History AbusiveParents / Comicbooks

* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': [[Characters/IrredeemablePlutonian Daniel Hartigan, aka The Plutonian]], suffered these throughout his upbringing, which played a significant role in his [[FallenHero fall to villainy]].

** In a BackStory, Bull Bushka (the former school bully turned physical education teacher) reveals that he was physically beaten by his father ... hence, the reason why he tormented the strip's main protagonist Les Moore all these years.
** Other storylines have seen Susan Smith (the girl who had a crush for her teacher, Les, and maintained it as she became his colleague) being beaten by her boyfriend while in high school; and Lisa Moore (who was beaten by her one-time boyfriend, the one that got her pregnant as a teenager).

** Towards the end of the comic, Plutonian finds out that he was [[spoiler:originally a probe created by a pair of multiverse traveling BenevolentAbomination aliens meant to observe humans and the probe took on the shape of a human baby after responding to the powerful emotions of a severely ill woman who snapped and killed her baby]]. She tried to do the same to little Daniel, only to fail as Daniel was basically a SupermanSubstitute with the same NighInvulnerability. Ultimately, she couldn't stand it anymore and tried to commit murder-suicide with him.

** The one pair of decent foster parents he had, the Hartigans, also qualified, especially the father Bill. While he was never outright cruel or malicious towards Daniel and sincerely wanted to instill good morals and a sense of responsibility to use his powers for good in him, his MiseryBuildsCharacter mentality, harsh teaching methods, and unyielding approach, [[ParentsAsPeople as well as his failure to understand the severity of Daniel's emotional issues]] and what the boy really needed was love and support and to just be a regular kid rather than a hero in the making, left Daniel even more psychologically scarred than before.

* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': [[Characters/IrredeemablePlutonian Tony]] was originally found by a broken woman mourning the death of her child that she had just accidentally let get killed. [[spoiler: And she would repeatedly try to kill Tony in various other ways, failing because Tony is a Superman expy, and really even then didn't know what was going on until finally trying to go for PaterFamilicide in the garage.]]
** His later parents, the Hartigans, put him through TrainingFromHell, which all-in-all wasn't that abusive; however [[spoiler:they teach Tony to never use his powers for the benefit of himself or his family, to the extent that he was never allowed to fight back against those who bullied him. When Tony off-handedly mentions that he saw a brain tumor in his mother's head, the Hartigans' anger reveals their hypocrisy and, in an event that scarred Tony for the rest of his life, committed suicide hours after finding out.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': Tony was originally found by a broken woman mourning the death of her child that she had just accidentally let get killed. [[spoiler: And she would repeatedly try to kill Tony in various other ways, failing because Tony is a Superman expy, and really even then didn't know what was going on until finally trying to go for PaterFamilicide in the garage.]]

* AbusiveParent/TheDCU
* AbusiveParent/MarvelUniverse

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
** When Knuckles was born, his parents soon begin arguing about the proper way to raise him. It eventually got so bad that his mother Lara-Le divorced her husband Locke with the intention of giving her son some kind of actual childhood. Instead, Locke took the toddler ''out of the city zone entirely'' so he could raise him to be a guardian by his definition of what was correct. This included lying to Knuckles that they were the last of their kind and letting him believe by implication that his mother was dead. Then Locke essentially abandoned his son when he was ten years old by ''faking his own death'', forcing him to fend for himself for years with little or no contact with other people. Locke insists that all of this was done to build character and make Knuckles a better guardian by forcing him to do things himself. In truth, he had Knuckles under close observation the entire time he was "abandoned" and often expresses regret at causing his son so much grief, but he still insists he was only [[IDidWhatIHadToDo doing his job.]] However, Locke did get a considerable comeuppance, as his actions regarding Knuckles led to an echidna scientist going rogue and getting a considerable number of their race slaughtered.
*** It may run in the family. In an early issue of Knuckles' spin off series, Knuckles talks to his mom about why the family broke apart. In the ensuing flashback, she talks to her mother in law about how she felt when Locke was taken away for guardian training. Said in law paused and only said that she'd be lost without her husband.
** Sally Acorn's parents aren't sterling examples of familial love either. King Max is a controlling, callous manipulator to ''both'' of his children, trying to forcibly mold them into what ''he'' thinks are ideal royals, and Queen Alicia just goes along with it. Fans cheered when the ContinuityReboot replaced Max with Nigel, a much better person and father.
** However, in the ContinuityReboot universe, the abusive parent here is now Rotor's father, who seemingly hated Rotor's amazing genius and inventions. It got to the point where Rotor ran away to Mobotropolis (arriving just after Eggman took over) and [[spoiler:Rotor's father became an Egg Boss]].
* ComicBook/{{Squee}}[='s=] dad openly despises him and often talks about how Squee's birth ruined his life, Squee's mom is too drugged out to remember she has a son half the time (the other half she believes he's already grown up and moved out.) The series ends with them signing him over to a mental hospital for experimentation.
* ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'':
** In a BackStory, Bull Bushka (the former school bully turned physical education teacher) reveals that he was physically beaten by his father ... hence, the reason why he tormented the strip's main protagonist Les Moore all these years.
** Other storylines have seen Susan Smith (the girl who had a crush for her teacher, Les, and maintained it as she became his colleague) being beaten by her boyfriend while in high school; and Lisa Moore (who was beaten by her one-time boyfriend, the one that got her pregnant as a teenager).

* Norbert Sykes, alias ComicBook/TheBadger, was beaten, saw his dog shot and was eventually raped by his stepfather Larry. This left him with multiple personality disorder, a violent streak a mile wide and an obsession with the name ''Larry''.
* In ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'', Katchoo's step-father [[ParentalIncest raped her on her fifteenth birthday]] (Later dialogue would imply he actually considered this a ''gift'') and would repeatedly beat her in the time following. Her mother, meanwhile, [[ParentalNeglect refused to accept the truth and told Katchoo to stop making up these vicious lies about the sweet man who cares for them]]. The physical abuse was bad enough, but the complete lack of any support from her mother was what finally drove Katchoo to run away, where she eventually wound up in Los Angeles and under the sway of Darcy Parker. Believe it or not, things actually went FromBadToWorse from there.
* Sam Lesser of ''ComicBook/LockeAndKey'' is shown to have a physically abusive father and an uncaring mother, as well as having no friends and being a year younger than kids he was in school with; it's easy to understand why he was a target for Dodge. Similarly, Ellie, the school's track coach, had a physically and emotionally abusive mother.
* In the IDW incarnation of the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], Casey Jones' father is one of these. In fact, it is the very first thing the reader finds out about him.
* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'': Tony was originally found by a broken woman mourning the death of her child that she had just accidentally let get killed. [[spoiler: And she would repeatedly try to kill Tony in various other ways, failing because Tony is a Superman expy, and really even then didn't know what was going on until finally trying to go for PaterFamilicide in the garage.]]
** His later parents, the Hartigans, put him through TrainingFromHell, which all-in-all wasn't that abusive; however [[spoiler:they teach Tony to never use his powers for the benefit of himself or his family, to the extent that he was never allowed to fight back against those who bullied him. When Tony off-handedly mentions that he saw a brain tumor in his mother's head, the Hartigans' anger reveals their hypocrisy and, in an event that scarred Tony for the rest of his life, committed suicide hours after finding out.]]

* ''ComicBook/ZipiYZape'': PlayedForLaughs. Mr. Pantuflo has no trouble in brutally beating the twins or locking them in a mice infested room with no food or water. Even worse is the fact that this is seen as normal.
** Mr. Pantuflo, in the later Escobar strips (the ones which are mostly available), is a saint in comparison with his incarnation in the older, black and white ones, in which he punished his sons with incredibly brutal and sadistic penalties, such as crushing them with a huge steamroller, tying them to a bed of spikes with a large and scary boulder over their head or abandoning them in the middle of the sea. By far, the most disturbing of all is one strip in which Mr. Pantuflo puts them on a guillotine ''with a basket at the bottom to collect their severed heads''.
** The same happened in the first color ones. Punishments included throwing them into a ''lion-infested room'', sending them packed into a satellite to the stratosphere, or [[FusionDance fusing both brothers into one]], so Pantuflo would always know who did all mischiefs.
* In ''ComicBook/AVoiceInTheDark'', "Heather"'s parents are over-controlling and pressuring, but also blame her when she was raped by a musician [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney her father wanted to sign as a client]]. This treatment leads to [[spoiler: her killing both of them while calling in to Zoey's radio show]].
* Reginald Hargreeves from ''ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy''. He would chide his adopted sons and daughters if they called him 'Dad'. In one story, he sicced a murderous supervillain on The Rumor when she lied about sneaking out for the night to see a boy. {{Jerkass}} doesn't begin to cover it.
--> '''Vanya:''' "Dad.. ? I mean, Mr. Monocle, sir? Why can't I play with the others?"\\
'''Reginald:''' "Well number seven... there's just nothing special about you."\\
'''Vanya:''' "Oh."

* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'':
** The man who Wis' mother was betrothed to never forgave her for bearing a child that wasn't his, and took it out on Wis once she died. [[spoiler:Wis eventually kills him by hacking off his fingers and throwing him off a castle tower.]]
** Ghorghor Bey's stepfather wasn't any kinder to him, largely because Ghorghor was the result of [[ChildByRape an ogre raping the woman he was in love with]] during an attack on their mountain village. He stayed his hand from killing Ghorghor at birth because of his mother's pleading, but after she died he threw out Ghorghor for good. Ghorghor, finally fed up with the years of abuse, kills the man before leaving the town.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Cavewoman}}'', it's Gramps' efforts at getting Meriem away from her drug-addicted mother (his daughter) that starts the whole thing. Meriem's mother comes back in time with the rest of Marshville, has an encounter with Meriem and asks for forgiveness.
* ''ComicBook/{{Amulet}}'' has the Elf King, who treats his son, Trellis, [[spoiler:and other son, Luger]] abominably. [[spoiler:He had both of their memories repeatedly wiped to the point where the two ''didn’t even know they were brothers'']], ordered his soldiers to abuse Trellis whilst he was in their custody, and to top it all off, [[spoiler:gave Trellis his distinctive scar when the latter fought back against being possessed by a [[PeoplePuppets Dark Shadow]], ''which the King himself orchestrated''. This is possibly because he isn't their father at all, [[DeadAllAlong but the Stone using his body.]]]] Then there’s Max’s father, who was emotionally abusive towards his son, pressuring him to follow in his footsteps, and to top it all off, when Max was sent to jail, his father didn’t even protest or offer any sort of emotional support.
* In ''ComicBook/TheInternship'', Cooper grew up with an abusive father who was a heavy drinker and strongly homophobic. Needless to say, it left him pretty broken, [[spoiler:even after his father's death.]]
* Prior to becoming ComicBook/EvilErnie, Ernest Fairchild was abused by both his alcoholic father and his psychotic mother. [[SelfMadeOrphan They became his first two victims.]]
* In the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', in older comics, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck can often look like this, either due to [[DependingOnTheWriter the author deciding to make him the villain opposing his nephews]], or because [[ValuesDissonance what were intended to be acts of Donald punishing his naughty nephews look much worse to modern eyes]].
* ''ComicBook/BeastsOfBurden'':
** Abusive Owners, in this case. Rex's owner is a drunk who beats him. Potentially accounts for him being such a Cowardly Lion.
** Implied for the boy from "A Dog and His Boy" — he ran away from home, says he'd rather die than go back, and the story of his childhood and family is mostly "unpleasant and cruel."
** Ace's previous home is implied to have been abusive; he sympathizes with the boy, saying he wouldn't want to be sent back to his old home.

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'':

* {{ComicBook/Squee}}[='s=] dad openly despises him and often talks about how Squee's birth ruined his life, Squee's mom is too drugged out to remember she has a son half the time (the other half she believes he's already grown up and moved out.) The series ends with them signing him over to a mental hospital for experimentation.

* ''ComicBook/{{Titeuf}}''

* The ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' family:
** [[{{ComicBook/Batgirl 2000}} Cassandra Cain]] is an odd case. She received plenty of emotional support and positive reinforcement from the man who raised her from birth to around age eight (who was also eventually revealed to be her biological father), however [[TrainingFromHell shooting her until she learned to get out of the way]] and preventing her from learning language so that segment of her brain would [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower read bodies instead]] qualify as abuse under any definition imaginable.
** [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown's]] father, in addition to being a supervillain who tried to kill her with Black Mercy, would lock her in a closet when he was angry at her.
** Batman himself [[WhatTheHellHero sometimes dips into this]], depending on the writer. ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' is the worst offender (the goddamm Batman forces 12-years-old Dick Grayson, age twelve, to live in the cave and eat ''rats''), but it's sometimes seen in the regular universe as well. Bruce can go from the world's best father to the cruelest monster imaginable within 3 issues.
** [[Characters/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne]] is essentially at the centre of the world's most bizarre custody battle between two perfectionist control freaks. He was raised by his mother, Talia Al Ghul, for the first ten years of his life. Whilst she spoilt him rotten, she also trained him as an assassin. When he rejected her way of life in favour of following his father's ideals and Dick Grayson, she [[ItMakesSenseInContext used his new spine to mind control him]], disowned him, put a price on his head, and ultimately had him murdered by his own clone. [[BackFromTheDead He got better.]]
** While [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]]'s parents were generally just obscenely neglectful his father Jack is frequently emotionally abusive and manipulative, and the way Jack flipped out completely when Tim made a joke about Jack hitting him when Jack's new girlfriend was present suggested Jack had actually hit him before.
* ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'': In "Bent Twigs", an abusive father learns that his son has been looking after a cat on the roof of their apartment building and, in the course of the subsequent rant, throws the unfortunate cat off the building to teach his son a lesson. Cue the arrival of an extremely angry Batman, who was swinging past in time to see the whole thing (but not unfortunately in time to save the cat).
* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}/Slade Wilson. Even putting aside how [[spoiler:he was heavily involved in the deaths of both of his sons]], you could make a case for this solely for Slade's youngest child. Rose Wilson has spent most of her life since her dad discovered her existence trying to deal with his epic-scale emotional manipulations. [[spoiler:After rejecting her at first, he stormed back into her life by having her foster family killed and her kidnapped. Then he lured her into being his apprentice and injected her with the same super-soldier serum that gave him his meta-human fighting abilities (crossing over into Physical Abuse as such). Rose eventually had a psychotic break and carved out [[EyeScream her own eye]] to prove her loyalty to him.]]
** Again, crosses over into physical abuse when [[spoiler:Deathstroke implants a ''chunk of kryptonite'' (which can still give humans cancer) in her eye socket so he could use her as a weapon against Superman]].
*** It should be noted that [[spoiler:since Rose had all of Deathstroke's abilities thanks to him giving her his serum, she was also immortal and immune to cancer. Either the writer forgot that his healing factor was that powerful or Nightwing straight up lied to her.]]
** ''Comicbook/DeathstrokeRebirth'' shows he was verbally and physically abusive to (at least) his eldest son Grant. His relationship with his surviving children is also bad, with nearly every interaction he has with Rose and Joseph brimming with insults and scorn. His ally Wintergreen suggests that he ''does'' genuinely love them, he just has no capacity to express it in a healthy way. [[spoiler: As demonstrated by ''putting out a hit'' on Rose so he could foil it and spend time with her trying to solve it, his attempts to help Joseph when he accepts a deal from the Legion of Doom, and his actions in the ''Lazarus Contract'' arc, where he risks time itself in an attempt to save Grant. He cannot express affection in any normal way.]]
* Rorschach is subjected to this in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'' to quite some degree. In a flashback, we see his mother openly providing her services (she's a prostitute) in front of him, and when he wanders in by mistake, driving off her client, she slaps him across the face and says she should have had an abortion. Scarring stuff, indeed.
** What he ended up seeing as a kid returns throughout the comic as a pattern on walls, in his childhood drawings, in various shapes (including [[spoiler:the shape of his mask]] at times), and actually is echoed at the very end when [[spoiler:Dan and Laurie make the same shadow in a far more peaceful situation. Additionally, Ozymandias ends up alone, casting a singular shadow on the wall in contrast to the double ones shown throughout the book]].
** Speaking of Laurie, her parents -- [[spoiler:all three of them]] -- are... not very good at it either. That said, at least [[spoiler: two biological]] ones ''try.'' Sally Jupiter does regret their relationship and hopes Laurie will look past the more selfish aspects of her being a superhero stage mom, and the comic ends with her coming to grips with her bizarre parentage, [[spoiler: and happily discussing wearing a costume like her father's.]]
* ''Franchise/TheFlash''
** ComicBook/WallyWest didn't exactly have the best parents. His father Rudy demanded to be given the love that he never got as a child from his family and his mother was too worried about appearances than being a mother. In addition, both of them frequently told him that he'd never amount to anything, and to give up on any dreams he might have had. Rudy was also physically abusive, hitting Wally when he got angry. This continued into Wally's adulthood, with both of them only contacting Wally to guilt and manipulate him into doing what they wanted, with Rudy even striking him physically at one point. This led to Wally basically breaking off all contact with them after his mother's wedding to her second husband. This abuse was actually a retcon due to ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths, and early comics portrayed Wally and both of his parents as rather close.
*** Rudy, along with Iris and Daniel, was also a victim of a physically abusive father in ''{{Comicbook/New 52}}''.
** Some of the Rogues had abusive parents.
*** Captain Cold and Golden Glider grew up with a physically abusive father. Years later, Cold had the chance to kill his dad, but couldn't bring himself to do it and let Heat Wave do the honors.
*** The first Captain Boomerang grew up with an abusive father and mother.
** ComicBook/EobardThawne, on the other hand, had abusive parents who conceived him merely for research, favor his brother, and treat him with cold disdain. This is all emotional neglect, but it crosses the line to abuse when they slap him for getting angry at his younger brother's tantrums.
* Wolfsbane's father helped a group of religious fanatics brainwash his daughter into a programmed killer to be sent after her teammate, Angel. [[KarmicDeath It blows up in his face in an ironic way.]]
** Given the level of emotional abuse he subjected her to growing up (his hiding the fact that it was he that sired her upon her supposed harlot of a mother being the least of it) ''and'' his leading the mob that shot her and tried to burn her at the stake when her powers kicked in, the above shows that he's nothing if not consistent.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** ComicBook/NormanOsborn:
*** When Harry Osborn got his first bike, some boys stole it from him. His father took it back only to break it into pieces in front of his son and tell him that this is what happens to the things that he can't guard. Years after, because of his toxic father, Harry started to use drugs and it is part of the reason why he became the second [[LegacyCharacter Green Goblin]]. [[spoiler:And what Norman went on to do makes him king of this trope]].
*** [[spoiler:In ''American Son Story'', we learn Norman had sex with Harry's current girlfriend, knocking her up, and made Harry think it was him. Worst father ever? You decide.]]
*** Norman's own father was also abusive to him. It must run in the family.
*** While Harry was going insane as Green Goblin II, it was heavily implied that he was grooming his son to be just as much of a maniac as him, but it never seemed to be physical.
*** The worst part is that the combined (perceived) hate of Spider-Man and his father was fully responsible for Harry becoming the Green Goblin again and leading to his death -- and that it was all ''his own imagination''.
** ComicBook/DoctorOctopus’s father was incredibly abusive and his mother was overbearing. It’s a small wonder Otto turned out like he did given his terrible upbringing.
** Mary-Jane's father blamed his family for his own failed ambitions, and is generally depicted as a deadbeat, often-alcoholic trainwreck. In the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy 2000s film trilogy]], she's clearly desperate to get away from his verbal and emotional abuse, and he only shows up at her plays to ask for money.
** Oh, and there's Black Tarantula, ComicBook/SpiderMan's ex-enemy, who, in the '90s, tried to take his son from his ex-wife, both of whom were under the protection of another criminal. He attacked that criminal's headquarters alone and defeated everyone who got in his way, including Spider-Man. However, when his ex-wife reminded him how his father had destroyed his childhood by forcing him into [[TrainingFromHell training]] and asked if he wanted the same for his son, he just walked away, leaving them alone.
** Darkdevil from ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', by a gambling alcoholic uncle. Not to be confused with his [[ComicBook/SpiderMan other uncle]].
** One of [[CloningBlues Ben Reilly]]'s girlfriends, Elizabeth Tyne, who decided to become a SelfMadeOrphan. Made worse in ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' [[LighterAndSofter of all universes]], where [[spoiler:it's implied that after turning herself in, Elizabeth spent the rest of her life in prison]] for killing the jerk. Oh, and [[spoiler:her son ends up being (physically) abused by her family, too]].
** ''ComicBook/{{Trouble}}'', before it was thrown into CanonDiscontinuity, imply Aunt May's father was abusive to her and her mother and feared his reaction to her being a teenaged mom [[spoiler:to what would've been her [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo son/"nephew"]].]]
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'':
** [[{{Jerkass}} Howard Stark]], Tony Stark's father, was verbally and emotionally abusive. As a child, Tony respected his father greatly and wanted to please him. However, in spite of Tony's genius, Tony's reluctance (and inability) to assimilate his father's "[[BlatantLies ethics]]" caused Howard to resent and despise his son. Howard's rejection hurt Tony deeply, and although Tony has long since lost all respect for his father, he's never entirely gotten over it, as shown in ''Iron Man: Legacy of Doom'':
--->(''in Mephisto's Realm, Howard Stark's spirit appears before Tony'')\\
'''Tony:''' Y-you?\\
'''Howard:''' Losing again, eh, boy? You always were a wimp. Never had the ''stones'' to do what had to be done.\\
'''Tony:''' I always tried to do what was ''right!''\\
'''Howard:''' Brilliance isn't enough. You'll never reach your true potential worrying about ''consequences''. You're '''''weak.'''''. [...] [[IHaveNoSon You're no son of mine]].\\
'''Tony:''' ''I'd heard it all before. But the pain was still enough to distract me from the physical task at hand.''\\
(''Howard lunges; Tony flees, unable to attack his own father'')\\
'''Howard:''' '''''COWARD!''''' You were my greatest shame, but I'll make a man of you yet! I'll ''beat'' it into you!\\
(''later, after Howard is defeated'')\\
'''Tony:''' ''You can't kill something already dead. [[IronWoobie I'd been telling myself that for a long time]].''
** In ''Legacy of Doom'', Howard is also physically abusive, but it's unclear whether or not Howard ever physically abused Tony in life. (Although Tony doesn't seem too surprised by Howard trying to kill him; but then again, Tony ''is'' in hell.)
** Howard makes Tony to drink a cup of bourbon when he's a child in order to win some momentary approval. He may have not forced it down Tony's throat, but he did coerce Tony into doing it, and that transcends into physical.
** ''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark'' seems to have given a major reason to all of this - [[spoiler:stress due to the fear that the Rigellian Recorder would realize that Tony wasn't his true son, that he was adopted to save his biological son, Arno, from being used as a weapon. Tony... is still mixed about the whole thing.]]

* Jason Rusch's ComicBook/{{Firestorm}} (pre-reboot) was physically abused by his father.
* The very first time we see Chase Stein of ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'', his dad is punching him in the face for getting bad grades. It's implied that this sort of thing has been happening regularly for most of Chase's life, and as the series goes on we find serious issues under the BookDumb jock facade. He eventually admits that he convinced himself there must be ''something'' wrong with him to justify all that, and suffers from MultipleChoicePast as a result. He can't quite tell which bits are the lies he told himself anymore.
** Later on, the group adopts Klara Prast, a Swiss immigrant from the early 20th century whose parents declared that she was wicked because of her strange powers, and thus sold her into marriage to a creep who repeatedly raped her, sent her to work in unsafe factories, and threatened to sell her into outright slavery if she complained. And this was when she was only goddamned ''eleven years old''.
* Many fans forget but ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is a terrible, terrible '''downright awful mother''', let's start with her biological son Kurt Wagner aka ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} when he's born she was cast out by the village and her lover. At first she [[BaittheDog seems]] like a MamaBear protecting her baby from harm until she realizes she can use [[VoluntaryShapeShifting her powers]] to make a new life and there’s only one thing that's holding her back and she tosses little baby Kurt [[https://marswillsendnomore.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/uncanny-x-men-428-nightcrawler-023.jpg off a cliff]]. Mystique says she doesn't regret it when confronted by her son and even flashes him [[SlasherSmile a grin]] as she says so.
** Despite tossing him as a baby and frequently fighting him, [[DependingOnTheWriter numerous writers]] have ''tried'' to make amends between the blue mother and son. Mystique has hesitated when given a chance to stab Kurt, begged him for forgiveness and even sacrificed herself for him. But the rest of the times she just manipulate him for personal gain or takes out her rage for Azazel (Kurt's dad) on him. The fact that Nightcrawler is willingly to be kind to her, protect her and even reluctantly accept her into X-Men speaks more about Kurt's [[NiceGuy compassion]] than it does about her. Averted in ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'' due having her morals flipped Mystique loves Kurt unconditionally and does everything in her power to make sure he doesn’t do he’ll regret while he’s evil, [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming she even grabs onto him while he tries to bamf away from her saying that she loves him]]. However this is more upsetting as it proves Mystique has the capacity to be good mother but she just chooses not to.
** There's also Mystique's treatment of ComicBook/{{Rogue}} her surrogate daughter, and if you thought Nightcrawler got the worst from her boy you'd be wrong. Raised from a young age with the worst anti-human teaching, Rogue [[DaddysLittleVillain took after]] Mystique and also received abuse from her and was abandoned (she really has a knack for it) leading to Rogue finding the X-Men and raised in [[RaiseHimRightThisTime a better fashion]]. Like with Nightcrawler the writers bounce back and forth with Mystique's care for Rogue sometimes she be a MamaBear and willingly to sacrifice anything to protect her. But at other times she has [[https://uncannyxmen.net/sites/default/files/images/spotlight/mystique38.jpg slapped her daughter]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/99/76/f2/9976f290fa8b4936694705681164bfe7--parental-advisory-xmen.jpg stabbed her in the gut]] and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/4226/161134-48307-rogue.jpg shot her]]. If that weren't bad enough, there are Mystique's "attempts" to look after Rogue like turning into her to seduce her boyfriend ComicBook/{{Gambit}} to see if he'd be faithful to her daughter and even kept up her record of [[WouldHurtAChild terrible baby handling]] as she tried to use ComicBook/HopeSummers, to try [[TouchOfDeath revive Rogue from Strain 88 virus]] and gets TheReasonYouSuck speech from Gambit. When Rogue wakes up and learns from a overjoyed Mystique what she tried to do, Rogue wastes no time giving her mother a [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beatdown]].
** We also can't forget to mention Graydon. It's sad when Mystique is a worse parent than [[ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} Victor Creed]]. She & Victor were lovers for a while, and Mystique faked her death to run out on him, and didn't bother to ever tell him she was pregnant with his baby. When said child was born, Mystique kept an eye on him until she found out he wasn't a mutant, then lost all interest in him, describing him as boring. Graydon sometimes snuck away from the orphanage to spy on her, where he discovered her true form. After finding out who she really is, Graydon is shocked & Mystique proceeds to taunt him about it, then reveals Sabretooth is his father, rather than a bond trader like she said. Even into Graydon's adulthood, Mystique cares nothing for him and mentions abandoning him because a kid would've cramped her style. Not to mention she was the one who assassinated him. But prior to the assassination, is it any wonder he has a low opinion of mutants?
** Amazingly, Sabretooth, unlike Mystique, did seem to have respect for their son after seeing how ruthless Graydon could be. Victor teases Graydon, but seemed genuinely fond of him, to the point wishing him luck on his campaign & asking his son to remember him when he becomes president. He also claims Graydon as his son, given he frequently calls him "son" whenever he addresses him. When Victor & Mystique come to blows in X-Factor, Mystique shape-shifts into Graydon as a way to distract (or possibly hurt) Victor, as she did earlier when she morphed into his dead mother to upset him. Only this time, Sabretooth was beyond pissed and wasted no time clobbering her for it. During their stint in Hell during ''ComicBook/WeaponX2017'', Sabretooth is horrified to find Graydon in Hell and ''immediately'' tries to save him. [[EvenEvilHasStandards He is visibly appalled]] when he pleads with Mystique to help him save Graydon, and she coldly tells him to just leave Graydon in Hell.
*** You could even argue Sabertooth's abuse was his twisted way of caring. When we do see him given a flashback his parents are cruel, withgood intentions, honestly thinking Victor was possessed. His kid would have to be tough to survive such a world and to already have no powers as a handicap.
** Mystique poor treatment of her children likely comes from her own father as "Don't let Papa get you" is her SurvivalMantra at one point.
** Wolverine lampshades it when he's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech listing how bad Mystique]] is, as he calls her a "piss poor mother" and this coming from a dude who has dozens of illegitimate children is very telling.
* ''X-Men'''s Tabitha Smith/Boom-Boom was abused by her father until she ran away from home. This is a pretty commonplace trope for their [[ComicBook/XMen mutant]] characters.
* Brenda from the Jaime Reyes ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' comics. Her father reportedly knocked her around on a regular basis [[spoiler:at first, but then upped the ante and put her in the hospital when the police questioned her about Jaime's disappearance, causing Brenda's crime boss aunt to have him killed.]]
* Obsidian's adoptive father was physically abusive when he was drunk. Unfortunately, he was drunk all the time. During [[FaceHeelTurn his time as a villain]], Obsidian [[SelfMadeOrphan killed said adoptive father]].
* Marvel Comics' Bullseye possibly has an abusive father. Whether it's true or not, the guy is dead.
-->'''Psychologist''': And you say your father beat you?\\
'''Bullseye''': Yes, until I was fourteen. \\
'''Psychologist''': Hmmm. I see. And what happened then.\\
'''Bullseye''': (kills psychologist with [[ImprobableWeaponUser a voice recorder]]) [[BreadEggsMilkSquick I killed him.]]
** His mom apparently wasn't too great of a woman either.
-->'''Bullseye''': ''(as he becomes a Dark Avenger)'' Pity I killed my mom in high school- she would've loved this. ''(beat, as everyone stares at him)'' Kidding. She wouldn't've cared.
* ComicBook/{{Carnage}}, another crazy supervillain from Marvel, has serious issues with this. At least one of his parents was abusive. He said once that his mother tried to kill him, but his father saw this and killed her. However, another time he said that his father killed his mother, when he was trying to kill him. Possibly his grandmother was that same kind of person. For both father and grandmother it [[SelfMadeOrphan didn't end well]].

* The DCU's Damage was sexually abused by his foster father.
* According to ''ComicBook/{{Elektra}}: Assassin'', Elektra of ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' was sexually abused by her father at the age of 5, after which she was told it had never happened until she more-or-less believed it.

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'': There's Bruce Banner's father, Brian. He'd been abused by his father, leading Brian to believe his father was a monster, that he had inherited the 'monster gene', and that any children he had [[InTheBlood would be monsters too]]. Brian initially chose to ignore Bruce, believing him to be a monster in the making. When it became apparent Bruce was a child genius, Brian saw his worst fears confirmed, and started beating both Bruce and his mother, Rebecca. After several years of abuse, Rebecca attempted to escape with Bruce, but Brian killed her and intimidated Bruce into saying Brian hadn't done anything to them. The truth only came out when Brian got drunk and boasted about what he'd done. Brian was locked up in a mental institution, dying shortly after release. End result? Bruce developed [[SplitPersonality multiple personality syndrome]] - and after a certain accident with a gamma bomb, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy his personalities became the various Hulks]]. [[spoiler: And Bruce (accidentally) killed him. In a subsequent story, Banner himself admits it might not have been accidental. He came back from the dead and in Devil Hulk form in the ComicBook/ChaosWar tie-in, but the Hulk sent him to Hell... only to return as a body-hopping spirit to confront his son in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk''.]]
* {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} is all over this trope. He has 3 known sons, all of whom he treats badly to various degrees. He feels nothing but contempt for Kalibak, ignoring, mocking, and blasting him with Omega Beams whenever it suits him. His other son Grayven is an outcast. Oddly enough, the son Darkseid favors most is Orion, the one he sent away to be raised by his enemies. This didn't stop Darkseid from [[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring killing Orion]] in the opening of ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'']].
* ComicBook/{{Thanos}} being Darkseid’s Marvel {{Expy}} shares the latter’s horrific parenting skills. To please [[TheGrimReaper Lady Death]], Thanos butchered his numerous illegitimate along with their mothers without hesitation. He has brutally tortured his “granddaughter” [[ComicBook/NebulaMarvelComics Nebula]] such as in ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' where he holds leaves her in state between life and death for hours. He has frequently hurt his son Thane, including punching him through a planet and condemning him the hellish God Quarry. The only child of Thanos whom he does arguably treat well (by his low standards at least) is ComicBook/{{Gamora}} who got a surprisingly amount of [[PetTheDog affection]] and [[PapaWolf care]] from him during her youth. Although even then Thanos was still not above putting Gamora through TrainingFromHell, brainwashing, forcibly giving her cybernetic upgrades and did try to kill her once when she betrayed him for ComicBook/AdamWarlock (though he forgave her later). Being Thanos’s favourite child really isn’t that much better than being one he despises, given Gamora became quite the TykeBomb.
* Felix Faust manages to be the worst father in comics with one act: ''selling his infant son's soul to a demon for power''. Luckily (well, sorta), the demon Nebiros decided to screw over Felix and gave the ''kid'' the power instead -- after taking the soul. Turning your own son into a soulless abomination of the universe in a selfish bid for more power takes abuse to a whole new level.
* The ComicBook/RedSkull from ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' may be the worst father in comics. When his daughter was born he tried to throw her into the ocean because he didn't want a female heir. He was convinced to allow her to live by one of his servants, but demanded she be raised without love. Skull treats her more like a servant than a daughter, heaping emotional and physical abuse whenever he can. Also when his daughter was injured on a mission, the Skull seemed not care about the welfare of his daughter, instead finding the situation amusing. Even worse, he used a machine to MindRape his daughter in order to "educate" her.
* Speaking of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica much like Tony and Bruce, his father Joseph Rogers was [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon completely unlike him]] in every way being a unstable drunk like Howard and Brian who violently abused his wife Sarah and his son Steve. While it’s clear Cap got his [[IncorruptiblePurePureness goodnesses]] from his mother, interestingly Steve doesn’t speak a single bad word about his father saying things like “god rest his soul” and [[EasilyForgiven overlooking]] Joseph’s horrible nature only attributing it to his alcoholism. It’s more than likely this just how Cap processes his pain as his mother while teaching him [[{{Determinator}} to never give up]] also implored Steve to forgive Joseph’s actions and he doesn’t want to besmirch her good memory. Cap is still more affected by father’s actions than he lets on, as his EvilTwin in ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' goads “You couldn’t even protect your own mother” signifying Steve deeply regrets being unable to save Sarah from Joseph’s abuse.

* ComicBook/JonahHex's father Woodson Hex abused his son both emotionally and physically and ultimately sold him as a slave to the Apaches.

* The retellings of ComicBook/TwoFace's (i.e. Harvey Dent's) origin have this present, largely being physical with an emotional element. The origins of the "Two-Face" persona come from a twisted game Dent's alcoholic father would play with him, based on a coin toss; heads, Dent's father would beat him senseless, tails, Dent would be off the hook. The catch was that the coin was a [[UnwinnableByDesign double-headed one]], and Dent never won. The idealistic part that hoped the coin would land tails one day would go on to be Harvey, while the cynical part that ''knew'' it never would became Two-Face.
* ComicBook/{{Magneto}} especially in his [[CharacterizationMarchesOn early days]] dips into this in regards to his children as his life as a father has been far from spotless. ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} has gotten the brunt of his cruelty, as apart from rarely giving Pietro [[WellDoneSonGuy affection or praise]], Mags nearly killed him in ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' as ComicBook/ScarletWitch pleaded with him to stop. Wanda herself also got plenty of manipulative emotional abuse from him and her unstable nature can definitely attributed to his upbringing. He’s also come into conflict with his biological daughter ComicBook/{{Polaris}} who fairly [[CallingTheOldManOut points out]] how much he sucks at parenting. Thankfully most comics have [[DownplayedTrope toned this down]], with Magneto being presented as a [[PapaWolf protective]] and caring father and grandfather. Mostly to Lorna, Wanda and her sons Wiccan and Speed, but even then he’s far from perfect and often puts his own schemes over them.

* In ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' comics, it was hinted that ComicBook/{{Loki}}'s biological parents were neglectful and downright abusive. He managed to [[{{Patricide}} get his revenge]], though.
--> '''Loki''': You will never strike me again! NEVER!!!
* Baron von Strucker viewed two of his children, the twins Andreas and Andrea, as worthless disappointments and wasn't that shy about that fact. His reaction when Norman Osborn tells him he killed Andreas? That the baron owes him a favor. And he himself killed his other son Werner as part of a HYDRA power struggle.

* ComicBook/{{X 23}} can certainly fall under this trope depending on how you define "parents." Zander Rice was one of the lead scientists involved in her creation, and the abuse he leveled at the poor girl was outright ''horrific''. Her mother, Dr. Sarah Kinney, (who provided the surrogate womb and some genetic material) was under the orders of Rice and project leader Martin Sutter to deny X-23 an emotional connection. To her credit, though, Kinney defied those orders whenever she could, but couldn't prevent the emotional damage the young Laura sustained before she could be freed from the Facility's control. And let's not even get into what [[AxeCrazy Kimura]], her ''other'' primary adult "role model," [[ColdBloodedTorture did to her]]...
** Hints dropped throughout ''ComicBook/InnocenceLost'' (including a copy of an actual ''police report'') and ''Target X'' reveal that Sarah herself was abused by her father, which neither her mother nor sister would corroborate, ultimately resulting in Sarah cutting off contact with her family and only briefly reconnecting with her sister before her death.
** Kimura was also the result of a neglectful mother and abusive father. Her grandmother attempted to undo the damage, but by then it was too late, and Kimura used the abuse and bullying she suffered as a child as an excuse to do it back to others when she grew older, ''particularly'' Laura.
* Hummingbird, a she-villain from ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'', had one of these in the form of a super-fanatical GranolaGirl. The most well-known thing about Hummingbird's mom is that she stabbed Hummingbird's father ''47 times'', killing him in the process, for the "crime" of cooking pancakes for himself and Hummingbird. Hummingbird's eventual response was to tie mom up in bed and then [[SelfMadeOrphan burn her to death]]. It's unclear if she was awake or not at the time, though.
* ComicBook/TheJoker has made claims of having one or more abusive parents to his various psychiatrists before in pre-''ComicBook/New52'' continuity, most notably when he corrupted Harley Quinn, but even he isn't sure if he's telling the truth or not when he does. In ''New 52'' continuity, it's been implied he genuinely did have one, in the form of a highly abusive aunt (she starved him, beat him, and washed his face with bleach regularly)... who knows if that will or won't remain canon, though.
* Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} from the X-Men had an abusive mother. Elizabeth Howlett [[spoiler: Hudson]] was neglectful of her son as she became mentally ill after witnessing her first born son John's claws emerge for the first time, leading to her scarring (her absences were to the asylum); in her few visits to the Howlett Estate she wasn't seen interacting with James. However after history repeated itself with her youngest son (who had just witnessed his [[spoiler: step]] father murdered and had just slain his [[spoiler: biological]] father in his rage), her response was to smack her son across the face with her lover's rifle and disown him, calling him an 'animal' as he fled the estate.
** His [[spoiler: biological]] father was never a saint; he regularly beat and abused his son, Dog, and introduced the boy to alcohol while encouraging the boy's sociopathic tendencies.

* Lian Harper's mother [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Cheshire]] is an emotionally abusive kind. She initially had Lian for the sake of tormenting Roy Harper after he walked out on her, intending to taunt him with the fact that he wouldn't know what his child looked like, her name, or her gender. When Roy gained custody of Lian, this started a trend of Jade consistently disrupting their lives and using her position as Lian's mom to exert some control on Roy. It finally reached a point when, during her stint in the ComicBook/SecretSix, Jade conceived a replacement child when Lian's well-being was exploited to make her stay on the team.
* ComicBook/EmmaFrost's father was cold and emotionless and encouraged his children to play mindgames with each other. Her mother was a neglectful drug abuser.

* In ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfClarkKent'', [[ForgottenFriendNewFoe Conduit]]'s father [[WhyAreYouNotMySon emotionally abused him]] for coming in second to Clark.
* ComicBook/StanleyAndHisMonster's appearance in the ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' arc "Quiver'' sees Stanley's grandfather and namesake as this as he was a [[ReligionOfEvil Satanist]] who wanted to [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] his first born infant to a demon to gain {{immortality}}, and wasn't any better to his grandson, starving and torturing Stanley. [[spoiler: This culminated in Spot, the "Monster" of the duo, giving Stanley Sr. [[KarmicDeath a well-deserved death]] and mindwiping Stanley to save his sanity.]]
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
** ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'':
*** Gary Richards. It's no wonder Reed turned out so mentally unstable. Gary is from the first issue shown to be verbally and emotionally (if not physically) abusive toward Reed, having no interest or tolerance for Reed's tinkering, yelling at him for turning the phone into a device, then throwing it at Reed's dinner. A later issue suggests Gary was physically abusive as well. Thanos manages to torture Reed by conjuring an image of Gary prepared to beat him.
*** Thanos to his three children. He physically abused Ronan to make him subservient, and removed all the skin from his daughter's arm, just for talking back. Hearing Atrea trail off describing his parenting style causes Ben to remark that he sounds like Reed's father.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateDaredevilAndElektra'': Trey's father got him out of prison, but once they are alone... how does he dare to drag the Langstrom name to the mud? He slapped him and ordered him to end the problem.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''
*** Magneto was deeply abusive to both his kids, but especially Quicksilver. It's explained that this is because their mother was a human, which Magneto considered an act of bestiality, making Pietro a walking, talking reminder of the most shameful moment of his life. And for added flavour, looked exactly like him.
*** The parents of Beast are the absolute worst of any X-Men. He mentioned once how his father used to take potshots at him after coming home drunk since he was an infant. His mother is considerably bigoted and refused to even respond to a phone call about her son nearly dying from being injured by Sentinels. Of course, once he gets famous and respected they're totally eager to reconcile...
*** Iceman's parents kicked him out for being a mutant. And after ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', he tried going home. They kicked him out again.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': Astarte put her daughter, Theana, through Training from Hell—forcing her to murder one hundred other children or starve—then kept her caged like an animal. When Diana starts getting through to Theana with her message of love Astarte orders her daughter executed.
* In ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'', Arrowette's mother is a former superheroine-turned-StageMom who tries to force Cissie into taking up her old mantle so that she can vicariously relive her "glory days". While Cissie eventually forgives her, she also makes a point of not living under her mother's roof.
* Wolverine's archenemy {{ComicBook/Sabretooth}} had an abusive father. Part of Sabretooth's mutant powers is his canines growing into fangs and fingernails into claws. After his powers manifested, his father chained him up in the basement and pulled those out with pliers. And since rapid healing is part of Sabretooth's powers, they had grown up by the next day, so his father repeated it again and again and again and again. In addition to physical torture, Creed was psychologically abused as well, with his father calling him a monster & even saying he's glad his own father is dead so he doesn't have to see what kind of monster his son gave him for a grandson. He would bring Creed food like a dog & make him beg for it like a dog while calling him a monster. Is it any wonder when Creed finally got loose, his first order of business was to murder his father.
** Though he won't win father of the year, Sabretooth was a considerably better father than his own. As noted in Mystique's section, he did have some respect & fondness for his own son after seeing that Graydon was just like him in terms of ruthlessness & vindictiveness.

* In ''ComicBook/ShazamTheNewBeginning'', Dr. Thaddeus Sivana is this toward his two children Beautia and Magnificus, and also to his nephew Billy Batson, whom he was given custody of so that he could inherit the boy's life insurance from his parents in order to fund his research.

* Examples in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics:
** Bertron, the alien scientist from ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'', is this of the creator/father sort in that he subjected his creation, the creature that would someday become Doomsday, to a constant cycle of death and rebirth in order to force evolution upon the child so that he would grow to become the UltimateLifeForm. Upon reaching that goal, however, Bertron found himself at the mercy of his own creation as it turned its attention toward its creators after killing all the resident lifeforms on the planet. Bertron tried to talk down the creature by saying, "You cannot kill...your own father," only to be killed soon afterward. Years later, Waverider would find out that the creature's rampage is fueled by the fact that it sees everything it comes across as a reflection of its creator/father.
** In [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis comics]], it looks like ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s father Zor-El was a bastard who performed experiments on her and tried to make her a murderer, but it turns out he's actually a nice guy, and it's her mother Alura who is cold, domineering, manipulative and emotionally abusive, to the point she doesn't shy away from using her husband's death to guilt-trip Kara into complying with her orders. In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'' she treats Kara as an incompetent, dumb soldier rather than her own daughter.
--->'''Kara:''' I told you, this isn't my fault! There was a Kryptonian woman--\\
'''Alura In-Ze:''' Enough. One more chance. Bring me Reactron. You owe it to your father's memory. [...] I warn you. Do not return to New Krypton empty-handed, Kara. [...] If you pass this test, you will prove to me that you are not as useless a soldier as some would lead me to believe--
** Post-Crisis ComicBook/LexLuthor's father (eventually named Lionel) has at best been characterised as a fellow criminal, and at worst as an abusive, alcoholic monster. In ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'', Luthor's father believed he had the next "Einstein" on his hands and was completely ruthless in pushing his son to his creative limits. In ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing'', Lex loses it when he finally figures out Superman's identity.
--->'''Luthor:''' I was happy to be rid of what I had for a father! But you...you [[GoodParents got them]]! [[FantasticRacism You're not human!]] You don't ''deserve'' to be Clark Kent!
** In ''ComicBook/LastSon'', Chris Kent has good reason to be afraid of General Zod. Zod threatens to put him down along with anyone who stands against him, and fully intends to do it before Superman intervenes. He brushes this off as he "can always make another".
** ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': Apparition's absent father in the reboot certainly qualifies, having sold two of her three bodies to pay off his gambling debts. Dr. Londo at least in the Animated Series also qualifies. Timber Wolf's relationship with his father varies on continuity whether he was a bastard or a Papa Wolf. It was assumed before the reboot (in his solo series to be specific) he had a poor relationship with his father when the drug/Zuunium Rays Dr. Londo used on his son was slowly killing him. His reasoning with Gemini/Aria to going into the past (part of her power) which lead to his solo series was in fact to stop his father from beginning the Zuunium treatments which would lead to Timber Wolf's subsequent illness.

* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': While not his biological father, the treatment Carnelian receives from Opal is nothing shy of abusive.

** Discussed when Titeuf and Hugo see girl with a blacked eye and Hugo believe that her father beats her, though there is no indication that it is true and the girl gets angry at Titeuf for insulting her father so it's likely false. Later Manu and François think Titeuf's father beats him because he have a blaked eye now but it's actually the girl who did it to him.

* ComicBook/{{Magneto}} especially in his [[CharacterizationMarchesOn early days]] dips into this in regards to his children as his life as a father has been far from spotless. ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} has gotten the brunt of his cruelty, as apart from rarely giving Pietro [[WellDoneSonGuy affection or praise]], Mags nearly killed him in ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' as ComicBook/ScarletWitch pleaded with him to stop. Wanda herself also gets emotional manipulative abuse from him and her unstable nature can definitely attributed to his upbringing. He’s also come into conflict with his biological daughter ComicBook/{{Polaris}} who fairly points out how much he sucks at parenting. Thankfully most comics have [[DownplayedTrope toned this down]], with Magneto being presented as a [[PapaWolf protective]] and caring father and grandfather. Mostly to Lorna, Wanda and her sons Wiccan and Speed, but even then he’s far from perfect and often puts his own schemes over them.

** There's also Mystique's treatment of ComicBook/{{Rogue}} her surrogate daughter, and if you thought Nightcrawler got the worst from her boy you'd be wrong. Raised from a young age with the worst anti-human teaching, Rogue [[DaddysLittleVillain took after]] Mystique and also received abuse from her and was abandoned (she really has a knack for it) leading to Rogue finding the X-Men and raised in [[RaiseHimRightThisTime a better fashion]]. Like with Nightcrawler the writers bounce back and forth with Mystique's care for Rogue sometimes she be a MamaBear and willingly to sacrifice anything to protect her. But at other times she has [[https://uncannyxmen.net/sites/default/files/images/spotlight/mystique38.jpg slapped her daughter]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/99/76/f2/9976f290fa8b4936694705681164bfe7--parental-advisory-xmen.jpg stabbed her in the gut]] and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/4226/161134-48307-rogue.jpg shot her]]. If that weren't bad enough, there are Mystique's "attempts" to look after Rogue like turning into her to seduce her boyfriend ComicBook/{{Gambit}} to see if he'd be faithful to her daughter and even kept up her record of terrible baby handling as she tried to use ComicBook/HopeSummers, to try [[TouchOfDeath revive Rogue from Strain 88 virus]] and receives a TheReasonYouSuck speech from Gambit. When Rogue wakes up and learns from a overjoyed Mystique what she tried to do, Rogue wastes no time giving her mother a [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beatdown]].

** ''Comicbook/DeathstrokeRebirth'' shows he was verbally and physically abusive to (at least) his eldest son Grant. His relationship with his surviving children is also bad, with nearly every interaction he has with Rose and Joseph brimming with insults and scorn. His ally Wintergreen suggests that he ''does'' genuinely love them, he just has no capacity to express it in a healthy way. [[spoiler: As demonstrated by ''putting out a hit'' on Rose so he could foil it and spend time with her trying to solve it, his attempts to help Joseph when he accepts a deal from the Legion of Doom, and his actions in the ''Lazarus Contract'' arc, where he risks time itself in an attempt to save Grant. He cannot express affection in any normal way.]]

** Magneto was deeply abusive to both his kids, but especially Quicksilver. It's explained that this is because their mother was a human, which Magneto considered an act of bestiality, making Pietro a walking, talking reminder of the most shameful moment of his life. And for added flavour, looked exactly like him.

** When Knuckles was born, his parents soon begin arguing about the proper way to raise him. It eventually got so bad that his father Locke divorced his wife and took sole custody of the boy so he could raise him to be a guardian. Locke essentially abandoned his son when he was ten years old, forcing him to fend for himself for years with little or no contact with other people. Locke insists that all of this was done to build character and make Knuckles a better guardian by forcing him to do things himself. In truth, he had Knuckles under close observation the entire time he was "abandoned" and often expresses regret at causing his son so much grief, but he still insists he was only [[IDidWhatIHadToDo doing his job.]] However, Locke did get a considerable comeuppance, as his actions regarding Knuckles led to an echidna scientist going rogue and getting a considerable number of their race slaughtered.

** In the ContinuityReboot universe, the abusive parent here is now Rotor's father, who seemingly hated Rotor's amazing genius and inventions. It got to the point where Rotor ran away to Mobotropolis (arriving just after Eggman took over) and [[spoiler:Rotor's father became an Egg Boss]].

* Speaking of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica much like Tony and Bruce, his father Joseph Rogers was [[FatherUnlikeSon completely unlike him]] in every way being a unstable drunk like Howard and Brian who violently abused his wife Sarah and his son Steve. While it’s clear Cap got his [[IncorruptiblePurePureness goodnesses]] from his mother, interestingly Steve doesn’t speak a single bad word about his father saying things like “god rest his soul” and [[EasilyForgiven overlooking]] Joseph’s horrible nature only attributing it to his alcoholism. It’s more than likely this just how Cap processes his pain as his mother while teaching him [[{{Determinator}} to never give up]] also implored Steve to forgive Joseph’s actions and he doesn’t want to besmirch her good memory. Cap is still more affected by father’s actions than he lets on, as his EvilTwin in ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' goads “You couldn’t even protect your own mother” signifying Steve deeply regrets being unable to save Sarah from Joseph’s abuse.

** There's also Mystique's treatment of ComicBook/{{Rogue}} her surrogate daughter, and if you thought Nightcrawler got the worst from her boy you'd be wrong. Raised from a young age with the worst anti-human teaching, Rogue [[DaddysLittleVillain took after]] Mystique and also received abuse from her and was abandoned (she really has a knack for it) leading to Rogue finding the X-Men and raised in [[RaiseHimRightThisTime a better fashion]]. Like with Nightcrawler the writers bounce back and forth with Mystique's care for Rogue sometimes she be a MamaBear and willingly to sacrifice anything to protect her. But at other times she has [[https://uncannyxmen.net/sites/default/files/images/spotlight/mystique38.jpg slapped her daughter]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/99/76/f2/9976f290fa8b4936694705681164bfe7--parental-advisory-xmen.jpg stabbed her in the gut]] and [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/4226/161134-48307-rogue.jpg shot her]]. If that weren't bad enough, there are Mystique's "attempts" to look after Rogue like turning into her to seduce her boyfriend ComicBook/{{Gambit}} to see if he'd be faithful to her daughter and even kept up her record of terrible baby handling as she tried to use Hope Summers, to try [[TouchOfDeath revive Rogue from Strain 88 virus]] and receives a TheReasonYouSuck speech from Gambit. When Rogue wakes up and learns from overjoyed Mystique what she tried to do, Rogue wastes no time giving her mother a [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge beatdown]].

*** Amazingly, Sabretooth, unlike Mystique, did seem to have respect for their son after seeing how ruthless Graydon could be. Victor teases Graydon, but seemed genuinely fond of him, to the point wishing him luck on his campaign & asking his son to remember him when he becomes president. He also claims Graydon as his son, given he frequently calls him "son" whenever he addresses him. When Victor & Mystique come to blows in X-Factor, Mystique shape-shifts into Graydon as a way to distract (or possibly hurt) Victor, as she did earlier when she morphed into his dead mother to upset him. Only this time, Sabretooth was beyond pissed and wasted no time clobbering her for it. During their stint in Hell during ''ComicBook/WeaponX2017'', Sabretooth is horrified to find Graydon in Hell and ''immediately'' tries to save him. [[EvenEvilHasStandards He is visibly appalled]] when he pleads with Mystique to help him save Graydon, and she coldly tells him to just leave Graydon in Hell.

*** You could argue Sabertooth's abuse was his twisted way of caring. When we do see him given a flashback his parents are cruel, withgood intentions, honestly thinking Victor was possessed. His kid would have to be tough to survive such a world and to already have no powers as a handicap.
*** Wolverine lampshades it when he's listing how bad Mystique is, as he calls her a "piss poor mother" and this coming from a dude who has dozens of illegitimate children is very telling.