10 Comic Book Heroes Betrayed By Their Own Sidekicks

10. Green Arrow - Speedy

Green Arrow never had much luck with sidekicks, a trend beginning with his very first protégé Roy Harper, AKA Speedy. In DC's new 52 series of comics, it didn’t take long for the hero life to take its toll on poor Roy.

Instead of turning to the dark side the traditional way, Speedy’s story took a more realistic downfall – he turned to drink. Something Green Arrow does not handle well, abandoning Roy and leaving him homeless and alone.

This lack of support leads Speedy down an ever-darkening path and in the pages of Red Hood and Arsenal, we discover this path led him to the nation of Qurac. There Roy and his new team, The Iron Rule, overthrew a dictator and made a nice profit in the process. However Roy's new team were not of the heroic breed and in a desperate bid for power, slaughtered hundreds of innocent people.

Its at this point Roy fully betrays the teachings of Green Arrow, he launches a lethal explosion at his new team. Making him not only partially responsible for deaths of hundreds but also the direct murder of his former allies. While this is something Green Arrow would never stand for, the emerald archer did bring this one on himself.