15 Favorite Comic Book Characters De-Aged

The X-Men have a weird rogues gallery.Mojo might be their strangest villain.The disgusting, blob-like creature is an interdimensional television mogul. He kidnaps heroes and makes them fight for the audience's amusement.

Mojo captured the X-Men and reverted them to childhood to reach a younger audience. The team beat him and escaped. This action inspired Mojo to clone X-Babies who starred in his popular program, "X-Babies" miniseries.X-Babies appear in the list '15 Favorite Comic Book Characters De-Aged'.X-Babies is a miniseries.

The X-Men faced the Nanny, a foe who could turn adults into children. This seemed creepy for comics. The Nanny de-aged Storm, who remained a child in later storylines. She held no memory of her adult life or any experience.

Kid Storm struggled with X-Men life. She returned to street-thieving, then Gambit gave her advice. Soon, Storm became her adult self.

Cable's backstory involves Marvel's most convoluted story. He is the son of Cyclops and a clone of Jean Grey. A robot virus sent him to the future as an infant. He then returned to the past as an old man.

Cable's old-man ruggedness defined his character. Seeing Nate Summers turned into a child felt jarring during the House of M event.Cable is featured in House of M.Scarlet Witch changed reality during House of M. The new reality featured a baby Cable who never left for the future. Everything returned to normal in Cable and Deadpool #18.Cable and Deadpool are listed.Cable appears in issue #18.Cable remained an infant, though rapidly aging. Cable faced vulnerability as he aged through childhood. This led him to recruit Deadpool, history's worst babysitter.

Loki acts as an antagonist in comics and films.Loki does show a heroic streak sometimes. One event cost him his life during Siege.One incident cost Loki his life during Siege.Loki appears in Siege.Asgard attacked powerful foes during Siege. Loki gave his life helping his brother Thor win. The immortal trickster god was soon reborn.

Resurrected as a child, this Loki avoided his predecessor's ways. He tried hard to be heroic despite his evil nature. Young Loki starred in Journey into Mystery.Loki appears in Journey into Mystery.Young Loki appeared from issues 622 to 646. A time-traveling version of his older, evil self tricked him out of his body.

The Punisher needed de-aging due to comic book timelines. Peter Parker went to college in the '60s, making him over 70. Modern comics show him as a college student in the 2000s. Characters like the Punisher tie to real-world events and cannot use the sliding timescale.

Frank Castle, a Vietnam veteran, changed after the war. However, any Vietnam vet is now at retirement age, likely unable to kill criminals. The Punisher underwent a strange sequence of de-aging: Wolverine’s son murdered him, then he became a Frankenstein-style monster, and a mystical artifact called the Bloodstone restored him to his prime.Franken-Castle.#21.Who said comics were complicated?

Star-Lord has been around for over 40 years of publishing. Much of that time, he was a man who looked only slightly like Chris Pratt’s modern Peter Quill. The original Star-Lord was a grizzled veteran of many space wars; he lost many friends.

This version of Quill had a dark sense of humor, like gallows humor, unlike the modern, quick-witted Star-Lord. There was no explanation for why Star-Lord suddenly became younger and more energetic in comics, even with the first "Guardians" movie coming out soon.Guardians.The "Guardians" movie offered a real-world answer. Peter Quill running through the Marvel comic book universe now looks at least 20 years younger than the one from the early 2000s.at least.Star-Lord is 20 years younger than the one who existed in the early 2000s.

Magneto ties most closely to a real-world event; his tragic origins stem from the Holocaust. Captain America spent decades on ice after WWII, but Magneto did not. Magneto aged with the world. Max Eisenhardt needed to be over 75 to be a Holocaust survivor, but he looks handsome and fit, never much older than 50 in the comics. Why?

Magneto has been de-aged several times. The most notable time saw Alpha the Ultimate Mutant revert him to infancy. Erik the Red later restored Magneto to his prime.

One of the most debated comic book de-agings swapped an adult for a teenaged version of themselves. This odd, comic book event happened to Tony Stark during "The Crossing".The Crossing., a much-maligned Avengers crossover.

Stark broke bad and killed several D-list Avengers due to timeline tricks from Kang the Conqueror. The Avengers countered Kang’s plans, bringing a teenage Tony forward in time to fight his evil older self. After the immoral Iron Man lost, teen Tony stayed for a while, which annoyed Marvel fans.

Rupert Giles was a father figure to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Scooby Gang’s "old guy." Giles stayed long enough to appear in several spin-offs, including the multiplecomic book series.that continue the TV show storyline on the printed page.

Giles met his death in the line of duty. He fought vampires while living as he died. Angel, the star of a spin-off, quickly brought him back. Angel also killed him.Buffy comics were insane.Giles kept all his memories and experience. He became reborn as his 12-year-old self. This did not end badly for Giles; he was much stronger in his new, pre-pubescent form.

Batman’s Silver Age features banana storytelling. Thus, Batman experienced a de-aging plot then. A mad scientist invented a way to revert Batman to toddler age.

The process left the Dark Knightling with full adult strength, memory, and skill. This is bad news if you aim to beat Batman. The scientist only invented a way to get him beaten by a toddler.

Zeus is the Greek All-Father. Like Odin in Norse myth, Zeus earns a reputation for being a jerk. Marvel Zeus often acts as an outright antagonist, irritating his son Hercules. Zeus died once. Hercules rescued Zeus from Pluto and the Underworld.

The demigod rescued his father by drinking from the River Lethe. This returned him to childhood and erased his memory. The youthful god kept his power and accompanied his son on adventures until he died again stopping his evil ex-wife inIncredible Hercules#141.

The Vulture is a character.The Vulture is defined by his age and a strong desire to return to his prime. Adrian Toomes sometimes acts on these wishes, using tech to transfer others' youth into his body, like a Silicon Valley vampire.

These youth-snatching schemes de-age the Vulture but rapidly age his victim. Spider-Man faced this affliction several times, including when Aunt May cared for her suddenly ancient nephew.

Monster Girl appears in Robert Kirkman’sothera ridiculously long-running comic series (besidesThe Walking Dead), InvincibleThe series plays with familiar comic book tropes, giving them a realistic, dark edge. Monster Girl’s powers show this.

Amanda (last name unknown) can turn into a Hulk-like beast, but each time she does, she gets younger. Monster Girl ages herself back to childhood, deciding using her powers for good is worth the cost. Her personal relationships suffer as her age drops. It is a Benjamin Button situation, but with twists.

Obelix, Asterix the Gaul's stone-carrying sidekick, knows about magical potions. Gauls gain super strength from a potion, but Obelix keeps that power permanently. He fell into a cauldron of the stuff as a child. Obelix did not learn his lesson; he meets another magic potion inAsterix and Obelix: All At Sea.This time, it de-aged him back to childhood.

The duo find Atlantis in the same story. They see an idyllic society of children, kept young by the Fountain of Youth. Obelix, however, returns to his gigantic form.

Nightmask is an obscure character.Nightmask appears in the Avengers. He was part of a Marvel branch-out called the New Universe. The project failed, leaving Nightmask in comic book limbo for decades. Jonathan Hickman picked him up again, rebooting him for his epic, multi-yearAvengers.Nightmask runs.

This Nightmask version was Adam Blackveil, a “perfect human” made by the god-like Ex Nihilo. The new Nightmask aged in reverse every time he used his powers to teleport. He kept teleporting to help allies solve a cosmic mystery. Finally, Nightmask sacrificed himself for the cause inNew Avengers.#32.He used so much power at once; he de-aged right out of existence.