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** It's kind of a known fact that if you want to grab Batman's attention the best thing to do is threaten the people he works with - ''especially'' [[Nightwing]] or Robin. It's the kind of thing the more deranged villains frequently do, e.g. Joker and Two-Face. Papa Bat knows the kids can take care of themselves, but that's not going to stop him from showing up and 'dealing' with whoever dares to harm his children.

** There was also a story where Batman has to do a night of crimefighting while toting a baby around...

* Batman's fellow crime fighter and [[Mama Bear]] [[Black Canary]]'s boyfriend Oliver Queen/[[Green Arrow]] isn't any different. When his son Connor was shot in the head, Ollie forced an arrow between Onomatopoeia's (the shooter) teeth, angrily asking why he tried to kill his kid and just a hair away from making shish-kebab out of his brain. He then decides he doesn't care ''why'' Onomatopoeia tried to kill Connor, and tells him that he will die if his son doesn't pull through, holding his bow in that position while the surgeons work. For 30 minutes. With a 200 lb. pull longbow. ''After giving blood''. More recently, poor Connor was shot ''again'' ([[Butt Monkey|guy has no luck]]), fell into a coma, and was kidnapped from his hospital bed. Lord only knows what Ollie will do NOW to the ones responsible...

** Recently, in the ''[[Cry for Justice]]'' mini-series, the villain Prometheus's plans managed to result in the maiming of Roy Harper and the death of Roy's daughter, Lian {{spoiler|[[Green Arrow]]'s grand-daughter}}. This results, at the end of the book, in Green Arrow putting an ''arrow'' through Prometheus's brain via his forehead, {{spoiler|after ''[[Blackest Night]]''}}.

*** Even then, the only reason he stops is because he's scaring the kid.

** And yet another MAX moment. Castle is conversing with one of his hooker informants. He's glaring at a pimp, who's guarding over a young girl. He asks the hooker how old the girl is. She says she's about 13 and mentions drugs. Castle walks to the pimp, pulls him into an alley, and emerges from the alley alone.

'''Old hooker:''' ...that was not my fuckin' fault. }}

** And let's not forget, the whole reason the Punisher has embarked on his [[Knight Templar|war]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|against]] [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|crime]] is one bad day in the park with his wife and kids...

** The MAX arc "The Slavers" is another [[Papa Wolf]] moment for Frank. Encountering some human traffickers, Castle is so enraged with what these scum do to their victims, that by the end of the arc, he's shocked at what he has done. Including carving up one of the ringleaders, wrapping his intestines around a tree, and then ''waking the man up''.

* [[X-Men|James Howlett aka]] [[Wolverine]] is very protective of Kitty Pryde and Jubilee. Too bad his relationship with his ''biological'' son [[Daken]] isn't nearly as good... since said son is a supervillain.

** It's pretty much tradition for Wolverine to have a female [[Kid Sidekick]] [[Morality Pet]] whom he will fiercely protect. [[Deadpool]] actually exploits this at one time to pick a fight with him.

* Even villains can fall under this trope. When Marvin and Wendy suffer their utterly ridiculous, cruel, and pointless death and maiming respectively at the jaws of a demonic ''Wonder Dog'' while working with the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]], their father {{spoiler|The Calculator}} is somewhat understandably pissed. Being a villain, he acts as a ''very'' dark [[Papa Wolf]]. His vengeful scheming has already claimed the life of {{spoiler|Eddie Bloomberg aka Kid Devil}}. He's even gone so far as to {{spoiler|search for the Anti-Life Equation}} in the hopes that it could restore {{spoiler|Wendy's ability to walk. It didn't work out}}.

* Nathaniel Christopher Summers aka [[Cable]] (pictured above, with Hope in his arms) is this nowadays and a rather good one too. Hard to believe he used to be an amoral [[Rob Liefeld|Liefeld]] character.

* [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire]]: [[Norman Osborn]] learned the hard way to not endanger Luke Cage's girlfriend (now wife) [[Alias (Comic Book)|Jessica]] and their (then unborn) daughter - Luke beat the tar out of him in public, not caring if his already revealed identity took a nosedive in regards to reputation.

** Later, after ''[[Dark Reign]]'', Cage's [[New Avengers]] took on Norman's new [[Dark Avengers]]. Norman was savvy enough to invoke this trope beforehand, knowing it would anger Cage into [[Unstoppable Rage|doing something impulsive]] (and make Norman appear to be defending himself from a [[Scary Black Man]]).

** [[The Atoner|Kaine]] also shows this trait from time to time when his "niece" is in danger. Must be [[Cloning Blues|genetic]].

** Pretty much every incarnation of Peter Parker has this to some extent.... Granted, most versions don't have children, but they all have a big blinking button somewhere in their psyche labeled 'someone hurt my loved ones', and the majority of the New York underworld can tell when some idiot has pressed it.

*** Hint: the reason the motor-mouthed superhero hasn't talked in the last sixty seconds is because he's using all his superior intellect and enhanced nerve conduction velocity (IE: ability to think faster than normal) to consider the merits of the 6,000 different ways he intends to hurt you.

** There's also ASM #645. He's led to believe an infant he was trying to protect is killed. He then proceeds to go on a rampage. It's so bad, that some of his rogues gallery don't believe it...until he comes for them.

* Scandal Savage and Bane of ''[[Secret Six]]'' have something of a father-daughter relationship, with Scandal's biological father being... well, [[Manipulative Bastard|Vandal]] [[Magnificent Bastard|Savage]] and Bane being a [[Genius Bruiser]] when not on his venom, and it seems the one surefire way to get Bane to ''use'' said venom again is to put Scandal in danger, at which point anyone who happens to be in the way gets to experience what the [[Batman]] went through in ''[[Knightfall]]'' -- that is, a broken back.

* The [[Marvel Universe]] [[Ares (Comic Book)|Ares]] could, would, and has gone to war with '''[[Rage Against the Heavens|The Heavens Themselves]]''' to protect his son, tearing his way through both Olympus and the Japanese heavens to save Alexander.