Superheroes You Didn’t Know Had Evil Children. Comic books have provided the subculture with an invaluable source of tragic storytelling, with parental figures’ deaths sparking the origin stories of many of the most popular heroes across all publishers, like Spider- Man and Batman for example. Parents have also been presented as the evil to be rebelled against in stories such as The Runaways and Invincible. However, heroic parents are also sometimes faced with the tragic circumstance of having a child who fails to follow in their heroic footsteps. Children of the greatest heroes can often fall victim to the temptations of the darker side of the panel, choosing not to go into the family business of super- heroics and preferring to take the continuous loss of being a comic book villain. Knowing that villains are always thwarted doesn’t make their actions any easier to take. Some of the children of superheroes have been seen dabbling in petty criminal activity, but others go beyond any possible redemption, like murdering key characters, even their parents.

This list is made up exclusively of examples from DC and Marvel (more of Marvel than DC to be honest) but there’s a plethora of heroic tragedies in the comics from all publishers. Before checking them out, here’s 1. Superheroes You Didn’t Know Had Evil Children.

Wolverine. Despite having at least seven children in the main Marvel Universe, Wolverine’s most well known and highest- profile child was Daken. Born in 1. 94. 6 after his mother, Itsu, was killed by The Winter Soldier in an attempt to draw out Wolverine, X- baddie Romulus then cut the unborn Daken out of his mother’s womb, surviving due to his inherited healing factor. During Norman Osborn’s post- Secret Invasion paradigm shift, Dark Reign, Daken was chosen to impersonate Wolverine in his “Dark Avengers”, with Daken originally agreeing to do so in order to obtain the Muramasa Blade (basically the One Ring of swords). Daken constantly betrays everyone he works with, even in the moments he’s teamed up with his father – in Dark Wolverine #8. Wolverine to help Romulus. He then flips again, taking out Romulus, but fights his dad anyway and loses. Kids, eh? 1. 4. Odin – Loki.

Everyone knows that Thor is the son of the All- Father, but Odin was also the foster- father of the far less altruistic Loki. In Thor #8 (2. 00. Thor movie, we see Odin defeat Luafey, the King of the Giants of Jotunheim, subsequently adopting the ruler’s son as his own. However, this was all a plot put into place by a future version of Loki himself, to ensure that their destinies would be forever entwined. This future version of Loki ensured the death of Odin’s father, Bor, with Odin ignoring his father’s pleas for help.

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The God of Mischief then haunted Odin as Bor’s ghost, urging Odin to adopt the son of a king he has killed – King Laufey. Loki has consistently been evil throughout Marvel’s history, with his villainous machinations being the reason that the Avengers were formed. In Avengers #1, Loki manipulated the Hulk to wreak havoc on Earth, drawing out Thor and leading to the first team up of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. So it’s not all bad, we suppose.

Hank Pym – Ultron. Ant- Man, Giant- Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, The Wasp – Hank Pym has gone by many different titles, but exclusive fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may not know that Pym was also the original creator of Ultron. While he was tinkering with super- intelligent robotics, Ultron was born. However, as the AI gained sentience, it learned how to manipulate humans, with Pym being his first victim. Ultron brainwashed his “father” into forgetting that he was ever created, allowing him to grow on his own. Ultron- 5 was the first significant development of the character since its creation; taking on the alias The Crimson Cowl, he formed a new version of the Masters of Evil. In Avengers #5. 5, he manipulated the Avengers into believing that their beloved butler, Jarvis, was the Crimson Cowl, ultimately revealing himself when his victory seemed assured, in classic supervillian style.

After Ultron was thwarted, he swore vengeance on the Avengers, and thus began his continuous attempts at destroying the heroes, repeatedly losing but becoming deadlier and deadlier with each upgrade to his hardware. Yep, this one’s on you, Hank. Batman – Damian Wayne. The League of Assassins aren’t known for raising well- adjusted children, and this is particularly evident in Batman’s son, Damian Wayne. Grown in an artificial womb from the genetic material of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, daughter of Ra’s al Ghul, Damian was raised as a perfect killing machine by his mother. Talia kept Damian’s existence a secret until he was 1.

Batman as an attempt to disrupt his work as Gotham’s defender. While trying to “help” his father in his fight against crime, it is clear that Damian is overly violent and has no qualms with killing if necessary, much to his father’s dismay. Eventually taking on the Robin mantel, Damian gradually reforms, under the tutelage of Dick Grayson. However, these events were prior to DC’s 2.

New 5. 2” relaunch in which the histories of heroes were rewritten slightly, making it unclear which parts of Damian’s history survived. He may look the part of a Boy Wonder, but he’s as dark as they come. Corsair – Vulcan. Both Scott and Alex Summers (Cyclops and Havok) were raised as orphans on Earth after their parents were “killed”, but the truth is that Christopher (Corsair) and Katherine Summers were kidnapped and taken to Shi’ar space. Katherine Summers was pregnant with the third Summers child at the time of the kidnapping, and upon her death, the child is placed in an accelerated incubation chamber to insure he would grow up healthy and so could be sold into slavery. Arriving on Earth, he was found by Moria Mac. Taggert and sent to Xavier’s School. There he took on the name, Gabriel Summers, with the code name “Kid Vulcan”.

Vulcan would eventually do battle with the X- Men in the events of Deadly Genesis, killing Banshee, and easily repelling the attacks of his former team. He then flew off into space, bent on revenge on those who killed his mother, eventually naming himself the Emperor of the Shi’ar Empire and killing Corsair for begging his son to end the violence. Commissioner Gordon – James Gordon Jr.

Jim Gordon is famously known for being the Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department. However, after the events of Endgame (2.

Bruce Wayne was once again presumed dead, and Gordon became a version of Batman that was fully sanctioned by the GCPD. Gordon’s daughter, Barbara, became Batgirl/Oracle (depending on which continuity you abide by), but she was not his only child. His first born son became something of a homicidal maniac. Jim Gordon Jr. During the events of The Black Mirror, it was discovered that James Jr. James then kidnaps his sister, the wheelchair- bound Barbara, only to be tracked down by Batman (Dick Grayson). Detective Comics #8.

Commissioner Gordon shooting his son’s legs to prevent his getaway. We imagine Jim Jr.

Christmas card the following year. Psi- Lord & Marvel Girl – Hyperstorm.

Every once in a while, two heroes have a relationship that doesn’t end in heartache and messed up kids, but this definitely isn’t one of those times. Marvel’s Earth- 9.

Sentinels have ravaged the Earth, either killing or imprisoning many of the mutants and superhumans. In this world, Franklin Richards (Son of Reed Richards and Susan Storm) and Rachel Summers (Daughter of Scott Summers and Jean Grey), got married and had a bouncing, evil baby boy. Jonathan Reed Richards, taking on the name Hyperstorm, became a world conqueror and destroyer, taking over his post- apocalyptic home world first in Fantastic Four #4.

Hyperstorm’s powers alone make him a terrifying opponent (manipulation of the universe’s four fundamental forces – gravitation, electromagnetic, strong, and weak forces). Meaning he can literally manipulate energy and matter.