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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
superheroes turned villains 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 our favorite times a comic
book do-gooder turned to the dark side
trading in their heroic reputation for
something more villainous number 10
Cyclops life has not been particularly
kind to Scott Summers leader of the
x-men and mutant freedom fighter after
years fighting for mutant rights and
enduring numerous hardships over the
course of his superhero career he
eventually turned his back on his former
idealism after the mutant population was
reduced to a fraction of its former
number Scott gathered the remaining
mutants on an island Haven called utopia
but Scott grew increasingly paranoid and
embittered and eventually merged with
the Phoenix force and when has that ever
not ended with someone going full
supervillain to put a capper on his
villainous turn he even murdered his
former mentor Professor X number 9
Sinestro
once a valued and respected member of
the Green Lantern Corps this mustachioed
alien went bad in a big way when his
fellow lanterns learned that he’d become
the oppressive ruler of his home planet
of korugar
after discovering he turned to the Green
Lantern symbol into an icon of fear and
oppression the Corps promptly stripped
him of his ring and status as a lantern
he then found a new ring powered by the
yellow energy of fear and became a
recurring villain for the Lantern Corps
years later he even started spreading
his yellow rings around by forming his
own Corps one dedicated to overthrowing
his green uniformed former allies number
8 kid Marvel Man Marvel Man aka a
miracle man and his family of allies
were British superheroes who first
appeared way back in 1954 the series and
his characters were later revamped by
legendary writer Alan Moore who took the
once fun in front of comics in a dark
new direction when it came to the main
characters teen sidekick this meant
turning the eager young hero into a
violent psychopath naturally a pitched
battle ensued between the former allies
one that left London in ruins what it is
about being a super heroes teen sidekick
that makes you turn evil is something we
have yet to figure out but this is far
from the only example number 7 Ultimate
Reed Richards The Ultimate Universe was
intended to be a showcase of younger
cooler versions of Marvel’s most iconic
characters to draw in new readers in
this alternate reality the Fantastic
Four were teenaged heroes rather than
the adults that mainstream Marvel fans
were familiar with well things were all
well and good for a while this version
of Reed eventually turned to evil after
being rejected by his longtime
girlfriend Sue Storm and learning that
his universe was faded for destruction
rebranding himself the maker and
sporting some if he had where the newly
evil Reed turned against his former
friends becoming one of the biggest
villains in the now-defunct universe
number six superboy-prime he may wear
the symbol of Earth’s greatest champion
but he’s about as far from the man of
steel as you can get a denizen of an
alternate world known as earth Prime
this hero turned villain became unhinged
when he spent years observing the DC
universes slow descent down the path of
darkness from the Paradise dimension
he’d seemingly retired too as he watched
the once proud heroes become darker
harsher and more morally compromised
he grew bitter and frustrated eventually
breaking out into the DC Universe proper
at first to be a force for good
but eventually going on a warpath after
encountering the other Superboy in his
defense he was kinda right in thinking
that the DC Universe had gotten a bit
too edgy number 5 The Hulk yet another
evil alternate reality doppelganger of a
well-known hero this character finally
answers the question what if the
Incredible Hulk were bald evil and a bit
more fashion conscious hailing from the
post-apocalyptic dystopia of earth 9200
this version of the giant known as the
maistro’ was one of the survivors of a
massive nuclear war thanks to the
massive doses of radiation from nuclear
fallout enhancing his strength and the
fact that most other superhumans had
been killed he rose to power as an
absolute tyrant of the world because
time-travel is pretty common in the
Marvel Universe
he’s even battled his somewhat more
friendly counterpart on a number of
occasions number 4 Jason Todd getting
beaten to a bloody pulp by the Joker and
then blown up would make anyone go off
the deep end the second character to
hold the mantle of Robin this former Boy
Wonder met a gruesome end at the hands
of the Joker only to return decades
later as a ruthless vigilante known as
the Red Hood with a harsher more murdery
brand of Justice than his form
mentor Batman he carved a bloody path
through the Gotham underworld before
being confronted and stopped by the
Caped Crusader but not before a number
of violent and emotional confrontations
between the former allies number 3 Bucky
Barnes and speaking of kids sidekicks
turned gun-toting baddies Captain
America’s former sidekick went down a
dark path himself after seemingly
perishing in an explosion caps former
ally was found by Russian agents and
transformed into a ruthless assassin
known as the Winter Soldier kept in
cryostasis in between missions and
outfitted with a cybernetic arm to
replace the one he lost in the explosion
the former hero spent years as a
triggerman for the Soviet Union it took
years before he was able to shake off
his reprogramming once and for all and
even after getting back on the heroic
path his life as an assassin still
haunts him number 2 Hal Jordan once
considered the greatest of the Green
Lantern’s the Air Force hotshot turned
space cop fell from grace in a big way
after seeing his home city destroyed the
soon-to-be-ex Green Lantern allowed
himself to feel fear which gave the evil
entity known as parallax foothold in the
heroes mind gradually taken over by the
ancient evil he eventually turned
against the Corps taking all of the
power of the central battery for himself
after murdering many of his former
allies his dramatic fall from the
heights of heroism to pure super
villainy remains one of the defining
elements of this character’s adventures
as one of DC’s biggest heroes number one
Jean Grey as we covered a bit earlier
coming into contact with the cosmic
entity known as the Phoenix force rarely
ends well for anyone when this longtime
member of the x-men bonded with the
cosmic being it looked for awhile like a
blessing but the evil mutant known as
mastermind began to manipulate her from
behind the scenes
eventually breaking her control over the
violent and powerful entity the chaos
that the Unleashed Phoenix forced left
in its wake cost billions of alien
beings their lives when she caused a
star to go supernova putting more blood
on her hands than almost any other
Marvel villain do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from watch mojo and subscribe for new
videos every day [Music]
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
superheroes turned villains 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 our favorite times a comic
book do-gooder turned to the dark side
trading in their heroic reputation for
something more villainous number 10
Cyclops life has not been particularly
kind to Scott Summers leader of the
x-men and mutant freedom fighter after
years fighting for mutant rights and
enduring numerous hardships over the
course of his superhero career he
eventually turned his back on his former
idealism after the mutant population was
reduced to a fraction of its former
number Scott gathered the remaining
mutants on an island Haven called utopia
but Scott grew increasingly paranoid and
embittered and eventually merged with
the Phoenix force and when has that ever
not ended with someone going full
supervillain to put a capper on his
villainous turn he even murdered his
former mentor Professor X number 9
Sinestro
once a valued and respected member of
the Green Lantern Corps this mustachioed
alien went bad in a big way when his
fellow lanterns learned that he’d become
the oppressive ruler of his home planet
of korugar
after discovering he turned to the Green
Lantern symbol into an icon of fear and
oppression the Corps promptly stripped
him of his ring and status as a lantern
he then found a new ring powered by the
yellow energy of fear and became a
recurring villain for the Lantern Corps
years later he even started spreading
his yellow rings around by forming his
own Corps one dedicated to overthrowing
his green uniformed former allies number
8 kid Marvel Man Marvel Man aka a
miracle man and his family of allies
were British superheroes who first
appeared way back in 1954 the series and
his characters were later revamped by
legendary writer Alan Moore who took the
once fun in front of comics in a dark
new direction when it came to the main
characters teen sidekick this meant
turning the eager young hero into a
violent psychopath naturally a pitched
battle ensued between the former allies
one that left London in ruins what it is
about being a super heroes teen sidekick
that makes you turn evil is something we
have yet to figure out but this is far
from the only example number 7 Ultimate
Reed Richards The Ultimate Universe was
intended to be a showcase of younger
cooler versions of Marvel’s most iconic
characters to draw in new readers in
this alternate reality the Fantastic
Four were teenaged heroes rather than
the adults that mainstream Marvel fans
were familiar with well things were all
well and good for a while this version
of Reed eventually turned to evil after
being rejected by his longtime
girlfriend Sue Storm and learning that
his universe was faded for destruction
rebranding himself the maker and
sporting some if he had where the newly
evil Reed turned against his former
friends becoming one of the biggest
villains in the now-defunct universe
number six superboy-prime he may wear
the symbol of Earth’s greatest champion
but he’s about as far from the man of
steel as you can get a denizen of an
alternate world known as earth Prime
this hero turned villain became unhinged
when he spent years observing the DC
universes slow descent down the path of
darkness from the Paradise dimension
he’d seemingly retired too as he watched
the once proud heroes become darker
harsher and more morally compromised
he grew bitter and frustrated eventually
breaking out into the DC Universe proper
at first to be a force for good
but eventually going on a warpath after
encountering the other Superboy in his
defense he was kinda right in thinking
that the DC Universe had gotten a bit
too edgy number 5 The Hulk yet another
evil alternate reality doppelganger of a
well-known hero this character finally
answers the question what if the
Incredible Hulk were bald evil and a bit
more fashion conscious hailing from the
post-apocalyptic dystopia of earth 9200
this version of the giant known as the
maistro’ was one of the survivors of a
massive nuclear war thanks to the
massive doses of radiation from nuclear
fallout enhancing his strength and the
fact that most other superhumans had
been killed he rose to power as an
absolute tyrant of the world because
time-travel is pretty common in the
Marvel Universe
he’s even battled his somewhat more
friendly counterpart on a number of
occasions number 4 Jason Todd getting
beaten to a bloody pulp by the Joker and
then blown up would make anyone go off
the deep end the second character to
hold the mantle of Robin this former Boy
Wonder met a gruesome end at the hands
of the Joker only to return decades
later as a ruthless vigilante known as
the Red Hood with a harsher more murdery
brand of Justice than his form
mentor Batman he carved a bloody path
through the Gotham underworld before
being confronted and stopped by the
Caped Crusader but not before a number
of violent and emotional confrontations
between the former allies number 3 Bucky
Barnes and speaking of kids sidekicks
turned gun-toting baddies Captain
America’s former sidekick went down a
dark path himself after seemingly
perishing in an explosion caps former
ally was found by Russian agents and
transformed into a ruthless assassin
known as the Winter Soldier kept in
cryostasis in between missions and
outfitted with a cybernetic arm to
replace the one he lost in the explosion
the former hero spent years as a
triggerman for the Soviet Union it took
years before he was able to shake off
his reprogramming once and for all and
even after getting back on the heroic
path his life as an assassin still
haunts him number 2 Hal Jordan once
considered the greatest of the Green
Lantern’s the Air Force hotshot turned
space cop fell from grace in a big way
after seeing his home city destroyed the
soon-to-be-ex Green Lantern allowed
himself to feel fear which gave the evil
entity known as parallax foothold in the
heroes mind gradually taken over by the
ancient evil he eventually turned
against the Corps taking all of the
power of the central battery for himself
after murdering many of his former
allies his dramatic fall from the
heights of heroism to pure super
villainy remains one of the defining
elements of this character’s adventures
as one of DC’s biggest heroes number one
Jean Grey as we covered a bit earlier
coming into contact with the cosmic
entity known as the Phoenix force rarely
ends well for anyone when this longtime
member of the x-men bonded with the
cosmic being it looked for awhile like a
blessing but the evil mutant known as
mastermind began to manipulate her from
behind the scenes
eventually breaking her control over the
violent and powerful entity the chaos
that the Unleashed Phoenix forced left
in its wake cost billions of alien
beings their lives when she caused a
star to go supernova putting more blood
on her hands than almost any other
Marvel villain do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from watch mojo and subscribe for new
videos every day [Music]
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