plural antiheroes
: a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities
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The third and final entry in Sony’s Marvel antihero series, led by Tom Hardy, opened to a muted $51 million from 4,125 North American theaters.
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Variety, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
Campbell, of course, played the swaggering antihero Ash Williams in the first three Evil Dead films in 1981, 1987 and 1992, and reprised the role for the series Ash vs. Evil Dead from 2015-2018.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
As previously reported, the first film in the franchise served as an origin story for our antihero.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
Venom: The Last Dance, of course, is the third and presumably solo outing for the famed Marvel Comics antihero character that stars Hardy in the dual roles of Eddie Brock and his gooey, alien symbiote alter-ego Venom.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Variety, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
Campbell, of course, played the swaggering antihero Ash Williams in the first three Evil Dead films in 1981, 1987 and 1992, and reprised the role for the series Ash vs. Evil Dead from 2015-2018.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
As previously reported, the first film in the franchise served as an origin story for our antihero.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2024
Venom: The Last Dance, of course, is the third and presumably solo outing for the famed Marvel Comics antihero character that stars Hardy in the dual roles of Eddie Brock and his gooey, alien symbiote alter-ego Venom.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Antihero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antihero. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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