History FaceHeelTurn / ComicBooks

* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' is based on this concept with the [[Characters/IrredeemablePlutonian Plutonian]], a Superman-esque character, snapping due to the pressure and becoming the ultimate villain.

* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' is based on this concept with the Plutonian, a Superman-esque character, snapping due to the pressure and becoming the ultimate villain.

%%* ''ComicBook/AssassinsCreedTheFall'': [[spoiler:Daniel Cross]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' is based on this concept with the Plutonian, a Superman-esque character, snapping due to the pressure and becoming the ultimate villain.
* In ''ComicBook/AllFallDown'', [[spoiler:Pronto]] undergoes this in exchange for new legs as fast as his old ones.
* In ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', Nack the Weasel is introduced as a member of the heroic Chaotix - but by the end of their introductory story he's sold them out to the Brotherhood of Metallix, an army of spectacularly evil robotic copies of Sonic. Admittedly a loose example, as a) he'd clearly already turned before the story started and b) the character was always a villain in the Sonic games, so seeing him as a hero first is the unexpected bit.
* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': [[spoiler:Rarity, who is kidnapped and subjected to MoreThanMindControl and DemonicPossession to become Nightmare Moon's successor.]]

!!DC
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'':
** Hal Jordan undergoes a psychotic and becomes the evil Parallax, a being seeking to reshape all of existence, after the destruction of Coast City. In ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' [[AuthorsSavingThrow was explained]] he was under the real Parallax's influence, but it was still heavily controversial.
** The Guardians of the Universe, having been SlowlySlippingIntoEvil ever since ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'', finally crossed the MoralEventHorizon following the ComicBook/New52 -- they lobotomize Ganthet to get him back on their side, [[spoiler: seemingly kill Hal and Sinestro]], and begin a campaign of [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill removing free will]] from the universe by [[AssimilationPlot absorbing all life into their Third Army]].
* ComicBook/TwoFace was once District Attorney Harvey Dent, one of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s closer allies who ended up going mad after the left side of his face was horrifically scarred.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': Cassandra Cain, [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 who during her book]] was a compassionate character with high moral standards, was turned into a cold-hearted killer for no real reason. Later it was revealed that she was {{brainwashed}} by ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} the entire time.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'': In a particularly bad example of ExecutiveMeddling, DC planned to turn Captain Atom into supervillain [[ComicBook/Armageddon2001 Monarch]]. When readers guessed the plan ahead of time, they changed their minds at the last minute and made the character [[ComicBook/HawkAndDove Hawk]] murder his partner Dove and don Monarch's armor. Then, in a series of decisions years down the line, they effectively reversed it, giving Hawk the new handle of Extant, putting Captain Atom into Monarch's armor and creating a new Hawk and Dove team.
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'': In issue #6, [[spoiler:Superman and the rest of the heroes from ComicBook/KingdomCome. While the story they come from arguably ended the Dark Age of Comics and brought back idealistic heroes, these versions agree to serve the openly Tyrannical Deimos and fight the heroes of ComicBook/Earth2 if it means their own city surviving]]. This is turned back immediately after [[spoiler:Parallax murders Deimos]], as they had no reason to be evil anymore.
* ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'': Subverted. [[spoiler: Harley Quinn is blackmailed into helping the Joker when he threatens to destroy Deadshot's corpse (Harley doesn't know that Deadshot is not dead though), after realizing Harley has feelings for Deadshot and is quite pissed off about it. If you did not read Suicide Squad, you would not know about it and think she had gone evil again.]]
* Mandrakk, the Dark Monitor from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', was a Lovecraftian Horror ultra-vampire who wanted to feed on the life blood of existence itself until it had been bled dry. Saying he was the Ultimate Evil is not pushing the envelope. If what has been suggested -- namely that he originally was the Monitor, the heroic mentor figure who laid down his life so the Universe might live in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' -- is true, then this might be the ultimate FHT in comics.
* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' did this to Alexander Luthor, Jr. and Superboy-Prime, two of the heroes from ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Alex turned due to jealousy towards Prime and Kal-L, the Golden Age Superman; both were able to have a childhood and future Alex did not. Alex later convinces Prime to help him with the idea that he could revive Earth-Prime and save his family. Prime ends up fully turning after he knocks Pantha's head off.
* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': ComicBook/MaryMarvel, who used to be a pure-hearted teen girl, was turned evil shortly after ''Infinite Crisis''. Even her clothes [[PaintItBlack turned black]]. However, her turn was undone in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/TheComingOfAtlas'' turned Atlas into a villain. An obscure character created by Creator/JackKirby in 1975, Atlas was conceived as a Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian-like fantasy barbarian who was not exactly squeaky clean, but ''was'' opposing a despotic warlord. When he was brought back in 2008, it is revealed he had became another power-hungry conqueror after killing his nemesis and taking over his kingdom.
-->'''Chagra:''' Atlas was, once, though. My hero. The hero to many. The hero to all.[...] He was bold then, brave, pure of heart and spirit. I joined him in his quest to avenge his tribe's slaughter at the hands of Hyssa, ruler of the Kingdom of the Lizard. He-- We found Hyssa. We-- He killed him. And his rotting skull still adorns a vane upon the roof of Atlas' summer house by the water. Atlas took Hyssa's city and defends it when he must.. But the good has left him. People fear him as much as they love him.
* ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'':
** The chief antagonist of the series is a former "cosmic defender". [[spoiler:Nix Uotan]]. He [[RedemptionEarnsLife gets better]] in the last issue.
** In ''The Just #1'', [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Alexis Luthor]] turns evil as a result of reading the Gentry's evil comic book and reprograms Superman's peacekeeping robots into weapons.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Name a Teen Titan. Chances are good they has tried to kill the other Titans at some point. ComicBook/{{Raven}}, Jericho, and Beast Boy (yes, even BB) are some of the better known ones.
** ComicBook/{{Raven}} and Jericho have frequently gone insane and/or evil to the point that it has practically become a RunningGag.
** Rose Wilson was drugged into becoming the Ravager by her father Deathstroke.
** Roy Harper became a psychotic anti-hero after he was mutilated and lost his daughter.
** [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] was revived and brainwashed by the Titans of Myth after she was killed by the Superman robot.
** ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} nearly lost all his humanity when he became Cyberion and almost destroyed the moon.
** Osiris was forced to kill people in order to revive his sister, but by then he embraced a new love of killing and turned into a psychotic SpoiledBrat.
** Duela Dent's fractured mind means she's constantly switching from good, evil, and in-between. Her last appearance before she died had her attempt a kidnapping of a famous young actress.
** Risk turned against the Titans due to the resentment of being abandoned by them after losing his right arm. Although an early issue said Risk turned to petty crime after his Titans team disbanded.
** Power Boy turned out to be a StalkerWithACrush obsessed with Supergirl, and tried to kidnap and brainwash her.
** Golden Eagle tried to kill and replace Hawkman as revenge for his father's death.
** Deathwing, the supposed future version of [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] who belonged to the Team Titans, was brainwashed by Raven and raped Mirage. Even after the supposed brainwashing wore off, he remained a bad guy.
** Hank Hall, the first Hawk, went completely off the deep end when Dawn Granger died, becoming Monarch and later Extant. It turned out Hank had some help from Mordru the Merciless, but as a revived Dawn stated, Hank moved well beyond Mordru's control and turned evil on his own.
** Enigma, the Riddler's Daughter, first started out as a member of the Teen Titans before switching to Deathstroke's Titans East. We were never shown Enigma's tenure as a hero, but we do know she joined Slade's group because he promised to help get her recognized by her supposed father.
** Jason Todd, the second Robin, became the murderous ComicBook/RedHood after he was brought back from the dead, and constantly switched from an anti-hero to a straightforward villain.
** Addy Kane, Deathstroke's first wife, was driven insane by a blood transfusion she received from her husband, gaining his immortality and becoming the new HIVE mistress.
* ''ComicBook/YoungAllStars'': Tigress, after her death and resurrection at the hands of Gudra the Valkyrie, which was meant to explain her origin of becoming the Golden Age villain the Huntress.
* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': After Dodge gets knocked into a coma by the tech he stole in order to be able to teleport malfunctioning he turns from a wannabe superhero to a supervillain hoping for a battle with Robin, mostly because he's decided to blame Robin for teleporter fusing with him despite it being caused entirely by his own actions.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': By all indications the White Magician was once a true hero, but by the time Diana meets him he's maintaining his veneer as a hero through EngineeredHeroics and selling experimental weapons and other tech stolen from Star Labs on the black market. He then becomes an outright supervillain in his quest for power and out of his anger at Diana stealing the spotlight as a superhero in his town.

!!Marvel
* ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': [[spoiler:Apex is the only one of the kidnapped teens who is actually willing to play Arcade's game, killing Juston to steal his Sentinel, seizing control of Deathlocket and the Darkhawk armor with her technopathy to carry out her plans, and using the latter to kill Nico.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receive no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''ComicBook/{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Sue Storm, believe it or not. She once went mad and became a villain named Malice, who was hell-bent on killing her former teammates. When she recovered, this was one of the biggest contributions to her changing her name from the Invisible Girl to the more mature Invisible Woman and [[TookALevelInBadass Taking a Level in Badass]].
* In ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', ComicBook/TheSentry did this joining Norman Osborn's ComicBook/DarkAvengers in hope to getting cured from his SuperpoweredEvilSide, The Void. [[spoiler:In the end Osborn set a scheme in motion that made the Void take over completely.]]
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** Following the ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' arc, [[spoiler:Peter's former friend Liz Allan]] has been seen in a new alliance with Norman Osborn as he attempts to establish a new identity and corporation (now that his identity as the ComicBook/GreenGoblin is no longer a secret). Whether [[spoiler:she]] is doing this entirely out of free will is unknown, but it's very possibly that the biggest reason is [[spoiler:to ensure a better future for her son.]]
** Thanks to the actions of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, the ComicBook/BlackCat, once one of Franchise/SpiderMan's closest allies, has gone from ClassyCatBurglar to aspiring crime boss. This became controversial among fans, and was eventually walked back on by Brian Michel Bendis and Nick Spencer
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel:
** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'':
*** ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} started off as a baddie, but joined ComicBook/TheUltimates fairly quickly. This lasted until the death of his sister, the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, at which point he went back to villainy, ending up a member of the Dark Ultimates.
*** Though never particularly heroic or stable, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] joined him as a member of the Dark Ultimates as well.
*** Reed Richards, first seen in the ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', became a villain as well after [[FakingTheDead faking his own death]]. He became one of the {{Big Bad}}s of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and was intent on [[WellIntentionedExtremist forcibly remaking the world into a utopia]]. He was trasferred to the main Marvel universe during ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.
*** Nerd Hulk was bitten by vampires, and joined them as a result.
*** Black Widow turned into TheMole for the Liberators, helping to disrupt the team from the inside. That, if she didn't join the Ultimates with that goal from the start...
*** Gregory Stark had a drive to be always better than his little brother Tony. He made more scientific inventions, he has a bigger fortune, everything. Sponsoring his own superhero team, the Ultimate Avengers, was just another step in his never-ending conflict with him. He took it a bit too far when he tried to take down SHIELD and promote superhuman revolutions at third-world countries.
*** Pyro has been introduced in Ultimate X-Men with AdaptationalHeroism, but he was among the bad guys in Ultimates 3.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': After ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', Jean Grey took many levels in jerkass, going so far as to start a war between the already dwindling mutant race, bombing Utopia, mind-controlling Jimmy into attacking her own country so she would have a legitimate reason to continue the war, ordering assassinations, and trying to kill her own team.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** Colossus, after his sister, Ilyana, died. It didn't last long.
** The longtime member Bishop - after years of looking for a mysterious traitor who was supposed to kill X-Men, he betrayed them himself, for the same reason he joined them in the first place -- to stop a BadFuture from happening.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', [[spoiler:Chase]] briefly went over to the dark side, attempting to form a pact with [[BigBad the Gibborim]] in an effort to resurrect [[spoiler:Gert]].
* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'': The ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decides to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself will be spared.

** Hal Jordan undergoes a psychotic turn into the evil Parallax, a being seeking to reshape all of existence, after the destruction of Coast City. Later [[AuthorsSavingThrow explained]] and {{Retconned}}, but still heavily controversial.
** The Guardians of the Universe, having been SlowlySlippingIntoEvil ever since ''Rebirth'', finally crossed the MoralEventHorizon following the ComicBook/New52 -- they lobotomize Ganthet to get him back on their side, [[spoiler: seemingly kill Hal and Sinestro]], and begin a campaign of [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill removing free will]] from the universe by [[AssimilationPlot absorbing all life into their Third Army]].

* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'': Cassandra Cain, to great disapproval. After spending 76 issues delving into her extraordinary psychology and fleshing her out into a complex character with high moral standards, DC tore her down and made her into a drugstore-variety DragonLady who started killing people like roaches. After an IMMENSE backlash, they very "cleverly" revealed that she was actually {{brainwashed}} by ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} the entire time.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': [[ComicBook/MaryMarvel Mary "Damn" Marvel]] provides an interesting contrast as a Golden Age teen amidst modern comics characters. Unfortunately, DC decided to make her turn evil. Her clothes [[PaintItBlack even turned black]].

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':

* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'': Cassandra Cain, to great disapproval. After spending 76 issues delving into her extraordinary psychology and fleshing her out into a complex character with high moral standards, DC tore her down and made her into a drugstore-variety DragonLady who started killing people like roaches. After an IMMENSE backlash, they very "cleverly" revealed that she was actually {{brainwashed}} by Comicbook/{{Deathstroke}} the entire time.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'': In a particularly bad example of ExecutiveMeddling, DC planned to turn Captain Atom into supervillain [[ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}} Monarch]]. When readers guessed the plan ahead of time, they changed their minds at the last minute and made the character [[ComicBook/HawkAndDove Hawk]] murder his partner Dove and don Monarch's armor. Then, in a series of decisions years down the line, they effectively reversed it, giving Hawk the new handle of Extant, putting Captain Atom into Monarch's armor and creating a new Hawk and Dove team.
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'': In issue #6, [[spoiler:Superman and the rest of the heroes from ComicBook/KingdomCome. While the story they come from arguably ended the Dark Age of Comics and brought back idealistic heroes, These versions agree to serve the openly Tyrannical Deimos and fight the heroes of ComicBook/{{Earth 2}} if it means their own city surviving]]. This is turned back immediately after [[spoiler:Parallax murders Deimos]], as they had no reason to be evil anymore.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' heads into this through the course of ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire''. WordOfGod states that he [[spoiler:will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receive no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''{{ComicBook/Marvel Legacy}}''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]

* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel

*** Though never particularly heroic or stable, [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] joined him as a member of the Dark Ultimates as well.
*** Reed Richards, first seen in the ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', became a villain as well after [[FakingTheDead faking his own death]]. He became one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and was intent on [[WellIntentionedExtremist forcibly remaking the world into a utopia]]. He was trasferred to the main Marvel universe during ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.

* ''Comicbook/XMen'':

* In ''Comicbook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'', the most notable thus far was Fiona, who turned against the Freedom Fighters in #172 and joined Anti-Sonic/Scourge in Moebius (formerly Anti-Mobius).

** Thanks to the actions of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, the ComicBook/BlackCat, once one of Franchise/SpiderMan's closest allies, has gone from ClassyCatBurglar to aspiring crime boss. This became controversial among fans.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'':
** ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} started off as a baddie, but joined ComicBook/TheUltimates fairly quickly. This lasted until the death of his sister, the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, at which point he went back to villainy, ending up a member of the Dark Ultimates.
** Though never particularly heroic or stable, [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] joined him as a member of the Dark Ultimates as well.
** Reed Richards, first seen in the ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', became a villain as well after [[FakingTheDead faking his own death]]. He became one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and was intent on [[WellIntentionedExtremist forcibly remaking the world into a utopia]]. He was trasferred to the main Marvel universe during ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.
** Nerd Hulk was bitten by vampires, and joined them as a result.
** Black Widow turned into TheMole for the Liberators, helping to disrupt the team from the inside. That, if she didn't join the Ultimates with that goal from the start...
** Gregory Stark had a drive to be always better than his little brother Tony. He made more scientific inventions, he has a bigger fortune, everything. Sponsoring his own superhero team, the Ultimate Avengers, was just another step in his never-ending conflict with him. He took it a bit too far when he tried to take down SHIELD and promote superhuman revolutions at third-world countries.

* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': Mary "Damn" Marvel provides an interesting contrast as a Golden Age teen amidst modern comics characters. Unfortunately, DC decided to make her turn evil. Her clothes [[PaintItBlack even turned black]].

** Raven and Jericho have frequently gone insane and/or evil to the point that it has practically become a RunningGag.

** Donna Troy was revived and brainwashed by the Titans of Myth after she was killed by the Superman robot.
** Cyborg nearly lost all his humanity when he became Cyberion and almost destroyed the moon.

** Deathwing, the supposed future version of Dick Grayson who belonged to the Team Titans, was brainwashed by Raven and raped Mirage. Even after the supposed brainwashing wore off, he remained a bad guy.

** Jason Todd, the second Robin, became the murderous Red Hood after he was brought back from the dead, and constantly switched from an anti-hero to a straightforward villain.

* Hal Jordan, ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' poster child, underwent a psychotic turn into the evil Parallax, a being that wanted to reshape all of existence, after the destruction of Coast City. Later [[AuthorsSavingThrow explained]] and {{Retconned}}, but still heavily controversial.

* [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Cassandra Cain]] to a lot of disapproval. After spending 76 issues delving into her extraordinary psychology and fleshing her out into a complex character with high moral standards, DC tore her down and made her into a drugstore-variety DragonLady who started killing people like roaches. After an IMMENSE backlash, they very "cleverly" revealed that she was actually {{brainwashed}} by Comicbook/{{Deathstroke}} the entire time.
* In a particularly bad example of ExecutiveMeddling, DC planned to turn ComicBook/CaptainAtom into supervillain [[ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}} Monarch]]. When readers guessed the plan ahead of time, they changed their minds at the last minute and made the character [[ComicBook/HawkAndDove Hawk]] murder his partner Dove and don Monarch's armor. Then, in a series of decisions years down the line, they effectively reversed it, giving Hawk the new handle of Extant, putting Captain Atom into Monarch's armor and creating a new Hawk and Dove team.
* In ''[[ComicBook/{{Convergence}} Convergence #6]]'', [[spoiler:Superman and the rest of the heroes from ComicBook/KingdomCome. While the story they come from arguably ended the Dark Age of Comics and brought back idealistic heroes, These versions agree to serve the openly Tyrannical Deimos and fight the heroes of ComicBook/{{Earth 2}} if it means their own city surviving]]. This is turned back immediately after [[spoiler:Parallax murders Deimos]], as they had no reason to be evil anymore.
* Subevrted in ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily''. [[spoiler: Harley Quinn is blackmailed into helping the Joker when he threatens to destroy Deadshot's corpse (Harley doesn't know that Deadshot is not dead though), after realizing Harley has feelings for Deadshot and is quite pissed off about it. If you did not read Suicide Squad, you would not know about it and think she had gone evil again.]]
* Mandrakk, the Dark Monitor from ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', was a Lovecraftian Horror ultra-vampire who wanted to feed on the life blood of existence itself until it had been bled dry. Saying he was the Ultimate Evil is not pushing the envelope. If what has been suggested - namely that he originally was the Monitor, the heroic mentor figure who laid down his life so the Universe might live in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' - is true, then this might be the ultimate FHT in comics.
* [[Franchise/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]], having been SlowlySlippingIntoEvil ever since ''Rebirth'', finally crossed the MoralEventHorizon following the ComicBook/{{New 52}} -- they lobotomize Ganthet to get him back on their side, [[spoiler: seemingly kill Hal and Sinestro]], and begin a campaign of [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill removing free will]] from the universe by [[AssimilationPlot absorbing all life into their Third Army]].

* [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mary "Damn" Marvel]] provided an interesting contrast as a Golden Age teen amidst modern comics characters. Unfortunately DC decided to make her turn evil. Her clothes [[PaintItBlack even turned black]].

* Name a [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Teen Titan]]. Chances are good he/she has tried to kill the other Titans at some point. ComicBook/{{Raven}}, Jericho, and Beast Boy (yes, even BB) are some of the more well known ones.

* Tigress in ''Young All-Stars'' after her death and resurrection at the hands of Gudra the Valkyrie, which was meant to explain her origin of becoming the Golden Age villain the Huntress.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' is heading in this direction over the course of ''{{ComicBook/Secret Empire}}''. [[spoiler: WordOfGod states that he will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receive no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''{{ComicBook/Marvel Legacy}}''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]
** [[spoiler: His past bromantic book with ''{{ComicBook/Spider Man}}'' will become Spider-Man vs. Deadpool, with new creative team revealing that the two won't be on good terms in ''{{ComicBook/Marvel Legacy}}'']].
* From ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', Sue Storm believe it or not. She once went mad and became a villain named Malice, who was hell-bent on killing her former teammates. When she recovered, this was one of the biggest contributions to her changing her name from the Invisible Girl to the more mature Invisible Woman and [[TookALevelInBadass Taking a Level in Badass]].

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''
** Following the ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' arc, [[spoiler: Peter's former friend Liz Allan]] has been seen in a new alliance with Norman Osborn as he attempts to establish a new identity and corporation (now that his identity as the ComicBook/GreenGoblin is no longer a secret). Whether [[spoiler:she]] is doing this entirely out of free will is unknown, but it's very possibly that the biggest reason is [[spoiler:to ensure a better future for her son.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''

** The longtime member Bishop - after years of looking for a mysterious traitor who was supposed to kill X-Men, he betrayed them himself, for the same reason he joined them in the first place - to stop a BadFuture from happening.

* During ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', the ComicBook/NewWarriors became pariahs after being blamed for a disaster that killed over a hundred people. One of their former members, Hindsight Lad, decided to turn on his former teammates, giving away their real names and addresses to the angry mobs in the hopes that he himself would be spared.

* [[spoiler:Javi]] in ''ComicBook/{{Negation}}'' goes through this after [[spoiler:Charon brought him back from the dead and convinced him that his conquest of the Negation-verse and his pending invasion of the main Creator/CrossGen universe [[WellIntentionedExtremist was a good and necessary thing]]. Javi, a religious man who had questioned his faith even before his abduction to the Negation-verse, came to look upon Charon as a god, one in whom he could place his whole trust in, without question]]. He becomes a KnightTemplar as a result.

* [[spoiler:Daniel Cross]] in ''ComicBook/AssassinsCreedTheFall''.

* The ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
** ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} started off as a baddie, but joined ComicBook/TheUltimates fairly quickly. This lasted until the death of his sister, the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, at which point he went back to villainy, ending up a member of the [[ComicBook/DarkAvengers Dark Ultimates]] [[spoiler: before his death.]]
** Though never particularly heroic or stable, the Ultimate [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] joined him as a member of the Dark Ultimates as well.
** Ultimate Reed Richards became a villain as well after [[FakingTheDead faking his own death]]. He's now one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and is intent on [[WellIntentionedExtremist forcibly remaking the world into a utopia]].

* Hal Jordan, ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' poster child, underwent a psychotic turn into a being that wanted to reshape all of existence. Later [[AuthorsSavingThrow explained]] and {{Retconned}}, but still heavily controversial.

* ComicBook/TwoFace, in the Franchise/{{Batman}} comics is a good-guy district attorney who turns into an evil criminal.

* ''{{Deadpool}}'' is heading in this direction over the course of ''{{ComicBook/Secret Empire}}''. [[spoiler: WordOfGod states that he will be blamed for siding with Hydra and receive no credit for good he managed to do while with them. Continuing to say that Wade has tried very hard to be a hero, and all it's gotten him were tears, so why should he even try anymore if that's what he gets. Thus, we get to his new series in ''{{ComicBook/Marvel Legacy}}''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary. Solicits stating ''{{Cable}}'' as his first hit and that there's no more Avengers, X-Men, or being a hero.]]

** His past bromantic book with ''{{ComicBook/Spider Man}}'' will become Spider-Man vs. Deadpool, with new creative team revealing that the two won't be on good terms in ''{{ComicBook/Marvel Legacy}}''.