' fusion of man and machine). He's sometimes even referred to as "Iron Man 2.0" to hammer home the parallels.
** ComicBook/DoctorDoom also can be seen as an EvilCounterpart to Tony (especially when Doom temporary takes Tony's mantle as Iron Man) both are egotistic, charismatic men in PoweredArmour, who as Doom discovers have near [[NotSoDifferent identical technology]]. Doom like Tony is a WellIntentionedExtremist, and both men have deep [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas love for their mothers]] to make up for their other un-heroic actions. Where they differ is Tony is still more in line with the side of good wanting whats best for humanity while Doom always has his own utopia in mind [[TakeOverTheWorld for humanity]] where he rules with a iron fist.
*** Marvelous Fact: in Earth-11029 Tony and Doom have SwappedRoles enforcing this trope even more.
** Iron Man gets a new example [[spoiler: in the form of his secret biological ArchNemesisDad Jude a S.H.I.E.L.D Agent, who secretly works for HYDRA. Both Tony and Jude have physical similarities and actively lied to people but Tony for all his flaws has never been associated with HYDRA (something not even Captain America can still hold a claim to). Once Tony gets out of his coma, he brings down his father and reclaims his company]].
** In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, Gregory Stark (Tony's evil brother) is basically Tony Stark with no moral fiber or integrity whatsover, but with all the business skill and intellectual genius.
** Recent comics have reintroduced Arno Stark, Tony's brother by adoption (who was in a ConvenientComa for years). Unlike Tony, who can be very [[HiddenHeartOfGold empathetic]] to his loved ones, Arno is a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] in PoweredArmor who talks about saving the world but in actuality cares little for its inhabitants.
* ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'' had Evil Counterpart villains for his Marc Spector identity (Bushman), his Steven Grant identity (Midnight Man), and his Moon Knight persona (Black Spectre).
** At the end of Creator/WarrenEllis and Decan Shavley's run a new Black Spectre was introduced, being this for their reimagining of Moon Knight. His introductory issue is all about how he pretty much redefines himself to be this for Moon Knight.
* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel-Captain Marvel'', alias Comicbook/CarolDanvers, has Doctor Minerva, a Kree scientist who gave herself the same powers as Carol and even wears a variation of her old costume.
** Also Moonstone, who even posed as Ms. Marvel for a time during ''Comicbook/DarkReign''.
* In ''Master of Kung-Fu'' #118, Comicbook/ShangChi battled an evil clone of himself that had been created by Literature/FuManchu. In addition to having all of the same skills and training, the clone even wore a black version of Shang's trademark red gi.
* ''ComicBook/SheHulk'' has Titania. Like Jennifer, she was also a shy wallflower in high school that gained superpowers later in life. There are a few key differences though. She-Hulk never asked for her powers (she adjusted well enough though) while Titania was so desperate to be powerful and special that she let Doctor Doom experiment on her. She-Hulk's transformation helped her gain real confidence both as She-Hulk and as Jennifer Walters. Titania's powers act as a crutch and deep down she is still the insecure Mary [=MacPherran=]. Titania resents She-Hulk specifically because She-Hulk is stronger than her in every way.
** She also briefly had Red She-Hulk, who has since become more of an AntiHero Counterpart.
* The Marvel Comics series ''Comicbook/{{Sleepwalker}}'' has an Evil Counterpart in Psyko, who possesses warping abilities similar to Sleepwalker's. Sleepwalker, an alien devoted to protecting the minds of innocent people from insanity, became fused with the human Rick Sheridan when he found himself trapped in Rick's mind, whereas Psyko was created when a human SerialKiller became fused with a demonic creature from the Mindscape, giving him the ability to spread his madness like a disease, [[MindRape Mind Raping]] everyone around him.
* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl: Doreen has her evil knockoff duplicate Allene Green.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' has had ''many'' villains meant to be his thematic opposite, from the Fly (who gained his powers in an accident much like Peter's own, but never stopped "looking out for number one" and blamed everyone else for his shortcomings) to the Scorpion ditto; Bonus points for being an arachnid, too. And then the original Scorpion became Venom for a while). In ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Scorpion ''is even Peter's clone''. Less obviously, there's the Spider-Wasp.
** ComicBook/{{Venom}} is Spider-Man's Evil Counterpart (pictured above), created when he symbolically cast off the darkness within him. There's also the fact that both Spidey and Venom work for news agencies, though Peter is honest with his journalism while Eddie Brock's corrupt methods got him fired. By the 1990s issues, when Venom became an AntiHero, ComicBook/{{Carnage}} was created to be ''his'' Evil Counterpart. Years later, Eddie Brock became Anti-Venom and was the Good Counterpart to the third Venom.
*** Toxin initially was Venom's ''Good'' Counterpart. But the tables have been turned on that one when Eddie became Toxin; at that time, Flash Thompson, the then-current Venom, is Eddie's Good Counterpart. ''Now'', Eddie is Venom again, and is no longer an Evil Counterpart ''at all''; now deciding to try and be a purely good hero. Flash became Anti-Venom [[spoiler:prior to his death]], and was essentially an ally, while Carnage is now Venom's clear-cut Evil Counterpart.
*** The symbiotes in general, of which Venom and Carnage are examples, have the Poisons (subtle!). Symbiotes take humanoid hosts, which they empower; Poisons deliberately hijack this process in order to [[FaceMonsterTurn convert the host into a loyal Poison]]. Both even tend to mimic the costumes of superhero hosts, although symbiotes tend to be very biological in appearance while Poisons are more crystalline.
** The Thousand, an old school bully of Peter's who witnessed the accident that turned him into Spider-Man. He went back to the lab after hours, found the dead spider, and ate it. It turned him into a being capable of becoming a living swarm of spiders. He ended a promising criminal career as a single very ambitious spider who failed to notice a large human foot coming down behind him...and--''squash''. He could also be considered an EvilCounterpart to Flash Thompson in that both of them bullied Peter in school. However, whereas Flash was more of a JerkJock who was a bully due to [[FreudianExcuse his troubled home life and own insecurities]], and who also had his redeeming traits, Carl King was a sadistic, psychopathic monster who had all of Flash's negative traits UpToEleven with none of the positive ones. Whereas Flash looked up to Spider-Man as an inspiration, Carl (who knew Spider-Man's secret identity as "puny Parker") resented Spider-Man's strength and powers and wanted it all for himself.
** Kaine and Spidercide were two evil clones of Spider-Man during the clone saga. Spidercide was killed off, while Kain eventually became more of an AntiHero counterpart.
** [[ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan Joe Straczynski's run]] has [[spoiler: Ezekiel]], though not that evil -- he is quite good-intentioned but lacks Peter's heroic qualities (though Peter inspires him to some acts of heroism at one or two points). They have the same powers, but while Peter got his by accident, [[spoiler:Ezekiel]] actively sought them because he couldn't live with feeling powerless. While Peter sacrifices his well-being to help people as superhero, [[spoiler:Ezekiel]] uses his powers for personal gain. While Peter never lets anything get in the way of helping people, [[spoiler:Ezekiel]] always hides behind excuses, when he could be a hero. When having to suffer consequences of their respective actions, Peter accepts them while [[spoiler:Ezekiel]] tries to trick him into taking his place. In the end [[spoiler:Ezekiel]] has a HeelRealisation and makes a HeroicSacrifice to save Peter after their minds merged for a moment and an exchange of memories occurred.
** Another one from the same run is Charlie Weiderman -- he was a nerd picked on through high-school just like Peter, but grew up harboring grudges, while Peter not only forgave but befriended his high-school bully, Flash Thompson. When Charlie gets powers, by accident, he immediately goes to exact revenge on anybody who wronged him.
** As the sixth Hobgoblin, almost everything about Phil Urich was designed to play up his similarities to Peter Parker. He's a young, up-and-coming photographer for the Daily Bugle (serving as Peter's replacement when he left to work at Horizon Labs), he balances his job at the Bugle with a costumed alter ego, and as the nephew of Peter's old mentor Ben Urich, he even has an "Uncle Ben". But while Peter ''fights'' crime on the side, Phil ''commits'' it; and while Peter got his powers by accident, Phil personally paid the original Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) for the right to use his name, costume and equipment.
** Ai Apaec is another weird example like the U-Foes. He was conceived as an evil version of Spider-Man, wears a black variant of Spider-Man's costume, and served as the Spider-Man counterpart on the second team of Dark Avengers, but other than that, he has no real grudge against the hero or any meaningful connection to him. In fact, they only ever faced each other in ''New Avengers'', never in Spider-Man's solo books.
** There's also Blood Spider, who was trained by ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} to kill Spidey. For bonus points, his two teammates, Death-Shield and Jagged Bow, were Evil Counterparts for Captain America and Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}.
** Many writers have played [[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus Otto Octavius]] up as this to Peter, as he's a bespectacled science nerd who was bullied in his youth, and grows up to take on a costumed alter ego based on an animal with eight legs. But the comparisons only got ''really'' overt during Dan Slott's tenure on ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', where Otto [[GrandTheftMe takes over Peter's body]] and usurps his role as Spider-Man, becoming a tyrannical figure who spies on the people of New York and enforces his will with a private army of armed minions and giant mechs. The whole run is essentially a WhatIf story showing us what it might look like if the mantle of Spider-Man was assumed by someone with all of Peter's willpower and scientific skills, but none of his idealism or sense of responsibility.
** While Doc Ock may be the dark reflection of Peter Parker, Norman Osborn aka ComicBook/GreenGoblin is the dark reflection of Spider-Man in general, and the fact both Spidey and Norman had troubled childhoods and were "created" in a FreakLabAccident helps the NotSoDifferent dynamic as well. Norman for his part desires above all power and fame, something Peter also sought when first donning the Spider-Man costume but a certain incident with Uncle Ben taught Peter responsibility something the Green Goblin [[EvilCannotComprehendGood cannot comprehend]] as his whole life has been driven by selfish desires and never takes responsibility for actions. Outside costumes both Peter and Norman are men of science, becoming [=CEOs=] of their own companies before losing both industries though they still use their scientific expertise to save/hurt people. Spider-Man and Goblin also make habit of ruining each's lives whether be killing the woman they both desired or framing each other probably the biggest difference is while Peter can move on with his life, Norman can't let go of his crazed hatred of the wall crawler. Which is how Loki induces Norman’s VillainousBreakdown in ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', though in [[DependingOnTheWriter other]] comics Osborn sees Spider-Man as a WorthyOpponent and offers Peter to drink the [[PsychoSerum Goblin Serum]] so that he can become his protege... unsurprisingly Spidey [[ShutUpHannibal throws it back in his face]].
*** Norman Osborn also becomes an evil counterpart to ComicBook/NickFury when he take over S.H.I.E.L.D in ''Dark Avengers'' as well as evil counterpart to Iron Man when he dons the [[PoweredArmor Iron Patriot Armor]]. When Norman bonds with the carnage [[TheSymbiote symbiote]] and becomes Red Goblin he is the evil counterpart to symbiote Spider-Man in the same vein that Kletus Cassidy was to Eddie Brock. While symbiote Spidey [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength holds back]] despite the immense strength boost the alien suit gives him, Norman revels in the power and lambastes Peter for his morality saying there's [[ThouShallNotKill no killer in him]].
** Nick Spencer turns '''Spider-Man''' into Peter Parker’s EnemyWithout counterpart and showcases why strength, skill and intelligence is dangerous without responsibility to balance it out. It’s quite poignant as bad Spidey doesn’t even know who Uncle Ben is and doesn’t understand ''why'' Peter cares so much about accountability.
** ''ComicBook/SpiderMen II'' and ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' gave ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe native (and later immigrant to Earth-616) ComicBook/MilesMorales one in his actual Earth-616 counterpart. Miles was a teenager who was inspired by the death of his universe's Peter to take up his mantle, the Earth-616 Miles was an adult who was also allies and friends with ComicBook/TheKingpin, and [[spoiler:after a brief stay in a restored Earth-1601, returns to Earth-616 as the villain Ultimatum.]]
* ''ComicBook/XMen''
** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} is often set up as the EvilCounterpart to ComicBook/ProfessorX, both worked together in the past helping Mutants and Jews who survived Nazi Death Camps even [[BashBrothers uniting together]] against Wolfgang von Strucker and HYDRA. However Magneto and Xavier differ when it comes to their perspective on the world, Charles sees the good in all humanity and dreams of "Mutantkind" to be one with them. Magneto however came to different a conclusion after [[StartOfDarkness spending his childhood in Auschwitz]], he saw mankind as repugnant and unredeemable and became an AntiVillain. Both the Professor and Magneto deeply care for their respective groups but while Xaiver's occasional leniency causes trouble for the X-Men, Magneto's megalomania has ensured the loss of his brotherhood and his mutant utopias multiple times. When Professor and Magneto's consciousness fuse together they become the InvincibleVillain Onslaught signifying just how goddamn unstoppable both men would be if they ever truly worked as one.
*** Lorna Dane aka ComicBook/{{Polaris}} is a GoodCounterpart to her father Magneto, Polaris with own [[MagnetismManipulation magnetic powers]] is the literal embodiment of what Magneto would be if he did genuinely use his powers as a source for good as Lorna does for the X-Men and X-Force. It helps that Polaris has very few of the Anti-Human hangups that her father has in full. Though Polaris can slip into her father's extreme ways DependingOnTheWriter.
*** ComicBook/KittyPryde is a downplayed but actually quite appropriate good counterpart to Magneto, like Mags Kitty suffered stimga and racism for being Jewish though Kitty overcame her trauma and strove to make herself a better person who helps others. Magneto however naturally had the opposite reaction, desiring to destroy all who subjugate others [[HeWhoFightsMonsters all while becoming a subjugating tyrant himself]]. In fact Magneto once nearly killed Kitty causing him to instantly realized what a goddamn {{Hypocrite}} he was being and surrendered to the X-Men immediately. Kitty even became TheLeader of the X-Men and Magneto [[StatusQuoIsGod turned evil again]] so their connection/contrast was greater.
** Cain Marko aka [[ComicBook/JuggernautMarvelComics The Juggernaut]] is also an evil counterpart to Charles Xavier being [[CainAndAbel stepbrothers ]] and fierce enemies, both Juggs and the Professor are respectively two of the strongest individuals on the planet but ironically Xavier couldn't move without his wheelchair while Juggernaut's mobility cannot be stopped. Both Xavier and Marko suffered under the hands of Cain's father Kurt Marko but Juggs deluded himself into thinking Charles was [[ParentalFavoritism favored by his own father]] which made Cain hate Charles even more (despite Charles repeatedly telling his adoptive brother that [[NotSoDifferent he was abused as well]]). Even after Marko's father died Caine hated Xavier more for using his mental powers to make himself more successful with sports and academics, prompting a desire to be greater than Charles. This culminates in Marko gaining the [[PowerCrystal Gem Of Cyttorak]] and becoming his unstoppable namesake which is ironic as Cyttorak actually wanted Xavier to be the Juggernaut.
*** In more recent comics Xavier and Juggernaut have pretty much SwappedRoles, [[spoiler: while Charles has become the AmbiguouslyEvil leader of [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen Krakoa]] and possesses [[BewareTheSuperman Mutant supremacy]] overtones; Cain has [[TookALevelInKindness turn over a new leaf]] helping ComicBook/DamageControl and using his immense strength to protect the innocent. It's even reflected in the inital reunion between the stepbrothers as Cain is the invalid and Charles is the powerful one wearing the scary domed CoolHelmet, except Charles does it make clear that [[BigBrotherInstinct he still cares]] for his stepbrother greatly]].
** The Professor gets another EvilCounterpart in form of Cassandra Nova Xavier his EvilTwin sister. Cassandra is an evil "anti-self" entity literally created to [[YinYangClash balance]] the good that was Xavier with pure evil, so evil in fact little baby Charles tried to kill his sister inside the womb before she could be born. Years later Cassandra comes back for revenge and shows the X-Men just how unstoppable an evil Xavier would be as she takes over her brother and creates absolute havoc. It takes the combined psychic efforts of Xavier, Jean Grey and Emma Frost just stop her... briefly.
** Alex Summers aka ''Havok'' originally was the evil counterpart to his brother Scott Summers aka ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} (thanks to Mr Sinister) but after a HeelFaceTurn this stopped being the case. However it's played straight with Scott's other brother Gabriel Summers aka Vulcan who was ripped out of their mother's womb by aliens, came back to Earth and then was seemly killed by a living island and then came back again as a proper villain. Gabriel is likely what Cyclops and Havoc would become if their mother didn't push them safely out of the plane as kids.
** ComicBook/EmmaFrost was originally set up as the evil counterpart to ComicBook/JeanGrey both being the beautiful [[MindOverMatter psychics]] for their teams Hellfire Club and X-Men respectively, their telepathic power is so great that when Jean and Emma clashed ''it caused shockwaves''. Though Jean is affectionate and kind while Emma is a IceQueen being very haughty and often cruel, when Emma does a HeelFaceTurn and joins the X-men this trope is averted though they become hostile towards each again when Emma gets [[MindlinkMates very cozy]] with Scott. Played straight again in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' when Emma is taken over by the Phoenix Force and becomes just as evil as Jean was when she got possessed.
*** Emma was also an evil counterpart to Charles as she was a telepathic headmistress of her own school, recruiting and training young mutant students.
** Madelyne Pryor is a more overt counterpart being Jean's literal EvilKnockOff created by Mr Sinister to woo Scott (it worked) Madelyne possesses all of jean's abilities and is even a potential host for the Phoenix Force which is why Mr Sinister cloned her few dozens times. Madelyne is also a chilling reminder of what Jean could be without her loved ones the X-Men as Madelyne becomes a BrokenBird when Cyclops abandons her and becomes the Goblin Queen. Interestingly unlike other examples Jean legitimately cares for her evil clone and is distraught when she has to bring Madelyne down.
** ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} is portrayed as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s evil similar, with near identical powers and completely feral. Interestingly however, both characters were introduced separately from each other, Wolverine first appeared (with slightly different powers than his X-Men debut) in the [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] comic, while Sabretooth was introduced (with no powers at all and claws that were only part of his gloves) in the pages of ''[[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]''.
*** This may not be quite so coincidental, as Creator/ChrisClaremont and Creator/JohnByrne were working on the ''Iron Fist'' title around the same time as their classic run on ''Comicbook/XMen''.
*** Wolverine's enemy Silver Samurai has an inversion of this with Ebon Samurai. WordOfGod states that Ebon Samurai was a police officer that was killed by Silver Samurai, only to be resurrected as a vengeance-driven superhero.
*** Wolverine's RoguesGallery is filled with long-lived mutants with {{healing factor}}s, claws, and/or adamantium. Let's see we've got: Cyber, Lady Deathstrike, Romulus, Daken, and Omega Red.
*** Following in their [[{{Wolverine}} dad's]] footsteps, ComicBook/{{X 23}} and {{ComicBook/Daken}} seem to be heading towards this type of relationship with X-23 being the "good" counterpart and Daken being the "evil" counterpart.
** Hell even ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is a kind of evil counterpart to Wolverine as well considering they’ve both [[LongLived lived]] over a century and have made more mistakes than almost anybody else in the Marvel universe (which is saying something) not to mention they were mutant [[OutlawCouple Bonney and Clyde]] for multiple years. Both Wolverine and Mystique have had numerous illegitimate children and are prone to selfish desires, they're also both loners when you really get down to it. When they divide is in the fact Wolverine even at his very worst has a moral compass which Mystique simply lacks, though Logan knows deep down he's really NotSoDifferent from her which pisses him off when she can correctly call him a {{Hypocrite}} when he tries to act holier than she is. ''Still'' at the end of the day, Wolverine for all his faults has [[TrueCompanions friends]] while Mystique doesn't and she suffers greatly for it.
*** Mystique also represents what her two children ComicBook/{{Rogue}} and ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} could become if they didn't gain/have a moral compass. Rogue like Mystique has the ability to steal entire lives from other people and both women feel particularly alienated by society, though ironically Rogue's PowerParasite abilities allowed her to feel and emotions of other people and becomes a selfless person ''because of it'' while being InvoluntaryShapeShifter ironically makes Mystique extremely selfish, introverted and apathetic. Nightcrawler whom Mystique actually gave birth to, signifies what she could be if she wasn't so jaded against society, since Nightcrawler takes pride in his appearance while his mother Mystique is actually ashamed of her natural mutant form.
** Speaking of Nightcrawler, his BigRedDevil father Azazel is also a evil counterpart for him, being catholic Nightcrawler is naturally disposed to his satanic father but their [[TeleportSpam powers]] are connect them and both father and son invoke the {{Swashbuckler}} ideals. Also a group [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Demon Bamfs]] created by Azazel branch off when Nightcrawler tames them creating more [[https://pm1.narvii.com/6454/df970e510d86acaf27105f530dd7181c2e35bdd1_hq.jpg counterparts]].
** [[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryAToI Deathbird]] of the Shi'ar Empire is the evil counterpart of her younger sister [[Characters/{{Shiar}} Lilandra]] (Xaiver’s LoveInterest) as whereas Lilandra is caring and heroic, Deathbird is a colossal bitch.
** Fantomex is an overt bad counterpart to ComicBook/{{Gambit}} both are [[BadassLongcoat trench coat wearing]] highly skilled Mutant thieves with assassin training who despite lacking a truly powerful Mutation are still incredibly dangerous. Bonus points they both have a French accent (though Fantomex only does it to annoy people). When Storm orders Gambit to take down Fantomex, Gambit is very grateful for the opportunity finding it very cathartic.
** Callisto in many ways is ComicBook/{{Storm}}'s evil counterpart both were [[StreetUrchin homeless women]] who have a lot of [[KnifeNut skill with knives]] and who found themselves being worshipped, Storm by the Kilimanjaro Tribe's men and Callisto by the Morlocks. Upon meeting her Storm can understand Callisto's actions better than her fellow X-Men as Colossus is confused when Callisto is seemly [[VillainessesWantHeroes in love with Angel]] but Storm corrects him knowing it's more desire and reflects own her own DarkAndTroubledPast. Similarities get bigger as Storm leads the Morlocks as effectively as Callisto did and later in M-Day she joins Storm in protecting the Runaways, showing when it comes to the downtrodden she and the "weather witch" are NotSoDifferent. In modern comics, they consider each [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponents]] as at one point after Storm catches the butterfly knife Callisto throws at her face, [[FriendlyEnemy they hug]].
** Stryfe is the EvilTwin of ComicBook/{{Cable}} and therefore his evil counterpart though while Cable is TheStoic doing what he needs to do protect the future and his loved ones at any cost, Stryfe on the other hand wants absolute dominance in the BadFuture and unlike his good twin his TimeTravel exploits are done with his bloodthristy desire for power in mind. Stryfe also represent what Cable would become if he'd fallen under the heel of ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} an unstoppable amoral killing machine, plus Stryfe embraces his cybernetics while Cable struggles with it every day.
** [[spoiler: In the same vein as Cable/Stryfe, Gambit gets an EvilTwin and counterpart in the form of New Sun who comes from a Earth where Gambit didn't fix the PowerIncontinence he had with his HavingABlast powers by having it surgically removed from his brain by Mr Sinister and as result scorched the earth. New Sun traveled to different Earths killing every single version of Gambit he could find till he was stopped by Earth 616 Gambit who had his own powers dialed up to match New Sun. Unlike other examples Gambit isn't stressed about his antithesis only lamenting New Sun doesn't have his "sexy" accent]].
** ''[[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen Powers of X]]'' reveals this is part of [[spoiler: ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert's Mutation as thanks to {{Reincarnation}} she has lived multiple lives. While Moria is still a good person in most of them, in her third life she created a cure for Mutantkind and tried force it upon them before Mystique had her killed, in her eighth life Moira joins Magneto and tries to conquer America with him before they are stopped by X-Men and Avengers. Worse still in her ninth life Moira joins ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} slughtering Xavier, Magneto and almost everyone else, but she also awakens Nimrod an unstopple super [[KillerRobot Sentinel]] and is later killed by Wolverine albeit willingly. However in her tenth life Moria having to knowledge of all her previous lives, is able to pass on it on to Charles Xavier thus help him safeguard the future]].
** While they never crossed paths the ComicBook/{{Blink}} of ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' gained one briefly in her own Earth-616 counterpart, who despite originally being created as a SacrificialLamb for the set-up of ''ComicBook/GenerationX'', was revealed to have actually survived, and was found and manipulated by Selene before being freed from her control.
* Marvel's ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader'' notably takes Darth Vader's status as Luke Skywalker's EvilCounterpart even further, by having Vader assemble a motley crew of personal minions who all serve as {{Evil Counterpart}}s to Luke's companions from the Original Trilogy in varying ways. When the cloak-and-dagger politics in the Imperial military get to be too much for Vader, he decides that it's time to turn to personal companions who work independently of the Empire's officers. To elaborate:
** BT-1 and 000 ("Triple Zero") are a pair of deadly assassin droids who serve as evil versions of R2-D2 and C-3PO. BT-1 is disguised as an astromech droid, and can only speak in beeps and whistles, but he also packs a deadly laser cannon and a flamethrower. Similarly, Triple Zero is a psychotic protocol droid who serves Vader as a TortureTechnician and a personal translator; he's just as polite and genteel as Threepio, but he turns out to be FauxAffablyEvil, with his good manners concealing a frightening sadism and bloodlust.
** Doctor Aphra is a bubbly female AdventurerArchaeologist who serves--in a roundabout way--as an evil version of Han Solo. She's modeled on [[Franchise/IndianaJones Harrison Ford's second most famous character]], as made clear in her introduction (where she steals an ancient weapon from an abandoned temple, has her [[TheRival rival]] steal it from her, and angrily shouts "It belongs in an armory!").[[note]] Here name even subtly hints at this: "Doctor Aphra" sounds like it could be short for "Doctor Aphrodite", referencing the famous true crime writer "Aphrodite Jones", as well as Indy's common epithet "Doctor Jones"[[/note]] Like Han, she becomes one of Vader's chief companions after he hires her for a one-off job. And her dynamic with Vader--as an enthusiastic young adventurer paired with an older, quieter, stoic veteran--clearly parallels Luke's dynamic with Han.
** Black Krrsantan is a brutal Wookiee warrior who serves as an evil version of Chewbacca. Instead of scratching out a semi-honorable living as a smuggler, he's a remorseless bounty hunter who will kill ''anyone'' for the right price, he makes money on the side as a pit fighter, and he has [[GoodScarsEvilScars a fearsome scar over his eye]] to make his moral alignment clear. Appropriately enough, he's introduced as a partner of Boba Fett--Han Solo's nemesis.
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel: The Brotherhood for the X-Men, the Liberators for the Ultimates, Venom for Spider-Man, and the zombie Fantastic Four for the Fantastic Four.
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* Despite all his power and ambition, Antrobus from ''ComicBook/AfterlifeInc'' can't help put compare himself to protagonist Jack Fortune - even going as far as to model his physical appearance on Jack, albeit a twisted, distorted version.
* ''ComicBook/AnyasGhost'': [[spoiler: Emily when her true colors are revealed is the evil counterpart to Anya. After spending time with Anya, she turns out to possess exaggerated versions of all of Anya's negative traits: Emily is obsessive over boys (but unlike Anya, murderously so), sees existing girlfriends of 'mark' boys as competition and not individuals (but unlike Anya, she is inclined to murder them), lies and manipulates (but not just about her last name, she lies about her entire past). The mirroring is even physical: she dons Anya's hairdo and starts smoking "ghost cigarettes", presumably a mimicking of Anya's bad habit]].
* Gloo from ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is a BlobMonster who was originally created by criminals in an attempt to clone the heroic Jack-in-the-Box and make him into the ultimate henchman. [[EpicFail They failed spectacularly.]]
* ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' has Pa Bear and Grizzly Gus two bears who love food in a strip called ''The Three Bears''. ''ComicBook/TheDandy'''s most iconic strip ''Desperate Dan'' has Dangerous Dan [=McGroo=] who looks almost exactly like Desperate Dan, albeit in a more evil costume.
* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' and Scrooge [=McDuck=]:
** Flintheart Glomgold, of the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse (and later ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'') is an evil counterpart to Scrooge [=McDuck=] -- every bit as ambitious as Scrooge, almost as wealthy, but with none of Scrooge's redeeming factors, such as his honesty and sense of fair play. ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' even increased the similarities by making Flintheart Scottish, the same nationality as Scrooge -- though this was because he was originally South African in the comics, and they wanted to avoid unfortunate connections.
** John D. Rockerduck is another almost-richest-duck-in-the-world like Glomgold, and... Well, that's about it. He operates out of Duckburg and is perhaps more of a plotter, but the basic idea is the same: he's an unethical version of and rival to Scrooge.
** In ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', Scrooge encounters both Glomgold and Rockerduck (in Africa and America respectively), showing his contrast with both. While Scrooge is a hard-working miner out to make a fortune fairly, Glomgold is out to ''steal'' from miners, and Rockerduck is a SpoiledBrat due to inherit a fortune. Rockerduck's father, however, is a mentor figure to Scrooge, liking him more than his own son.
** Blackheart Beagle is another EvilCounterpart, ambitious like Scrooge, the head of a large family like Scrooge, cares about his family like Scrooge, and a badass like Scrooge, however he tries to steal money instead of earning it.
* Raven Red in the ''Comicbook/JetDream'' feature. Like Jet, she's also a top-notch aviatrix with an all-girl team.
* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'':
** ''ComicBook/{{Shakara}}'': Shakara is the ghostly incarnation of the dead Shakara race sworn to avenge them. The main villain of the comic is Cinnibar Brenneka, an evil Shakara who destroyed his own species. Really more of an inversion; Brenneka not only preceded his GoodCounterpart, but his own FaceHeelTurn is [[CreateYourOwnHero the reason his counterpart came into being]] in the first place.
* Red-Mist is this to ''ComicBook/KickAss''. While Dave was inspired by the heroes in the comics, Chris was inspired by the villains (even quoting ComicBook/TheJoker before setting up his AvengingTheVillain story-line in Volume Two).
* From the ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' comics, both BigBad Haazen and [[TheHero hero]] Zayne Carrick are relatively weak Force-sensitives who were considered failed Jedi apprentices. They also both prove to be [[WeakButSkilled very dangerous despite their limited Force powers]]. The difference is that Haazen allowed his bitterness and jealousy of his more talented peers to utterly consume his life, while Zayne still maintains his [[MessianicArchetype fundamental human decency]] no matter what. The series' other main protagonist, [[ActionGirl Jarael]], now has one of her own in the form of [[DarkActionGirl Chantique]], who represents what Jarael would be if she allowed herself to be dominated by her DarkAndTroubledPast.
* Nancy Thompson has become Freddy Krueger's GoodCounterpart in ''Comicbook/NightmaresOnElmStreet'', as she has developed [[DreamWeaver dream powers]] of her own that she uses to help people. Unfortunately, she hasn't fully accustomed to the dream world and lacks the years of experience that Freddy has.
* ''Comicbook/RedSonja'' meets her EvilCounterpart, Crimson Katherine, in ''Giant-Size Red Sonja'' #2.
* ''ComicBook/XWingRogueSquadron'': "Except for an accident of circumstance, I could have been your Luke Skywalker, and he could have been me. After all, we were both farmboys who loved to fly." Baron Soontir Fel, the [[AcePilot best non-Vader pilot]] in the Empire, [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/367889.html says this]] to Wedge Antilles after he's captured by Rogue Squadron. FarmBoy origins aside, he's actually closer to being the counterpart to Wedge, who also happens to be his brother-in-law. Fel is distinctly not evil; he's Imperial, which does put him on the "wrong" side, but he's not an evil man. He actually joins Rogue Squadron for a time, before disappearing and ending up as part of the [[Literature/HandOfThrawn Empire of the Hand]].
* In a way, Gideon Graves to ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''. They're initially pretty opposite, as Gideon is a successful multi-millionaire mogul who's viewed as a winner, while Scott is seen as a lovable loser. Both have large combat experience, with Scott being the best fighter in the province and Gideon [[spoiler:inventing the Glow for military purposes]]. However, Gideon serves as a malevolent counterpart to Scott. Both seem to be unaware of their misdeeds,(although in Scott's defense, he never explicitly denied doing anything wrong nor does he blame anyone for what happened. There is also the fact that Gideon [[spoiler:ended up tampering with his memories]].) Both were also not the best boyfriends and made some bad decisions (yet Scott's was the result of cluelessness, lack of thinking and a bit of cicumstance while Gideoon is implied to be wholly responsible). Ultimately, Gideon is much worse than Scott and Scott's realizing they are alike in ways allows him to unlock the Power of Understanding.
* While they never met, Kevin and Miho from ''ComicBook/SinCity'' were meant [[WordOfGod according to Frank Miller]] to be counterparts of one another. They're both improbably strong and neither ever speaks. [[IAmAHumanitarian Kevin]] is obviously the evil one while Miho is at least the AntiHero version.
** Marv and Manute from the same series also fit as they are both big, scary [[TheDeterminator determinators]]. Dwight all but lampshaded this when he brought Marv in to deal with Manute. Bonus points are given to the fact that while Manute is evil, well dressed, and highly educated, Marv is good (in comparison), a bit of a bum, and not very book smart.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' Gargamel is the evil counterpart of his twin brother Gourmelin.
** He is also an evil counterpart to Papa Smurf. One wizard who uses magic to help people, the other uses it for evil deeds.
* ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'' pits Steelgrip Starkey against Ironarm Gantry. In contrast to the [[IncorruptiblePurePureness heroically pure]] Steelgrip, Ironarm is brutish, selfish, and prone to bursts of anger and pettiness.
** The All-Purpose Power Tool itself has an Evil Counterpart in Ironarm's Worldbeater, a massive, polluting contraption with bolted-on components that tears up the landscape as it works.
* In ''ComicBook/ElvisShrugged'', Creator/AndrewLloydWebber is TheDragon to [[BigBad Col. Tom Parker]] and is this trope to Music/StephenSondheim, who serves as a [[TheLancer Lancer]] to Music/ElvisPresley.
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