History JerkWithAHeartOfGold / ComicBooks

** Whirl comes closer and closer to this trope the more his character develops. He wants to be accepted despite his disfigurations, but his insanity and angry, bitter nature often causes him to make bad judgements. By his own admission, "I keep making mistakes", so he's ''trying.'' Appropriately enough, when Cyclonus needs to work through a problem with his personal life, he comes to Whirl.
** Rodimus is a gigantic GloryHound {{Manchild}} with nothing resembling humility and a basically nonexistent sense of responsibility, to the point where a very recently reformed BigBad is a more effective captain, but he really does want what's best for his crew; he's just not very good at telling what that is.

* Cyclonus in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' in order to maintain his reputation as a powerful warrior.
** Whirl comes closer and closer to this trope the more his character develops. He wants to be accepted despite his disfigurations, but his insanity and angry, bitter nature often causes him to make bad judgements. By his own admission, "I keep making mistakes", so he's ''trying.''

* ComicBook/LoisLane. She's gruff, hard-nosed, sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, bossy, rude, and more than a little bullying; but she's deeply compassionate, has unshakable integrity, is fiercely loyal to her friends and husband, and loves her job because it allows her to help people and fight for truth, justice, and the American Way. And kind, laid-back Clark Kent's attraction to her has strong (though gender-flipped) AllGirlsWantBadBoys vibes.

* Doctor Doom loves pushing people around and launching attacks against his enemies (namely everybody who's not him) but has warmth for his citizenry particularly the children of Latveria. In a truly shocking moment, he forgave past grudges and aided the Invisible Woman with her recent birth, saving both Sue and her baby from certain death. As such, the daughter, Valeria, is held as an endeared one under his personal protection and allowed unrestricted audience, while the child returns his affection and refers to him informally as Uncle Doom. Awwwwww. (Warning: This is most definitely a DependingOnTheWriter quality.)

* ComicBook/{{TheSandman}} is notoriously insensitive, vindictive and self-centered, and his treatment of former lovers can be downright appaling. But after being imprisoned, he is more than willing to make amends (at least whenever someone calls him out for his cruelties).

* The ComicBook/{{New52}} version of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Billy Batson]] is pretty much this, though the 'heart of gold' part is buried underneath a lot of cynicism. It's something of a [[BrokenBase Base Breaker]] for fans use to seeing him as TheCape.

* [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]], who pretends to be more of a jerk than he really is. On the rare occasion that he has a genuine charitable impulse, he attempts to hide it from everybody.

* [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]], who acts like an [[InsufferableGenius arrogant, insensitive dick]] most of the time, but [[PapaWolf loves his children]], [[BattleCouple wife]] and [[TrueCompanions adoptive family]] dearly, has an extremely strong and idealistic moral compass, and suffers a great deal of guilt over the accident that ruined the Four's normal lives.

* Reed Richards from ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' means well... sort of, but there are moments where he's incredibly arrogant and bad tempered. [[spoiler:Becomes a full on JerkWithAHeartOfJerk when he turns evil]].

* From the ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'':
** This is a frequent characterization of {{Wolverine}}. He's always talking back to authority figures, even if he agrees with their choices, will regularly get into fight with friends with next to no provocation (at one point trying to kill Colossus for ''daring'' to save his life) and is unapologetic in his killing, few cases aside, because he thinks, no matter what people say, it's what they want from him. However, he is deeply loyal to his friends, and will go out of his way to get his own hands dirty so no one else has to.

* J. Jonah Jameson from the ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'' comics is another good example. Sure, he's short-tempered, tight-fisted, and an often obnoxious loudmouth, but he's also been shown as a tireless crusader supporting everything from labor union rights to mutant rights, going after organized crime figures and corrupt politicians despite repeated attempts on his life, and discreetly supporting various charities and social projects, and even hiring a good lawyer for Peter Parker when Parker was falsely accused of murder. He's been pretty much consistently portrayed as a social liberal whose ideals are wrapped in civil liberty and constitutional rights. despite the fact that he's a mean-spirited douche to the people around him.

** Desire, for all its faults, has at least one [[PetTheDog]] moment in ''Brief Lives''.

** JJ was once offered a deal: if he stopped bashing Spidey every time he needed an editorial, he'd get an exclusivity deal with the ComicBook/NewAvengers. He even got to hear ''[[CaptainAmerica Captain Fucking America]]'' tell him Spidey was a hero rather than a monster. His response? After shaking hands on the deal, he promptly went back to not only committing libel, but making accusations of bribery and digging up things like "wanted murderer" (Wolverine), "terrorist" (Spider-Woman) and "convicted drug dealer" (Luke Cage, who was framed and ''exonerated'').

* Jack Horner from the ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' series, is written as this sociopathic jerk who is ignorant of the feelings of others. A lot of fans and critics generally hated him, to the point that series editors just casually keep him in the series because he was a Creator'sPet or TheScrappy. Still, he generated just enough fanbase, not just to keep him in the series, but also to have his own spin-off comic. His jerkiness also has its roots: he's the literal personification of ''every fictional pranksters and tricksters named Jack'', and so he couldn't help being an asshole most of the time. And while he does act like this most of the time, what makes him unique is that it always surprise (and admires) readers everytime he does something selfless.

*** It should be noted that during {{Stan Lee}}'s run on Spider-Man Jameson is always a JerkAss [[TheScrooge Scrooge]] who feels that appearing to have a heart of gold is the best way to make money.

* [[YouDirtyRat Rat]] from ''{{Pearls Before Swine}}'' qualifies as this sometimes, though the more sociopathic side of his personality tends to be emphasized. One time Pig jumped off a roof believing he could fly ({{It Makes Sense in Context}}) and, after waking up in the hospital asked Rat what happened. Rat begins to tell him the truth, but then pauses and says instead that Pig hit his head on the moon.

* SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom loves pushing people around and launching attacks against his enemies (namely everybody who's not him) but has warmth for his citizenry particularly the children of Latveria. In a truly shocking moment, he forgave past grudges and aided the Invisible Woman with her recent birth, saving both Sue and her baby from certain death. As such, the daughter, Valeria, is held as an endeared one under his personal protection and allowed unrestricted audience, while the child returns his affection and refers to him informally as Uncle Doom. Awwwwww. (Warning: This is most definitely a DependingOnTheWriter quality.)

* Ignatz Mouse from ''KrazyKat''--he may constantly throw bricks at the title character's head, but he's been shown to genuinely care about his FriendlyEnemy, and he even does the occasional good deed.

* While Bucky of ''GetFuzzy'' is mostly a self-centered JerkAss, he's been shown to have shades of this on at least 2 occasions.

* ComicBook/{{Namor}} is at best, a gigantic asshole. But he truly does care for his friends, such as Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers, and will do what i necessary to protect his people. He also flooded Wakanda, and although he was kinda possessed by the Phoenix Force, he later confesses that the only thing he regrets is that so many Wakandans lived, and he ''wasn't'' possessed when he said that. And that's ''after'' he pretty much told Thanos to attack Wakanda.

* Woody (of ''QuantumAndWoody'') won't pass any opportunity to deflate his friend's wild theories and excessive idealism, but he won't hesitate to help when the chips are down.

* Cyclonus in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', although mostly only towards Tailgate.

* LoisLane. She's gruff, hard-nosed, sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, bossy, rude, and more than a little bullying; but she's deeply compassionate, has unshakable integrity, is fiercely loyal to her friends and husband, and loves her job because it allows her to help people and fight for truth, justice, and the American Way. And kind, laid-back Clark Kent's attraction to her has strong (though gender-flipped) AllGirlsWantBadBoys vibes.

** Emma Frost also tends to be this. Despite of being the bitch that she is, she cares about the mutant race, her friends, her students and Cyclops.

* The [[PlanetofHats racial hat]] of the Klegdixal from ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' is that the entire species is thin-skinned, ungrateful and obnoxious and everyone thinks they're jerks. Beyond their personality, however, they sell some of the best medical equipment in the galaxy and consistently oppose all forms of biological warfare and slavery of artificial lifeforms because they're morally disgusted by the use of technology for evil. [[spoiler:They more than happily choose to sponsor the Beemah -- an artificial SlaveRace made with Klex technology (without the Klex's knowledge or consent) that TurnedAgainstTheirMasters -- because they view it as atonement for having their knowledge being misused in such a manner.]]