History YMMV / Diabolik

* CompleteMonster: Diabolik may be a ruthless [[VillainProtagonist Master Thief]], but he operates with a level of honor and has [[EvenEvilHasStandards a set of unbreakable standards]]. As a result, the comic has introduced some pure evil monsters for him to fight at times.
** Federico the Duke of Vallenberg: To try and take over the Kingdom of Benglait, he first created out of nowhere the terrorist organization Grey Ravens to provoke a civil war. He then married his ticket to the throne, Altea, and faked his death to avoid being identified as the leader of the Grey Ravens. Next, after Benglait became a republic without him being able to take over, he launched a series of terrorist attacks that nearly killed even Altea; after that bit him back in the ass as Diabolik and Ginko dismantled a branch of his organization, he launched other attacks, including a willingly failed one against Altea to justify both his faking his death and then his sudden return as motivated by his love for her and the desire to protect her while still trying to cause that civil war.
** Mr. Logan: The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of a pharmaceutical industry, he purchased a SyntheticPlague and its vaccine. His ultimate plan was to release the first into the civilian population in order to wait for the panic and then [[PoisonAndCureGambit "discover" the vaccine]], [[{{Greed}} all in the name of money]]. Logan stands in stark contrast to Diabolik and his more honorable methods of theft. He is willing to kill countless civilians with his manufactured plague, just to line his pockets and achieve fame from it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YznVVoS-qk The intro of the animated series.]]

* FramingTheGuiltyParty: In the story ''The Sweet Death'', Diabolik framed two people for an attempted murder they committed and the murder he committed while masked as them. The kicker is, the murder victim ''asked him to do this'': when the two framed people, his wife and her lover, tried to kill him with an 'accident', they left him so crippled he was in perpetual pain and unable to do anything more than blink, so, when he accidentally encountered Diabolik, who was stealing some jewels from him, he ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome blinked a request in Morse code to kill and avenge him]]'', and Diabolik decided to help by killing him and 'confessing' the attempted murder on camera while wearing the lover's mask and with Eva present masked as the wife. The story ends with Altea finding evidence they couldn't have committed the murder and destroying it, as [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she knew they had crippled the victim but couldn't prove it]].

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Filippo, Gastone and Elietta, the titular characters from the story "Crumbs for Unknown Persons", proved so popular they returned with a major role in "The Heist of the Year 2,000".

* MagnificentBastard:
** Diabolik certainly, and Eva Kant has her moments.
** Natasha Morgan. Diabolik's teacher about this.
** And Altea's Fox Uncle, who easily manipulates ''Diabolik''.

** Mr. Logan: The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of a pharmaceutical industry, he purchased a SyntheticPlague and its vaccine. His ultimate plan was to release the first into the civilian population in order to wait for the panic and then "discover" the vaccine, [[{{Greed}} all in the name of money]]. Logan stands in stark contrast to Diabolik and his more honorable methods of theft. He is willing to kill countless civilians with his manufactured plague, just to line his pockets and achieve fame from it.

* FramingTheGuiltyParty:
** In the story ''The Sweet Death'', Diabolik framed two people for an attempted murder they committed and the murder he committed while masked as them. The kicker is, the murder victim ''asked him to do this'': when the two framed people, his wife and her lover, tried to kill him with an 'accident', they left him so crippled he was in perpetual pain and unable to do anything more than blink, so, when he accidentally encountered Diabolik, who was stealing some jewels from him, he ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome blinked a request in Morse code to kill and avenge him]]'', and Diabolik decided to help by killing him and 'confessing' the attempted murder on camera while wearing the lover's mask and with Eva present masked as the wife. The story ends with Altea finding evidence they couldn't have committed the murder and destroying it, as [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she knew they had crippled the victim but couldn't prove it]].

* MagnificentBastard: Diabolik certainly, and Eva Kant has her moments.

** {{Lampshaded}} by the two-parter "A Cursed Island"-"Escape from the Island", where we find out that the natives of the island of Bo-Tang (who provide him with the resin he needs to make his masks permanent) call him Ri-Mau, "The Man with Many Faces and Many Souls" and consider him an emissary of their god ''precisely because of his masks''.

** There is also Mr Logan: The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of a pharmaceutical industry, Logan purchased a SyntheticPlague and its vaccine. His ultimate plan was to release the first into the civilian population in order to wait for the panic and then 'discover' the vaccine, [[{{Greed}} all in the name of money]]. Logan stands in stark contrast to [[VillainProtagonist Diabolik]] and his more honorable methods of theft. He is willing to kill countless civilians with his manufactured plague, just to line his pockets and achieve fame from it.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Diabolik has a in-universe franchise and relative fandom, generating these. HilarityEnsues every time it's brought to bear: only [[DeadpanSnarker Eva]] can tolerate her alternative interpretation.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the story ''Nel Tunnel della Pazzia'' (''Inside the Tunnel of Madness'') Elizabeth Gay claimed her hate for Diabolik was born not from Diabolik's driving her to madness but by him choosing Eva as accomplice and partner instead of herself. Her words become harsher after reading ''Nei Sotterranei di Clerville'' (''Inside Clerville's Underground''), that has a long flashback sequence of the times when Diabolik's true face was still unknown and Elizabeth his lover and UnwittingPawn: the sequence shows that Diabolik ''did'' consider her as a possible future partner and actually tested her, with her proving her abilities but accidentally betraying his trust, leading Diabolik to look somewhere else for possible accomplices.

* MagnificentBastard: Diabolik certainly, and Eva Kant has her moments.

** There is also Mr Logan: The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of a pharmaceutical industry, Logan purchased a SyntheticPlague and its vaccine. His ultimate plan was to release the first into the civilian population in order to wait for the panic and then 'discover' the vaccine, [[{{Greed}}} all in the name of money]]. Logan stands in stark contrast to [[VillainProtagonist Diabolik]] and his more honorable methods of theft. He is willing to kill countless civilians with his manufactured plague, just to line his pockets and achieve fame from it.

** There is also Mr Logan: The [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of a pharmaceutical industry, Logan purchased a SyntheticPlague and its vaccine. His ultimate plan was to release the first into the civilian population in order to wait for the panic and then 'discover' the vaccine, [[{Greed} ]].all in the name of money. Logan stands in stark contrast to [[VillainProtagonist Diabolik]] and his more honorable methods of theft. He is willing to kill countless civilians with his manufactured plague, just to line his pockets and achieve fame from it.

* CompleteMonster: Federico the [[spoiler: Duke of Vallenberg]]: to try and take over the Kingdom of Benglait he first created from nowhere the terrorist organization of the Grey Ravens to provoke a civil war, then married [[spoiler: Altea]] and faked his death to avoid being identified as the leader of the Grey Ravens, then, after Benglait became a republic without him being able to take over, launched a series of terrorist attacks that nearly killed even [[spoiler: Altea]], and after that bit him back in the ass as Diabolik and Ginko dismantled a branch of his organization he launched other attacks, including a willingly failed one against [[spoiler: Altea]] to justify both his faking his death and then his sudden return as motivated by his love for her and the desire to protect her while still trying to cause that civil war. Too bad for him that [[spoiler: Altea]] saw through his final ruse thanks to her use of FridgeLogic and Diabolik managed to recognize him as the leader of the Grey Ravens who had him tortured many years earlier and was following [[spoiler: Altea]] when she found the evidence of his guilt and him plotting...
** Even worse than [[spoiler: Duke of Vallenberg]] is Mr Logan: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of a pharmaceutical industry, he has bought a SyntheticPlague and its vaccine, planning to release the first in the population, wait for the panic and then 'discover' the vaccine, all in name of money. Clerville is lucky that Diabolik has stumbled on it by chance and [[PragmaticVillainy that he has no idea where Eva is on vacation, motivating him to stop Logan]]...

* HarsherInHindsight: In the story ''Nel Tunnel della Pazzia'' (''Inside the Tunnel of Madness'') Elizabeth Gay claimed her hate for Diabolik was born not from Diabolik's driving her to madness but by him choosing Eva as accomplice and partner instead of herself. Her words become much harsher after reading ''Nei Sotterranei di Clerville'' (''Inside Clerville's Underground''), that has a long flashback sequence of the times when Diabolik's true face was still unknown and Elizabeth his lover and UnwittingPawn: the sequence shows that Diabolik ''did'' consider her as a possible future partner and actually tested her, with her proving her abilities but accidentally betraying his trust, leading Diabolik to look somewhere else for possible accomplices.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the story ''Nel Tunnel della Pazzia'' (''Inside the Tunnel of Madness'') Elizabeth Gay claimed her hate for Diabolik was born not from Diabolik's driving her to madness but by him choosing Eva as accomplice and partner instead of herself. Her words become much harsher after reading ''Nei Sotterranei di Clerville'' (''Inside Clerville's Underground''), that has a long flashback sequence of the times when Diabolik's true face was still unknown and Elizabeth his lover and UnwittingPawn: the sequence shows that Diabolik ''did'' consider her as a possible future partner and actually tested her, with her proving her abilities but accidentally betraying his trust, prompting Diabolik to never use her help again.

* FunnyInHindsight: Eva is a very good singer, and even used to be a professional singer before marrying. Then in 2012 Italian singer Alessandra Amoroso showed up at a contest dressed in black and with the same iconic hairstyle as Eva...

* MagnificentBastard: Diabolik certainly (though some would argue that he's a CompleteMonster), and Eva Kant has her moments.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the story ''Nel Tunnel della Pazzia'' (''Inside the Tunnel Madness'') Elizabeth Gay claimed her hate for Diabolik was born not from Diabolik's driving her to madness but by him choosing Eva as accomplice and partner instead of herself. Her words become much harsher after reading ''Nei Sotterranei di Clerville'' (''Inside Clerville's Underground''), that has a long flashback sequence of the times when Diabolik's true face was still unknown and Elizabeth his lover and UnwittingPawn: the sequence shows that Diabolik ''did'' consider her as a possible future partner and actually tested her, with her proving her abilities but accidentally betraying his trust, prompting Diabolik to never use her help again.