History Jerkass / ComicBooks

* Joseph Boulier from ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe''. Longtarin and Gaston himself had their moment as well.

** Sonic himself in the [[Comic/SonicTheComic Fleetway comics]] is one, he picks on Tails for no reason,(constantly calling him an idiot),is a dick towards his friends, and once made [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mq48da5-jeE/TGxJVMkVTOI/AAAAAAAAA8g/PELXYDMcoeY/s1600/richardelson-01.jpg Porker Lewis cry]].

* [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] consistently treats everyone he knows as inferior to him, often engages in hypocritical rebukes of others, and won't stop trying to get into Sue Storm's pants, marriage be damned. And those are the days he isn't hobnobbing with despots like Osborn or Doom or sending giant tidal waves to drown New York City. Even when he is actually doing something for someone other than himself, you can guarantee he'll be a self-congratulating, entitled dick about it. The only people he's shown being genuinely nice to are old friends from the Invaders, Captain America (because being a Jerkass to ''him'' truly puts one in their own league) and Bucky (likely due to the guy's TraumaCongaLine), where he makes a half-ass attempt to put up a JerkassFacade.

* ComicBook/LoisLane very often fits the trope as well.

* Reggie from the beloved ''Franchise/ArchieComics''. He's practically the trope namer.

* DependingOnTheWriter, J. Jonah Jameson from ''FRanchise/SpiderMan'' is either this or a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

** [[JerkJock Flash Thompson]]. In this Flanderized incarnation, he pretty much lost all redeeming and likable qualities he had. One reason for this is that most of them were transferred over to original character Kenny Kong, turning Flash into a [[FlatCharacter flat]] parody of his mainstream counterpart.

* ComicStrip{{Garfield}} is one of the ''worst'' examples of this trope. [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1994/ga940717.gif Here is a big example]].

* King Max Acorn in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'', with everything he's gone through, had devolved into this. A big part of his assholishness is because he was raised to follow royal traditions. That also includes using a mystical golden pool with a strange, undefined connection to make his decisions instead of, say, the guy you hired to be part of your Intelligence Agency. Thus, most of his decisions boil down to "because the pool told me to", including but not limited to disbanding your daughter's well-trained team of heroes over his just-recently formed Secret Service and forcing said daughter to marry someone she really didn't want to. When the CosmicRetcon Button is hit following ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'' and Max was rewritten to have [[TookALevelInKindness taken a level in kindness], Sonic took this as a ''good'' thing.

** PeterDavid wrote a great story in X-Factor that gave a reason why Quicksilver's always such a tool. He explains to psychiatrist Doc Samson that everyone gets irritated waiting in a long line because someone else's slowness is holding it up. Imagine if everyone on else the planet is like the person holding up the line. That's the way Quicksilver feels.

* ComicStrip{{Garfield}} is one of the ''worst'' examples of this trope. See [[http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/1994/ga940717.gif Here is a big example]].

* Part of the reason ComicBook/LexLuthor is such a good villain is that he's not just a MagnificentBastard of an obsessed, megalomaniacal CorruptCorporateExecutive-turned-PresidentEvil — he's also an asshole to everyone he meets, including strangers, and goes out of his way to treat the people around him like shit for no reason whatsoever. And he doesn't just do horrible things to people either — he's an asshole [[EvilIsPetty even when his actions are incredibly small-scale and pointless]] (e.g., calling [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] "Mr. Lois Lane" all the time for no reason except to be dickish and irritating.)

* [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Ollie Queen]], while ultimately a force of good, has never been particularly nice about it. On his best days, he's rude, arrogant, and is always convinced that his idea is better. On most days, he's a sanctimonious, elitist jackass. At his worst, he's a straight-up fucking asshole who pisses everyone off and alienates his allies, which explains why he always seems to be having to make amends with someone.
* [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] consistently treats everyone he knows as inferior to him, often engages in hypocritical rebukes of others, and won't stop trying to get into Sue Storm's pants, marriage be damned. And those are the days he isn't hobnobbing with despots like Osborn or Doom or sending giant tidal waves to drown New York City. Even when he is actually doing something for someone other than himself, you can guarantee he'll be a self-entitled dick about it. The only people he's shown being genuinely nice to are old friends from the Invaders, Captain America (because being a Jerkass to ''him'' truly puts one in their own league) and Bucky (likely due to the guy's TraumaCongaLine), where he makes a half-ass attempt to put up a JerkassFacade.

** Sally Acorn can be one [[DependingOnTheWriter at times]], especially in the early issues, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn before her modern characterization surfaced]].

*** There's also the fact that she's always reading people's minds without their concern. This is the same comic that brought up the morality of such an action multiple times with Professor X, who is respectful enough to refrain from doing this.

* King Max Acorn in ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehog'', with everything he's gone through, had devolved into this. A big part of his assholishness is because he was raised to follow royal traditions. That also includes using a mystical golden pool with a strange, undefined connection to make his decisions instead of, say, the guy you hired to be part of your Intelligence Agency. Thus, most of his decisions boil down to "because the pool told me to", including but not limited to disbanding your daughter's well-trained team of heroes over his just-recently formed Secret Service and forcing said daughter to marry someone she really didn't want to. When the CosmicRetcon Button is hit following ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'' and Max was rewritten to have TakenALevelInKindness, Sonic took this as a ''good'' thing.

* Part of the reason SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor is such a good villain is that he's not just a MagnificentBastard of an obsessed, megalomaniacal CorruptCorporateExecutive-turned-PresidentEvil — he's also an asshole to everyone he meets, including strangers, and goes out of his way to treat the people around him like shit for no reason whatsoever. And he doesn't just do horrible things to people either — he's an asshole [[EvilIsPetty even when his actions are incredibly small-scale and pointless]] (e.g., calling [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] "Mr. Lois Lane" all the time for no reason except to be dickish and irritating.)

* Part of the reason SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor is such a good villain is that he's not just a MagnificentBastard of an obsessed, megalomaniacal CorruptCorporateExecutive-turned-PresidentEvil — he's also an asshole to everyone he meets, including strangers, and goes out of his way to treat the people around him like shit for no reason whatsoever. And he doesn't just do horrible things to people either — he's an asshole even when his actions are incredibly small-scale and pointless (e.g., calling [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] "Mr. Lois Lane" all the time for no reason except to be dickish and irritating.)

* Guy Gardner of the GreenLantern Corps and JusticeLeagueInternational. Exactly how much of a jerk he is varies (partly due to complicated mental issues), but at his worst he's tolerated mainly because he's useful in a fight (although getting him to stop can be more of an issue). Thankfully, he received some CharacterDevelopment over the course of a decade and a half, cleaned up his act, and became a BoisterousBruiser instead.

** Sonic himself in the ''Comic/SonicTheComic Fleetway comics'' is one, he picks on Tails for no reason,(constantly calling him an idiot),is a dick towards his friends, and once made [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mq48da5-jeE/TGxJVMkVTOI/AAAAAAAAA8g/PELXYDMcoeY/s1600/richardelson-01.jpg Porker Lewis cry]].

** Sonic himself in the [[Comic/SonicTheComic Fleetway comics] is one, he picks on Tails for no reason,(constantly calling him an idiot),is a dick towards his friends, and once made [[http://http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mq48da5-jeE/TGxJVMkVTOI/AAAAAAAAA8g/PELXYDMcoeY/s1600/richardelson-01.jpg Porker Lewis cry]].

* [[ComicBook/{{Sub-Mariner}} Namor]] consistently treats everyone he knows as inferior to him, often engages in hypocritical rebukes of others, and won't stop trying to get into Sue Storm's pants, marriage be damned. And those are the days he isn't hobnobbing with despots like Osborn or Doom or sending giant tidal waves to drown New York City. Even when he is actually doing something for someone other than himself, you can guarantee he'll be a self-entitled dick about it. The only people he's shown being genuinely nice to are old friends from the Invaders Captain America (because being a Jerkass to ''him'' truly puts one in their own league) and Bucky (likely due to the guy's TraumaCongaLine), where he makes a half-ass attempt to put up a JerkassFacade.