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Heroes and Villains

7.9k voters15 Comic Book Villains With Horrifying And Heartbreaking Origin StoriesComic villains are responsible for some of the most heinous acts in all of fiction. They commit the sorts of graphic crimes that m...

4.3k votersThe Top 30 Times Superheroes Went Bad"With great power comes great responsibility." Yeah, that's all well and good but no one is perfect. Ranker Comics has gathered th...

356.7k views14 Beloved Superheroes You Forgot Are Cold-Blooded MurderersQuick: what do Charles Manson and Captain America have in common? If you answered, "They are both mass murderers," then you are si...

8.2k votersThe Most Ridiculous Superheroes EverRidiculous comic book superheroes come in all shapes and sizes. And these are the characters voted by many to be the most ridiculo...

139.7k votersThe Best Comic Book Superheroes Of All Time, Ranked By FansSpanning from the caped crusaders of yesterday to the icons of our modern era, this compilation of the best superheroes has been m...

23.1k votersThe Best Comic Book VillainsWho are the best comic book villains of all time? This list of top supervillains in comics includes some of the most notorious evi...

37.9k votersAwesome Superpowers We'd Give Anything to HaveList of the best superpowers we all wish we had as voted by the Ranker community. This list of superpowers includes anything we've...

9k votersThe Best Teenage SuperheroesThis list of teenage superheroes has been voted on by you. the fans. These are the best teenage superheroes of all time! Being a t...

2.5k votersThe Most Powerful Comic Book Characters From Outside The DC And Marvel UniversesIt's time to decide once and for all who the most powerful comic character is - outside of the big two comic companies, that is. W...

1.5k voters14 Times Comic Villains Won And How They Ruled While In PowerEvery comic reader expects the heroes to win in the end, but that isn't always the case. How about those rare comics where the vil...

601 voters12 Famous Superheroes With Surprising Real-World InspirationsPopular comic book heroes never stop developing. Unlike heroes in other mediums, superheroes will endure as long as comics keep pr...

2k votersThe Smartest Comic Book Superheroes Of All TimeTo many fans, Batman is the smartest superhero of all time. His brains are matched only by Superman's brawn, and together, they're...