As a kid I really hated The Maxx for making Mr. Gone a sympathetic character, it turned my stomach that this story had made a violent rapist do a heel turn and become a repentant good guy.
But now I love it. I love the story, of a man who eas genuinely evil, rotten, disgusting, realizing what he did was wrong, and having that realization change him, making him desperate to do good, so he can finally live with himself.