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* ''[[Lucifer (comics)|Lucifer]]'', to no-one's surprise, would be considered a sociopath by human standards. Of course, he isn't one (human that is), and neither are many of the comic's other sociopathic characters.
* Lex Luthor is a [[Foil]] to [[Superman]] in many ways: Superman fights physically, he fights psychologically (aside from the times he gets decked out in a suit of high-tech armor). Superman is a humble country bumpkin and journalist, he's a smug billionaire mogul who comes from old money. Superman is an all-around [[Nice Guy]] and paragon of justice, he's a selfish manipulator and dangerous criminal mastermind. While Lex's hatred for Superman is often retconned into something or other, it's usually either due to a personal petty slight against him, or pure jealousy of the guy. Sometimes, Lex is genuinely capable of being a [[Magnificent Bastard]] and a [[Noble Demon]], but for the most part he's the kind of scumbag who would endanger thousands, if not millions to prove a point, murder his own martial arts instructors for beating him in combat, and even cure his sister's cancer ''only to reinfect her'' purely because he's that big of a dick.
* Interestingly, ''Magneto'' of all ''[[X-Men]]'' characters manages to fit the bill despite his status as one of Marvel's biggest [[Tragic Villain|Tragic Villains]] (at least, [[Depending on the Writer|depending on who's writing him]]). While his desire to protect mutantkind from a potential holocaust is noble, it's tainted by the fact that he doesn't love individual mutants so much as he loves a collective of beings that he views as superior to humans, and he's prone to manipulating his friends and family for his own selfish purposes - at least, when he isn't being an [[Bad Boss|abusive]] [[Abusive Parents|dickhead]] towards them. His arrogance, racial supremacist leanings, and history of mass murder further tick off the criteria, as does the fact that he genuinely seems incapable of understanding how his [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|many unprovoked attacks against humanity only fuel the flames of anti-mutant bigotry.]]
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