Common
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- Adult/child and adult/teen predation is also common, and given our fears of paedophiles and ephebophiles, serial rapists of this nature are considered especially vile.
Source: Serial Rapist - This is fairly common for Alternate Universes in general, but Age of Apocalypse is a great Marvel Comics example; many of the mainstream continuity's villains are either slightly less vile villains (Mister Sinister, for example, who is opposed to Apocalypse's genocidal desires), or outright heroes.
Source: Heel Face Turn / Comic Books
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