The really evil guys leave you rotting in jail, with the victory monologue delivered through loudspeakers... on repeat.
While the villain himself is out there, finally taking control of the world using his ingenious plan of... well, actually the whole Empire of Ice plan was designed by this other guy, but he died, and he never got it to work because he wasn't invincible! Muahahaa!
Oh my god how I love that book. So cheesy.