Black Adam (2022) Teaser

[Tonguez]

Yep, he's essentially Shazam's nemesis (they have very similar costumes). Now, he's sometimes helped the good guys, but I think ever supervillain has worked with the good guys sometimes. Even Joker helped Batman beat evil Superman!

Its a little more complicated though since he started as Khem-Adam the hero of Kahndaq channeling the powers of the Egyptian pantheon. He was noted then as just and decent in the service of the Egyptian pharoah, but his turn came when he returned home to Kahndaq and discovered that his homeland had been razed and his family murdered. That incident turned him to vengeance and a sense of "eye for an eye' justice where he is judge and executioner. He then took over the country as a tyrant and began a campaign of conquest,however he was defeated by a coalition of enemies and locked in a tomb for millenia.
Black Adam believes himself a beacon of justice (an eye for an eye) and to also be the most suitable person to lead all humanity. As such he is convinced that any action he takes is necessary for the greater good.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Its a little more complicated though since he started as Khem-Adam the hero of Kahndaq channeling the powers of the Egyptian pantheon. He was noted then as just and decent in the service of the Egyptian pharoah, but his turn came when he returned home to Kahndaq and discovered that his homeland had been razed and his family murdered. That incident turned him to vengeance and a sense of "eye for an eye' justice where he is judge and executioner. He then took over the country as a tyrant and began a campaign of conquest,however he was defeated by a coalition of enemies and locked in a tomb for millenia.
Black Adam believes himself a beacon of justice (an eye for an eye) and to also be the most suitable person to lead all humanity. As such he is convinced that any action he takes is necessary for the greater good.

True true. But there are few villains who actually know they are villains. Most villains justify their own actions in their head.

Poison Ivy is an environmentalist, and Mr. Freeze wants to save his frozen wife. But they do a lot of murders!

 

[Umbran]

The term you are looking for is anti-hero.

Er.. maybe?

An anti-hero is a hero who lacks typical heroic qualities, especially in a moral or ethical sense. Early Wolverine, typically found seeking heroic ends, but rather willing to kill to accomplish those ends, is an example. Deadpool in the movies fits this, as well.

This is separate from having an outright villain be the main character of the piece - the Joker movie is an example of this. Deadpool in many of his comics fits here, as his goals aren't always good, and he kills often enough to fall out of the hero category. When Darth Vader is in his own comics, he's a villain protagonist, rather than an anti-hero. Outside of comics, The Godfather, and Goodfellas have villain protagonists.

Magneto and Prince Namor flip-flop between the two states.