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* ComicBook/{{Elektra}} is one, despite the fact that the fanbase loves her. She murdered loads of innocents (for example SHIELD agents). Of course she kills mostly {{Redshirts}} that are armed with some weapons, which seems to be justified by the fact that as they are armed she is allowed to fight them. Of course, as a ninja she could use non-lethal methods, but doesn't care. When she is confronted about this, she murders the rogue agent who hunts Elektra to avenge her friends that Elektra murdered. Despite all this the heroes of Franchise/MarvelUniverse have no problem hanging out with her - the same people who can not stand being anywhere near ComicBook/{{Punisher}}, who didn't even kill HAMMER troops even though they counld be considered Mooks - he still considered them federal agents, even though their agency made FaceHeelTurn. Elektra did not give that much care.
** Many of these SHIELD agents have gone rogue or are just plain evil. SHIELD is commonly infiltrated by evil bastards. Granted, in at least one instance Elektra killed a shipload of SHIELD agents but she was deep undercover for Fury. DEEP undercover. Yes, Fury sanctioned the murder of a Helicarrier full of his own men. Sigh.
** Many of these SHIELD agents have gone rogue or are just plain evil. SHIELD is commonly infiltrated by evil bastards. Granted, in at least one instance Elektra killed a shipload of SHIELD agents but she was deep undercover for Fury. DEEP undercover. Yes, Fury sanctioned the murder of a Helicarrier full of his own men. Sigh.
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* ComicBook/{{Elektra}} is one, despite the fact that the fanbase loves her. She murdered murders loads of innocents (for example SHIELD example, ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agents). Of course course, she kills mostly {{Redshirts}} that {{Red Shirts}} who are armed with some weapons, which seems to be justified by the fact that as they are armed armed, she is allowed to fight them. Of course, as a ninja ninja, she could can use non-lethal methods, but doesn't care. When she is confronted about this, she murders the rogue agent who hunts Elektra to avenge her friends that Elektra murdered. Despite all this this, the heroes of Franchise/MarvelUniverse have no problem hanging out with her - -- the same people who can not cannot stand being anywhere near ComicBook/{{Punisher}}, ComicBook/ThePunisher, who didn't doesn't even kill HAMMER troops even though they counld could be considered Mooks - {{mooks}} -- he still considered considers them federal agents, even though their agency made a FaceHeelTurn. Elektra did does not give that much care.
** Many of theseSHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. agents have gone rogue or are just plain evil. SHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. is commonly infiltrated by evil bastards. Granted, in at least one instance Elektra killed a shipload of SHIELD S.H.I.E.L.D. agents but she was deep undercover for Fury. DEEP ''Deep'' undercover. Yes, Fury sanctioned the murder of a Helicarrier full of his own men. Sigh.
** Many of these
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* Ultimate Reed Richards/The Maker. Even after everything he did to Europe and Asgard, he's given no real punishment, and is even allowed to go back to working for S.H.I.E.L.D. by Nick Fury. When the Ultimate Universe is destroyed by an Incursion, Reed manages to survive on-board a life raft, escaping to Battleworld. After what goes down there, he somehow managed to get out and into the new Marvel Universe afterward, where he restarts his mad science anew.
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* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'': Ultimate Reed Richards/The Maker. Even after everything he did to Europe and Asgard, he's given no real punishment, and is even allowed to go back to working for S.H.I.E.L.D. by Nick Fury. When the Ultimate Universe is destroyed by an Incursion, Reed manages to survive on-board a life raft, escaping to Battleworld. After what goes down there, he somehow managed to get out and into the new Marvel Universe afterward, where he restarts his mad science anew.anew.
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* ''ComicBook/KidColt2009'': Two of the main villains of the series seem to get away completely unscathed.
** Sheriff [=McGreeley=] killed a man, framed Kid Colt for that murder, and seemingly covered up his brother Joshua's murder of Colt's entire family. He also sends BountyHunter Sherman Wilks, the main antagonist of the series, after Colt (and tells one of his lackeys that if Colt's captured, he won't live long enough to stand trial). The only consequence is that he's tricked into paying 'Wilks' a bounty for Kid Colt's supposed death - he remains TheUnfought, he's not exposed as a a DirtyCop and he suffers no consequences for his plot.
** Bloodeye's gang of scavengers murder a house full of innocents, as well as trying to kill Colt, his sidekick Hawk and BountyHunter Sherman Wilks (and killing almost all of Wilks's men). Quite a few of his gang are killed, but Bloodeye himself is completely unharmed and simply rides off after Colt wins Wilks's freedom from the scavengers (via TrialByCombat against Bloodeye's champion), saying that he expects to cross paths with Colt again someday.
** Sheriff [=McGreeley=] killed a man, framed Kid Colt for that murder, and seemingly covered up his brother Joshua's murder of Colt's entire family. He also sends BountyHunter Sherman Wilks, the main antagonist of the series, after Colt (and tells one of his lackeys that if Colt's captured, he won't live long enough to stand trial). The only consequence is that he's tricked into paying 'Wilks' a bounty for Kid Colt's supposed death - he remains TheUnfought, he's not exposed as a a DirtyCop and he suffers no consequences for his plot.
** Bloodeye's gang of scavengers murder a house full of innocents, as well as trying to kill Colt, his sidekick Hawk and BountyHunter Sherman Wilks (and killing almost all of Wilks's men). Quite a few of his gang are killed, but Bloodeye himself is completely unharmed and simply rides off after Colt wins Wilks's freedom from the scavengers (via TrialByCombat against Bloodeye's champion), saying that he expects to cross paths with Colt again someday.
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* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ObstructiveBureaucrat Henry Peter Gyrich has been involved in all manner of shady to outright illegal things over the years due to his raging FantasticRacism, but has largely escaped any meaningful punishment -- the worst thing that ever happened to him in the comics was getting fired after ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', at which point he was swiftly picked up for ''another'' secret government project. This despite the fact he has been involved in the creation of the [[KillerRobot Sentinels]] and the fact he nearly got humanity killed in the events of ''ComicBook/RomSpaceKnight''.
** Zigzagged for his counterpart from the [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries 1990s X-Men cartoon]]; being the man behind the Sentinel project backfired on him majorly after the Sentinels [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters went rogue]], kidnapped President Kelly and tried to turn him into a cyborg drone, as shown in the 4th season episode "Courage", where he and Bolivar Trask[[note]]the scientist who actually built the Sentinels[[/note]] are shown living in hiding in an isolated jungle cabin somewhere in South America to avoid prison. However, the series finale has him somehow being allowed back into the United States to give televised debates on mutants...although, when he attacks Xavier with a prototype power nullifier that nearly kills him, he ''is'' shown being dragged out of the room by security.
** Zigzagged for his counterpart from the [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries 1990s X-Men cartoon]]; being the man behind the Sentinel project backfired on him majorly after the Sentinels [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters went rogue]], kidnapped President Kelly and tried to turn him into a cyborg drone, as shown in the 4th season episode "Courage", where he and Bolivar Trask[[note]]the scientist who actually built the Sentinels[[/note]] are shown living in hiding in an isolated jungle cabin somewhere in South America to avoid prison. However, the series finale has him somehow being allowed back into the United States to give televised debates on mutants...although, when he attacks Xavier with a prototype power nullifier that nearly kills him, he ''is'' shown being dragged out of the room by security.
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** Zigzagged for his counterpart from the [[WesternAnimation/XMen [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries 1990s X-Men cartoon]]; being the man behind the Sentinel project backfired on him majorly after the Sentinels [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters went rogue]], kidnapped President Kelly and tried to turn him into a cyborg drone, as shown in the 4th season episode "Courage", where he and Bolivar Trask[[note]]the scientist who actually built the Sentinels[[/note]] are shown living in hiding in an isolated jungle cabin somewhere in South America to avoid prison. However, the series finale has him somehow being allowed back into the United States to give televised debates on mutants...although, when he attacks Xavier with a prototype power nullifier that nearly kills him, he ''is'' shown being dragged out of the room by security.
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Considering that DeathIsCheap and villains easily escape from prison in most comic books, and the fact that comics are generally written as unending serials, this trope is pretty much the rule rather than the exception.
Considering that DeathIsCheap and villains easily escape from prison in most comic books, and the fact that comics are generally written as unending serials, this trope is pretty much the rule rather than the exception.
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* Ultimate Reed Richards[=/=]The Maker. Even after everything he did to Europe and Asgard, he's given no real punishment, and is even allowed to go back to working for S.H.I.E.L.D. by Nick Fury. When the Ultimate Universe is destroyed by an Incursion, Reed manages to survive on-board a life raft, escaping to Battleworld. After what goes down there, he somehow managed to get out and into the new Marvel Universe afterward, where he restarts his mad science anew.
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* Ultimate Reed Richards[=/=]The Richards/The Maker. Even after everything he did to Europe and Asgard, he's given no real punishment, and is even allowed to go back to working for S.H.I.E.L.D. by Nick Fury. When the Ultimate Universe is destroyed by an Incursion, Reed manages to survive on-board a life raft, escaping to Battleworld. After what goes down there, he somehow managed to get out and into the new Marvel Universe afterward, where he restarts his mad science anew.
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Considering that DeathIsCheap and villains easily escape from prison in most comic books, and the fact that comics are generally written as unending serials, this trope is pretty much the rule rather than the exception.
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* ComicBook/{{Elektra}} is one, despite the fact that the fanbase loves her. She murdered loads of innocents (for example SHIELD agents). Of course she kills mostly {{Redshirts}} that are armed with some weapons, which seems to be justified by the fact that as they are armed she is allowed to fight them. Of course, as a ninja she could use non-lethal methods, but doesn't care. When she is confronted about this, she murders the rogue agent who hunts Elektra to avenge her friends that Elektra murdered. Despite all this the heroes of Franchise/MarvelUniverse have no problem hanging out with her - the same people who can not stand being anywhere near ComicBook/{{Punisher}}, who didn't even kill HAMMER troops even though they counld be considered Mooks - he still considered them federal agents, even though their agency made FaceHeelTurn. Elektra did not give that much care.
** Many of these SHIELD agents have gone rogue or are just plain evil. SHIELD is commonly infiltrated by evil bastards. Granted, in at least one instance Elektra killed a shipload of SHIELD agents but she was deep undercover for Fury. DEEP undercover. Yes, Fury sanctioned the murder of a Helicarrier full of his own men. Sigh.
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ObstructiveBureaucrat Henry Peter Gyrich has been involved in all manner of shady to outright illegal things over the years due to his raging FantasticRacism, but has largely escaped any meaningful punishment -- the worst thing that ever happened to him in the comics was getting fired after ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', at which point he was swiftly picked up for ''another'' secret government project. This despite the fact he has been involved in the creation of the [[KillerRobot Sentinels]] and the fact he nearly got humanity killed in the events of ''ComicBook/RomSpaceKnight''.
** Zigzagged for his counterpart from the [[WesternAnimation/XMen 1990s X-Men cartoon]]; being the man behind the Sentinel project backfired on him majorly after the Sentinels [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters went rogue]], kidnapped President Kelly and tried to turn him into a cyborg drone, as shown in the 4th season episode "Courage", where he and Bolivar Trask[[note]]the scientist who actually built the Sentinels[[/note]] are shown living in hiding in an isolated jungle cabin somewhere in South America to avoid prison. However, the series finale has him somehow being allowed back into the United States to give televised debates on mutants...although, when he attacks Xavier with a prototype power nullifier that nearly kills him, he ''is'' shown being dragged out of the room by security.
* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' featured a villain team called Eugenix, whose goal was to improve the human race by killing or sterilizing everyone they deemed genetically inferior. Their last appearance was in the second issue of volume two, where they escaped the New Warriors to continue their plans without punishment.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
** Mr. Prast receives no onscreen comeuppance for raping and abusing Klara.
** At the end of Creator/TerryMoore's arc, Val Rhymin manages to escape punishment for trying to bring about a ZombieApocalypse in Malibu.
* Ultimate Reed Richards[=/=]The Maker. Even after everything he did to Europe and Asgard, he's given no real punishment, and is even allowed to go back to working for S.H.I.E.L.D. by Nick Fury. When the Ultimate Universe is destroyed by an Incursion, Reed manages to survive on-board a life raft, escaping to Battleworld. After what goes down there, he somehow managed to get out and into the new Marvel Universe afterward, where he restarts his mad science anew.
Considering that DeathIsCheap and villains easily escape from prison in most comic books, and the fact that comics are generally written as unending serials, this trope is pretty much the rule rather than the exception.
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* ComicBook/{{Elektra}} is one, despite the fact that the fanbase loves her. She murdered loads of innocents (for example SHIELD agents). Of course she kills mostly {{Redshirts}} that are armed with some weapons, which seems to be justified by the fact that as they are armed she is allowed to fight them. Of course, as a ninja she could use non-lethal methods, but doesn't care. When she is confronted about this, she murders the rogue agent who hunts Elektra to avenge her friends that Elektra murdered. Despite all this the heroes of Franchise/MarvelUniverse have no problem hanging out with her - the same people who can not stand being anywhere near ComicBook/{{Punisher}}, who didn't even kill HAMMER troops even though they counld be considered Mooks - he still considered them federal agents, even though their agency made FaceHeelTurn. Elektra did not give that much care.
** Many of these SHIELD agents have gone rogue or are just plain evil. SHIELD is commonly infiltrated by evil bastards. Granted, in at least one instance Elektra killed a shipload of SHIELD agents but she was deep undercover for Fury. DEEP undercover. Yes, Fury sanctioned the murder of a Helicarrier full of his own men. Sigh.
* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, ObstructiveBureaucrat Henry Peter Gyrich has been involved in all manner of shady to outright illegal things over the years due to his raging FantasticRacism, but has largely escaped any meaningful punishment -- the worst thing that ever happened to him in the comics was getting fired after ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', at which point he was swiftly picked up for ''another'' secret government project. This despite the fact he has been involved in the creation of the [[KillerRobot Sentinels]] and the fact he nearly got humanity killed in the events of ''ComicBook/RomSpaceKnight''.
** Zigzagged for his counterpart from the [[WesternAnimation/XMen 1990s X-Men cartoon]]; being the man behind the Sentinel project backfired on him majorly after the Sentinels [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters went rogue]], kidnapped President Kelly and tried to turn him into a cyborg drone, as shown in the 4th season episode "Courage", where he and Bolivar Trask[[note]]the scientist who actually built the Sentinels[[/note]] are shown living in hiding in an isolated jungle cabin somewhere in South America to avoid prison. However, the series finale has him somehow being allowed back into the United States to give televised debates on mutants...although, when he attacks Xavier with a prototype power nullifier that nearly kills him, he ''is'' shown being dragged out of the room by security.
* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' featured a villain team called Eugenix, whose goal was to improve the human race by killing or sterilizing everyone they deemed genetically inferior. Their last appearance was in the second issue of volume two, where they escaped the New Warriors to continue their plans without punishment.
* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'':
** Mr. Prast receives no onscreen comeuppance for raping and abusing Klara.
** At the end of Creator/TerryMoore's arc, Val Rhymin manages to escape punishment for trying to bring about a ZombieApocalypse in Malibu.
* Ultimate Reed Richards[=/=]The Maker. Even after everything he did to Europe and Asgard, he's given no real punishment, and is even allowed to go back to working for S.H.I.E.L.D. by Nick Fury. When the Ultimate Universe is destroyed by an Incursion, Reed manages to survive on-board a life raft, escaping to Battleworld. After what goes down there, he somehow managed to get out and into the new Marvel Universe afterward, where he restarts his mad science anew.
