plural antiheroes
: a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities
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Venom: The Last Dance—Tom Hardy’s third movie as Marvel’s symbiote antihero—has ended its run in theaters.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Lobo is a violent and irreverent antihero from the planet Czarnia, known for his superhuman strength and invulnerability.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Netflix has already renewed Black Doves for a second season, and the bloody, satisfying final hour sets up a series of new challenges for our antiheroes.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Like a Bizarro version of The Avengers, this team-up movie sees a ragtag group of antiheroes with issues do their best to work together without killing each other.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Lobo is a violent and irreverent antihero from the planet Czarnia, known for his superhuman strength and invulnerability.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Netflix has already renewed Black Doves for a second season, and the bloody, satisfying final hour sets up a series of new challenges for our antiheroes.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Like a Bizarro version of The Avengers, this team-up movie sees a ragtag group of antiheroes with issues do their best to work together without killing each other.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Antihero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antihero. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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