History DeconstructedTrope / MarvelUniverse

** ''ComicBook/XForce'' deconstructed PetTheDog in [[TheChessmaster Eli Bard]]'s backstory. He was a Roman senator named Eliphas that was regarded as a push-over by his family and peers, but he had a MoralityPet in form of a little girl that served as a slave. When he crossed paths with [[TheVamp Selene]], she offered to love him forever and make him immortal if he sacrificed every soul in Rome to her. Eliphas agreed to do it, but decided to warn the little girl to leave the city with her family. She told her parents, who proceeded to warn the guards about him, who interrupted him just in time he was about to perform the spell to sacrifice all Romans. This lead to him getting cursed by Selene and turned into a vampire-like mutate, living in constant torment for not being together with his beloved. In short, [[LoveMakesYouEvil after he took the path to evil]], [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished his one moment of kindness costed him]] ''[[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished everything]]''.

* ''Franchise/XMen''

** ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s relationship could be considered a deconstruction of the typical TheLeader[=/=]TheLancer dynamic. What happens when two men, both with alpha male personalities, very similar in many ways and very different in others, with opposing outlooks and both obsessed with the same [[ComicBook/JeanGrey woman]] are forced not only to work together, but provide leadership to a group of volatile and diverse characters. Do they eventually gain a grudging mutual respect and put aside their differences? No, they're constantly at each other's throats and eventually end up splitting the X-Men into two rival factions because they simply can't coexist.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' deconstructs EvenEvilHasLovedOnes. [[spoiler: Ego, Peter's father]] genuinely fell in love with [[spoiler: Meredith]] but their evil goals was still their ultimate ambition, leading them to [[spoiler: willingly give Meredith a brain tumor to kill her and stop himself from returning to Earth.]] This is also the case with [[spoiler: Peter]] whom he liked and bonded with. But once [[spoiler: Peter]] rebelled against him, he had no problem [[spoiler: using Peter as a living battery]]. In fact, the only reason why he bonded with [[spoiler: Peter]] is because the latter possessed the same powers as himself, making them useful. [[spoiler: Ego's other children weren't so lucky.]]

* ''ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain'' deconstructs CutLexLuthorACheck. Wilson Fisk is trying to expand into legitimate businesses and be a VillainWithGoodPublicity, but his vendetta against Daredevil is costing him money and putting that ambition in jeopardy. The first crony to try and point that out to him is "bought out" and later has both his legs broken off-panel; the second is murdered by Fisk then and there. Fisk is ''trying'' to turn his criminal genius to more acceptable enterprises, but his obsession with Daredevil and his violent instincts keep overriding his sense.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' is a deconstruction of the {{secret identity}} trope, as Peter's duties as ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' have constant, lasting, and almost always negative impact on his social life, and he has to endure bullying because using his powers to get revenge would blow his cover.
** [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer Nick Spencer's run]] also provides a deconstruction of Spidey being a HeroWithBadPublicity. During a confrontation, J. Jonah Jameson makes the argument that Spider-Man's bad public image is, at least in part, his own damn fault; while most other superheroes tend to work in teams and communities and are fairly open with the public, Spider-Man is usually a [[IWorkAlone lone wolf]] and frequently gets into fights with other superheroes before teaming up with them (though as Peter points out, this is very common for other Marvel superheroes). Furthermore, whenever Jameson made a false accusation against Spider-Man, the Wall-Crawler's response was never to reach out and set the record straight but rather to insult, antagonize and sometimes even ''threaten'' Jameson, which does ''not'' help his case at all.

** ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s relationship could be considered a deconstruction of the typical TheLeader[=/=]TheLancer dynamic. What happens when two men, both with alpha male personalities, very similar in many ways and very different in others, with opposing outlooks and both obsessed with the [[TheChick same]] [[ComicBook/JeanGrey woman]] are forced not only to work together, but provide leadership to a group of volatile and diverse characters. Do they eventually gain a grudging mutual respect and put aside their differences? No, they're constantly at each other's throats and eventually end up splitting the X-Men into two rival factions because they simply can't coexist.

** Creator/JossWhedon's "Breakworld" arc from ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' deconstructed the AlwaysChaoticEvil trope with its portrayal of the eponymous PlanetOfHats. At first glance, the Breakworlders ''seem'' to be a clear example of this, since their entire culture is built around [[ForeverWar endless war]], and their governments are universally led by barbaric tyrants who consider freedom an abomination. But then there's TheReveal that the arc's true BigBad is actually the leader of a seemingly noble [[LaResistance resistance group]] that wants to end the wars forever...by [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroying the Breakworld]] [[OmnicidalManiac and wiping out its entire population]]. The conclusion points out that most people in a species like the Breakworlders wouldn't be truly "evil", since their actions would simply reflect the cultural values that they were raised with. But on the other hand, someone willing to completely reject every underlying value of their planet's culture would probably be far ''less'' sane than the common citizenry who simply follow cultural norms [[ValuesDissonance (even if that culture seems evil to us)]]. At the same time this also deconstructs TokenHeroicOrc by making the aforementioned "heroic" orc a lunatic who wants to blow up her own planet.

* A whole episode of the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' series is dedicated to deconstruct SuperStrength. The puny guy who steals Juggernaut's powers... [[TheChewToy promptly ruins his own life]] by [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor becoming an unintentionally-destructive human demolition crew]]. He doesn't get better until losing said powers and having them restored to their owner... who, by the way, needs these powers to actually ''survive''.

** This continues into ''ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways'' era. The "Canon Fodder" arc, deconstructing LegacyCharacter and CListFodder, has the kids run into Doc Justice, a [[RememberTheNewGuy hitherto recently unknown hero]] who had protected Los Angeles since the 80s. He recruits them to become the latest iteration of his team, the J-Team, though Gert ends up as MissionControl of sorts. However, Gert smells a fish and starts snooping around, learning the DarkSecret of the J-Team: [[spoiler: they're killed off when Doc Justice believes people do not remember them and uses their death to reinforce his own "story". Gert's more than upset at this because these were kids who believed they were doing good and that they should be able to live their own stories. It probably helps that she realized that Karolina, who is the ''fifth'' person to take up the identity of Princess Justice, is up on the chopping block.]]

** [[ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan Nick Spencer's run]] also provides a deconstruction of Spidey being a HeroWithBadPublicity. During a confrontation, J. Jonah Jameson makes the argument that Spider-Man's bad public image is, at least in part, his own damn fault; while most other superheroes tend to work in teams and communities and are fairly open with the public, Spider-Man is usually a [[IWorkAlone lone wolf]] and frequently gets into fights with other superheroes before teaming up with them (though as Peter points out, this is very common for other Marvel superheroes). Furthermore, whenever Jameson made a false accusation against Spider-Man, the Wall-Crawler's response was never to reach out and set the record straight but rather to insult, antagonize and sometimes even ''threaten'' Jameson, which does ''not'' help his case at all.

* Creator/JossWhedon's "Breakworld" arc from ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' deconstructed the AlwaysChaoticEvil trope with its portrayal of the eponymous PlanetOfHats. At first glance, the Breakworlders ''seem'' to be a clear example of this, since their entire culture is built around [[ForeverWar endless war]], and their governments are universally led by barbaric tyrants who consider freedom an abomination. But then there's TheReveal that the arc's true BigBad is actually the leader of a seemingly noble [[LaResistance resistance group]] that wants to end the wars forever...by [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroying the Breakworld]] [[OmnicidalManiac and wiping out its entire population]]. The conclusion points out that most people in a species like the Breakworlders wouldn't be truly "evil", since their actions would simply reflect the cultural values that they were raised with. But on the other hand, someone willing to completely reject every underlying value of their planet's culture would probably be far ''less'' sane than the common citizenry who simply follow cultural norms [[ValuesDissonance (even if that culture seems evil to us)]]. At the same time this also deconstructs TokenHeroicOrc by making the aforementioned "heroic" orc a lunatic who wants to blow up her own planet.

* ''ComicBook/XForce'' deconstructed PetTheDog in [[TheChessmaster Eli Bard]]'s backstory. He was a Roman senator named Eliphas that was regarded as a push-over by his family and peers, but he had a MoralityPet in form of a little girl that served as a slave. When he crossed paths with [[TheVamp Selene]], she offered to love him forever and make him immortal if he sacrificed every soul in Rome to her. Eliphas agreed to do it, but decided to warn the little girl to leave the city with her family. She told her parents, who proceeded to warn the guards about him, who interrupted him just in time he was about to perform the spell to sacrifice all Romans. This lead to him getting cursed by Selene and turned into a vampire-like mutate, living in constant torment for not being together with his beloved. In short, [[LoveMakesYouEvil after he took the path to evil]], [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished his one moment of kindness costed him]] ''[[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished everything]]''.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s relationship could be considered a deconstruction of the typical TheLeader[=/=]TheLancer dynamic. What happens when two men, both with alpha male personalities, very similar in many ways and very different in others, with opposing outlooks and both obsessed with the [[TheChick same]] [[ComicBook/JeanGrey woman]] are forced not only to work together, but provide leadership to a group of volatile and diverse characters. Do they eventually gain a grudging mutual respect and put aside their differences? No, they're constantly at each other's throats and eventually end up splitting the X-Men into two rival factions because they simply can't coexist.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' is a deconstruction of the {{secret identity}} trope, as Peter's duties as Spider-Man have constant, lasting, and almost always negative impact on his social life, and he has to endure bullying because using his powers to get revenge would blow his cover.

!!Franchise/MarvelUniverse

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s relationship could be considered a deconstruction of the typical TheLeader[=/=]TheLancer dynamic. What happens when two men, both with alpha male personalities, very similar in many ways and very different in others, with opposing outlooks and both obsessed with the [[TheChick same]] [[ComicBook/JeanGrey woman]] are forced not only to work together, but provide leadership to a group of volatile and diverse characters. Do they eventually gain a grudging mutual respect and put aside their differences? No, they're constantly at each other's throats and eventually end up splitting the X-Men into two rival factions because they simply can't coexist.