When should the hero kill the villain?

Pretty self explanatory, when should the hero be allowed to kill the villain? When is enough enough?

Batman should kill joker honestly

When it's the last thing that they can do.

@icecold14: That was actually my thought process when starting this thread, lol

@symbioticspider-man: lol alright good job my friend :)

Eh, Anytime they get the chance i guess.

always

To save another or when's it's absolutely necessary.

When they try to kill the hero.

When it boosts sales.

When/if the writer deems fit, just like any other character.

Honestly, it depends on what criteria you want to compare it under.

Morality? It depends on the villain and hero. I don't want to see Batman kill Joker, because it defeats the character's ideals. The Punisher killing his enemies is fine, it's what he does.

Artistically? When the work is best served.

Logically? When it serves the greater good.

In real life? When they were convicted by a jury and are deserving.

When they are not wearing pants.........

Only when it is absolutely necessary

Only when there's no other way to stop the villain.

When they beat your son to death with a crowbar.

always!!! and never!!!

When there is even the slightest possibility they could come back

Always. Seriously the DC moral compass is soo skewed especially in any of the movies.

Thor kills nearly everyone he fights, Hawkeye and Cap pretty much aren't innocent too and Ironman kills terrorists and slaughters an entire armada.

The marvel fictional world celebrates, the movie goers rejoice and laugh, Iron man has no quams

Batman nearly kills the joker and was thought to have killed Harvey dent, the DC fictional world hates him.
Superman was forced to kill 1 supervillain that murdered an entire city and the movie goers criticised him.

Havent you seen Superman vs the Elite?

When the company wants a reboot of course.

When the hero name is Bugs Bunny and the villain name is Mickey Mouse.

When the villain kills or harm someone you like

When he knows with maximum amount of certainty that not killing him will result in more death and suffering in the future.

When he knows with reasonable certainty that not killing him will result in a lot more death and suffering in the future.

When there is a reasonable possibility that not killing him will result in a genocide level catastrophe.

This ^

To prevent another loss of life. If that means killing a villain who repeatedly escapes jail or justice and goes on to kill again, then so be it. Nothing makes me more furious than hearing about someone who goes on to commit another crime after being apprehended the first time.

In a random encounter.

as soon as possible. or you know read anti-heroes since heroes are never going to out right kill their villains. lol

No, but the whatever state Gotham city is in should have convicted him and sent him to the electric chair.

When it aids character development in a good way.