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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* This pose is one of the iconic images of [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]]. He's lifting a car on his [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1:Action Comics 1|very first cover]]; some more early examples are [http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/superman here] (including #28, where he seems to be helping out a statue of Atlas himself!). These covers have been homaged countless times since. In ''[[Superman Returns]]'', he even does an Atlas pose catching the Daily Planet's giant metal globe.
* [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|The Thing]] has been known to do this when moving lab equipment around for Mr. Fantastic.
* The cover to ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|The Incredible Hulk]] Special'' #1, homaged many times since.