History KickTheDog / Comicbooks

* In an issue of ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman Incorporated]]'', Sam Black Elk literally and repeatedly kicks a dog to provoke Man-of-Bats into fighting him, knowing that a fight between them will draw the attention of the cops [[spoiler:who all happen to be under his control]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'': Dog-kicking is contagious when it comes to Pro-Registration heroes. All right, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], you know that [[Characters/SpiderWomanTitleCharacter Spider-Woman II/Arachne]] is a traitor to the Pro-Registration side, you are to bring her down... but seriously, separating her with her dearest treasure (her grade-school daughter Rachel) is just... low.

** Fett guns down two of Ry-Kooda's henchmen even after they plead that they never wanted to go after him and only did out of fear of Ry-Kooda. Granted, they're former members of Bar-Kooda's crew, so it might be more of a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation but as shown with Magwit, not all of Bar-Kooda's crewmen had a choice in the matter.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'':

** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'':

* ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'':
** In ''King of Klondike'', Soapy Slick kidnaps Scrooge, steals his plot of land and reads his mail. When a letter from home reveals that Scrooge's mother had died, the villain mocks the young duck for it and tells his cronies to kill him. No wonder Scrooge went berserk and trashed the entire steamboat they were on.
** Scrooge himself... well, [[https://img.fireden.net/co/image/1538/33/1538338907960.jpg just look]].

* In Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'', the newly revived Kid Miracleman initially spares the one person that had offered kindness to his mortal alter-ego Johnny Bates, only to return moments later to viciously take the woman's head apart with a single blow, claiming that his earlier act of mercy would've been seen as a sign that the villain had "gotten soft".

* Todd Ingram is seen kicking a dog in a flashback in book three of ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''.

* Instances in ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' comics:

** ''Literature/TheSuperDictionary'': [[MemeticMutation When no-one was looking]], [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] [[MemeticMutation stole forty cakes. That's as many as four tens.]] AndThatsTerrible.
** In the 2009 ''Adventure Comics'' revival, New Earth Lex Luthor cures his younger sister Lena of the terminal illness eroding her mind and body, only to ''reinfect her with it'' moments later simply to tick off Superboy who was friends with his niece as well as emotionally blackmail him into killing Superman for him. After Superboy refuses, Lex justifies his cruelty to Brainiac by asserting that he needed to determine whether [[IHaveNoSon Superboy was worthy of being considered as his son, and declares him a simple mistake]].

* In ''Superpatriot'' a [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi]] kicks one while in a good mood. You can see it [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_most_evil_man_alive.jpg here]].
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'':

* In the DeathWorld of ''ComicBook/{{Ruins}}'', ComicBook/NickFury's reduced to an [[GoMadFromTheRevelation insane survivalist]] with a LackOfEmpathy. After going on a tirade about [[ForWantOfANail how things were supposed to be different]], he [[DisposableSexWorker guns down a prostitute]] [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] and blows up a passing car before [[DrivenToSuicide blowing his brains out]]. Plus he had killed a dog immediately before this, but [[BaitAndSwitchGunshot that was in self-defense]].

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** ''Literature/TheSuperdictionary'': [[MemeticMutation When no-one was looking]], [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] [[MemeticMutation stole forty cakes. That's as many as four tens.]] AndThatsTerrible.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] is master of this. The list of his dog kicking moments he's done to [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] alone is very long, and contains thing like [[spoiler: having sex with Peter's girlfriend [[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests Gwen Stacy]], making her pregnant and killing her after she gave birth to his children; making those children believe that Peter's their father who abandoned them; killing Peter's unborn child and stealing its body; kidnapping Peter's aunt May and replacing her with an actress, and revealing it after that actress died. All this so Peter could suffer]]. Oh, and he started the infamous Clone Saga too! In ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' he adds some new ones like: [[spoiler:shooting two kids because one of them's wearing a Spider-Man mask, impregnating his son's ex-girlfriend (he must really enjoy stealing younger guys' girls) and making his son believe it's his baby, so Norman could manipulate him and kill him in the near future for the biggest benefits (HIS OWN SON!) There's also the possibility that the guy he's using as a guinea pig in his laboratory is his other son, Gabriel Stacy]].

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] is master of this. The list of his dog kicking moments he's done to [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] alone is very long, and contains thing like [[spoiler: having sex with Peter's girlfriend [[Characters/SpiderManLoveInterests Gwen Stacy]], making her pregnant and killing her after she gave birth to his children; making those children believe that Peter's their father who abandoned them; killing Peter's unborn child and stealing its body; kidnapping Peter's aunt May and replacing her with an actress, and revealing it after that actress died. All this so Peter could suffer]]. Oh, and he started the infamous Clone Saga too! In ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' he adds some new ones like: [[spoiler:shooting two kids because one of them's wearing a Spider-Man mask, impregnating his son's ex-girlfriend (he must really enjoy stealing younger guys' girls) and making his son believe it's his baby, so Norman could manipulate him and kill him in the near future for the biggest benefits (HIS OWN SON!) There's also the possibility that the guy he's using as a guinea pig in his laboratory is his other son, Gabriel Stacy]].

** Cobra Commander did it in a panel. The shot was so popular it was eventually redone as a pin-up some years later (the pin-up version can be seen at the top of the [[KickTheDog main page for the trope]]).

** Colonel Boris/Jorgen is generally considered Tintin's most unpopular villain. Why? He kicks Snowy down the rocket chute in ''Explorers on the Moon'', breaking the poor thing's leg. To quote the Captain: "Monster! Vivisectionist!"
** One of the villains in ''Flight 714'' orders his men to open fire on Snowy (who escapes).

* In ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' #18 (2011) the villain Jade Claw is introduced being served by beefcake men, using a servant as table and with the following food: ''"Dinner is served, Madame. Cantonese noodles with seared hummingbird hearts and caramelized butterfly brains. Grilled bull elephant tongue with shitake mushrooms and bald eagle hollandaise. Curried Tyrannosaurus Pate, imported fresh from the Savage Land. Baby Seal Soufflé a la mode. And Bacon wrapped tiger eyes sautéed, as always, in the tears of your enemies."'' The "dinner" starts out ridiculous, goes on to involves mostly very endangered species and serves the plot not for a single inch. Jade Claw later goes on about how doves are plucked for her pillows and her feet are washed in the blood "of women who dared presume themselves more beautiful than I." This is so over the top, it isn't kicking a puppy -- it's kicking a whole ''litter'' of them!

*** [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] (Pris Rich) kidnaps and mentally tortures a pair of women she'd already blackmailed into working for her, supposedly to make them too terrified to betray her. This ends up having the opposite effect; the missing women alert Wonder Woman to something going on and [[TheDogBitesBack both of them turn on Pris at the first opportunity due to her brutality]].

** [[Characters/X23LauraKinney X-23]] ''is'' the dog. Any sympathy the reader might have for [[UsedToBeASweetKid the sweet and innocent toddler]] Zander Rice after Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}} kills his father is pretty effectively squashed twenty or so years later the moment he shoves the ''seven year old'' Laura into a radiation chamber to forcibly activate her HealingFactor, then straps her down and tears out her claws ''one by one'' without anesthesia to bond them with adamantium.
** And then there's Kimura, who is introduced to her five days after the hellish surgery and proceeds to {{Curb Stomp| Battle}} her ''just'' to show Laura how helpless she is. Remember, Laura is ''seven'' at this point.

* The villain of Milestone's ''Deathwish'' miniseries, Boots, is shown literally kicking a dog while it was peeing on a fire hydrant in the second issue.