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6 Supervillains Who Were Actually OK Guys

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More often than not, a Supervillain's origin is an acdient that changed them or drove them insane. Keep that in mind the next time a crazy comicbook like baddie attacks.

#6.Doctor Octopus

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Origin and M.O.

Otto Octavius uses the four mechanical arms that were accidentally fused to his body in an experiment gone wrong to commit crimes and generally make life difficult for Spider-Man. He also, oddly enough, almost married Spider-Man's Aunt May. Awkward.

Why He's Not So Bad

In two words: brain damage. See, Otto was just a regular old misanthropic mama's boy who didn't really want to hurt anybody prior to his accident. But as fans of every comic book ever know, radiation has a tendency to angry up the blood, and he went into full-on supervillain mode afterward, unmasking Spider-Man and waddling into various banks to rob them. So, really, to blame him for his crimes is sort of like blaming a blind kid for walking into poo.

In the movie, it's not even Otto that's the problem, it's his four mechanical arms leading him around by the torso, randomly killing doctors and taking over abandoned clock towers (presumably out of envy for the width and girth of tower clock's mechanical arms).

But Then Again

Even radiation-induced mental illness cannot explain those glasses or that haircut.

#5.Mr. Freeze

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Origin and M.O.

Victor Fries was a scientist working on cryogenics research when his wife, Nora, fell ill. He found a way to preserve her body, but his boss didn't like him using company resources for personal use, so he tried to put a stop to all this "keeping my wife alive" bullshit. When Fries tried to fight back, the boss kicked him into a vat of chemicals, greatly lowering his body temperature. Rather than taking a hot shower and suing his dickhead boss, Fries decided to go with this whole cold thing, living out the rest of his days in a cumbersome refrigerator suit and freezing poo with a ray gun.

Why He's Not So Bad

Because his motive is love. Everything Mr. Freeze does, he does it for Nora. And like Bryan Adams says, it's OK to fight, lie, die or even walk the wire for someone, as long as it's for love.

But Then Again

He does shoot innocent people with freeze rays!

#4.Magneto

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Origin and M.O.

Erik Lensherr's family was shot and killed by Nazis and buried in a mass grave (who says comics aren't for kids?) before he was taken to a concentration camp. After his escape, he discovered his power to control all types of metal while trying and failing to save his daughter from dying in a fire. Now, he uses those powers to prove that mutants are superior to humans in every way except in fashion.

Why He's Not So Bad

You can justify a lot with the sentence, "My parents were killed by Nazis and I was in a concentration camp."

But even if you overlook that, the simple fact is Magneto thinks he's doing the right thing by promoting the mutant cause. He's often called the Malcolm X to Professor Charles Xavier's Martin Luther King, Jr. Calling Malcolm X evil would be a stretch for even his harshest critics.

But Then Again

Malcolm X never used his powers of magnetism to remove the iron from someone's blood, or pick up the Golden Gate Bridge and turn it toward Alcatraz. Also, he never called his group of compatriots anything like "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants." So, you know, it's not a perfect comparison.

#3.Sandman

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Origin and M.O.

Upon his escape from prison, Flint Marko fled to probably the worst possible place he could go: A nuclear testing site in Georgia. While there, he stumbled into irradiated sand that... made him into sand, too. I don't know, just go with it. Anyway, he uses his sand powers to fight Spider-Man and get sand all in his hair! Try to get that out, doggiepoo!

Why He's Not So Bad

He changed his name from his birth name, William Baker, to the more made-up-sounding Flint Marko, because he didn't want his mom to know he was a thief. Nobody who's genuinely evil would be so worried about what his mom thinks.

And according to Spider-Man 3, Flint only stole stuff to help his terminally ill daughter get medical treatment. Unless they left out the part where he wanted to cure her in order to kill her in a more creative way, that's downright heroic.

But then Again

Sand in your hair really is a serious puppying problem.

#2.Bizarro Superman

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Origin and M.O.

There are about a dozen different origin stories for Bizarro (partially because there have been about a dozen different Bizarros), but all you really need to know is that he's a messed up, albino-looking Superman clone who talks in opposites. He was created by one of Superman's nemeses (let's just say Lex Luthor) to vex the big blue boy scout.

Why He's Not So Bad

He may have been created by Superman's arch-villain, but Bizarro himself is basically a simpleton. He talks funny, he's clumsy and he wears a ridiculously clunky sign around his neck that says he's number one.

Evil is a lot like Oscar-baiting performances. You can be stupid and evil, but you can't go full retard. Once you go past a certain point, you're like a big, idiotic farmhand that accidentally strangles the ranch owner's daughter. People start feeling sorry for you.

Plus, Bizarro, at heart, just wants to be like Superman. He's like a dog following his owner everywhere he goes, only way dumber, and more prone attempted murder.

But Then Again

Bizarro and the residents of the entire planet of Bizarros (that exists for some reason) can sort of be a bunch dicks. Or not, considering that they say everything in opposites. It makes it really hard to work out the sarcasm.

#1.Galactus

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Origin and M.O.

He's a big, immortal space guy who eats planets. He almost ate Earth once, but the Fantastic Four pointed a fancy gun at him, so he left.

Why He's Not So Bad

Because he's just hungry. He's not driven by greed or desire for power or some kind of psychotic sexual attraction to mutilating innocents. He just wants to eat, and it just so happens that what he eats is planets.

If you found out that doughnuts contained entire civilizations, would you feel evil? Would you stop eating doughnuts?

But Then Again

He was in Fantastic Four 2, and just about everything in that movie was evil.

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Nice. Keep up the good work!

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Joker anyone?

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Albert Wesker anyone?

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Wesker was never good.

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He only wanted to be a God, kill Chris and Release deadly biohazards, is that such a crime?

Anyway, Yagami Raito.

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Joker anyone?

The Joker has no definitive origin, In one origin storyline he was a villain named Red Hood who fell into a vat of chemicals after a fight with Batman, the chemicals drastically changed him both physically and mentally.

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Yagami Raito...

Killing jailed prisoners in the name of justice but, in the process, being incredibly evil. Even killing cripples who are a burden to others. He's a nice guy but he's just messed up. Classic quote from Death Note here.

Light ~ "Then, I'll have created a world filled with those I've judged to be kind and hard working."

Ryuuk ~ "If you do that, you'll be the only fucked up person left."

Anyway, put him up. >:(

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Teto, you just ruined that quote.

Also, everyone here knows him as Light Yagami. Let's not confuse people with Japanese names...

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Exactly Teto >:[

It's Light Yagami.

What about...

Umm...

Err...

Dunno -__-

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Interesting list... Next you should do corrupted protagonists...

Oh and Teto there's a problem with your suggestion of Light...

1.By all technicalities Light's protagonist L's the antagonist...

2.Light's not a supervillain... He a top-of-class high school student who happened to find a magical mythical (I guess that's the word) notebook that kills people...

*Hides under rock*

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Hang on, I have seen this before on cracked.

Awesome site.

Good list by the way.

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Exactly Teto >:[

It's Light Yagami.

Not in the manga.

Oh and Teto there's a problem with your suggestion of Light...

1.By all technicalities Light's protagonist L's the antagonist...

2.Light's not a supervillain... He a top-of-class high school student who happened to find a magical mythical (I guess that's the word) notebook that kills people...

1.It's a matter of opinion though, isn't it? I would say that L is in the right.

2.I would say that having a book with which he can kill anybody under the right circumstances would class him as a brilliant supervillain.

I think he should be on this list.

Dr Octopus should be on there then with your logic. He has no super human abilities. He just has the help of technology.

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Interesting list... Next you should do corrupted protagonists...

Oh and Teto there's a problem with your suggestion of Light...

1.By all technicalities Light's protagonist L's the antagonist...

2.Light's not a supervillain... He a top-of-class high school student who happened to find a magical mythical (I guess that's the word) notebook that kills people...

*Hides under rock*

I'm so ashamed...

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Yagami Raito...

Killing jailed prisoners in the name of justice but, in the process, being incredibly evil. Even killing cripples who are a burden to others.

Sounds like Hitler.

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