Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-11498358-20160219173611/@comment-410526-20160219174915

As for why people liked him in the first place, he was the first male character in the series and was very badass in the "Black" Trailer. He also has the perennially popular black/red color scheme and the edgiest look possible. Saving Blake from the Spider Droid in "Black" made him seem like a classic hero in the "I must save the girl" sort of way, but he also had bad-boy appeal cause he's part of a violent rebel group and had no qualms about killing.

A lot of people probably latched onto those tropes and associated him with other characters like Rorschach or the Punisher and thought he'd be an anti-hero or at least a redeemable villain.