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* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'': For most of the story this is the case where everyone who attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings. Then zigzagged when Thanos is finally defeated, but it is revealed that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].win.
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* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' story ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm''. The Supreme Intelligence completely masterminds things to get the Shi'ar to hit its own race with a [[DoomsdayDevice Nega-Bomb]] in order to reignite the Kree's evolutionary cycle, even though it means killing most of the race. When the team finds out one half led by ComicBook/IronMan attempts to kill it for causing the genocide, and they seemingly succeed... only for the very last page to reveal that it saw their actions coming a mile away and faked its own death, leaving it free while everyone presumes it to be destroyed.
* ZigZagged in ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': NotSoHarmlessVillain Arcade managed to succeed in getting several young heroes killed off, escaped punishment, and uploaded what really happened on Murderworld to immortalize himself as a true villain while leaving the survivors broken and jaded. However the follow-up series, ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'' reveals that Arcade didn't exactly find the cred he was looking for after all, as it turns out many of the villains are [[WouldNotHurtAChild disgusted by the fact he was only able to hurt children]]. And then the survivors came calling...
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* ZigZagged in ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': NotSoHarmlessVillain Arcade managed to succeed in getting several young heroes killed off, escaped punishment, and uploaded what really happened on Murderworld to immortalize himself as a true villain while leaving the survivors broken and jaded. However the follow-up series, ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'' reveals that Arcade didn't exactly find the cred he was looking for after all, as it turns out many of the villains are [[WouldNotHurtAChild disgusted by the fact he was only able to hurt children]]. And then the survivors came calling...
* Franchise/SpiderMan
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* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' story ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm''. The ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': In ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm'', the Supreme Intelligence completely masterminds things to get the Shi'ar to hit its own race with a [[DoomsdayDevice Nega-Bomb]] in order to reignite the Kree's evolutionary cycle, even though it means killing most of the race. When the team finds out one half led by ComicBook/IronMan attempts to kill it for causing the genocide, and they seemingly succeed... only for the very last page to reveal that it saw their actions coming a mile away and faked its own death, leaving it free while everyone presumes it to be destroyed.
*ZigZagged in ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': ZigZagged, as NotSoHarmlessVillain Arcade managed to succeed in getting several young heroes killed off, escaped punishment, and uploaded what really happened on Murderworld to immortalize himself as a true villain while leaving the survivors broken and jaded. However the follow-up series, ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'' reveals that Arcade didn't exactly find the cred he was looking for after all, as it turns out many of the villains are [[WouldNotHurtAChild disgusted by the fact he was only able to hurt children]]. And then the survivors came calling...
*Franchise/SpiderMan''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Mister Fear in the "To The Devil, His Due" and "Without Fear" [[StoryArc arcs]]. Not only does he does cause irreparable damage to the hero's life, but his powers only make life in prison a veritable paradise that he can leave at his leisure to once again torment the hero.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': [[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/Frost327/Dr%20Doom/00099s0d.png Doctor Doom with, well...]] While some could say this story did have a happy ending [[EnemyMine with Doom cooperating with]] the Fantastic Four for mutual benefit (Valeria was born unharmed, as Doom was able to prevent Sue's miscarriage that "killed" her the first time, likely saving Sue as well) Doom's benefit was greater, and possibly his greatest victory to date in his feud with Reed. He was able to tell Reed to his face, with absolute truth, that he had succeeded where his rival had failed.
** In a more traditional sense, Doctor Doom has on more than one occasion succeeded at plots to TakeOverTheWorld and defend his dictatorship successfully against heroic rebellion, eventually yielding his position [[VictoryIsBoring out of sheer boredom]].
* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'': For most of the story this is the case where everyone who attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings. Then zigzagged when Thanos is finally defeated, but it is revealed that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later Pepper Potts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony went back to normal [[SnapBack with no explanation.]]
* ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'': Annual #7 featured the alien Champion of the Universe defeating all of the heroes that trained to fight him, but he ended up sparing the Earth because he found Ben Grimm (aka ComicBook/{{the Thing}}) to be a [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponent]].
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' Kid Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy Old Loki has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown which can only be done if Kid Loki allows Old Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid Loki from existence. Kid Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at Old Loki, calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
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* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': [[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/Frost327/Dr%20Doom/00099s0d.png Doctor Doom with, well...]] While some could say this story did have a happy ending [[EnemyMine with Doom cooperating with]] the Fantastic Four for mutual benefit (Valeria was born unharmed, as Doom was able to prevent Sue's miscarriage that "killed" her the first time, likely saving Sue as well) Doom's benefit was greater, and possibly his greatest victory to date in his feud with Reed. He was able to tell Reed to his face, with absolute truth, that he had succeeded where his rival had failed.
** In a more traditional sense, Doctor Doom has on more than one occasion succeeded at plots to TakeOverTheWorld and defend his dictatorship successfully against heroic rebellion, eventually yielding his position [[VictoryIsBoring out of sheer boredom]].
* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'': For most of the story this is the case where everyone who attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings. Then zigzagged when Thanos is finally defeated, but it is revealed that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].
* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later Pepper Potts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony went back to normal [[SnapBack with no explanation.]]
* ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'': Annual #7 featured the alien Champion of the Universe defeating all of the heroes that trained to fight him, but he ended up sparing the Earth because he found Ben Grimm (aka ComicBook/{{the Thing}}) to be a [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponent]].
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' Kid Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy Old Loki has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown which can only be done if Kid Loki allows Old Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid Loki from existence. Kid Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at Old Loki, calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
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* [[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/Frost327/Dr%20Doom/00099s0d.png Dr. Doom with, well...]] While some could say this story did have a happy ending [[EnemyMine with Doom cooperating with]] the ComicBook/FantasticFour for mutual benefit (Valeria was born unharmed, as Doom was able to prevent Sue's miscarriage that "killed" her the first time, likely saving Sue as well) Doom's benefit was greater, and possibly his greatest victory to date in his feud with Reed. He was able to tell Reed to his face, with absolute truth, that he had succeeded where his rival had failed.
* In a more traditional sense, Doctor Doom has on more than one occasion succeeded at plots to TakeOverTheWorld and defend his dictatorship successfully against heroic rebellion, eventually yielding his position [[VictoryIsBoring out of sheer boredom]].
* In the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' arc of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the story does end with a [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn bad guy]] winning, but not any of the Skrulls.
* Mister Fear in the "To The Devil, His Due" and "Without Fear" [[StoryArc arcs]] of ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Not only does he does cause irreparable damage to the hero's life, but his powers only make life in prison a veritable paradise that he can leave at his leisure to once again torment the hero.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateComicsThor'': Loki betrays Asgard and leads the Frost Giants and a full Nazi army (with machine guns, tanks and modern military hardware) against it. Asgard is destroyed, and everybody dies.
* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' For most of the story this is the case where everyone that attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings. Then zigzagged when Thanos is finally defeated, but it is revealed that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].
* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' Kid Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy Old Loki has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown which can only be done if Kid Loki allows Old Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid Loki from existence. Kid Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at Old Loki, calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
* ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'' Annual #7 featured the alien Champion of the Universe defeating all of the heroes that trained to fight him, but he ended up sparing the Earth because he found Ben Grimm (aka ComicBook/{{the Thing}}) to be a [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponent]].
* ''ComicBook/Venom2003'': Despite the best efforts of the Suit, Trish, and the Fantastic Four, the first stage of Bob's plan comes to fruition when Venom assimilates the symbiote clone and decides to follow its directive.
* [[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/Frost327/Dr%20Doom/00099s0d.png Dr. Doom with, well...]] While some could say this story did have a happy ending [[EnemyMine with Doom cooperating with]] the ComicBook/FantasticFour for mutual benefit (Valeria was born unharmed, as Doom was able to prevent Sue's miscarriage that "killed" her the first time, likely saving Sue as well) Doom's benefit was greater, and possibly his greatest victory to date in his feud with Reed. He was able to tell Reed to his face, with absolute truth, that he had succeeded where his rival had failed.
* In a more traditional sense, Doctor Doom has on more than one occasion succeeded at plots to TakeOverTheWorld and defend his dictatorship successfully against heroic rebellion, eventually yielding his position [[VictoryIsBoring out of sheer boredom]].
* In the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' arc of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the story does end with a [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn bad guy]] winning, but not any of the Skrulls.
* Mister Fear in the "To The Devil, His Due" and "Without Fear" [[StoryArc arcs]] of ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Not only does he does cause irreparable damage to the hero's life, but his powers only make life in prison a veritable paradise that he can leave at his leisure to once again torment the hero.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateComicsThor'': Loki betrays Asgard and leads the Frost Giants and a full Nazi army (with machine guns, tanks and modern military hardware) against it. Asgard is destroyed, and everybody dies.
* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' For most of the story this is the case where everyone that attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings. Then zigzagged when Thanos is finally defeated, but it is revealed that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].
* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' Kid Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy Old Loki has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown which can only be done if Kid Loki allows Old Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid Loki from existence. Kid Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at Old Loki, calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
* ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'' Annual #7 featured the alien Champion of the Universe defeating all of the heroes that trained to fight him, but he ended up sparing the Earth because he found Ben Grimm (aka ComicBook/{{the Thing}}) to be a [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponent]].
* ''ComicBook/Venom2003'': Despite the best efforts of the Suit, Trish, and the Fantastic Four, the first stage of Bob's plan comes to fruition when Venom assimilates the symbiote clone and decides to follow its directive.
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* [[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/Frost327/Dr%20Doom/00099s0d.png Dr. Doom with, well...]] While some could say this story did have a happy ending [[EnemyMine with Doom cooperating with]] the ComicBook/FantasticFour for mutual benefit (Valeria was born unharmed, as Doom was able to prevent Sue's miscarriage that "killed" her the first time, likely saving Sue as well) Doom's benefit was greater, and possibly his greatest victory to date in his feud with Reed. He was able to tell Reed to his face, with absolute truth, that he had succeeded where his rival had failed.
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* In ''ComicBook/UltimateComicsThor'' ''ComicBook/UltimateComicsThor'': Loki betrays Asgard and leads the Frost Giants and a full Nazi army (with machine guns, tanks and modern military hardware) against it. Asgard is destroyed, and everybody dies.
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* ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'' Annual #7 featured the alien Champion of the Universe defeating all of the heroes that trained to fight him, but he ended up sparing the Earth because he found Ben Grimm (aka ComicBook/{{the Thing}}) to be a [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponent]].opponent]].
* ''ComicBook/Venom2003'': Despite the best efforts of the Suit, Trish, and the Fantastic Four, the first stage of Bob's plan comes to fruition when Venom assimilates the symbiote clone and decides to follow its directive.
* ''ComicBook/Venom2003'': Despite the best efforts of the Suit, Trish, and the Fantastic Four, the first stage of Bob's plan comes to fruition when Venom assimilates the symbiote clone and decides to follow its directive.
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** ComicBook/DoctorOctopus essentially won the long game [[spoiler: by taking over his body and starting ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan...and to make sure, he made Peter DeaderThanDead by erasing his brain waves in issue 9. But some would say he suffered the greatest loss of all in the end, when he realized he was a failure who had caused more disasters than he ever could have prevented, and restored Peter, deleting ''himself'' from existence.]]
* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later Pepper Potts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony [[CharacterRerailment went back to normal]] [[SnapBack with no explanation.]]
* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later Pepper Potts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony [[CharacterRerailment went back to normal]] [[SnapBack with no explanation.]]
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** ComicBook/DoctorOctopus essentially won the long game [[spoiler: by taking over his body and starting ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan...and to make sure, he made Peter DeaderThanDead by erasing his brain waves in issue 9. But some would say he suffered the greatest loss of all in the end, when he realized he was a failure who had caused more disasters than he ever could have prevented, and restored Peter, deleting ''himself'' from existence.]]
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* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later Pepper Potts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony
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* [[spoiler:Mister Fear]] Mister Fear in the "To The Devil, His Due" and "Without Fear" [[StoryArc arcs]] of ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Not only does he does cause irreparable damage to the hero's life, but his powers only make life in prison a veritable paradise that he can leave at his leisure to once again torment the hero.
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* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' For most of the story this is the case where everyone that attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings and then somewhat zigzag when [[spoiler: Thanos is finally defeated but it is reveal that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].
* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' Kid!Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid!Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown [[spoiler:which can only be done if Kid!Loki allows Old!Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid!Loki from existence.]] Kid!Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' Kid!Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid!Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown [[spoiler:which can only be done if Kid!Loki allows Old!Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid!Loki from existence.]] Kid!Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
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* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' For most of the story this is the case where everyone that attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings and then somewhat zigzag when [[spoiler: beings. Then zigzagged when Thanos is finally defeated defeated, but it is reveal revealed that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].
* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen''Kid!Loki Kid Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] Old Loki has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid!Loki Kid Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown [[spoiler:which which can only be done if Kid!Loki Kid Loki allows Old!Loki's Old Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid!Loki Kid Loki from existence.]] Kid!Loki existence. Kid Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], Old Loki, calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
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* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' story ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm''. The Supreme Intelligence completely masterminds things to get the Shi'ar to hit its own race with a [[DoomsdayDevice Nega-Bomb]] in order to reignite the Kree's evolutionary cycle, even though it means killing most of the race. When the team finds out one half led by Comicbook/IronMan attempts to kill it for causing the genocide, and they seemingly succeed... only for the very last page to reveal that it saw their actions coming a mile away and faked its own death, leaving it free while everyone presumes it to be destroyed.
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* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' story ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm''. The Supreme Intelligence completely masterminds things to get the Shi'ar to hit its own race with a [[DoomsdayDevice Nega-Bomb]] in order to reignite the Kree's evolutionary cycle, even though it means killing most of the race. When the team finds out one half led by Comicbook/IronMan ComicBook/IronMan attempts to kill it for causing the genocide, and they seemingly succeed... only for the very last page to reveal that it saw their actions coming a mile away and faked its own death, leaving it free while everyone presumes it to be destroyed.
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* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later ComicBook/PepperPotts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony [[CharacterRerailment went back to normal]] [[SnapBack with no explanation.]]
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* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later ComicBook/PepperPotts Pepper Potts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony [[CharacterRerailment went back to normal]] [[SnapBack with no explanation.]]
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* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' Kid!Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid!Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown [[spoiler:which can only be done if Kid!Loki allows Old!Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid!Loki from existence.]] Kid!Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
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* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMysteryGillen'' Kid!Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid!Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown [[spoiler:which can only be done if Kid!Loki allows Old!Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid!Loki from existence.]] Kid!Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
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!!Franchise/MarvelUniverse
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' story ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm''. The Supreme Intelligence completely masterminds things to get the Shi'ar to hit its own race with a [[DoomsdayDevice Nega-Bomb]] in order to reignite the Kree's evolutionary cycle, even though it means killing most of the race. When the team finds out one half led by Comicbook/IronMan attempts to kill it for causing the genocide, and they seemingly succeed... only for the very last page to reveal that it saw their actions coming a mile away and faked its own death, leaving it free while everyone presumes it to be destroyed.
* ZigZagged in ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': NotSoHarmlessVillain Arcade managed to succeed in getting several young heroes killed off, escaped punishment, and uploaded what really happened on Murderworld to immortalize himself as a true villain while leaving the survivors broken and jaded. However the follow-up series, ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'' reveals that Arcade didn't exactly find the cred he was looking for after all, as it turns out many of the villains are [[WouldNotHurtAChild disgusted by the fact he was only able to hurt children]]. And then the survivors came calling...
* Franchise/SpiderMan
** ComicBook/TheCloneSaga ends with Spider-Man's clone, Ben Reilly, who Spider-Man has come to regard as a brother, being impaled by Spider-Man's nemesis ComicBook/NormanOsborn. Norman had previously killed Peter's girlfriend Gwen Stacy. Ben's last words to Peter are to remind Peter's daughter of her uncle Ben. Of course this is a moot point since Norman already had Mary Jane poisoned and she presumably lost the baby. Ben didn't know that though.
** The Vulture (Adrian Toomes) has had an astonishingly high success rate in accomplishing various goals over his career:
*** Willed himself to health to defeat an usurper who tried to kill him in prison? Check.
*** Eventually killing the man who betrayed/ruined him financially? Check.
*** Rid his body of cancer? Check.
*** Regain his youth? [[StatusQuoIsGod For a while,]] Check.
*** Get a horrific revenge on the white supremacist thug who threatened his family and forced him to build the thug a flying harness to escape from prison? Check.
** ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''. This trope was even lampshaded by Creator/JoeQuesada in an interview, even though in ''ComicBook/OneMomentInTime'' he later tried to RetCon it into an EsotericHappyEnding. That did not convince the skeptics.
** ComicBook/DoctorOctopus essentially won the long game [[spoiler: by taking over his body and starting ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan...and to make sure, he made Peter DeaderThanDead by erasing his brain waves in issue 9. But some would say he suffered the greatest loss of all in the end, when he realized he was a failure who had caused more disasters than he ever could have prevented, and restored Peter, deleting ''himself'' from existence.]]
* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later ComicBook/PepperPotts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony [[CharacterRerailment went back to normal]] [[SnapBack with no explanation.]]
* [[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/Frost327/Dr%20Doom/00099s0d.png Dr. Doom with, well...]] While some could say this story did have a happy ending [[EnemyMine with Doom cooperating with]] the ComicBook/FantasticFour for mutual benefit (Valeria was born unharmed, as Doom was able to prevent Sue's miscarriage that "killed" her the first time, likely saving Sue as well) Doom's benefit was greater, and possibly his greatest victory to date in his feud with Reed. He was able to tell Reed to his face, with absolute truth, that he had succeeded where his rival had failed.
* In a more traditional sense, Doctor Doom has on more than one occasion succeeded at plots to TakeOverTheWorld and defend his dictatorship successfully against heroic rebellion, eventually yielding his position [[VictoryIsBoring out of sheer boredom]].
* In the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' arc of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the story does end with a [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn bad guy]] winning, but not any of the Skrulls.
* [[spoiler:Mister Fear]] in the "To The Devil, His Due" and "Without Fear" [[StoryArc arcs]] of ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Not only does he does cause irreparable damage to the hero's life, but his powers only make life in prison a veritable paradise that he can leave at his leisure to once again torment the hero.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateComicsThor'' Loki betrays Asgard and leads the Frost Giants and a full Nazi army (with machine guns, tanks and modern military hardware) against it. Asgard is destroyed, and everybody dies.
* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' For most of the story this is the case where everyone that attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings and then somewhat zigzag when [[spoiler: Thanos is finally defeated but it is reveal that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].
* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' Kid!Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid!Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown [[spoiler:which can only be done if Kid!Loki allows Old!Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid!Loki from existence.]] Kid!Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
* ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'' Annual #7 featured the alien Champion of the Universe defeating all of the heroes that trained to fight him, but he ended up sparing the Earth because he found Ben Grimm (aka ComicBook/{{the Thing}}) to be a [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponent]].
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' story ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm''. The Supreme Intelligence completely masterminds things to get the Shi'ar to hit its own race with a [[DoomsdayDevice Nega-Bomb]] in order to reignite the Kree's evolutionary cycle, even though it means killing most of the race. When the team finds out one half led by Comicbook/IronMan attempts to kill it for causing the genocide, and they seemingly succeed... only for the very last page to reveal that it saw their actions coming a mile away and faked its own death, leaving it free while everyone presumes it to be destroyed.
* ZigZagged in ''ComicBook/AvengersArena'': NotSoHarmlessVillain Arcade managed to succeed in getting several young heroes killed off, escaped punishment, and uploaded what really happened on Murderworld to immortalize himself as a true villain while leaving the survivors broken and jaded. However the follow-up series, ''ComicBook/AvengersUndercover'' reveals that Arcade didn't exactly find the cred he was looking for after all, as it turns out many of the villains are [[WouldNotHurtAChild disgusted by the fact he was only able to hurt children]]. And then the survivors came calling...
* Franchise/SpiderMan
** ComicBook/TheCloneSaga ends with Spider-Man's clone, Ben Reilly, who Spider-Man has come to regard as a brother, being impaled by Spider-Man's nemesis ComicBook/NormanOsborn. Norman had previously killed Peter's girlfriend Gwen Stacy. Ben's last words to Peter are to remind Peter's daughter of her uncle Ben. Of course this is a moot point since Norman already had Mary Jane poisoned and she presumably lost the baby. Ben didn't know that though.
** The Vulture (Adrian Toomes) has had an astonishingly high success rate in accomplishing various goals over his career:
*** Willed himself to health to defeat an usurper who tried to kill him in prison? Check.
*** Eventually killing the man who betrayed/ruined him financially? Check.
*** Rid his body of cancer? Check.
*** Regain his youth? [[StatusQuoIsGod For a while,]] Check.
*** Get a horrific revenge on the white supremacist thug who threatened his family and forced him to build the thug a flying harness to escape from prison? Check.
** ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''. This trope was even lampshaded by Creator/JoeQuesada in an interview, even though in ''ComicBook/OneMomentInTime'' he later tried to RetCon it into an EsotericHappyEnding. That did not convince the skeptics.
** ComicBook/DoctorOctopus essentially won the long game [[spoiler: by taking over his body and starting ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan...and to make sure, he made Peter DeaderThanDead by erasing his brain waves in issue 9. But some would say he suffered the greatest loss of all in the end, when he realized he was a failure who had caused more disasters than he ever could have prevented, and restored Peter, deleting ''himself'' from existence.]]
* ''ComicBook/SuperiorIronMan'' revolves around a Tony Stark who has been [[AWizardDidIt magically warped into an evil version]] of his former self, effectively making him a VillainProtagonist. The title's two storylines revolve around ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and later ComicBook/PepperPotts attempting to take him down, only to be brutally crushed. The book was cancelled in time for ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', after which Tony [[CharacterRerailment went back to normal]] [[SnapBack with no explanation.]]
* [[http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/Frost327/Dr%20Doom/00099s0d.png Dr. Doom with, well...]] While some could say this story did have a happy ending [[EnemyMine with Doom cooperating with]] the ComicBook/FantasticFour for mutual benefit (Valeria was born unharmed, as Doom was able to prevent Sue's miscarriage that "killed" her the first time, likely saving Sue as well) Doom's benefit was greater, and possibly his greatest victory to date in his feud with Reed. He was able to tell Reed to his face, with absolute truth, that he had succeeded where his rival had failed.
* In a more traditional sense, Doctor Doom has on more than one occasion succeeded at plots to TakeOverTheWorld and defend his dictatorship successfully against heroic rebellion, eventually yielding his position [[VictoryIsBoring out of sheer boredom]].
* In the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' arc of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the story does end with a [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn bad guy]] winning, but not any of the Skrulls.
* [[spoiler:Mister Fear]] in the "To The Devil, His Due" and "Without Fear" [[StoryArc arcs]] of ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': Not only does he does cause irreparable damage to the hero's life, but his powers only make life in prison a veritable paradise that he can leave at his leisure to once again torment the hero.
* In ''ComicBook/UltimateComicsThor'' Loki betrays Asgard and leads the Frost Giants and a full Nazi army (with machine guns, tanks and modern military hardware) against it. Asgard is destroyed, and everybody dies.
* ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' For most of the story this is the case where everyone that attempts to take on Thanos ends up get beaten by him including the most powerful cosmic beings and then somewhat zigzag when [[spoiler: Thanos is finally defeated but it is reveal that he let himself lose because deep down he feels he does not deserve to win]].
* In ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' Kid!Loki manages to save the day against all odds. But his true ArchEnemy [[spoiler:Old!Loki]] has trapped him in a situation forcing him to choose between letting Mephisto run amuck as the new king of Hell with the Fear Crown Kid!Loki created or saving all of reality by destroying the Fear Crown [[spoiler:which can only be done if Kid!Loki allows Old!Loki's memories to overwrite his own, completely erasing Kid!Loki from existence.]] Kid!Loki chooses the latter, though he takes one last parting shot at [[spoiler:Old!Loki]], calling him out on his ChronicVillainy.
* ''ComicBook/MarvelTwoInOne'' Annual #7 featured the alien Champion of the Universe defeating all of the heroes that trained to fight him, but he ended up sparing the Earth because he found Ben Grimm (aka ComicBook/{{the Thing}}) to be a [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponent]].
