7 Most Over-Powered Anti-Heroes in DC Comics

DC Comics is well-known for creating some of the most righteous and compassionate characters in comics, such as Superman and Wonder Woman. However, that doesn’t mean DC hasn’t also created numerous heroes with questionable morals and deeds. Anti-heroes in DC Comics often switch between roles as heroes and villains, willing to do anything to achieve their goals, no matter the cost. They also tend to be incredibly ruthless when dealing with criminals and are willing to play the role of judge, jury, and executioner. Some of DC Comics’ strongest and most dangerous characters are these morally gray anti-heroes.

These DC characters are known to employ questionable methods and pursue questionable goals. However, they are still incredibly powerful individuals who can save or destroy the world if they choose.

7) Artemis

Artemis is an Amazon of Bana-Mighdall, a splinter group of Amazons that left Themyscira and began worshipping the Egyptian Gods. Considered to be the strongest of her people, Artemis is a fierce and brash warrior with skills comparable to Wonder Woman. As an Amazon, Artemis possesses incredible strength and speed. She has fought Bizarro on equal footing, leveled a building with a single punch, and killed a Lord of Hell. Artemis also wields several deadly weapons, including the giant axe Mistress, which can teleport to her and is strong and sharp enough to cut Bizarro, and the Bow of Ra, which can kill individuals powered by gods. Although she’s not quite as strong as Wonder Woman, Artemis is still one of the most powerful and deadliest warriors the Amazons have to offer.

6) Poison Ivy

A longtime Batman villain, Pamela Isely, aka Poison Ivy, has, in more recent years, evolved into an anti-hero who protects the environment and humanity from those who seek to harm them. Poison Ivy’s control over plant life has always made her one of the most powerful citizens of Gotham. She can crush skyscrapers with vines, employ giant killer Venus’s flytraps or create monstrous plant golems. She can also brainwash people with her pheromones or kill them with a fatal kiss. And with Poison Ivy’s recent connection to the Green, the spiritual hivemind that connects all flora, her plant-manipulating powers have a global reach. With her powers, Poison Ivy is one of Mother Nature’s greatest and most ruthless protectors.

5) Apollo

The strongest member of the anti-hero teams StormWatch and the Authority, Andrew Pulaski, aka Apollo, lives up to his godly moniker. After being experimented on by aliens, Apollo gained super-strength, super-speed, flight, and energy projection. Apollo is strong enough to destroy a world-ending asteroid with one punch, annihilate a continent-sized spaceship, and scorch the entire surface of the moon. Although he’s the most morally righteous member of the Authority, Apollo is still more than willing to incinerate his enemies if he feels it necessary.

4) John Constantine

A morally dubious master of the arcane arts, John Constantine frequently combats the forces of Hell. Thanks to his skill with spells and charms, Constantine is capable of time and dimensional travel, elemental control, telepathy, telekinesis, stop time, necromancy, energy construction, demon summoning, intangibility, and many other abilities that allow him to contend with some of DC’s strongest mystical entities. Constantine even has a spell that allows him to deflect all damage he sustains onto other people. Constantine’s most impressive feats include temporarily stealing the power of Shazam, creating a miniature star, and defeating powerful demons like Nergal and Ivunche. While Constantine may be willing to tread into the dark magic, he’ll only do so if it means saving innocent people.

3) Black Adam

Teth Adam, aka Black Adam, wields the power of several Egyptian gods to destroy anyone who threatens his homeland of Kahndaq. Empowered by the wizard Shazam, Black Adam was gifted with the stamina of Shu, the strength of Hershef, the power of Amon, the wisdom of Zehuti, and the speed of Anphu. However, Shazam imprisoned Black Adam for thousands of years because he abused his gifts. In the modern day, Black Adam broke free of his imprisonment and became the ruler of Kahndaq. With his godly abilities, Black Adam has pushed the moon, killed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and defeated the entire Justice Society single-handedly. Fighting both heroes and villains, Black Adam is willing to do anything to protect his people.

2) Lobo

The Main Man himself, Lobo, is one of the physically strongest aliens in DC Comics. Lobo wiped out his entire species out of boredom. Lobo is a classic anti-hero bounty hunter, willing to fight for good or evil depending on how much money and/or fun he’ll get out of it. Lobo has incredible strength, as he’s towed a sentient star; crushed and compacted an entire city until he could eat it on one bite; and has defeated heroes like Superman and the Flash. Lobo can also regenerate from a single drop of blood, and every drop he sheds grows into a new Lobo clone. Lobo is so insanely destructive that his soul was banned from the afterlife because neither Heaven nor Hell wanted to have to deal with him!

1) Spectre

Standing tall above the infinite DC Multiverse, the Spectre is the personification of God’s wrath. As the angel of vengeance, Spectre tortures and kills sinners using a multitude of graphic methods. Spectre is practically omnipotent and omniscient and is one of the strongest practitioners of magic in existence. Spectre has thrown planets, recreated the Big Bang, removed all magic from the universe, frozen Hell over, held two universes apart, and battled all-powerful villains like Anti-Monitor and Eclipso. With all of these god-like feats, the Spectre is one of the most powerful entities in the DC Multiverse and the perfect weapon for a vengeful God.

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