History GoodIsNotNice / MarvelUniverse

** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', with only Captain America as the exception. Tony Stark is an arrogant, conceited JerkAss with problems with authority, but his goal is to make up for his past failures. The Hulk is a raging monster who cannot tell friend from foe during his temper tantrums, but just because he doesn't like you doesn't mean he won't protect you. Thor still has shades of being a BoisterousBruiser who smashes first and asks questions later, but he follows his heart and demonstrates UndyingLoyalty to his family, friends, and to Earth itself. Hawkeye and Black Widow are agents (and former criminals) who won't hesitate to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do what needs to be done]]. Also, Black Widow is duplicitous and very rarely shows anything real about herself. That doesn't stop the two of them from being loyal to each other and to their comrades. And Nick Fury, who employs every single dirty trick to meet his ends. Fortunately, his ends are preserving worldwide freedom.
** In fairness to the rest of the Avengers Captain America stops being an exception and plays this straighter in later movies. Particularly in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' where despite his heart being in the right place Cap goes against the government, beats ups SWAT officers, attacks and fights off his teammates including a newly joined 15 year-old boy (albeit a superpowered one) and is forced to sacrifice the allies who were on his side to escape with his best friend Bucky whom he is partly doing this all for which does make Cap a kind of WellIntentionedExtremist. [[spoiler: The only time Cap crosses the line is when it's revealed he kept the secret of Tony's parents's assassination secret from him for two years at which even the arrogant, conceited JerkAss Tony is allowed to give Cap a WhatTheHellHero]]

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''. Their members are Star-Lord (womanising, cocky thief), Rocket (a bad-tempered thug raccoon who spends his spare time making bombs to blow up moons), Gamora (a cold-blooded assassin raised by ''ComicBook/{{Thanos}}'', of all people) and Drax [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Destroyer]] (who gets introduced trying to kill someone in prison, and seems genuinely surprised being a hero means you can't kill people for annoying you). [[MemeticMutation What a bunch of a-holes.]] They do have their own exception, though, in [[TheHeart Groot]] ([[GoodIsNotSoft though even he's perfectly willing to impale bad guys and smile about it]]). And they ''do'' save the galaxy, when they have to.
** [[Film/AntMan1 Hank Pym]] a bitter and GrumpyOldMan who drove away most of his friends and co-workers due to being an InsufferableGenius, but he is firmly on the side of good.
* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Mystique is brisker and stricter with the young X-Men than Professor X.

* ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' does some pretty unpleasant things to get Kilgrave, and is rather rude, sarcastic, and belligerent towards most people.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Being a LargeHam AntiHero who runs on InsaneTrollLogic and has a history of working for villains, [[Characters/DeadpoolWadeWilson Wade Wilson]] is far, far from a idealistic hero. Despite this, he’s a loving father to his daughter Ellie, surprisingly good friend to Spider-Man and occasionally capable of genuine heroism when he stops being a pain in the ass and puts his mind to it.

** [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] had his moments in his [[EarlyInstalmentWeirdness early]] teenage days. He would often act very cocky and could be a bit of a jerk towards fellow heroes at times. He mellowed out a lot more once he came into adulthood.

** Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}'s a grump and very snarly to gentle or friendly approaches from his friends. But he has also a protective streak bigger than Canada: threaten those he cares for, and the offending party will be shredded three ways from Sunday, especially if they push it.

** ComicBook/{{Magik}} makes the aforementioned Betsy and Emma look sweet and gentle in comparison. Infamously she once requested to her pet demon whom held Amora the Enchantress captive, that she not physically be harmed... but beyond that [[MarsNeedsWomen he could do]] [[BlackComedyRape whatever he wanted]]. Thankfully later comics have drastically toned her cruelty down, although she’s definitely an AntiHero compared to her brother IdealHero Colossus.

* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther''. T’Challa is at his best a benevolent and wise warrior and king. When it comes to people outside Wakanda and Westerners in particular, he is frequently incredibly taciturn, smug, and outright rude. To his enemies, T’Challa is far [[TerrorHero worse]] as seen by this famous exchange with his nemesis Ulysses Klaw.

* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': ComicBook/CarolDanvers is this in modern comics, while she had her HotBlooded and difficult moments in her early comics, Carol still made a strong case of HairOfGoldHeartOfGold. In recent years, however, Carol is much more bitchy, aggressive, and incredibly impatient with others. She still has her sweet moments (seen mostly with her protege Kamala Khan and best friends Spidey, Jessica Drew, and Groot) but otherwise, Carol is simply hard to get along with and can be quite the ConflictBall (if not an outright VillainProtagonist in ''ComicBook/CivilWarII''). She still manages to be a hero at the end of the day albeit one who’s willingly to watch a villain suffocate in the vacuum of space in front of her.

* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Being a LargeHam AntiHero who runs on InsaneTrollLogic and has a history of working for villains, Wade is far, far from a idealistic hero. Despite this, he’s a loving father to his daughter Ellie, surprisingly good friend to Spider-Man and occasionally capable of genuine heroism when he stops being a pain in the ass and puts his mind to it.

** Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic is in a similar boat to Tony Stark (see below) in this regard. While a FamilyMan and ScienceHero at his best, his arrogance and numerous morally questionable actions firmly put Reed here. He is willingly to do anything for greater good and save the universe although that often means occasionally taking a few pages out of ComicBook/DoctorDoom’s playbook.
* ComicBook/GhostRider: As a TerrorHero whose demonic appearance, nature, and ability for destruction often cause him to be treated as a monster by the Avengers and other heroes, it’s not difficult to fear Johnny Blaze. Except for everything he does as the Spirit of Vengeance is purely born out of righteous goodness and to protect the innocent, though that frequently goes hand in hand with horrifically punishing the wicked. Even as King of Hell and rocking a SuperMode that looks like a ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}'' boss, Johnny has not lost his heroism.

** Spidey had his moments in his [[EarlyInstalmentWeirdness early]] teenage days. He would often act very cocky and could be a bit of a jerk towards fellow heroes at times. He mellowed out a lot more once he came into adulthood.

-->'''Monet:''' ''(as she tears Ballistique's mind to shreds)'' Go on. Say I "can't". It'll be funny. I'll laugh like this: Ha. Ha.

** ''Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}''. He's a grump and very snarly to gentle or friendly approaches from his friends. But he has also a protective streak bigger than Canada: threaten those he cares for, and the offending party will be shredded three ways from Sunday, especially if they push it.
** ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]]''. Much like Wolvie above, Gambit can go from untrustworthy, lecherous, hotheaded jerk to friendly, protective, gentle, romantic nice guy. He’s especially caring to his loved ones (especially Rogue, Jubilee and X-23), but will happily blow any foes to kingdom come given half a chance.
** Surprisingly [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] has become this in recent years. Self-righteous, militant, emotionally stunted as all hell and quite the ConflictBall before some CharacterRerailment. He’s not the Mutant Captain America as originally billed, but Scott will still do his upmost for his race. Even in the earliest comics where only Jean could see past the unlikable qualities the others chided Scott for, his heart was in the right place.
** ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]]''. Betsy has her righteous and compassionate moments like her CaptainPatriotic [[ComicBook/CaptainBritain brother]], but it’s often outset by her untrustworthy FemmeFatale behaviour in addition to her BloodKnight tendencies. She cares deeply for her friends and family but is often shocked at her own brutality. Downplayed in more recent comics after taking the title of Captain Britain from Brian.

** ComicBook/ProfessorX, a well-intentioned SternTeacher at best and an arrogant ManipulativeBastard who in the words of Kitty Pryde is an outright “jerk” at worst. At heart Charles is a good man who genuinely believes mutantkind can coexist with humanity and even [[ComicBook/XMen2019 in more recent comics]] at his most AmbiguouslyEvil he claims he still hasn’t given up on that dream. But for sake of his students and race, he’s totally willingly to take extreme and immoral methods to ensure his mutant survival.
** ComicBook/MonetStCroix: Good? ... maybe. Pleasant? Not really. Monet isn't ''incapable'' of being nice, but it does take her a wind-up. And if you upset her... you're screwed. Just ask Ballistique, if she ever recovers from what Monet did to her.

** ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''. He's a grump and very snarly to gentle or friendly approaches from his friends. But he has also a protective streak bigger than Canada: threaten those he cares for, and the offending party will be shredded three ways from Sunday, especially if they push it.
** ''ComicBook/{{Gambit}}''. Much like Wolvie above, Gambit can go from untrustworthy, lecherous, hotheaded jerk to friendly, protective, gentle, romantic nice guy. He’s especially caring to his loved ones (especially Rogue, Jubilee and X-23), but will happily blow any foes to kingdom come given half a chance.
** Surprisingly ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} has become this in recent years. Self-righteous, militant, emotionally stunted as all hell and quite the ConflictBall before some CharacterRerailment. He’s not the Mutant Captain America as originally billed, but Scott will still do his upmost for his race. Even in the earliest comics where only Jean could see past the unlikable qualities the others chided Scott for, his heart was in the right place.
** ''ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}''. Betsy has her righteous and compassionate moments like her CaptainPatriotic [[ComicBook/CaptainBritain brother]], but it’s often outset by her untrustworthy FemmeFatale behaviour in addition to her BloodKnight tendencies. She cares deeply for her friends and family but is often shocked at her own brutality. Downplayed in more recent comics after taking the title of Captain Britain from Brian.
** ComicBook/EmmaFrost after her HeelFaceTurn to the X-Men. Her extremely unpleasant RichBitch personality ensures that hardly any of the X-Men (besides Cyclops and to a lesser extent Jean) can put up with her for very long and even NiceGirl Kitty Pryde eventually snapping and subjecting Emma to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. On the flip side thanks to X-Men rubbing off on her, Emma has become a DefrostingIceQueen with PetTheDog MamaBear qualities to her students, she also genuinely believes in protecting mutantkind.

** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} after his final permanent HeelFaceTurn to the side of the X-Men in ''[[ComicBook/HouseAndPowersOfX House of X]]''. He’s still haughty, aggressive, considers humanity as little more than “wolves” but he’s stopped his antagonistic and abusive behaviour and completely loyal to Xavier and Moria’s agenda.
** During the events of ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'', ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} underwent a HeelFaceTurn due to a spell-gone-wrong cast by ComicBook/ScarletWitch, and at the end of the event he remained "inverted." This turned the gleefully bloodthirsty and psychopathic BloodKnight Creed into someone genuinely ashamed of and trying to [[TheAtoner atone]] for his violent past. However, even though Creed is now a hero, he's still a ''colossal'' dick.

* ''ComicBook/Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': ComicBook/CarolDanvers is this in modern comics, while she had her HotBlooded and difficult moments in her early comics, Carol still made a strong case of HairOfGoldHeartOfGold. In recent years, however, Carol is much more bitchy, aggressive, and incredibly impatient with others. She still has her sweet moments (seen mostly with her protege Kamala Khan and best friends Spidey, Jessica Drew, and Groot) but otherwise, Carol is simply hard to get along with and can be quite the ConflictBall (if not an outright VillainProtagonist in ''ComicBook/CivilWarII''). She still manages to be a hero at the end of the day albeit one who’s willingly to watch a villain suffocate in the vacuum of space in front of her.

** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} after his final permanent HeelFaceTurn to the side of the X-Men in ''[[ComicBook/XMen2019 House of X]]''. He’s still haughty, aggressive, considers humanity as little more than “wolves” but he’s stopped his antagonistic and abusive behaviour and completely loyal to Xavier and Moria’s agenda.

* During the events of ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'', ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} underwent a HeelFaceTurn due to a spell-gone-wrong cast by ComicBook/ScarletWitch, and at the end of the event he remained "inverted." This turned the gleefully bloodthirsty and psychopathic BloodKnight Creed into someone genuinely ashamed of and trying to [[TheAtoner atone]] for his violent past. However, even though Creed is now a hero, he's still a ''colossal'' dick.
* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther''. T’Challa is at his best is a benevolent and wise warrior and king. When it comes to people outside Wakanda and Westerners in particular, he is frequently incredibly taciturn, smug and outright rude. To his enemies, T’Challa is far [[TerrorHero worse]] as seen by this famous exchange with his nemesis Ulysses Klaw.

* ComicBook/CarolDanvers is this in modern comics, while she had her HotBlooded and difficult moments in her early comics, Carol still made a strong case of HairOfGoldHeartOfGold. In recent years however, Carol is much more bitchy, aggressive and incredibly impatient with others. She still has her sweet moments (seen mostly with her protege Kamala Khan and best friends Spidey, Jessica Drew and Groot) but otherwise Carol is simply hard to get along with and can be quite the ConflictBall (if not an outright VillainProtagonist in ''ComicBook/CivilWarII''). She still manages to be a hero at the end of the day albeit one who’s willingly to watch a villain suffocate in the vacuum of space in front of her.

* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange''. Stephen Strange being another creation Creator/SteveDitko like Spidey in his early days wasn’t afraid to be a jerk, but unlike Peter, has kept this irritable and unfriendly attitude well past the Silver Age. The doctor [[BigGood is a powerful force for good]] and has many touchingly affectionate moments with Wong and Clea, but Strange is definitely this trope compared to other more affable and cheerful heroes.

** Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic is in a similar boat to Tony Stark (see below) in this regard. While a FamilyMan and ScienceHero at his best, his arrogance and numerous morally questionable actions firmly put Reed here. He is willingly to do anything for greater good and save the universe although that often means occasionally taking a few pages out of ComicBook/DoctorDoom’s playbook.
* ComicBook/GhostRider. A TerrorHero whose demonic appearance, nature and destruction often cause him to be treated as a monster by the Avengers and other heroes, it’s not difficult to fear Johnny Blaze. Except everything he does as the Spirit of Vengeance is purely born out of righteous goodness and to protect the innocent, though that frequently goes hand on hand with horrifically punishing the wicked. Even as King of Hell and rocking a SuperMode that looks like a ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}'' boss, Johnny has not lost his heroism.

* ''ComicBook/TheInhumans''. The team led by ComicBook/{{Blackbolt}} are this to an extremely exaggerated DesignatedHero degree, being extremely elitist group who value Terrigen Mist over innocent lives on Earth. Their PetTheDog moments and alliances with Marvel’s heroes against threats like Thanos do ultimately put the Inhumans on the side of good, even if their aristocratic behaviour is often insufferable.

* ComicBook/LukeCage, in his early appearances and even to this day, he’s quite the BigScaryBlackMan whom will happily dispense beating to anyone foolish enough to wrong him. Luke’s BruiserWithASoftCenter and PapaWolf tendencies to his family do offset his brutality but he’s hardly a nice guy.
** His wife ComicBook/JessicaJones is hardly PurityPersonified either being an understandably jaded and emotional volatile BrokenBird who’s already just recovered from all the [[RapeAsBackstory crap]] she’s been through. Jess isn’t afraid to deliver beatdowns to Marvel’s underworld and doesn’t prioritise politeness or mercy.

* ComicBook/ThePunisher is this up to eleven, almost [[TheFriendNobodyLikes none]] of Marvel’s heroes (even the likes of Captain America and Spider-Man) can stomach Frank or his behaviour which given his prehensility to PayEvilUntoEvil and shoot any criminal at the drop of the hat is quite understandable. Despite this, Frank puts innocent life, particularly children above everything else.
* ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} members often fall under this, ComicBook/NickFury and ComicBook/MariaHill are aloof, unfriendly, paranoid and frequently [[ConflictBall antagonistic]] to Marvel heroes. Yet at the same time they along with the rest of SHIELD, genuinely care about doing good and safeguarding mankind. Nick Fury Junior, (modelled after the Ultimate universe Creator/SamuelLJackson Nick Fury) is decidedly more moral than his father, but no less ruthless.

* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel

* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** ComicBook/ProfessorX, a well intentioned SternTeacher at best and an arrogant ManipulativeBastard who in the words of Kitty Pryde is a outright “jerk” at worst. At heart Charles is a good man who genuinely believes mutantkind can coexist with humanity and even [[ComicBook/XMen2019 in more recent comics]] at his most AmbiguouslyEvil he claims he still hasn’t given up on that dream. But for sake of his students and race, he’s totally willingly to take extreme and immoral methods to ensure his mutant survival.

** DependingOnTheWriter, the Thunderer himself can be quite arrogant, ill-tempered and a ridiculous brutal BloodKnight. Even at his most benevolent, Thor is as HotBlooded and violent as they come and perfectly willingly to express his displeasure to fellow Avengers (such as Iron Man and Hulk) when they anger or wrong him. Despite this is more often TheCape and BigGood and willingly do anything to protect Midgard and his loved ones.

** Carol’s excuse for her bad attitude is largely attributed to her asshole misogynistic father, who refuses to acknowledge her numerous accomplishments and [[StayInTheKitchen wishes she become a housewife]]. That and her streak with alcoholism.

* ComicBook/CarolDanvers is this in modern comics, while she had her HotBlooded and difficult moments in her early comics, Carol still made a strong case of HairOfGoldHeartOfGold. In recent years however, Carol is much more bitchy, aggressive and incredibly impatient with others. She still has her sweet moments (seen mostly with her protege Kamala Khan and best friends Spidey, Jessica Drew and Groot) but otherwise Carol is simply hard to get along with and can be quite the ConflictBall. She still manages to be a hero at the end of the day albeit one who’s willingly to watch a villain suffocate in the vacuum of space in front of her.

* ComicBook/ThePunisher is this up to eleven, almost [[TheFriendNobodyLikes none]] of Marvel’s heroes (even the likes Captain America and Spider-Man) can stomach Frank or his behaviour which given his prehensility to PayEvilUntoEvil and shoot any criminal at drop of the hat is quite understandable. Despite this, Frank puts innocent life, particularly children above everything else.

** ComicBook/EmmaFrost after her HeelFaceTurn to the X-Men. Her extremely unpleasant RichBitch personality ensures that hardly any of the X-Men (besides Cyclops and to a lesser extent Jean) can put up with her for very long and even NiceGirl Kitty Pryde eventually snapped and subjected Emma to a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. On the flip side thanks to X-Men rubbing off on her, Emma has become a DefrostingIceQueen with PetTheDog MamaBear qualities to her students, she also genuinely believes in protecting mutantkind.

** His father Odin, is no different. Aloof, grumpy, arrogantly prideful on top of being a woeful dad, Odin’s unlikable personality and choices eventually cost him his wife, both his son’s respect and his kingdom. Nevertheless, for the greater good of the universe Odin will do his upmost to protect and safeguard, as both Galactus and Thanos discovered the hard way.

* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther''. T’challa is at his best is a benevolent and wise warrior and king. When it comes to people outside Wakanda and Westerners in particular, he is frequently incredibly taciturn, smug and outright rude. To his enemies, T’challa is far [[TerrorHero worse]] as seen by this famous exchange with his nemesis Ulysses Klaw.

* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Tony Stark has never been the nicest guy, even Creator/StanLee claimed initially had written Tony to be unlikeable as a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]] of Creator/HowardHughes. Yet Tony despite being a BrokenAce on multiple occasions still cares about saving the world and is the first to put himself on the line for humanity when it comes down the wire.

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} being a LargeHam AntiHero who runs on InsaneTrollLogic and has a history of working for villains, Wade is far, far from a idealistic hero. Despite this, he’s a loving father to his daughter Ellie, surprisingly good friend to Spider-Man and occasionally capable of genuine heroism when he stops being a pain in the ass and puts his mind to it.

* ''ComicBook/TheInhumans''. The team led by ComicBook/{{Blackbolt}} are this to an extremely [[UpToEleven exaggerated]] DesignatedHero degree, being extremely elitist group who value Terrigen Mist over innocent lives on Earth. Their PetTheDog moments and alliances with Marvel’s heroes against threats like Thanos do ultimately put the Inhumans on the side of good, even if their aristocratic behaviour is often insufferable.

* ComicBook/ThePunisher is this UpToEleven, almost [[TheFriendNobodyLikes none]] of Marvel’s heroes (even the likes Captain America and Spider-Man) can stomach Frank or his behaviour which given his prehensility to PayEvilUntoEvil and shoot any criminal at drop of the hat is quite understandable. Despite this, Frank puts innocent life, particularly children above everything else.

* DependingOnTheWriter, the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk can be this; he causes a lot of collateral damage and can be an out and out {{Jerkass}} at times, but he'll go out of his way to save innocent lives and make sure no one dies during his rampages, and he's got one of the higher "save the world" count among the Marvel heroes.

** ComicBook/BettyRoss has become this in modern comics, having become jaded and taciturn due to going through so much pain in her relationship with Bruce. She's quite the AntiHero, but even at her most callous she hasn’t lost her care for Bruce/Hulk and will fight the Avengers to protect him.

* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': Tony Stark has never been the nicest guy, even Creator/StanLee claimed he initially written Tony to be unlikeable as a [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed caricature]] of Creator/HowardHughes. Yet Tony despite being a BrokenAce on multiple occasions still cares about saving the world and is the first to put himself on the line for humanity when the it comes down the wire.

** Stephen’s FreudianExcuse for this attitude is the drowning of his mother at tender age, which instilled him with the aloof personality he has an adult.

* During the events of ''Comicbook/{{Axis}}'', ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} underwent a HeelFaceTurn due to a spell-gone-wrong cast by Comicbook/ScarletWitch, and at the end of the event he remained "inverted." This turned the gleefully bloodthirsty and psychopathic BloodKnight Creed into someone genuinely ashamed of and trying to [[TheAtoner atone]] for his violent past. However, even though Creed is now a hero, he's still a ''colossal'' dick.

** ComicBook/ProfessorX, a well intentioned SternTeacher at best and an arrogant ManipulativeBastard who in the words of Kitty Pryde is a outright “jerk” at worst. At heart Charles is a good man who genuinely believes mutantkind can coexist with humanity and even [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen in more recent comics]] at his most AmbiguouslyEvil he claims he still hasn’t given up on that dream. But for sake of his students and race, he’s totally willingly to take extreme and immoral methods to ensure his mutant survival.

** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} after his final permanent HeelFaceTurn to the side of the X-Men in ''[[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen House of X]]''. He’s still haughty, aggressive, considers humanity as little more than “wolves” but he’s stopped his antagonistic and abusive behaviour and completely loyal to Xavier and Moria’s agenda.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. Their members are Star-Lord (womanising, cocky thief), Rocket (a bad-tempered thug raccoon who spends his spare time making bombs to blow up moons), Gamora (a cold-blooded assassin raised by ''ComicBook/{{Thanos}}'', of all people) and Drax [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Destroyer]] (who gets introduced trying to kill someone in prison, and seems genuinely surprised being a hero means you can't kill people for annoying you). [[MemeticMutation What a bunch of a-holes.]] They do have their own exception, though, in [[TheHeart Groot]] ([[GoodIsNotSoft though even he's perfectly willing to impale bad guys and smile about it]]). And they ''do'' save the galaxy, when they have to.

* ComicBook/GhostRider. A TerrorHero whose demonic appearance, nature and destruction often cause him to be treated as a monster by the Avengers and other heroes, it’s not difficult to fear Johnny Blaze. Except everything he does as the Spirit of Vengeance is purely born out of righteous goodness and to protect the innocent, though that frequently goes hand on hand with horrifically punishing the wicked. Even as King of Hell and rocking a SuperMode that looks like ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}'' boss, Johnny has not lost his heroism.

** Ben Grimm aka [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheThing The Thing]]. He's a BruiserWithASoftCenter when it comes to people he likes-- everyone else? Not so much, Ben especially earlier on was aggressive and jerky and much like Hulk below willingly to megaton punch anyone who takes a tone with him. He’s mellowed out to be more of a big softie in modern comics, although he still has has a fair share of mean moments.

** Kaine the current [[Characters/MarvelComicsScarletSpider Scarlet Spider]] is of similar mold to Venom. While strongly lacking the AllLovingHero qualities of Peter, he’s still on the side of good.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonetStCroix Monet St. Croix]]: Good? ... maybe. Pleasant? Not really. Monet isn't ''incapable'' of being nice, but it does take her a wind-up. And if you upset her... you're screwed. Just ask Ballistique, if she ever recovers from what Monet did to her.

* ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} members often fall under this, ComicBook/NickFury and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMariaHill Maria Hill]] are aloof, unfriendly, paranoid and frequently [[ConflictBall antagonistic]] to Marvel heroes. Yet at the same time they along with the rest of SHIELD, genuinely care about doing good and safeguarding mankind. Nick Fury Junior, (modelled after the Ultimate universe Creator/SamuelLJackson Nick Fury) is decidedly more moral than his father, but no less ruthless.

!!Franchise/MarvelUniverse

** ComicBook/{{Magneto}} after his final permanent HeelFaceTurn to the side of the X-Men in ''[[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen House of X]]''. He’s still haughty, aggressive, considers humanity as little more than “wolves” but he’s stopped his antagonistic and abusive behaviour and completely loyal to Xavier and Moria’s agenda.

** Ben Grimm aka [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheThing The Thing]] he’s BruiserWithASoftCenter when it comes to people he likes, everyone else? Not so much, Ben especially earlier on was aggressive and jerky and much like Hulk below willingly to megaton punch anyone who takes a tone with him. He’s mellowed out to be more of a big softie in modern comics, although he still has has a fair share of mean moments.
** Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic is in a similar boat to Tony Stark (see below) in this regard. While a FamilyMan and ScienceHero at his best, he’s arrogance and numerous morally questionable actions firmly put Reed here. He is willingly to do anything for greater good and save the universe although that often means occasionally taking a few pages out of ComicBook/DoctorDoom’s playbook.
* ComicBook/GhostRider. A TerrorHero who’s demonic appearance, nature and destruction often cause him to be treated as a monster by the Avengers and other heroes, it’s not difficult to fear Johnny Blaze. Except everything he does as the Spirit of Vengeance is purely born out of righteous goodness and to protect the innocent, though that frequently goes hand on hand with horrifically punishing the wicked. Even as King of Hell and rocking a SuperMode that looks like ''VideoGame/{{DOOM}}'' boss, Johnny has not lost his heroism.

** Even Hulk’s more recent “[[ComicBook/ImmortalHulk Devil Hulk]]” transformation in spite of his world conquering ideas, still cares for innocents. Growling a bystander during his fight with Abomination “Well you waiting for a third monster? MOVE IT LADY!”

** ComicBook/BettyRoss has become this in modern comics, having become jaded and taciturn due to going through so much pain in her relationship with Bruce. She’s quite the AntiHero, but even at her most callous she hasn’t lost her care for Bruce/Hulk and will fight the Avengers to protect him.
* ComicBook/TheIlluminati are all about this, they’re willingly to commit multiple morally questionable actions for the [[TheNeedsOfTheMany Greater Good]]. Notably, five of their members, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Professor X, Black Panther and Black Bolt are on this page. The sixth member [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] however is too extreme to even count as good, working under BlueAndOrangeMorality as a AntiVillain.

* ComicBook/LukeCage, in his early appearances and even to this day, he’s quite the BigScaryBlackMan whom will happily dispense beating to anyone foolish enough to wrong him. Luke’s BrusierWithASoftCenter and PapaWolf tendencies to his family do offset his brutality but he’s hardly a nice guy.

* When the ComicBook/FantasticFour trespassed into Heaven [[spoiler:in a bid to resurrect Ben Grimm]], Johnny was struck by an archangel's FlamingSword and noted that it hurt even worse than ''{{Hellfire}}''.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Spidey had his moments in his early teenage days. He would often act very cocky and could be a bit of a jerk towards fellow heroes at times. He mellowed out a lot more once he came into adulthood.
** This is even how the Uncle Ben incident happened originally. Several retellings (such as TheMovie) try to make it more sympathetic, but really, he just let the thief go because it [[BystanderSyndrome wasn't his problem]]. He learned the "with great power..." thing from what happened later, but it didn't instantly transform him into a perfect human being.
** He's still a much lighter example, relentlessly insulting and taunting the criminals he fights and at times even the people he saves.

* ''Franchise/XMen''

** ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''. He's a grump and very snarly to gentle or friendly approaches from his friends. But he has also a protective streak bigger than Canada: threaten those he cares for, and the offending party will be shredded three ways from Sunday, especially if they push it.

* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''. He's a grump and very snarly to gentle or friendly approaches from his friends. But he has also a protective streak bigger than Canada: threaten those he cares for, and the offending party will be shredded three ways from Sunday, especially if they push it.