10 Comic Book Villains Who Became Heroes

Anyone who’s seen Deadpool for more than three seconds knows he used to be a supervillain. His design alone makes this pretty clear – after all, folks who wear that many belts are either in Final Fantasy, or edgy comic characters. It’s almost impossible to be a wholesome hero who wears enough swords, guns and belts to arm a small country.

And the pre-redemption assassin was categorically not wholesome, possessing even less morals than his modern anti-hero equivalent. Deadpool’s character was considered so morally bleak that one of his writers, Mark Waid, would later state he regretted working on the character, saying ‘someone who hasn’t paid for their crimes presents a problem for me.’ Deadpool has slowly improved over time, and as of now can be considered a well-meaning if naturally immoral anti-hero.

He may be one of the most immoral anti-heroes of the age, but given where he started at, that’s still a pretty big change.