Role added by user_119413 on February 24, 2024
A villain traumatizes the hero in the opening pages of a comic book's first issue, possibly scarring him physically. Driving the hero to train him/herself into the very definition of a perfect warrior/detective/vigilante/wizard/whatever you will, this scumbag made the hero who s/he is today. One would think that a villain of such importance to the very mythos of the story would continue to be a source of character motivation and story importance... ... only that by the final pages of the first issue (or at the end of the first story arc), having served his purpose of making the hero the way he is today, he is unceremoniously disposed of, and almost invariably never mentioned henceforth.
Fan Casting
Token Motivational Nemesis
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