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** This only got worse when Spidey briefly had cosmic powers. The responsibility that comes with his ''normal'' powers is bad enough; the responsibility he felt when he had ''cosmic-level'' powers was [[Wangst|crushing]].

* Bunnie Rabbit from the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic book series has a laser cannon and energy shield built into her bionic arm. Very useful, but completely drains her if overused.

** Rogue is ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|literally]]'' [[Incredibly Lame Pun|blessed with suck]]. Yes, technically the ability to [[Mega Manning|copy other mutants' powers]] by touching them makes her very adaptable, but ''draining people's life energy whenever she touches them'' is about as sucky as it gets. Not to mention absorbing '''everything else'' about that person, including memories and even personality traits. And she ''can't not do so'', rendering her incapable of having any sort of intimate relationship. At the extreme end, she can essentially steal people's souls and hold on to them forever (happened with Ms. Marvel, but not quite intentionally and Ms. Marvel survived it). {{spoiler|She recently got over this problem, though, so now she can copy other mutant powers without causing them harm and freely touch others with no drawback. And it only took about 30 years. [[Status Quo Is God|Let's see if it sticks.]]}}

*** In ''[[X Men Forever]]'', it gets better and [[It Gets Worse|worse]] for her at the same time... {{spoiler|Thanks to a [[Xanatos Gambit]] by Mystique, she arranged for Rogue and Nightcrawler to swap powers. Rogue now is free to touch anyone she wants without fear, and Kurt has to cover up. However, now, Rogue looks like a fuzzy blue demon, giving her replacement [[Wangst]].}}

**** Of course, you have to consider that touching Mercury too much would have killed ''him''.

***** Actually, no. Her liquid metal body is confirmed to be non-toxic.

** Cyclops is another classic case, with his destructive optic beams that, again, ''don't turn off'' without special glasses or shutting his eyes. His brother Havok has sometimes also needed special equipment to control his own powers.

*** [[Retcon|RetConned]] as not actually an innate part of his power, but the result of brain trauma. Still sucks, though.

** This is implied to be part of why [[Irredeemable|Max Damage]] became a supervillain.

* The ''[[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]]'' is another Marvel example (they really seem to love this trope). The difference here is that it might be more justified as a lot of people do hate and hound him (especially the army), and having multiple personalities is never fun. All that, and his wives keep on dying.

** Considering [[Galactus]] is a being which used to be mortal and was born in the universe that existed previous to the current Marvel universe (and gained his powers through surviving the death of his universe and the big bang that created the current one), it [[Fridge Logic|stands to reason that Mr. Immortal would be a strong contender]] for becoming the [[Cosmic Horror|Galactus]] of the universe that follows the eventual death of the current Marvel universe.

** On the upside, the guy who was killing his friends was fired by Death. Now the guy in charge of the whole "prepare you for an eternity alone" bit is one of his closest friends. Yay?

** Thankfully, there's the equally convincing counterargument that Kryptonian involuntary movements aren't proportionately powerful, as Superman's blinks, heartbeats and peristalsis don't cause shockwaves in the air.

* And these DCU Examples have nothing on the [[Doom Patrol (Comic Book)|Doom Patrol]], a team that is ''based'' on [[Blessed With Suck]].

** Rita "Elasti-girl" Farr can grow or shrink to any size, and even grow her limbs to be different sizes... but had zero control over it, wrecking her movie career.

** Hotshot test-pilot Larry Trainor gets exposed to cosmic radiation, and has a cool double (the Negative Spirit) that can teleport out of his body and phase through anything but lead... but if it's out of his body for longer than 60 seconds, it'll kill him, and he has to have every centimeter of flesh wrapped in specially-treated bandages to keep himself from dosing others with fatal levels of radiation.

** Steve "Mento" Dayton enhances his telepathic and telekinetic abilities with a helmet of his own design... but between the loss of his wife and the helmet's unforeseen side effects, [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]].

* ''Vertigo'' example: in ''[[Fables (Comic Book)|Fables]]'', Bigby Wolf has to constantly smoke in order to keep his super-sensitive sense of smell from inhaling the millions of scents from all over Manhattan. Not to mention all the noise...

* In ''[[The Sandman (Comic Book)|The Sandman]]'', one story features a superheroine (a "real", albeit minor one) whose power is that her body can take on different elements in order to protect her (i.e. diamonds to deflect bullets, etc). However this power is (naturally) involuntary and now she desperately wants to die, but can't. Enter [[The Grim Reaper|Death of the Endless]]....

* The title character in ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'' derives her powers from a [[Empathic Weapon|hypermembrane]] that grants her superhuman strength, invulnerability, the ability to generate powerful energy blasts, various optical enhancements, and other abilities not yet shown. Unfortunately, it tears easily, at which point much of her power goes away. She's also incredibly self-conscious, and the hypermembrane doesn't work if she's wearing anything over it. Considering it fits like a coat of body paint (but thinner), this is a definite problem. And to top it all off, it's all but stated that the suit's faults and frailties are all her own creation, her poor self-image and chronic self-doubt sabotaging her powerhouse potential.