History EvilCounterpart / MarvelUniverse

* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': T'Challa has several of these.

* ''ComicBook/BlackWidow'' has at least three of these.

* ''ComicBook/BlackKnight'' has two:

* The Champions team, as a whole, has The Freelancers.
* ''{{ComicBook/Daredevil}}'':

* ComicBook/{{Darkhawk}} has quite a few due to wearing armor that was originally meant for an army of SpacePirates.

* ComicBook/GhostRider has Michael Badilino a.k.a. Vengeance, who made a deal with [[SatanicArchetype Mephisto]] and became a demon (similar to Johnny Blaze) in order get revenge on Ghost Rider. Ironically Vengeance's beef with Ghost Rider only happened due to Mephisto's manipulation in the first place, Vengeance soon gets DrunkWithPower before Ghost Rider stops him and Vengeance has a HeelRealization blowing himself up.

* ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} has Trick Shot. The original was his mentor, while the second one was Clint's brother Barney. They're both like Hawkeye, but without the morals or sense of decency.

* ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'' had Evil Counterpart villains for his Marc Spector identity (Bushman), his Steven Grant identity (Midnight Man), and his Moon Knight persona (Black Spectre). At the end of Creator/WarrenEllis and Decan Shavley's run a new Black Spectre was introduced, being this for their reimagining of Moon Knight. His introductory issue is all about how he pretty much redefines himself to be this for Moon Knight.

* In ''ComicBook/MasterOfKungFu'' #118, ComicBook/ShangChi battled an evil clone of himself that had been created by Literature/FuManchu. In addition to having all of the same skills and training, the clone even wore a black version of Shang's trademark red gi.

* The Marvel Comics series ''ComicBook/{{Sleepwalker}}'' has an Evil Counterpart in Psyko, who possesses warping abilities similar to Sleepwalker's. Sleepwalker, an alien devoted to protecting the minds of innocent people from insanity, became fused with the human Rick Sheridan when he found himself trapped in Rick's mind, whereas Psyko was created when a human SerialKiller became fused with a demonic creature from the Mindscape, giving him the ability to spread his madness like a disease, [[MindRape Mind Raping]] everyone around him.

* ComicBook/DoctorDoom also can be seen as an EvilCounterpart to Tony (especially when Doom temporary takes Tony's mantle as Iron Man) both are egotistical, charismatic men in PoweredArmour, who as Doom discovers have near identical technology. Doom like Tony is a WellIntentionedExtremist, and both men have deep [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas love for their mothers]] to make up for their other un-heroic actions. Where they differ is Tony is still more in line with the side of good wanting what's best for humanity while Doom always has his own utopia in mind [[TakeOverTheWorld for humanity]] where he rules with a iron fist. On Earth-11029 Tony and Doom have SwappedRoles enforcing this trope even more.
* Iron Man gets a new example [[spoiler:in the form of his secret biological ArchNemesisDad Jude a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, who secretly works for HYDRA. Both Tony and Jude have physical similarities and actively lied to people but Tony for all his flaws has never been associated with HYDRA (something not even Captain America can still hold a claim to). Once Tony gets out of his coma, he brings down his father and reclaims his company.]]

** [[Characters/IronManCentralRoguesGallery Madame Masque]] though she's faced Widow rarely is even more a foil to Natasha than Viper since they both started off as ComicBook/IronMan villains (as well as his love interests) on top of having extremely similar pasts. Like Black Widow Giuletta Nefaria was once a innocent girl who was twisted and emotional abused into a jaded and snarky TykeBomb assassin by her father Count Nefaria much like Nat was with Ivan Petrovich (her creepy adoptive father who enlisted her into the Red Room), but whereas Nat was able to find people who genuinely love and care about her turning her into a better person, Giuletta never got the same opportunity and is sociopathic as a result. Their similarities are highlighted in ''Black Widow (2019)'' where Nat takes Masque's outfit as disguise to infiltrate a criminal party, noting its a "good fit for her".

** Next to Mordo, Dr Nicodemus West from ''Dr Strange The Oath'' is Strange's biggest evil counterpart. West was actually the doctor who botched the operation on Strange's [[CareerEndingInjury injured surgeon's hands]], West even trained under the Ancient One like Strange and Mordo did. West also used magic to help people, but after accidentally killing a girl with magic, West becomes disillusioned with sorcery and even formed a evil organization that would abolish all attempts to heal the sick with magic. West even [[WithholdingtheCure steals]] [[{{Panacea}} Otkid's Elixir]] (the cure of all illness) seeing it concluding in overpopulation and chaos for humanity but also selfishly as a doctor wants to keep disease existing in the human race.[[spoiler: Ironically Strange also doesn't use the elixir to cure everyone either, he just uses it to save Wong from dying of cancer, Strange like West could see danger with playing god with mankind's cure-all. Strange just went about in a more morally positive manner]].

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* Characters/MarvelComicsTheIlluminati The Illuminati]], consisting of [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]], [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Stephen Strange]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]], [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Blackagar Bolton]], and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], is opposed by the villainous Cabal, consisting of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Victor von Doom]], ComicBook/EmmaFrost, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Loki]], [[ComicBook/TheHood Parker Robbins]], and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Yes, that's the same Namor on both teams.]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality No, he doesn't see a problem with this.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'', consisting of [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]], [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Stephen Strange]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]], [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Blackagar Bolton]], and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], is opposed by the villainous Cabal, consisting of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Victor von Doom]], ComicBook/EmmaFrost, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Loki]], [[ComicBook/TheHood Parker Robbins]], and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Yes, that's the same Namor on both teams.]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality No, he doesn't see a problem with this.]]

*** The [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedHulk Red Hulk]], who is even more violent and trigger-happy then the Hulk to an almost sociopathic degree.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsBullseye Bullseye]] is a conspicuous counterpart to Daredevil being a crazed killer with nearly perfect aim, contrasting the [[HandicappedBadass blind hero]] with superhuman senses. They even have similar pasts though Matt had a loving relationship with father while Bullseye's father was an abusive scumbag. Skill-wise Daredevil and Bullseye are fighting geniuses with a particular talent for throwing things, however ImprobableAimingSkills is the reason why Daredevil became Bullseye's ArchEnemy as the former made the latter ''miss'' which hurts Bullseye's pride and fuels his insanity. At one point Bullseye even dresses up as Daredevil and goes around killing people. At one point Bullseye even becomes blind like his ArchEnemy, though he gets better.

** Doctor Strange himself has an EvilCounterpart in Baron Mordo, another expert sorcerer who was studying with (and planning to off) the Ancient One before Stephen Strange showed up. Other than their common teacher, however, the two men actually do not have very much in common, their life histories and backgrounds are ''very'' different. Doctor Strange did not even realize the supernatural was real until his middle years, and only began to pursue it because an accident crippled his surgical abilities; his background is actually ''scientific''. Mordo was raised supernatural, from a supernatural family, and steeped in evil from early youth; his background is more traditionally magical/occultist, and he always sought power.

** The ComicBook/DarkAvengers are a team established by Norman Osborn imitating the real Avengers, mostly outright dressed as them, with villains (and misguided heroes Sentry and Noh-Varr\Marvel-Boy, who was their Captain Marvel): the original ComicBook/DarkReign incarnation had Ares (Thor), Hawkeye (Bullseye), Ms. Marvel (Moonstone), Spider-Man (Venom\Mac Gargan), Wolverine (his son Daken) and Osborn himself in an old Tony Stark armor as Iron Man\Captain America amalgalm Iron Patriot. (the game ''Videogame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'' added a Black Widow in Natasha's UnknownRival Yelena Belova, who in the comic was both only part of the supervillains-doing-black-ops team ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} [[spoiler:and Natasha in disguise]]) The second one added a Hulk (his son Skaar) and a Scarlet Witch (Toxie Doxie), another Hawkeye (Clint's older brother Trickshot), Ms. Marvel (Superia), Spider-Man (Ai Apaec) and Wolverine (Gorgon), and a more literal Thor analogue in the clone Ragnarok.
* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' has ComicBook/{{Killmonger}} (who was the new Black Panther for a brief time), White Wolf ([[CainAndabel T'Challa's adopted brother]]) and the American Panther, though the latter was a victim of {{Brainwash}}ing.
** As he was originally a ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' supporting character, one could argue Black Panther is the Good Counterpart of ComicBook/DoctorDoom. Both men are costumed, superpowered rulers of advanced high-tech nations with ties to the FF.
** [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is also a kind of evil counterpart to T'Challa considering Wakanda and Atlantis' long standing feud, and that they both are the warrior kings of their races and will do pretty much anything to protect their country. Though Black Panther knows when to draw the line while Namor frequently commits atrocities without regret.

* ComicBook/BlackKnight has two:

* ''{{ComicBook/Daredevil}}'' has Ikari, a ninja-themed warrior who has the same powers as Matt but with the added bonus of not being blind. Also whereas Daredevil is more of a FragileSpeedster, Ikari is an ImplacableMan. He also wears a variation of Daredevil's yellow [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] costume.
** ComicBook/{{Bullseye|MarvelComics}} is a conspicuous counterpart to Daredevil being a crazed killer with nearly perfect aim, contrasting the [[HandicappedBadass blind hero]] with superhuman senses. They even have similar pasts though Matt had a loving relationship with father while Bullseye's father was an abusive scumbag. Skill-wise Daredevil and Bullseye are fighting geniuses with a particular talent for throwing things, however ImprobableAimingSkills is the reason why Daredevil became Bullseye's ArchEnemy as the former made the latter ''miss'' which hurts Bullseye's pride and fuels his insanity. At one point Bullseye even dresses up as Daredevil and goes around killing people.
*** If that wasn’t enough Bullseye even becomes blind like his ArchEnemy, though he gets better.

* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' has an EvilCounterpart in Baron Mordo, who was studying with (and planning to off) the Ancient One before Stephen Strange showed up.
** Other than their common teacher, however, the two men actually do not have very much in common, their life histories and backgrounds are ''very'' different. Doctor Strange did not even realize the supernatural was real until his middle years, and only began to pursue it because an accident crippled his surgical abilities; his background is actually ''scientific''. Mordo was raised supernatural, from a supernatural family, and steeped in evil from early youth; his background is more traditionally magical/occultist, and he always sought power.

* From ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', Reed Richards and Doctor Doom: archenemies, both intellectually-inclined supergeniuses, both master inventors, both with major strengths in technology, both [[LargeHam hammy]] and prone to SesquipedalianLoquaciousness, both pretty similar in personality once you factor out Doom's ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil. A lot of their battles consist of them passive-aggressively complimenting each other's moves in ways that often sound a lot like two computer geeks playing together. The key difference between them usually centres on how they handle responsibility; Doom's entire motivation stems from the fact that he can't accept that it was his own error, not Reed's interference, that caused the accident which scarred him, and maintains his vendetta to avoid having to acknowledge that he was at fault all along and Reed is just a little bit smarter than him, while Reed is a lot more willing to accept fault when he's in the wrong and will attempt to make amends or correct his mistakes.
** Ironically, the FF have never faced their most direct 'evil counterparts'; billionaire Simon Utrecht attempted to copy the process that created the FF accompanied by pilot Mike Steele and brother/sister Jimmy and Ann Darnell, copying Reed's original ship and flying through a new cosmic ray storm. The process gave them potentially greater power than the FF -- Utretcht is the telekinetic Vector, Steele became the metallic physical powerhouse Ironclad, Jimmy generates various forms of radiation as X-Ray and Ann can turn into any form of chemical gas -- but their flight was interrupted by [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] when he brought their ship back to Earth, believing them to be in danger from an accident. Despite their potential power, the U-Foes have never spent time actually training themselves, serving as a clear example of PowerfulButIncompetent as they appear 'content' to basically be mercenaries, to the extent that they are often defeated by their own inexperience with their powers. They have also never faced the FF despite the heroes being their direct inspiration, instead facing the Hulk as their most consistent adversary, although they have also battled various iterations of the Avengers.
** ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Reed Richards, a.k.a. the Maker, becomes the EvilTwin of Earth-616's Reed. Indeed, the Maker does absolutely everything that Reed abhors in regard to [[MadScientist science]], [[ChaoticEvil ethics]], and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood complete disregard of loved ones]], something a FamilyMan like Reed despises. The Maker also serves as a grim reminder how dangerous and evil Reed could've been if his path in life had [[StartOfDarkness gone down]] a [[ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}} dark turn]]. Also, while Reed's RubberMan powers are goofy, Maker's stretchiness is pure NightmareFuel.
-->'''Maker:''' You know when I look at your face... which is my face I see the age on it. I wonder how it became so sentimental. So soft. So weak.\\

** Oddly enough, Hulk's RoguesGallery also includes ''someone else's'' Evil Counterparts. The U-Foes are a group of four villains whose origin, powers, and personalities are all extremely similar to those of the ComicBook/FantasticFour. Strangely, they have never faced the FF despite all of the characters being Creator/MarvelComics characters.
** Samuel Sterns aka The Leader is Hulk’s Evil Counterpart if the gamma radiation had the opposite reaction in Dr Banner. In laymen's terms, Bruce was smart and gamma radiation turned him into a child-like monster with infinite strength while Sterns was dumb and gamma radiation turned him into a monster with infinite intelligence. It’s essentially BrainsEvilBrawnGood.
** Emil Blonsky aka The Abomination is a more traditional counterpart, having been bombarded with gamma radiation and survived like the good doctor thanks to a genetic factor in his body that saved him from being killed, at the cost of turning into a giant monster. However, unlike Bruce, who was horrified by his transformation, Blonsky was [[DrunkWithPower delighted]] and consciously abused his strength for evil purposes. Interestingly, Abomination still retains his normal intelligence, and therefore is that more dangerous.
** Brian Banner is the evil counterpart to Bruce both are nuclear scientists with hidden rage inside them, difference is Bruce as a man or The Hulk always at least has some conscience and innate goodness (thanks to his mom) while Brian is immoral, horrifically abusive and serves an EldritchAbomination. In [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind Bruce's mind]] Brian is represented as a giant demonic snake-like hulk.
** The Maestro, an [[FutureMeScaresMe evil future version of the Hulk]] who acts as the ruler of a BadFuture caused by [[AfterTheEnd nuclear wars.]]
** The ComicBook/RedHulk, who is even more violent, almost sociopathic, and trigger-happy then the Hulk.
* The Marvel superhero team-up known as ''ComicBook/TheIlluminati'', consisting of [[ComicBook/XMen Charles Xavier]], [[ComicBook/DoctorStrange Stephen Strange]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]], [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Blackagar Bolton]], and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], is opposed by the villainous Cabal, consisting of ComicBook/NormanOsborn, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Victor von Doom]], ComicBook/EmmaFrost, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Loki]], [[ComicBook/TheHood Parker Robbins]], and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Yes, that's the same Namor on both teams.]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality No, he doesn't see a problem with this.]]
* ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'' had Evil Counterpart villains for his Marc Spector identity (Bushman), his Steven Grant identity (Midnight Man), and his Moon Knight persona (Black Spectre).
** At the end of Creator/WarrenEllis and Decan Shavley's run a new Black Spectre was introduced, being this for their reimagining of Moon Knight. His introductory issue is all about how he pretty much redefines himself to be this for Moon Knight.

* ''ComicBook/SheHulk'' has Titania. Like Jennifer, she was also a shy wallflower in high school that gained superpowers later in life. There are a few key differences though. She-Hulk never asked for her powers (she adjusted well enough though) while Titania was so desperate to be powerful and special that she let Doctor Doom experiment on her. She-Hulk's transformation helped her gain real confidence both as She-Hulk and as Jennifer Walters. Titania's powers act as a crutch and deep down she is still the insecure Mary [=MacPherran=]. Titania resents She-Hulk specifically because She-Hulk is stronger than her in every way.
** She also briefly had Red She-Hulk, who has since become more of an AntiHero Counterpart.

* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl: Doreen has her evil knockoff duplicate Allene Green.

* ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' reveals that [[{{God}} The One Above All]] has [[TheAntiGod The One Below All]] as an evil counterpart. [[spoiler:Subverted in the finale, however, which reveals that The One Below All is the same being as The One Above All, with The One Below All being the "[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Hulk]]" of The One Above All.]]
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'':
** From ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'':
*** Tiberiu Bulat from "The Slavers" arc. At one point Frank even refers to him as a "twisted old fuck who still thought he was a soldier". Amusingly Frank doesn't appear to realize the ''irony'' in this statement.
*** Barracuda. Ennis wrote him specifically to be the Punisher's. Like Frank, Barracuda was trained as an elite commando, honed his skills on the battlefield, and [[ShellShockedVeteran lost a great deal of his humanity]] there. Once they returned home, they found that they couldn't re-adjust to civilian life. But where Castle lost his family and found his war on crime, Barracuda signed on for another tour of duty, this time in UsefulNotes/{{Nicaragua}}, where the corruption gave him the chance to go completely wild; Frank hides his basic human decency and warmth behind a cold and humorless exterior, while Barracuda hides his psychopathy behind a humorous grin.
** In ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherCircleOfBlood Circle of Blood]]'', the first miniseries for ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'', Castle fights against a brainwashed army of criminals, all patterned after him.
** And then there’s the crazy Johnny Nightmare to Frank.
* In the Marvel universe, the Masters of Evil are essentially the supervillain equivalent of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' and have existed for almost as long. Their roster is very large and constantly rotating but has several core members, just like their heroic counterparts. Just about every professional supercrook worth their salt has been at least partly allied with the Masters at least once and being a member is considered by some villains to be a badge of honor. In fact the Masters were originally founded with this trope in mind; Baron Zemo realized that the Avengers were doing so great partly because they were working together as one big organization and decided that if the bad guys could do the same, they'd have a much better chance. Things took an interesting turn when Zemo disguised the Masters as a new superhero team called the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}. They did a surprisingly good job at filling the void left behind by their adversaries.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}}, the robotic archenemy of ComicBook/TheAvengers, had his programming [[BrainUploading based on the personality of his creator, founding Avenger Hank Pym]], and thus Ultron is essentially the physical personification of Pym's misanthropy and self-loathing. It is occasionally implied that being "born" with all of Pym's mental issues and bad memories is what drove Ultron insane and gave him the desire to KillAllHumans in the first place.

* The ComicBook/DarkAvengers had ComicBook/NormanOsborn twice doing teams imitating the real Avengers, mostly outright dressed as them, with villains (and misguided heroes Sentry and Noh-Varr\Marvel-Boy, who was their Captain Marvel): the original ComicBook/DarkReign incarnation had Ares (Thor), Hawkeye (Bullseye), Ms. Marvel (Moonstone), Spider-Man (Venom\Mac Gargan), Wolverine (his son Daken) and Osborn himself in an old Tony Stark armor as Iron Man\Captain America amalgalm Iron Patriot. (the game ''Videogame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'' added a Black Widow in Natasha's UnknownRival Yelena Belova, who in the comic was both only part of the supervillains-doing-black-ops team ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} [[spoiler:and Natasha in disguise]]) The second one added a Hulk (his son Skaar) and a Scarlet Witch (Toxie Doxie), another Hawkeye (Clint's older brother Trickshot), Ms. Marvel (Superia), Spider-Man (Ai Apaec) and Wolverine (Gorgon), and a more literal Thor analogue in the clone Ragnarok.

* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel: The Brotherhood for the X-Men, the Liberators for the Ultimates, Venom for Spider-Man, and the zombie Fantastic Four for the Fantastic Four.

* ''EvilCounterpart/CaptainAmerica''

* ''EvilCounterpart/IronMan''

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* In ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'', Dell Frye from the two-part episode "The First" served as this to David Banner. 30 years before the events of the series, Frye was transformed into a Hulk-like creature after taking part in a dangerous experiment involving gamma radiation. However, unlike Banner, Frye was selfish, paranoid, and violent even before his transformation, traits that were only exacerbated after he transformed. While Banner tried his best to avoid hurting anyone during his rampages and only attacked when provoked, Frye deliberately used his powers to kill those who he believed had wrong him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''
** Red Skull to Captain America, as per usual. [[spoiler: Later he's this for both Cap and Iron Man.]]
** The Squadron Supreme (Supervillains here, like the Squadron Sinister in the comics) serve as Evil Counterparts to the Avengers, but they're even more directly counterparts to DC rivals the Justice League (Nighthawk = ComicBook/{{Batman}}, Hyperion = ComicBook/{{Superman}}, Speed Demon = ComicBook/TheFlash, Zarda = ComicBook/WonderWoman, Doctor Spectrum = ComicBook/GreenLantern)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk1996'': Abomination, Leader, and hell, Dark Hulk.
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A list of {{Evil Counterpart}}s in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. See [[EvilCounterpart/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]] for example from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

A list of {{Evil Counterpart}}s in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.

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!!The following have their own pages:
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* ''EvilCounterpart/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'':
** Peter B. Parker reflects the Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin from Miles's universe, both are middle-aged, jaded (chubby) men who see an opportunity to make amends with an AlternateUniverse portal. Interestingly Kingpin's motivations and anger in the movie stem from losing his family, while Peter B. Parker's depression and regret come from the fact he was too scared to start a family with MJ in the first place which led to divorce and sadness. By the end of the movie Peter B Parker has gained an appreciation for family, while Fisk’s VillainousBreakdown gets worse when it becomes clear he can't bring his wife and son back and takes his rage out upon the heroes.
** Miles has a dark reflection in [[spoiler: his CoolUncle Aaron who is actually the Prowler, both Miles and his uncle are creative and rebellious which opposes Jefferson (Miles's dad) stricter discipline however Aaron has led a life of crime while Miles despite indulging in some graffiti is still a good kid. Aaron represents what Miles could’ve end up as if he didn't have the love and care of his parents as well as guidance from Spider-Man]].
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': [[Characters/SpiderManSpiderVerseTheSpot The Spot]] claim that he's Miles' nemesis holds merit when you realize how similar they are, unfortunately for Miles.
*** Both are very book-smart, especially when it comes to science, and ''will'' figure out how to use that knowledge in-battle.
*** Both got their powers "thanks" to Kingpin's experiments with the multiverse and, as Spot points out, they created one another, as Miles was bitten by a radioactive spider that Ohn and Octavius teleported from another universe, while Spot became...[[BodyHorror that]] after an incident with dark matter when the collider exploded thanks to Miles.
*** Both him and Miles started out as an ineffectual villain and hero respectively, with lots of PowerIncontinence and really no clue on what to do with their new lives as superbeings.
*** However, both then grow across their arcs by both honing their abilities until they became very effective and crafty in using them and by gaining confidence.
*** Though it should be noted that, while it's 100% training on Miles'part, on the Spot's it was training that made him more competent at using his portals [[spoiler:but what increased his power wasn't training, but an "absorbing the power from a supercollider" shortcut.]]
*** They both were dismissed by the Spider-People around them as incompetent, as the Spider-Gang in the first film agreed the insecure, power-incontinent Miles was just not ready to be Spider-Man yet, to his devastation, while Spot is derided by Miles, Gwen, and every other Spider-Person outside of Miguel as a harmless, pathetic "cow-man" they could throw behind bars easy-peasy, to his ''fury''.
*** They both [[spoiler: start donning a mostly black costume (or skin in the Spot's case) once they've finally become a real deal.]]
*** Both of their journeys to self-improvement involved a [[ArcWords leap of faith]]: in the first film, Miles made a literal leap off a building in the famous "What's Up Danger?" sequence, while the Spot had to, at one point, make a figurative, but much more serious leap when, in order to regain holes and travel through dimensions, he created a minicollider in his apartment and touched it, while knowing it could've disintegrated him then and there.
*** One difference among them stands out here, however: if Miles had fumbled his leap, the ensuing fall would've harmed him and him alone; the Spot, meanwhile, casually mentions that if he fumbled his leap he'd have destroyed himself and everything (and everyone) else in the building, but went for it anyway, because hurting Miles was [[EvilIsPetty worth the risk]] to him. This sets a contrast between the responsible hero Miles and the selfish villain Spot.
*** Both operate on a "petty" level in the grand scope of the multiverse, but in different ways: [[spoiler:when Miguel asks Miles if he'd rather save one person (his father, Jefferson Davis, who is set to die as a "canon event" for Miles) or an entire universe, Miles wants to TakeAThirdOption and save everyone, but also chooses his father without hesitation, to Miguel's fury; the Spot also prioritizes Miles' loved ones...but [[RevengeByProxy in the worst possible way]] as, after finally gaining the power of the multiverse, the Spot wants to use that great power for petty spite and to kill all of Miles' loved ones. Of course, Miles'"pettiness" makes him more sympathetic, as he's a kid who, in spite of all the odds against him, refuses to let his family die for the sake of some written-in-stone canon that is a mere ''theory'' of Miguel's. Meanwhile, the Spot's actual pettiness makes the audience lose all sympathy they may have had for him as he shows his true colours as a truly deplorable, vindictive monster.]]
*** A more minor similarity: they both [[{{Redundancy}} piss off Pavitr by calling chai "chai tea".]]
*** On a metatextual level, both he and Miles are motivated by a desire to [[ScrewDestiny break free from their own narrative]]; Miles doesn't want to lose any more loved ones, Spot doesn't want to be an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' effectively shakes up the classic dynamic between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin by making '''Harry''' Osborn the Goblin from the get-go, and playing up his similarities to Peter. In addition the being the same age as Peter, Harry gets pushed into his StartOfDarkness by the death of his father figure, and he eventually gets his superpowers from a self-inflicted dose of the same spider venom that gave Peter his abilities in the first movie.
** Electro also plays a similar role. As the lost and awkward kid like Peter, but one who never grew up and thus sunk lower. Like Peter was earlier he is often bullied and is socially awkward to the extreme. Both also love and are skilled in the field of science. Both also go through an accidents that gives them superpowers. In a deleted scene they reveal that Max still lives with his mother, a situation that somewhat resembles the way Peter lives with his maternal figure Aunt May.
* In Ang Lee's ''Film/{{Hulk}}'' Bruce Banner's father David essentially serves as this to him. Even General Ross makes a big deal of, and fears, the fact that both are geneticists that were working on projects to try and improve and "toughen" the human body. After seeing what happens to his son David studies the effects and applications of gamma and eventually repeats the accident that created the Hulk on himself which also gives him superpowers as well. Though different ones, effectively being the Absorbing Man.
* Each installment of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' has a villain who parallels Spidey in some fashion:
** ''Film/SpiderMan1'': [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn The Green Goblin]] and Spider-Man gain their powers as the result of groundbreaking scientific experiments and the Goblin even tries to recruit Spidey with a NotSoDifferentRemark. The key difference is that Spider-Man uses his abilities to help people, while the Green Goblin uses them to exact bloody vengeance on the people who have wronged him in the past.
** ''Film/SpiderMan2'': Much like Peter in the first movie, Otto Octavius is transformed into ComicBook/DoctorOctopus as the result of a FreakLabAccident, and is subsequently motivated by the death of a loved one. But while Uncle Ben's death pushes Peter to become a hero, the death of Otto's wife drives him mad with grief and causes him to become a murderous psychopath.
*** To drive the parallels home, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen earlier drafts]] of the film had Octavius as a much younger man closer in age to Peter and Mary Jane.
** ''Film/SpiderMan3'': They don't really come much more straightforward than ComicBook/{{Venom}}, who has the same powers as Spider-Man and wears a black variant of the hero's trademark costume. Additionally, in his civilian identity, Eddie Brock starts off as a rival photographer who is employed by the same newspaper as Peter.
* ''Film/{{Venom 2018}}'': The BigBad is Riot, another symbiote bonded with a human host. What makes this example unique is that Venom is already an AntiHero ''at best'' to begin with.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} acts as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s evil counterpart in the [[Film/XMen1 first movie]]. Both men are mysterious mutants who possess animal-themed abilities and codenames, as well as enigmatic pasts. However, while Logan is more or less in control of his mental faculties, Sabretooth acts like a feral, near-mindless beast.
** Lady Deathstrike serves as this to Wolverine in ''Film/X2XMenUnited''. Like him, she's a mutant who possesses a healing factor and adamantium claws, and is the product of William Stryker's Weapon X experiments. However, she's not truly evil, but is forced to follow Stryker's orders anyway thanks to having been {{Brainwash}}ed.
** The {{Prequel}} film ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' brings back Sabretooth and also introduces [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Weapon XI]], one of Logan's former teammates who was turned into brainwashed mutant-hunter by Stryker. Weapon XI was imbued with [[AllYourPowersCombined the powers of various mutants]] by Weapon X, including Wolverine's healing factor, agility and SuperSenses. He even has retractable adamantium katana blades that rest inside his forearms, mirroring Wolverine's claws.
** The [[ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} eponymous villain]] of ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' is this to Professor X; they operate in a similar manner when it comes to recruiting mutants and converting them to a specific belief system. What separates the BigBad from the BigGood is merely the differences in their personalities. [[WordOfGod Director]] Creator/BryanSinger [[http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/05/02/x-menas-professor-x-is-christ-and-apocalypse-is-a-false-god labels]] Apocalypse as TheAntichrist (who thrives on mass murder and purports to have been "born from death") and Charles as the [[MessianicArchetype Christ figure]] (a pacifist who wishes to preserve life). Both are capable of treating the world as their personal playground, but only the former exercises MightMakesRight; the latter espouses WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility. They both enjoy being idolized; En Sabah Nur wants nothing less than to be worshipped as a god while Xavier wants to be adored as a paternal figure. Apocalypse's LackOfEmpathy is the antithesis of Charles being the [[TheEmpath personification of empathy]], and these traits are exhibited when they interact with their underlings. The selfish Apocalypse pretends to be attentive towards his Horsemen, but he's in truth a BadBoss who is only concerned about how their superpowers will serve his goal for world domination. The altruistic Professor X is a CoolTeacher who cherishes his students and works hard to engage their intellect and ameliorate their psychological health. As a tyrant in Ancient Egypt, En Sabah Nur had utilized fear and violence to control his subjects; Xavier, on the other hand, relies on love and harmony to exert his authority over his surrogate family.
** ''Film/{{Logan}}'':
*** The final antagonist faced in the movie is [[spoiler: X-24, a younger, emotionless clone of Wolverine who was created by the Zander Rice, the son of a scientist that Wolverine had previously killed. As he lacks Logan's humanity and empathy, X-24 is effectively an even more dangerous killer than the man he was cloned from. Overall X-24 is a symbolic counterpart of what Logan would become if he didn't escape the Weapon X program and find the X-Men i.e. a heartless killer animal and it's only through [[MoralityPet Laura]] a.k.a. X-23 killing Logan's EvilTwin that Logan can be meteorically die a true X-Men and hero.]]
*** Speaking of X-23 also serves as one to [[spoiler: X-24, as they were created by the same EvilCorporation and were both cloned from Logan's DNA. However, Laura still possesses emotions and is capable of love, kindness and heroism, while X-24 is a mindless killing machine who knows nothing but violence]].
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* In ''Series/AgentCarter'', [[spoiler:Dottie]] is this for Peggy. Both she and Peggy are secret agents, as well as skilled [[ActionGirl Action Girls]]. They both use other people's underestimations of their skill to their advantage. Peggy does this by using her coworkers' sexist assumptions about her abilities while [[spoiler:Dottie]] does this by ObfuscatingStupidity and acting like a ditzy CountryMouse. Both are capable of flawless UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents when undercover. They are also both OnlyKnownByTheirNickname. But they use different fighting styles, with [[spoiler:Dottie]] relying on SheFu acrobatics, whereas Peggy relies on her fists, [[ImprovisedWeapon Improvised Weapons]], and brute force. Additionally, Peggy chose to become a secret agent, while [[spoiler:Dottie]] was {{Brainwashed}} into becoming a ChildSoldier at a young age by her Russian trainers.
* ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'':
** More like AntiHero Counterpart, but ComicBook/ThePunisher from Season 2 serves as this to Daredevil. He's a violent vigilante motivated by the traumatic death of his loved ones, but unlike Matt, who never kills, the Punisher is an unrepentant murderer who has no moral hangups about slaughtering criminals. A good chunk of the first half of the season focuses on the idealogical conflict between the two vigilantes, as well as the many ways they mirror one another.
** Season 3 has [[spoiler: Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter, A.K.A. Bullseye]]. Like Daredevil, he was an orphan, is a tremendously gifted athlete and fighter who possesses special skills, and is effectively a OneManArmy. Even his ''severe'' ParentalIssues (particularly his fear of abandonment and the way he views [[spoiler: Fisk]] as a surrogate father figure) parallel Matt's [[spoiler: own bitterness over [[ParentalAbandonment having been abandoned by his mother]]]]. However, while Matt is strongly opposed to using lethal force, [[spoiler: Dex]] is a violent {{Sadist}} who actively ''enjoys'' killing people. To further the parallels, [[spoiler: Dex]] spends a good portion of the season [[FrameUp impersonating]] Daredevil by using a [[IdentityImpersonator replica of Matt's costume]].

* ''Series/{{WandaVision}}'':
** [[spoiler: After TheReveal in Episode 7, Agatha Harkness serves as the EvilCounterpart to Wanda. Both are powerful sorceresses who have been victimised and made poor choices in the pursuit of empowerment which led to both of them to descend into villainy. Except Wanda found a MoralityChain in the Avengers namely Vision who brought the goodness out of her while Agatha beneath her bubbly persona is cruel and WouldHurtAChildLevel-psychotic with no regard for others besides herself ([[PetTheDog and her demonic bunny rabbit]]). The way they use magic is polar opposite too, Agatha uses TheDarkArts to manipulate, bind, hurt and outright drain the life out of people. Wanda conversely uses her one of a kind [[RealityWarper Chaos Magic]] to resurrect her husband, [[MysticalPregnancy give herself children]] and turn a depressing small town into a cheerful one to the astonished [[EvilCannotComperhendGood disgust]] of Agatha. How they respond to fair persecution is opposite as well, Agatha kills her coven when they try and bring her to justice whereas Wanda when faced with the consequences of what she did to the people of Westview, while she reacts violently at first ultimately lets them go and apologises]].
** [[spoiler: TheStinger of Episode 8 reveals [[LightIsNotGood White Vision]] who is the parts of the original Vision ReforgedIntoAMinion by GeneralRipper Hayward. Unlike the Vision we know, White Vision is cold and inhuman and in Episode 9 almost kills Wanda before being stopped by his GoodCounterpart (who comes from the part of the Mind Stone that lives in Wanda and her good memories of Vision). Subverted though as White Vision deep down is [[BenevolentAI not]] a heartless and violent machine like [[AIIsACrapShoot Ultron]] and through a BattleOfWits and by unlocking his counterparts’s memories Vision is able to restore humanity to his “real” and physical self. Wanda’s Vision also [[NotSoDifferentRemark points out]] to White Vision that they’re not all that different, being echoes of one dead synthezoid brought back to life]].
* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'':
** While they don't meet in the series, John Walker is a bad counterpart to Steve Rogers like the comics. Both are blond, well-meaning, courageous, headstrong idealistic men with a loyal dark-haired wife, have {{Determinator}} attitude, lose their best friends and come into conflict with their allies. The difference is that John is a new society-version of Steve serving the USA army against UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}} in UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror which is much more morally grey than the black and white backdrop of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII which Steve grew up in. John thanks to his time in Afghanistan has severe PTSD and forcing to live up Cap's legacy has a SanitySlippage taking a SuperSerum out of desperation instead of volunteering for it like Steve did. Also where Steve could own up to his mistakes and [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar drops the shield after bludgeoning Tony with it]], understanding his actions had made him unworthy of it [[spoiler: John in a similar situation (except the bludgeoning was lethal) holds onto the shield proudly and refuses to give it up. This forces Sam and Bucky to take him down.]]
** John also serves a counterpart to Sam. Both are military vets who lost/lose their partners on a mission and are faced with the prospect of carrying on the legacy of Captain America and go about in different ways. John uses forceful tactics, PoliceBrutality and is willingly to mercilessly kill his foes. Sam on other hand accepting the flaws and hypocrisy of his country and the Captain America title, decides to be a HopeBringer and call the GRC out for their actions that led to the creation of Flag Smashers. Unlike John, Sam is a MartialPacifist as Captain America taking mercy upon Batroc and Flag Smashers and tries to talk BigBad Karli Morgenthau down.
** Bucky finds a evil counterpart in [[spoiler: Sharon Carter]]. Both have been left behind by Steve their closest ally and are greatly heartbroken without him, but deal with the feelings over it in vastly different ways. Bucky learns [[TheAtoner to put the past behind him]] to the point of deliberately refusing to kill Zemo and accepts flaws of Steve's legacy but supports Sam as the new Captain America regardless. [[spoiler: Sharon in contrast felt abandoned after the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' as Team Cap never came back for her, considering Steve's philosophy a BrokenPedestal she pulled a FaceHeelTurn and became the Power Broker. While Bucky manages rid himself of the darkness inside him, Sharon embraces it.]]
*** [[spoiler: Sharon as the Power Broker is also the antithesis of everything her great aunt Peggy stood for.]]
* ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'':
** Loki has a several counterparts more or less reprehensible than himself. President Loki and Boastful Loki representing what he would be like without his CharacterDevelopment i.e a SmugSnake with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, while Classic Loki and to a lesser extent Kid Loki show his potential for goodness and heroism [[spoiler: with Classic Loki performing a HeroicSacrifice. Sylvie, Loki's DistaffCounterpart zigzags this at first she's set up as the "badder" counterpart him, until it's revealed the TVA is corrupt and Sylvie is ChaoticGood in wanting to bring them down. Then at the end when faced with the person who has ruined their life to maintain a StableTimeLoop, becomes a real bad counterpart as Sylvie unlike Loki refuses to listen to reason (having spent her life without any guidance or compassion from others) betrays Loki and kills He Who Remains/Immortus seemingly dooming the entire multiverse.]]
** Renslayer ultimately becomes the evil counterpart to Mobius. Both are bureaucratic agents of the TVA who maintain the rules to a fault and are close colleagues. Then Mobius learns the truth [[spoiler: that they are all variants whom have been stolen from their timelines]] and defects while Renslayer (who knows the truth) continues to uphold the laws of the TVA and prune anyone who rebels.
** Played with in regards [[spoiler: to the He Who Remains aka Immortus. While a insane {{jerkass}} who put trillions of lives in slavery to maintain the sacred timeline and destroy anything that threatens it, turns out he's actually the '''GoodCounterpart''' to his Evil Counterpart ComicBook/KangTheConqueror and many others whom he has been keeping in check. After Sylvie kills him, his counterparts start popping up all over the place.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures''
** Justin Hammer is an evil reflection of Tony -- similar origins (though with a lot more ambiguity on Justin's part), similar roles in lives, both young men who are (or will in Tony's case), heading incredibly huge companies. Thanks to these, Justin sees himself and Tony as almost kindred spirits. Tony does not agree. [[spoiler:Hammer intentionally invokes this with Titanium Man, which he had built specifically to be superior to Iron Man.]]
** They're even visually opposite each other, Tony's dark hair and coloration contrasting with Justin's [[LightIsNotGood blond hair and light clothing]].
** Done even further with his secretary Sasha, who is basically an older Platinum-blonde version of Pepper.
** [[spoiler: The Living Laser]] has his good and evil sides split after he's brought back to life, resulting in the good one needing Tony's help to rejoin with the bad one.

* Marvel's ''ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader'' notably takes Darth Vader's status as Luke Skywalker's EvilCounterpart even further, by having Vader assemble a motley crew of personal minions who all serve as {{Evil Counterpart}}s to Luke's companions from the Original Trilogy in varying ways. When the cloak-and-dagger politics in the Imperial military get to be too much for Vader, he decides that it's time to turn to personal companions who work independently of the Empire's officers. To elaborate:
** BT-1 and 000 ("Triple Zero") are a pair of deadly assassin droids who serve as evil versions of R2-D2 and C-3PO. BT-1 is disguised as an astromech droid, and can only speak in beeps and whistles, but he also packs a deadly laser cannon and a flamethrower. Similarly, Triple Zero is a psychotic protocol droid who serves Vader as a TortureTechnician and a personal translator; he's just as polite and genteel as Threepio, but he turns out to be FauxAffablyEvil, with his good manners concealing a frightening sadism and bloodlust.
** Doctor Aphra is a bubbly female AdventurerArchaeologist who serves--in a roundabout way--as an evil version of Han Solo. She's modeled on [[Franchise/IndianaJones Harrison Ford's second most famous character]], as made clear in her introduction (where she steals an ancient weapon from an abandoned temple, has her [[TheRival rival]] steal it from her, and angrily shouts "It belongs in an armory!").[[note]] Here name even subtly hints at this: "Doctor Aphra" sounds like it could be short for "Doctor Aphrodite", referencing the famous true crime writer "Aphrodite Jones", as well as Indy's common epithet "Doctor Jones"[[/note]] Like Han, she becomes one of Vader's chief companions after he hires her for a one-off job. And her dynamic with Vader--as an enthusiastic young adventurer paired with an older, quieter, stoic veteran--clearly parallels Luke's dynamic with Han.
** Black Krrsantan is a brutal Wookiee warrior who serves as an evil version of Chewbacca. Instead of scratching out a semi-honorable living as a smuggler, he's a remorseless bounty hunter who will kill ''anyone'' for the right price, he makes money on the side as a pit fighter, and he has [[GoodScarsEvilScars a fearsome scar over his eye]] to make his moral alignment clear. Appropriately enough, he's introduced as a partner of Boba Fett--Han Solo's nemesis.

** In ''[[Comicbook/ThePunisherCircleOfBlood Circle of Blood]]'', the first miniseries for ''Comicbook/ThePunisher'', Castle fights against a brainwashed army of criminals, all patterned after him.

* In the Marvel universe, the Masters of Evil are essentially the supervillain equivalent of ''Franchise/TheAvengers'' and have existed for almost as long. Their roster is very large and constantly rotating but has several core members, just like their heroic counterparts. Just about every professional supercrook worth their salt has been at least partly allied with the Masters at least once and being a member is considered by some villains to be a badge of honor. In fact the Masters were originally founded with this trope in mind; Baron Zemo realized that the Avengers were doing so great partly because they were working together as one big organization and decided that if the bad guys could do the same, they'd have a much better chance. Things took an interesting turn when Zemo disguised the Masters as a new superhero team called the Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}}. They did a surprisingly good job at filling the void left behind by their adversaries.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}}, the robotic archenemy of Franchise/TheAvengers, had his programming [[BrainUploading based on the personality of his creator, founding Avenger Hank Pym]], and thus Ultron is essentially the physical personification of Pym's misanthropy and self-loathing. It is occasionally implied that being "born" with all of Pym's mental issues and bad memories is what drove Ultron insane and gave him the desire to KillAllHumans in the first place.

* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' has Comicbook/{{Killmonger}} (who was the new Black Panther for a brief time), White Wolf ([[CainAndabel T'Challa's adopted brother]]) and the American Panther, though the latter was a victim of {{Brainwash}}ing.
** As he was originally a ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' supporting character, one could argue Black Panther is the Good Counterpart of ComicBook/DoctorDoom. Both men are costumed, superpowered rulers of advanced high-tech nations with ties to the FF.

* Comicbook/BlackKnight has two:

* The Comicbook/DarkAvengers had Comicbook/NormanOsborn twice doing teams imitating the real Avengers, mostly outright dressed as them, with villains (and misguided heroes Sentry and Noh-Varr\Marvel-Boy, who was their Captain Marvel): the original Comicbook/DarkReign incarnation had Ares (Thor), Hawkeye (Bullseye), Ms. Marvel (Moonstone), Spider-Man (Venom\Mac Gargan), Wolverine (his son Daken) and Osborn himself in an old Tony Stark armor as Iron Man\Captain America amalgalm Iron Patriot. (the game ''Videogame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'' added a Black Widow in Natasha's UnknownRival Yelena Belova, who in the comic was both only part of the supervillains-doing-black-ops team Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} [[spoiler:and Natasha in disguise]]) The second one added a Hulk (his son Skaar) and a Scarlet Witch (Toxie Doxie), another Hawkeye (Clint's older brother Trickshot), Ms. Marvel (Superia), Spider-Man (Ai Apaec) and Wolverine (Gorgon), and a more literal Thor analogue in the clone Ragnarok.

* ''Comicbook/DoctorStrange'' has an EvilCounterpart in Baron Mordo, who was studying with (and planning to off) the Ancient One before Stephen Strange showed up.

* From ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', Reed Richards and Doctor Doom: archenemies, both intellectually-inclined supergeniuses, both master inventors, both with major strengths in technology, both [[LargeHam hammy]] and prone to SesquipedalianLoquaciousness, both pretty similar in personality once you factor out Doom's ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil. A lot of their battles consist of them passive-aggressively complimenting each other's moves in ways that often sound a lot like two computer geeks playing together. The key difference between them usually centres on how they handle responsibility; Doom's entire motivation stems from the fact that he can't accept that it was his own error, not Reed's interference, that caused the accident which scarred him, and maintains his vendetta to avoid having to acknowledge that he was at fault all along and Reed is just a little bit smarter than him, while Reed is a lot more willing to accept fault when he's in the wrong and will attempt to make amends or correct his mistakes.

* Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} has Trick Shot. The original was his mentor, while the second one was Clint's brother Barney. They're both like Hawkeye, but without the morals or sense of decency.

** Oddly enough, Hulk's RoguesGallery also includes ''someone else's'' Evil Counterparts. The U-Foes are a group of four villains whose origin, powers, and personalities are all extremely similar to those of the Comicbook/FantasticFour. Strangely, they have never faced the FF despite all of the characters being Creator/MarvelComics characters.

* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel-Captain Marvel'', alias Comicbook/CarolDanvers, has Doctor Minerva, a Kree scientist who gave herself the same powers as Carol and even wears a variation of her old costume.
** Also Moonstone, who even posed as Ms. Marvel for a time during ''Comicbook/DarkReign''.
* In ''ComicBook/MasterOfKungFu'' #118, Comicbook/ShangChi battled an evil clone of himself that had been created by Literature/FuManchu. In addition to having all of the same skills and training, the clone even wore a black version of Shang's trademark red gi.

* The Marvel Comics series ''Comicbook/{{Sleepwalker}}'' has an Evil Counterpart in Psyko, who possesses warping abilities similar to Sleepwalker's. Sleepwalker, an alien devoted to protecting the minds of innocent people from insanity, became fused with the human Rick Sheridan when he found himself trapped in Rick's mind, whereas Psyko was created when a human SerialKiller became fused with a demonic creature from the Mindscape, giving him the ability to spread his madness like a disease, [[MindRape Mind Raping]] everyone around him.

** ''Film/SpiderMan3'': They don't really come much more straightforward than Comicbook/{{Venom}}, who has the same powers as Spider-Man and wears a black variant of the hero's trademark costume. Additionally, in his civilian identity, Eddie Brock starts off as a rival photographer who is employed by the same newspaper as Peter.

** Comicbook/{{Sabretooth}} acts as Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}'s evil counterpart in the [[Film/XMen1 first movie]]. Both men are mysterious mutants who possess animal-themed abilities and codenames, as well as enigmatic pasts. However, while Logan is more or less in control of his mental faculties, Sabretooth acts like a feral, near-mindless beast.

** The {{Prequel}} film ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' brings back Sabretooth and also introduces [[Comicbook/{{Deadpool}} Weapon XI]], one of Logan's former teammates who was turned into brainwashed mutant-hunter by Stryker. Weapon XI was imbued with [[AllYourPowersCombined the powers of various mutants]] by Weapon X, including Wolverine's healing factor, agility and SuperSenses. He even has retractable adamantium katana blades that rest inside his forearms, mirroring Wolverine's claws.

** More like AntiHero Counterpart, but Comicbook/ThePunisher from Season 2 serves as this to Daredevil. He's a violent vigilante motivated by the traumatic death of his loved ones, but unlike Matt, who never kills, the Punisher is an unrepentant murderer who has no moral hangups about slaughtering criminals. A good chunk of the first half of the season focuses on the idealogical conflict between the two vigilantes, as well as the many ways they mirror one another.

** The Squadron Supreme (Supervillains here, like the Squadron Sinister in the comics) serve as Evil Counterparts to the Avengers, but they're even more directly counterparts to DC rivals the Justice League (Nighthawk = Franchise/{{Batman}}, Hyperion = Franchise/{{Superman}}, Speed Demon = Franchise/TheFlash, Zarda = Franchise/WonderWoman, Doctor Spectrum = Franchise/GreenLantern)

** [[Characters/{{Hydra}} Madame Hydra aka Viper]] is the most prominent example, like Nat she’s an orphan girl taken into a shadowy organisation and grew up to be a slick and sexy DarkActionGirl and they were both married to men they didn’t truly love. Except the organisation Viper became TheBaroness of was ComicBook/{{Hydra}} who are obviously far more evil than the Soviet Union ever was and unlike Nat who pulled a HeelFaceTurn and became a true hero, Viper has never had such moral qualms. A lot of modern comics have shifted Viper into one of Nat’s regular foes due to their similarities, even though she was more a Captain American and Spider-Woman villain prior.

** Peter B. Parker reflects the Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin from Miles's universe, both are middle-aged, jaded (chubby) men who see an opportunity to make amends with an AlternateUniverse portal. Interestingly Kingpin's motivations and anger in the movie stem from losing his family, while Peter B. Parker's depression and regret come from the fact he was too scared to start a family MJ in the first place which led to divorce and sadness. By the end of the movie Peter B Parker has gained an appreciation for family, while Fisk’s VillainousBreakdown gets worse when it becomes clear he can't bring his wife and son back and takes his rage out upon the heroes.

* [[{{God}} The One Above All]] has [[TheAntiGod The One Below All]] as an evil counterpart.[[spoiler: Subverted in finale of ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' however which reveals The One Below All is the same being as The One Above All, with the The One Below All being “[[SuperPoweredEvilSide The Hulk]]” of The One Above All.]]

** Ironically, the FF have never faced their most direct ‘evil counterparts’; billionaire Simon Utrecht attempted to copy the process that created the FF accompanied by pilot Mike Steele and brother/sister Jimmy and Ann Darnell, copying Reed’s original ship and flying through a new cosmic ray storm. The process gave them potentially greater power than the FF- Utretcht is the telekinetic Vector, Steele became the metallic physical powerhouse Ironclad, Jimmy generates various forms of radiation as X-Ray and Ann can turn into any form of chemical gas- but their flight was interrupted by [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] when he brought their ship back to Earth in the belief they were in danger from an accident. Despite their potential power, the U-Foes have never spent time actually training themselves, serving as a clear example of PowerfulButIncompetent as they appear “content” to basically be mercenaries, to the extent that they are often defeated by their own inexperience with their powers. They have also never faced the FF despite the heroes being their direct inspiration, instead facing the Hulk as their most consistent adversary, although they have also battled various iterations of the Avengers.
** ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Reed Richards aka Maker becomes the EvilTwin of 616 Reed. Indeed Maker does absolutely everything that Reed abhors in regards to [[MadScientist science]], [[ChaoticEvil ethics]] and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood complete disregard of loved ones]] something a FamilyMan like Reed despises. Maker also serves as a grim reminder how dangerous and evil Reed could’ve been, if his path in life had [[StartOfDarkness gone down]] a [[ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}} dark turn]]. Also while Reed's RubberMan powers are goofy, Maker's stretchiness is pure NightmareFuel.
-->'''Maker''': You know when I look at your face... which is my face I see the age on it. I wonder how it became so sentimental. So soft. So weak.\\
'''Mr Fantastic''': It's easy, Reed, when you learn to care about things other than yourself.\\
'''Maker''': You mean things like ''this?'' *''opens up a projection of Sue, Franklin and Valeria''*
* Comicbook/GhostRider has Michael Badilino aka Vengeance, who made a deal with [[SatanicArchetype Mephisto]] and became a demon (similar to Johnny Blaze) in order get revenge on Ghost Rider. Ironically Vengeance’s beef with Ghost Rider only happened due to Mephisto‘s manipulation in the first place, Vengeance soon gets DrunkWithPower before Ghost Rider stops him and Vengeance has a HeelRealization blowing himself up.

* [[{{God}} The One Above All]] has [[TheAntiGod The One Below All]] as an evil counterpart.
* ComicBook/ThePunisher:

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' has the ComicBook/RedHulk.

* In ''Master of Kung-Fu'' #118, Comicbook/ShangChi battled an evil clone of himself that had been created by Literature/FuManchu. In addition to having all of the same skills and training, the clone even wore a black version of Shang's trademark red gi.

** [[spoiler: TheStinger of Episode 8 reveals [[LightIsNotGood White Vision]] who is the parts of the original Vision ReforgedIntoAMinion by GeneralRipper Hayward. Unlike the Vision we know, White Vision is cold and inhuman and in Episode 9 almost kills Wanda before being stopped by his GoodCounterpart (who comes the the part of the Mind Stone that lives in Wanda and her good memories of Vision). Subverted though as White Vision deep down is [[BenevolentAI not]] a heartless and violent machine like [[AIIsACrapShoot Ultron]] and through a BattleOfWits and by unlocking his counterparts’s memories Vision is able to restore humanity to his “real” and physical self. Wanda’s Vision also [[NotSoDifferentRemark points out]] to White Vision that they’re not all that different, being echoes of one dead synthezoid brought back to life]].