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** The Caged Demonwolf is an EldritchAbomination that Emp captured while out on a mission, leaving him to be a SealedEvilInACan. He can talk and perceive his surroundings, but he can't actually do anything, so they just leave his prison (a set of bondage gear) on the couch and treat him like a somewhat annoying roommate and ignore that he once tried to wipe out humanity and rants every day about doing it again. Underneath all the bluster, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who considers Emp and her fellows to be good friends of his, and bears no ill will for his imprisonment (he's immortal; a few decades of being stuck on a couch and watching reality TV aren't a big deal).
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* Lucifer from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' and his own SpinOff series is always polite and eloquent, even in [[PaintingTheMedium his speech bubbles]]. He stops being evil by ''The Season of Mists'', and settles for being a somewhat amoral DeadpanSnarker. ... and dives right back in to being evil in his solo series (the very first plot arc opens with him casually destroying another angel's several millennia of work over a ''mistake''). He is still impeccably polite (until deliberately provoked), and always keeps his word.
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* Lucifer from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' and his own SpinOff series ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'' is always polite and eloquent, even in [[PaintingTheMedium his speech bubbles]]. He stops being evil by ''The Season of Mists'', Mists'' and settles for being a somewhat amoral DeadpanSnarker. ... and dives right back in to being evil in his solo series (the very first plot arc opens with him casually destroying another angel's several millennia of work over a ''mistake''). He is still impeccably polite (until deliberately provoked), and always keeps his word.
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* Comicbook/ShadeTheChangingMan encounters the "Devil", who comes across as a civilized, cultured gentleman [[spoiler: who eventually stabs him in the back. He is {{Satan}}, after all]].
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* [[MeaningfulName Mr. Lamb]], one of the late villains created by Creator/FloydGottfredson in ''[[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse The Syndicate of Crime]]''. Sincere tears come when MickeyMouse and Eega Beeva refuse to join his gang and prefer to die: ''[[PlayedForLaughs "This is going to hurt us more than it does you!"]]''
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* [[MeaningfulName Mr. Lamb]], one of the late villains created by Creator/FloydGottfredson in ''[[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse The Syndicate of Crime]]''. Sincere tears come when MickeyMouse Mickey Mouse and Eega Beeva refuse to join his gang and prefer to die: ''[[PlayedForLaughs "This is going to hurt us more than it does you!"]]''
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* The Doll-Master from ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}''. He's a member of a supervillain Fraternity that rules the world. He's also a loving family man who never swears in front of children.
* [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt, AKA Ozymandias]] in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''. In addition to being a WellIntentionedExtremist (on a par with Ra's al Ghul in that regard), he's also gentlemanly, witty, and calm, even in hand-to-hand combat. He treats his underlings kindly (right until he [[spoiler: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness drugs them and leaves them]] to die of exposure to [[HeKnowsTooMuch prevent his secrets from getting out]], while apologizing for rewarding them so poorly]]). When his former crimefighting colleagues track him down and learn of his master plan, he gives them the opportunity to keep silent, and when all of them ([[spoiler:except Rorschach]]) agree, he trusts them enough to not only let them live, but to offer them hospitality in his fortress and allow them to leave freely. Hardly seems fair to hold [[spoiler: the deaths of millions of innocent people]] against him.
* [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt, AKA Ozymandias]] in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''. In addition to being a WellIntentionedExtremist (on a par with Ra's al Ghul in that regard), he's also gentlemanly, witty, and calm, even in hand-to-hand combat. He treats his underlings kindly (right until he [[spoiler: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness drugs them and leaves them]] to die of exposure to [[HeKnowsTooMuch prevent his secrets from getting out]], while apologizing for rewarding them so poorly]]). When his former crimefighting colleagues track him down and learn of his master plan, he gives them the opportunity to keep silent, and when all of them ([[spoiler:except Rorschach]]) agree, he trusts them enough to not only let them live, but to offer them hospitality in his fortress and allow them to leave freely. Hardly seems fair to hold [[spoiler: the deaths of millions of innocent people]] against him.
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* The Doll-Master from ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}''.''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}''. He's a member of a supervillain Fraternity that rules the world. He's also a loving family man who never swears in front of children.
* [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt, AKA Ozymandias]] in''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''.''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. In addition to being a WellIntentionedExtremist (on a par with Ra's al Ghul in that regard), he's also gentlemanly, witty, and calm, even in hand-to-hand combat. He treats his underlings kindly (right until he [[spoiler: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness drugs them and leaves them]] to die of exposure to [[HeKnowsTooMuch prevent his secrets from getting out]], while apologizing for rewarding them so poorly]]). When his former crimefighting colleagues track him down and learn of his master plan, he gives them the opportunity to keep silent, and when all of them ([[spoiler:except Rorschach]]) agree, he trusts them enough to not only let them live, but to offer them hospitality in his fortress and allow them to leave freely. Hardly seems fair to hold [[spoiler: the deaths of millions of innocent people]] against him.
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* [[spoiler: [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt, AKA Ozymandias]] in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''. In addition to being a WellIntentionedExtremist (on a par with Ra's al Ghul in that regard), he's also gentlemanly, witty, and calm, even in hand-to-hand combat. He treats his underlings kindly (right until he [[spoiler: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness drugs them and leaves them]] to die of exposure to [[HeKnowsTooMuch prevent his secrets from getting out]], while apologizing for rewarding them so poorly]]). When his former crimefighting colleagues track him down and learn of his [[YouAreTooLate already-in-progress master plan]], plan, he gives them the opportunity to keep silent, and when all of them ([[spoiler:except Rorschach]]) agree, he trusts them enough to not only let them live, but to offer them hospitality in his fortress and allow them to leave freely. Hardly seems fair to hold [[spoiler: the deaths of millions of innocent people]] against him.
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* Franchise/{{Batman}}:
** Villain ComicBook/RasAlGhul has not only tried to be civil towards "the Detective", but has repeatedly offered Batman the chance to join his organization, and offered the hand of his beautiful ([[DatingCatwoman and mutually attracted]]) daughter, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul.
** A number of Ra's loyal League of Assassins members are also rather easy to get along with when they're not trying to kill you. This is especially true of Zedmore Washington, Prudence Wood, and Owens, which is probably why he sent them to try and convince [[ComicBook/RedRobin Tim Drake]] to join forces with the League.
** ComicBook/ThePenguin usually falls into this category.
** Not affable in the same way as most, but Comicbook/HarleyQuinn is known for being so bubbly and cheerful that she's near impossible to dislike (at least, initially), despite being a murdering psychopath at worst and a good hearted but remorseless criminal at best. This is, in part, due to having an [[PsychopathicManchild almost innocent, childlike]] personality, ([[DependingOnTheWriter except when she doesn't]]), but she's lovable enough that ''ComicBook/PoisonIvy'' likes her, and one of the reasons ComicBook/TheJoker keeps trying to kill her is that [[MadLove he has feelings for her but doesn't like that fact]]. Again, [[DependingOnTheWriter except when he doesn't]].
** The unnamed one-off character featured in "An Innocent Guy", in the ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' anthology series, is a polite young man who has a happy family and attends church every Sunday -- and decides he needs to do one absolutely heinous thing in his life to prove to himself that he's really a good person. He settles on assassinating Batman, after deciding that kidnapping a little girl and chaining her up to die alone in a rat-infested sewer wouldn't be bad enough.
** In ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'', the Perfesser and '''especially''' the aptly named Mr. Nice (who might as well be the poster boy for this trope if not because it's debatable whether he's 'evil' in the slightest) count as this. Teammate Mastermind is more of an insufferable SmugSnake but still not a particularly vicious person either.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}:
** Many ComicBook/LexLuthor incarnations come off as this, but modern ones tend to make this trait [[FauxAffablyEvil just a façade]].
** In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', H'el is rather nice to fellow Kryptonian, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, who also wants to return to her old life on Krypton. He later [[spoiler:convinces her to join him in his quest to resurrect Krypton]], but manipulates her to estrange her from Franchise/{{Superman}}. H'el was also friendly to Superman, initially. When they first meet, H'el hugs Superman and even calls him his "little brother". Superman was already suspicious, but H'el threatening to snap ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'s neck caused the two to become enemies. Ultimately he snaps and ends up as FauxAffablyEvil, at best.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} has a history of respecting Diana's fighting abilities and even going out of his way to aid her since she is his granddaughter, with the only continuity where this doesn't apply being ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006''. This doesn't mean he'll hold back against her in a fight or refrain from killing her in one, even if he'd be upset if she died; they're diametrically different and he'd never disrespect one of his children or grandchildren enough to hold back against them while they are actively fighting even if he's currently the one lending them shelter like he did for Harmonia in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987''.
!!Franchise/MarvelUniverse
* Otto Octavius, better known as Franchise/SpiderMan's nemesis, ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, once rented a room from Aunt May, and behaved like a perfect gentleman, even helping her around the house. He also came very near to marrying her, after she somehow inherited a nuclear plant. May's inability to understand that he was a bad person was a running gag for a long while.
** It became FauxAffablyEvil during ''The Ends of the Earth'' and the following ''Superior Spider-Man'' arc.
* The Venom symbiote is like a lost sweet little kid who though bloodthirsty and arrogant wants to help its hosts unlike its corrupted kind who take complete control of their hosts than draining them of vitality killing them in the process and it can be very friendly to those who are innocent along with the ones that it cares about and loves the most like Spider-Man, Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson. It prefers to be honest with people instead of lying to them since it hates lying to them about things and it does not try to use lethal force unless it has to. It also likes being a superhero which makes it very adorable because it’s a fan of them.
* ComicBook/DoctorDoom, the main enemy of the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', fits this like a glove, proving to be surprisingly likable and charming even ''as'' he commits various evil deeds, to the point where he's had several moments past the MoralEventHorizon {{retcon}}ned, ignored, or smoothed over into WellIntentionedExtremist territory because of fandom outrage. Doom mocks your belief in the MoralEventHorizon!
** And following ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', he's pulled off an apparently genuine HeelFaceTurn, even having a go at being Iron Man while Tony's out of action. Everyone is completely completely and utterly baffled by this.
* ''Comicbook/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, during Creator/ChrisClaremont's first run, went from [[ANaziByAnyOtherName fantastic fascist]] to head of Xavier Institute to not quite back again, thanks in large part to his portrayal as an Affably Evil WellIntentionedExtremist, to the point where his appearance at the end of Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' run which featured him putting humans into gas chambers and killing Jean out of spite was [[{{Retcon}} Retconned]] faster than a speeding bullet into being a lunatic called Xorn who masqueraded as him. Ever since, he's largely settled as the GoodIsNotNice {{Foil}} to the X-Men, willing to do the things that the more moral members baulk at (such as leading what is essentially the latest incarnation of ''ComicBook/XForce'' as part of a long running habit of hunting down the enemies of mutantkind), and as one of their core members following the team's move to Utopia. At the moment, he's serving as TheMentor to the time travelling Original Five.
** Also, Azazel. Apart from being the mutant equivalent of the ManOfWealthAndTaste, he's shown to feel genuine affection (of a sort) towards Mystique and his son Nightcrawler.
* Batroc the Leaper is a super-villain and mercenary, but is on FriendlyEnemy terms with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and temporarily reformed out of respect for Cap. When Ulysses Klaw hired him to [[ComicBook/BlackPanther help stage a coup of Wakanda]], he still chided Rhino for needlessly killing an endangered black rhino. "We are guests in this country. It's just good manners."
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'':
** The Mandarin has a heart of stone, but he is always impeccably polite and well-mannered. He also has a strict code of honor, which he '''always''' makes sure to uphold. He once vaporized his favorite minion on the spot for using poison in a sparring session, and he also upheld the promises he made on at least one occasion when Iron Man defeated him in fair combat, such as stopping his efforts to prevent Stark Enterprises from setting up in Hong Kong.
** In ''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark'', 451, the rogue Rigellian Recorder, is kind, friendly and really does want to help people, particularly humans and Earth. Even when Tony figures him out and snaps at him, repeatedly insulting him, he is still unfailingly polite. He's looking to guide the universe towards a peaceful future after seeing a highly altruistic species with almost no concept of warfare massacred for their pelts by the Skrulls. It's just that he's a WellIntentionedExtremist writ large, believes that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans and those means tend towards the incidentally genocidal - he doesn't ''want'' to hurt anyone, and he's genuinely remorseful when he does, but that doesn't mean that he won't if you can/do threaten his plans. And considering the scale of his plans, the length of time that he's been enacting them [[Really700YearsOld (500 years)]] and his requirements for those plans, this means that he has a kill count upwards of ''40 million'', including several species and at least two ''entire planets''. After his plans hit a significant roadblock [[spoiler: he was OutGambitted by Howard and Maria Stark, who raised their biological son, Arno, in secret, and adopted Tony as a decoy]] and he was faced with the possibility that it was AllForNothing he ended up in a VillainousBSOD and attempted a HeroicSacrifice.
* The ''ComicBook/{{Sleepwalker}}'' villain 8-Ball carries himself with a swaggering, casual manner. He is completely unfazed by the appearance of the bizarre alien Sleepwalker, and simply tries to smooth-talk Sleepy when he demands to know what 8-Ball and his gang are doing. He even cheerfully accepts Sleepwalker's claim of being an alien without blinking an eye, and kindly explains the Earthly concepts of money and power to Sleepwalker...before he attempts to murder Sleepy by dropping a bank vault on him.
* Hoss, the redneck demon from ''Comicbook/GhostRider: Road to Damnation''.
* ComicBook/{{Thanos}} of Titan. The quintessential example of this aspect of his character would probably be the confrontation with the Gardener over his Time Gem: the entire incident consisted mainly of cordial conversation between the two as Thanos made a futile attempt at convincing the Gardener to willingly relinquish his Gem, with even the eventual fatal conclusion being devoid of malice from both sides.
** Some of Thanos' conversations with Comicbook/AdamWarlock evoke this. Warlock is the only being to have peeked inside Thanos' soul, and so is perhaps the only one who understands him. When they talk to each other, they almost sound like friends.
* The Serpent Society is a group of [[AnimalMotifs snake-themed]] supervillains with shades of this. In addition to members being friendly with one another, when one of them, Diamondback, semi-reformed, she also began {{dating|Catwoman}} Comicbook/CaptainAmerica. Not only were her friends within the group supportive of her, but they also helped thwart other villains' attempts at ruining her first date with him.
* Comicbook/ThePunisher comes across a lot of these, presumably because they're such good {{foil}}s to his [[TheStoic usual demeanour]].
** The Russian is a jovial killing machine, more than likely to chat amicably with you while reducing your bones to a fine powder. [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength He even killed an ally by accident while giving him a friendly one-armed squeeze.]]
* Diablo from ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' is unfailingly polite to his enemies and captives. He was even nice to Enid while he was trying to sacrifice her to create the elixir for eternal life.
* Franchise/{{Batman}}:
** Villain ComicBook/RasAlGhul has not only tried to be civil towards "the Detective", but has repeatedly offered Batman the chance to join his organization, and offered the hand of his beautiful ([[DatingCatwoman and mutually attracted]]) daughter, ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul.
** A number of Ra's loyal League of Assassins members are also rather easy to get along with when they're not trying to kill you. This is especially true of Zedmore Washington, Prudence Wood, and Owens, which is probably why he sent them to try and convince [[ComicBook/RedRobin Tim Drake]] to join forces with the League.
** ComicBook/ThePenguin usually falls into this category.
** Not affable in the same way as most, but Comicbook/HarleyQuinn is known for being so bubbly and cheerful that she's near impossible to dislike (at least, initially), despite being a murdering psychopath at worst and a good hearted but remorseless criminal at best. This is, in part, due to having an [[PsychopathicManchild almost innocent, childlike]] personality, ([[DependingOnTheWriter except when she doesn't]]), but she's lovable enough that ''ComicBook/PoisonIvy'' likes her, and one of the reasons ComicBook/TheJoker keeps trying to kill her is that [[MadLove he has feelings for her but doesn't like that fact]]. Again, [[DependingOnTheWriter except when he doesn't]].
** The unnamed one-off character featured in "An Innocent Guy", in the ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' anthology series, is a polite young man who has a happy family and attends church every Sunday -- and decides he needs to do one absolutely heinous thing in his life to prove to himself that he's really a good person. He settles on assassinating Batman, after deciding that kidnapping a little girl and chaining her up to die alone in a rat-infested sewer wouldn't be bad enough.
** In ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'', the Perfesser and '''especially''' the aptly named Mr. Nice (who might as well be the poster boy for this trope if not because it's debatable whether he's 'evil' in the slightest) count as this. Teammate Mastermind is more of an insufferable SmugSnake but still not a particularly vicious person either.
* Franchise/{{Superman}}:
** Many ComicBook/LexLuthor incarnations come off as this, but modern ones tend to make this trait [[FauxAffablyEvil just a façade]].
** In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', H'el is rather nice to fellow Kryptonian, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, who also wants to return to her old life on Krypton. He later [[spoiler:convinces her to join him in his quest to resurrect Krypton]], but manipulates her to estrange her from Franchise/{{Superman}}. H'el was also friendly to Superman, initially. When they first meet, H'el hugs Superman and even calls him his "little brother". Superman was already suspicious, but H'el threatening to snap ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'s neck caused the two to become enemies. Ultimately he snaps and ends up as FauxAffablyEvil, at best.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} has a history of respecting Diana's fighting abilities and even going out of his way to aid her since she is his granddaughter, with the only continuity where this doesn't apply being ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006''. This doesn't mean he'll hold back against her in a fight or refrain from killing her in one, even if he'd be upset if she died; they're diametrically different and he'd never disrespect one of his children or grandchildren enough to hold back against them while they are actively fighting even if he's currently the one lending them shelter like he did for Harmonia in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987''.
!!Franchise/MarvelUniverse
* Otto Octavius, better known as Franchise/SpiderMan's nemesis, ComicBook/DoctorOctopus, once rented a room from Aunt May, and behaved like a perfect gentleman, even helping her around the house. He also came very near to marrying her, after she somehow inherited a nuclear plant. May's inability to understand that he was a bad person was a running gag for a long while.
** It became FauxAffablyEvil during ''The Ends of the Earth'' and the following ''Superior Spider-Man'' arc.
* The Venom symbiote is like a lost sweet little kid who though bloodthirsty and arrogant wants to help its hosts unlike its corrupted kind who take complete control of their hosts than draining them of vitality killing them in the process and it can be very friendly to those who are innocent along with the ones that it cares about and loves the most like Spider-Man, Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson. It prefers to be honest with people instead of lying to them since it hates lying to them about things and it does not try to use lethal force unless it has to. It also likes being a superhero which makes it very adorable because it’s a fan of them.
* ComicBook/DoctorDoom, the main enemy of the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', fits this like a glove, proving to be surprisingly likable and charming even ''as'' he commits various evil deeds, to the point where he's had several moments past the MoralEventHorizon {{retcon}}ned, ignored, or smoothed over into WellIntentionedExtremist territory because of fandom outrage. Doom mocks your belief in the MoralEventHorizon!
** And following ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', he's pulled off an apparently genuine HeelFaceTurn, even having a go at being Iron Man while Tony's out of action. Everyone is completely completely and utterly baffled by this.
* ''Comicbook/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, during Creator/ChrisClaremont's first run, went from [[ANaziByAnyOtherName fantastic fascist]] to head of Xavier Institute to not quite back again, thanks in large part to his portrayal as an Affably Evil WellIntentionedExtremist, to the point where his appearance at the end of Grant Morrison's ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' run which featured him putting humans into gas chambers and killing Jean out of spite was [[{{Retcon}} Retconned]] faster than a speeding bullet into being a lunatic called Xorn who masqueraded as him. Ever since, he's largely settled as the GoodIsNotNice {{Foil}} to the X-Men, willing to do the things that the more moral members baulk at (such as leading what is essentially the latest incarnation of ''ComicBook/XForce'' as part of a long running habit of hunting down the enemies of mutantkind), and as one of their core members following the team's move to Utopia. At the moment, he's serving as TheMentor to the time travelling Original Five.
** Also, Azazel. Apart from being the mutant equivalent of the ManOfWealthAndTaste, he's shown to feel genuine affection (of a sort) towards Mystique and his son Nightcrawler.
* Batroc the Leaper is a super-villain and mercenary, but is on FriendlyEnemy terms with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and temporarily reformed out of respect for Cap. When Ulysses Klaw hired him to [[ComicBook/BlackPanther help stage a coup of Wakanda]], he still chided Rhino for needlessly killing an endangered black rhino. "We are guests in this country. It's just good manners."
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'':
** The Mandarin has a heart of stone, but he is always impeccably polite and well-mannered. He also has a strict code of honor, which he '''always''' makes sure to uphold. He once vaporized his favorite minion on the spot for using poison in a sparring session, and he also upheld the promises he made on at least one occasion when Iron Man defeated him in fair combat, such as stopping his efforts to prevent Stark Enterprises from setting up in Hong Kong.
** In ''The Secret Origin of Tony Stark'', 451, the rogue Rigellian Recorder, is kind, friendly and really does want to help people, particularly humans and Earth. Even when Tony figures him out and snaps at him, repeatedly insulting him, he is still unfailingly polite. He's looking to guide the universe towards a peaceful future after seeing a highly altruistic species with almost no concept of warfare massacred for their pelts by the Skrulls. It's just that he's a WellIntentionedExtremist writ large, believes that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans and those means tend towards the incidentally genocidal - he doesn't ''want'' to hurt anyone, and he's genuinely remorseful when he does, but that doesn't mean that he won't if you can/do threaten his plans. And considering the scale of his plans, the length of time that he's been enacting them [[Really700YearsOld (500 years)]] and his requirements for those plans, this means that he has a kill count upwards of ''40 million'', including several species and at least two ''entire planets''. After his plans hit a significant roadblock [[spoiler: he was OutGambitted by Howard and Maria Stark, who raised their biological son, Arno, in secret, and adopted Tony as a decoy]] and he was faced with the possibility that it was AllForNothing he ended up in a VillainousBSOD and attempted a HeroicSacrifice.
* The ''ComicBook/{{Sleepwalker}}'' villain 8-Ball carries himself with a swaggering, casual manner. He is completely unfazed by the appearance of the bizarre alien Sleepwalker, and simply tries to smooth-talk Sleepy when he demands to know what 8-Ball and his gang are doing. He even cheerfully accepts Sleepwalker's claim of being an alien without blinking an eye, and kindly explains the Earthly concepts of money and power to Sleepwalker...before he attempts to murder Sleepy by dropping a bank vault on him.
* Hoss, the redneck demon from ''Comicbook/GhostRider: Road to Damnation''.
* ComicBook/{{Thanos}} of Titan. The quintessential example of this aspect of his character would probably be the confrontation with the Gardener over his Time Gem: the entire incident consisted mainly of cordial conversation between the two as Thanos made a futile attempt at convincing the Gardener to willingly relinquish his Gem, with even the eventual fatal conclusion being devoid of malice from both sides.
** Some of Thanos' conversations with Comicbook/AdamWarlock evoke this. Warlock is the only being to have peeked inside Thanos' soul, and so is perhaps the only one who understands him. When they talk to each other, they almost sound like friends.
* The Serpent Society is a group of [[AnimalMotifs snake-themed]] supervillains with shades of this. In addition to members being friendly with one another, when one of them, Diamondback, semi-reformed, she also began {{dating|Catwoman}} Comicbook/CaptainAmerica. Not only were her friends within the group supportive of her, but they also helped thwart other villains' attempts at ruining her first date with him.
* Comicbook/ThePunisher comes across a lot of these, presumably because they're such good {{foil}}s to his [[TheStoic usual demeanour]].
** The Russian is a jovial killing machine, more than likely to chat amicably with you while reducing your bones to a fine powder. [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength He even killed an ally by accident while giving him a friendly one-armed squeeze.]]
* Diablo from ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' is unfailingly polite to his enemies and captives. He was even nice to Enid while he was trying to sacrifice her to create the elixir for eternal life.
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