Villains have always been a fly in the ointment in comic books whenever Superheroes succeeded towards humanitarian and cultural efforts. Creating a character with a wicked sense is just as hard as trying to untangle several knots together.
Sometimes the pressure is motivating for writers to pen down a new character and sometimes they tickle their grey matter to extremities just to get that one perfect quality. For every Batman there are always several Jokers in the comic books world and so with others. But there have been several villains who were not well received in the comic book world. Have a look at five bad villains who were turned great.
1. Arcade
Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Arcade first appeared in the Marvel comic Marvel Team-Up vol. 1 #65 in 1978. He appeared as a professional hitman who use strange park-themed death-traps to kill superheroes. Well, these methods were more impractical and assassinate fewer heroes and destroyed more parks. Still, he could have been brought more effective as a villain in Avengers Arena, where he was influenced by adult novels and abducted superheroes to fight until death on his private island.
2. Calendar Man
Created by Bill Finger & Sheldon Moldoff, Calendar Man first appeared in Batman: Arkham City (Detective Comics #259). This ridiculous super villain wear bizarre costumes in different colors every day with a cape made of calendars in the comic books. Batman:The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb where Calendar Man was consulted by Batman as he follows ‘The Holiday Killer’. He could have been brought more powerful as he appeared as a sinister mastermind like Hannibal Lecter.
3. Doctor Destiny
Doctor Destiny is one of the worst villains ever by DC Universe. He was blessed with an ability to control dreams, which he used to replace superheroes with a belief that he would not be caught ever. His appearance in The Sandman by Neil Gaiman brings him back with his powers, but Justice League restricts his powers to control dreams.
4. Black Hand
Black Hand first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #29 in 1964. As the name suggests, he had his powers and hands had nothing to do with each other. He was a crazy scientist who wanted to steal the powers of Green Lantern, but he was knocked by down by Hal. Later he turned into a serial killer and used to sleep in an open grave.
5. Boomerang
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Boomerang first appeared in Tales to Astonish #81 in 1966. He was listed under the category of D-list characters and is known to be one of the rogues of Spider-Man. He appeared as a lead in Superior Foes of Spider-Man by Nick Spencer. We know he would not match the level of Doctor Doom, but he could have been given god powers.
