Allegedly a heroic vampire killer and father of Charley's new girlfriend Natalia, Jacob was actually made a vampire after being taken away from his daughter and became the leader of the diabolical and worldwide vampiric Legion of Endless Night. The ultimate master of organized vampires, Jacob plots to resurrect Jerry, the eldest and greatest of all vampires and bring back their other dead to step out of the shadows and reduce humanity to food.
Plotting to kill any vampires who don't go along with his schemes, Jacob uses the witch Constance Beauegard to implant Jerry's soul in another vessel: hunting down said vessel when it runs off with Evil Ed after Constance's death and captures the heroes who invade his stronghold. Jacob uses them to kill off his disobedient followers plotting a coup and confronts them, including his sister Claudia and daughter, hypnotizing the latter into subservience after his scientists discover a way for vampires to walk in the day. Preparing to kill the heroes with Jerry, they're stopped by Claudia, who's discovered Jerry's bloodline as a Romanian vampire means he must count bird seed and must flee before she stakes him.
Heading to his villa in Europe, Jacob writes Natalia a letter asking her to come join him and begging for her forgiveness. Still loving her dad, she comes to reunite with him but it's a ploy to have Jerry make her another vampire slave. She escapes his attempt to bite her as she sleeps and distracts her father to finally stake him.
Heinousness?
Take Over the World is a pretty common plot in the comic but Jacob stands alone in his desire to make the Earth a caste of vampires culled to follow his whims while all of mankind is reduced to livestock.
Mitigating factors?
He plays the part of a loving father to Natalia in his letter but then tries to make her a vampire against her will and when she comes to him tries to read her to sleep so he can force her to be part of his new world and sounds annoyed with her in his thoughts.
Verdict?
I don't think his "redeeming" quality rings true and he's more than heinous enough.
Dr. Despicable is Mark Millar doing his damnedest to write an evil doctor. The dude introduces himself talking a reluctant mother into having her 10-year-old drug dealing daughter dealt with by his "late term abortion" specialist... casually implying it's a service he regularly contacts.
Later he pops up after down-on-his-luck actor Pussywhisker is referred to him. Diagnosing his patient with testicular cancer, Despicable has the poor man's genitals removed, destroying his life as Pussywhisker's asshole wife starts making him find her men to fuck her. Panning to Despicable alone in his office he reveals this was part of a contest to get 100 healthy testicles with a fellow Mad Doctor. Disqualified for having taken two balls rather than one from Pussywhisker, Despicable quickly suggests a new contest for healthy kidneys: planning to make single mother Birdseed Betty his first victim.
Heinousness?
Of all Troy Hicks' comic characters, Despicable is by far the worst. There are references to murderers and rapists but the furthest we actually get on page is a reference to Moe the Crow molesting one boy and then a series of abusers he himself suffers under in prison (classy work, I know).
Mitigating factors?
He's a comic character and ACI can lead one to feel they don't have agency but in practice the characters adjust to what's happening and interact with the newer, darker setting. By all accounts Despicable is only shown as a particularly malevolent player on the stage.
Verdict?
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