10 Best Times Supervillains Switched Sides

9. Venom - Lethal Protector

2018's Venom movie went to great lengths to claim that Venom - to many a longtime adversary of Spider-Man and the perfect visual embodiment of an evil-looking villain - was actually an anti-hero. Shocking, yes, but it was true; for the last two decades, Venom has primarily been depicted as an anti-hero.

Or, at least Brock himself has. Recent alterations made to the history of the symbiote have repositioned the alien species as inherently good creatures corrupted by an external force, but back when that wasn't the case, a little storyline called 'Lethal Protector' depicted a version of Eddie attempting to do some good. He packs his bags and leaves for San Francisco, attempting to get his feud with Peter Parker out of his head, but ends up uncovering an evil conspiracy from the villainous Life Foundation to weaponise and clone his symbiote.

Brock disagrees in no uncertain terms, and proceeds to take them down. Years later he would also return as a symbiote hunter as Anti-Venom, before once again bonding with Venom to take on Knull, the self-professed 'god' of all Klyntar.

Other than Brock, Venom has been considered as a proper hero during a period spent with Flash Thompson. They even joined the Guardians of the Galaxy!