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* Pariah in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', whose attempt to explore the origin of the universe has resulted in the destruction of his parallel universe, and personally believes that he may also be responsible for the destruction of the other parallel universes until the Anti-Monitor reveals that he himself is personally responsible for the latter.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Post-Parallax Hal Jordan. Although ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' revealed he was being influenced by the evil entity Parallax when he destroyed the GL Corps, he ''still'' feels responsible for his actions when being ''possessed'', just like Kyle when ''he'' was possessed during the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''. Part of his interaction with the Corps is trying to rebuild [[PowerOfTrust the trust]] he lost when he killed his fellow Corps members and essentially destroyed the original Green Lantern Corps.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}:''
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Post-Parallax Hal Jordan. Although ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' revealed he was being influenced by the evil entity Parallax when he destroyed the GL Corps, he ''still'' feels responsible for his actions when being ''possessed'', just like Kyle when ''he'' was possessed during the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''. Part of his interaction with the Corps is trying to rebuild [[PowerOfTrust the trust]] he lost when he killed his fellow Corps members and essentially destroyed the original Green Lantern Corps.
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* Pariah in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'': Pariah, whose attempt to explore the origin of the universe has resulted in the destruction of his parallel universe, and personally believes that he may also be responsible for the destruction of the other parallel universes until the Anti-Monitor reveals that he himself is personally responsible for the latter.
*''Franchise/GreenLantern'': ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Post-Parallax Hal Jordan. Although ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' revealed he was being influenced by the evil entity Parallax when he destroyed the GL Corps, he ''still'' feels responsible for his actions when being ''possessed'', just like Kyle when ''he'' was possessed during the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''. Part of his interaction with the Corps is trying to rebuild [[PowerOfTrust the trust]] he lost when he killed his fellow Corps members and essentially destroyed the original Green Lantern Corps.
*''Franchise/{{Superman}}:'' ''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}'': In ''ComicBook/Outsiders2003'', Indigo joined the team ostensibly to atone for her actions during ''ComicBook/TitansYoungJusticeGraduationDay'', specifically killing Troia and Omen. [[spoiler:She was actually a new version of Brainiac.]]
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** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''/''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' team-up ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Emil Hamilton. He helped [[spoiler:''Comicbook/LexLuthor'' kill baby [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]]] a long time ago, and he's been trying to expiate his crime since. He doesn't care go to jail as long as he manages to expose his ex-colleague.
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** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''/''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' team-up ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Emil Hamilton. He helped [[spoiler:''Comicbook/LexLuthor'' [[spoiler:''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' kill baby [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]]] a long time ago, and he's been trying to expiate his crime since. He doesn't care go to jail as long as he manages to expose his ex-colleague.
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** Pre-ComicBook/ZeroHour Hal Jordan is this as well. Getting depowered by the dome brought Hal back to his senses and he's legitimately regretful for what he did as Parallax. Unfortunately, the minute the dome comes down and his abilities come back he goes nuts once again.
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** Pre-ComicBook/ZeroHour Pre-ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime Hal Jordan is this as well. Getting depowered by the dome brought Hal back to his senses and he's legitimately regretful for what he did as Parallax. Unfortunately, the minute the dome comes down and his abilities come back he goes nuts once again.
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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** ''Batman'' issue #127 showed an alternative origin if Batman's parents didn't get killed. In this version, Batman was a criminal called the Blue Bat, and the costume was worn by someone else. This all changed with an encounter with Bruce Wayne, who defeated the crook, took the costume for himself, and became Batman, noting, "This costume that was once a symbol of crime will now become a symbol of '''justice!'''"
** Detective Harvey Bullock, a member of Batman's supporting cast, was introduced as a corrupt cop, but he saw the error of his ways. Since then, he's been working hard at cleaning up both Gotham City and his reputation.
** Another Batman-related example: Scientist Kirk Langstrom, alias the supervillain Man-Bat, is often portrayed as trying to make up for the damage his SuperpoweredEvilSide has caused.
** ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'': Making up for murdering a man is the bulk of Cassandra Cain's entire motivation, especially [[DeathSeeker early in her career]].
--->'''[[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]]:''' "You were eight years old, you were [[TykeBomb raised in a bunker by a psychopath]], you didn't know what you were doing... ''[[HarmfulToMinors You were eight years old!]]'' And the fact that you've tortured yourself ever since ''proves'' the type of person [[TheCape you really are]]."
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'', ComicBook/TheJoker is cured of his insanity and transforms into Jack Napier. As a result, he wants to make up for his past as the Clown Prince of Crime by becoming Gotham's White Knight.
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'':
** Pre-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Arsenal in ''Convergence: Titans'' is making a better attempt to atone for his actions after he was maimed by Prometheus and his daughter Lian died.
** Pre-ComicBook/ZeroHour Hal Jordan is this as well. Getting depowered by the dome brought Hal back to his senses and he's legitimately regretful for what he did as Parallax. Unfortunately, the minute the dome comes down and his abilities come back he goes nuts once again.
** The Vampire Batman in ''Convergence: Swamp Thing'' seeks redemption by teaming up with Swamp Thing in ridding the vampires from his Gotham City. After eliminating the queen vampire and thereby turning every vampire back to being human (except for Vampire Batman), Batman allows himself to die under sunlight.
** Superwoman of the Crime Syndicate has taken her time on death row to reflect on how she's spent her life, and realizes that both herself and the rest of the Syndicate wasted their lives in the pursuit of crime. [[spoiler:She fights the Wonder Woman of Justice Legion Alpha for the sake of saving the Metropolis of her world in an attempt to fully atone for her actions and be the hero she now understands she could have been]].
* Pariah in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', whose attempt to explore the origin of the universe has resulted in the destruction of his parallel universe, and personally believes that he may also be responsible for the destruction of the other parallel universes until the Anti-Monitor reveals that he himself is personally responsible for the latter.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Post-Parallax Hal Jordan. Although ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' revealed he was being influenced by the evil entity Parallax when he destroyed the GL Corps, he ''still'' feels responsible for his actions when being ''possessed'', just like Kyle when ''he'' was possessed during the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''. Part of his interaction with the Corps is trying to rebuild [[PowerOfTrust the trust]] he lost when he killed his fellow Corps members and essentially destroyed the original Green Lantern Corps.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}:''
** At the conclusion of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', Franchise/{{Superman}}'s rival Magog becomes one of these.
** One "what-if" story had ComicBook/LexLuthor reform and then invent a panacea for all ills as repayment for his crimes.
** In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'', Superman sets to bring Mongul down after unwillingly helping the galactic despot appropiate the titular, devastating weapon.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''/''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' team-up ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Emil Hamilton. He helped [[spoiler:''Comicbook/LexLuthor'' kill baby [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]]] a long time ago, and he's been trying to expiate his crime since. He doesn't care go to jail as long as he manages to expose his ex-colleague.
--->'''Hamilton:''' Yes! Thank you! I've worked so hard, thrown everything away, committed terrible crimes... Take me away! I'll gladly accept my punishment knowing Luthor's true nature has been exposed.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', the Girl of Steel and Bizarrogirl work together to save the latter's homeworld. As teaming up, Bizarrogirl learns morality in human terms, the difference between saving people and killing them and realizes back on Earth she killed a man because he was too loud. Bizarrogirl decides to punish herself and asks Supergirl (who is struggling with her own feelings of guilt) if she'll even be able to find some sort of redemption:
--->'''Bizarrogirl:''' Does self-punishment '''end''', Supergirl?\\
'''Supergirl:''' It might '''never''' end, Bizarrogirl. We can be '''sorry''' for what we've done, be sorry for hurting others, but it's what we do '''afterwards''' that really matters.
** ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'': When Superman and his cousin travel to Rokyn, they learn that several reformed criminals -including some few of their former enemies like Brenn-Bir and Shyla Kor-Onn- are helping in the rebuilding of Kandor to atone for their misdeeds.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga'', Pocket Universe Lex Luthor becomes this when he accidentally let loose the Phantom Zone criminals from their imprisonment for them to start their reign of terror and devastation on the Earth, even to the point of instantly annihilating five billion people on the planet via AtmosphereAbuse. At the end of the story, when Lex Luthor is killed along with the remaining members of his resistance force, he says to the mainstream DC Universe Superman that he knew about the Gold and Green Kryptonite samples hidden in Superboy's lab, but he refused to use them because he wanted the Phantom Zone criminals' defeat to be by his own hand, and now regrets that decision and has Superman promise to never let that happen again.
** In a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] story, "The Secret of Kryptonite," a scientist named Mal Evans accidentally made Superman's vulnerability to the mineral public knowledge when Clark was a boy. As a result, Evans fled and changed his identity in shame and in fear of Superman's reprisal to work as a humanitarian. Superman would find him years later and reassure Evans that he knew it was an accident and he was forgiven long ago.
* ''ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger'', in (at least) one of his [[MultipleChoicePast Multiple Choice Pasts]].
* Eel O'Brian, aka ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'', right from the 40s to his current incarnation.
* [[spoiler:Ducra]] from ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''.
* ''ComicBook/TheSpectre'' is a fallen angel who saw the error of his ways and repented. He now punishes evildoers who escape human justice as penance.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ComicBook/WonderWoman1942: Paula didn't really want to work for the Nazis in the first place, but to save her daughter threw herself into the work and committed many horrific acts and ruined and ended many lives. Once her daughter was safe she spent the rest of her life doing everything she could to take down the Nazis and their allies and help people whenever she became aware of an opportunity to do so.
** In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheTrueAmazon'', Diana becomes Wonder Woman as penance for her crime in unleashing monsters to win the Contest, and is also tasked with re-sealing the monsters away.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** ''Batman'' issue #127 showed an alternative origin if Batman's parents didn't get killed. In this version, Batman was a criminal called the Blue Bat, and the costume was worn by someone else. This all changed with an encounter with Bruce Wayne, who defeated the crook, took the costume for himself, and became Batman, noting, "This costume that was once a symbol of crime will now become a symbol of '''justice!'''"
** Detective Harvey Bullock, a member of Batman's supporting cast, was introduced as a corrupt cop, but he saw the error of his ways. Since then, he's been working hard at cleaning up both Gotham City and his reputation.
** Another Batman-related example: Scientist Kirk Langstrom, alias the supervillain Man-Bat, is often portrayed as trying to make up for the damage his SuperpoweredEvilSide has caused.
** ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'': Making up for murdering a man is the bulk of Cassandra Cain's entire motivation, especially [[DeathSeeker early in her career]].
--->'''[[ComicBook/{{Oracle}} Barbara Gordon]]:''' "You were eight years old, you were [[TykeBomb raised in a bunker by a psychopath]], you didn't know what you were doing... ''[[HarmfulToMinors You were eight years old!]]'' And the fact that you've tortured yourself ever since ''proves'' the type of person [[TheCape you really are]]."
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanWhiteKnight'', ComicBook/TheJoker is cured of his insanity and transforms into Jack Napier. As a result, he wants to make up for his past as the Clown Prince of Crime by becoming Gotham's White Knight.
* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'':
** Pre-ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Arsenal in ''Convergence: Titans'' is making a better attempt to atone for his actions after he was maimed by Prometheus and his daughter Lian died.
** Pre-ComicBook/ZeroHour Hal Jordan is this as well. Getting depowered by the dome brought Hal back to his senses and he's legitimately regretful for what he did as Parallax. Unfortunately, the minute the dome comes down and his abilities come back he goes nuts once again.
** The Vampire Batman in ''Convergence: Swamp Thing'' seeks redemption by teaming up with Swamp Thing in ridding the vampires from his Gotham City. After eliminating the queen vampire and thereby turning every vampire back to being human (except for Vampire Batman), Batman allows himself to die under sunlight.
** Superwoman of the Crime Syndicate has taken her time on death row to reflect on how she's spent her life, and realizes that both herself and the rest of the Syndicate wasted their lives in the pursuit of crime. [[spoiler:She fights the Wonder Woman of Justice Legion Alpha for the sake of saving the Metropolis of her world in an attempt to fully atone for her actions and be the hero she now understands she could have been]].
* Pariah in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', whose attempt to explore the origin of the universe has resulted in the destruction of his parallel universe, and personally believes that he may also be responsible for the destruction of the other parallel universes until the Anti-Monitor reveals that he himself is personally responsible for the latter.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Post-Parallax Hal Jordan. Although ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'' revealed he was being influenced by the evil entity Parallax when he destroyed the GL Corps, he ''still'' feels responsible for his actions when being ''possessed'', just like Kyle when ''he'' was possessed during the ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''. Part of his interaction with the Corps is trying to rebuild [[PowerOfTrust the trust]] he lost when he killed his fellow Corps members and essentially destroyed the original Green Lantern Corps.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}:''
** At the conclusion of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', Franchise/{{Superman}}'s rival Magog becomes one of these.
** One "what-if" story had ComicBook/LexLuthor reform and then invent a panacea for all ills as repayment for his crimes.
** In ''ComicBook/WarWorld'', Superman sets to bring Mongul down after unwillingly helping the galactic despot appropiate the titular, devastating weapon.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''/''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' team-up ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Emil Hamilton. He helped [[spoiler:''Comicbook/LexLuthor'' kill baby [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]]] a long time ago, and he's been trying to expiate his crime since. He doesn't care go to jail as long as he manages to expose his ex-colleague.
--->'''Hamilton:''' Yes! Thank you! I've worked so hard, thrown everything away, committed terrible crimes... Take me away! I'll gladly accept my punishment knowing Luthor's true nature has been exposed.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', the Girl of Steel and Bizarrogirl work together to save the latter's homeworld. As teaming up, Bizarrogirl learns morality in human terms, the difference between saving people and killing them and realizes back on Earth she killed a man because he was too loud. Bizarrogirl decides to punish herself and asks Supergirl (who is struggling with her own feelings of guilt) if she'll even be able to find some sort of redemption:
--->'''Bizarrogirl:''' Does self-punishment '''end''', Supergirl?\\
'''Supergirl:''' It might '''never''' end, Bizarrogirl. We can be '''sorry''' for what we've done, be sorry for hurting others, but it's what we do '''afterwards''' that really matters.
** ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'': When Superman and his cousin travel to Rokyn, they learn that several reformed criminals -including some few of their former enemies like Brenn-Bir and Shyla Kor-Onn- are helping in the rebuilding of Kandor to atone for their misdeeds.
** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga'', Pocket Universe Lex Luthor becomes this when he accidentally let loose the Phantom Zone criminals from their imprisonment for them to start their reign of terror and devastation on the Earth, even to the point of instantly annihilating five billion people on the planet via AtmosphereAbuse. At the end of the story, when Lex Luthor is killed along with the remaining members of his resistance force, he says to the mainstream DC Universe Superman that he knew about the Gold and Green Kryptonite samples hidden in Superboy's lab, but he refused to use them because he wanted the Phantom Zone criminals' defeat to be by his own hand, and now regrets that decision and has Superman promise to never let that happen again.
** In a [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] story, "The Secret of Kryptonite," a scientist named Mal Evans accidentally made Superman's vulnerability to the mineral public knowledge when Clark was a boy. As a result, Evans fled and changed his identity in shame and in fear of Superman's reprisal to work as a humanitarian. Superman would find him years later and reassure Evans that he knew it was an accident and he was forgiven long ago.
* ''ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger'', in (at least) one of his [[MultipleChoicePast Multiple Choice Pasts]].
* Eel O'Brian, aka ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'', right from the 40s to his current incarnation.
* [[spoiler:Ducra]] from ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''.
* ''ComicBook/TheSpectre'' is a fallen angel who saw the error of his ways and repented. He now punishes evildoers who escape human justice as penance.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ComicBook/WonderWoman1942: Paula didn't really want to work for the Nazis in the first place, but to save her daughter threw herself into the work and committed many horrific acts and ruined and ended many lives. Once her daughter was safe she spent the rest of her life doing everything she could to take down the Nazis and their allies and help people whenever she became aware of an opportunity to do so.
** In ''ComicBook/WonderWomanTheTrueAmazon'', Diana becomes Wonder Woman as penance for her crime in unleashing monsters to win the Contest, and is also tasked with re-sealing the monsters away.
