History UngratefulBastard / ComicBooks

* ''ComicBOok/TheFlash'': In ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'', warden Gregory Wolfe of Iron Heights has absolutely no compunctions about trying to have Barry killed, ''repeatedly'', even when Barry saves his life from the consequences of his actions.

** In ''Supergirl'' #34 Kara fights Silver Banshee in a baseball field. Several spectators throw their cups at her and shout that she ruined the game and trashed the field (disregarding that Silver Banshee also destroyed the place and Supergirl saved their lives). They scream that they don't need her and want her to go away until she flies away... and then they demand that she cleans the mess up. So... they say they don't need her and want her gone until she goes away.... and then they want her stay to help?

** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''

** To further home what a CrapsackWorld full of {{Jerkass}}es and [[BullyingADragon dragon bulliers]] and other [[TooDumbToLive morons]] the Marvel Universe is, upon seeing how the Marvel Universe treats its superheroes, Superman accuses them of ''not doing enough to help people'', claiming this is the only reason why they could be so hated by the people they are supposed to protect. The comic eventually explains Supes and Cap's {{Jerkass}} behavior by saying the differing natures of their universes (and their own strong ties to their home universes) were making them belligerent, and they make peace by the end of the story.
** The second half of the miniseries ''ComicBook/{{Marvels}}'' deals heavily with point of view character Phil Sheldon's increasing cynicism over how little respect the superheroes get despite them selflessly saving them all several times over.

** "ComicBook/LuthorUnleashed": Subverted when Luthor complains about the people of planet Lexor turning against him in spite of everything that he has done for them...disregarding the fact that they have just discovered that he was also the mysterious armored super-villain who was wreacking havoc across his planet.

** Back in the late Silver Age Supergirl could save Nasthalthia 'Nasty' Luthor over and over again, and 'Nasty' kept mocking her and attempting to expose her SecretIdentity. In ''Comicbook/DemonSpawn'' she tries to out Supergirl as Kara is getting her out of a burning building.

** One specific example is Cat Grant's bratty little son Adam. When watching ''Comicbook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' on the news, Jose Delgado (Gangbuster) was appropriately horrified, but Adam got bored and changed the channel. Jose ordered him to show some respect as the hero who saved all their lives, the city, and the world so many times had just died, but Adam flat out said he didn't care.

** In ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore'', Superman has lost most of his power and cannot prevent a skyscraper from toppling down. The following day everyone laughs at him and Superman is distraught because people turns on him as soon as he makes one mistake.

* In one story in ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer: Tales of the Slayers'', a medieval Slayer saves her town from a horrific vampire attack.. and is ''[[BurnTheWitch burned as a witch]]'' for it. Her stricken Watcher, ForcedToWatch as she burned, goes to the city gates and lets the vampires in.
* The vice-minister and the princess of Electropolis in ''[[ComicBook/{{Convergence}} Convergence: Green Lantern -- Parallax #2]]''. Kyle offers his help to stop Hal/Parallax in exchange for them not attacking Metropolis. But they launch the attack anyway, taking advantage of the fighting between Kyle and Hal.

* In ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'', warden Gregory Wolfe of Iron Heights has absolutely no compunctions about trying to have Barry killed, ''repeatedly'', even when Barry saves his life from the consequences of his actions.
* Franchise/TheDCU's ''ComicBook/HerculesUnbound'' has been doing whatever he can to earn that Jerkules moniker from the Disney adaptation since long before that adaptation came out:
** He elbowed Superman in the face for saving him from Gog, the Godslayer.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Hercules keeps betraying and sometimes trying to sexually assault Wonder Woman, the same woman who freed him from his punishment after he enslaved and raped her mother and her people.
* In ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', Swastika survived the massacre and sent to Themyscira to be healed (and probably to be set straight), he showed his gratitude by spitting. Fortunately Magog, the new Dean of Students there, gives him a hard clout.
* The whole Franchise/MarvelUniverse as a whole is filled with ungrateful bastards, quick to turn on the heroes for no good reason or if they make a mistake despite getting their asses saved from ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, ComicBook/DoctorDoom, etc., ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' demonstrating that behavior. Then again, Marvel citizens are [[TooDumbToLive dumbasses]] so it's not really surprising. That said, the occasional moments when ordinary people actually show gratitude to the heroes are all the more satisfying, and can serve as PetTheDog moments to make them likable to the readers.

* ComicBook/ThePunisher, being a cynical, dark [[SociopathicHero sociopathic antihero]] who is utterly determined to rid the living world of criminals is almost always this trope, even in cases when the criminal (even one as small-time as a retired ''thief!'') in question helped him. He's not only this to his enemies, but his allies as well. Even for the innocent, getting even a thank you out of Frank requires you to go above and beyond the call of duty.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' isn't even immune to this.

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} '':

** In Supergirl #34 Kara fights Silver Banshee in a baseball field. Several spectators throw their cups at her and shout that she ruined the game and trashed the field (disregarding that Silver Banshee also destroyed the place and Supergirl saved their lives). They scream that they don't need her and want her to go away until she flies away... and then they demand that she cleans the mess up. So... they say they don't need her and want her gone until she goes away.... and then they want her stay to help?

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': While Vanessa has the excuse of being under the effects of months of MindRape and brainwashing the rest of Circe's goons in "The Witch and the Warrior" joined up to help murder heroes Circe has removed powers from right after they just saved the universe. Again. Spellbinder gleefully points this out while standing over ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, Jade and Green Lantern after attacking them without warning, saying ''"These are the chumps who just saved the universe?"'' while helping set things up for the intended slaughter.
* The ''Franchise/XMen''. They can save the world over and over again, and the public of the Marvel universe will still hate and fear them. This is particularly notable during any origin arc, most all of which can be summarized as "Hey, those mutants saved us from that rampaging robot/alien/supervillain/whatever, let's throw rocks at them!

* The whole Franchise/MarvelUniverse as a whole is filled with ungrateful bastards, quick to turn on the heroes for no good reason or if they make a mistake despite getting their asses saved from ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, ComicBook/DoctorDoom, etc., ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' demonstrating that behavior. Then again, Marvel citizens are [[TooDumbToLive dumbasses]] so it's not really surprising. That said, the occasional moments when ordinary people actually show gratitude to the heroes are all the more satisfying, and can serve as PetTheDog moments to make them likable to the readers.

* Franchise/TheDCU's ''ComicBook/HerculesUnbound'' has been doing whatever he can to earn that Jerkules monkier from the Disney adaptation since long before that adaptation came out: