Top Ten Superheroes with Real Life Illness
Iron Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as its associated media. The character was created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. He made his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39. In The Marvel Cinematic Universe, he was portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. He is a smart, rich playboy billionaire Avenger, but his alcoholism gets in a way of things, especially that worst time in "Demon in a Bottle" arc.
Ant-Man is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, Ant-Man's first appearance was in Tales to Astonish #27. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he is portrayed by Paul Rudd. Split Personality Disorder, problems Hank Pym has been dealing with.
Superman is a comic character. And probably the first powerful superhero in the fictional world. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, high school students living in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1933. It was published by DC comics. The first animated superhero movie was superman. The origin story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farm couple, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early on he started to display various superhuman abilities, which, ...read more. Dissociative Identity Disorder, that is all from the Man of Steel.
Drugs are bad, mmkay? If you were Roy Harper, you'll be a heroin addict like him, but that time has finally passed.
Jessica Campbell Jones Cage is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Those dark times being the clutch of the Purple Man himself, Jessica has gone through a severe PTSD. Even she has that illness, she's still a badass crime fighter.
Deadpool is a fictional antihero created by Marvel who appears in their comics. Deadpool's first appearance was in New Mutants #98 by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza in February of 1991. His powers include self-healing and super strength. He is regarded as one of the funniest characters in comics due to his tendency to break the fourth wall. Although he has a funny sense of humor and all, he has is permanent brain damage ever since he became a mutant.
Moon Knight is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin, the character first appeared in Werewolf by Night #32. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he is portrayed by Oscar Isaac. One word that describe Moon Knight's illness; Schizophrenia.
Cindy Moon is a Korean American fictional superhero, known as Silk, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. During that time when her family's been missing, Cindy has trauma and anxiety problems through her life after spending 10 years in a bunker.
Cyclops is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Emotional detachment is Cyclops' illness. The Jean Grey problem, starting a revolution, issues with Xavier, etc. What more can you ask for?
Another large problem with cyclops is that he is always mistaken for a geordi la forge cosplayer.
Daredevil is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daredevil was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby. ...read more.
Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is portrayed by Elizabeth Olsen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She is thought to be one of the most powerful people in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and can control things with her mind. Her powers are a result of experiments by Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker, who used Loki’s scepter to give her and her brother Pietro Maximoff AKA Quicksilver, their powers. Her first appearance was against the Avengers during Avengers: Age Of Ultron. She then started serving Ultron before switching teams with her brother and joining the Avengers. She was part of the 50% ...read more. That time during House of M, Scarlet has suffered a painful anxiety and loses her mind which triggers her powers to destroy all mutants around the globe.
Quicksilver is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in the comic book X-Men #4 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. According to Marvel Wikia, he suffers from several mental illnesses; such as having severe depression, being a sociopath (which can ruin his relationships due to him manipulating them and using force), and having mental breakdowns every now and then. Although he’s that way, he appears to have it under control because we don’t see Quicksilver having this a lot. But then I believe those illnesses kind of make him a child at heart, I noticed he seems kind of immature for his age, just junk food is the first thing he eats, when he does things he doesn’t want anyone to see he goes to video games or toys(?) (I don’t know), and at times he seems more like a teenager to me than an adult, even though he has acted his age before.
Rorschach is a fictional anti-hero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first debuted in the graphic novel Watchmen, published from 1986-1987. Rorschach was created by writer Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.