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15	* The Junkman in ''ComicBook/AstroCity''. He was a brilliant inventor who was removed from his job only because of the company's mandatory retirement policy; they wanted him to relax and enjoy his twilight years, but he simply wanted to keep working. The only reason he turns to crime is to show society that discarded things can still have value, and builds his arsenal out of junk just to prove his point. It's not hard to imagine that he could be a happy law-abiding citizen if someone would just give him another job.
16	* Mikey Rhodes, the VillainProtagonist in ''{{ComicBook/Birthright}}''. He serves as vessel to [[EldritchAbomination a demonic entity]] [[OmnicidalManiac bent on merging Earth with the dimension where it came from]]. However, his backstory is very sympathetic: he was originally the ChosenOne destined to destroy Lore (said demonic entity), and was taken to his home dimension by resistance fighters to fulfill his destiny. [[ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne Having a responsibility that he never asked for being forced on him]], as well [[ShellShockedVeteran as witnessing many horrors from the war]] and being separated from his family pushed him to become a FallenHero and [[DealWithTheDevil make a deal with Lore]] to return home. He ''doesn't'' want to destroy his world, but he is forced to obey his mater [[DemonicPossession since Lore is inside his body]] and directing him to find and kill the [[BarrierMaiden five magi that keep the two worlds apart.]]
17	* Laszlo Herzl in the ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' album ''Red Soul'' is shown first as someone full of spite towards Blacksad's one-time mentor Otto Lieber, and later is responsible for [[spoiler:the death of another scientist]]. However, there's more to it than that: [[spoiler:Lieber is a former Nazi scientist, and Herzl is a ''Holocaust survivor'' who's furious that a Nazi is getting away unscathed thanks to being recruited for Operation Paperclip - especially since he's also aware Lieber is selling secrets to the Russians. Blacksad ultimately admits that Herzl has the moral high ground and confronts Lieber instead.]]
18	* Two Edge in ''ComicBook/ElfQuest''. He's a ManipulativeBastard who [[spoiler: plays a generations long Xanatos Gambit to set two races at war]] but he has a FreudianExcuse [[spoiler: He was tortured into insanity by his mother after watching her kill his father]] and has a soft spot for children (boy children anyway and no, ''not'' in '''that''' way.) Ultimately [[spoiler: he does a HeelFaceTurn to become an AntiHero]]
19	* While Mr. Gone cheerfully murders people and inflicts incredible anguish on ComicBook/TheMaxx and his friends, his stated intention is to instigate Julie's emotional catharsis and to set things right with [[spoiler: his daughter, Sara.]]
20	* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Nearly every villain in the franchise is motivated by nothing but ForTheEvulz or pure {{Greed}}. Most of them are utterly devoid of likable qualities. Even comical villains like Klump, Schlubb, and Gordo are involved in some pretty nasty stuff like aiding a pedophile and human trafficking. This makes the only four antagonists who actually ''do'' have some better traits stand out quite a bit (particularly the former two).
21	** Liebowitz. He's as corrupt of a cop as any other and beats up Hartigan for not signing a false confession. Despite this, he is a devoted family man and eventually turns on [[HumanTraffickers the Colonel]], [[spoiler:going so far as to kill him.]] In the second film, Liebowitz goes out of his way to warn Johnny to leave the city after he beats [[SoreLoser Roark]] in a poker game.
22	** Becky [[FaceHeelTurn betrays her friends in Old Town to the mob]], but seems remorseful, is clearly miserable being a sex worker, claims that Manute threatened to kill her mother, and gets caught in a somewhat harsh ContemptCrossfire from Gail and Manute.
23	** Don Giacco Magliozzi is a downplayed example. He's a fairly unpleasant mob boss, but he deeply loved his niece Andrea and values avenging her death over continuing a profitable partnership with her HateSink killer's employer. If he hadn't entrusted the hit to his TriggerHappy nephews, who accidentally kill [[spoiler:an Old Town prostitute]], then he'd barely count as a villain at all.
24	** DirtyCop Bob covers up the crimes of pedophile and SerialKiller Roark Jr. and shoots his own partner. However, he claims that he's only doing so out of fear that the Roarks will kill him, and tries to convince Hartigan to lay down his gun for several seconds before shooting him again. In ''A Dame to Kill For,'' he's quick to believe that Dwight was set up and shows concern for his new partner.
25	* Bohr, the troll captain in ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}''. He is the leader of the pursuing trolls, yet he is not fond of unnecessary violence, is loyal and determined, and loves his family.
26	* In the ''ComicBook/SonicX'' comic book, Dr. Eggman is presented as a genuinely good person who, aside from ''really'' wanting to rule the world, has a strong sense of morals and is willing to do the right thing most of the time.
27	* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Luke Skywalker's childhood friend Janek Sunber, aka Tank, joined the Empire and became a junior officer among its ground forces. He served with distinction and never placed himself above his soldiers, feeling [[TheChainsOfCommanding responsible for their lives]], and shared in menial labor that his fellow officers felt was beneath their rank. Through his natural talent as a leader and strategist, a scant handful of men survived what otherwise would have been a complete annihilation at the hands of enemy forces. Yet in the end, he was still an Imperial and conducted missions against Rebel forces, even infiltrating the Rebellion in an attempt to capture Luke and bring him to Darth Vader.
28	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
29	** Circuit Breaker in the {{Creator/Marvel}} ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel Transformers Generation 1]]'' comic. She hates all robots equally, regardless of faction, but given her origin, that's understandable. Megatron also tends to feign cooperation with the Autobots purely to make people think the Autobots are also evil, furthering Circuit Breaker's hatred. Also, she is shown to genuinely want to protect other humans, repeatedly risking her own life and being severely damaged to save an innocent bystander.
30	** Thundercracker in ''[[Comicbook/TheTransformersIDW Transformers Ongoing]]'' is tired of the war and doesn't want to fight but still considers himself a Decepticon, he does occasionally help the Autobots in several occasions.
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