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*** Well, now we have Anti-Venom for that.
** Spider-Man has had ''several'' villains meant to be his thematic opposite, from the Fly (who gained his powers in an accident much like Peter's own, but never stopped "looking out for number one" and blamed everyone else for his shortcomings) to the Scorpion (ditto; Bonus points for being an arachnid, too. And then the original Scorpion became Venom for a while). Dr. Octopus shares many personality traits with Spider-Man and is even based on another 8-legged creature. Less obviously, there's the Spider-Wasp.
* Sabretooth is portrayed as [[Wolverine|Wolverine's]] evil similar, with near identical powers and completely feral. And he's implied to be Wolverine's half-brother; if he is, then they've hated each other their entire lives. Interestingly however, both characters were introduced separately from each other, Wolverine first appeared (with slightly different powers than his X-Men debut) in the [[Incredible Hulk
** This may not be quite so coincidental, as [[Chris Claremont]] and [[John Byrne]] were working on the ''Iron Fist'' title around the same time as their classic run on ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''.
* Following in their [[Wolverine|dad's]] footsteps, [[X-23]] and [[Daken]] seem to be heading towards this type of relationship with X-23 being the "good" counterpart and Daken being the "evil" counterpart.
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* [[Red Sonja]] meets her [[Evil Counterpart]], Crimson Katherine, in ''Giant-Size Red Sonja'' #2.
* The ''[[Batman|Catwoman]]'' series tried giving Selina an [[Evil Counterpart]] a couple of times. One was She-Cat (another cat-based thief, but a less skilled and less ethical one, who eventually turned out to know Selina from when they were in the same orphanage) and another was Hellhound (a male chauvinist who'd been trained by the same [[Old Master]], and been [[The Unfavorite]]). Neither of them caught on.
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* In ''Circle of Blood'', the first [[Punisher]] miniseries, Castle fights against a brainwashed army of criminals, all patterned after him.
* [[Judge Dredd]] has the Dark Judges, who have taken the policing style of the Judges to an extreme where Mega-City One is practically ''Utopian''.
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** The dozen or so Crimson Dynamos.
** Justin Hammer is the anti-Stark-as-businessman. While Tony uses his money to fight crime, Hammer uses his to sponsor it.
* [[Incredible Hulk
* Oddly enough, Hulk's [[Rogues Gallery]] 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 [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]. Strangely, they have never faced the FF despite all of the characters being [[Marvel Comics]] characters.
* [[She Hulk]] now has Red She-Hulk.
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* ''[[The Dreamstone]]'' utilizes a non character example, instead one of the title [[MacGuffin]]. The Nightmare Stone, much like the Dream Stone is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], a magical gem able to send nightmares to sleeping residents while fending of good dreams. In another reversal, the heroes are made to steal the Nightmare Stone from the villains much like the latter try to steal the Dreamstone throughout the series.
** For a character based example Zordrak may be this to the Dream Maker, an intelligent and highly powerful sorcerer who uses his power to send dreams to the world around him and watches over a population of somewhat loyal bumbling creatures. In contrast to the benevolent Dream Maker however, Zordrak is a [[Bad Boss]] vehement on conquest and spreading nightmares.
* Princess Luna's from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] is the good counterpart to her [[Face Heel Turn]] form Nightmare Moon. While this may seem too obvious to be worth mentioning at first once one really gets to [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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