History EvenEvilHasLovedOnes / TheDCU

* ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': The assassin Y'Smalla is driven by a fanatical level of hatred for Travis Morgan because Morgan killed the man that she loved during is war against the New Atlanteans.

* ''ComicBook/NewGods'': Despite being a GodOfEvil, ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} did truly love his first wife Suli, which is why [[EvilMatriarch his mother]] had Desaad poison her-to ensure she couldn't pull off a LoveRedeems and Darkseid would become a tyrant. [[GoneHorriblyRight It worked alright]], [[LaserGuidedKarma as Darkseid had Desaad poison her]]. This love he had for Suli is the main reason why he always brings back Kalibak [[TheUnFavourite despite his contempt for his incompetence]].

** ''[[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy Prime]]'': Despite the atrocities Superboy-Prime commits, he still very much loves his parents Jerry and Naomi Kent and his girlfriend and childhood friend Laurie Lemmon. This ends up a {{deconstruction}} however, as the love he has for them becomes dark and twisted. When he finally comes home to Earth Prime and reunites with his loved ones, he is shocked to discover they have read ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'', and ''ComicBook/LegionOfThreeWorlds'', and are now terrified of him. It is implied that he killed Laurie Lemmon and his parents let him live with them out of fear. Despite becoming more possessive and controlling of his parents, he still wishes they loved him like they did before and he regrets killing Laurie. Later subverted, however, when Laurie returns with her arm in a cast, implying that Clark merely broke her arm in his fit of anger. It's implied they reconciled after this.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Tomahawk}}'', Lady Shilling, the sister of Tomahawk's Archenemy [[AristocratsAreEvil Lord]] [[EvilBrit Shilling]], adopts the identity of the Hood to seek revenge on Tomahawk after he causes her brother's death.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* ''Franchise/TheFlash'':

* During the ''Uncle Sam and the ComicBook/{{Freedom Fighters|DC}}'' miniseries, Lester Colt grew disillusioned with working under the [[PresidentEvil Administration]] after being sent to kill an Intergang drug runner at his five-year-old grandson's birthday party.

** ''ComicBook/SuperboyPrime'': Despite the atrocities Superboy-Prime commits, he still very much loves his parents Jerry and Naomi Kent and his girlfriend and childhood friend Laurie Lemmon. This ends up a {{deconstruction}} however, as the love he has for them becomes dark and twisted. When he finally comes home to Earth Prime and reunites with his loved ones, he is shocked to discover they have read ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'', and ''ComicBook/LegionOfThreeWorlds'', and are now terrified of him. It is implied that he killed Laurie Lemmon and his parents let him live with them out of fear. Despite becoming more possessive and controlling of his parents, he still wishes they loved him like they did before and he regrets killing Laurie. Later subverted, however, when Laurie returns with her arm in a cast, implying that Clark merely broke her arm in his fit of anger. It's implied they reconciled after this.

* In ''ComicBook/TheWarlord'', the assassin Y'Smalla is driven by a fanatical level of hatred for Travis Morgan because Morgan killed the man that she loved during is war against the New Atlanteans.

** Likewise, Talia al Ghul truly cares for her son, Damian, in spite of his allegiance to the Bat-Family (though, again, this largely depends on the continuity).

*** Likewise, Talia al Ghul truly cares for her son, Damian, in spite of his allegiance to the Bat-Family (though, again, this largely depends on the continuity).

* Franchise/TheFlash:

** Pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' is as big a bastard as they come, but he loves his family deeply. In the ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' strips he goes to extraordinary lengths to prevent his sister Lena and her son from discovering their blood relationship. Supergirl herself states he only looks like a decent human being around his family. In ''ComicBookAdventureComics'' Vol. 1 issue #388:

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** Pre-Crisis ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' is as big a bastard as they come, but he loves his family deeply. In the ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' strips he goes to extraordinary lengths to prevent his sister Lena and her son from discovering their blood relationship. Supergirl herself states he only looks like a decent human being around his family. In ''Adventure Comics'' Vol. 1 issue #388:

** ''ComicBook/SuperboyPrime'': Despite the atrocities Superboy-Prime commits, he still very much loves his parents Jerry and Naomi Kent and his girlfriend and childhood friend Laurie Lemmon. This ends up a {{deconstruction}} however, as the love he has for them becomes dark and twisted. When he finally comes home to Earth Prime and reunites with his loved ones, he is shocked to discover they have read ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'', and ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' - Legion of 3 Worlds, and are now terrified of him. It is implied that he killed Laurie Lemmon and his parents let him live with them out of fear. Despite becoming more possessive and controlling of his parents, he still wishes they loved him like they did before and he regrets killing Laurie. Later subverted, however, when Laurie returns with her arm in a cast, implying that Clark merely broke her arm in his fit of anger. It's implied they reconciled after this.

* For all his flaws and failings, Slade Wilson aka {{ComicBook/Deathstroke}} does genuinely love his children and his butler Billy Wintergreen. Especially in ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth. However, he is a ''terrible'' father; Wintergreen notes that Slade is incapable of expressing his affection for his surviving children in anything approaching a healthy way, and he has no compunctions about lying, manipulating, or endangering them, either.

** The General, a ''ComicBook/{{Robin|Series}}'' villain, cares for his brother and sister even if he doesn't really get along with them. When he accidentally kills them he blames Robin for their deaths and becomes considerably more dangerous, almost dipping all of Gotham back into a violent gang war and killing anyone who matches his profile for Robin's secret identity.
* In ''[[ComicBook/{{Convergence}} Convergence: Green Lantern - Parallax #2]]'', Hal/Parallax is very pissed when Electropolis' princess and her army attack Kyle.
* ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, the world's greatest marksman, an unrepentant assassin, sends the money from his hits to his daughter. Comicbook/SecretSix basically has a team of villains forming their own kind-of family.

** Mr. Freeze loves his wife Nora more than anything in the world, and every single crime he commits - no matter how atrocious - is done with the end goal of curing her illness and saving her life. (It should be noted that the nobility of his intentions varies DependingOntheWriter, especially during his ComicBook/New52 incarnation.)

** ''ComicBook/PoisonIvy'' mostly [[MisanthropeSupreme thinks humans are worthless scum deserving of death]], but really does love ComicBook/HarleyQuinn.