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A webcomic by {{[[User|Webrunner]] the creator}} of ''[[Adventurers]]!'' that takes utter joy in subverting practically every trope it gets its hands on. It is set in [[City of Adventure|Triumph City]] 2144, and populated by an absurd number of superheroes. The titular antihero is Shadehawk, a [[Badass Longcoat]]-wearing superhero, who has a long and angsty [[Backstory]] involving one of the strip's [[MacGuffin|MacGuffins]], the Silver Arrow. He's assisted by Wrench, the Lord God hacker in this [[Cyberpunk]] future, and Crossroad, a fellow superhero(ine) with whom he has an unofficial alliance and a lot of [[UST]].
 
Can be found [http://antihero.keenspot.com/ here.]
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** Also an incident with a cruiser his organisation doesn't know about.
* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: [http://www.antiheroforhire.com/d/20051116.html Subverted].
* [[Not a Morning Person]]: Shadehawk really needs his coffee if he's to get up in the morning.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Could Dr. Nefarious be... [http://www.antiheroforhire.com/d/20080125.html competent]?
* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: [http://antiheroforhire.com/d/20080128.html Lampshaded].
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* [[Schedule Slip]]: Not too many when the comic first started, but there are frequent lapses now due to the author's personal life.
* [[Sequelitis]]: [[Invoked Trope]]; when facing a character who narrates everything in the third person, Shadehawk comes up with a plan to "sequel her so hard her cousin will be assassinated by critics".
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: "Ugh, You're such a depraved monster. ([[Beat]]) Insinuating that she's my girlfriend, I mean."
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Played straight with "Mechazor L", but inverted with ''Adventurers!''
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]:
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