Arsenal, former sidekick to the Justice League's Green Arrow, has had his share of problems with heroin. Years after quitting, he relapses following his daughter’s killing in a terrorist attack. High on “China Cat” and driven insane by grief, he kills a bunch of heroin junkies and cradles a dead cat, hallucinating that it’s his daughter's corpse. Batman finally steps in to apprehend Arsenal, finishing him off with a kick to the face, saying, “I'm your friend.” Thus, Arsenal is packed off to supervillain drug rehab. The story is regarded as one of the worst comic book tales of all time. Nevertheless, it went on to win a PRISM award for “accurate depiction of substance abuse and mental illness.”

Bryan Le is a staff writer at The Fix who has previously written on video game addiction. He also contributes to Games Abyss and edits at Hipolitics.