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*** In part because he's used magic to give himself [[Nigh Invulnerability]] and his tongue to convince the various gods of Death that they'd be better off letting him be resurrected everytime something bad happens to him- after all, you don't want Loki running around your afterlife, do you?

*** In the end, the only way Loki could die was because he chose it, a scheme to escape ''himself''. His reincarnation keeps up his fine tradition of bastardry... without any of his previous powers.

* [[Doctor Doom]] is a perfect example in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Universe]]. When you can ''take on a '''GOD''' without flinching''...

** Many comic book masterminds consider the moment where they successfully stole the power of a cosmic entity as the crowning moment of their career. [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|Doom calls it Tuesday.]]

** [[Depending on the Writer]], [[Norman Osborn]]/the Green Goblin can be this, whereas he's a [[Smug Snake]] otherwise. When Norman isn't acting Insane, he able to even out scam Kingsley! In the earlier example of Kingsley tricking Osborn into helping him escape from prison, Osborn was aware of that and bought Kingsley's company while making Kingsley believe he was falling for his trap.

* Bomb Queen, the [[Stripperiffic]] [[Villain Protagonist]] of her self-titled [[Image]] Comics book. The iron-fisted dictator of [[Vice City|New Port City]] has, in no particular order: wiped out the rest of her original villain team; turned New Port City into a place where ''nothing'' is illegal in designed "Crime Zones"; stolen {{spoiler|a government supercomputer, the powers of the demon lord Desarak and her clone Bomb Teen (the latter of which was "born" from her supercomputer)}}; kept New Port City's mayor under her control with sex and verbal assaults, casually killing anyone standing near him when she blasts a hole through his office wall (repeatedly to the point of being a [[Running Gag]]); orchestrated terror attacks on the cities of other Image superheroes; {{spoiler|repeatedly foiled the plots of the [[Government Conspiracy]] (which created her) to have her killed}}; and {{spoiler|indirectly killed an innocent girl roped into her co-worker's attempt to interview Bomb Queen for their website}}. She is still a [[Villain with Good Publicity]] within her city, if only because her constituents are [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]] who moved to New Port City in order to indulge in their vilest sins. Outside her city, she has absolutely no protection under US law; she manages to [[Karma Houdini|avoid justly-deserved punishments every time]].

* [[John Constantine]] commits acts of Magnificent Bastardry on a regular basis, but he achieved awe-inspiring heights when, while dying of lung cancer, he risked destabilizing the cosmos by starting a war in Hell when he sold his soul to all three of Hell's most powerful lords--just so he could blackmail them into saving his life. And then he didn't even quit smoking.

** But the thing which truly crowned him as a [[Magnificent Bastard]]? He turned around to the three lords of Hell, the rulers of all of damnation, gave a little smirk, and ''[[Flipping the Bird|flipped them off]]'', stating rather non-nonchalantly "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Up yours]]."

* [[Knights of the Dinner Table|Gary Jackson.]] It was recently revealed that he {{spoiler|faked his own death, entered the Witness Protection Program to escape the Mob, and is currently buying up his old company}}. He also has a swagger that commands respect from coworkers and fanboys in universe. The game system he created has much of his persona on display.

* The Sultan Agameen from the indie graphic novel ''[[Artesia]]''. He's handsome and dresses well - gold-threaded silk and fine plate are all the rage in Thessid-Gola this season. He is eloquent and treats his arch-enemy, Artesia herself, with respect. He is an incredible strategist and tactician...and he is protected by a goddamn Dragon spirit.

* Romulus and Daken of ''[[Wolverine]]'': one {{spoiler|pitted the most ruthless killers in a game of succession and manipulated Wolverine for a hundred plus years}}, the other... Just read Dark Wolverine #77.