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* In 1994, the ''Disney Adventures Magazine'' ran a 5 part comic series titled ''[[The Legend of the Chaos God]]'', where each chapter featured the characters of a different Disney Afternoon cartoon series (''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', ''[[Goof Troop (Animation)|Goof Troop]]'', ''[[Duck Tales]]'', and finally ''[[Darkwing Duck (Comic Book)|Darkwing Duck]]''), where they try to prevent an ancient sorcerer from escaping his crystal prison. Initially, the sorcerer is imprisoned in a ruby, fully conscious, while his magic powers are imprisoned within a gold setting where the ruby fits. The two are kept separate by being encased in a block of jade, but are taken out for examination. Eventually, through body possession, the sorcerer escapes, but is shortly put back in the Ruby. This time, he's buried at the bottom of Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin, "never to be opened, cataloged, only to be lost and forgotten, hopefully forever."
* In 1994, the ''Disney Adventures Magazine'' ran a 5 part comic series titled ''[[The Legend of the Chaos God]]'', where each chapter featured the characters of a different Disney Afternoon cartoon series (''[[Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', ''[[Goof Troop]]'', ''[[DuckTales]]'', and finally ''[[Darkwing Duck (comics)|Darkwing Duck]]''), where they try to prevent an ancient sorcerer from escaping his crystal prison. Initially, the sorcerer is imprisoned in a ruby, fully conscious, while his magic powers are imprisoned within a gold setting where the ruby fits. The two are kept separate by being encased in a block of jade, but are taken out for examination. Eventually, through body possession, the sorcerer escapes, but is shortly put back in the Ruby. This time, he's buried at the bottom of Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin, "never to be opened, cataloged, only to be lost and forgotten, hopefully forever."
* The Hideshi Hino graphic novel ''Panorama of Hell'' featured the Narrator's older brother, a "fight freak" gangster who becomes comatose and later becomes a mewling, "moving bag of flesh". {{spoiler|The book ends with the Narrator killing his family to save them from hell. They all turn out to be dolls and puppets -- except for the brother, who is the corpse of a pig.}}
* The Hideshi Hino graphic novel ''Panorama of Hell'' featured the Narrator's older brother, a "fight freak" gangster who becomes comatose and later becomes a mewling, "moving bag of flesh". {{spoiler|The book ends with the Narrator killing his family to save them from hell. They all turn out to be dolls and puppets -- except for the brother, who is the corpse of a pig.}}
* Carnage, a rogue of [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]], was turned by the Silver Surfer into a statue that still lives and thinks, but cannot move, in order to arrest the rapid encroachment of stomach cancer into his body without the symbiote.
* Carnage, a rogue of [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]], was turned by the Silver Surfer into a statue that still lives and thinks, but cannot move, in order to arrest the rapid encroachment of stomach cancer into his body without the symbiote.
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* Done in Boom! Studios' ''[[Fall of Cthulhu]]''. Nyarlathotep's servant Connor is selected to be "the vessel of Gith," which involves {{spoiler|removing his brain and eyes from his body.}} Due to Nyarlathotep's magic, Connor can survive this procedure, and as payment for his services, he will be {{spoiler|placed in a jar with a cloth over it, so he remains in a coma-like state during his [[Incredibly Lame Pun|out-of-body experience.]]}} Connor, unfortunately, has a moment of doubt and tries to duck out, which Nyarlathotep does not approve of. As punishment for his lack of faith, {{spoiler|he removes the cloth, and places Connor in front of a mirror, so he is forced to stare at his disembodied brain for years.}} As Nyarlathotep so evilly wonders aloud: "I wonder if you will have any semblance of sanity when you return."
* Done in Boom! Studios' ''[[Fall of Cthulhu]]''. Nyarlathotep's servant Connor is selected to be "the vessel of Gith," which involves {{spoiler|removing his brain and eyes from his body.}} Due to Nyarlathotep's magic, Connor can survive this procedure, and as payment for his services, he will be {{spoiler|placed in a jar with a cloth over it, so he remains in a coma-like state during his [[Incredibly Lame Pun|out-of-body experience.]]}} Connor, unfortunately, has a moment of doubt and tries to duck out, which Nyarlathotep does not approve of. As punishment for his lack of faith, {{spoiler|he removes the cloth, and places Connor in front of a mirror, so he is forced to stare at his disembodied brain for years.}} As Nyarlathotep so evilly wonders aloud: "I wonder if you will have any semblance of sanity when you return."
** In the same series, a character is invited by the Harlot to live forever in a tiny wicker box. At the end of the story arc, after he has gone mad, {{spoiler|he accepts her offer, and the panel shows untold thousands of people living in an expanse of tiny wicker boxes that stretch to the horizon.}}
** In the same series, a character is invited by the Harlot to live forever in a tiny wicker box. At the end of the story arc, after he has gone mad, {{spoiler|he accepts her offer, and the panel shows untold thousands of people living in an expanse of tiny wicker boxes that stretch to the horizon.}}
* In the last issue of ''[[Young Justice (Comic Book)|Young Justice]],'' Slobo was transported to the 853rd century by Darkseid's Omega Beams, and [[Taken for Granite|turned to stone]] in the process, so he showed up in the "Young Justice Hall of Statues". The Future versions of Robin, [[Superboy]] and Impulse noticed the statue was new, and Robin said they would check it out after their mission. Slobo showed awareness when he thought "Oh frag," to himself. Luckily, Future Robin keep his promise and checked out the statue, used future tech to analyze it, saw that it was actually Slobo, and reversed his condition.
* In the last issue of ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]],'' Slobo was transported to the 853rd century by Darkseid's Omega Beams, and [[Taken for Granite|turned to stone]] in the process, so he showed up in the "Young Justice Hall of Statues". The Future versions of Robin, [[Superboy]] and Impulse noticed the statue was new, and Robin said they would check it out after their mission. Slobo showed awareness when he thought "Oh frag," to himself. Luckily, Future Robin keep his promise and checked out the statue, used future tech to analyze it, saw that it was actually Slobo, and reversed his condition.
** The One Million issue of ''[[Young Justice (Comic Book)|Young Justice]]'' dealt with this. [[It Got Worse]] cannot suffice to define what happens to him.
** The One Million issue of ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'' dealt with this. [[It Got Worse]] cannot suffice to define what happens to him.
* [[The Flash]] exacted revenge on teenage supervillain Inertia (the killer and clone of the previous Flash) by essentially turning him into a living statue, putting him on display in the Flash Museum, facing a statue of the Flash he killed. Inertia is still perfectly conscious and aware, and is unable to even close his eyes. Eventually, he recovered, although it's made him rather [[Ax Crazy]]. Wally also did this to [[Evil Counterpart|Zoom,]] albeit unintentionally; he thought Zoom was just in suspended animation, not [[Fate Worse Than Death|fully conscious and constantly reliving the worst moment of his life.]]
* [[The Flash]] exacted revenge on teenage supervillain Inertia (the killer and clone of the previous Flash) by essentially turning him into a living statue, putting him on display in the Flash Museum, facing a statue of the Flash he killed. Inertia is still perfectly conscious and aware, and is unable to even close his eyes. Eventually, he recovered, although it's made him rather [[Ax Crazy]]. Wally also did this to [[Evil Counterpart|Zoom,]] albeit unintentionally; he thought Zoom was just in suspended animation, not [[Fate Worse Than Death|fully conscious and constantly reliving the worst moment of his life.]]
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{{quote| He won't have a gun. Trust me, Ashley... He won't have a gun. Trust me, Ashley... He won't have a gun. Trust me, Ashley... He won't have...}}
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* Magus from the [[Infinity Gauntlet]] and [[Adam Warlock]] / [[Thanos]] fame / infamy ended as this. Due to reality altering energies being unleashed as he held the incomplete [[Infinity Gauntlet]], he ended up as an [[Added Alliterative Appeal|intangible, invisible, inaudible]] apparation. He can see others but not interact with them. Scream, but never be heard. ...Until [[Captain Marvel|Genis]]-Vell with his [[Spider Sense|cosmic senses]] comes along, and a [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] gets involved.
* Magus from the [[Infinity Gauntlet]] and [[Adam Warlock]] / [[Thanos]] fame / infamy ended as this. Due to reality altering energies being unleashed as he held the incomplete [[Infinity Gauntlet]], he ended up as an [[Added Alliterative Appeal|intangible, invisible, inaudible]] apparation. He can see others but not interact with them. Scream, but never be heard. ...Until [[Captain Marvel|Genis]]-Vell with his [[Spider Sense|cosmic senses]] comes along, and a [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] gets involved.
* ''DC Universe''. One of the many and varied punishments of that comic book's Hell is being turned into building materials. Every chance you just might be the fifth brick from the left staring down the line of demon urinals for the next billion and a half years.
* ''DC Universe''. One of the many and varied punishments of that comic book's Hell is being turned into building materials. Every chance you just might be the fifth brick from the left staring down the line of demon urinals for the next billion and a half years.
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Comic Book)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. In addition to robotization, this is the fate of [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Dimitri]], when Lien-Da [[Klingon Promotion|usurps his position as Grand Master]]. She disables his ability to move, leaving only his robotic head, then sticks him in a box, gleefully telling him his battery will run down in a few months. He does eventually get rescued.
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. In addition to robotization, this is the fate of [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Dimitri]], when Lien-Da [[Klingon Promotion|usurps his position as Grand Master]]. She disables his ability to move, leaving only his robotic head, then sticks him in a box, gleefully telling him his battery will run down in a few months. He does eventually get rescued.
* This happened to [[The Juggernaut]] at the end of ''Amazing Spiderman # 230'', when [[Spider Man]] buried him in tons of concrete.
* This happened to [[The Juggernaut]] at the end of ''Amazing Spiderman # 230'', when [[Spider-Man]] buried him in tons of concrete.
* In ''[[Superman]]'' comics of the [[Silver Age]], the original version of the Phantom Zone fell into this trope. Phantom Zone prisoners couldn't even touch each other; they were condemned just to watch the material world until their sentences expired.
* In ''[[Superman]]'' comics of the [[Silver Age]], the original version of the Phantom Zone fell into this trope. Phantom Zone prisoners couldn't even touch each other; they were condemned just to watch the material world until their sentences expired.
* The Deacon is paralyzed in the last issue of ''[[Ghost Rider|Ghost Riders]]: Heaven's On Fire''. Total paralysis. He'll never move again. And he's going to spend his days in prison with the All-New Orb. Surely, this is a fate worse than death. This was actually ''intended'' as the ultimate punishment - rather than killing him and having him join his master Zadkiel, having him suffer through a pathetic life.
* The Deacon is paralyzed in the last issue of ''[[Ghost Rider|Ghost Riders]]: Heaven's On Fire''. Total paralysis. He'll never move again. And he's going to spend his days in prison with the All-New Orb. Surely, this is a fate worse than death. This was actually ''intended'' as the ultimate punishment - rather than killing him and having him join his master Zadkiel, having him suffer through a pathetic life.
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* In the ''[[Infinity Gauntlet]]'' mini-series, Thanos turns his daughter into a floating corpse who is an intermediate between life and death, not being allowed the luxury of death.
* In the ''[[Infinity Gauntlet]]'' mini-series, Thanos turns his daughter into a floating corpse who is an intermediate between life and death, not being allowed the luxury of death.
* In the ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' story arc "The Day The Law Died," [[The Caligula|Judge Cal's]] method of getting rid of the "worry wrinkles" of his closest aide, Judge Slocum, involved injecting Slocum with a paralyzing agent and, while he's still conscious, molding a permanent wide grin on his face before dropping him in a sealed vat of vinegar for preservation... and the whole time [[Nightmare Fuel|we get to read Slocum's thoughts of sheer horror being beset on him while seeing him with such a stupid, big smile on his face]].
* In the ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' story arc "The Day The Law Died," [[The Caligula|Judge Cal's]] method of getting rid of the "worry wrinkles" of his closest aide, Judge Slocum, involved injecting Slocum with a paralyzing agent and, while he's still conscious, molding a permanent wide grin on his face before dropping him in a sealed vat of vinegar for preservation... and the whole time [[Nightmare Fuel|we get to read Slocum's thoughts of sheer horror being beset on him while seeing him with such a stupid, big smile on his face]].
* In the comic ''[[WITCH (Comic Book)|WITCH]].'' the girls can produce astral drops which replace them when they need to transform and help people. {{spoiler|They start to have their own emotions and lives. Then one of them is shown crying, stuck in the heart surrounded by darkness. And this is when they're not being used, which is a lot}}.
* In the comic ''[[W.I.T.C.H.|WITCH]].'' the girls can produce astral drops which replace them when they need to transform and help people. {{spoiler|They start to have their own emotions and lives. Then one of them is shown crying, stuck in the heart surrounded by darkness. And this is when they're not being used, which is a lot}}.
* [[New Mutants]]: How do you deal with a sadistic [[Blondes Are Evil|evil blonde]] that can control people with her voice? {{spoiler|Simple. Use dark magic to completely remove her mouth, reducing her to a broken, weeping mess.}} Do not mess with Doug Ramsey. Seriously.
* [[New Mutants]]: How do you deal with a sadistic [[Blondes Are Evil|evil blonde]] that can control people with her voice? {{spoiler|Simple. Use dark magic to completely remove her mouth, reducing her to a broken, weeping mess.}} Do not mess with Doug Ramsey. Seriously.
* DC Comics' [[Superboy]] is, surprisingly, responsible for one of these, in his first ongoing. After Amanda Spence killed his first love Tana Moon, Superboy struggled with his desire to kill her on several occasions. The last time they fought, Spence had been technologically and biologically augmented to essentially be completely indestructible, and now no longer even needed to breathe. After Spence killed a clone created with some of Tana's DNA, and told Kon that she planned to have an endless supply to kill just for kicks, Kon flipped out, and launched her out of the ship they were fighting on and into space at about mach eleventy billion. Given how ridiculously vast outer space is, and the sheer unlikelihood of Spence ever being found by anyone or coming into contact with anything, and the fact that she essentially can't die and that her biology might make it so she can't freeze, it means that she's probably still floating around in the cold, vast emptiness of space alone and might do so for all of eternity. place shows Odin that he isn't abandoned. Odin stays, but he knows he's not alone and affirms the eternal struggle as the best possible Norse afterlife.
* DC Comics' [[Superboy]] is, surprisingly, responsible for one of these, in his first ongoing. After Amanda Spence killed his first love Tana Moon, Superboy struggled with his desire to kill her on several occasions. The last time they fought, Spence had been technologically and biologically augmented to essentially be completely indestructible, and now no longer even needed to breathe. After Spence killed a clone created with some of Tana's DNA, and told Kon that she planned to have an endless supply to kill just for kicks, Kon flipped out, and launched her out of the ship they were fighting on and into space at about mach eleventy billion. Given how ridiculously vast outer space is, and the sheer unlikelihood of Spence ever being found by anyone or coming into contact with anything, and the fact that she essentially can't die and that her biology might make it so she can't freeze, it means that she's probably still floating around in the cold, vast emptiness of space alone and might do so for all of eternity. place shows Odin that he isn't abandoned. Odin stays, but he knows he's not alone and affirms the eternal struggle as the best possible Norse afterlife.
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