12 Superheroes That Were Total Nerds Growing Up

Since fortune-telling is bogus, we'll never know if the nerdy-looking kid next to us will grow up saving the world... on the big screen.

But we do have us some hindsight. 

So here's a list to see some of our favorite superheroes back when they were geeky little nobodies.

Before he was Captain America, The First Avenger, Chris Evans rocked the mushroom cut.

Before she was beating villains to a pulp as Jessica Jones, she was Little-house-on-the-prairie-dress-wearing Krysten Ritter.

Before he was stranded on a desert Island becoming the Green Arrow, he was just Stephen Amell.

Then, there's Wolverine — you can't hide in the arctic from these, Hugh!

The deadly assassin Black Widow was wittle tyke Scarlett Johansson.

Before he was Hulk-smashing New York, he was just bushy-eyebrowed Mark Ruffalo.

The lovable rageaholic Wolverine was once the mild-mannered bow-tie-wearing Hugh Jackman.

Well, this next one explains where Ali G found his inspiration...

The eye-patch-wearing leader of S.H.E.I.L.D, Nick Fury was once spiffy little Sam Jackson.

Before he was swash-buckling Star-Lord, he was this hunk of man, Chris Pratt.

Before he was flying across New York as Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. was whatever this is.

And then there's the greatest instances of a nerd turning their life around..

Before he was Superman, the Man of Steel, he was mild-mannered Henry Cavill.

And then there's Hawkeye...

Jeremy Renner, buddy. What was going on in your life?

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