heroes technically but we wouldn’t
necessarily call them role models for
impressionable youth welcome to
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down our picks for the top ten edgiest
superheroes before we begin we publish
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superheroes with a serious dark streak
whether it’s a willingness to embrace
violence play judge jury and executioner
a history of instability or just an
above-average propensity towards
brooding these are characters who
complicate the hero archetype number 10
Batman when it comes to edginess
Batman’s more of a solid contender than
a champ over the course of his 70 plus
years of publication Bruce Wayne has
survived some truly dark days of maximum
brooding and a rather unheroic brutality
then of course there’s his tragic origin
story which is well known around the
world considering everything he’s seen
since embarking on his one-man crusade
against crime he can’t really blame the
man for giving in to the darkness his
mind is just about a scarred as his body
number 9 Wolverine he is the best at
what he does and what he does isn’t
pretty
in fact it’s downright terrifying unlike
our last iconic contender this x-men
member has absolutely no qualms with
claiming a life and is known to brutally
maim and cripple both super villains and
common barroom thugs alike sure he can
be brutally violent but Wolverine is
also an edgy character because he’s
willing to make tough morally gray
decisions that haunt him which for
someone with an unnaturally long
lifespan is quite the burden number 8
arsenal this one-time sidekick started
off relatively happy-go-lucky as Green
Arrow’s Ward he would excel in the role
proving himself to be a formidable hero
even earning himself a spot among the
Teen Titans but the character was
changed forever
when it was revealed that he had
developed a heroin addiction it was a
turning point for Roy Harper as a
character and the medium as a whole a
teenage hero succumbing to such a
dangerous addiction was a dark theme the
likes of which we’d never seen in
mainstream comics though Roy would
overcome he’s been a damaged character
on a
journey ever since losing an arm and a
daughter on his path to becoming a
brooding antihero number seven Red Hood
what is it about sidekicks that makes
writers want to put them through the
meat grinder the second Robin Jason Todd
was unceremoniously killed by the Joker
following a fan vote
Batman’s rebellious angry young Ward was
edgier than his predecessor right out of
the starting gate when he returned from
the grave as the Red Hood a gun wielding
vigilante with a willingness to kill and
walk the very fine line between good guy
and criminal he cemented his place among
DC’s edgiest anti-heroes he considers
Batman’s code to be far too restrictive
and counterproductive to fighting crime
this guy’s got a lot of trauma in his
past and it’s shaped him into a uniquely
edgy character number six moon night
speaking of trauma how about this
seriously unstable fan favorite crime
fighter Moon Knight feels like a twisted
version of Batman whose sanity finally
collapsed under the weight of all the
horrible stuff he seen a mercenary
turned vigilante marc spector serves as
the human champion of the Egyptian god
khonshu and he does so by violently
tearing criminals apart Specter suffers
from multiple personality disorder which
may or may not be the result of
conscious influence depending on who you
ask whatever the specific cause Spectre
is deeply troubled as exemplified by his
dark thoughts and the joy he clearly
takes in murdering evildoers suffice it
to say most heroes are unwilling to work
with him number five the CRO this undead
vigilante is just about as dark as they
come and he’s got the Gothic aesthetic
to match making his debut in caliber
presents number one in 1989 James Oh
bars grim and gritty hero quickly stood
out from the crowd not just with his
looks but also with disinterest in
conventional justice Eric Draven aka the
crow has no interest in tying up
criminals and leaving them for the
police he serves as judge jury and
executioner his introductory story
played out like a revenge fantasy
stalking and murdering the gang who
attacked and killed him and his fiancee
since then the mantle of The Crow has
passed to a number of similarly wronged
individuals number four then
this iconic character might have gotten
his start as a spider-man villain but
the Venom symbiote and its first host
Eddie Brock quickly proved too popular
and dynamic for a strictly villainous
path after coming to a tense truce with
the webhead venom moved to San Francisco
where he became the city’s lethal
protector a perfect title for the
vicious character in this new setting
Brock fell into the vigilante lifestyle
by coming to the aid of the homeless and
poor before later having to tangle with
other symbiotes the thing is even when
playing the hero
Venom’s brand of justice is brutal and
animalistic and we wouldn’t have him any
other way
number 3 spawn Todd McFarlane’s iconic
antihero is of a very different breed
exercising his creative freedom under
the creator-owned banner of Image Comics
McFarlane gave us a hero who was
downright terrifying and had a rogues
gallery to match once a man named Al
Simmons the character died and went to
hell only to return to Earth as an agent
of revenge rage and brutality spawns
appearance alone makes him plenty edgy
but it’s his tendency towards
dismemberment and willingness to commit
murder that really earned him a spot on
our list
Oh also he once took it upon himself to
fight both Satan and God number 2
Rorschach from the brilliant mind of
Alan Moore and the pages of his
legendary graphic novel Watchmen becomes
Rorschach one of the most interesting
characters in the history of the medium
a vigilante with a brutal approach to
justice a complete lack of sympathy for
criminals and an unflinching immovable
concept of good and evil
Rorschach believes that what he does is
right but his rigid moral compass makes
him seem more than a little unstable
Walter Kovacs the man under the mask has
seemingly lost himself to his mission
identifying more with the alter ego than
his civilian self as war Shaq he’s in
his element dishing out punishment that
often goes well beyond the crime number
one The Punisher Frank Castle was once a
family man a skilled dedicated soldier
with something to live for after his
family was killed however he became a
one-man army waging perpetual war on
violent crime Frank Castle is mentally
unstable there’s no doubt about that
he kills without a second thought and
isn’t afraid to maim
injure or brutally take down anyone who
stands in their way if you’re a good guy
he won’t kill you but he will remove you
from his path and he won’t do it gently
driven solely by the hate he feels for
criminals and the memory of the life he
lost Frank Castle has done horrific
things including torture and mutilation
but he sure is compelling do you agree
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necessarily call them role models for
impressionable youth welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten edgiest
superheroes before we begin we publish
new content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
superheroes with a serious dark streak
whether it’s a willingness to embrace
violence play judge jury and executioner
a history of instability or just an
above-average propensity towards
brooding these are characters who
complicate the hero archetype number 10
Batman when it comes to edginess
Batman’s more of a solid contender than
a champ over the course of his 70 plus
years of publication Bruce Wayne has
survived some truly dark days of maximum
brooding and a rather unheroic brutality
then of course there’s his tragic origin
story which is well known around the
world considering everything he’s seen
since embarking on his one-man crusade
against crime he can’t really blame the
man for giving in to the darkness his
mind is just about a scarred as his body
number 9 Wolverine he is the best at
what he does and what he does isn’t
pretty
in fact it’s downright terrifying unlike
our last iconic contender this x-men
member has absolutely no qualms with
claiming a life and is known to brutally
maim and cripple both super villains and
common barroom thugs alike sure he can
be brutally violent but Wolverine is
also an edgy character because he’s
willing to make tough morally gray
decisions that haunt him which for
someone with an unnaturally long
lifespan is quite the burden number 8
arsenal this one-time sidekick started
off relatively happy-go-lucky as Green
Arrow’s Ward he would excel in the role
proving himself to be a formidable hero
even earning himself a spot among the
Teen Titans but the character was
changed forever
when it was revealed that he had
developed a heroin addiction it was a
turning point for Roy Harper as a
character and the medium as a whole a
teenage hero succumbing to such a
dangerous addiction was a dark theme the
likes of which we’d never seen in
mainstream comics though Roy would
overcome he’s been a damaged character
on a
journey ever since losing an arm and a
daughter on his path to becoming a
brooding antihero number seven Red Hood
what is it about sidekicks that makes
writers want to put them through the
meat grinder the second Robin Jason Todd
was unceremoniously killed by the Joker
following a fan vote
Batman’s rebellious angry young Ward was
edgier than his predecessor right out of
the starting gate when he returned from
the grave as the Red Hood a gun wielding
vigilante with a willingness to kill and
walk the very fine line between good guy
and criminal he cemented his place among
DC’s edgiest anti-heroes he considers
Batman’s code to be far too restrictive
and counterproductive to fighting crime
this guy’s got a lot of trauma in his
past and it’s shaped him into a uniquely
edgy character number six moon night
speaking of trauma how about this
seriously unstable fan favorite crime
fighter Moon Knight feels like a twisted
version of Batman whose sanity finally
collapsed under the weight of all the
horrible stuff he seen a mercenary
turned vigilante marc spector serves as
the human champion of the Egyptian god
khonshu and he does so by violently
tearing criminals apart Specter suffers
from multiple personality disorder which
may or may not be the result of
conscious influence depending on who you
ask whatever the specific cause Spectre
is deeply troubled as exemplified by his
dark thoughts and the joy he clearly
takes in murdering evildoers suffice it
to say most heroes are unwilling to work
with him number five the CRO this undead
vigilante is just about as dark as they
come and he’s got the Gothic aesthetic
to match making his debut in caliber
presents number one in 1989 James Oh
bars grim and gritty hero quickly stood
out from the crowd not just with his
looks but also with disinterest in
conventional justice Eric Draven aka the
crow has no interest in tying up
criminals and leaving them for the
police he serves as judge jury and
executioner his introductory story
played out like a revenge fantasy
stalking and murdering the gang who
attacked and killed him and his fiancee
since then the mantle of The Crow has
passed to a number of similarly wronged
individuals number four then
this iconic character might have gotten
his start as a spider-man villain but
the Venom symbiote and its first host
Eddie Brock quickly proved too popular
and dynamic for a strictly villainous
path after coming to a tense truce with
the webhead venom moved to San Francisco
where he became the city’s lethal
protector a perfect title for the
vicious character in this new setting
Brock fell into the vigilante lifestyle
by coming to the aid of the homeless and
poor before later having to tangle with
other symbiotes the thing is even when
playing the hero
Venom’s brand of justice is brutal and
animalistic and we wouldn’t have him any
other way
number 3 spawn Todd McFarlane’s iconic
antihero is of a very different breed
exercising his creative freedom under
the creator-owned banner of Image Comics
McFarlane gave us a hero who was
downright terrifying and had a rogues
gallery to match once a man named Al
Simmons the character died and went to
hell only to return to Earth as an agent
of revenge rage and brutality spawns
appearance alone makes him plenty edgy
but it’s his tendency towards
dismemberment and willingness to commit
murder that really earned him a spot on
our list
Oh also he once took it upon himself to
fight both Satan and God number 2
Rorschach from the brilliant mind of
Alan Moore and the pages of his
legendary graphic novel Watchmen becomes
Rorschach one of the most interesting
characters in the history of the medium
a vigilante with a brutal approach to
justice a complete lack of sympathy for
criminals and an unflinching immovable
concept of good and evil
Rorschach believes that what he does is
right but his rigid moral compass makes
him seem more than a little unstable
Walter Kovacs the man under the mask has
seemingly lost himself to his mission
identifying more with the alter ego than
his civilian self as war Shaq he’s in
his element dishing out punishment that
often goes well beyond the crime number
one The Punisher Frank Castle was once a
family man a skilled dedicated soldier
with something to live for after his
family was killed however he became a
one-man army waging perpetual war on
violent crime Frank Castle is mentally
unstable there’s no doubt about that
he kills without a second thought and
isn’t afraid to maim
injure or brutally take down anyone who
stands in their way if you’re a good guy
he won’t kill you but he will remove you
from his path and he won’t do it gently
driven solely by the hate he feels for
criminals and the memory of the life he
lost Frank Castle has done horrific
things including torture and mutilation
but he sure is compelling do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and be sure
to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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