Anti-Hero: Difference between revisions

** Never mind the fact that Batman ''does'' have family. It's even called the Bat-family and stretches from Alfred, to Robin, to Huntress, to Catwoman, to fucking Superman. Batman has the best kind of family, one of chosen friends.

*** ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' gives us the image of Bruce Wayne just like that - an old man with no wife, no children, and no family except for his dog.

* ''[[Sub-Mariner]]'' - Namor the Sub-Mariner, since the beginning. He's a month older than Batman, but nowhere near as influential. Usually moving between this and being an Anti-Villain.

* Crackerjack in ''[[Astro City]]'', not in the sense of being grim and ruthless, but in the sense that he fights crime and saves people primarily for [[Smug Super|his own self-aggrandizement]] and is, simply put, a jerk. At least, this initially seems to be the case, but he's portrayed in a more favourable light in later stories.

* Marvel also has Daimon Hellstrom: The Son of Satan. To be correct, the [[Badass Crew]] he joins in Marvel Zombies 3 is an entire ''team'' of antiheroes, including [[Morbius]] the Living Vampire and Werewolf by Night.

* [[Deadpool]]. I do good, but I never do it out of [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: I'm pretty sure I do it for personal gain (money, revenge, fame, women, or just cuz I damn well feel like it...), to placate my own feelings of guilt, or simply because higher powers manipulate me into doing so- Mithras directive anyone? Seriously. In fact, it's kinda a crapshoot exactly how 'villain' I am in any particular story. I once saved the world from an alien, mass-hypnotizing entity (and I did it through [[Crazy Awesome|kicking Captain America]] [[Groin Attack|in the crown jewels]]. S*** was so cash, but still, my bad Steve) and I do perform a couple of selfless, heroic actions, ''but'' I'm also known for flying into a psychotic rage whenever someone removes MY mask (I have issues okay?) or infiltrate my house (these "quirks" were removed in later issues, though) and also for [[Heroic Sociopath|being completely disrespectful of life, if not downright sadistic]], and willing to do pretty bad stuff for money. Casinoes anyone? My justification is that, thanks to my handy dandy cancer based [[Healing Factor]], my brain is so messed up that I'm completely insane in the membrane!

* [http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=3429 Elizabeth Rose] is definitely one, almost heading towards [[Villain Protagonist]] levels. The other guy seems to be one too, but only in situations where he can't help it.

* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' - Jesse [[Badass Preacher|Custer]]

* The Warden in ''[[Death Race]]''. She is also, by her manipulation of the convicts into playing the [[Game Show]] she runs to finance the prison, a [[Chessmaster]], is definitely a [[Manipulative Bastard]] but almost but doesn't quite qualify as, and falls just a bit shy of being a [[Magnificent Bastard]].

* Ash from the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' series.

* Snake Plissken from ''[[Escape from New York]]'' and its [[Escape From L.A.|sequel]]. In fact, just about anything set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland tends to have a couple show up simply because such settings tend strongly towards the latter end of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]].

* When he's not destroying Tokyo on a daily basis, [[Godzilla]] is often saving the world from some other giant monster.