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* ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': In ''ComicBook/Aquaman2011'', Atlan has a mental breakdown after his wife and kids are killed by his treacherous brother. Upon returning to Atlantis, he murders the traitor without saying a single word and, in a fit of rage, sinks the nation he spent his entire life building. His mental state continues to degenerate throughout the "Death of a King" arc: Witnessing the Xebelians abandon him, the Atlanteans refuse to acknowledge him as their ruler, and the Trench fight alongside Arthur, Atlan tries to destroy Atlantis with his scepter, while madly rambling that he has been betrayed by everyone again.
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* ''ComicBook/PrimalWarriorDracoAzul'': As a result of his initial lack of combat experience and rushed training, Ekchuah laments that four months of nonstop fighting have been eating away at Eric's sanity and caused him to become increasingly bloodthirsty and vicious in combat--lapsing into berserk states where he relentlessly mains his opponents.
-->'''Ekchuah:''' You see, Eric and I have been at this nonstop. He's become more... '''unhinged''' over time. But this is something else. All of Draco Azul's past pilots have been strong-willed warriors with years of mental and physical training. Not only has Eric's training been rushed, but this war of ours might've been detaching him from the outside world. At this point, there's something else fueling his spirit. Something vengeful... '''primal''' even.

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* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers:'' Hank Pym has a bad dissociative episode during the Roy Thomas run, thanks to inhaling some mysterious gases in a lab accident. He becomes a new, antiheroic person called "Yellowjacket" and insists he killed Hank Pym. The Wasp sees no problem with this and even decides to ''marry'' Yellowjacket once she figures out he's really Hank, since she figures it's the only way Hank ''would'' marry her. The wedding is attacked by the Circus of Crime, and Yellowjacket reverts to Hank, but nobody figures it might be an idea to get Hank off to a shrink stat. Several years later, during Jim Shooter's run, Hank's mental state gets worse again for a variety of reasons. Much later than that, Hank would be officially diagnosed as bipolar.



* ''ComicBook/IronMan2020Event'' and its lead up are really [[spoiler:all about Arno Stark descent into this. His JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope by having Tony declared illegitmate due to the nature of his resurrection, stealing Tony's business and identity as Iron Man, replacing Sunset Bain with a robotic duplicate -- and all for a delusion due to his disease coming back and killing him.]]

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* ''ComicBook/IronMan2020Event'' and its lead up are really [[spoiler:all about Arno Stark Stark's descent into this. His JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope by having Tony declared illegitmate due to the nature of his resurrection, stealing Tony's business and identity as Iron Man, replacing Sunset Bain with a robotic duplicate -- and all for a delusion due to his disease coming back and killing him.]]
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* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica:'' John Walker, during his time as Cap. Initially starting off as a flawed replacement for Cap who, despite his disdain for Steve Rogers still respects the title, he accidentally beats a supervillain to death. Then his former sidekicks expose his identity to the world, leading a hate-group to abduct and kill his parents, at which point John starts to take a nose-dive. The Red Skull eggs this on, as part of his own plot to ruin Captain America's image forever. By the time Steve returns to take the title back, John has gone completely berserk in his grief, attacking Steve because he thinks he's an imposter with a demented smile on his face.

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* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica:'' John Walker, during his time as Cap. Initially starting off as a flawed replacement for Cap who, despite his disdain for Steve Rogers still respects the title, he accidentally beats a supervillain to death. Then his former sidekicks expose his identity to the world, leading a hate-group to abduct and kill his parents, at which point John starts to take a nose-dive. The Red Skull eggs this on, as part of his own plot to ruin Captain America's image forever. By the time Steve returns to take the title back, John has gone completely berserk in his grief, attacking Steve because he thinks he's an imposter imposter, all with a demented smile on his face.

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* J. Jonah Jameson from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' suffered a nervous breakdown late in Marv Wolfman's run, to the point where he believed Spider-Man was stalking him. However, Wolfman left the book before long, and Roger Stern {{retcon}}ned the whole thing away as mind-control.

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** In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'',
J. Jonah Jameson from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' suffered a nervous breakdown late in Marv Wolfman's run, to the point where he believed Spider-Man was stalking him. However, Wolfman left the book before long, and Roger Stern {{retcon}}ned the whole thing away as mind-control.mind-control.
** In ''[[ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' #21, it's revealed that Mac Gargan's mental stability has hit rock-bottom and that he believes he's mutated into a scorpion monster. When he goes after J. Jonah Jameson hellbent on revenge, Spider-Man intervenes and defuses the situation by unmasking Gargan to show him that he's still human.
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** In the ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy, although Batman is a straightforward hero in the first book, by the second book in the series he begins to lose his mind as he becomes increasingly tempted by his new need for human blood, until he drains the Joker and has Alfred and Gordon stake him before he can hurt anyone else. Unfortunately, staking on its own just [[AndIMustScream trapped Batman in a death-like state where he was aware of his decaying body but unable to move]], leaving him even more deranged when Alfred removed the stake in a desperate hope that his master could still be a good man. Consumed by his thirst, Batman literally tears through his rogue's gallery to feed his thirst, each death affirming that the man he was is basically gone, culminating in the former hero ranting about how he will drain the blood of his old friend James Gordon if Gordon won't kill him first.

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** In the ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy, although Batman is a straightforward hero in the first book, by the second book in the series he begins to lose his mind as he becomes increasingly tempted by his new need for human blood, blood after becoming a vampire to properly fight Dracula, until he drains the Joker and has Alfred and Gordon stake him before he can hurt anyone else. Unfortunately, staking on its own just [[AndIMustScream trapped Batman in a death-like state where he was aware of his decaying body but unable to move]], leaving him even more deranged when Alfred removed the stake to restore Gotham's hero in the midst of a terrible crime wave, in a desperate hope that his master could still be a good man. Consumed by his thirst, Batman literally tears through his rogue's gallery to feed his thirst, feed, each death affirming that [[ThatManIsDead the man he was is basically gone, gone]], culminating in the former hero ranting about how he will drain the blood of his old friend James Gordon if Gordon won't kill him first.
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** In the ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy, although Batman is a straightforward hero in the first book, by the second book in the series he begins to lose his mind as he becomes increasingly tempted by his new need for human blood, culminating in the former hero ranting about how he will drain the blood of his old friend James Gordon if Gordon won't kill him.

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** In the ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy, although Batman is a straightforward hero in the first book, by the second book in the series he begins to lose his mind as he becomes increasingly tempted by his new need for human blood, until he drains the Joker and has Alfred and Gordon stake him before he can hurt anyone else. Unfortunately, staking on its own just [[AndIMustScream trapped Batman in a death-like state where he was aware of his decaying body but unable to move]], leaving him even more deranged when Alfred removed the stake in a desperate hope that his master could still be a good man. Consumed by his thirst, Batman literally tears through his rogue's gallery to feed his thirst, each death affirming that the man he was is basically gone, culminating in the former hero ranting about how he will drain the blood of his old friend James Gordon if Gordon won't kill him.him first.
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* In the alternate timeline presented in ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'', the death of his children at the hands of a zombiefied She-Hulk caused Reed Richards to suffer a mental breakdown that led to him deciding that the zombies represented the next stage of evolution. As a result, he not only deliberately infected the rest of the Fantastic Four with the virus, but once turned himself, he attempted to "spread the gospel" to other realities, only being defeated by his Ultimate counterpart using the magic of Doctor Doom.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Sandcastle}}'': As time passes on the beach, Charles begins to develop Alzheimer's, which makes him a danger to himself and others, especially Amesan.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'': After Optimus Prime dies (the first time, that is), Megatron takes it poorly, and becomes convinced Optimus is still alive and planning something. His madness eventually winds up causing him to shoot at the Space Bridge, which promptly explodes and apparently kills him. [[spoiler:Or not, as it turns out Megatron was just ObfuscatingInsanity, and using his 'death' as a cover to return to Cybertron. He just miscalculated when shooting the Space Bridge, resulting in a spot of LaserGuidedAmnesia.]]

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After Optimus Prime dies (the first time, that is), Megatron takes it poorly, and becomes convinced Optimus is still alive and planning something. His madness eventually winds up causing him to shoot at the Space Bridge, which promptly explodes and apparently kills him. [[spoiler:Or not, as it turns out Megatron was just ObfuscatingInsanity, and using his 'death' as a cover to return to Cybertron. He just miscalculated when shooting the Space Bridge, resulting in a spot of LaserGuidedAmnesia.]]



* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'':
** Whirl's mental state wasn't at its best at any point after his watchmaking business was destroyed to punish him for going against his assigned social caste, but it's shown to take a sharp dip in stability after he's thrown out of the Wreckers for [[spoiler:attempting to MercyKill a comatose Springer]]. He only ends up on the Lost Light in the first place because Cyclonus stumbled on what [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not]] have been Whirl attempting suicide atop a pile of mutilated Sweep corpses.
** Guzzle starts out a bit iffy in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers''. By ''ComicBook/TheTransformersSinsOfTheWreckers'' he's lost it so badly [[AxCrazy he needs to be kept in a cell when murder isn't required]].
** Pharma started out compromising his morals a bit in order to keep his hospital running on a planet in [[TheDreaded the DJD's stomping grounds]]. Then he decides to stage a plague in order to get out of that compromise. Then he loses his hands when his role in the plague is discovered. By his return in "Remain in Light" he's [[MadDoctor a sadistic killer]] with [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor a warped sense of humour]] who WordOfGod [[PracticallyJoker compares to Mark Hamill's Joker]].
** Tyrest was once a respected mediator and the Chief Justice of Cybertron. Then he concluded that in his long-ago scientific experiments that created [[BizarreAlienReproduction the process of cold construction]], he'd given rise to a kind of Cybertronian that was "predisposed to sin". His resultant guilt complex leads to [[SelfHarm self-flagellatory drilling]], which ends up causing brain damage, and the interference of a MindControl gun only sends him further over the edge until he concludes that the only way to clear his conscience is to [[FinalSolution wipe out the constructed cold]]. [[spoiler:When he shows up working for the Grand Architect, he's kind of recovered, at least.]]
** Played realistically with [[ShellShockedVeteran Fortress Maximus]] and [[TheParanoiac Red Alert]], whose trouble handling trauma and worsening paranoid delusions respectively are portrayed as serious issues that harm their lives and the people around them, with Fort Max having a traumatic breakdown and nearly killing several people and Red Alert attempting suicide.


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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'':
** Whirl's mental state wasn't at its best at any point after his watchmaking business was destroyed to punish him for going against his assigned social caste, but it's shown to take a sharp dip in stability after he's thrown out of the Wreckers for [[spoiler:attempting to MercyKill a comatose Springer]]. He only ends up on the Lost Light in the first place because Cyclonus stumbled on what [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not]] have been Whirl attempting suicide atop a pile of mutilated Sweep corpses.
** Guzzle starts out a bit iffy in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers''. By ''ComicBook/TheTransformersSinsOfTheWreckers'' he's lost it so badly [[AxCrazy he needs to be kept in a cell when murder isn't required]].
** Pharma started out compromising his morals a bit in order to keep his hospital running on a planet in [[TheDreaded the DJD's stomping grounds]]. Then he decides to stage a plague in order to get out of that compromise. Then he loses his hands when his role in the plague is discovered. By his return in "Remain in Light" he's [[MadDoctor a sadistic killer]] with [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor a warped sense of humour]] who WordOfGod [[PracticallyJoker compares to Mark Hamill's Joker]].
** Tyrest was once a respected mediator and the Chief Justice of Cybertron. Then he concluded that in his long-ago scientific experiments that created [[BizarreAlienReproduction the process of cold construction]], he'd given rise to a kind of Cybertronian that was "predisposed to sin". His resultant guilt complex leads to [[SelfHarm self-flagellatory drilling]], which ends up causing brain damage, and the interference of a MindControl gun only sends him further over the edge until he concludes that the only way to clear his conscience is to [[FinalSolution wipe out the constructed cold]]. [[spoiler:When he shows up working for the Grand Architect, he's kind of recovered, at least.]]
** Played realistically with [[ShellShockedVeteran Fortress Maximus]] and [[TheParanoiac Red Alert]], whose trouble handling trauma and worsening paranoid delusions respectively are portrayed as serious issues that harm their lives and the people around them, with Fort Max having a traumatic breakdown and nearly killing several people and Red Alert attempting suicide.
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** Played realistically with [[ShellShockedVeteran Fortress Maximus]] and [[TheParanoiac Red Alert]], whose trouble handling trauma and worsening paranoid delusions respectively are

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** Played realistically with [[ShellShockedVeteran Fortress Maximus]] and [[TheParanoiac Red Alert]], whose trouble handling trauma and worsening paranoid delusions respectively are portrayed as serious issues that harm their lives and the people around them, with Fort Max having a traumatic breakdown and nearly killing several people and Red Alert attempting suicide.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'':
** Whirl's mental state wasn't at its best at any point after his watchmaking business was destroyed to punish him for going against his assigned social caste, but it's shown to take a sharp dip in stability after he's thrown out of the Wreckers for [[spoiler:attempting to MercyKill a comatose Springer]]. He only ends up on the Lost Light in the first place because Cyclonus stumbled on what [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not]] have been Whirl attempting suicide atop a pile of mutilated Sweep corpses.
** Guzzle starts out a bit iffy in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers''. By ''ComicBook/TheTransformersSinsOfTheWreckers'' he's lost it so badly [[AxCrazy he needs to be kept in a cell when murder isn't required]].
** Pharma started out compromising his morals a bit in order to keep his hospital running on a planet in [[TheDreaded the DJD's stomping grounds]]. Then he decides to stage a plague in order to get out of that compromise. Then he loses his hands when his role in the plague is discovered. By his return in "Remain in Light" he's [[MadDoctor a sadistic killer]] with [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor a warped sense of humour]] who WordOfGod [[PracticallyJoker compares to Mark Hamill's Joker]].
** Tyrest was once a respected mediator and the Chief Justice of Cybertron. Then he concluded that in his long-ago scientific experiments that created [[BizarreAlienReproduction the process of cold construction]], he'd given rise to a kind of Cybertronian that was "predisposed to sin". His resultant guilt complex leads to [[SelfHarm self-flagellatory drilling]], which ends up causing brain damage, and the interference of a MindControl gun only sends him further over the edge until he concludes that the only way to clear his conscience is to [[FinalSolution wipe out the constructed cold]]. [[spoiler:When he shows up working for the Grand Architect, he's kind of recovered, at least.]]
** Played realistically with [[ShellShockedVeteran Fortress Maximus]] and [[TheParanoiac Red Alert]], whose trouble handling trauma and worsening paranoid delusions respectively are

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* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica:'' John Walker, during his time as Cap. Initially starting off as a flawed replacement for Cap who, despite his disdain for Steve Rogers still respects the title, he accidentally beats a supervillain to death. Then his former sidekicks expose his identity to the world, leading a hate-group to abduct and kill his parents, at which point John starts to take a nose-dive. The Red Skull eggs this on, as part of his own plot to ruin Captain America's image forever. By the time Steve returns to take the title back, John has gone completely berserk in his grief, attacking Steve because he thinks he's an imposter with a demented smile on his face.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan2020Event'' and its lead up are really [[spoiler:all about Arno Stark descent into this. His JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope by having Tony declared illegitmate due to the nature of his resurrection, stealing Tony's business and identity as Iron Man, replacing Sunset Bain with a robotic duplicate -- and all for a delusion due to his disease coming back and killing him.]]



* ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'': Norman Osborn has now taken over Tony Stark's job of national security, and is in charge of a group of superpowered villains that work for the government and capture unregistered superheroes. Every once in a while he is asked about his previous alter ego the Green Goblin. Every time that name comes up, Osborn begins to crack a little. Every time he hears the name Spider-Man he cracks even more. Also it doesn't help that his second in command Moonstone is {{gaslighting}} him (leaves his Green Goblin mask in his desk) and switching out his medication, just to drive him over the slope so she can get his job. It works.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan2020Event'' and its lead up are really [[spoiler:all about Arno Stark descent into this. His JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope by having Tony declared illegitmate due to the nature of his resurrection, stealing Tony's business and identity as Iron Man, replacing Sunset Bain with a robotic duplicate -- and all for a delusion due to his disease coming back and killing him.]]

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** Moonstone starts cracking more and more through Niceiza's run, until in ''Avengers [=/=] Thunderbolts'' she finally snaps and goes on a psychotic rampage, ending with her going into a coma that lasts until the aftermath of ''Civil War'', when her moonstone is given back to her.
** After ''Civil War'',
Norman Osborn has now taken over Tony Stark's job of national security, and is put in charge of a group of superpowered villains that the Thunderbolts, who now work for the government and capture unregistered superheroes.superheroes, his AxCrazy nature kept in control by medication. Every once in a while he is asked about his previous alter ego the Green Goblin. Every time that name comes up, Osborn begins to crack a little. Every time he hears the name Spider-Man he cracks even more. Also it doesn't help that his second in command Moonstone is {{gaslighting}} him (leaves his Green Goblin mask in his desk) and switching out his medication, just to drive him over the slope so she can get his job. It works.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan2020Event''
works. Perhaps a bit ''too'' well.
** Penance spends much of Warren Ellis's run getting steadily worse. A brief visit from Doc Samson looks like it was fixing this, but then other things happen. By his reappearance in ''Avengers: The Initative'', Robbie's gotten far worse...
and its lead up are really [[spoiler:all about Arno Stark descent into this. His JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope by having Tony declared illegitmate due Norman Osborn explicitly orders his therapist ''not'' to help him in any way.
** The "Caged Angels" arc has this happen to pretty much everyone on
the nature team, thanks to a group of his resurrection, stealing Tony's business and identity as Iron Man, replacing Sunset Bain captured psychics messing with a robotic duplicate -- their heads. Venom decides to eat everyone, Swordsman starts trying to act like his dad, Norman resumes being the Green Goblin and all decides to kill everyone for a delusion due fun, Moonstone goes to attack Doc Samson, and Radioactive Man decides he'll use his disease coming back and killing him.]]
powers to give everyone cancer.

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