History FaceHeelTurn / ComicBooks

* ''{{Deadpool}}'' is heading in this direction over the course of ''{{ComicBook/Secret Empire}}''. [[spoiler: WordOfGod states that he will be ostracized for siding with Hydra, and receive no credit for good he managed to do and strings he pulled behind the scenes. WordOfGod goes on 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 -coming with ''{{ComicBook/Marvel Legacy}}''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary, with ''{{Cable}}'' being the first target.]]

* ''{{Deadpool}}'' is heading in this direction over the course of ''{{ComicBook/Secret Empire}}''. [[spoiler: WordOfGod states that he will be ostracized for siding with Hydra, and receive no credit for good he managed to do and strings he pulled behind the scenes. WordOfGod goes on 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 -coming with ''{{Marvel Legacy}}''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary, with ''{{Cable}}'' being the first target.]]

* ''{{Deadpool}}'' is heading in this direction over the course of ''{{Secret Empire}}''. [[spoiler: WordOfGod states that he will be ostracized for siding with Hydra, and receive no credit for good he managed to do and strings he pulled behind the scenes. WordOfGod goes on 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 -coming with ''{{Marvel Legacy}}''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary, with ''{{Cable}}'' being the first target.]]

* ''{{Deadpool}}'' is heading in this direction over the course of ''{{Secret Empire}}''. WordOfGod states that he will be ostracized for siding with Hydra, and receive no credit for good he managed to do and strings he pulled behind the scenes. WordOfGod goes on 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 -coming with ''{{Marvel Legacy}}''. The book will be called The Despicable Deadpool, where he'll be going back to his old ways as a mercenary, with ''{{Cable}}'' being the first target.

'''DC'''

'''Marvel'''

'''Other'''

** 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 UltimateMarvel universe, and is intent on [[WellIntentionedExtremist forcibly remaking the world into a utopia]].

* The UltimateMarvel
** ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} started off as a baddie, but joined 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.]]

** 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.

* The chief antagonist of ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' is a former "cosmic defender". [[spoiler:Nix Uotan]]. He [[RedemptionEarnsLife gets better]] in the last issue.

* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'':

** 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. 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. This is just the tip of the iceberg for the Titans.

* ''ComicBook/{{SpiderMan}}''

* ''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.]]

* 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.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Spiderman}}''

* [[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: Geoffrey St. John]] appeared to have one in issues 219-220, but this is actually a subversion, as it was soon after retconed that he'd actually been working for Ixis Naugus since before either of them were even introduced, making him TheMole instead.
* 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.
* [[spoiler: Daniel Cross]] in ''ComicBook/AssassinsCreedTheFall''.

** {{Quicksilver}} started off as a baddie, but joined TheUltimates fairly quickly. This lasted until the death of his sister, the ScarletWitch, at which point he went back to villainy, ending up a member of the [[ComicBook/DarkAvengers Dark Ultimates]] [[spoiler: before his death.]]

* ''ComicBook/Spiderman''

'''Other?''

* Hal Jordan, ''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.

* [[{{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]].

* ComicBook/TwoFace, in the Franchise/{{Batman}} comics is a good-guy district attorney who turns into an evil criminal.
* [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Colossus]], after his sister, Ilyana, died. It didn't last long.
* 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.
** 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. 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. This is just the tip of the iceberg for the Titans.

* In ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' 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.]]
* The UltimateMarvel {{Quicksilver}} started off as a baddie, but joined TheUltimates fairly quickly. This lasted until the death of his sister, the ScarletWitch, at which point he went back to villainy, ending up a member of the [[ComicBook/DarkAvengers Dark Ultimates]] [[spoiler: before his death.]]

* [[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]].

* 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.]]

* A fairly big one a few years ago was ComicBook/{{X-Men}} 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/DeathOfTheFamily'', [[spoiler: Harley Quinn has gone from the SuicideSquad and joined up with the Joker. This is assuming that Suicide Squad can be considered Faces to begin with]]. She ends up back with the Squad once she rejects the Joker, however.
* [[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/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.]]
* 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.
* The chief antagonist of ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' is a former "cosmic defender". [[spoiler:Nix Uotan]]. He [[RedemptionEarnsLife gets better]] in the last issue.
* ''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.
* 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.

* 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 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.]]

* In ''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.

* [[Franchise/GreenLantern The Guardians of the Universe]], having been SlowlySlippingIntoEvil ever since ''Rebirth'', finally crossed the MoralEventHorizon following the {{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]].

* In a particularly bad example of ExecutiveMeddling, DC planned to turn ComicBook/CaptainAtom into supervillain Monarch. When readers guessed the plan ahead of time, they changed their minds at the last minute and made the character 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.

* Mandrakk, the Dark Monitor from ''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 ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' - is true, then this might be the ultimate FHT in comics.

* In a particularly bad example of ExecutiveMeddling, DC planned to turn CaptainAtom into supervillain Monarch. When readers guessed the plan ahead of time, they changed their minds at the last minute and made the character 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.

* ''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.]]

* [[spoiler: Javi]] in ''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.

* Thanks to the actions of the ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan, the Black Cat, once one of Franchise/SpiderMan's closest allies, has gone from ClassyCatBurglar to aspiring crime boss.

* 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]].

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

* The chief antagonist of ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' is a former "cosmic defender".

* In ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' TheSentry did this, joining Norman Osborn's 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.]]
* The UltimateMarvel {{Quicksilver}} started off as a baddie, but joined TheUltimates fairly quickly. This lasted until the death of his sister, the ScarletWitch, at which point he went back to villainy, ending up a member of the [[DarkAvengers Dark Ultimates]] [[spoiler: before his death.]]