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* The ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse has a few villains with surprisingly good intentions:
** The Hypercommander of the Tz'oook wants to conquer Earth... Because [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} Earth was their homeworld to begin with]] and they've been wandering the universe for literal millions of years, and he wants to get everyone back home, no matter if he has to wipe out most of humanity or execute pacifists in his own numbers to do so. Notably the Junior Woodchucks thwart the invasion ''not'' by defeating him but by proving that [[spoiler:the Tz'oook have accidentally crossed the dimensional barrier and are in fact not from the planet he was attacking but an Earth in a parallel universe]], at which point he has absolutely no problem calling off the invasion.
** Professor Fairfax in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures''. The problem: as the years go on, overpopulation and dwindling natural resources will become more and more of a problem. The solution: using earthquake machines to raise a large section of the Pacific Plate above sea level, freeing up space for new cities and farms. Never mind that the ensuing earthquakes and floods will all but wiped out the entire west coast of the United States. As one character puts it: "If you think about it, his plan isn't illogical at all: he's simply willing to kill millions of people to give ''billions'' of people a better future."
** The Hypercommander of the Tz'oook wants to conquer Earth... Because [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} Earth was their homeworld to begin with]] and they've been wandering the universe for literal millions of years, and he wants to get everyone back home, no matter if he has to wipe out most of humanity or execute pacifists in his own numbers to do so. Notably the Junior Woodchucks thwart the invasion ''not'' by defeating him but by proving that [[spoiler:the Tz'oook have accidentally crossed the dimensional barrier and are in fact not from the planet he was attacking but an Earth in a parallel universe]], at which point he has absolutely no problem calling off the invasion.
** Professor Fairfax in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures''. The problem: as the years go on, overpopulation and dwindling natural resources will become more and more of a problem. The solution: using earthquake machines to raise a large section of the Pacific Plate above sea level, freeing up space for new cities and farms. Never mind that the ensuing earthquakes and floods will all but wiped out the entire west coast of the United States. As one character puts it: "If you think about it, his plan isn't illogical at all: he's simply willing to kill millions of people to give ''billions'' of people a better future."
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* Professor Fairfax in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures''. The problem: as the years go on, overpopulation and dwindling natural resources will become more and more of a problem. The solution: using earthquake machines to raise a large section of the Pacific Plate above sea level, freeing up space for new cities and farms. Never mind that the ensuing earthquakes and floods will all but wiped out the entire west coast of the United States. As one character puts it: "If you think about it, his plan isn't illogical at all: he's simply willing to kill millions of people to give ''billions'' of people a better future."
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* IDW's ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW Transformers]]'':
** there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over.
** Megatron, whose motto, "Peace through tyranny", seems to ring truest in this version. The words he's written imply that he's fighting to bring down the corrupt Cybertronian regime that condones abuse of second-class citizens. He claimed that he would never remove his fusion cannon until he no longer had to fight. It's difficult to figure out if he actually believes his own words or just uses them as an excuse to fight and kill.
** Prowl has become one in recent storylines. [[spoiler: Destroying the incriminating dataslug that Ironfist sacrificed himself for in Last Stand of the Wreckers]] for instance is a great example of how far he's wiling to go to end the war. This is greatly expanded upon in the current ongoing.
** there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over.
** Megatron, whose motto, "Peace through tyranny", seems to ring truest in this version. The words he's written imply that he's fighting to bring down the corrupt Cybertronian regime that condones abuse of second-class citizens. He claimed that he would never remove his fusion cannon until he no longer had to fight. It's difficult to figure out if he actually believes his own words or just uses them as an excuse to fight and kill.
** Prowl has become one in recent storylines. [[spoiler: Destroying the incriminating dataslug that Ironfist sacrificed himself for in Last Stand of the Wreckers]] for instance is a great example of how far he's wiling to go to end the war. This is greatly expanded upon in the current ongoing.
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* IDW's ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW Transformers]]'':
''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'':
**there There are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over.
** Megatron, whose motto, "Peace through tyranny", [[AdaptationalHeroism seems to ring truest in thisversion. The words he's written imply that he's fighting version]]. He started the ForeverWar to bring down the corrupt Cybertronian regime that condones [[FantasticCasteSystem condoned abuse of second-class citizens. He claimed citizens like him]], but his RoaringRampageOfRevenge went on for so long that [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he would never remove his fusion cannon until lost sight of why he no longer had even fought to fight. It's difficult to figure out if he actually believes his own words or just uses them as an excuse to fight and kill.
begin with]]. He eventually has a HeelFaceTurn in the SequelSeries ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''.
** Prowl has become one in recent storylines. [[spoiler: Destroying the incriminating dataslug that Ironfist sacrificed himself for in Last Stand of the Wreckers]] for instance is a great example of how far he's wiling to go to end the war. This is greatly expanded upon in the current ongoing.
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** Megatron, whose motto, "Peace through tyranny", [[AdaptationalHeroism seems to ring truest in this
** Prowl has become one in recent storylines. [[spoiler: Destroying the incriminating dataslug that Ironfist sacrificed himself for in Last Stand of the Wreckers]] for instance is a great example of how far he's wiling to go to end the war.
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[[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]] in ComicBooks.
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->"Imagine. I now possess the power to end hunger. To abolish disease. To eliminate crime. To establish a perfectly content, perfectly ordered world - all under the benevolence of MY IRON WILL!" -- ''Comicbook/DoctorDoom''
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* Ruby Mosely and the AI Overlords of ''ComicBook/{{Mosely}}'' believed that they are helping humanity by controlling them and even getting into their minds. Even her anti-AI father, Mosely, admitted that she thought she was doing the right thing.
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* In IDW [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW Transformers]], there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over.
** Megatron. "Peace through tyranny." The words he's written imply that he's fighting to bring down the corrupt Cybertronian regime that condones abuse of second-class citizens. He claimed that he would never remove his fusion cannon until he no longer had to fight. It's difficult to figure out if he actually believes his own words or just uses them as an excuse to fight and kill.
** Megatron. "Peace through tyranny." The words he's written imply that he's fighting to bring down the corrupt Cybertronian regime that condones abuse of second-class citizens. He claimed that he would never remove his fusion cannon until he no longer had to fight. It's difficult to figure out if he actually believes his own words or just uses them as an excuse to fight and kill.
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* In IDW [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW Transformers]], IDW's ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW Transformers]]'':
** there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over.
**Megatron. Megatron, whose motto, "Peace through tyranny." tyranny", seems to ring truest in this version. The words he's written imply that he's fighting to bring down the corrupt Cybertronian regime that condones abuse of second-class citizens. He claimed that he would never remove his fusion cannon until he no longer had to fight. It's difficult to figure out if he actually believes his own words or just uses them as an excuse to fight and kill.
** there are a band of aliens called the Reapers (not those [[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]), who all seek to end war in the universe by eliminating any violent races and destroying any thing worth fighting over.
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* In ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'', Jeremy Briggs unveils "Clean Slate," a formula that will take away superpowers which at first seems great as it allows Mettle and Hazmat to be human again. However, Briggs reveals he plans to fire off missiles to spread Clean Slate around the globe and take away ''everyone's'' superpowers. He says this will stop the massive battles and destruction of cities and he'll give powers back to those he thinks are worthy. Of course, the fact that Briggs is a sociopath and his view of "worthy" is warped to say the least, the team realize they have to stop him, no matter how right he claims to be.
* Somewhat-recurrent ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' villain Korvac. He wanted to create a universe of everlasting peace, but in the process of trying to change the current universe to fit that vision, his actions so horrified his girlfriend Carina that it gave him a HeelRealization and he was DrivenToSuicide.
** An alternative ending for his story told in the pages of ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' #32 sees Korvac take this even further - realizing that a universe of eternal order is not possible so long as ''anything'' other than nothingness exists within it, he uses the Ultimate Nullifier to cause a ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 on the entire universe he inhabits, turning it into a WorldOfSilence and emptiness... his universe of complete order [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor achieved at last]].
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villains:
** ComicBook/RasAlGhul's intention was to stop mankind's destruction of the environment. This could be accomplished by wiping out roughly 2 billion people.
** EcoTerrorist ComicBook/PoisonIvy wants plants to be respected. It's the ''"and completely dominant"'' part that causes trouble.
** ComicBook/MrFreeze is probably the straightest example: he just wants to save his wife and cure his disease (which makes him [[AndIMustScream have to live in a cold suit 24/7 and never be able to have human contact or die.]]) As he's fine with killing innocent people and doing other bad things, he's still a villain.
** The Civic Virtue serial killer in "Petty Crimes", a story in the ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' anthology series, murders people for antisocial actions like littering and blocking traffic, and claims to be holding the line for civilized society. Several characters, including Batman, say that while of course they can't condone his methods they do kind of see his point.
* Franchise/{{Batman}} himself comes close to this from time to time, especially in the Creator/FrankMiller variations. It's implied that the reason Batman sticks so close to [[ThouShaltNotKill his code of no killing]] is because he's afraid that once he crossed that line, he would become this.
* Somewhat-recurrent ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' villain Korvac. He wanted to create a universe of everlasting peace, but in the process of trying to change the current universe to fit that vision, his actions so horrified his girlfriend Carina that it gave him a HeelRealization and he was DrivenToSuicide.
** An alternative ending for his story told in the pages of ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' #32 sees Korvac take this even further - realizing that a universe of eternal order is not possible so long as ''anything'' other than nothingness exists within it, he uses the Ultimate Nullifier to cause a ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 on the entire universe he inhabits, turning it into a WorldOfSilence and emptiness... his universe of complete order [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor achieved at last]].
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villains:
** ComicBook/RasAlGhul's intention was to stop mankind's destruction of the environment. This could be accomplished by wiping out roughly 2 billion people.
** EcoTerrorist ComicBook/PoisonIvy wants plants to be respected. It's the ''"and completely dominant"'' part that causes trouble.
** ComicBook/MrFreeze is probably the straightest example: he just wants to save his wife and cure his disease (which makes him [[AndIMustScream have to live in a cold suit 24/7 and never be able to have human contact or die.]]) As he's fine with killing innocent people and doing other bad things, he's still a villain.
** The Civic Virtue serial killer in "Petty Crimes", a story in the ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' anthology series, murders people for antisocial actions like littering and blocking traffic, and claims to be holding the line for civilized society. Several characters, including Batman, say that while of course they can't condone his methods they do kind of see his point.
* Franchise/{{Batman}} himself comes close to this from time to time, especially in the Creator/FrankMiller variations. It's implied that the reason Batman sticks so close to [[ThouShaltNotKill his code of no killing]] is because he's afraid that once he crossed that line, he would become this.
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* Somewhat-recurrent ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' villain Korvac. He wanted to create a universe of everlasting peace, but in the process of trying to change the current universe to fit that vision, his actions so horrified his girlfriend Carina that it gave him a HeelRealization and he was DrivenToSuicide.
** An alternative ending for his story told in the pages of ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' #32 sees Korvac take this even further - realizing that a universe of eternal order is not possible so long as ''anything'' other than nothingness exists within it, he uses the Ultimate Nullifier to cause a ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 on the entire universe he inhabits, turning it into a WorldOfSilence and emptiness... his universe of complete order [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor achieved at last]].
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villains:
** ComicBook/RasAlGhul's intention was to stop mankind's destruction of the environment. This could be accomplished by wiping out roughly 2 billion people.
** EcoTerrorist ComicBook/PoisonIvy wants plants to be respected. It's the ''"and completely dominant"'' part that causes trouble.
** ComicBook/MrFreeze is probably the straightest example: he just wants to save his wife and cure his disease (which makes him [[AndIMustScream have to live in a cold suit 24/7 and never be able to have human contact or die.]]) As he's fine with killing innocent people and doing other bad things, he's still a villain.
** The Civic Virtue serial killer in "Petty Crimes", a story in the ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'' anthology series, murders people for antisocial actions like littering and blocking traffic, and claims to be holding the line for civilized society. Several characters, including Batman, say that while of course they can't condone his methods they do kind of see his point.
* Franchise/{{Batman}} himself comes close to this from time to time, especially in the Creator/FrankMiller variations. It's implied that the reason Batman sticks so close to [[ThouShaltNotKill his code of no killing]] is because he's afraid that once he crossed that line, he would become this.
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* The ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' villain Flag-Smasher thinks that the only way to end humanity's problems is to dissolve all governments and unite Earth in a OneWorldOrder. Unfortunately, he chose terrorism as the way to get his views accepted, doing things like destroying national symbols, assassinating world leaders (especially symbolic leaders, like monarchs) and naturally, fighting Captain America, the living symbol of America. During his first fight, Captain America tried to talk him into becoming a hero; let the world see how his world government views inspired him to acts of heroism, much like Cap's own views did for him. He didn't listen. Even worse, he leads a whole organization of lunatics with this belief named U.L.T.M.A.T.U.M.
** To be fair to Flag-Smasher, he is ''very'' devoted to his ideals; he once worked with Captain America to thwart ''his own scheme'' after he realised that he'd received subtle support and resources from the Red Skull, as Flag-Smasher felt that accepting aid from a national symbol like the Skull would have made him a hypocrite.
** The ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' take on Nuke is basically the Ultimate Marvel Flag-Smasher. Essentially created as the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica for the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar, he eventually felt his country had betrayed him and the very values it claimed to stand for, walking off into the jungles and disappearing. When he resurfaced, he was trying to create SuperSerum to give a new army of super soldiers with which to tear down the irredeemably corrupt America that had arisen, and deliberately tried to break Captain America by confronting him with all of the atrocities that the USA has performed and the corrupt governors that have arisen, including UsefulNotes/RichardNixon and his illegal campaign of carpet bombing in Cambodia and Laos and the C.I.A.'s ousting of a democratically elected president of Chile to install the corrupt regime of Augusto Pinochet.
* Baron Helmut Zemo is a rarer example where we actually see him become this from an outright villain. His original motivation was to avenge his evil Nazi father, and general take over the world shenanigans, he saw this change during his time on the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}''. He had put this team together with the idea of faking being heroes to take over the world. Yet when most of his team mates genuinely liked becoming heroes, he changed his motives. While not reforming in standards to be a true hero, he found a lot of his ideas as a "take over the world" plan could instead be a "save the world plan".
** Problem of course with this being he's not nice enough to be a "hero" per se even though at times he has clearly chosen to do the right thing. But in the ultimate showdown, when he had the power to actually go about changing the world his teammates turned on him over not trusting him to actually do what he was saying he meant. His could have been last words interestingly were more of "I wouldn't hurt the world" instead of a "screw you" had he really just meant to go all bad again.
** Despite this CharacterDevelopment when the decision came to make him more straight villain than he had been they went about it in a standout way. He leaked ComicBook/BuckyBarnes' identity to the press and essentially ruined his life...because he had genuine moral outrage over the fact that a former Soviet assassin was being allowed to wear the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica costume. Especially after everything he had done since the Thunderbolts to his favor, yet Bucky was seemingly forgiven so much easier. Yes, you read that right, Zemo's back in the villain chair because he had a very bad reaction to a WhatTheHellHero moment.
** He's been ping-ponging back and forth on this. He later tried to use a virus created from an [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] boy to sterilize most of the humans around the world, sincerely reasoning that this would put an end to the problems caused by overpopulation and the planet's dwindling resources.
* ComicBook/NormanOsborn during the ''Comicbook/DarkReign'' saga saw himself as this, as we see in his [[spoiler:"monologue"]] at the end of ''Comicbook/{{Siege}}''. He says that his idea was to make a safer world by not letting just anyone put on a costume and decide to save the world by themselves, since they would end up causing more harm than good, knowing that, someday, the mutants would turn against mankind, or the Hulk would snap and go on a rampage that could kill millions. And he used the Superhuman Registration Act in his attempt, since it would be the perfect excuse -- whoever was against him was automatically labeled as "non-sanctioned" and hunted down.
** To be fair to Flag-Smasher, he is ''very'' devoted to his ideals; he once worked with Captain America to thwart ''his own scheme'' after he realised that he'd received subtle support and resources from the Red Skull, as Flag-Smasher felt that accepting aid from a national symbol like the Skull would have made him a hypocrite.
** The ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' take on Nuke is basically the Ultimate Marvel Flag-Smasher. Essentially created as the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica for the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar, he eventually felt his country had betrayed him and the very values it claimed to stand for, walking off into the jungles and disappearing. When he resurfaced, he was trying to create SuperSerum to give a new army of super soldiers with which to tear down the irredeemably corrupt America that had arisen, and deliberately tried to break Captain America by confronting him with all of the atrocities that the USA has performed and the corrupt governors that have arisen, including UsefulNotes/RichardNixon and his illegal campaign of carpet bombing in Cambodia and Laos and the C.I.A.'s ousting of a democratically elected president of Chile to install the corrupt regime of Augusto Pinochet.
* Baron Helmut Zemo is a rarer example where we actually see him become this from an outright villain. His original motivation was to avenge his evil Nazi father, and general take over the world shenanigans, he saw this change during his time on the ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}''. He had put this team together with the idea of faking being heroes to take over the world. Yet when most of his team mates genuinely liked becoming heroes, he changed his motives. While not reforming in standards to be a true hero, he found a lot of his ideas as a "take over the world" plan could instead be a "save the world plan".
** Problem of course with this being he's not nice enough to be a "hero" per se even though at times he has clearly chosen to do the right thing. But in the ultimate showdown, when he had the power to actually go about changing the world his teammates turned on him over not trusting him to actually do what he was saying he meant. His could have been last words interestingly were more of "I wouldn't hurt the world" instead of a "screw you" had he really just meant to go all bad again.
** Despite this CharacterDevelopment when the decision came to make him more straight villain than he had been they went about it in a standout way. He leaked ComicBook/BuckyBarnes' identity to the press and essentially ruined his life...because he had genuine moral outrage over the fact that a former Soviet assassin was being allowed to wear the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica costume. Especially after everything he had done since the Thunderbolts to his favor, yet Bucky was seemingly forgiven so much easier. Yes, you read that right, Zemo's back in the villain chair because he had a very bad reaction to a WhatTheHellHero moment.
** He's been ping-ponging back and forth on this. He later tried to use a virus created from an [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] boy to sterilize most of the humans around the world, sincerely reasoning that this would put an end to the problems caused by overpopulation and the planet's dwindling resources.
* ComicBook/NormanOsborn during the ''Comicbook/DarkReign'' saga saw himself as this, as we see in his [[spoiler:"monologue"]] at the end of ''Comicbook/{{Siege}}''. He says that his idea was to make a safer world by not letting just anyone put on a costume and decide to save the world by themselves, since they would end up causing more harm than good, knowing that, someday, the mutants would turn against mankind, or the Hulk would snap and go on a rampage that could kill millions. And he used the Superhuman Registration Act in his attempt, since it would be the perfect excuse -- whoever was against him was automatically labeled as "non-sanctioned" and hunted down.
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* [[spoiler: Cinderella's fairy godmother, as well as Geppetto]], in ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' embodies this trope. [[spoiler: The fairy godmother just wanted people to be happy, and Geppetto didn't start out ''intending'' to conquer the world.]]
* One of ComicBook/TheFlash's most dangerous enemies, Zoom, fits this pretty well. He just wants to make the Flash a better hero... by killing his friends, family, and lesser villains.
* ''ComicBook/{{Foolkiller}}''. After all, who doesn't sympathize with a guy who kills fools? Just make sure you're not one. To give you an idea of how AxCrazy he is, when he fought Franchise/SpiderMan, the hero started to trounce him good, and an onlooker commented that the guy was a fool for thinking he could beat Spider-Man. Apparently, the Foolkiller thought the guy had a point, and tried to turn his weapon on himself. (though, fortunately for him, Spidey stopped him and he was hauled to an asylum.) The thing is, Foolkiller is not one person; ''several'' criminals have held the identity over the years, and each one has a different definition of what a "fool" is. It's ''very'' doubtful they'd all agree with each other if they were all in one place.
* The Deacon from ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' just wants everyone to go to Heaven and be at peace. So he kills them to expedite the process.
* ComicBook/LexLuthor in ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'' is confident that he can save the remains of mankind not wiped by the apocalypse, but he can only achieve this if everybody follow his orders, so he keeps people mind-controlled and caged inside "his" walled city and represses dissenters brutally; and then he doesn't get why people rebel against him.
* In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', all H'el wants is to ressurect his home planet, Krypton. Unfortunately, Earth has to be destroyed for him to bring back Krypton.
* The Leader, EvilGenius ArchEnemy of the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, is most often portrayed as this. He wants to conquer the world and solve all of its problems (in some cases, he doesn't even want to conquer the world, just set up his own utopia). Depending on the writer, he may or may not want to turn everyone in the world into a gamma monster like himself and the Hulk, as well.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Alexander Luthor Jr.]] was willing to kill an uncountable number of people to reach his goal during the ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. His goal? To find and create the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Perfect Earth, free of Crime, Grime, and, possibly, super powers]].
* Issue 20 of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' shows us why Maxwell Lord is willing to do all the horrible things he does: he sincerely believes that if he doesn't take dictatorial control of the metahuman community, the inevitable result will be the sort of spandex genocide we saw at the end of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
* ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'': In ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' Annual #20, the Old Gotham Warden Harvey Bent came to believe that it was not enough to banish criminals to the hell of Arkham but that they should be put to death. The Bat-Man refused to consider this as he believed that it would make them as bad as the criminals that they fought. Bent resigned as Warden in protest. In order to end the battle between good and evil raging inside of him, Bent tried to burn the evil out of himself. This only served to make things worse as the resulting disfigurement turned him into [[ComicBook/TwoFace Split-Face]], who resorted to bribery, perjury, evidence tampering and even murder to bring criminals to justice (or at least his idea of it).
* Creator/GrantMorrison's ''Marvel Boy'' is a good example of this. The miniseries' alien protagonist, the extradimensional Kree, Noh-Varr, has his ship shot down and the rest of his crew killed by a supervillain that wants to make a profit off of his technology and dissected remains. As such, he winds up understandably pissed at the human race (to the extent that he knocks down buildings to spell out "F#$k you" to the human race in letters several blocks high, though he herds the inhabitants away so there will be no casualties). Noh-Varr finds Earth's social ills to be ridiculous and unreasonable and intends to make war on Earth and "{{terraform}}" it to be like his home planet, Hala. He would be a classic VillainProtagonist, but genuinely does seem to believe that what he's doing will better Earth for its inhabitants.
* One of ComicBook/TheFlash's most dangerous enemies, Zoom, fits this pretty well. He just wants to make the Flash a better hero... by killing his friends, family, and lesser villains.
* ''ComicBook/{{Foolkiller}}''. After all, who doesn't sympathize with a guy who kills fools? Just make sure you're not one. To give you an idea of how AxCrazy he is, when he fought Franchise/SpiderMan, the hero started to trounce him good, and an onlooker commented that the guy was a fool for thinking he could beat Spider-Man. Apparently, the Foolkiller thought the guy had a point, and tried to turn his weapon on himself. (though, fortunately for him, Spidey stopped him and he was hauled to an asylum.) The thing is, Foolkiller is not one person; ''several'' criminals have held the identity over the years, and each one has a different definition of what a "fool" is. It's ''very'' doubtful they'd all agree with each other if they were all in one place.
* The Deacon from ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' just wants everyone to go to Heaven and be at peace. So he kills them to expedite the process.
* ComicBook/LexLuthor in ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'' is confident that he can save the remains of mankind not wiped by the apocalypse, but he can only achieve this if everybody follow his orders, so he keeps people mind-controlled and caged inside "his" walled city and represses dissenters brutally; and then he doesn't get why people rebel against him.
* In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', all H'el wants is to ressurect his home planet, Krypton. Unfortunately, Earth has to be destroyed for him to bring back Krypton.
* The Leader, EvilGenius ArchEnemy of the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, is most often portrayed as this. He wants to conquer the world and solve all of its problems (in some cases, he doesn't even want to conquer the world, just set up his own utopia). Depending on the writer, he may or may not want to turn everyone in the world into a gamma monster like himself and the Hulk, as well.
* [[ManipulativeBastard Alexander Luthor Jr.]] was willing to kill an uncountable number of people to reach his goal during the ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. His goal? To find and create the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Perfect Earth, free of Crime, Grime, and, possibly, super powers]].
* Issue 20 of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' shows us why Maxwell Lord is willing to do all the horrible things he does: he sincerely believes that if he doesn't take dictatorial control of the metahuman community, the inevitable result will be the sort of spandex genocide we saw at the end of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
* ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'': In ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' Annual #20, the Old Gotham Warden Harvey Bent came to believe that it was not enough to banish criminals to the hell of Arkham but that they should be put to death. The Bat-Man refused to consider this as he believed that it would make them as bad as the criminals that they fought. Bent resigned as Warden in protest. In order to end the battle between good and evil raging inside of him, Bent tried to burn the evil out of himself. This only served to make things worse as the resulting disfigurement turned him into [[ComicBook/TwoFace Split-Face]], who resorted to bribery, perjury, evidence tampering and even murder to bring criminals to justice (or at least his idea of it).
* Creator/GrantMorrison's ''Marvel Boy'' is a good example of this. The miniseries' alien protagonist, the extradimensional Kree, Noh-Varr, has his ship shot down and the rest of his crew killed by a supervillain that wants to make a profit off of his technology and dissected remains. As such, he winds up understandably pissed at the human race (to the extent that he knocks down buildings to spell out "F#$k you" to the human race in letters several blocks high, though he herds the inhabitants away so there will be no casualties). Noh-Varr finds Earth's social ills to be ridiculous and unreasonable and intends to make war on Earth and "{{terraform}}" it to be like his home planet, Hala. He would be a classic VillainProtagonist, but genuinely does seem to believe that what he's doing will better Earth for its inhabitants.
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* Subverted in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. The members of the Pride keep talking about building a better future for their children, but it turns out that [[spoiler: their plan is to help some ancient monsters wipe out all of humanity in exchange for granting their offspring eternal life. Plus, the original deal was that half of ''the Pride'' would get to live forever in paradise, so their motivations were purely selfish to begin with]]. Only one couple, the Yorkes, seem to genuinely think that they're doing the world as a whole a favor.
-->'''Stacy Yorkes:''' Before my dolt of a husband totaled our 4-D portico ''permanently,'' we visited ''thousands'' of possible futures, each worse than the last...The next generation deserves something ''new''...and that's exactly what we're going to give them.
-->'''Stacy Yorkes:''' Before my dolt of a husband totaled our 4-D portico ''permanently,'' we visited ''thousands'' of possible futures, each worse than the last...The next generation deserves something ''new''...and that's exactly what we're going to give them.
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* Comicbook/{{Sinestro}} falls into this, especially during his debut and the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''. His planet was, by all accounts, lawless and wild, so he used his ComicBook/GreenLantern ring to conquer it and instill order, by brutally oppressing the entire population. When the [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps Sinestro Corps]] starts up, he seeks out people who can instill great fear, including Franchise/{{Batman}} (who refuses), so he can save the galaxy from itself. Again, by ruling the entire population through fear.
** [[spoiler:In the end of the ''Sinestro Corps War'', Sinestro admits that what he really wanted was to improve the Green Lantern Corps by making them accept the use of deadly force when necessary. [[XanatosGambit He achieved his ends either way.]]]]
** After Hal Jordan's home town was destroyed, he was driven insane and became the supervillain known as Parallax. His goal was the [[OmnicidalManiac destruction of the universe]] to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans rebuild it and make it better,]] and in particular to save all the people that had been killed. It was noted several times by other characters that Hal believed he was acting for the right reasons, but had simply lost his way. Eventually, he would regain enough of his former morality and nobility to sacrifice himself to save the world and redeem himself, and it was later retconned that he had been [[DemonicPossession possessed]] the entire time.
** The [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern Corps]] (emotion: rage) fall into this as a whole, since their rage is universally driven by loss; all any of them want to do is avenge their loved ones, [[ShootTheDog no]] [[BloodKnight matter]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds the]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope cost]]. It doesn't help that their power is one of the two least controllable ones of the emotional spectrum and, as a result, they tend towards being TheBerserker, destroying anything or any''one'' that they see as being in their way.
** The Entity of Compassion, Proselyte, is dedicated to eradicating evil by spreading empathy and compassion across the universe. It sees nothing wrong with ''brainwashing'' people to make them feel compassion. [[spoiler: Although the individuals it brainwashes are all borderline sociopaths, psychotic killers, and unrepentant monsters who are forced to wear the rings so they can finally understand why their past crimes were wrong. Indigo-1, a.k.a. Iroque the Child Killer, legitimately begged to have her ring returned and the Tribe restarted because she finally began to understand how terrible she'd been.]] Also, Proselyte doesn't brainwash ''every'' Indigo ring wielder, and they are capable of seeking out individuals who are fully capable of great compassion, [[spoiler: not just those who lack it.]]
** The Guardians of the Universe. They've been screwing up since the universe started, and while it's (usually) obvious that they are at least ''trying'' to do the right thing, more often than not, it just blows up in their faces.
** The White Light Entity has committed a few morally ambiguous acts in order to save all life in the universe.
** [[spoiler:In the end of the ''Sinestro Corps War'', Sinestro admits that what he really wanted was to improve the Green Lantern Corps by making them accept the use of deadly force when necessary. [[XanatosGambit He achieved his ends either way.]]]]
** After Hal Jordan's home town was destroyed, he was driven insane and became the supervillain known as Parallax. His goal was the [[OmnicidalManiac destruction of the universe]] to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans rebuild it and make it better,]] and in particular to save all the people that had been killed. It was noted several times by other characters that Hal believed he was acting for the right reasons, but had simply lost his way. Eventually, he would regain enough of his former morality and nobility to sacrifice himself to save the world and redeem himself, and it was later retconned that he had been [[DemonicPossession possessed]] the entire time.
** The [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern Corps]] (emotion: rage) fall into this as a whole, since their rage is universally driven by loss; all any of them want to do is avenge their loved ones, [[ShootTheDog no]] [[BloodKnight matter]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds the]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope cost]]. It doesn't help that their power is one of the two least controllable ones of the emotional spectrum and, as a result, they tend towards being TheBerserker, destroying anything or any''one'' that they see as being in their way.
** The Entity of Compassion, Proselyte, is dedicated to eradicating evil by spreading empathy and compassion across the universe. It sees nothing wrong with ''brainwashing'' people to make them feel compassion. [[spoiler: Although the individuals it brainwashes are all borderline sociopaths, psychotic killers, and unrepentant monsters who are forced to wear the rings so they can finally understand why their past crimes were wrong. Indigo-1, a.k.a. Iroque the Child Killer, legitimately begged to have her ring returned and the Tribe restarted because she finally began to understand how terrible she'd been.]] Also, Proselyte doesn't brainwash ''every'' Indigo ring wielder, and they are capable of seeking out individuals who are fully capable of great compassion, [[spoiler: not just those who lack it.]]
** The Guardians of the Universe. They've been screwing up since the universe started, and while it's (usually) obvious that they are at least ''trying'' to do the right thing, more often than not, it just blows up in their faces.
** The White Light Entity has committed a few morally ambiguous acts in order to save all life in the universe.
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* ComicBook/SpiderMan's enemy, the Vulture, is a good example of the other type of this trope. Many years after his debut, he was given a backstory in which an unscrupulous business partner cheated him out of the proceeds from his inventions. He wrecked said partner's business, stole back his money, and discovered that he enjoyed the thrill. Eventually, the partner surfaced, and the usually not-murderous Vulture went after him; Spidey stopped the Vulture but taped the partner's confession.
** Spider-Man has often fought a high-tech KnightTemplar called Cardiac who targets people who commit evil and immoral acts, but find legal loopholes to escape justice. And let's face it; a lot of people would take Cardiac's side here. His victims are [[AssholeVictim horrible men]] who rob people blind and cause innocents to suffer, but find ways to legally do it, always with selfish goals in mind. Even Spider-Man, who tries to stop him when he can, can't help but admire him a little sometimes.
* The ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' limited series was built on this trope, as the Squadron vows to use their super-powers to cure all of society's ills -- even if it requires restricting civil rights and individual liberties to do so.
* Amanda Waller, from ''Comicbook/SuicideSquad''. She's a tremendously shrewd politician and a MagnificentBitch in the dog-eat-dog world of DCU politics, who often has to battle her possessiveness and prejudice to do what really's right. Deep under the IronLady and the BlackBossLady, she's still human, even if she mutes her conscience on a daily basis.
* Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}:
** In ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Atrocitus -- leader of the Red Lantern Corps -- is determined to avenge injustice... by killing whoever he finds guilty.
** In ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}'s actions (virtually taking over Gotham, running it as her own private kingdom with spy eyes installed everywhere, banning parahumans from her city...) are questionable at least, but her only goal is saving innocents and protecting the good people of Gotham.
** In the ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' story arc "Way of the World", villain Aftermath wants to turn the public against superhumans because he thinks good people always gets screwed when they fight. So he kidnaps a couple to blackmail their daughter into putting a mind-control hex on ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, intending to mind-control Supergirl into causing mayhem until everybody hates her.
--->'''Aftermath:''' NO!!! I only did this to make them understand-- to make the world '''better'''.\\
'''Supergirl:''' I know. But that doesn't mean you're right.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** General Zod, long-time enemy of Superman, was reinvented in the ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storylines. Normally a conquering madman, he was named military commander of New Krypton and was devoted to protecting the new planet by any means necessary, but he was shown to be fairly honorable and decent. He cracked down on his sadistic minion Gor, promoted Superman in his place when he was incapacitated by an assassin, and came to appreciate his former enemy while still maintaining views that are much harsher than those of Superman's. [[spoiler:When New Krypton was destroyed]], [[UnstoppableRage all bets were off]].
** When the Eradicator took over as Superman during ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', he had no qualms about using deadly force and thought he was doing what Superman would do. However, he's shown to be shaken by Guy Gardner's admiration and a couple of WhatTheHellHero speeches from Comicbook/LoisLane and Comicbook/{{Steel}}.
** And in ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'' where Superman was raised under the belief of communism, he does just this. Taking over Russia and becoming a dictator to protect the people. He tries to do this to the whole world but is stopped by ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' with a simple [[ArmorPiercingQuestion note]] that makes him realize he is no better than ComicBook/{{Braniac}} trying to put the world in a bottle.
** In ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'', Euphor increases his power by absorbing Metropolis' negative emotions until he is powerful enough to put the whole city under his total mind-control. Even so, he seems to believe he is really the good guy, since he privately insists he is just helping people and Superman deserves to be kicked out of Metropolis for not removing its citizens' unhappiness.
** Spider-Man has often fought a high-tech KnightTemplar called Cardiac who targets people who commit evil and immoral acts, but find legal loopholes to escape justice. And let's face it; a lot of people would take Cardiac's side here. His victims are [[AssholeVictim horrible men]] who rob people blind and cause innocents to suffer, but find ways to legally do it, always with selfish goals in mind. Even Spider-Man, who tries to stop him when he can, can't help but admire him a little sometimes.
* The ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' limited series was built on this trope, as the Squadron vows to use their super-powers to cure all of society's ills -- even if it requires restricting civil rights and individual liberties to do so.
* Amanda Waller, from ''Comicbook/SuicideSquad''. She's a tremendously shrewd politician and a MagnificentBitch in the dog-eat-dog world of DCU politics, who often has to battle her possessiveness and prejudice to do what really's right. Deep under the IronLady and the BlackBossLady, she's still human, even if she mutes her conscience on a daily basis.
* Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}:
** In ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Atrocitus -- leader of the Red Lantern Corps -- is determined to avenge injustice... by killing whoever he finds guilty.
** In ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}'s actions (virtually taking over Gotham, running it as her own private kingdom with spy eyes installed everywhere, banning parahumans from her city...) are questionable at least, but her only goal is saving innocents and protecting the good people of Gotham.
** In the ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'' story arc "Way of the World", villain Aftermath wants to turn the public against superhumans because he thinks good people always gets screwed when they fight. So he kidnaps a couple to blackmail their daughter into putting a mind-control hex on ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, intending to mind-control Supergirl into causing mayhem until everybody hates her.
--->'''Aftermath:''' NO!!! I only did this to make them understand-- to make the world '''better'''.\\
'''Supergirl:''' I know. But that doesn't mean you're right.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** General Zod, long-time enemy of Superman, was reinvented in the ''ComicBook/LastSon'' and ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storylines. Normally a conquering madman, he was named military commander of New Krypton and was devoted to protecting the new planet by any means necessary, but he was shown to be fairly honorable and decent. He cracked down on his sadistic minion Gor, promoted Superman in his place when he was incapacitated by an assassin, and came to appreciate his former enemy while still maintaining views that are much harsher than those of Superman's. [[spoiler:When New Krypton was destroyed]], [[UnstoppableRage all bets were off]].
** When the Eradicator took over as Superman during ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', he had no qualms about using deadly force and thought he was doing what Superman would do. However, he's shown to be shaken by Guy Gardner's admiration and a couple of WhatTheHellHero speeches from Comicbook/LoisLane and Comicbook/{{Steel}}.
** And in ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'' where Superman was raised under the belief of communism, he does just this. Taking over Russia and becoming a dictator to protect the people. He tries to do this to the whole world but is stopped by ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' with a simple [[ArmorPiercingQuestion note]] that makes him realize he is no better than ComicBook/{{Braniac}} trying to put the world in a bottle.
** In ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'', Euphor increases his power by absorbing Metropolis' negative emotions until he is powerful enough to put the whole city under his total mind-control. Even so, he seems to believe he is really the good guy, since he privately insists he is just helping people and Superman deserves to be kicked out of Metropolis for not removing its citizens' unhappiness.
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* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
** [[ComicBook/TheMaker Ultimate Reed Richards]] is willing to kill his own family to fake his death, attacks organizations that he feels are repressing science's potential for their own corrupt reasons, and tries to TakeOverTheWorld so that he can finally "fix things" the way he always knew he could. Afterwards, he creates a utopian civilization in another dimension, then brings it back and tries to ''wipe out humanity'' to replace it with this "better" version.
** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Gregory Stark's big goal is to get current S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership out of the way so no one can intervene in his planned revolutions to overthrow the dictatorships in the Middle East and North Korea.
** [[ComicBook/TheMaker Ultimate Reed Richards]] is willing to kill his own family to fake his death, attacks organizations that he feels are repressing science's potential for their own corrupt reasons, and tries to TakeOverTheWorld so that he can finally "fix things" the way he always knew he could. Afterwards, he creates a utopian civilization in another dimension, then brings it back and tries to ''wipe out humanity'' to replace it with this "better" version.
** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Gregory Stark's big goal is to get current S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership out of the way so no one can intervene in his planned revolutions to overthrow the dictatorships in the Middle East and North Korea.
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* V from ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' is the poster child of this trope. He wants to free England... by causing riots and crippling the government.
** The head of said government, Adam Susan, is ANaziByAnyOtherName who may be the only thing keeping order in a nuclear wasteland.
* ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'': A very {{spoiler}}ish example, but: [[spoiler:Ozymandias? Possibly the most successful Well Intentioned Extremist in fiction. He kills three million people to achieve world peace... and, as far as the reader can tell, ''it works,'' though the last panel opens up the possibility that it may have all been for nothing.]]
** Another example would be Rorschach, whose violent and murderous behavior towards criminals is fueled by his own twisted desires to protect the world and defend the good. However, due to mental trauma, he tends to view almost everything and everyone as bad and needing punishment, making him come off as a SociopathicHero.
* ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in ''ComicBook/XMen'' is one of the archetypal examples in the medium. He wants peace and safety for mutantkind -- but he's willing to achieve it at the expense of humanity at large. Magneto's characterization varies wildly depending on who is writing him, but the most influential version is the one envisioned by Chris Claremont and fits this trope to a tee.
** Comicbook/{{Cyclops}} took this role after the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', having [[spoiler:killed Professor X]] and dedicated himself to starting a new Mutant revolution. He's been explicitly compared to Magneto by both supporters and detractors and was already a fully fledged MagnificentBastard -- which is more than a little comical since a reformed Magneto is a member of Cyclops' team of rogue X-Men, having joined because he genuinely admired Scott, and in which capacity he occasionally remarks on how Scott sounds like him, or reprimands him for it.
** Dr. Bolivar Trask, the renowned anthropologist, became an early X-Men villain when he publicly voiced his fears that superhuman mutants might take over the world and enslave humanity. [[BewareTheSuperman Considering]] what mutant supervillains have been up to before and since in the Marvelverse, [[NoMereWindmill it's not quite fair]] to say that he was [[StrawmanHasAPoint entirely wrong]]. Nevertheless, his proposed solution -- to launch an army of [[HumongousMecha Sentinels]] to contain and neutralize the mutants -- qualifies him for this list.
** Trask's son Lawrence basically continued his father's plans, with the added motive of revenge for his father's death. Later, government scientist Steven Lang launched an operation similar to Trask's, for much the same reasons.
** Wolverine also qualifies as this. While he does tend to have good intentions he tends to use murder, mauling, and more murder to achieve them. He once stabbed Rachel Summers in the heart and lungs to keep her from killing Selene. Keep in mind that Selene is a millennia old unrepentant murderer and an energy vampire, who then went on to immediately kill more people right afterwards! Wolverine also set explosives on an island that not only contained the entirety of the mutant race at the time, but also incapacitated people in the infirmary and multiple prisoners. He did this in order to try and blow up a killer robot, but still, what would have happened if everyone hadn't been evacuated on time?
** Arguably, ''most'' human X-Men villains qualify, as they're basically Magneto in reverse: Ordinary humans looking after human interests and not wanting to be dominated or exterminated like rats by a super-powered caste of mutant overlords. (Which has actually happened or nearly happened a number of times in the comics over the years.) Though like the mutant supervillains, some are less "well-intentioned" and more "extreme" than others, and vice versa.
** The head of said government, Adam Susan, is ANaziByAnyOtherName who may be the only thing keeping order in a nuclear wasteland.
* ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'': A very {{spoiler}}ish example, but: [[spoiler:Ozymandias? Possibly the most successful Well Intentioned Extremist in fiction. He kills three million people to achieve world peace... and, as far as the reader can tell, ''it works,'' though the last panel opens up the possibility that it may have all been for nothing.]]
** Another example would be Rorschach, whose violent and murderous behavior towards criminals is fueled by his own twisted desires to protect the world and defend the good. However, due to mental trauma, he tends to view almost everything and everyone as bad and needing punishment, making him come off as a SociopathicHero.
* ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in ''ComicBook/XMen'' is one of the archetypal examples in the medium. He wants peace and safety for mutantkind -- but he's willing to achieve it at the expense of humanity at large. Magneto's characterization varies wildly depending on who is writing him, but the most influential version is the one envisioned by Chris Claremont and fits this trope to a tee.
** Comicbook/{{Cyclops}} took this role after the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', having [[spoiler:killed Professor X]] and dedicated himself to starting a new Mutant revolution. He's been explicitly compared to Magneto by both supporters and detractors and was already a fully fledged MagnificentBastard -- which is more than a little comical since a reformed Magneto is a member of Cyclops' team of rogue X-Men, having joined because he genuinely admired Scott, and in which capacity he occasionally remarks on how Scott sounds like him, or reprimands him for it.
** Dr. Bolivar Trask, the renowned anthropologist, became an early X-Men villain when he publicly voiced his fears that superhuman mutants might take over the world and enslave humanity. [[BewareTheSuperman Considering]] what mutant supervillains have been up to before and since in the Marvelverse, [[NoMereWindmill it's not quite fair]] to say that he was [[StrawmanHasAPoint entirely wrong]]. Nevertheless, his proposed solution -- to launch an army of [[HumongousMecha Sentinels]] to contain and neutralize the mutants -- qualifies him for this list.
** Trask's son Lawrence basically continued his father's plans, with the added motive of revenge for his father's death. Later, government scientist Steven Lang launched an operation similar to Trask's, for much the same reasons.
** Wolverine also qualifies as this. While he does tend to have good intentions he tends to use murder, mauling, and more murder to achieve them. He once stabbed Rachel Summers in the heart and lungs to keep her from killing Selene. Keep in mind that Selene is a millennia old unrepentant murderer and an energy vampire, who then went on to immediately kill more people right afterwards! Wolverine also set explosives on an island that not only contained the entirety of the mutant race at the time, but also incapacitated people in the infirmary and multiple prisoners. He did this in order to try and blow up a killer robot, but still, what would have happened if everyone hadn't been evacuated on time?
** Arguably, ''most'' human X-Men villains qualify, as they're basically Magneto in reverse: Ordinary humans looking after human interests and not wanting to be dominated or exterminated like rats by a super-powered caste of mutant overlords. (Which has actually happened or nearly happened a number of times in the comics over the years.) Though like the mutant supervillains, some are less "well-intentioned" and more "extreme" than others, and vice versa.
