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* [http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=23959 This cover] launched [[The Bronze Age of Comic Books]] in ''[[Superman]]''.
** And it was a [[Shout-Out]] to his most iconic [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] image.
* [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] displays amazing powers of "chest expansion" [
** Of course, that's usually a [[Most Common Superpower|female superpower]].
* [[The Punisher]] does this in "The Long, Cold Dark" arc, having been incapacitated by his nemesis Barracuda, who in addition to fulfilling this trope, also exhibits [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]. Barracuda {{spoiler|intends to kill the Punisher's daughter-he-didn't-know-he-had right in front of him}}, thus giving the Punisher the [[Unstoppable Rage]] he needed to burst out of the cuffs.
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* In ''[[Artemis Fowl|Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code]]'', Arno Blunt apparently "ripped those handcuffs apart as though they were links in a paper chain."
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Subverted in ''[[Thud!]]'', when the Watch get captured by dwarfs, Detritus the troll makes a point of ''not'' breaking his chains, even though Vimes notices they're so crappy a human could break them.
** In ''[[Unseen Academicals]]'', Mr Nutt chains ''himself'' up after learning {{spoiler|he's an orc}}. When various "ordinary people" appear not to care about this, he is touched that they do not see him as a monster and stands up, casually smashing the chains in the process. Everyone flees.
* In ''[[Codex Alera]]'', Kitai shatters a chair she is tied to.
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