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* In the Italian Disney stories about Paperinik the Devilish Avenger ([[Donald Duck]]'s vigilante secret identity), Paperinik has committed his fair share of crimes (his first story sees him ''stealing Scrooge's mattress while he's sleeping on it'', and he beated up and humiliated other characters and the police many times, even throwing Gladstone down of the wall of a castle before the whole population of Duckburg), but he always drew the line at gratuitous crimes and actually profiting from them (at worst he forces people who stole from him as Donald to pay him back more money than they stole from him), resulting in him capturing and handing to the police about half of Duckburg's criminal population.
* In [[Peter David]]'s "Countdown" story arc in ''[[The Incredible Hulk]],'' the villainous Leader, who once gamma-bombed a town of 5,000 people just to see how many would survive (answer: five), states that he can't bring himself to kill his own brother.
* Darkseid from DC Comics seems to fall under this. Despite being one of the most evil beings in existence, he does keep his word, such as letting Batman and Supergirl go during the Supergirl arc of ''Superman/Batman'' when Bats threatened to destroy his planet. That said, {{spoiler|it didn't stop him from coming down to Earth to royally fuck up Superman, who was not part of the deal}}. There's also the whole deal with trading sons as a peace treaty. He'll find a loophole, but he usually doesn't betray his deals or promises.
** This could be considered [[Fridge Brilliance]] - Darkseid is the living, breathing personification of [[The Evils of Free Will|ty]][[Galactic Overlord|ran]][[God of Evil|ny.]] Yes, he's [[Complete Monster|the negative aspects]] [[Lawful Evil|of law]], but by his very nature he upholds law.
* ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]] Illustrated'' : Knuckles captured a member of the cult that tortured Thorina. Knowing that Knuckles intended to kill him, and knowing also the Untouchable Trio's notorious reputation for greed and selfishness, the cultist tried to persuade Knuckles to join his cult instead, offering lavish rewards. Knuckles mentally pictured himself torturing Thorina, and then promptly killed the cultist, saying, ''"Sorry, bud, but even I've got standards."''
* For a very long time, Spider-Man villain the Lizard was unable to harm Billy Connors, the son of his human alter ego.
* Yet another one pertaining to Luthor
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