10 Disturbing Times Superheroes Lost It

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[@lawrenceda4th397]

Did we really forget that Hal Jordan went nuts and murderer the entire Green Lantern Corps?!? Green Lantern vol. 3 48-50

[@Codex951]

No we didn't, trust me, we didn't.

[@theartoonnerdologist411]

Did you forget he didn’t and parallax was the one who did

[@qlipothian]

@@theartoonnerdologist411 in a form of a retcon to explain how out of character he was.

[@avclub2456]

I really thought the batman who laughs origin would take the first spot

[@Poker2735]

Same

[@Thundering-xt2hy]

Yh Joker really did get the last laugh in that comic book

[@romegottie3218]

It probably didn’t because it’s a alternate universe story I thought the same but started trying to think why wouldn’t it be since it wasn’t what could be the reason it wasn’t number one ☝️

[@avclub2456]

@@romegottie3218 they've used characters from alternate universe ,not bad list but I was just wondering

[@miguelprieto2817]

Spoiler alert!

[@svensvenkill]

Can't believe that the best ever, "When superheroes lose it", comic is not on this list: 'Irredeemable', by Mark Waid. If you're reading this, love comics and haven't read it yet, I can't recommend it highly enough. Trust me: it's a masterpiece.

[@thestreamingone8885]

YES. I fucking loved Irredeemable.

[@fatsamurai869]

I was waiting for this to be number one and was disappointed to see otherwise. Thank you for bringing it up

[@noahlillis6602]

Personally, I like injustice more but irredeemable was awesome

[@NBNV]

Tagged to read.

[@tzelaltsolak462]

namors ptsd is actually pretty interesting to see. it’s a really bad disease and showing that the strongest body’s are often the ones with inner problems/weaknesses

[@cheeseburgerinparadise7124]

.... PTSD is an amygdala and hippocampus issue man. It's damage, not a disease.

[@Pastamist]

Spider-Man stalking and systematically eliminating the Kravenoff family horror movie-style after Kaine's death isn't here?

[@Off_Screen]

wow marvel really likes to make disturbing shit with spider man don't they. first him becoming a zombie and eating both Mary Jane and his aunt and now this?

[@znightowlz6585]

Off- Screen yeh it’s an easy target for disturbing plot points bc they want to try really hard to invoke emotions or reactions from the audience

[@Pastamist]

@@Off_Screen Except this is CANON. He's a light-hearted, witty kind of hero that doesn't necessarily wants to hurt anyone normally, but he turns completely different when he's angry, like actually angry. Even the common thugs in his usual patrol areas know that if Spidey shows up dead silent, that's their one and only warning to just give up.

[@Off_Screen]

@@Pastamist i mean i was talking about marvel comics in general. they always seem to atleast once try and make the most light hearted and cheerful superhero's into the most mentally unstable people.

[@ericnickerson1060]

Hal Jordan becomes Parallax and kills millions.

[@theartoonnerdologist411]

He didn’t become he was possessed

[@blackbokuto]

thats one i literally missed. do you know the name of the comic?

[@shogunofsorrow3895]

@@blackbokuto Green lantern Vol.3 48-50

[@MforMovesets]

"But even Batman is physically outmatched..." it takes him literally seconds to defeat each member of the Justice League in Endgame. "Physically outmatched" is just a phrase at this point.

[@spacepenguins8939]

I mean wasn’t the entire league under jokers influence so not in their right mind?

[@benedictjajo]

He's batman 😂

[@gosple2]

Quit treating Batman like he's a god. He's the weakest member of the JL.

[@_rem_is_waifu_7165]

@@gosple2 And yet he can kill every single one of them and has before.

[@tomriddel8657]

@@gosple2 and yet if he goes nuds suddenly the enitre multiverse gets removed from existence and restored

[@jbjrofficial]

Yeah, y'all totally missed Superman in Injustice, Hal Jordan becoming Parallax, Scarlet Witch's "no more mutants" moment, etc.

[@mr.voidout4739]

Jesus telling a superhero he screwed the pooch. Indeed the comic Golden Age.

[@akuma2470]

Bro imagine Superman through a bus at you and you just go “ooo, owww, ouchyyyyy”

[@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd]

“These are the top 10 disturbing times superheroes lost it” “number 10: 8:30pm. Number 9: 10:00am”

[@tightanddry]

What about ALL of Injustice?!

[@tysargent9647]

Too overrated of an example.

[@mandolorian162]

We all know imjustice, its nice to see smaller storylines

[@bujinfujin9668]

Another list with injustice on it....

[@vvsclutch9004]

@@tysargent9647 exmaple correct?

[@drummerboyhaki3016]

@@vvsclutch9004 it’s opinion kid

[@shindari]

The entire "Marvel Zombies" Universe would fall easily into this category. As, every time a superhero becomes infected by the zombie virus, and becomes undead, in that universe, they immediately fall victim to their appetites for FLESH! And they unappologetically start chomping down on the nearest innocent bystanders. Occasionally, they have flashes of regret, or "wait, this is wrong!" And for a moment they go back to normal. But minutes later, they're back to being flesh-eating zombies. It's only after going MONTHS without eating any flesh that their normal states of mind take back over their wits, and they go back to normal. This happens after the zombies literally kill EVERY LAST LIVING THING in the universe, with their endless bloodlust for flesh, and wind up flying through Space, back to Earth, with nothing to keep their insanity going. Once they get back to Earth, a few of the Marvel Zombie heroes come to their senses, and realize they don't need to eat flesh to stay sane. And so (much too late, mind you) they become heroes again, fighting against their own zombie kin, in order to protect the dozen or so remaining living humans, who managed to avoid getting eaten the first time around. It's actually a really good story... I highly recommend the "Marvel Zombies" storyline for a good read. The artwork is mostly... meh... but the story itself is good enough to push through that.

[@godzillaprime]

Did you read what you just wrote? Marvel zombies is just stupid

[@MrOmegatronic]

Most comic book plots sound really stupid, @@godzillaprime, if you take the time to actually summarise 'em. xD

[@lkotro21]

I'm willing to let it go. They turned zombies, they ate people... It's their world now. But I can't forgive Spider-Zombie for ruining another Spider-man's world. The image of Spider-man dying at the hands of Sandman will haunt my nightmares...

[@iangabrielalcantara7756]

That's why you call us. The Boys - Billy Butcher

[@enterusername4650]

Diabolical.

[@MigIgg]

You guys are the real heroes

[@Earth-616BullyMaguire]

Yes because it's not like any of The Seven has the same chance of beating evil Justice League as Viktor Fries has of beating Firestorm the Nuclear Man. 😂

[@diamondeyes4430]

Is itt me, or was yellow lantern Superman has a more scary smile than Joker Superman

[@Werrf1]

Honourable mention goes to Superman deciding to stop holding back against the Elite and murdering them all without breaking a sweat in "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?" After spending the whole story with the Elite bullying, mocking, and belittling him, and Supes openly wondering if he could beat them if he had to, it all comes down to a fight on Io. The Elite beat Superman with everything they have. And then, when they think they've killed him, Superman decides he's had enough, and he kills them. One at a time, in a variety of horrible ways, in the space of just a couple of pages. And they, and we, realise just why it is that Superman always holds back - and how godsdamn terrifying he could be if he stopped. It's an honourable mention because, of course, Superman reveals at the end that he hadn't killed any of them, just knocked them out and put them somewhere safe. _Which is even more impressive and scary than if he_ had _killed them._

[@shindari]

A slightly more famous example is "Superboy Prime" losing his shit, and going full-on insane, during "Infinite Crisis." He kills like 20 or 30 members of the Teen Titans before all four Flash-heroes gang up on him, and imprison Prime in the Speedforce (only for Prime to come back later, and kill Earth 2 Superman, before the entire Green Lantern Corps, Power Girl, and the main-universe Superman, gang up to put him away for good.)

[@briantolles187]

When did Jules stop insulting people’s mothers and start being so nice?

[@LionelRGuy]

I know, right? I miss it. ;_;

[@briantolles187]

I was j/w if he may have lost a friend to suicide or something and was making a conscious decision to be kinder

[@kaylynowens196]

I'm both surprised and pleased that House Of M isn't on here. That's the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about a superhero losing it.

[@Brightsonp]

House of m is famous (at least for marvel fans)

[@ashielilystar6134]

as a marvel fan I can appreciate a good comic but I think the first thing I think of is “batman who laughs”

[@kingnekogon]

Mangaverse sounds like an executive told some poor dude who never even seen a manga to copy a bad anime fancomic.

[@Smallvillefreak]

Way to completely ignore the red sun gauntlet Batman had in his armor to help him fight Superman.

[@Metalbloodlord]

Batman lost it by becoming the batman who laughs

[@zachg2229]

I could be wrong but i think theres a version of batman where joker was actaully a split personality

[@Metalbloodlord]

@@zachg2229 I think I have heard of something like that

[@MrOmegatronic]

Truly, this goes beyond anything else Bats has ever done.

[@theartoonnerdologist411]

Batman didn’t lose it he breathed in joker toxin-

[@PlatinumRoseLady]

This is a one on one "hero losing it moment", but this list made me think of it. It was from a comic called (I think) "The True Story of the Batman". In the story, Batman is confronting a criminal who pulls a gun on him. In Crime Alley. This doesn't end well. Bats proceeds to beat the ever-loving frogsnot out crook, screaming at him all the while, until he's stopped by Robin.

[@joshualazua5511]

Yeah dude, telekinesis, that's why my pants are down

[@l0sts0ul89]

Oof

[@jerseyvoid3123]

In one of the Justice League cartoons it is said that Bruce Wayne owns more kryptonite then anyone else in the world, or something to that effect. So then it's not really dues ex machina. God I'm a nerd!

[@Beeyo176]

My favorite part of the Endgame fight with Superman is that it ends with a whimper while Bruce narrates that in a fight between Superman and Batman, nobody would win. What is there to be gained from a knockdown, drag-out fight between two heroes that are supposed to be best friends other than fanboy satisfaction? I feel it was a great little meta-commentary, and while I'm still not totally on board with how OP Snyder makes the Joker (He got to the whole Justice League, huh?), it was a pretty good way to get Bruce's super friends out of the picture so the rest of the plot can continue without the question of "And why isn't Clark there stopping the clown by the second issue?"

[@theghostofuchiha1496]

I'm surprised that Superman wasn't mentioned. Superman vs The Elite, in it, Superman snaps and absolutely makes everyone shit their pants. Truly one of the scariest moments, ofc he doesn't kill anyone because his rampage is a facade, but he takes the breath out of everyone's lungs.

[@abmstixkup]

I really love this guy his messages at the end really got me thru some tough times in my life really saved me from myself i would love if jules would make self help videos for people to letem know they arent dealin with pain alone but awesome videos bro i watch them all the time and im a very big fan.

[@Crekification]

Literally any other version of captain marvel would be an upgrade from Carol

[@qutibahf]

Mangaverse version of X-Men are marauders (Mrs Sinister hit-squad)

[@atharvsinghghosh7465]

They just beat the crap out of galactus " STREET RULES"

[@larissacasamento4131]

and taking our number one spot is: 0:12

[@YOUNGSPARTAN117]

I really love these videos, I need to read more comics. Poor Parker, tried to start a family but ended up losing the one he loved. Would the radiation show on a blood test? Actual question btw, obvious maybe but just a thought

[@javib2978]

Batman from The Dark Knight Returns: Superman tries to hold him back to realize the questionable things he has done throughout the comic. Superman is trying to make the world a better place.

[@MrOtakugamer69]

Man I love how jesus is very blunt with sunspot about how much he meast up things in his relationship with his girlfriend at 7 minutes and 9 seconds that maid me laugh so hard!!!🤣😹

[@nathan3961]

3:34 It's pronounced "Civilizations"

[@dv6342]

I was looking for this. “Civilations” is a new one to me. 😂

[@robertfourhell2746]

Second coming was a great series

[@benmozes4587]

The Batman who laugh is my number one pick

[@shadownode5970]

I have never thought about my own superheroes snap. There’s a tragic storyline where a kid detective, Matthew Holmes, beats the everloving shit out of an evil businessman (cliche, I know), but nothing lethal. I think the closest I’ve come is when an unofficial superhero, Empathetica (she gives herself the title of “superhero”, but she’s not part of an organisation called “The Hero Order”), goes crazy trying to kill the same businessman, who is in a depowered state. Normally, he’d just regenerate, but a metal called “cyronite” was used to remove his powers temporarily. Matthew Holmes wanted to stop her and used a drug called IC-3 (power pusher) to push her emotions to the point where she was lobotomised, sending the entire world’s population into a coma. Empathetica’s ability is that she can give, take and spread emotions, including another person’s. There’s then a storyline which I haven’t quite finished yet, but a speedster dies in the end, saving the world from an eternal coma.

[@dmargaret2729]

What about Namor in the 2019 Invaders? No spoilers, but he was unhinged 😵

[@rickya.livingston5110]

Those were wild... thx

[@jmace2424]

Anybody else notice that "Namor" backwards is "Roman"?

[@alltheworldsastage4785]

I just realized that. Wow.

[@marcushamner5994]

That’s why he’s so regal. I just realized that all this time.

[@Andros1921]

We don't talk about Reign after the 1st issue.

[@LordNifty]

I expected The Batman who Laughs, Superman from the Injustice comics, or at least one character from the Marvel Zombies series to make this list.

[@ants_in_my_eyes_johnson6844]

The chewing gum trick! That was used in the Marvel universe too. But it wasnt laced with kryptonite. It was charged with kinetic energy and Gambit did it.

[@JS-my4jw]

1:05 "[Batman] has a plan to kill all of his 'friends'". Neutralise, not kill.

[@TheMightyU]

Mistakes were made.

[@JackJoeMcPherson]

"throw bricks with their mind" LOL peak mutant powers. I'm dead

[@dbk8245]

0:33 he got us in the first half not gonna lie

[@billcox8870]

There was a cartoon where the protagonist had thing rings. He would say "thing rings, do your thing". He would then give himself a fist bump and when the two rings touched he would turn into the thing.

[@tonyc8258]

Well it could be worse. I mean, it’s not like there’s not guys like Homelander right? Right?

[@katherinedickerson2334]

Or Black Noir

[@jeremiahthomas1385]

In kickass I saw that and they had impressive guns and traing. That must of bean one hell of a collation.

[@TrustJesusisenough]

Ha! The prince does not need help! Prince vegeta would be so proud.

[@jmace2424]

Any Jules video gets a Like from me. Just really would like to see the return of the One Per List. Miss that. A lot.

[@jaebee81]

lmaoooo Spider Man reign is hilarious! 😂 commentary on it 10 times funnier 🤣🤣

[@3serio]

It’s so dumb!🤣🤣🤣

[@jaebee81]

Ultimte hilarious

[@jaebee81]

Kg meh...

[@dynamicjaethought7788]

Devourer(Eater) of Worlds?? You mean Bray Wyatt??

[@juliusravenposadas7164]

"They can make your pants fall down" haha🤣

[@robertfourhell2746]

In the whole series THE BOYS shows disturbing times Superheroes lost it 🤣

[@Ohm_Kazhbu]

I love how at the beggining he's telling superman to put down the bus then when superman hits him with the bus all it is is a simple "ow"

[@maxbyron2055]

So much for them being perfect heroes

[@ultramaximusreviews]

I need to get that FF comic...

[@troublemaker1777]

The one at the feels kinda relatable

[@shanerasmussen5225]

Batman does not have "plans to kill all of his friends if they turn against him" he has plans to subdue his friends if they turn against the world, big frakking difference Jules.

[@DrSuess360]

I know right! I was literally looking for this comment just to make sure I wasn't alone on this!

[@SamuraiNubb]

These guys are almost as bad as WatchMojo. Not really surprising they made this mistake.

[@shanerasmussen5225]

Well, to be fair I'm pretty sure Jules knew, he was just using his usual slightly oversnarked comedic style of description. I'm also not one of those "Batman never kills" guys cause, even leaving aside things like his first appearance when he dropped a man in acid, or the story where he carried and used Joe Chill's gun (the one that killed his parents), there are alternate worlds and such galore. For example, in 1994, in The Adventures of Superman annual 6 & Superboy annual 1, there was a story of the "Super Seven". Earth invaded by aliens, the military deafeated, the heroes fight on. The aliens proclain "for any meta human seen 1000 humans will be killed, if the metahuman fights our forces we will kill 5000 humans". 1 Green Lantern ignore the proclamation, and the aliens vaporise Coast City. The humans turn on costumed heroes, Green Arrow is crucified, Flash is permanently crippled, most heroes hide. As years pass a legend grows that Batman is still fighting, but he never leaves witnesses or proof of his presence so no retaliation is taken on the human populace. On thr 10th anniversary of alien rule the human planetary coordinator Lex Luthor stages an assassination attempt on the alien leader, it fails, nearly all remaining unpowered heroes are killed including Nightwing, Catwoman, & Guardian, no costumes were used. 10 years later the new coordinator Lana Lang approaches high ranking resistance leader James Olsen (right hand of General Lois Lane), and tells him she knows where Superman is hiding, and that like Lex she wants to end the alien rule. They find Clark, hiding in the one factory that never, ever fails to meet its quota. Eventually the few heroes remaining alive gather together, Superman, Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan, Flash (still can't run), Lex Luthor's brain in Metallo's body, Batman (still highly pissed at everyone for giving up), and a teenaged boy the ran into who calls himself Superboy. In the final battle, after Lana's betrayal, Wonder Woman dies, Flash dies, Superman dies, and Batman uses a suicide bomb to destroy the alien mothership.

[@godzillaprime]

Big Daddy is a vigilante, not a super hero. You could say the same about Batman but at least he lives in a world where you can find actual kryptonite

[@rolanddeschain9139]

Giant Man killing the Blob

[@dionlackey798]

That was justified

[@andreasmakrygiannis359]

Where is our lord and saviour Superboy Prime??

[@MrRonald327]

It happens.

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

Jules: Makes a list of characters who were genuinely disturbed, were driven insane temporarily, or were outright homicidal. Also Jules: Lists a guy who takes a dump in a plant pot as the #3 most disturbing out of all of them. Me: "dafuq?!?"

[@MrOmegatronic]

To be fair, if you have the power to freeze time, and the absolute worst thing you do with it is shit in your boss' plants, you probably have issues. xD

[@tylerdaysrping3603]

Wow! These are all the comics I read.

[@javib2978]

Poor Vanya. She felt betrayed by the closest people she cared the whole time.

[@Lrbearclaw]

I'm just thrilled that "Second Coming" finally got some love.

[@jasonlane1528]

Does Phoenix eating an entire planet not get a mention? Or how about the entire Onslaught saga where Xavier combined Magneto's, X-Man's and Franklin Richards powers to threaten the world of extinction? Or the whole buildup of Emerald Twilightb showing Hal Jordan fighting and stranding all of his friends on his way back to Oa with him even killing Sinestro, kilowog & the guardians? This was before he absorbed the power battery and was tainted by parallax so this was all him. Or Ozymandias' endgame "I did it 35 minutes ago.". Just a few off the top of my head.

[@Ed-mo2cu]

Well, seeing the comparison from the series to the comics, it actually feels sad the fact that Vanya never recovered like it was shown in the series.

[@galladegamer3579]

1:33 IS NOBODY GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW IT SAYS YEET

[@tee-ehssahrr6560]

Namor had PTSD..... LOL!!!

[@hoobadoobamaster8551]

Can you really hate Batman for creating a way to defeat everyone of his friends because they all(at one point or another) turned evil before

[@IAmSageVWU]

Today I learned that Jules can survive getting a bus thrown at him by superman

[@axelwulf6220]

I honestly am tired of this who fade where superheroes, who are people we're striving to emulate, are no better than the villains they fight, who are now being written as humanized victims of circumstances

[@shadowcat1606]

Batman's plans against his colleagues and friends are, if i remember correctly, meant to incapacitate, not kill.

[@szymonbober2280]

Daaamn... the Kickass is scary...

[@stefangreen3770]

Going back and reading some of the events from the Umbrella Academy just reminds me on how the Netflix series is better than the comic it's based on

[@dionlackey798]

How much better?

[@javib2978]

Vanya's motives after being taken care of the people she sought to annihilate for feeling betrayed, reminds of Guts from Berserk. Similar to how Guts wants to annihilate Griffith for being betrayed.

[@jaebee81]

someone obviously has seen the new NcFarlane DC Multiverse figures lol

[@robertmace5279]

the fact they put the ovens in makes me wonder who looks over these stories at the time?

[@johnphamlore8073]

King Thor kills the Avengers in Dan Jurgens run. The fateful day ends with Balder "the Brave" holding a sword to King Thor's infant son's throat. And King Thor eventually is able to say, "My son is safe, but you are not!" to Captain America as Thor kills him.

[@KainuTrash]

How number 9 wasn't number 1 baffles me

[@Mr.JoScope]

Two big ones that you forgot, no offense. 1: How Jordan loses it and murders the entire Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern volume three 48 through 50. 2: injustice, the video games and comics. (Superman loses it and becomes psychopathic tyrant that rules over earth.)

[@zeropointclocker4228]

Hopped up on Murder Gas... =D

[@Franwub]

Some people cant be forgiven, and some can, i never forgave vegeta, no matter whether he is a good guy nowadays, when sabretooth was a goodie i never bought it, and i knew curt conners as a tragic character, then he ate his kid, and was dead to me

[@vicool217]

It disturbed me injustice Superman wasn’t here

[@jamalvargas6146]

What about Leonardo from tmnt after his near death experience after his fight with utrom shredder which took training from the ancient one to overcome loved that arch

[@australiathecountrycontine2377]

Jamal Vargas what

[@jamalvargas6146]

@@australiathecountrycontine2377 it was from the 2003 cartoon show used to be my favorite show 2 decades ago

[@johnsmithfakename8422]

Reading about the world of 3 ... that is not a disturbing moment a superhero looses it, it is something to be expected.

[@Solitaire001]

In Legion of Super-Heroes, Element Lad (EL) finds Roxxas, the man who (with his associates) killed everyone on his home planet of Trom. Roxxas had returned to Trom to hide. EL snapped and was going to execute Roxxas with a ray gun. He shot Roxxas but another Legionnaire (Chemical King) used his powers to weaken the weapon so it only fired a beam of ordinary light, saving Roxxas' life. It turned out that the radiation on Trom, combined with his guilt, has driven Roxxas insane. Roxxas thought he was being haunted by the ghosts of the people he had murdered. EL came to regard his actions as a disgrace to the memories of his people (despite being stopped he had still intended to commit murder). Due to their powers (transmutation), discipline was essential and EL had failed.

[@fallenkiller89]

Surprised injustice isn’t in this.

[@shindari]

Too obvious. Nobody would be shocked by that addition to the list. I'm glad he left "Injustice" off the list.

[@heckinmemes6430]

05:29 *Beep beep* Dumptruck is here!

[@kumiter2236]

my respect to Namor. He is deply traumatised by the things he witnessed

[@chubbysurprise4429]

At 0:39 what character is that and what's he from?

[@kevintedford2550]

I'm surprised you didn't include the time when Superman lost it when the Joker caused him to kill Lois Lane.

[@there4you19]

Mr. Fantastic lost it He Infected his team into Zombies.

[@blackbokuto]

all of smallville will tell you that kryptonite gum has side effects. batmans is the god of plot armor

[@DirennaEnthusiast]

Has anyone told yall that your logo looks like the malboro cigarette logo just in blue?

[@banjofett3949]

“...which is why I built this inhibitor chip”