History DarkIsNotEvil / ComicBooks

* ''ComicBook/{{Cloak and Dagger}}'': Cloak, for all his broodiness, withdrawn nature, dark look, and overall intimidating manner, is really a nice guy once people get to know him.

* ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron'' has the superhero Obsidian, son of UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} ComicBook/{{Green Lantern|1941}} Alan Scott. He had a FaceHeelTurn for a while, but he's back now.

* ComicBook/{{Deathlok}} the Demolisher is basically an undead cyborg whose face is no friendlier than his name. There are multiple versions, but they've all got that in common. They're also the good guys. The first version debuted in TheSeventies; we're talking ''long'' before UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks and the heyday of the NinetiesAntiHero. He was far from what a good guy was expected to look like, and that was a selling point.

* ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}}, one-time villain of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]]. He ended up as a mentor to Jack Knight, a.k.a. the hero ComicBook/{{Starman|DCComics}}, so the Shade probably counts for this trope. He gained his power during a human-sacrifice-demon-summoning GoneHorriblyWrong (or [[GoneHorriblyRight Right]], depending on how you interpret the vague hints) in Victorian England that killed 104 people. Shade is probably far and away the most powerful of any of the DC characters that draw power from the Great Darkness, as not only is he ageless and immortal, but he has far more control over his shadow abilities and can directly travel between normal reality and the Great Darkness at will. Notably, he's been said to be capable of standing up to ComicBook/TheSpectre (also known as the physical personification of ''the Wrath of God'') and at one point, a future incarnation was able to transport Jack Knight centuries and light-years across time and space.

* Trauma from ''ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative'' is a half-demon who can shapeshift into a person's worst fear, invoking responses that range from a freakout session (Armory and Cloud 9) to reliving one's worst personal shame (Yellowjacket) to ending up in a mental institute (Trauma's mother). That being said, Trauma himself is a pretty nice guy who seems to have found a calling in helping people overcome their fears.

* Creator/MarvelComics' Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan, is the HalfHumanHybrid son of one of the Lords of Hell who wields a DevilishPitchfork and calls upon [[{{Hellfire}} the fires of Hell]] in battle, is perpetually clad in either [[HellBentForLeather black leather]] and [[ChainedByFashion chains]] or a HighCollarOfDoom, and has a pentagram emblazoned on his chest. He's also an AntiAntichrist who has served on various superhero teams such as ComicBook/TheDefenders and the Midnight Sons.

* ComicBook/{{Raven|DCComics}} of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' fame -- unless she's in one of her [[DaddysLittleVillain "daddy's girl"]] phases, which unfortunately [[FleetingDemographicRule happens a lot]].
* In ''ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder2012'', the titular Prince of Asgard during the FinalBattle absorbs Gorr's weapon All-Black the Necrosword into his body [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/df/41/b3/df41b377a10a68fd37a7e7697efc10c3.jpg and looks pretty scary]]. But even with the dark makeover Thor is still the heroic God of Thunder and uses All-Black for good, defeating Gorr with its power amping his own.

* The ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} were initially a team of "fake good" villains orchestrated by the second Zemo to fill the void after Avengers were presumed dead, but after Zemo's plan was foiled, the Thunderbolts have become a more virtuous team who has been led by the likes of Hawkeye, Luke Cage, and the Winter Soldier. Even some of their members such Mockingbird have turned from villains to genuinely compassionate heroes.

* Rorschach of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' at his best is this. He's a UnscrupulousHero and brutally violent VigilanteMan in a trenchcoat and mask who has a bad case of BlackAndWhiteInsanity and is pretty much detested by everyone who meets him (with the sole exception of Nite Owl II) for his horrible demeanor and even less pleasant views on humanity, yet he still utterly cares for innocent civilians, ''especially children'', and will do anything to make sure that child-killers and sex offenders get what's coming to them. This sets him apart from HiddenVillain [[spoiler:Ozymandias, who is LightIsNotGood, having all the positives traits Rorschach lacks (attractiveness, politeness and wisdom) but unlike Rorschach inhumanly treats three million innocent lives as merely a necessary statistic to achieve peace and build his FalseUtopia upon]].
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Persephone, dread Queen of Hades and the dead, is a rather compassionate and loving individual in most contexts who just happens to wear dark, spiked armor, a helm that brings a skull to mind and deeply love the morally questionable Hades. Despite this no one is foolish enough to casually [[TheScottishTrope call her by name]], even her own mother addresses her as Kore; the name Persephone is for her King or her subjects and her subjects are dead.

** Beast becomes this once he gets his iconic furry look. He's a hairy monster with sharp teeth, yellow eyes and can easily go into a frightning UnstoppableRage when ticked off, but other than that he's usually a cuddly BoisterousBruiser and ScienceHero who cherishes his teammates. Sadly the ''ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge'' has pushed Beast into the GoodIsNotNice WellIntentionedExtremist scale of morality.

** Nightcrawler is covered in indigo fur from head to toe, has pointed ears, fangs and a prehensile tail with a spade at the end, as well as the ability to teleport in a cloud of black smoke that smells of brimstone, leading to more than a few demonic comparisons (even before that whole [[FanonDiscontinuity Azazel mess]]). He is also a devout Christian, a fan of Creator/ErrolFlynn movies, and one of the nicest guys in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
** Archangel becomes this in his post-Apocalypse's Horsemen Death days. He's still a black-and-silver-coloured, red-eyed FeatherFlechettes shooting AntiHero, but is back on the side on the X-Men. In later comics, he is able to switch between his LightIsGood Angel appearance and his darker Archangel look as a LetsGetDangerous action.
** Rogue literally started off as a [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella De Vil]]-looking [[DaddysLittleVillain Mommy's Little Villainess]] of Mystique who tormented the HairOfGoldHeartOfGold ComicBook/MsMarvel, and even her PowerParasite ability is [[BadPowersGoodPeople something usually associated with bad guys]]. However, thanks to a HeelFaceTurn and getting a ProgressivelyPrettier GoodCostumeSwitch, Rogue reveals herself to be a genuinely sweet-hearted X-Man who can be incredibly righteous and heroic to the point of being TheCape, even though said costume throughout the 1980s was still a sinister green-and-black number, before getting the more heroic CivvieSpandex look she's best known for. Rogue's position as Ms.[=/=]ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'s darker {{foil}} became ironic when Carol TookALevelInJerkass thanks to ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'' and temporary became a LightIsNotGood VillainProtagonist.
** Psylocke, specifically when she's in Kwannon's body, looks like a {{Ninja}} DarkActionGirl (especially compared to her first PrimaryColorChampion outfit she had as ComicBook/CaptainBritain's little sister), but despite her BloodKnight tendencies is usually in the side of good, even if she regularly falls into the GoodIsNotNice scale of heroism. Funnily enough, after getting her original body back in ''ComicBook/Excalibur2019'', Pyslocke switches back to a LightIsGood PrimaryColorChampion costume after she takes the title of Captain Britain.
** Magneto is a zigzagging case who can easily dip over into DarkIsEvil DependingOnTheWriter. Generally, while Mags does look evil with his dark helmet and cape and is often drawn with a shadowed face and red or white eyes, he's a man who deeply cares for his fellow mutants, finally settled his differences with Xavier after being in a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor for decades, and works with him for the sake of their kind. Still, if you mean to harm his family or allies, then Magneto will remind you why exactly he was a {{supervillain}} for so long.

** Professor X becomes this in ''ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge''. He looks disturbingly like [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen the Maker]] with the dark spandex suit and intimidating Cerbero helmet and has dipped into some BewareTheSuperman ideals, although in all fairness, [[FantasticRacism mankind hasn't exactly made it easy]]. Nonetheless, Xaiver is doing his upmost for his species and their well-being, and still idealistically dreams of co-existing with humans despite it all.

** {{Downplayed|Trope}} in the same ''ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge'' comics with villains turned allies such as Apocalypse and Mister Sinister. [[TokenEvilTeammate They're still awful]], but they have decided to use their deviousness to help the X-Men and Krakoa rather than trying to wipe them out or subjugate them. None of the more morally just mutants trust them in the slightest.

** ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 aka Miguel O’Hara is a case of this. He’s got a more sinister outfit than Peter and has vampiric traits such as fangs and sometimes feral white eyes. Regardless he’s still a hero (albeit an [[NinetiesAntiHero edgy]] one) whom was even worthy of wielding Mjölnir and in many ways just as much TheCape as Peter himself. Though granted putting Miguel in an antagonistic role for ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossSpiderVerse'' took little work.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shadow pact}}'':

** Nightshade has darkness-based powers, including the ability to create and manipulate darkness, and to create shadow-creatures.

* ComicBook/{{Spawn}} is a AntiHero with demonic powers and a horrifying origin. He is deliberately contrasted with the Redeemers, villains with angelic powers. One of them is his ArchEnemy Jason Wynn, and he is as vile as they come.

* ComicBook/TheCrow, might as well as be the TropeCodifier for this. Eric looks an evil mime or [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the Joker]] going through his {{Goth}} phase, and with the sole exception of Sarah, he freaks everyone who meets him out. While he is a TerrorHero, given that his BackFromTheDead RoaringRampageOfRevenge was triggered over some human garbage shooting him in the head and gang-raping his TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth fiancée Shelly before killing her, rooting for him is very easy.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'':

** ComicBook/BlackCat of fame is a case of this, especially given that her long-standing love interest Spidey is a PrimaryColorChampion, so Felicia looks like a villain in comparison. She was actually a villain initially, but even then, she just broke the law to free her father from prison and in later comics actually helps Spidey fight crime. When Creator/DanSlott turned Felicia into a genuine villain during his tenure, the outcry from fans was clear and one of the first things to be [[AuthorsSavingThrow undone]] when Creator/NickSpencer took over.

** Most notable off the bat is Carnage, usually an AxCrazy RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver SerialKiller monster, becoming a tragic TerrorHero filled with endless remorse who saves lives in New York even if he can't help killing crooks and scaring people in his desire to do good. This Carnage even pulls a HeroicSacrifice wrapping himself around the Gene Bomb which would've killed anyone who wasn't a mutant.

** Strange is a haughty, goateed sorcerer who often unleashes {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s and taps into TheDarkArts, which -- along with his occasional darker wardrobe -- [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSPQoyPWQAAubrQ?format=jpg&name=large makes him look positively evil]]. However, Strange does truly care about saving innocent lives, cares deeply for his wife Clea and Wong and will do whatever it takes to protect humanity. He's saved the Franchise/MarvelUniverse from countless mystical threats that most other heroes would be hopeless against and even safeguards the fate of ComicBook/SpiderMan and M.J. Watson when Mephisto bets that Peter will die. He's definitely a BigGood, though a GoodIsNotNice one.

* Black Cat of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' fame is a case of this, especially given that her long-standing love interest Spidey is a PrimaryColorChampion, so Felicia looks like a villain in comparison. She was actually a villain initially, but even then, she just broke the law to free her father from prison and in later comics actually helps Spidey fight crime. When Creator/DanSlott turned Felicia into a genuine villain during his tenure, the outcry from fans was clear and one of the first things to be [[AuthorsSavingThrow undone]] when Creator/NickSpencer took over.

* The ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote is a black BlobMonster that takes the form of a twisted version of Spider-Man's costume, plus a huge maw full of razor-sharp fangs (usually, anyway). Various incarnations have been [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor all over the alignment grid]], but some versions have been genuinely heroic - the most notable being Flash Thompson, Agent Venom, who kept the symbiote under control as much as possible and barely let it eat ''anyone'', eventually finding a way to at least temporarily purge it of its wrath. (It didn't last, because StatusQuoIsGod, but it was worth a shot.) [[spoiler:Mostly averted by the rest of the Symbiote race -- it is noted that Venom is one of the ''nicest'' ones. Justified since the Symbiotes are a LivingWeapon race created by a primordial god of darkness who wants to wipe out all life and other gods in existence.]]

* In ''ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder2012'', the titular Prince of Asgard during the FinalBattle absorbs Gorr's weapon All-Black the Necrosword into his body [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/df/41/b3/df41b377a10a68fd37a7e7697efc10c3.jpg and looks pretty scary]]. But even with the dark makeover Thor is still the heroic God of Thunder and uses to All-Black for good, defeating Gorr with its power amping his own.

** Beast becomes this once he gets his iconic furry look. He's a hairy monster with sharp teeth, yellow eyes and can easily go into a frightning UnstoppableRage when ticked off, but other than that he's usually a cuddly BoisterousBruiser and ScienceHero who cherishes his teammates. Sadly the ''ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge'' has pushed Beast into the GoodIsNotNice WellIntentionedExtremist scale of morialty.

** ComicBook/{{Nightshade}} has darkness-based powers, including the ability to create and manipulate darkness, and to create shadow-creatures.

* Batman's Marvel counterpart, ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', also counts. He dresses up like the Devil and inspires tremendous fear in criminals due to his intense bravery and vicious fighting style but is a hero who stands up for the oppressed both as a hero and civilian and sacrifices himself for others on multiple occasions. Daredevil's on-and-off girlfriend ComicBook/{{Elektra}} at her best is also this, being an AntiHero, she’s even gotten her own Devil costume recently after convincing Matt that her villain days were done.

** Amazingly, both Carl "Crusher" Creel/Absorbing Man and his wife Mary [=MacPherran=]/Titania become this in ''ComicBook/GammaFlight'', despite spending the previous decades as major thorns in the sides of Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s heroes and working for Doctor Doom. They turn over a new leaf in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' upon coming to the conclusion that GoodFeelsGood and actually help Hulk fight against his father Brian Banner, who is the avatar of the One Below All, as well as save the world from Dario Agger's {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. They’re still brutish and jerky, but are firmly on the side on the angels.

** Cecil Stedman is a typical [[TheMenInBlack man in black]] working for TheGovernment who makes many morally questionable choices and has an ugly scar on his face. However. Cecil is remarkably caring, looking after Debbie's livelihood after her husband Nolan reveals his world-conquering plans, and despite his jerky qualities, he does provide aid to Mark and the rest of the heroes whenever he can.

** Tony's Model 42 PoweredArmor is mostly black and has red eye lights. Looks pretty evil but it was actually the armour Tony primarily used when he was being TheAtoner as well as when he was TheLeader of the Avengers during ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}''. When hit with Doctor Doom and Scarlet witch's inversion spell, Tony has a EvilCostumeSwitch into the Endo-Sym Armour, which is LightIsNotGood.

* ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' are a grand display of this. Most of their costumes are dark, they have GoodIsNotNice and GoodIsNotSoft tendencies, and at the end of the second comic arc, they [[WhoShotJFK assassinate JFK]] (albeit under threat from the TimePolice). Out of the siblings, the ones who most embody this are Klaus a.k.a. Seance, a pale-skinned weird who can talk and raise the dead but at worst is a snarky JerkWithAHeartOfGold and who in the first comic series saves the day with his PsychicPowers, and Five, a CreepyChild (actually a 60-something old man stuck in a 10-year-old body) and SociopathicHero who despite his behaviour does care about saving the world. Then there's their fallen brother Ben, a.k.a. the Horror, who had a disturbing LovecraftianSuperpower but was undeniably TheCape and easily the nicest member of the family.

* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': House Onyx, like all the other houses, has good and evil members, their aesthetic is just dark.
* Trauma from ''[[Comicbook/AvengersTheInitiative Avengers: the Initiative]]'' is a half-demon who can shapeshift into a person's worst fear, invoking responses that range from a freakout session (Armory and Cloud 9) to reliving one's worst personal shame (Yellowjacket) to ending up in a mental institute (Trauma's mother). That being said, Trauma himself is a pretty nice guy who seems to have found a calling in helping people overcome their fears.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'' where a lot of the Marvel heroes and villains get SwappedRoles, a few normally {{Jerkass}} or outright DarkIsEvil villains (known as the Astonishing Avengers) become this.
** Most notable off the bat is [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]] usually an AxCrazy RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver SerialKiller monster becomes a tragic TerrorHero filled with endless remorse, who saves lives in New York even if he can't help killing crooks and scaring people in his desire to do good. This Carnage even pulls a HeroicSacrifice wrapping himself around the Gene Bomb which would've killed anyone who wasn't a mutant.
** Characters/DoctorDoom usually a AntiVillain or straight up TinTyrant, becomes a incredibly humble and regetful man who makes a speech to the people of Latveria apologising for how he has used and exploited them to serve his ego and tells his people he will make their country a democracy instead of dictatorship. He's still a GeniusBruiser with scary appearance and disfigured face, but utterly lacks his usual megalomania. [[spoiler:He even resurrects Cassie Lang whom he killed in ''ComicBook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusad'' undoing his own MoralEventHorizon.]]
** ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} goes from very unpleasant BeastMan {{Jerkass}} to still very unpleasant BeastMan JerkWithAHeartOfGold, who manages to stay as a GoodIsNotNice AntiHero long after the events of ''AXIS'' end, before eventually getting turned back into a gruesome villain again.
** Characters/{{Mystique}} normally a sadistic DarkActionGirl with ChronicBackStabbingDisorder becomes a still evil looking AllLovingHero and genuine MamaBear who is filled with remorse for how many people she's hurt and does everything in her power to look after her now evil children Nightcrawler and Rogue.
** [[Characters/TheMightyThorEnemies Absorbing Man]] goes from TheBrute to TheCape, he still has his BaldOfEvil appearance but goes around beating up criminals. Funningly enough, Creel's days as a Anti-Hero wouldn't end there, as seen in the more recent ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' series.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora The Enchantress]] turns from a evil VainSorceress to a FemmeFatale-looking MagicalGirl who hates the prospect of having to switch back to her "rotten self" when the inverted villains complete their mission.
** Hobgoblin and Jack O Lantern both become CreepyGood, with the former becoming a Tony Stark-like JerkWithAHeartOfGold Philanthropist who saves children (albeit in AttentionWhore fashion).
** ComicBook/RedSkull becomes White Skill, still a SkullForAHead scary looking man in a black trench coat, but a deeply [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]] character who ironically becomes close friends with old man Cap before getting reverted back to his red-headed horrible old Nazi self. [[spoiler:Though this was probably due to Charles Xavier regaining control.]]
* ''{{Franchise/Batman}}''. The Dark Knight is often one of the best barometers of what the writer wants you to think is morally acceptable in all of comicdom, despite his black clothing, bat-motif, and [[TerrorHero fear-based methods]].
** Batman's looks are lampshaded in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers''. Zack and the other Rangers attack Batman due to the fact that, despite being a good guy, he's a man dressed as a bat and looks scary as all hell. When everything is settled, Zack complains about how Batman looks despite being a good guy. The other Leaguers lightly rib on Bats for it.
** The Hellbat Armour which Batman dons in the ''Batman and Robin'' series is this trope taken to its logically extreme. [[https://batman-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Batman-and-Robin-35.jpg It looks straight up evil and demonic]] and can actually vampirically suck the lifeforce out of people. But since Batman uses it to mount a glorious OneManArmy siege on Apokolips to retreive his son's body and resurrect him, it's more [[RuleOfCool awesome]] than sinster.
** {{Comicbook/Nightwing}} dresses in black (with either red or blue) but is a friendly NiceGuy. In fact Dick's lighter personailty is so clashing with TheCowl archetype that during his stint as Batman, Two-Face was able to figure out that he wasn't the orignal Dark Knight simply due to the fact ''he was smiling'' while fighting crime.
** Probably the most extreme example of this is Cassandra Cain as [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Batgirl]]. She's a former TykeBomb with a ridiculously tortured and abusive past, who wears a full-face mask that has strong BDSM overtones. However, she's also probably the kindest and most dedicatedly altruistic of all the Bat characters.
** Jason Todd aka ComicBook/RedHood has become this during transition from FallenHero (Post-Crisis) to AntiHero (''ComicBook/TheNew52'' and ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'') he's still a violent GunNut who likes to PayEvilUntoEvil, but geuinely cares about protecting innocent life and does love his adoptive family. This best seen in the aforementioned ''Batman and Robin'' series where Jason selflessly joins Barbara and Tim in helping Bruce get Daimen's body back from Apokolips. Red Hood's [[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws Outlaws]] team namely Artemis and Bizzaro also fall under this.
** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is zigzagging case of this, despite her apperance she is ultimately a good person and does plenty of heroics in ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' comics and even acts as CoolBigSis and TeamMom for the Bat-Family in some Post-Crisis comics. Except a lot of writers tend to nudge Helena into HeWhoFightsMonsters territory due to her willingness to kill criminals which something Batman and Barbara lambaste and demonize Helena for in-universe.
** [[Characters/CatwomanSelinaKyle Catwoman]] overall is a case of this. While often self-motivated and has willingly worked alongside AxCrazy members of Batman's RoguesGallery for the sake of getting rich, she will save innocent bystanders such as little children if they are caught up in the conflict and has helped Batman save all of Gotham on more than one occasion. Funnily enough, Selina's [[https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/catwoman-1.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=450&h=262&dpr=1.5 first appearance]] was a case of DarkIsEvil being a creepy and menacing cat-headed woman, it was only later on that she got the traditional ClassyCatBurglar look and was made to be more of AntiHero thanks to her [[DatingCatwoman romance]] with Batman.
** ComicBook/PoisonIvy and ComicBook/HarleyQuinn become this in ''ComicBook/TheNew52'' and ''ComicBook/DCRebirth''. They're still violent characters with NightmareFetishist streak who have few qualms about killing or dealing out DisproportionateRetribution, but now they are allies of the Bat-Family and Justice League who care about protecting the world from evil.
* One of the only examples of this in the ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' series is Takanuva after he survives a shadow leech attack. As for everything else, Greg Farshtey seems hell-bent on [[DarkIsEvil averting this trope]].

* Eric Brooks aka ComicBook/{{Blade}}. Normally the dude swinging a sword around who has the SinisterShades, a goatee, black trench coat and in the comics is British would be the bad guy. [[VampireHunter But unless you’re a vampire drinking the blood of innocents or your name is Morbius]], Blade is a pretty chill guy who usually gets along well with Marvel’s heroes even if [[IWorkAlone he much prefers his own company]].
* ComicBook/BlackCat of Franchise/SpiderMan fame is a case of this, espeically given her long standing LoveInterest Spidey is a PrimaryColorChampion, Felicia looks like a villain in comparsion. She was actually a villain initally but even then she just broke the law to free her father from prison and in later comics actually helps Spidey fight crime. When Creator/DanSlott turned Felicia into a genuine villain during his tenure, the outcry from fans was clear and one of the first things to be [[AuthorsSavingThrow undone]] when Creator/NickSpencer took over.
* Natasha Romanov aka ComicBook/BlackWidow. FemmeFataleSpy? Check, [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire sinister arachnid]] theme? Check, massive bodycount? Check, morially dubious? Check, villainess? Only in her inital appearances before a HeelFaceTurn. Nat is really a compassionate person when given the chance and spends most of her modern appearances fighting espionage as an Avenger, her 2020 mini-series even reveals Nat to be a affectionate mother to her baby son Stevie [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqzfhQ97SkjE9uCicuQd_0IxYTvaSz06CPew&usqp=CAU whilst]] [[https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:600/h:911/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/STL190568_5.jpg still making clear]] how ruthless an assassin she is.
* PlayedWith regarding ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. In typical Creator/GarthEnnis manner, the titular heroes Billy Butcher, Mother's Milk, Frenchie, The Female and Hughie are dressed in black trenchcoats and are fighting againist the BrightIsNotGood SmugSuper costumed heroes. Except by the end of the comic [[spoiler:Butcher [[HeWhoFightsMonsters becomes]] DarkIsEvil having killed the main sadistic supowered bastards of the world, the only one left is himself and he goes on a killing spree of anyone who has taken Compund V, [[TeamKiller murdering his own teammates]] Mother's Milk, Frenchie and The Female before being put down by Hughie.]]
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky aka The Winter Soldier]] after being cured of his brainwashing becomes this. He's still a darkly dressed, long haired "emo assassin" with a robotic arm and bitter personailty due to years of ForcedIntoEvil, but now is firmly on the side of good once again. Fittingly, Bucky isn't afraid to get his hands dirty in some wetworks or just be put in morally dark situations as a hero that by comparison the more sqeaky clean Captain America wouldn't be placed in.
* ComicBook/TheCreeper is a yellow skinned, green haired giggling madman who looks eerily similar to the Joker and possesses a laugh terrifying enough to physically paralyze anyone who hears it. He's also one of Gotham City's vigilantes and was present alongside the other heroes who came to oppose Hush following Batman's death, described by Dick Grayson as "trusted allies sworn to preserving my father's legacy". (DependingOnTheWriter, the Creeper is often perfectly rational, but pretending to be insane because it scares the ''willies'' out of criminals; Batman himself uses a different approach, but to much the same end result.)
* ComicBook/TheCrow, might as well as be the TropeCodifier for this. Eric looks a evil Mime or the Joker going through his {{Goth}} phase, with the sole exception of Sarah he freaks everyone who meets him out. While he is a TerrorHero, given his BackFromTheDead RoaringRampageOfRevenge was triggered over some subhuman-garbage shooting him in the head and gang raping his TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth fiancée Shelly before killing her, rooting for him is very easy.
* Batman's Marvel counterpart, ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', also counts. He dresses up like the Devil and inspires tremendous fear in criminals due to his intense bravery and vicious fighting style but is a hero who stands up for the oppressed both as a hero and civilian and sacrifices himself for others on multiple occasions. Daredevil’s on and off girlfriend Characters/{{Elektra}} at her best is this, being an AntiHero, she’s even gotten her own Devil costume recently after convincing Matt that her villain days were done.
* DC Comics continuity has a realm called the Great Darkness, which is sometimes referred to as the Darklands or Shadowlands. To make a long story short, when God said "Let there be light," this inadvertently created something called the Great Evil Beast, a creature composed of darkness and shadow on par with God itself. While this creature did go on something of a small rampage on account of not knowing its own nature, when it got to the gates of the Silver City, it merged with God to create a sort of yin-yang creature. However, the part of reality where it had formed was left over, and is called the Great Darkness. Many heroes and villains in Franchise/{{the DCU}} make use of this realm and its power to manipulate shadow and create shadow constructs.
* ComicBook/{{Deathlok}} the Demolisher is basically an undead cyborg whose face is no friendlier than his name. There are multiple versions but they've all got that in common. They're also the good guys. The first version debuted in TheSeventies; we're talking ''long'' before UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks and the heyday of the NinetiesAntiHero. He was far from what a good guy was expected to look like, and that was a selling point.
* Comicbook/DoctorStrange, a haughty goateed sorcerer who often unleashes LovecraftianSuperpower and taps into TheDarkArts which along with his occasional darker wardrobe [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSPQoyPWQAAubrQ?format=jpg&name=large makes him look postively evil]]. Except Strange does truly care about saving innocent lives, cares deeply for his wife Clea and Wong and will do whatever it takes to protect humanity. He's saved the Marvel universe from countless mystical threats that most other heroes would be hopeless against and even safeguards the fate of Spider-Man and MJ when Mephisto bets Peter will die. He's definitely a BigGood, though a GoodIsNotNice one.

* ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} is basically the embodiment of this trope. He's a demon from hell, but he's still a good guy. [[DependingOnTheWriter Sometimes.]] It might be more accurate to say that he often falls into a kind of a "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation with the ''actual'' "good guys," and that they sometimes have compatible goals ... in the short term, at least.
** His animated adaptions are a much straighter example.

* The Comicbook/GhostRider is a burning skeleton riding a motorcycle made of hellfire. He's also the ''hero'' of his story. And in one storyline is actually revealed to be an angel.

* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''. This quote is from the end of the movie, not the comic book, but it applies:
-->"What makes a man a man? A friend of mine once asked. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he finishes them."
** Not that it's especially easy to find any actual light-aligned entities in his setting, and he tends to slaughter the dark ones he meets with extreme prejudice, although since he finds them by following the bodies there's a certain sampling bias and if it's not [[MemeticMutation a whole army of skeletons]] or similar he treats folks like folks... mostly. But, as an AntiAntiChrist, he's trope-worthy for sure.

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk is a terrifying green rage monster, feared and hated by most of the MU for being a PersonOfMassDestruction. In actuality, Hulk is a big BruiserWithASoftCenter and has helped saved the world from multiple massive threats like ComicBook/{{Onslaught}} and Xemnu.
** Grey Hulk aka Joe Fixit (a persona of Hulk's SplitPersonality). A malcious, scummy, tommy gun totting professional Las Vegas mob enforcer and who while smart is pretty much TheBrute. Except Joe has served on the second ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' and in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' series TookALevelInKindness and helps saves the day from GeneralRipper Fortean and the One Below All while still being somewhat of a sleazy mobster. The same comic expains Joe comes from Bruce watching a FilmNoir as a kid after getting beaten by his father and created Joe as his idea of an adult, someone talks tough and cracks wise but will kick the ass of anyone who deserves it.
** Devil Hulk is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A demonic creepy Hulk persona that only comes out at night, has creepy glowing eyes, weaponised BodyHorror and does plan to end the entire world. Though it's shown he's really a TerrorHero who does care about innocent life, growling at a bystander woman during his fight with Abomination "Well what are you waiting for? A third monster? '''Move it lady!'''". Devil Hulk also genuinely loves Bruce and Green Savage Hulk and is fiercly protective of them, being the subconscious caring father figure Bruce always wanted.
** Betty Ross has become this of late, namely in her Red She-Hulk and Red Harpy forms. She has red skin, wears black, has a cruel and violent temperament. When she first appeared as Red She-Hulk and her idenity was a mystery she was a straight up DarkActionGirl, in later comics Betty becomes an AntiHero and as Red Harpy she's a CreepyGood HumanoidAbomination like Devil Hulk who protects her husband from ConflictBall Avengers.
** Downplayed with ComicBook/RedHulk aka Thaddeus Ross, he's a big red bully with a chip on his shoulder but redgardless he still fufills TheBigGuy postion among the Avengers during [[Creator/BrianMichaelBendis Bendis]]'s run and at his best becomes a case of AffablyEvil. Even when he's [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Red Venom Ghost Rider]], Ross is still technically a hero since his opponent at the time was Blackheart.
** Skaar, Hulk's son has long black mattered hair, black jagged torso markings and wields a nasty looking sword. He even starts off as a villain before reconciling with his father Bruce and becomes TheMole and TokenGoodTeammate of the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
** Amazingly both Carl “Crusher” Creel Absorbing Man and his wife Mary [=MacPherran=] aka Titania become this in ''ComicBook/GammaFlight'', despite spending the previous decades as major thorns in the sides of Marvel’s heroes and working for Doctor Doom. They turn over a new leaf in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' upon coming to the conclusion being GoodFeelsGood and actually help Hulk fight against his father Brian Banner who is the avatar of One Below All as well as save world from Dario Agger’s [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]]. They’re still brutish and jerky, but are firmly on the side on the angels.

** Cecil Stedman, typical [[TheMenInBlack man in black]] working for TheGovernment who makes many morally questionable choices and has a ugly scar on his face. However Cecil is remarkably caring, looking after Debbie's livelihood after her husband Nolan reveals his world conquering plans and despite his jerky qualites does provide aid to Mark and the rest of the heroes whenever he can.
** Monster Girl. In her transformed state she's a horrible ogre-like muscular creature, but she's really a good person and hero, being beautiful on the inside as beautiful as she is on the outside when not transformed.
** Mark Grayson the titular Invincible himself becomes this later on, even his second costume is black and blue Nightwing-style and as the stakes get higher and higher is prepared to deal out brutal violence to protect his loved ones and innocent people which usually ends with him [[{{Gorn}} getting covered in blood]]. He's still TheCape but the one who will headbutt a GalacticConqueror's face into a bloody pulp to save the day.

** ComicBook/WarMachine, whose armor is gray and black and packs [[MoreDakka lots of guns]], but is piloted by the decent and disciplined LCOL James Rhodes.
** In fact, Iron Man himself is capable of going kinda dark in storylines like ''ComicBook/ArmorWars,'' or keeping some pretty harmful secrets from the others, while Rhodey can be his conscience and voice of reason. ''He's TheCape at times when his red-clad partner is being TheCowl.''
** Tony's Model 42 PoweredArmour is mostly black and has red eye lights. Looks pretty evil but it was actually the armour Tony primarily used when he was being TheAtoner as well as when he was TheLeader of the Avengers during ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}''. When hit with Doctor Doom and Scarlet witch's inversion spell, Tony has a EvilCostumeSwitch into the Endo-Sym Armour which is LightIsNotGood.

* ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':

* Creator/MarvelComics' Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan is the HalfHumanHybrid son of one of the Lords of Hell who wields a DevilishPitchfork and calls upon [[{{Hellfire}} the fires of Hell]] in battle, is perpetually clad in either [[HellBentForLeather black leather]] and [[ChainedByFashion chains]] or a HighCollarOfDoom and has a pentagram emblazoned on his chest. He's also an AntiAntichrist who has served on various superhero teams such as Comicbook/TheDefenders and The Midnight Sons.
* Mistress Death is a necessity for the Marvel Universe if not the Marvel Multiverse. It's just that her [[ComicBook/{{Thanos}} "boyfriend"]] takes things a tad too far. Take her out of the equation and you're gonna have problems. [[ComicBook/TheThanosImperative Cancerverse-sized problems]].
* Likewise the DC superhero Obsidian, son of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/GreenLantern Alan Scott. He had a FaceHeelTurn for a while, but he's back now.
* Subverted in Brian Bendis' ''ComicBook/{{Powers}}'' with [[spoiler: Queen Noire]]. Although a good guy, the source of [[spoiler: her]] powers certainly isn't. Which then [[spoiler: proceeded to kill the entire team and them some]].

* ComicBook/ThePunisher is an AntiHero example who only kills bad guys and he has black clothes with a skull.
** DependingOnTheWriter. Oftentimes it's pretty clear that he's a psychopath who is only conveniently aimed at people that are (usually) worse than he is... unsurprisingly 90% of Marvel's heroes [[TheFriendNobodyLikes can't stand him]]. Overall Frank shows that while Anti-Heroes fight vileness, they often aren't any less vile themselves.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': [[LadyOfBlackMagic Nico]] [[GothGirlsKnowMagic Minoru]] is fond of wearing black, homemade "goth" outfits, is the daughter of supervillians, has to cut herself to use her black magic powers, and would be pretty scary...if it weren't fact the fact she starts out as a PerkyGoth OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent (albeit one who hardens as time goes on), wasn't the TeamMom, and wasn't very committed to doing good in order to counteract the mess her parents' supervillainy caused in LA.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'''s [[PerkyGoth Death of the Endless]], or, for that matter, [[TheStoic Dream of the Endless]]. Though Dream can be kind of a jerk when he doesn't get his way. Technically speaking they’re cases of AboveGoodAndEvil in the grand scheme of things, but there’s plenty of occasions where both Death and Dream express their distaste for real evil and do genuinely care about the innocent.
* The "Nega-Scott" in ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' does look like an evil doppelganger of the title character, but he's got a much more bigger and significant purpose than that. [[spoiler: He's a manifestation of all the mistakes that Scott has made and is meant to make Scott learn from said mistakes to become a better person. As such, Nega-Scott is absorbed into Scott so that he could make a better influence on his girlfriend and his other friends.]]
* ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}}, one-time villain of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Flash. He ended up as a mentor to Jack Knight, aka the hero Comicbook/{{Starman}}, so the Shade probably counts for this trope. He gained his power during a human-sacrifice-demon-summoning GoneHorriblyWrong (Or Right, depending on how you interpret the vague hints) in Victorian England that killed 104 people. Shade is probably far and away the most powerful of any of the DC characters that draw power from the Great Darkness, as not only is he ageless and immortal, but he has far more control over his shadow abilities and can directly travel between normal reality and the Great Darkness at will. Notably, he's been said to be capable of standing up to ComicBook/TheSpectre (also known as the physical personification of ''the Wrath of God'') and at one point, a future incarnation was able to transport Jack Knight centuries and light-years across time and space.

-->'''Ragman:''' But we're the good guys!\\

* ComicBook/SwampThing overlaps with CreepyGood, looks like the standard NightmareFuel Horror Film monster and is totally prepared to rip a man to shreds using vines. But he's actually a FriendToAllLivingThings and protecter of the innocent. As a MysteriousWaif accruately and poetically puts it [[https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WM-HALLOWEEN-6.jpg?q=50&fit=crop&w=2013&dpr=1.5 in her thought boxes as Swamp Thing saves her from albino crocodiles]] in ''Roots of Terror'':
--> There's Monsters on this side too, souls so broken, guardains at the gates that deny themselves their piece of heaven, to wage war on hell.
** The Rot was originally treated as a dark force of evil. It's really just the natural force of death and decay which is vital to the cycle of life [[spoiler:corrupted by Anton Arcane.]] Abigail Arcane, Alec Holland and Swamp Thing's love is able to use it as a force of good again.
* ComicBook/{{Raven}} of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' fame -- unless she's in one of her "daddy's girl" phases. Which unfortunately [[FleetingDemographicRule happens a lot.]]
* In ''ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder2012'' the titular Prince of Asgard during the FinalBattle absorbs Gorr's weapon All-Black the Necrosword into his body [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/df/41/b3/df41b377a10a68fd37a7e7697efc10c3.jpg and looks pretty scary]]. But even with the dark makeover Thor is still the heroic God of Thunder and uses to All-Black for good, defeating Gorr with its power amping his own.

* ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} initally were a team of "fake good" villains orchestrated by the second Zemo to fill the void after Avengers were presumed dead, but after Zemo's plan was foiled the Thunderbolts have become a more virtuous team who has been led by the likes of Hawkeye, Luke Cage, and the Winter Soldier. Even some of their members such Mocking Bird have turned from villains to geuinely compassionate heroes.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Colossus' primary costume color is black, unlike regular Colossus who believes RedIsHeroic.
* The image of the black-costumed and usually anti-heroish [[Characters/CaptainAmericaHeroes US Agent]] being able to wield Mjölnir in ''Journey into Mystery'' #83 is less surprising once you learn that it's actually [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] wearing John Walker's outfit.
** In general US Agent is this, while he is a politically incorrect jerkass compared to Cap, he still fights on the side of good and has been on mutiple Avengers teams.
* ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' are a grand display of this. Most of their costumes are dark, they have GoodIsNotNice and GoodIsNotSoft tendencies and at the end of the second comic arc assassinate [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy JFK]] (albeit under threat from the TimePolice). Out of the siblings, the ones that most embody this are: Klaus aka Seance a pale-skinned werido who can talk and raise the dead, but at worst is a snarky JerkWithAHeartOfGold who in the first comic series saves the day with his PsychicPowers and Five a CreepyChild (actually a 60-something old man stuck in a 10 year old body) and SociopathicHero who despite his behaviour does care about saving the world. Then there's their fallen brother Ben aka The Horror whom had a disturbing LovecraftianSuperpower, but was undeniably TheCape and was easily the nicest member of the family.

* PlayedWith in ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' with its titular character V, while a self-proclaimed villain who wears black and wields knives and is by all accounts a murdering terrorist, V is still ultimately TheCowl who is taking vengance upon the fascist Neo-Nazi Britsh government Norsefire. Although in typical Creator/AlanMoore fashion how exactly heroic and righteous V is, much like Rorschach below, is up for debate given the anarchist damage V creates and what Evey [[ManipulativeBastard gets put through by them]].
* In the comic version of Winx Club, a witch named Shilly is convinced by the Trix to make a love potion to break up Stella and Brandon (since the Trix were still going through their awkward "we want to be bad guys but aren't quite sure how" phase at this point). Once she realizes how miserable Stella is without Brandon (who has consequently fallen for her, due to the potion), she and Bloom make an antidote to the potion. She ended up being friendly with the Winx since then, though she didn't get that much face time after that story.
* Rorschach of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' at his best is this. He's a UnscrupulousHero and brutally violent VigilanteMan in a trenchcoat and mask who has a bad case of BlackAndWhiteInsanity and is pretty much detested by everyone who meets him (with the sole exception of Nite Owl II) for his horrible demeanor and even less pleasant views on humanity, yet he still utterly cares for innocent civilians ''especially children'' and will do anything make sure child killers and sex offenders get what's coming to them. This sets him apart form HiddenVillain [[spoiler: Ozymandias who is LightIsNotGood, having all the positives traits Rorschach lacks (attractiveness, politeness and wisdom) but unlike Rorschach inhumanly treats three million innocent lives as merely a necessary statistic to acheive peace and build his FalseUtopia upon.]]
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Persephone, dread Queen of Hades and the dead, is a rather compassionate and loving individual in most contexts who just happens to wear dark, spiked armor, a helm that brings a skull to mind and deeply love the morally questionable Hades. Despite this no one is foolish enough to casually [[TheScottishTrope call her by name]], even her own mother addresses her as Kore; the name Persephone is for her King or her subjects and her subjects are dead.

** ComicBook/{{Beast}} becomes this once he gets his iconic furry look. He's a hairy monster with sharp teeth, yellow eyes and can easily go into a frightning UnstoppableRage when ticked off, but other than that he's usually a cuddly BoisterousBruiser and ScienceHero who cherishes his teammates. Sadly the ''ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge'' has pushed Beast into GoodIsNotNice WellIntentionedExtremist scale of morialty.
** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} though he has a bright costume has all the hallmarks of a villain: unpleasant apperance, spikey hairdo, smokes, has blades coming of his body, killed (accidently) his childhood love and generally a dick to most people. On the other hand he's got deep loyalty to Xavier and the X-Men, loves them like a family though he doesn't freely admit it and has the righteousness of a samurai.
** ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} is covered in indigo fur from head to toe, has pointed ears, fangs and a prehensile tail with a spade at the end, as well as the ability to teleport in a cloud of black smoke that smelled of brimstone, leading to more than a few demonic comparisons (even before that whole [[FanonDisContinuity Azazel mess]]). He is also a devout Christian, a fan of Errol Flynn movies and one of the nicest guys in the Marvel Universe.
*** At least until he was [[ShooOutTheClowns killed off]] and replaced with a DarkerAndEdgier version of himself from a [[Comicbook/AgeOfApocalypse parallel universe]]. He's [[BackFromTheDead gotten better]], though.
** [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Archangel]] becomes this in his Post-ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}’s Horsemen Death days, he’s still a black and silver coloured, red-eyed FeatherFlechettes shooting AntiHero, but is back on the side on the X-Men. In later comics he is able to switch between his LightIsGood Angel appearance and his darker Archangel look as a LetsGetDangerous action.
** ComicBook/{{Rogue}} literally started off as a Cruella De Vil-looking [[DaddysLittleVillain Mommy’s Little Villainess]] of Mystique who tormented the HairOfGoldHeartOfGold ComicBook/CarolDanvers and even her PowerParasite [[BadPowersGoodPeople ability is something usually associated with bad guys]] (e.g Superman’s foe Parasite). Yet thanks to a HeelFaceTurn and getting a ProgressivelyPrettier GoodCostumeSwitch, Rogue reveals herself to be a genuinely sweet-hearted X-Man who can be incredibly righteous and heroic to the point of being TheCape, even though said costume throughout the 80s was still a sinister green and black number, before getting the more heroic CivvieSpandex look she’s best known for. Rogue’s position as Captain Marvel’s darker {{foil}} became ironic, when thanks to ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'' Carol TookALevelInJerkass and temporary became a LightIsNotGood VillainProtagonist.
** ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, specifically when she’s in Kwannon‘s body looks like a {{Ninja}} DarkActionGirl (especially compared to her first PrimaryColorChampion outfit she had as ComicBook/CaptainBritain’s little sister) but despite her BloodKnight tendencies is usually in the side of good, even if she regularly falls into the GoodIsNotNice scale of heroism. Funnily enough after getting her original body back, Pyslocke in ''ComicBook/Excalibur2019'' switches back to a LightIsGood PrimaryColorChampion costume after she takes the title of Captain Britain.
** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} is a zigzagging case who can easily dip over into DarkIsEvil DependingOnTheWriter. Generally while Mags does look evil with his dark helmet, cape and is often drawn with a shadowed face and red or white eyes, he's a man who deeply cares for his fellow mutants after being a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor for decades finally settled his differences with Xavier and works with him for the sake of their kind. Still if you mean to harm his family or allies, then Magneto will remind you why exacty he was a {{Supervillain}} for so long.
** ComicBook/{{Gambit}} is a thief with red irises and black sclera who wears a trench coat and in some EarlyInstalmentWeirdness would be seen popping out of shadows with a ghoulish grin. His appearance along with his then mysterious past was supposed to make the reader distrust him, yet by the time he joined the X-Men proper proved to be extremely cool and protective AntiHero who managed to win the aforementioned Rogue’s heart and have numerous dashing BigDamnHeroes moments, making his early appearances and characterisation odd to say the least. ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' which had Gambit be an actual DarkIsEvil SmugSnake, got harsh backlash.

** ComicBook/{{X 23}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s OppositeSexClone, was bred to be an emotionless killing machine. Her childhood largely consisted of ColdBloodedTorture, whenever she walks into a room [[SherlockScan she automatically calculates the best method of killing everyone in it]], approaches killing and torture with a cold detachment that may make her even ''better'' at it than her father, and she rarely shows what she is feeling. She's also a bit of a {{loner|s Are Freaks}}, is shown to have bouts of possibly suicidal depression and [[SelfHarm cuts herself]], and her favored dress style is often strongly {{Goth}}ic. However unlike {{ComicBook/Daken}}, Laura fights ''against'' her dark impulses, and God help you if you hurt someone she loves.
** ComicBook/ProfessorX becomes this in ''ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge'' with the dark spandex suit and intimidating Cerbero helmet he looks [[Characters/UltimateFantasticFour The Maker]] and has dipped into some BewareTheSuperman ideals, although in all fairness [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters mankind]] [[FantasticRacism hasn't exactly made it easy]]. Nonethelesss Xaiver is doing his upmost for his species and their wellbeing and still idealistically dreams of co-exsisting with humans despite it all.
*** Downplayed in the same comics with villains turned allies such as Apocalypse and Mister Sinister. ''[[TokenEvilTeammate They're still awful]]'' but have decided to use their deviousness to help the X-Men and Krakoa rather than trying to wipe them out or subjugate them. None of the more morally just mutants trust them in the slightest.

** ComicBook/RedSkull becomes White Skill, still a SkullForAHead scary looking man in a black trench coat, but a deeply [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]] character who ironically becomes close friends with old man Cap before getting reverted back to his red-headed horrible old Nazi self. [[spoiler:Though this was probably due to Charles Xavier was regaining control.]]

** Characters/DoctorDoom usually a AntiVillain or straight up TinTyrant, becomes a incredibly humble and regetful man who makes a speech to the people of Latveria apologising for how he has used and exploited them to serve his ego and tells his people he will make their country a democracy instead of dictatorship. He's still a GeniusBruiser with scary appearance and disfigured face, but utterly lacks his usual megalomania.

** Amazingly both Carl “Crusher” Creel Absorbing Man and his wife Mary [=MacPherran=] aka Titania become this in ''ComicBook/GammaFlight'', despite spending the previous decades as major thorns in the sides of Marvel’s heroes and working for Doctor Doom. They turn over a new leaf in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' upon coming to the conclusion being GoodFeelsGood and actually help Hulk fight against his CompleteMonster father Brian Banner who is the avatar of One Below All as well as save world from Dario Agger’s [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]]. They’re still brutish and jerky, but are firmly on the side on the angels.

** ComicBook/RedSkull becomes White Skill, still a SkullForAHead scary looking man in a black trench coat, but a deeply [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone remorseful]] character who ironically becomes close friends with old man Cap before getting reverted back to his red-headed horrible old Nazi self.

** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} is a zigzagging case who can easily dip over into DarkIsEvil DependingOnTheWriter. Generally while Mags does look evil with his dark helmet, cape and is often drawn with a shadowed face and red or white eyes, he's man who deeply cares for his fellow mutants after being a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor for decades finally settled his differences with Xavier and works with him for the sake of their kind. Still if you mean to harm his family or allies, then Magneto will remind you why exacty he was a {{Supervillain}} for so long.

** Tony's Model 42 PoweredArmour is mostly black and has red eyelights. Looks pretty evil but it was actually the armour Tony primarily used when he was being TheAtoner as well as when he was TheLeader of the Avengers during ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}''. When hit with Doctor Doom and Scarlet witch's inversion spell, Tony has a EvilCostumeSwitch into the Endo-Sym Armour which is LightIsNotGood.