History HeroKiller / TheDCU

* ''[[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]]'', who during ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' killed roughly a ''dozen'' named superheroes. Ironically, he also resurrected many superheroes when he punched the barrier of reality.
* Subverted with [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt]] of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}},'' whose murder of the Comedian sets the plot in motion. He is not a "[[AssholeVictim Hero]]" not even nominally.

* ''ComicBook/SuperboyPrime'', who during ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' killed roughly a ''dozen'' named superheroes. Ironically, he also resurrected many superheroes when he punched the barrier of reality.

* [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Doomsday]] is the ultimate bioengineered killing machine and lived up to that feat by tearing through the JLA and killing Superman. While he's never topped that feat, he remains a deadly threat to all life, everywhere, and his entrance into a story is usually a sign that the bodycount is about to skyrocket.
* DC has ''tried'' to do this with ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}. For the past few years he's been pushed as one of the top villains of the DCU, on par with ComicBook/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheJoker. He actually ''has'' managed to kill a couple of heroes, including ComicBook/PhantomLady and the third [[ComicBook/TheAtom Atom]] (and in the trailer for ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', he ''almost'' kills Franchise/{{Batman}}). Unfortunately, while his powerset (he's basically an evil ComicBook/CaptainAmerica with a healing factor thrown in[=/=]ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} with sanity) should make him utterly terrifying to normals and low-level metas, it's a little more difficult to accept him as a serious threat to the likes of Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/GreenLantern. His victories against big-name heroes tend to depend on his opponent firmly grasping the IdiotBall and refusing to let it go (e.g. [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]] running straight onto his sword; Green Lantern deciding to ''swing punches'' at him instead of flying off and using a ring construct from a distance; or Superman [[ForgotICouldFly apparently forgetting how his own powers work]]). Fans have joked that Deathstroke's secret power is a "{{jobber}} aura" that makes his opponents behave like morons.

* ComicBook/TheJoker's most infamous kill is the second Robin Jason Todd. This is such a sore spot for the Bat-Family (even after Jason's resurrection thanks to said Superboy-Prime) that when it seem that Killer Croc, let loose by the Joker during ''ComicBook/JokersLastLaugh'', had eaten the third ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}} Tim Drake, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} beat the Joker to death, Batman having to resuscitate him to make sure Dick didn't have that on his conscience, especially since Tim was alive.
* For street-level characters in the DC universe, ComicBook/LadyShiva dropping into your life is pretty much guaranteed to end in ''someone's'' death. Though she's rather unpredictable, and has even saved heroes on occasion, she's also been responsible for the ([[DeathIsCheap admittedly temporary]]) deaths of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, ComicBook/TheQuestion, and ComicBook/RichardDragon, among many less prominent characters. She's also come within seconds of killing ComicBook/{{Huntress}} and Connor Hawke (the second ComicBook/GreenArrow), and beaten the tar out of ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}} [[note]]who only survived by poisoning her ahead of time[[/note]] and even ComicBook/{{Batman}} himself.

* ComicBook/{{Bane}} killed the original ComicBook/{{Judomaster}} in the climax of ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' by backing his back like he did to Batman in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}''.

* Creator/WarrenEllis used the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorphs]] for this role in the ''ComicBook/WildCATSWildStorm[=/=]Alien'' crossover he wrote, killing off the ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' characters he wasn't going to use for ''ComicBook/TheAuthority''.

* While ComicBook/SolomonGrundy is often remembered for his usual third person speaking pattern he is a dangerous and unpredictable threat, in both terms of personality and the strength of his powers and has killed some heroes who have stayed dead through several universe reboots such as [[ComicBook/InfinityInc Skyman]], who is better known by his KidHero name as the Star-Spangled Kid.

* Creator/WarrenEllis used the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorphs]] for this role in the ''ComicBook/WildCATS[=/=]Alien'' crossover he wrote, killing off the ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' characters he wasn't going to use for ''ComicBook/TheAuthority''.

* Savitar, one of the enemies of ComicBook/TheFlash has quite a body count to his name, having killed Cassiopeia of the Red Trinity and Johnny Quick. ''ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier'' brought him back and added more by revealing [[spoiler:his attempts to take over the Speed Force, and not Wally's breakdown, is what caused the Speed Force explosion that killed the heroes at Sanctuary in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis''.]]

* Savitar, one of the enemies of ComicBook/TheFlash has quit a body count to his name, having killed Cassiopeia of the Red Trinity and Johnny Quick. ''ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier'' brought him back and added more by revealing [[spoiler:his attempts to take over the Speed Force and Wally having a breakdown, is what caused the Speed Force explison that killed the heroes at Sanctuary in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis''.]]

* Willy Pete, of ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', is a particularly nightmarish version. His name is a military term for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_phosphorus white phosphorous]], and his [[KillItWithFire powers]] match the name. He's capable of causing an impact as powerful as a [[PersonOfMassDestruction nuclear explosion]], and generating fire that reaches temperatures as hot as the sun. His favorite pastime is [[EyeScream skull-fucking people to death]] as he [[ImAHumanitarian eats them]], not always in that order, and not always before they're dead. Being a fire elemental, he doesn't need to eat. He just likes to. He specifically goes after MadeOfIron superhumans because anything less turns to ash at his touch before he gets any enjoyment out of it. He goes out of his way to only kill D-List heroes and villains, not because he's weak, but because it makes people underestimate him. He likes being underestimated, as it makes people think he's a pushover until it's too late (and he can make it too late pretty damn fast). He's the recurring nightmare of Thug Boy, due to killing all of his friends. [[spoiler: In Volume 5, he kills eight and a half capes in an instant, and then proceeds to destroy most of the d10, the Superhomeys' space station. He doesn't try for an instant during all of this. [[CurbStompBattle He's just that powerful.]] ]] It's probably fair to say he won't be getting many people to underestimate him any more after that.
** In volume six, they introduced another hero killer, Deathmonger -- a superscience necromancer who has enslaved legions of dead heroes. All the supers are too scared to go after him, for fear of adding to his ranks. He's ''still'' not as frightening as Willy Pete. [[GenreShift Wasn't this supposed to be a "sexy superhero comedy"]]?