Some people have a problem with antiheroes. In fact, they even have a problem with the term “antihero”. But for Marvel, antihero is only a common word used to describe someone who hasn’t finished walking the dark path yet but has already reached the edge. They are actually heroes who usually do what they think is right, and at the same time, they are willing to do the wrong thing to get to that point. They’re the good guys who let themselves do bad stuff to catch the bad guys, even if it means using some not-so-appropriate methods that the more upright superheroes wouldn’t even consider.
It’s like playing with fire somehow. But in this case, our antiheroes often have a much larger fire to play with.
#5. Wolverine
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The Wolverine of the past could have made it to this list without any trouble, but he’s kind of in the middle right now since he’s been considered a superhero for quite long time. However, back in the day, Wolverine was completely brutal. After joining the X-Men, he calmed down a bit and tried to behave more civilly, but we all know that mad guy is still inside and can come into view whenever he needs to. This is part of the reason why Wolverine has achieved the fame he has had throughout the past few decades, he’s a kind-hearted man that goes bad if you push him far enough.
#4. The Hulk
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Hulk is another character that’s pretty hard to define since he’s a hero but he’s also the villain of superheroes sometimes. He’s never really been a total antagonist if you look at things from all points of view, but he did do some questionable stuff in his time.
#3. Blade
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Blade sinks a little deeper into darker areas because he’s a part-vampire, but he doesn’t kill to get what he needs. Well, at least he kills vampires, but he only ends humans’ life when he really has no other choice. In the movie, Blade is described as a hero at some point because he protects humans, even though he doesn’t care about them that much. In the comics, Blade is not truly different and he is even a bit more aggressive somehow.
#2. Deadpool
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“Merc with a Mouth” is notorious for being so unpredictable that you don’t really know what he’s going to do until he actually does it, and even then, you still have to question his motives as well as his rules. But throughout it all, Deadpool has proved that he does have a good side despite all the messes he had made.
#1. The Punisher
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This guy just doesn’t care, or at least that’s what everyone seems to think. Frank Castle is the type of person who would rather kill the bad guy than see him locked up in prison. Once he gets the information he needs, the conversation will go south pretty fast. He doesn’t kill innocent people, but he still confronts many superheroes because in fact, this man is simply not interested in the legal system when it comes to justice.
