History DrivenToSuicide / MarvelUniverse

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** ''Comicbook/XFactor2005'' begins with Rictor standing on the ledge of a building, ready to jump, because he can't cope with the loss of of powers. [[spoiler:He actually ends up getting pushed off by a dupe of Jamie Madrox's, but gets caught before he goes splat.]]

* ''ComicBook/DaredevilEndOfDays:'' [[spoiler:Bullseye]], but not before scaring the shit out of a prostitute for good measure.
* Comicbook/DoctorStrange has come perilously close to this a couple of times, largely through the efforts of people like [[MeaningfulName D'Spayre]] who attempt to defeat him by [[DespairEventHorizon manipulating his emotions]].
* After his episode of clinical depression at the end of ''ComicBook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusade'', it was fairly obvious throughout the start of ComicBook/YoungAvengers Volume 2 that Wiccan wasn't 100% okay. In issue 5, however, having had Loki trick him into giving him his magic, Billy takes Loki's words to heart and decides to kill himself in order to reverse everything that he'd done thus far, his internal monologue making it clear that he has no self-esteem and an overwhelming sense of guilt. [[spoiler: Loki has a change of heart and [[InterruptedSuicide saves him just in time]], and Billy decides to don a new hero costume and deal with the problem through other means.]]
** He almost tried again in issue 11, but Loki stopped him by saying he lied about this reversing everything for which Billy quite understandably punched him. [[spoiler:Actually Loki didn't lie, but decided that Wiccan deserved a better ending, fate of the world be damned.]]
* Mr. Immortal from ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'' begun his suicidal streak after everyone loved to him had died. But due to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his powers]], he can't stay dead.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** After burying ComicBook/SpiderMan alive, impersonating him, and defeating an enemy Spider-Man couldn't in ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'', ComicBook/KravenTheHunter kills himself because after proving himself better than Spider-Man in every way, he has defeated what is supposed to be the ultimate prey and has nothing left to hunt. Yes, that's incredibly flawed logic, especially in the Marvel Universe, but Kraven is insane.
** During ''ComicBook/GuardianDevil'', ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} learned he had cancer and wouldn't last long. After making ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s life a living hell, Daredevil defeats him and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech accuses him of]] ripping off ComicBook/TheKingpin with his plan to drive Daredevil insane and repeating a "supernatural intruding upon the real world" scheme he had previously used on J. Jonah Jameson. Subsequently, Beck shoots himself in the head while claiming to [[TakeThat steal an idea from Kraven the Hunter]]. What's worse? The only reason he went after Daredevil was that he didn't want to deal with the Spider-Man that was active at the time (implied to be the clone Ben Reilly).
* In ''ComicBook/TheOrder2007'', Becky Ryan was initially kept off the team because her psychiatric evaluation suggested that there was a good chance she might try to kill herself. Naturally, her first mission ends with her trying to absorb a nuclear explosion that would have taken out Los Angeles. Thankfully, she survives. Afterwards however, given that it was only her first day on the job and nobody was sure if her powers would allow her to survive a 20-kiloton explosion, Henry Hellrung wonders if she was trying to kill herself.

* In the ComicBook/ThePunisher arc ''ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank'', Det. Martin Soap is briefly partnered with a criminal psychologist named Bud Plugg. When Soap criticizes his psych profile on the Punisher for being flowery, meaningless psychobabble, Bud hangs himself in Soap's office the next day.
* During the initial ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' series, after a vampire managed to seduce her and force her to fight her crush, Karolina Dean attempted suicide by offering herself up to the vampire in exchange for his sparing her friends. It failed spectacularly because her blood was loaded with solar energy, and thus the vampire was burned alive, but she didn't know that that was going to happen...

* Sharon Ventura, one of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing's]] love interests, attempts this twice - once after she becomes the She-Thing and again after the Thing ends up rebuffing her advances when he learned that she nearly allied herself with Dr. Doom.
* ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' shows that [[YouHaveFailedMe a low tolerance for failure]] is not limited to just Darth Vader. On occasion, an Imperial officer who knows he has sufficiently screwed up or been badly beaten has simply shot himself rather than report his failure to Vader or the Emperor.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'', the Vision sent a psychic broadcast around the world that was so nightmarish that it caused mass-suicides around the world. The broadcast turned out to be a recording of what the EldritchAbomination [[ComicBook/{{Galactus}} Gah Lak Tus]] had done to previous worlds before coming to Earth, in hopes of warning the population.
* ''ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp'': Nadia van Dyne [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal had to be talked down to]] to prevent herself from letting her first Manic episode end with her throwing herself off of her lab after she realizes she just beat the living bejeezus out of her friends and felt she didn't deserve them nor being a hero.

** The newest series of ''Comicbook/XFactor'' begins with Rictor standing on the ledge of a building, ready to jump, because he can't cope with the loss of of powers. [[spoiler:He actually ends up getting pushed off by a dupe of Jamie Madrox's, but gets caught before he goes splat.]]

** In ''X-Men Noir'', Warren Worthington jumped off the roof of Professor Xavier's reform school after [[spoiler:learning the truth about Jean and just how twisted she really is.]] The X-Men are convinced the police did him in so they'd have an excuse to arrest Xavier; the police are convinced Xavier's tutelage drove him over the edge.

** During ''Guardian Devil'', ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} learned he had cancer and wouldn't last long. After making ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s life a living hell, Daredevil defeats him and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech accuses him of]] ripping off ComicBook/TheKingpin with his plan to drive Daredevil insane and repeating a "supernatural intruding upon the real world" scheme he had previously used on J. Jonah Jameson. Subsequently, Beck shoots himself in the head while claiming to [[TakeThat steal an idea from Kraven the Hunter]]. What's worse? The only reason he went after Daredevil was that he didn't want to deal with the Spider-Man that was active at the time (implied to be the clone Ben Reilly).

* ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'': After burying ComicBook/SpiderMan alive, impersonating him, and defeating an enemy Spider-Man couldn't, Kraven kills himself because after proving himself better than Spider-Man in every way, he has defeated what is supposed to be the ultimate prey and has nothing left to hunt. Yes that's incredibly flawed logic, especially in the Marvel Universe, but Kraven is insane.
* Years later, ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} would kill himself the same way after his plan to drive ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} insane and do this to himself failed and Daredevil gave him a very painful TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Even worse? Mysterio was already dying and the only reason he went after Daredevil was because he didn't want to deal with the Spider-Man that was active at the time (implied to be the clone Ben Reilly).

DrivenToSuicide in the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':

!!''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
* ''ComicBook/DaredevilEndOfDays:'' [[spoiler: Bullseye]], but not before scaring the shit out of a prostitute for good measure.

* Mr. Immortal from ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'' begun his suicidal streak after everyone loved to him had died. But due to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin his powers]], he can't stay dead.
* ComicBook/XMen titles:
** The newest series of ''Comicbook/XFactor'' begins with Rictor standing on the ledge of a building, ready to jump, because he can't cope with the loss of of powers. [[spoiler:He actually ends up getting pushed off by a dupe of Jamie Madrox's, but gets caught before he goes splat.]]
** A similar situation happened to The Blob after the loss of his powers. He tried to slash his wrists, but was unable to find a vein amongst all the stretched out skin.
** Bolivar Trask was the misguided WellIntentionedExtremist who first invented the Sentinels. The first time they malfunctioned, he had a serious HeelRealization and sacrificed himself to destroy Master Mold. (A SenselessSacrifice, it turned out.) Sadly for the poor guy, he was resurrected by the Purifiers through use of a Technarch to be part of a team of the world's foremost mutant killers. After being [[DamnedByAFoolsPraise given credit for the highest record of mutant kills]] due to his creations, 16,521,618, the regret he felt was only amplified, and he killed himself after escaping Bastion's mental control.
** ComicBook/{{X 23}} habitually cuts herself on her wrists and forearms with her claws, and it's hinted that sometimes she is inflicting fatal wounds on herself when she does so. The only reason she ''hasn't'' died from them is because of her HealingFactor. ''Target X'' more blatantly indicates Laura may be prone to bouts of suicidal depression: At some point after she is forced to cut off contact with her remaining family, she seeks out ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, her [[OppositeSexClone genetic father]], fully intending to kill them ''both'' over their part in the Weapon X project because by this point she has been so broken by everything that's happened to her she feels the only way to end it is death. Logan manages to talk her down, but her continued willingness to sacrifice herself (such as when she is infected with the Legacy Virus) suggests she may still harbor suicidal tendencies.
** In ''X-Men Noir'', Warren Worthington jumped off the roof of Professor Xavier's reform school after [[spoiler:learning the truth about Jean and just how twisted she really is.]] The X-Men are convinced the police did him in so they'd have an excuse to arrest Xavier; the police are convinced Xavier's tutelage drove him over the edge.
** Mr. Sensitive of the ComicBook/XStatix was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - his powers caused him constant agony that was only kept in check by his costume, which had to be redesigned every few months because his sensitivity kept growing. Plus, he was in an extremely high-stress job as the leader of one of the most image-conscious superhero teams in the Marvel Universe. Naturally, he contemplated suicide several times, and even kept a revolver, just in case.
* Sharon Ventura, one of [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing's]] love interests, attempts this twice - once after she becomes the She-Thing and again after the Thing ends up rebuffing her advances when he learned that she nearly allied herself with Dr. Doom.
* Comicbook/DoctorStrange has come perilously close to this a couple of times, largely through the efforts of people like [[MeaningfulName D'Spayre]] who attempt to defeat him by [[DespairEventHorizon manipulating his emotions]].
* After his episode of clinical depression at the end of ''ComicBook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusade'', it was fairly obvious throughout the start of ComicBook/YoungAvengers Volume 2 that Wiccan wasn't 100% okay. In issue 5, however, having had Loki trick him into giving him his magic, Billy takes Loki's words to heart and decides to kill himself in order to reverse everything that he'd done thus far, his internal monologue making it clear that he has no self-esteem and an overwhelming sense of guilt. [[spoiler: Loki has a change of heart and [[InterruptedSuicide saves him just in time]], and Billy decides to don a new hero costume and deal with the problem through other means.]]
** He almost tried again in issue 11, but Loki stopped him by saying he lied about this reversing everything for which Billy quite understandably punched him. [[spoiler:Actually Loki didn't lie, but decided that Wiccan deserved a better ending, fate of the world be damned.]]
* During the initial ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' series, after a vampire managed to seduce her and force her to fight her crush, Karolina Dean attempted suicide by offering herself up to the vampire in exchange for his sparing her friends. It failed spectacularly because her blood was loaded with solar energy, and thus the vampire was burned alive, but she didn't know that that was going to happen...
** Much later on in the series, Chase tries to offer up his life to the Gibborim to try and resurrect Gert.

-->'''Becky''': Wouldn't all those psych tests I took have said something if I was suicidal?
-->'''Henry''': Maybe they did.
-->'''Becky''': ... I'm fine, Henry.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'', the Vision sent a psychic broadcast around the world that was so nightmarish that it caused mass-suicides around the world. The broadcast turned out to be a recording of what the EldritchAbomination [[ComicBook/{{Galactus}} Gah Lak Tus]] had done to previous worlds before coming to Earth, in hopes of warning the population.

* [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia van Dyne]] [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal had to be talked down to]] to prevent herself from letting her first Manic episode end with her throwing herself off of her lab after she realizes she just beat the living bejeezus out of her friends and felt she didn't deserve them nor being a hero.

* After his episode of clinical depression at the end of ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade'', it was fairly obvious throughout the start of ComicBook/YoungAvengers Volume 2 that Wiccan wasn't 100% okay. In issue 5, however, having had Loki trick him into giving him his magic, Billy takes Loki's words to heart and decides to kill himself in order to reverse everything that he'd done thus far, his internal monologue making it clear that he has no self-esteem and an overwhelming sense of guilt. [[spoiler: Loki has a change of heart and [[InterruptedSuicide saves him just in time]], and Billy decides to don a new hero costume and deal with the problem through other means.]]

* In ''ComicBook/TheOrder'', Becky Ryan wraps herself around a nuclear bomb to absorb an explosion that would have taken out Los Angeles. Afterwards, given that it was only her first day on the job and nobody was sure if her powers would allow her to survive a 20-kiloton explosion, Henry Hellrung wonders if she was trying to kill herself.

* [[ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp Nadia van Dyne]] [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal had to be talked down to]] to prevent herself from letting her first Manic episode end with her throwing herself off of her lab after she realizes she just beat the living bejeezus out of her friends and felt she didn't deserve them nor being a hero.