As Father's Day approaches, it's time for everyone to reflect on their own lives and either give thanks or curse the men that raised us. Father's Day isn't just a holiday for humans though, it also touches superheroes and villains in everyone's favorite comic book universes. Everyone from Batman to Wolverine is a father, but that doesn't mean they are as skilled at parenting or nourishing a family as they are at beating up bad guys.

Unfortunately, no one is a perfect father, but some people are clearly more skilled and capable at raising their children than other individuals. The same principle applies to people's favorite characters in comic books. Superman is an amazing father who treats Jonathan with love and respect, but Batman is a cold father who often isolates and punishes his children for not following his orders. Even if these characters do care about their kids and really try their best to provide them with a good life, more often than not, they disregard their children and focus on their work. Having a superhero as a parent may look fun from the outside, but some of them are so selfish or oblivious that their kids often end up quite messed up. Come check out these awful comic book fathers who would make anyone wish they were an orphan!

20 DEATHSTROKE

Slade Wilson is the best assassin and likely one of the worst fathers in the DC Universe. Wilson, a former soldier, was given an experimental serum that granted him access to 90% of his brain, making him essentially a super human. A rival of the Teen Titans, his initial hatred for the team emerged after his son Grant Wilson dies while trying to take the team down. Even after his other son Joseph, a mute child who could take over people's bodies after making direct eye contact, joined the team as Jericho, Slade's disdain for the Teen Titans grew. He continued to attack the team, continuously putting his son and his friends' lives in danger.

He also put his daughter Rose Wilson in constant danger by dragging her into the mercenary business.

Not only did he train her and force her to endure both physical and psychological torture in order to prepare herself for the intense strain of the job, but he also injected her with a serum that heightened her aggression and resulted in her losing her grip on reality. After pushing his daughter so far, Rose cuts out her own eye in an effort to be just like her controlling father.

19 NORMAN OSBORN

Norman Osborn is a businessman turned psychopath who, after an experimental treatment, becomes the Green Goblin. One of Spider-Man's oldest and fiercest rivals, Norman Osborn is a twisted individual who puts his selfish goals above everything else. Obsessed with business and increasing his power, Norman often belittles and insults his son Harry because he thinks he is weak. Norman, who was ridiculed as a child by his own father, Amberson Osborn, chose to continue the cycle of abuse and neglect instead of forging a positive relationship with his child. The constant insulting and belittling led to Harry developing a series of mental and psychological issues, ultimately culminating in him medicating himself and developing his own Goblin persona.

Norman eventually discovers that Peter Parker, his son's best friend, is actually Spider-Man. Instead of realizing that continuing to attack Spider-Man may hurt his son, Norman charges forward with his plans and even attacks Gwen Stacy, Peter's girlfriend at the time. What makes the incident even worse is the fact that it was later revealed Norman and Gwen actually had an affair while they were in Europe, and she gave birth to twin children. So, instead of attacking someone else that Peter was close to, he knowingly attacked the mother of his own children without remorse.

18 WOLVERINE

Wolverine may be the best at what he does, but that certainly doesn't include parenting. One of the Marvel Universe's fiercest, bloodiest heroes, Wolverine has been a member of numerous Avengers squads and recently transitioned into being a full-blown leader of the X-Men. He may work better on teams now than he did when he was younger and wilder, but his social skills haven't translated into him being a good father. During his time living in Japan, Wolverine marries a woman named Itsu.

She eventually fathers a son that Logan is unaware of for a number of years.

When Logan first discovers that he has a son, he tries his best to free him from Romulus, the same villain who brainwashed Wolverine when he was much younger, but Logan's love for Daken, his son, quickly dries out. The two spar numerous times, even coming to bloody blows during Marvel's Dark Reign initiative, and are never able to establish a real, loving relationship. Wolverine is a better "father figure" than he is a direct father. He has mentored and cared for young mutants like Jubilee and Kitty Pryde and has proven numerous times over the years that he is indeed a loving, caring individual.

17 BRIAN BANNER

Stan Lee clearly loves alliteration. In addition to giving alliterative names to main characters like Susan Storm or Peter Parker, Lee also used that naming trick on supporting characters. Brian Banner is the father of Bruce Banner, the gamma scientist who eventually becomes the Hulk after an experiment goes wrong. While many may believe the failed experiment is the cause of Bruce and the Hulk's anger, it was actually Brian's abusive behavior that first pushed Bruce towards a negative emotional state.

A nuclear scientist who was fired from his job after alcoholism led to an accidental explosion, Brian originally never wanted to be a father. After his wife Rebecca got pregnant and gave birth to their son, Brian's mood soured even more. Once he realized how advanced his son was, and that he would likely outsmart him in the future, Brian began viciously beating Rebecca. One beating was doubly severe though, and Brian accidentally killed his wife. When he discovered his son visiting the grave site, he beat him too just for the heck of it. It was later revealed in Peter David's Incredible Hulk #1, published in July, 1997, that Bruce had finally had enough of his abusive father and fought back. By the time the scuffle was over, Brian laid dead on the ground after he broke his neck on his deceased wife's tombstone.

16 OMNI-MAN

In Invincible, Omni-Man is essentially Superman. The strongest hero on the planet, he is loved and trusted by the civilians of Earth and his fellow members on the Guardians of the Globe. His own son, Mark Grayson, looks up to him and strives to be a superhero like him once his own Viltrumite powers started developing. Unfortunately for Mark, in issue 12, everything he thought he knew about his father turned out to be a lie. Nolan tells his son that he was initially sent to Earth to prepare it for invasion and conquering and offers him a position at his side. Raised with heroic values, Mark refuses and gets pulled into a vicious, bloody fight with his father that sees him nearly lose his life.

Luckily, Mark is able to get through to his father.

Over time, Nolan slowly realizes the error of his ways and tries to reform himself and the Viltrumite people. It takes a long time, but Norman and Mark are able to rekindle their relationship and fight side-by-side for a while. Regardless, it must suck having a father who beat the crap out of his own son simply because his job told him to do it.

15 TRIGON

Some teenagers may think their parents are the devil, but Raven actually has to deal with a demon for a father. One of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe, Trigon ruled an entire planet by the time he was just one year old and spawned a cult following across the galaxy. After tricking a woman into mating with his human form, he conceives a daughter who inherits his demonic powers. When Raven was a teenager, she became aware of her father's intentions to destroy the Earth and she tried warning the Justice League about the incoming threat. Unfortunately, the JLA disregarded Raven because Zatanna could sense her connection to the demon, so she reformed the Teen Titans to stop the threat.

Trigon has attacked Earth numerous times and he constantly tries to manipulate his daughter into fighting by his side. Sometimes he is able to take control of Raven's dark abilities, but usually she is able to repel his influence and think for herself. It sucks having a father who doesn't like your friends, but Raven has to deal with a father who is constantly trying to take over the world and kill her friends simply for helping her move forward in life.

14 RICK GRIMES

The star of The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes has gone through quite a lot since the world transitioned into a zombie apocalypse. After waking up alone in a hospital, Rick eventually reunited with his family and helped lead a group of survivors. He clearly loves the group, but he keeps leading them and his son Carl into contested situations that typically result in large shootouts and the death of many of their friends. At one point, his own son even gets shot in the face and loses an eye.

Andrew Lincoln's depiction of Rick is the strongest part of The Walking Dead television series, but the character there is an even worse father.

He clearly loves Carl and is willing to put his life on the line to defend his son, but he is a hyper-focused, obsessed individual who often disregards his sons well-being. After Lori was killed, Rick's mental state deteriorated, but instead of being honest with his son about his condition, he continued to keep his hallucinations to himself, effectively endangering both of them. In the show, Carl even gets bit by a zombie and ultimately killed off, another sign of how unobservant of a father Rick is.

13 MAGNETO

The Master of Magnetism, Magneto is one of the Marvel Universe's most complex villains. The founder of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Magneto has crossed over to the heroes' side numerous times and still determines his position on a case-by-case basis. After fleeing the horrors of the Holocaust, a young Max Eisenhardt settled down in Ukraine and started a family. Unfortunately, he was driven out of town by an angry mob once his abilities manifested, and he was never able to learn that he had two additional children, Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. The three would meet years later when Magneto first assembled his evil team, but the true nature of their relationship wasn't revealed until much later.

He never abused his kids, but Magneto crossed a line in "House of M" that he can never reverse. After he realizes that Pietro manipulated Wanda into creating an alternate universe where Magneto was the most powerful figure in the world and humans instead of mutants were feared and hated, he snaps. Angry that Pietro would perform such a massive, twisted undertaking in his name, Magneto kills his own son. Sure, Quicksilver messed up and created a situation that led to a lot of heartache, but that doesn't mean his father needed to kill him. In fact, if Pietro had grown up with a more nurturing relationship between himself and his father, odds are he would have never acted out in such a destructive way in the first place.

12 ROY HARPER

Roy Harper is Green Arrow's first sidekick. He originally used a bow and arrow and called himself Speedy before transitioning towards numerous weapons and calling himself Arsenal. A founding member of the Teen Titans, Roy is a good person who is drawn towards dark paths. Roy used to have a heroin problem, but even after he kicked the drug he found himself drawn to another poisonous substance: Cheshire, an assassin who used toxins to kill her opponents. He was supposed to gain her trust and give her to Checkmate, but they developed a relationship that ultimately culminated in the birth of a girl named Lian.

Initially unaware that he has a daughter, he quickly decides to have her live with him once he realizes she is alive.

Being the daughter of a hero put a big target on her back, and Roy had to dispel attacks from various supervillains to keep Lian safe. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to stop Prometheus. Not only did he attack several cities and rip Roy's arm off, Prometheus also destroyed the house that Lian was in, crushing her in the process. Lian was wiped from the DC Universe during the New 52 initiative and still hasn't appeared in Rebirth, meaning that the Roy audiences are currently following is likely still not a father. Hopefully, if this version of Roy does end up having a daughter, he will be more protective and be better equipped to take care of himself and Lian.

11 HULK

The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree with the Banner boys. Just like his father Brian, the Hulk has a mean-streak that no child would want to cross. Even Bruce Banner, the Hulk's mild-mannered alter-ego, has an anger problem that comes out if the timid looking man is pushed hard enough. During the "Planet Hulk" story that saw Hulk banished from the Marvel Universe by the Illuminati, Hulk fathers a child with an alien warrior named Ciera. Skaar emerged from his cocoon after Hulk had already left the planet, and he quickly matured and hardened himself in order to survive. Skaar's anger and feelings of abandonment lead him right to Earth as he tears through the military and Fantastic Four on his quest to kill his father.

Hulk is essentially the one parent who has to play both good and bad cop when disciplining his child. Whenever he needs positive results, he turns into Bruce to butter up the situation and use logic to diffuse any tension. But, when he's just angry at a situation, he has no problem reverting back into the Hulk to intimidate whoever is messing with him. Clearly, when Hulk says "do your homework," you better listen because you don't want to see him get any angrier.

10 RA'S AL GHUL

One of Batman's fiercest opponents, Ra's Al Ghul is a quasi-immortal individual who leads the League of Assassins. Over the centuries, Ra's, whose full name directly translates to "The Demon's Head" in Arabic, has cultivated a hard reputation as a warrior who is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, and his family often pays the price for his focus. Unfortunately, his extreme methods pushed his own daughter straight into the hands of Batman, his biggest rival, and the two had an affair that eventually culminated in the birth of Ra's grandson, Damian Wayne. While Talia and Ra's may have rebuilt their relationship, it doesn't change the fact that he forced her into a hard life, full of fighting and fleeing, and almost chose Bane instead of her to take over the League of Assassins during the "Contagion" storyline.

Not only is he a bad father, but he's an equally terrible grandfather.

Instead of letting his grandson choose a path for himself, Ra's and Talia choose Damian's destiny for him. Trained since birth to be a master-assassin, Ra's prevented his only grandson from ever having a real childhood and instead turned him into a brutal individual who thinks he is better than others.

9 ODIN

The King and leader of the Norse Gods, Odin is one of the most powerful beings in the Nine Realms. He has fought dark elves and fire demons on his quest to keep Asgard and all of its inhabitants safe. Unfortunately, centuries worth of fighting has turned Odin into a hardened warrior who rarely shows affection to his family. In addition to being a warrior, he's also unfaithful to his wives. Just like Robert Baratheon in Game of Thrones, Odin has bastard children all over Asgard whom he chooses to ignore instead of share his affection and wealth with.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Odin is even worse. Not only does he banish Thor to Earth after he disappoints him, but he imprisons Hela in Hel. In the comics, Hela is actually Loki's daughter, but her backstory was changed in Thor: Ragnarok to make her Odin's daughter and his deadliest weapon in his mission to unify the Nine Realms. Instead of loving her for the Goddess of Death he turned her into or simply putting her down if he thought she was evil enough, he forced his daughter to spend eternity in Hel and atone for the sins he made her do.

8 SABRETOOTH

Originally introduced as an Iron Fist antagonist, Sabretooth is best known as an X-Men villain and the primary rival of Wolverine. During the character's early years of existence, it was heavily implied that Sabretooth was actually Wolverine's father. He would pop up every year on Wolverine's birthday, challenge him to a fight and murder whatever woman he was with at the time. This tradition started when Sabertooth tracked him down to the Blackfoot Indian community where he was celebrating and murdered his former lover, Silver Fox, right in front of him.

It was eventually revealed that he's not actually Wolverine's father, but Sabretooth does actually have a child.

While on a spy mission in Germany, Sabretooth conceived a child with Mystique, who was also in disguise at the time. Both parents abandoned young Graydon Creed, and he ended up growing up to become an anti-mutant terrorist who targeted both the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants that Sabretooth was a member of. He established an organization called Friends of Humanity that targeted both mutants and mutant sympathizers and represented Magneto's destructive acts as propaganda to get more people to join his cause. In "House of M", Magneto even sends Sabretooth, his primary assassin in this alternate dimension, to kill Graydon for anti-mutant perspective.

7 HIGHFATHER

Part of Jack Kirby's epic Fourth World concept at DC Comics, Izaya Highfather is the leader of the New Gods and one of the most powerful beings in the DC Universe. Based on Zeus and Odin, Highfather is willing to do anything to protect his people and has no problem putting his own life on the line to defend his fellow New Gods.

Unfortunately, all of the good Highfather and his fellow New Gods have achieved doesn't take away from the fact that he's a cold father. To avoid war with Darkseid and his evil forces on Apokolips, the two rulers agreed to exchange their heirs as hostages. Darkseid sent his son Orion to learn from and live with the New Gods while Highfather sent over Scott Free, later known as Mister Miracle. While Highfather treated the angry Orion with respect and ultimately turned him into one of New Genesis' fiercest defenders, Scott was subject to years worth of physical and psychological torture just because his father couldn't think of another plan to avoid war with Darkseid's armies. Scott does eventually escape Darkseid's clutches and reunite with his father, but Scott is never able to fully forgive him and their relationship flounders for years.

6 DARKSEID

The closest thing to evil personified in the DC Universe, Darkseid is the ruler of Apokolips and its hellish forces. With the power of the Anti-Life equation, Darkseid's primary goal is to wipe away free will and install his rule across the universe. Parents should want their children to think freely, but Darkseid has no problem pushing his will onto his kids. In order to prevent an ancient prophecy that claimed Orion, Darkseids' son, would overpower him, he used his son as a political pawn and traded him with Highfather, the ruler of the New Gods, to ensure the two societies wouldn't go to war. While Highfather treated Orion with dignity and respect, Darkseid treated his new ward like garbage and forced him to endure harsh physical punishments for a number of years.

While he clearly spends most of his time thinking about Orion, Darkseid actually has another son named Kalibak.

His disdain towards his son has resulted in Kalibak constantly trying to prove himself to his father in battle, but there's nothing he can really do to make Darkseid love him. Darkseid is one of those parents where even if you got straight A's and had a job throughout all of college, he'd chastise you for not working hard enough and drunkenly tell you he never wanted to have kids.

5 THE PRIDE

Having a supervillain for a father is bad enough, but imagine you and all your best friends have villains for parents. Well, that is essentially the premise of Runaways, a Marvel book created by Brian K. Vaughan that was recently turned into a television series for Hulu. The book follows a young group of mutants who are all friends thanks to the intense relationships of their parents. Whenever the kids come together for a play date, their parents descend to the basement to supposedly plan different charity fundraisers, but the kids eventually discover their parents are actually an evil group called the Pride who control Los Angeles and make sacrifices to a strange figure called Gibborim. The kids end up stealing weapons and developing their own abilities as they try to uproot their parents control over their home city.

All of the parents were evil and dedicated to expanding their control of the city, but Geoffrey Wilder actually kills Gertrude Yorkes in his desperate attempt to achieve immortality. Even though Geoffrey's son Alex ends up being secretly loyal to the Pride instead of his teammates, it must suck having a father who has no problem killing one of your best friends.

4 CYCLOPS

Scott Summers is one of the original X-Men and ultimately leads the team whenever Professor Xavier is unavailable. After the love of his life Jean Grey is killed during the "Dark Phoenix Saga," Scott ends up marrying and having a child with Madelyne Pryor, Jean's clone. Nathan Summers eventually grows up to become Cable, but he was essentially completely ignored by his father during his childhood before he was forcibly sent to the future. After Scott found out that Jean was actually alive, he abandons his family and reunites with her. To make matters even worse, he joins X-Factor and doesn't even contact his family to tell them where he is.

Add all these problems to the fact that Cyclops is someone who doesn't listen to others after he's made up his mind.

During "Avengers Vs. X-Men", his disagreement with Captain America over the fate of Hope Summers transformed into a massive battle between the two teams that put numerous lives at risk. As the story progressed, Cyclops ends up inheriting the abilities of the Phoenix and going crazy in the process. Instead of recognizing how much damage he's causing or the fact that he could be scaring his fellow mutants, the people he supposedly wants to help, Cyclops puts his own ego above everybody else's wellbeing in the Marvel Universe.

3 REED RICHARDS

Reed Richards may be a part of the Marvel Universe's first superhero family, but that doesn't mean he's always the ideal family man. One of the smartest characters in Marvel Comics, Reed Richards spends more time in his lab developing experiments and thinking about physics than he does enjoying quality time with his family. He disregards his wife so much that she periodically runs away from him to the arms of two of the Fantastic Four's fiercest rivals: Namor and Doctor Doom.

Reed and Susan end up having two children together. Inspired by their family's heroic attitude, both Franklin and Valeria turn into individuals who want to do good deeds and make the world a better place. Instead of nurturing his children, Reed isolates himself in the lab and spends his time upgrading the Baxter Building's security or thinking about molecular composition of the Negative Zone. He does establish the Future Foundation, an organization of young geniuses that he pushes to solve massive problems, but he doesn't give his own children any special attention despite the fact his daughter is clearly the smartest individual in the group. If Reed wasn't able to supply his family with a safe home and fun gadgets to play with, odds are everyone around him would leave because he's hyper-focused on ideas rather than the people he loves.

2 AZAZEL

Even though Azazel's name comes from an angel mentioned in the Book of Enoch, the character himself looks like a red demon. A powerful mutant with the abilities to teleport anywhere he wants, Azazel is an expert swordsman who knows how to quickly take down his enemies. At different times, he has even been depicted as being immortal and capable of manipulating people's minds. The character claims that his origin also dates back to biblical times, and he was banished to an alternate dimension for his crimes.

Since his teleportation abilities are so powerful, he's able to return to Earth and have children, providing him a link to tether himself to the planet.

On one of his missions back to Earth, he hooked up with Mystique and ultimately conceived Nightcrawler, another mutant with teleportation abilities. Even though Azazel fell in love with Mystique, the first woman he ever had feelings for, he still abandoned her and their unborn child to return home. Over the years, the two have clashed numerous times as Azazel takes on the X-Men in his quest to expand his power and rule over other dimensions. Nightcrawler may be half-demon, but he's a godly man who believes in justice and thinks his father needs to be stopped.

1 BATMAN

Bruce Wayne may be a billionaire with a big house and a lot of toys, but he's also kind of a jerk. Instead of spending time with the people he loves, he constantly escapes reality and runs away to dress up as a giant bat and fight crime in Gotham City. When Dick Grayson is first brought into Wayne Mansion after the death of his parents, the traumatized child is essentially ignored and left alone for long stretches of time because Bruce was busy zip-lining between skyscrapers in the rain.

Over the years, he has dragged numerous kids into his vicious, deadly battle with crime. Some of these kids, like Jason Todd and Barbara Gordon, paid severe consequences for their involvement in Batman's plans, but that didn't stop the hero from recruiting more kids to fight alongside him in the future. It's clear that Bruce has love for all of these kids and his own son, Damian Wayne, but he is an extremely hard, punishing figure who has no problem isolating those around him to prove a point. It may look fun to have Batman as a father from the outside, but the reality is Batman is so obsessed and dedicated to his never-ending war that he doesn't have the capacity to be a present father.