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00:00So, if there's one thing that we all know about comic books, it's that superheroes are almost
00:04always portrayed as beings who help the innocent, slay the evils of the world, and look amazing
00:09while doing so. While a good majority of our favourite comic book heroes love the people
00:14that they protect, there are also quite a few so-called heroes who actually learn to
00:18view humanity as despicable creatures barely worth the effort. So let's take a look at
00:22them as I'm Jules, this is WhatCulture.com, and these are the 10 Greatest Comic Book
00:26Heroes Who Despise Humans.
00:2810. Raven
00:30Raven has gone through many different iterations of her life, even dying and becoming a wandering
00:35spirit after becoming possessed by evil and trying to kill her teammates, the Teen Titans.
00:40Even in her ghost form, Raven held disdain for the humans that often viewed her as a demon.
00:45Raven's entire internal struggle revolves around her battle against the evil that resides within her,
00:50and the constant feeling of loneliness brought on by the innate mistrust and hatred humans have
00:54of her. While Raven truly hates her father, Trigon, above any other being in the universe,
01:00humans come as a close second. Raven holds little love in her heart for the humans that
01:03live outside the Titans' tower. It's true that Raven loves the few humans on her team,
01:08and has been trying to open up more and more to them about her inner feelings and thoughts,
01:12and most of the time the team has to learn about her feelings from a magical attack that forces
01:16their innermost feelings to be exposed to one another.
01:189. Deadpool Deadpool is one of pop culture's greatest icons,
01:24due to his comedic self-awareness and complete lack of humanity. Fans love to praise Wade Wilson
01:29for his comedy, his tragedy, and his constant rivalries with heroes and villains alike from
01:34across the Marvel multiverse, but the Merc with a Mouth once himself rebelled against his fans
01:38in the classic comic event Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. Deadpool has also killed more
01:43people than can possibly be counted, with many being killed simply because Wade felt like it.
01:48He's also tortured and tormented many of his closest friends and allies,
01:52and has ended up being rejected by his fellow mutants from humans and even from death herself.
01:57His hatred of all living things makes Deadpool often become the loneliest immortal being in
02:01the Marvel Universe. While he mostly kills bad guys in their seemingly endless supply of goons,
02:07he's also killed many innocent people in some pretty messed up ways, whether possessed by another
02:11bad guy because they got in the way of his chaotic battles, or simply because he's completely unstable
02:15and they bothered him at the wrong time. Deadpool even once encouraged a teen girl to kill herself
02:21because he knew that it was the one thing that he could never truly accomplish, though he has tried
02:26many, many times. Pretty grim, right?
02:298. Rorschach
02:30While Rorschach may be the loosest definition of a comic book hero, he nonetheless is one of the few
02:36characters in comic history to hold a true and unshakable disdain for humanity. Both in his actions and in
02:42his personal thoughts that are found inside his journals, Rorschach has shown that he believes
02:46without a doubt that the world is truly ugly, and the few who are actually good people in this world
02:51are really just prey for the others to mercilessly devour. His outlook on humanity is one of pure
02:57hatred, with perhaps children being his only exception. He believes that everyone is willing
03:02to stand by and ignore the filth on the street, and that everyone is constantly complaining about the
03:07things that he views to be meaningless and unimportant. This, mixed with his unshakable
03:12delusions of standing firm in the face of even Armageddon, has made him one of pop culture's most
03:17engaging characters, but also one who could care less what the scum of the world, in his eyes, think
03:22of him. Rorschach is also incredibly brutal. He kills anyone that he thinks is evil without a second
03:27thought, no justice system or jails, no one to judge the wicked, except for him.
03:327. Namor
03:33As with most kings under the sea, Namor holds a deep mistrust and somewhat obvious hatred towards
03:39humanity. He has often gone to war with humans on the surface for any reason that he deems to be
03:44worthy of killing, including the Kingdom of Wakanda when he had the powers of the Phoenix Force.
03:49Namor used that uncontrollable power to drown the capital city of Wakanda, killing millions.
03:54The Sub-Mariner's loyalty to Earth can change seemingly on a dime, and his unpredictability mixed
03:59with his arrogance and superiority complex all make for one of the most unstable heroes on Earth.
04:05Even when Namor joined the secret superhuman council called the Illuminati, he rarely got
04:09along with any of his other fellow members. He always proposed the most violent and the most
04:13destructive methods of dealing with Earth's problems. Namor would gladly drown the entire
04:18Earth if he felt that it would be the only way to save his kingdom. This arrogance and brutality led
04:23to Namor's murder by the hands of King T'Challa during one of the secret Illuminati missions,
04:27a death that many saw coming and few felt bad about, aside from the unshakable moral characters
04:32like Captain America.
04:346. The Spectre
04:35One of the most powerful beings in the DC multiverse, the Spectre is the embodiment of God's wrath,
04:42and by wrath we mean the Old Testament flood the world to start humanity over type of wrath.
04:46The Spectre is also so full of hatred towards humanity that if it's not bonded with the spirit of a
04:51human, it will judge everyone equally as sinners. This means, I don't know if you litter or something
04:55like that, you are the same as a murderer in the eyes of the Spectre, and therefore would be
05:00subject to his undeniable power. Even when bonded with a human, the Spectre has proven to be an
05:05uncontrollable force, making its users subject to the limitations brought on by being the Spectre.
05:10Even Hal Jordan, one of the strongest-willed humans in the universe, had difficulty controlling
05:15the Spectre, trying his best to direct the wrath for good rather than for its innate neutral chaos.
05:215. Red Hood
05:22The second Robin has become one of the most infamous characters in DC Comics history. His run as Robin
05:28was so hated by DC fans that they almost unanimously voted to kill him off in brutal fashion at the
05:33hands of the Joker. Sadly, like most comic book characters, he was actually brought back thanks
05:38to the use of Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pit. But being revived by the Lazarus Pit meant that the person who
05:43emerges from death is not the same as the person they once were, and Jason was no different. His exposure
05:48to the pit made him more unstable, more violent, and less willing to follow Batman's straight-edged
05:53moral compass. Instead, Todd believed that the only way to truly stop criminals is to bury them
05:58six feet underground. Adopting a new name, the Red Hood, Jason quickly became a fan favourite due to
06:03his brutal tactics on crime and his immediate rivalry with Batman. Red Hood has slowly become
06:08more of an anti-hero in recent stories, but when he first arrived, Red Hood viewed all of humanity as
06:13flawed and corrupt, and all too willing to try and save monsters like the Joker instead of doing what
06:18needed to be done in his eyes. 4. Detective Chimp
06:22While some of you might not even know who he is, Detective Chimp has saved the universe countless
06:26times thanks to his heightened intelligence and overall skills in the magical arts. However,
06:31due to his appearance, Detective Chimp isn't accepted by most humans, and due to his intelligence,
06:36he isn't accepted by other chimps. So the world's smartest detective is forced to wander the Earth
06:40and its spiritual planes, saving universes when he can, all the while hating himself and others for
06:46the way that he looks and how he's treated by his fellow magicians as well as normal humans.
06:50Being forced to save people who won't ever truly accept him has led Detective Chimp to often despise
06:55humans and constantly wonder what the point of it all is, something shared with his fellow magician
06:59Constantine. Though they also have a major rivalry, as Constantine is more aggressive towards the world
07:04than even Detective Chimp.
07:063. Cyclops
07:08Cyclops was once the greatest mutant to ever live. His heroic leading of the X-Men saved humanity
07:13countless times, even when he had to fight his own friends or lovers. That all changed when he
07:18gained the power of the Phoenix Force. With the Phoenix Force, Cyclops and several other X-Men
07:22devastated the world in the pursuit of betterment for all of mutantkind, leading to the death of
07:27Charles Xavier by Psyche's own laser. Even after losing the Phoenix Force, Cyclops turned into the
07:32one thing that he fought against, and that was pretty much Magneto. The stress of events like House of M
07:37reducing the mutant population, mixed with so many other traumatic wars and mutant genocides caused
07:42by humanity's unshakable hatred of the mutant race, radicalized Cyclops. Scott Summers took several
07:47mutants and went rogue, fighting against humans, the X-Men, and even the Inhumans, all to preserve
07:53mutants above any other race on Earth.
07:552. The Punisher
07:57Frank Castle already gained a negative outlook on the world when he was in the military, but on that
08:02fateful day that his entire family was slaughtered in front of him, he lost all traces of humanity
08:06that was still inside him. Though the Punisher doesn't kill or injure the innocent, he certainly
08:10has come to despise them. Whether it's because they allow the evil and corrupt to take power, stand by
08:16and let good people die or be hurt by evil people, or simply because they are so unaware of the filth
08:20that has taken over their cities, the Punisher has become fully separated from normal citizens
08:25and even other superheroes in his hatred of humans. This total disassociation can best be seen in the
08:30Marvel event Civil War. In the first version, Captain America went underground with several
08:35heroes to battle against Iron Man's loyalist group of heroes who were trying to get heroes to register
08:39with the government and reveal their secret identities to the world. Cap was running out of
08:43soldiers and recruited some C-list villains to assist by his side, but the Punisher killed those
08:48villains on sight, believing that if someone turns evil, they simply cannot be forgiven for the
08:52crimes they commit and the innocent lives they take. This forced Cap to toss the Punisher out of
08:57their resistance and turn Frank into a lone wanderer who felt justified in his violent and unforgiving
09:02actions. 1. Supergirl
09:05When people see the classic symbol of the House of El, they imagine the wearer of that symbol to
09:10treasure human life above all others. However, Kara, aka Supergirl, has constantly struggled with being an
09:15alien forced by her cousin to protect a race of people that are far weaker than her in every single
09:20way. Supergirl actually grew up on Krypton, so she had to fully deal with the loss of her entire
09:25civilization and wasn't able to experience humanity from a young age like her cousin. Thus, it became
09:30increasingly difficult to be asked to protect a civilization like ours. This hatred became so hard to
09:35fight against that at one point, Supergirl just up and left Earth to wander the stars and take a break from
09:39us. Her hatred for humanity became so bad that she actually attracted a red lantern ring and became
09:45a red lantern for a time. She has come back to Earth, but she still feels isolated and disconnected
09:49from us insignificant beings that she flies above every single day.
09:53And there we go, my friends. Those were the 10 greatest comic book heroes who despise humans. I
09:57hope that you enjoyed that, and please let me know what you thought about it down in the
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10:03at RetroJWithAZero, or you can swing by Liv and Let's Dice, where I do all of my streaming
10:08outside of work, and it'd be great to see you over there. As always, I've been Jules,
10:11you have been awesome, never forget that, and I'll speak to you soon. Bye.
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