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* The original tales of ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' show how Stephen Strange was an incredibly self-centered and arrogant man boasting of his greatness. He was brought low by a car accident ruining his career and later becoming Sorcerer Supreme. Yet there are still times when Strange can fall into the thinking that almost any major magic threat in the multiverse ''has'' to somehow involve him rather than just be a coincidence.

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': The original Reverse-Flash, ComicBook/EobardThawne. He cares for nothing but himself and irrationally blames Barry Allen for everything wrong in his life (although it is suggested that this may be the result of a repressed memory, as his 'first' trip to the past saw him learn about his future death at Barry's hands only for him to lose all conscious memory of it after taking a beating from Barry's successor Wally).

** Lex is so incredibly self-obsessed that he has formed this view that any and all actions taken to destroy Superman, whom he can only perceive as a threat to him, is justified so that he can be Earth's saviour, even though he couldn't care less about anyone who gets hurt in the process and it's clear it's all only for his own sense of pride; he also feels that everything Superman does is about undermining him, incapable of accepting that Superman would do all that just because he's a good man.

* The original tales of ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' show how Stephen Strange was an incredibly self-centered and arrogant man boasting of his greatness. He was brought low by a car accident ruining his career and later becoming Sorcerer Supreme. Yet there are still times when Strange can fall into the thinking that almost any major magic threat in the multiverse ''has'' to somehow involve him rather than just be a coincidence.
** Strange and Doctor Druid (no stranger to arrogance himself) are doing battle against demons. Strange is worried that Druid will take advantage of this to backstab him over years being angry that Strange was chosen to be Sorcerer Supreme rather than Druid. When he realizes this, Druid openly calls Strange "an arrogant prat" and "will you get it through your skull, not everyone wants to be Stephen Strange!"
* In the Creator/CrossGen graphic novel series ''ComicBook/TheFirst'', the gods of House Sinister live by this trope. In fact, part of Ingra's speech is to "place the self before all".
* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': The original Reverse-Flash, ComicBook/EobardThawne. He cares for nothing but himself and irrationally blames Barry Allen for everything wrong in his life (although it is suggested that this may be the result of a repressed memory, as his 'first' trip to the past saw him learn about his future death at Barry's hands only for him to lose all conscious memory of it after taking a beating from Barry's successor Wally).
* Invoked in ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'', where Renee Montoya's brother believes that she is actively trying to hurt their parents by being more concerned about herself instead of them regarding what her homosexuality would do to them if they found out.
* In ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity The Just #1]]'', Earth-16 is a world where the children of superheroes and supervillains are celebrity darlings since there's no more crime to fight (to the point where the contemporary Justice League roster has done nothing but battle reenactments). The solicits and cover refer to this world as "Earth-Me."
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': This page, everyone mentioned on it and everyone who's contributed to it, belong to ComicBook/{{Larfleeze}}, Franchise/TheDCU's embodiment of Greed and sole Orange Lantern.
* ''ComicBook/KillingAndDying'': Harold is utterly convinced that his hortisculpture will be the next big art thing and acts very selfishly to everybody around him in pursuit of the dream. He finally drops it once he realizes he's pushed his wife too far.
* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', the serial killer Roxxas arrived on planet to kill Legionnaires and spotted another villain, Mekt Ranzz, Lightning Lord. He offered to share the kills. Unbeknownst to him, Mekt had [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]] and was there because his brother and sisters were Legionnaires; first he appealed to Roxxas to stop, and then joined the fight against him. When Roxxas downed all his foes, he [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicked Mekt]] and complained that he would have shared.
* Inverted in ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #2 . In the end, Rainbow realizes that turning her own attitude around isn't enough; she needs to instill happiness and inspiration in ''everypony else''.
* In the Elseworld series ''ComicBook/DarkKnightDynasty'', Vandal Savage has spent at least thirteen centuries trying to capture the meteor that made him immortal in the hopes of learning the "reason" for his immortality. Not only does this ignore the possibility that his change may have been nothing but pure luck, but his plans escalate to the point where he is willing to destroy all of New Gotham in the twenty-fifth century to retrieve the meteor, to say nothing of a long-standing 'vendetta' against the Wayne family where each generation becomes a new Bat-person to oppose Savage's efforts.

* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', Infidel thinks more of the names hurled at him than of the objections that he kidnaps people for experiments.

* ComicBook/{{Cerebus}} is a low-key version. He isn't portrayed as openly arrogant or egotistical, but he's described at one point as having "a self-absorption that borders on the pathological." Every decision he makes and every action he takes is done to satisfy his desires and whims and to fulfill what he thinks will be better for himself, with consequences to others coming second, if they occur to him at all. Even when he seems to be in normal interactions with others, this "me first" tendency is bubbling under the surface. This gets him into trouble in many, many ways over the course of the comic, upsetting plans and fracturing friendships and deeper relationships, and leads to his eventual downfall when his inability to learn from his mistakes ends up costing him everything.

** The series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' deals with the "missing year" of DC comics between the ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis and the One Year Later storylines. In this timeframe ComicBook/{{Superman}} has [[BroughtDownToNormal lost his powers]] and is living life as Clark Kent while a new superhero, christened Supernova, has stepped in as the new protector of Metropolis. Comicbook/LexLuthor, however, is convinced that Superman '''''is''''' Supernova, simply in a new disguise. Why would Superman do this? Why would he create a new identity, give himself new powers and sever all ties with friends and allies? Why go to all this trouble? To ''toy'' with Luthor.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan: Peter Parker had this attitude after he got bitten by a spider, saying that all he cares about is himself and Uncle Ben and Aunt May, and the rest can go to hell. An attitude that has its logical and tragic consequence when it leads directly to the death of his father figure. This attitude of selfishness is also something shared by many of Peter's supporting cast and on some level, all his villains. Jameson in particular, though he also navigates it somewhat.

* ComicBook/GreenLantern: This page, everyone mentioned on it and everyone who's contributed to it, belong to Larfleeze, Franchise/TheDCU's embodiment of Greed.

** The series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' deals with the "missing year" of DC comics between the ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis and the One Year Later storylines. In this timeframe Franchise/{{Superman}} has [[BroughtDownToNormal lost his powers]] and is living life as Clark Kent while a new superhero, christened Supernova, has stepped in as the new protector of Metropolis. Comicbook/LexLuthor, however, is convinced that Superman '''''is''''' Supernova, simply in a new disguise. Why would Superman do this? Why would he create a new identity, give himself new powers and sever all ties with friends and allies? Why go to all this trouble? To ''toy'' with Luthor.

* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': The original Reverse-Flash, ComicBook/EobardThawne. He cares for nothing but himself and irrationally blames Barry Allen for everything wrong in his life (although it is suggested that this may be the result of a repressed memory, as his 'first' trip to the past saw him learn about his future death at Barry's hands only for him to lose all conscious memory of it after taking a beating from Barry's successor Wally).

* Franchise/GreenLantern: This page, everyone mentioned on it and everyone who's contributed to it, belong to Larfleeze, Franchise/TheDCU's embodiment of Greed.

* In the Elseworld series ''Dark Knight Dynasty'', Vandal Savage has spent at least thirteen centuries trying to capture the meteor that made him immortal in the hopes of learning the "reason" for his immortality. Not only does this ignore the possibility that his change may have been nothing but pure luck, but his plans escalate to the point where he is willing to destroy all of New Gotham in the twenty-fifth century to retrieve the meteor, to say nothing of a long-standing 'vendetta' against the Wayne family where each generation becomes a new Bat-person to oppose Savage's efforts.

** And [[ThirdPersonPerson refers to himself in the third person.]] And thinks that every single thing wrong with his life is Reed Richards' fault, because the great DOOM is infallible, and [[ArchEnemy that accursed Richards]] is [[{{Hypocrisy}} obviously jealous of his intellect and wants to destroy him.]]

* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'', this is the defining trait of [[TheStarscream Starscream]]. It's a particular factor in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersWindblade'', where Starscream has weaselled his way to rulership of Cybertron; Windblade is at first appalled to find out that Starscream is incapable of caring about anything but his own ambitions, before figuring out how to use it to manipulate him.

* ComicBook/DoctorDoom, the man even goes as far as to rename the capital of Latveria after himself. Heck, when he was in control of Counter-Earth, [[UpToEleven he renamed the planet after himself]]. He also thinks everyone is inferior to him.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' story ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator'' has the titular villain, Dr. Kenneth Anderson. As watching the news, Anderson gets mad because journalists are talking about the prison reform pushed by [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] instead of discussing ''further'' about ''him'' and ''his'' amazing discovery.

** As of the current moment of this writing, every member of the Illuminati (including Reed Richards) is ''definitely'' like this. As the "Time Runs Out" arcs leading to ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' show, if any member of the Illuminati had spared so much as ''one minute'' talking to ''any other scientist'' in the world, there might have been a chance to prevent (or at least reduce the damage of) the Incursions. But not, they thought that they and they alone had the final call of everything and are actively annoyed to have to even spare the time to listen to the TheReasonYouSuckSpeech-fest that comes from the other heroes, after a long while of being pretty much virtual [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]]. [[{{Irony}} And the only reason there is still enough people living for there to be a comic book arc at all is because of Doctor Doom's efforts]].

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** Luthor has ''always'' been like this. He smashed a chair over Doomsday's inert body because [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman he wanted to be the one to kill Superman]], assumed leadership of the new Injustice Gang when Superman became leader of the Justice League as he felt that was Superman 'throwing down the gauntlet', gave away his baby daughter to gain control over Brainiac 13's future technology, and hired someone to frame Bruce Wayne because he cancelled contracts in protest of Luthor's presidency.

** Even Luthor's more humanist tendencies introduced in later comics tend to be framed in this fashion. He frames his distrust of Superman as a fear that humanity is becoming meaningless and irrelevant by worshipping a super-powered alien who is far from human, but it's pretty clear that the main reason Luthor resents this is because he believes humanity should be busy worshipping ''him'' instead.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'', the serial killer Roxxas arrived on planet to kill Legionnaires and spotted another villain, Mekt Ranzz, Lightning Lord. He offered to share the kills. Unbeknownst to him, Mekt had [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]] and was there because his brother and sisters were Legionnaires; first he appealed to Roxxas to stop, and then joined the fight against him. When Roxxas downed all his foes, he [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicked Mekt]] and complained that he would have shared.

** Villain Reactron in the [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis comics]] attempted to rape and murder ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} several times, slaughtered her parents, blew up her new homeworld up... because when he attacked her out of nowhere and with no provocation whatsoever, she beat him down.

** Luthor has ''always'' been like this. He smashed a chair over Doomsday's inert body because [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman he wanted to be the one to kill Superman]], assumed leadership of the new Injustice Gang when Superman became leader of the Justice League as he felt that was Superman 'throwing down the gauntlet', gave away his baby daughter to gain control over Brainiac 13's future technology, and hired someone to frame [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] because he cancelled contracts in protest of Luthor's presidency.

** This tendency of Lex's has actually [[NiceJobFixingItVillain helped Superman a few times]]. In spite of meeting and interacting with Clark Kent several times, at points even being his childhood friend, the supposedly genius Luthor has never been able to pick up on his PaperThinDisguise. This is partly because Luthor refuses to believe Superman could possibly have a life totally independent of opposing him or do anything else with his time. He also projects his own arrogance onto Superman, believing him to be so full of himself that he would ''never'' pretend to be a normal human [[EvilCannotComprehendGood when he can spend all day lording over mankind as a God-like alien]]. He's so bad about this that he fired a private investigator who found proof that Superman is Clark Kent.

* ''ComicBook/AsteriosPolyp'': The titular character is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who hogs the spotlight and flashbacks to the days when he was married showed that his wife certainly felt that he smothered her at times by having to be the center of attention and make everything about his issues, but he's not quite this. He does have the heart of gold after all, and throughout the course of the story he learns to be better. Obnoxious and unlikable JerkAss theater director Willy, on the other hand, who is sometimes presented as being NotSoDifferent and who shamelessly attempts to seduce Asterios' wife really is this, and will use, abuse, and then discard people and projects according to his whims.

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* The graphic novel ''ComicBook/AsteriosPolyp'' does an interesting treatment of this: Asterios is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who hogs the spotlight and flashbacks to the days when he was married showed that his wife certainly felt that he smothered her at times by having to be the center of attention and make everything about his issues, but he's not quite this. He does have the heart of gold after all, and throughout the course of the story he learns to be better. Obnoxious and unlikable JerkAss theater director Willy, on the other hand, who is sometimes presented as being NotSoDifferent and who shamelessly attempts to seduce Asterios' wife really is this, and will use, abuse, and then discard people and projects according to his whims.

* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} has a tremendous ego even for a GodOfEvil. His entire goal is to make everyone and everything an extension of himself. His vision of the future is to essentially turn all creation into an everlasting monument to himself.

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** Villain Reactron in the [[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 Post-Crisis comics]] attempted to rape and murder Kara several times, slaughtered her parents, blew up her new homeworld up... because when he attacked her out of nowhere and with no provocation whatsoever, she beat him down.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}:

** [[ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway Once he got his powers back]], Superman proceeded to call Luthor out about his claims of Superman "holding humans back". Pointing out that while he was gone, Luthor had spent the entire year obsessing over him rather than [[CutLexLuthorACheck doing anything useful]].

** Lex may just be the trope codifier for this one. He is so incredibly self-obsessed that he has formed this view that any and all actions taken to destroy Superman, whom he can only perceive as a threat to him, is justified so that he can be Earth's saviour, even though he couldn't care less about anyone who gets hurt in the process and it's clear it's all only for his own sense of pride; he also feels that everything Superman does is about undermining him, incapable of accepting that Superman would do all that just because he's a good man.

* In ''Comicbook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}'', the serial killer Roxxas arrived on planet to kill Legionnaires and spotted another villain, Mekt Ranzz, Lightning Lord. He offered to share the kills. Unbeknownst to him, Mekt had [[HeelFaceTurn reformed]] and was there because his brother and sisters were Legionnaires; first he appealed to Roxxas to stop, and then joined the fight against him. When Roxxas downed all his foes, he [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicked Mekt]] and complained that he would have shared.
* Susanita from ''ComicStrip/{{Mafalda}}'' is made of this trope:
** When she reads the famous phrase [[TheGoldenRule "Do not do unto others as you do not wish they would do unto you"]], what is her reaction? "What a shame."
** In another strip, she read a book of Christian prayers and noticed how frequently the expression "mea culpa" was used. She then proceeded to stay up reading it all night trying to find a prayer that allowed her to pass guilt on to other people to no avail.
** In yet another strip, she is shown reading about grisly murders and crimes on the newspaper and referring to it as "reading about what a good person [she] is" (by comparison).
** When Mafalda reads some statistics about what will happen in the event of nuclear war, particularly how many people will die indiscriminately, Susanita laments how disgusting it would be to die with random strangers, essentially comparing it to sex.

* [[ComicBook/TheFlash The original Reverse-Flash]], Eobard Thawne. He cares for nothing but himself and irrationally blames Barry Allen for everything wrong in his life (although it is suggested that this may be the result of a repressed memory, as his 'first' trip to the past saw him learn about his future death at Barry's hands only for him to lose all conscious memory of it after taking a beating from Barry's successor Wally).

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Priscilla Rich became the first ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} because she couldn't get over it when Diana got more attention than her at a party.

** Priscilla Rich became the first ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} because she couldn't get over it when Diana got more attention than her at a party.

** This tendency of Lex's has actually [[NiceJobFixingItVillain helped Superman a few times]]. In spite of meeting and interacting with Clark Kent several times, at points even being his childhood friend, the supposedly genius Luthor has never been able to pick up on his PaperThinDisguise. This is partly because Luthor refuses to believe Superman could possibly have a life totally independent of opposing him or do anything else with his time. He also projects his own arrogance onto Superman, believing him to be so full of himself that he would ''never'' pretend to be a normal human when he can spend all day lording over mankind as a God-like alien. He's so bad about this that he fired a private investigator who found proof that Superman is Clark Kent.

** Also the Doctor Doom (or Victor Van Damme) from ComicBook/UltimateMarvel. In ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'', when the cyclop monsters dissapear, Van Damme congratulates himself for saving everyone yet again. Problem is, it was not him. As well as the others, he was stalling the monsters while Sue's baby generate energy that drove them away.

* [[ComicBook/TheFlash The original Reverse-Flash]], Eobard Thawne. He cares for nothing but himself and irrationally blames Barry Allen for everything wrong in his life (although it is suggested that this may be the result of a repressed memory, as his 'first' trip to the past saw him learn about his future death at Barry's hands only for him to consciously forget it after taking a beating from Barry's successor Wally).

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Veronica Cale is willing to try killing one of the world's greatest superheroes, endangering thousands in the process, just to make sure that the media talk about her when they think of powerful women.

* Played subtly in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan.'' Norman Osborn is convinced he's the most important thing in the lives of everyone he knows. He believes he's the single greatest threat Nick Fury has ever come across when he's really just a particularly annoying blip on Fury's radar. He also thinks that Peter Parker looks up to him like a father and needs his guidance, then when Peter attacks him is sure that Fury twisted him against him. Twisting it even further, he believes he ''owns'' Peter, having made the spider that bit him (even if the incident that created Spider-Man was a total accident). This means that he has the right to force him to do whatever he wants and kill him if he refuses.
** 616 Osborn as well. As this quote illustrates:
--> "''My father used to say to me, "it's not all about you." I told him I was working on it."''
-->- Norman Osborn, Dark X-Men #4