10 Best Times Superheroes Became Villains

7. The Maker - Ultimate Fantastic Four

The Ultimate Universe was something of a flash in the pan moment for Marvel. It came around at the turn of the century to galvanise the publisher with modernised takes on classic characters, with Spider-Man and the Avengers benefitting the most. However, things started to fall apart slightly as the years dragged on, exemplified in full by the sheer balls-to-the-walls craziness of events like Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum.

For a while, Spider-Man was the only thing keeping the mythos going, and it became clear Marvel were making moves to pull the plug on the imprint completely ahead of 2015's Secret Wars, which went on to bring Miles Morales to mainstream Marvel continuity. Central to this whole storyline was a foe known as The Maker, the Ultimate universe's version of Mister Fantastic who... kinda... sorta went off the deep end.

So, what caused this version to go evil? Well, basically - when you live through an event as messed up and traumatic as Ultimatum, it's kind of forgivable that you'd go a bit nasty, which is what happens to Reed. He starts collaborating with evil aliens and he ultimately develops into a sinister figure, one intent on destroying his own reality and finding a new one to call home.

Maker proves successful in his endeavour, surviving Secret Wars and making it across to 616 continuity, where he's continued to be a pest ever since.