It reminds me of the Punisher.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-punisher-tells-cops-hes-sick-of-them-idolizing-him
There's also an older article, which has, for reasons unknown to me, been taken off line, in which Gerry Conway, the creator of the Punisher, makes a similar point. I have a PDF of it in my archive.