History PapaWolf / ComicBooks

** The Hulk zigzags this as he usually lacks the mental stablity to be a good father, however while having a DuelToTheDeath [[OffingTheOffspring with his son Skaar]], [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/89/a3/b6/89a3b6018cb009fe4234a4f99fea40f5.jpg he stops mid-rageout remembering his own father's abuse]] and reverts back into Banner to give Skaar a CoolDownHug. Played straighter later ComicBook/DoctorDoom is about cut Skaar down with his own sword, [[https://i.imgur.com/XBAoNZW.jpg Bruce bursts in (not even as the Hulk) to protect his son]] and even calls Doom a "jackass" while he does it. Hulk depending on the mood, plays straight with other characters whom he is close to such as: his sidekick Rick Jones who he saved from a nuclear blast and protected from the military, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/F_87C5RigQapevjyigIJJJM2PiTLsXW3SPOz1RqSto7JXh4RyoyBBkMj1MCc-9wLysN_QCT-X8JN=s0 his cousin]] ComicBook/SheHulk whom he gave his blood to so she wouldn't die from a gunshot, and even ComicBook/SpiderMan ([[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3XrQOODXl_s/U-JI0MPwCKI/AAAAAAAAB14/KLqCG_UtkIo/s1600/Marvel-Team-Up-054-06.jpg no really]]). He is a BruiserWithASoftCenter at his very best and will protect anyone who he cares about, and seeing them get hurt makes him [[UnstoppableRage very, very angry]].

* In both the main DC universe and {{alternate universe}} stories, ComicBook/{{Batman}} has broken or has come ''really'' close to breaking his ThouShaltNotKill vow when either his adoptive son/sidekick Robin or his protégé/also sidekick ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} are in trouble.
** In the {{Elseworlds}} story ''ComicBook/TheNail'', where ComicBook/{{Superman}} didn't become a superhero due to him not being found and raised by the Kents, resulting in metahumans and superheroes being feared outcasts of society, [[spoiler:ComicBook/TheJoker brutally kills ''both'' Robin and Batgirl, which sends the distraught Batman into such an UnstoppableRage that he ''kills'' the Joker right on the spot and then crosses the DespairEventHorizon. It takes ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and Alfred ''more'' than a while to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan get him at least partially out of his funk]]]].

** If you want a clue how much Batman loves Dick Grayson, read ''Batman (2016)'' #55-57 [[spoiler: where Nightwing was shot in the head by [=KGbeast=] and is assumed dead. Batman, in a case of TranquilFury, hunts down [=KGbeast=] (with the full support of a grieving Alfred) and savagely fought him and ending up breaking the Russian's neck with the grappling gun and rendering making him quadriplegic, so Batman arrests him as per usual right? '''Nope'''. After all, [=KGBeast=] killed his boy, so Bruce just leaves [=KGbeast=] to die in the snow while he does an UnflinchingWalk away. ThouShallNotKill may be a golden rule but taking away Batman's most beloved adoptee changes rules completely.]]
*** Batman was frightfully furious when villain Nobody decided to mock him by making Batman listening to him beating up his biological son Damian. He was prepared to leave Nobody to ''die'' in a pool of acid if he hadn't seen Damian watching them and controlled himself in time.

*** Goes so far with Thomas Wayne that in the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' storyline, ''he'' becomes Batman after Bruce is killed in the mugging. Mind you, he's as good as Bruce at the job, but he's probably ''pushing sixty at least''. It ''also'' says something that this Batman is completely willing to kill. In ''ComicBook/{{Earth 2}}'', after Bruce dies saving the world as Batman, Thomas becomes the new Batman and, again, is not afraid to kill.
* Batman's fellow crime fighter and MamaBear ComicBook/BlackCanary's boyfriend Oliver Queen[=/=]ComicBook/GreenArrow isn't any different. When his son Connor was shot in the head, Ollie forced an arrow between Onomatopoeia's (the shooter) teeth, angrily asking why he tried to kill his kid and just a hair away from making shish-kebab out of his brain. He then decides he doesn't care ''why'' Onomatopoeia tried to kill Connor, and tells him that he will die if his son doesn't pull through, holding his bow in that position while the surgeons work. For 30 minutes. With a 200 lb. pull longbow. ''After giving blood''. Connor later was shot ''again'' ([[ButtMonkey guy has no luck]]), fell into a coma, and was kidnapped from his hospital bed. Needless to say, things did not end well for the guys behind it.

** If you want a clue how much Batman loves Dick Grayson, read Batman #55-57 [[spoiler: where Nightwing was shot in the head by [=KGbeast=] and is assumed dead. Batman, in a case of TranquilFury, hunts down [=KGbeast=] (with the full support of a grieving Alfred) and savagely fought him and ending up breaking the Russian's neck with the grappling gun and rendering making him quadriplegic, so Batman arrests him as per usual right? '''Nope'''. After all, [=KGBeast=] killed his boy, so Bruce just leaves [=KGbeast=] to die in the snow while he does an UnflinchingWalk away. ThouShallNotKill may be a golden rule but taking away Batman's most beloved adoptee changes rules completely.]]

*** Mags has a similar attitude towards ComicBook/{{Polaris}} his biological daughter, albeit less often given she can look after herself most of the time. Still, there was an epic moment in ''Mutant X'' #32 when Lorna seemly dies in his arms, Magneto kissed her forehead while shedding ManlyTears and then became enraged.

** In the {{Elseworlds}} story ''ComicBook/TheNail'', where ComicBook/{{Superman}} didn't become a superhero due to [[ForWantOfANail him not being found and raised by the Kents]], resulting in metahumans and superheroes being feared outcasts of society, [[spoiler:ComicBook/TheJoker brutally kills ''both'' Robin and Batgirl, which sends the distraught Batman into such an UnstoppableRage that he ''kills'' the Joker right on the spot and then crosses the DespairEventHorizon. It takes ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and Alfred ''more'' than a while to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan get him at least partially out of his funk]]]].

* Being the nice guy and great hero he is, Franchise/{{Superman}} obviously falls under this trope. Especially mess with [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner]], Kara, his adopted son Chris or his biological son Jon, and you'll be under a ''worse'' ass-beating than usual from Supes.

* In both the main DC universe and {{alternate universe}} stories, Franchise/{{Batman}} has broken or has come ''really'' close to breaking his ThouShaltNotKill vow when either his adoptive son/sidekick Robin or his protégé/also sidekick ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} are in trouble.
** In the {{Elseworlds}} story ''ComicBook/TheNail'', where Franchise/{{Superman}} didn't become a superhero due to [[ForWantOfANail him not being found and raised by the Kents]], resulting in metahumans and superheroes being feared outcasts of society, [[spoiler:ComicBook/TheJoker brutally kills ''both'' Robin and Batgirl, which sends the distraught Batman into such an UnstoppableRage that he ''kills'' the Joker right on the spot and then crosses the DespairEventHorizon. It takes ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and Alfred ''more'' than a while to [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan get him at least partially out of his funk]]]].

* Reed Richards, along with his MamaBear wife Sue Storm, of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', especially given that both their children (RealityWarper Franklin and ChildProdigy Valeria) ''do'' have vast powers that make them desirable targets for just about every supervillain out there.

* Within ''Franchise/TheFlash'':

* In ''ComicBook/{{Firebreather}}'' the protagonist's dad is a ''{{Kaiju}}''; messing with his son is something few are willing to do a second time.
* In ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' it’s a common occurrence for low life street scum, professional criminals and super demons from hell to hurt and endanger innocent little children around Ghost Rider whose sole mission in life to protect the innocent and moreover ''horrifically punish'' those who mean and have done harm to the innocent. Whether it be Johnny Blaze (who lost his own wife and son), Danny Ketch or Robbie Reyes, [[TooDumbToLive hurting kids]] around Ghost Rider guarantees a soul destroying Penance Stare '''if you’re lucky'''.

* A rather twisted example from ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' would be ComicBook/{{Sinestro}}. Harm his daughter, [[spoiler:Soranik Natu]], and you will have the wrath of the entire Sinestro Corps bearing down on you and your entire planet, as the [[spoiler:Weaponer of Qward]] learned. Of course, being Sinestro, this happens after he lets his daughter's boyfriend, [[spoiler:Kyle Rayner]], fail in a rescue attempt first just to show her how unworthy he is.

* Scandal Savage and ComicBook/{{Bane}} of ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' have something of a father-daughter relationship, with Scandal's [[ManipulativeBastard biological]] [[MagnificentBastard father]] being... well, ComicBook/VandalSavage and Bane being a GeniusBruiser when not on his venom, and it seems the one surefire way to get Bane to ''use'' said venom again is to put Scandal in danger, at which point anyone who happens to be in the way gets to experience what the Franchise/{{Batman}} went through in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' -- that is, a broken back.

* Franchise/SpiderMan:

** There's also ASM #645. Peter's led to believe an infant he was trying to protect is killed. He then proceeds to go on a rampage. It's so bad that some of his rogues gallery don't believe it... until he comes for them. And those that do turn themselves into the police in the vain hope that it will protect them. It doesn't.