Who Is An Anti-Hero?

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Like Batman, many antiheroes all have a sad or messed up backstory that made them who they are right now. There are antiheroes who have been betrayed or turned against them, being tested on which involved into a lab accident which mutated them, and antiheroes who seek out revenge to specific individuals that ruined their life. Most antiheroes are lone-wolves and they usually have bad habits like smoking and being an alcoholic and are willing to kill the villain. An anti-hero who fits all of these characteristics is the anti-hero, Wolverine of the X-men series. Is Wolverine really a hero or more of an anti-hero? Wolverine is both of these, but he is mainly a hero due to the fact that he is part of the super hero team, The X-Men, and wants

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