10 Hated Comic Book Characters Who Were Killed Off

10. Eric O'Grady (Ant Man) - Secret Avengers #23

As far as superheroes go, Eric O'Grady was undeniably one of the sketchiest in comic history, doing more criminal actions in his time as Ant-Man than actual heroic deeds.

As such, it's likely no surprise that writers eventually sought to kill him off. In an unusual twist, they had O'Grady die in a surprisingly heroic way, giving his life to save a young girl after she was kidnapped by a team of supervillains. Eric reaches a point where he knows he isn't going to win the fight against these villains, but carries on anyway, giving it all in order to give her time to escape.

Although it would appear as though Eric hadn't legitimately died in this fray - as what appeared to be him would show up in later issues of the series - this would turn out to be an elaborate cyborg copy made by the villains the Secret Avengers were fighting against.