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* Bright, Cheery, Mentally-Sound Man from ''Dark, Brooding, Mentally-Disturbed Man''. An "evil" counterpart to DBMD Man (even though they're both vaguely good-ish), BCMS Man is trusting and gentle to a fault. In that he believes violence is not the answer when dealing with armed lunatics and gives mad scientists a stern talking to before escorting them back to their hidden volcano bases to think about what they've done.

* The eponymous ''[[Empowered]]'' might well qualify. For all her faults and frailties, she knows what's right, and will go to tremendous lengths to do just that. {{spoiler|In the last story in issue 5, she's willing to very probably die to save Mindf*** , and she only slightly knows the other woman.}}

* In [http://johnnysaturn.com Johnny Saturn] Johnny Saturn I is a ''cape,'' due primarily to his reputation for integrity and his unwillingness to compromise. The Utopian, especially later in the series, is a ''cape,'' and his father Elect is the archetypical ''cape.''

* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20190216202011/http://www.johnnysaturn.com/ Johnny Saturn] Johnny Saturn I is a ''cape,'' due primarily to his reputation for integrity and his unwillingness to compromise. The Utopian, especially later in the series, is a ''cape,'' and his father Elect is the archetypical ''cape.''

* The title of Thom Zahler's independent comic-book sitcom ''[http://www.loveandcapes.com/ Love and Capes]'' says it all. Issue 10 reveal some practical reasons for superheroes to wear capes.

* Thundermind of DC's ''Great Ten'' fulfills this archetype despite lacking a cape. As a result, he's the only member of the Great Ten deemed capable of being a media darling.