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* This is a major plot point in the [[Marvel Comics]] series ''[[Strikeforce: Morituri]]''. To fight back against an [[Alien Invasion]], humanity has developed the Morituri Process that give human subjects superpowers. The drawbacks?
*# The process is biologically incompatible with humans, and causes ''guaranteed death'' in a year or less, [[Your Head Asplode|usually in a messy fashion]].
*# The training procedure to activate the superpowers was fatal, unless the powers actually triggered and you were able to use them quickly.
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** This is somewhat subverted because Jackie has the ability to create women from the Darkness which he can sex all he likes.
*** But this usually goes horribly wrong.
* This was the motivation behind one-time ''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'' foe Josef Huber's attempt to orchestrate the extinction of mutants. Unlike others with this goal, he wasn't a deranged fanatic; he just had the ability to automatically copy the [[All Your Powers Combined|powers of every mutant on the planet]], which resulted in him having telepathy so powerful that even the isolated arctic cave he lives in offers little refuge from the constant noise of thoughts from all over the world.
* The protagonist of the Top Cow one-shot ''Murderer'' sees/hears the thoughts of everyone around him all the time. This results in him knowing things he'd rather not (like how much his grandmother secretly hates him) and being so overwhelmed by other people's thoughts that it's hard to focus on his own. He speaks in broken fragments full of pauses<ref>e.g. "Wife. Got sick. Lost job. No money. No food. Just want. Family okay."</ref> because he can't concentrate well enough to string together a whole sentence. The title comes from the fact that the only way for him to turn his power off (and even then, only for a few hours) is to be in someone's mind as they're dying.
* Velcroman from a comic by German artist [[Walter Moers]] is about a superhero all covered in velcro (not a suit, but due to a biological-nuclear accident). In a world which is completely covered with fuzz, because of a [[Running Gag|biological-nuclear catastrophe]].
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