History AbusiveParents / ComicBooks

* DC comics, ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}/Slade Wilson. Even putting aside how [[spoiler:he was heavily involved in the deaths of both of his sons]], you could make a case for this solely for Slade's youngest child. Rose Wilson has spent most of her life since her dad discovered her existence trying to deal with his epic-scale emotional manipulations. [[spoiler:After rejecting her at first, he stormed back into her life by having her foster family killed and her kidnapped. Then he lured her into being his apprentice and injected her with the same super-soldier serum that gave him his meta-human fighting abilities (crossing over into Physical Abuse as such). Rose eventually had a psychotic break and carved out [[EyeScream her own eye]] to prove her loyalty to him.]]

* ''Comicbook/TheFlash''

* Creator/MarvelComics' Tabitha Smith/Boom-Boom was abused by her father until she ran away from home. This is a pretty commonplace trope for their [[ComicBook/XMen mutant]] characters.

* Then there's [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner's]] father, Brian. He'd been abused by his father, leading Brian to believe his father was a monster, that he had inherited the 'monster gene', and that any children he had [[InTheBlood would be monsters too]]. Brian initially chose to ignore Bruce, believing him to be a monster in the making. When it became apparent Bruce was a child genius, Brian saw his worst fears confirmed, and started beating both Bruce and his mother, Rebecca. After several years of abuse, Rebecca attempted to escape with Bruce, but Brian killed her and intimidated Bruce into saying Brian hadn't done anything to them. The truth only came out when Brian got drunk and boasted about what he'd done. Brian was locked up in a mental institution, dying shortly after release. End result? Bruce developed [[SplitPersonality multiple personality syndrome]] - and after a certain accident with a gamma bomb, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy his personalities became the various Hulks]]. [[spoiler: And Bruce (accidentally) killed him. In a subsequent story, Banner himself admits it might not have been accidental. He came back from the dead and in Devil Hulk form in the ComicBook/ChaosWar tie-in, but the Hulk sent him to Hell... only to return as a body-hopping spirit to confront his son in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk''.]]

* It was hinted that [[ComicBook/{{Loki}} Loki's]] biological parents were neglectful and downright abusive. He managed to [[{{Patricide}} get his revenge]], though.

* ComicBook/TheJoker has made claims of having one or more abusive parents to his various psychiatrists before in pre-ComicBook/{{New 52}} continuity, most notably when he corrupted Harley Quinn, but even he isn't sure if he's telling the truth or not when he does. In ComicBook/{{New 52}} continuity, it's been implied he genuinely did have one, in the form of a highly abusive aunt (she starved him, beat him, and washed his face with bleach regularly)... who knows if that will or won't remain canon, though.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Plutona}}'' Ray's father is a neglectful unemployed alcoholic.

* Bertron, the alien scientist from ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'', is this of the creator/father sort in that he subjected his creation, the creature that would someday become Doomsday, to a constant cycle of death and rebirth in order to force evolution upon the child so that he would grow to become the UltimateLifeForm. Upon reaching that goal, however, Bertron found himself at the mercy of his own creation as it turned its attention toward its creators after killing all the resident lifeforms on the planet. Bertron tried to talk down the creature by saying, "You cannot kill...your own father," only to be killed soon afterward. Years later, Waverider would find out that the creature's rampage is fueled by the fact that it sees everything it comes across as a reflection of its creator/father.

** Magneto was deeply abusive to both his kids, but especially Quicksilver. It's explained that this is because their mother was a human, which Magneto considered an act of bestiality, amking Pietro a walking, talking reminder of the most shameful moment of his life. And for added flavour, looked exactly like him.

** Despite tossing him as a baby and frequently fighting him, [[DependingOnTheWriter numerous writers]] have ''tried'' to make amends between the blue mother and son. Mystique has hesitated when given a chance to stab Kurt, begged him for forgiveness and even sacrificed herself for him. But the rest of the times she just manipulate him for personal gain or takes out her rage for Azazel (Kurt's dad) on him. The fact that Nightcrawler is willingly to be kind to her, protect her and even reluctantly accept her into X-Men speaks more about Kurt's [[NiceGuy compassion]] then it does about her. Averted in ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'' due having her morals flipped Mystique loves Kurt unconditionally and does everything in her power to make sure he doesn’t do he’ll regret while he’s evil, [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming she even grabs onto him while he tries to bamf away from her saying that she loves him]]. However this is more upsetting as it proves Mystique has the capacity to be good mother but she just chooses not to.

* Many fans forget but ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is a terrible, terrible '''downright awful mother''', let's start with her biological son Kurt Wagner aka ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} when he's born she was cast out by the village and her lover. At first she [[BaittheDog seems]] like a MamaBear protecting her baby from harm until she realizes she can use [[VoluntaryShapeShifting her powers]] to make a new life and the only one thing that's holding her back and tosses little baby Kurt [[https://marswillsendnomore.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/uncanny-x-men-428-nightcrawler-023.jpg off a cliff]]. Mystique says she doesn't regret it when confronted by her son and even flashes him [[SlasherSmile a grin]] as she says so.

* Many fans forget but ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is a terrible, terrible '''downright awful mother''', let's start with her biological son Kurt Wagner aka ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} when he's born she was cast out by the village and her lover. At first she [[BaittheDog seems]] like a MamaBear protecting her baby from harm until she realizes she can use [[VoluntaryShapeShifting her powers]] to make a new life and there only one thing that's holding her back and tosses little baby Kurt [[https://marswillsendnomore.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/uncanny-x-men-428-nightcrawler-023.jpg off a cliff]]. Mystique says she doesn't regret it when confronted by her son and even flashes him [[SlasherSmile a grin]] as she says so.

*** You could argue Sabertooth's abuse was his twisted way of caring. When we do see him given a flashback his parents are cruel, withgood intentions, honestly thinking Victor was possessed. His kid would have to be tough to survive such a world and to alreadyhave no powers as a handicap.

** There's also Mystique's treatment of ComicBook/{{Rogue}} her surrogate daughter, and if you thought Nightcrawler got the worst from her boy you'd be wrong. Raised from a young age with the worst anti-human teaching, Rogue [[DaddysLittleVillain took after]] Mystique and also received abuse from her and was abandoned (she really has a knack for it) leading to Rogue finding the X-Men and raised in [[RaiseHimRightThisTime a better fashion]]. Like with Nightcrawler the writers bounce back and forth with Mystique's care for Rogue sometimes she be a MamaBear and willingly to sacrifice anything to protect her. But at other times she has [[https://uncannyxmen.net/sites/default/files/images/spotlight/mystique38.jpg slapped her daughter]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/99/76/f2/9976f290fa8b4936694705681164bfe7--parental-advisory-xmen.jpg stabbed her in the gut]] and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/4226/161134-48307-rogue.jpg shot her]]. If that weren't bad enough, there are Mystique's "attempts" to look after Rogue like turning into her to seduce her boyfriend ''ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'' to see if he'd be faithful to her daughter and even kept up her record of terrible baby handling as she tried to use Hope Summers to try revive Rogue from Strain 88 virus and receives a TheReasonYouSuck speech from Gambit. When Rogue wakes up and learns from overjoyed Mystique what she tried to do, Rogue wastes no time giving her a [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beatdown]].

* Many fans forget but ''ComicBook/{{Mystique}}'' is a terrible, terrible '''downright awful mother''', let's start with her biological son Kurt Wagner aka ''ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}'' when he's born she was cast out by the village and her lover. At first she [[BaittheDog seems]] like a MamaBear protecting her baby from harm until she realizes she can use [[VoluntaryShapeShifting her powers]] to make a new life and there only one thing that's holding her back and tosses little baby Kurt [[https://marswillsendnomore.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/uncanny-x-men-428-nightcrawler-023.jpg off a cliff]]. Mystique says she doesn't regret it when confronted by her son and even flashes him [[SlasherSmile a grin]] as she says so.
** Despite tossing him as a baby and frequently fighting him, [[DependingOnTheWriter numerous writers]] have ''tried'' to make amends between the blue mother and son. Mystique has hesitated when given a chance to stab Kurt, begged him for forgiveness, sacrificed herself for him and grabbed a hold of him saying she loves him while he tries desperately to bamf away from her. But the rest of the times she just manipulating him to gain advantage or taking out her rage for Azazel (Kurt's dad) on him. The fact that Nightcrawler is willingly to be kind to her, protect her and even reluctantly accept her into X-Men speaks more about Kurt's [[NiceGuy compassion]] then it does about her.
** There's also Mystique's treatment of ''ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'' her surrogate daughter, and if you though Nightcrawler got the worst from her boy you'd be wrong. Raised from a young age with the worst anti-human teaching, Rogue [[DaddysLittleVillain took after]] Mystique and also received abuse from her and was abandoned (she really has a knack for it) leading to Rogue finding the X-Men and raised in [[RaiseHimRightThisTime a better fashion]]. Like with Nightcrawler the writers bounce back and forth with Mystique's care for Rogue sometimes she be a MamaBear and willingly to sacrifice anything to protect her. But at other times she has [[https://uncannyxmen.net/sites/default/files/images/spotlight/mystique38.jpg slapped her daughter]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/99/76/f2/9976f290fa8b4936694705681164bfe7--parental-advisory-xmen.jpg stabbed her in the gut]] and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/4226/161134-48307-rogue.jpg shot her]]. If that weren't bad enough, there are Mystique's "attempts" to look after Rogue like turning into her to seduce her boyfriend ''ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'' to see if he'd be faithful to her daughter and even kept up her record of terrible baby handling as she tried to use Hope Summers to try revive Rogue from Strain 88 virus and receives a TheReasonYouSuck speech from Gambit. When Rogue wakes up and learns from overjoyed Mystique what she tried to do, Rogue wastes no time giving her a [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beatdown]].

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'':

*** [[spoiler:In ''American Son Story'', we learn Norman had sex and knocked up Harry's current girlfriend and made Harry think it was him. Worst father ever? You decide.]]

* Then there's [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner's]] father, Brian. He'd been abused by his father, leading Brian to believe his father was a monster, that he had inherited the 'monster gene', and that any children he had [[InTheBlood would be monsters too]]. Brian initially chose to ignore Bruce, believing him to be a monster in the making. When it became apparent Bruce was a child genius, Brian saw his worst fears confirmed, and started beating both Bruce and his mother, Rebecca. After several years of abuse, Rebecca attempted to escape with Bruce, but Brian killed her and intimidated Bruce into saying Brian hadn't done anything to them. The truth only came out when Brian got drunk and boasted about what he'd done. Brian was locked up in a mental institution, dying shortly after release. End result? Bruce developed [[SplitPersonality multiple personality syndrome]] - and after a certain accident with a gamma bomb, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy his personalities became the various Hulks]]. [[spoiler: And Bruce (accidentally) killed him. In a subsequent story, Banner himself admits it might not have been accidental. He's back from the dead and in Devil Hulk form in the ComicBook/ChaosWar tie-in.]]

* Sam Lesser of [[ComicBook/LockeAndKey]] is shown to have a physically abusive father and an uncaring mother, as well as having no friends and being a year younger than kids he was in school with, it's easy to understand why he was a target for Dodge. Similarly, Ellie, the school's track couch had a physically and emotionally abusive mother.

* It was hinted that Loki's biological parents were neglectful and downright abusive. He managed to [[{{Patricide}} get his revenge]], though.

* ComicBook/StanleyAndHisMonster's appearance in the ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' arc "Quiver'' sees Stanley's grandfathter and namesake as this as he was a [[ReligionOfEvil Satanist]] who wanted to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] his first born infant to a demon to gain {{immortality}} and he wasn't any better to his grandson and began to starve and torture Stanley. [[spoiler: This culminated in Spot, the "Monster" of the duo, giving Stanley Sr. [[KarmicDeath a well-deserved death]] and mindwiping Stanley to save his sanity.]]

** Sam Lesser of [[ComicBook/LockeAndKey]] is shown to have a physically abusive father and an uncaring mother, as well as having no friends and being a year younger than kids he was in school with, it's easy to understand why he was a target for Dodge. Similarly, Ellie, the school's track couch had a physically and emotionally abusive mother.

** ComicBook/WallyWest didn't exactly have the best parents. His father Rudy demanded to be given the love that he never got as a child from his family and his mother was too worried about appearances than being a mother. Canonically, they are emotionally neglectful (unless if count Wally's father selling him out to the Manhunters as abusive), but fans often portray them, especially Rudy, as physically abusive. However, their emotional neglectfulness was actually a retcon, and early comics portrayed Wally and both of his parents as rather close.

* Wolverine's archenemy {{ComicBook/Sabretooth}} had an abusive father. Part of Sabretooth's mutant powers is his canines growing into fangs and fingernails into claws. After his powers manifested, his father chained him up in the basement and pulled those out with pliers. And since rapid healing is part of Sabretooth's powers, they had grown up by the next day, so his father repeated it again and again and again and again. In addition to physical torture, Creed was psychologically abused as well, with his father calling him a monster & even saying his glad his own father is dead so he doesn't have to see what kind of monster his son gave him for a grandson. He would bring Creed food like a dog & make him beg for it like a dog while calling himself a monster. Is it any wonder when Creed finally got loose, his first order of business was to murder his father.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Cavewoman}}'', it's Gramps' efforts at getting Meriem away from her drig-addicted mother (his daughter) that starts the whole thing. Meriem's mother comes back in time with the rest of Marshville, meets encounter with Meriem and asks for forgiveness.

** We also can't forget to mention Graydon. It's sad when Mystique is a worse parent than Victor Creed. She & Victor were lovers for a while, and Mystique faked her death to run out on him, and didn't bother to ever tell him she was pregnant with his baby. When said child was born, Mystique kept an eye on him until she found out he wasn't a mutant, then lost all interest in him, describing him as boring. Graydon sometimes snuck away from the orphanage to spy on her, where he discovered her true form. After finding out who she really is, Graydon is shocked & Mystique proceeds to taunt him about it, then reveals Sabretooth is his father, rather than a bond trader like she said. Even into Graydon's adulthood, Mystique cares nothing for him and mentions abandoning him because a kid would've cramped her style. Not to mention she was the one who assassinated him. But prior to the assassination, is it any wonder he has a low opinion of mutants? Sabretooth, unlike Mystique did seem to have respect for their son after seeing how ruthless Graydon could be. Victor teases Graydon, but seemed genuinely fond of him, to the point wishing him luck on his campaign & asking his son to remember him when he becomes president. He also claims Graydon as his son, given he frequently calls him "son" whenever he addresses him. When Victor & Mystique come to blows in X-Factor, Mystique shape-shifts into Graydon as a way to distract (or possibly hurt) Victor, as she did earlier when she morphed into his dead mother to upset him. Only this time, Sabretooth was beyond pissed and wasted no time clobbering her for it.

* In ''ComicBook/AVoiceInTheDark'', "Heather"'s parents are over-controlling and pressuring, but also blame her when she was raped by a musician [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney her father wanted to sign as a client]]. This treatment lead to [[spoiler: he killing both of them while calling in to Zoey's radio show]].

* ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'':
** Gary Richards. It's no wonder Reed turned out so mentally unstable. Gary is from the first issue shown to be verbally and emotionally (if not physically) abusive toward Reed, having no interest or tolerance for Reed's tinkering, yelling at him for turning the phone into a device, then throwing it at Reed's dinner. A later issue suggests Gary was physically abusive as well. Thanos manages to torture Reed by conjuring an image of Gary prepared to beat him.
** Thanos to his three children. He physically abused Ronan to make him subservient, and removed all the skin from his daughter's arm, just for talking back. Hearing Atrea trail off describing his parenting style causes Ben to remark that he sounds like Reed's father.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Cavewoman}}'', it's Gramps' efforts at getting Meriem away from her drig-addicted mother (his daughter) that starts the whole thing. Meriem's mother comes back in time with the rest of Marshville, and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming her encounter with Meriem and asking for forgiveness is pretty heartwarming]].

** {{Characters/Wally West}} didn't exactly have the best parents. His father Rudy demanded to be given the love that he never got as a child from his family and his mother was too worried about appearances than being a mother. Canonically, they are emotionally neglectful (unless if count Wally's father selling him out to the Manhunters as abusive), but fans often portray them, especially Rudy, as physically abusive. However, their emotional neglectfulness was actually a retcon, and early comics portrayed Wally and both of his parents as rather close.

** [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown's]] father, in addition to being a supervillain, would lock her in a closet when he was angry at her.

** {{Characters/Eobard Thawne}}, on the other hand, had abusive parents who conceived him merely for research, favor his brother, and treat him with cold disdain. This is all emotional neglect, but it crosses the line to abuse when they slap him for getting angry at his younger brother's tantrums.

---> '''Mystique''': Kurt's gone. But I did it. No one died. No blood on his hands. I'll find him wherever he is. I'm not giving up. I'm not letting go. Because my son would never give up on me."

* Wolverine's archenemy {{ComicBook/Sabretooth}} had an abusive father... [[MultipleChoicePast Possibly, given all the screwing with his memory as part of the Weapon X program.]] Part of Sabretooth's mutant powers is his canines growing into fangs and fingernails into claws. After his powers manifested, his father chained him up in the basement and pulled those out with pliers. And since rapid healing is part of Sabretooth's powers, they had grown up by the next day, so his father repeated it again and again and again and again... And as sadly tends to be TruthInTelevision, Sabretooth himself grew up to become an abusive parent in his own right to his son Graydon Creed, which helped fuel his hatred towards all mutants.