History DarkIsNotEvil / ComicBooks

** [[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 inverted villains complete their mission.

** 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 outside when not transformed.

** 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 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.

** Tony's Model 42 PoweredArmour is mostly black and 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.

* Comicbook/DoctorStrange, a haughty goateed sorcerer who often unleashes LovecraftianSuperpower and taps into the 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.

** Characters/DoctorDoom usally 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.

* 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://2.bp.blogspot.com/LgLeGCTSUJCtW9budztFs4wij3smCWtyl1T3Cd8QJc_UoB0lONIRidfWO3m-UyWBTXOYh8qlp6IC20HPTOEDQybMlyIGROVWTswy1v2mAvgrA2nvwGlQwcB6jfCAFtf8y_RLdcrGiuc=s0?rhlupa=MjAwMTo4MDAzOjE2NDA6ZTEwMDpiNTgyOmFlODI6ODQ1YjplNDAz&rnvuka=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgMTAuMDsgV2luNjQ7IHg2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzEwNC4wLjAuMCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2 whilst]] [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/SnE5QWZtHoEbcP66_Dnomu2dOPXLqaV-jbjc17UaihM1k6kCmNOsGV1wjYCFMB0fe0AA21TpBul-Dvi8LYqHEguaQrQFij0_pFYzQ3rJSNBzYRkEbwZYW_B3AasUpW5DkdbttSCbmq4=s0?rhlupa=MjAwMTo4MDAzOjE2NDA6ZTEwMDpiNTgyOmFlODI6ODQ1YjplNDAz&rnvuka=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgMTAuMDsgV2luNjQ7IHg2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzEwNC4wLjAuMCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2 still making clear]] how ruthless an assassin she is.

** 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 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/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 also plenty of occasions where both Death and Dream express their distaste for evil and do genuinely care about the innocent.

* The ComicBook/{{Shade}}, 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.

** 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 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 if her costume was a sinister green and black throughout the 80s 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.

--> There's Monsters on out side too, souls so broken, guardains at the gates that deny themselves their piece of heaven, to wage war on hell.

** 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.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'''s [[PerkyGoth Death of the Endless]], or, for that matter, Dream of the Endless. Though Dream can be kind of a jerk when he doesn't get his way.

** ComicBook/{{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.

** Most notable off the bat is ComicBook/{{Carnage}} usually a 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.

** Amazingly both Carl “Crusher” Creel Absorbing Man and his wife Mary [=MacPherran=] aka Titania become this ''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 firmly on the side on the angels.

** 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 force of good again.

* ''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 two 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 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.

** 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 upmost for his species and their wellbeing and still idealistically dreams of co-exsisting with humans despite it all.

** 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 he's [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Red Venom Ghost Rider]], Ross is still technically a hero since his opponent at the time was Blackheart.

* 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 whilst still making clear how ruthless an assassin she is.

** 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 TeamMom for the Bat-Family in 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.

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk 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.

** ComicBook/BettyRoss 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.

** [[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 Antihero 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 propect of having to switch back to her "rotten self" when inverted villains complete their mission.

** 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/{{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.

* Natasha Romanov aka ComicBook/BlackWidow. FemmeFataleSpy? Check, sinister arcnaid 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 whilst still making clear how ruthless an assassin she is.

* [[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 put in morally dark situations as a hero that more sqeaky clean Captain America wouldn't placed in.

* Comicbook/DoctorStrange, a haughty goateed sorcerer who often unleashes LovecraftianSuperpower and taps into the 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 most other heroes would be hopeless againist and even safeguards the fate of Spider-Man and MJ when Mephisto bets Peter will die. He's definitely a BigGood, though GoodIsNotNice one.

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk 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 massive multiple threats like ComicBook/{{Onslaught}} and Xemnu.

** 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 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 bloody pulp to save the day.

** Tony's Model 42 PoweredArmour is mostly black and and has red eyelights. Looks pretty evil but it was actually the armour Tony primarily used when he was being TheAtoner and 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/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 poetially intone [[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''.

* The image of the black-costumed and usually anti-heroish [[Characters/CaptaianAmericaHeroes 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/{{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 Xaiver and the X-Men, loves them like a family though he doesn't freely admit it and has the righteousness of a samurai.

** 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 deacdes finally settled his differences with Xaiver 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.

* From ''ComicBook/ThroughTheWoods'', there is the man with a wide-brimmed hat and toothy smile who haunts the three sisters. From what little is shown of him, he is dressed entirely in black, including his hat. [[spoiler:He's also implied to be TheGrimReaper who comes to take the girls into the afterlife after they die during a snowstorm. Both Mary and Hannah say kind words about him, and are cheered by his presence, and furthermore he is seen tenderly hugging Hannah when he takes her. Beth is afraid of the man at first, but she accepts him putting his hat on her head when they meet at the neighbor's house, possibly symbolizing her accepting that she's dead and is now able to reunite with her dead family]].

* Kaluu, an EvilSorcerer and one-time foe of Comicbook/DoctorStrange, accompanies him on a mission to defeat the dark magic Strange had inadvertently loosed in the world. Over the course of their misadventure Strange was forced to admit that Kaluu was also a hero working on the side of good, even though his pragmatism and readiness to sacrifice some to save others bothered him.

* ComicBook/{{Magik}} has the power of evil, but she usually tries using it for the sake of goodness.

** 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, he's even TheMole and TokenGoodTeammate of the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.

** Tony's Model 42 PoweredArmour is mostly black and and has red eyelights. Looks pretty evil but it was actually the armour Tony primarily used when he was being TheAtoner and 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/{{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.

* 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.

* The Rot in ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' 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.]]
* And ComicBook/{{Raven}} of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' -- unless she's in one of her "daddy's girl" phases. Which unfortunately [[FleetingDemographicRule happens a lot.]]

* 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/{{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.

** Hobgoblin and Jack O Lantern both become CreepyGood, with the former becoming a Tony Stark-like JerkWithAHeartOfGold Philanthropist who saves children (albeit in AttenionWhore fashion).
** Sandman (who's already something of a AntiVillain) foils

* 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.

** {{Comicbook/Nightwing}} dresses in black (with either red or blue) but is a friendly NiceGuy.
** 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.

* ''ComicBook/IronMan'' has 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.

* Creator/MarvelComics' Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan is the HalfHumanHybrid son of one of the Lords of Hell who wields a [[ProngsOfPoseidon pitchfork]] 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/TheSandman'''s [[PerkyGoth Death of the Endless]], or, for that matter, Dream of the Endless. Though Dream can be kind of a jerk when he doesn't get his way.

-->'''Ragman''': But we're the good guys!
-->'''Congregation member''': A demon from hell, a notorious soul-stealer and a witch who conjures living darkness? Don't make me laugh!
-->'''Congregation member''': [[ObviouslyEvil It's plainly obvious you're foul to the bone.]]

* ComicBook/IllyanaRasputin has the power of evil, but she usually tries using it for the sake of goodness.

* ''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' superillianry caused in LA.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'''s [[PerkyGoth Death of the Endless]], or, for that matter, [[ComicBook/TheSandman Dream of the Endless]]. Though Dream can be kind of a jerk when he doesn't get his way.

* ''Comicbook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'':

* [[LadyOfBlackMagic Nico]] [[GothGirlsKnowMagic Minoru]] from ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' 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' superillianry caused in LA.