History CorruptCorporateExecutive / MarvelUniverse

* Both ComicBook/TheKingpin and Deathwatch are New York crime bosses and the heads of major corporations.
* The classic Marvel Universe version is the Roxxon Energy Corporation, a corporation whose management is perfectly willing, even eager, to use any underhanded and/or criminal tactics to secure its profits. While all the superheroes are ready to fight them, ComicBook/IronMan is particularly enthusiastic since their antics make his own company look bad. Their current CEO, Dario Agger, is a recurring [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor antagonist]] who runs the place like a nation state / religion, is working with Dark Elves so he can invade other ''planets'' for their oil, and occasionally turns into a minotaur.
* ''ComicBook/Thor2014'' includes both Agger and several other supervillain [=CEOs=], including the latest version of the Silver Samurai - a literal CorporateSamurai whose smartphone transforms into some kind of liquid metal PoweredArmor.
* Marvel had an actual criminal organization called The Corporation at one point, although, in something of a reversal, they ''started'' as a villainous organization (Hydra) that reorganized itself along business company lines (including things such as insurance packages for its members!)
* Hexus, the Living Corporation, although that happened to be an alien HiveMind that drew its power from people's obsession with its products.
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'' has a couple of these. One is Obadiah Stane, a literal [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] whose EvilPlan caused Tony Stark to develop a drinking problem, allowing Stane to buy Stark International out from under him. Justin Hammer, another one of Stark's business rivals, commonly hires {{supervillain}}s to carry out acts of intimidation and sabotage against his competitors. Hammer took control of Stane International after the latter's [[DrivenToSuicide death]], and years later sold it back to Stark for one dollar (which led to Stark having to clean up all of Stane International's shady dealings). And then there was Simon Krieger, Vice President of [[BlandNameProduct Roxxon Energy]] who helped plan the murder of Stark's parents and attempted to take control of his company through a FrameUp. Such tactics usually have Stark responding by donning the Iron Man armor to defend his own holdings.

* Walter Declun took over ''ComicBook/DamageControl'', a company that specializes in cleaning up after superhero/supervillain fights. In order to increase profits, Declun manipulated supervillains to cause as much damage as possible and gave some of them mutant growth hormone to increase their powers. This indirectly led to the Stamford incident, which in turn led to the infamous ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' story arc.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan's archenemy ComicBook/NormanOsborn has been presented as one of these since day one when he arranged for one of his scientists to be thrown in jail for embezzlement to gain access to the formula that'd make him the Green Goblin--and ever since his return, he's gotten worse.
* ComicBook/DoctorStrange goes up against one of these in ''Doctor Strange: The Oath'' when he discovers a magical elixir that can cure all diseases. Though they insist they are WithholdingTheCure so that humanity can [[TheWorldIsNotReady make discoveries at its own pace]], it is all too clear they are only interested in their profit margin.
* Creator/GarthEnnis' ''ComicBook/ThePunisherTheEnd'' depicts corrupt executives as being responsible for ''the end of the world''.

* Franchise/SpiderMan's archenemy ComicBook/NormanOsborn has been presented as one of these since day one when he arranged for one of his scientists to be thrown in jail for embezzlement to gain access to the formula that'd make him the Green Goblin--and ever since his return, he's gotten worse.
* Comicbook/DoctorStrange goes up against one of these in ''Doctor Strange: The Oath'' when he discovers a magical elixir that can cure all diseases. Though they insist they are WithholdingTheCure so that humanity can [[TheWorldIsNotReady make discoveries at its own pace]], it is all too clear they are only interested in their profit margin.

* Walter Declun took over ''ComicBook/DamageControl'', a company that specializes in cleaning up after superhero/supervillain fights. In order to increase profits, Declun manipulated supervillains to cause as much damage as possible and gave some of them mutant growth hormone to increase their powers. This indirectly led to the Stamford incident, which in turn led to the infamous ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' story arc.

* Hexus, the Living Corporation, although that happened to an alien HiveMind that drew its power from people's obsession with its products.

* ''ComicBook/IronMan'' has a couple of these. One is Obadiah Stane, a literal [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] whose EvilPlan caused Tony Stark to develop a drinking problem, allowing Stane to buy Stark International out from under him. Justin Hammer, another one of Stark's business rivals, commonly hires {{supervillain}}s to carry out acts of intimidation and sabotage against his competitors. Hammer took control of Stane International after the latter's [[DrivenToSuicide death]], and years later sold it back to Stark for one dollar (which led to Stark having to clean up all of Stane International's shady dealings) Such tactics usually have Stark responding by donning the Iron Man armor to defend his own holdings.