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== Comic Books ==
* Done awesomely in ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', during the final battle against [[Superboy|Superboy-Prime]]. Up to that point, Prime had defeated the [[Justice League]], the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]], and the ''entire [[Green Lantern|Green Lantern Corps]]'' and seemed utterly unstoppable. Then both Superman of Earth-One and Earth-Two show up with a plan. Moving at max speed, they fly Superboy-Prime through Krypton's red sun Rao and the kryptonite asteroid field that use to be Krypton before crash landing on [[Genius Loci|Mogo]]. Afterwards, all three Supermen lose their powers and the fight for the fate of the universe is settled in a normal, human-level brawl.
* After ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', Superman loses his powers for an entire ''year''. ''[[Fifty Two52]]'', the series that covers this one-year gap, has him lying low, focusing on his job as a reporter with the Daily Planet. It turns out that, despite how he views Clark as his "real" personality, he really is bad at his life without Superman's powers. He is more timid and unsure of himself as a reporter, and Perry White actually moves to ''fire'' him after he lets the ''Planet'' get scooped on the large story of a new superhero. However, this revelation that he is letting his new status change how he lives his life, which he never thought would happen, galvanizes him to take dramatic action (i.e. ''jumping out the window'') in order to attract the attention of the new hero and get the story. The writers explained that they included that scene because they wanted to make it clear that even without his powers he is still Superman, and his willingness to take extreme personal risks did not go away just because he can no longer take a bullet.
** Also Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite, where Mxyzptlk makes a chunk of plot device Kryptonite for Luthor that takes Superman's powers away. Notably Superman is never happy with this outcome unlike in the above example and tries to return to duty in powered armor. Also notable as the storyline where Clark proposes and Lois accepts his proposal.
*** In a seeming thematic tie-in Lois and Clark get married during a later instance of Superman losing his powers.
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== Web Original ==
* ''The [[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'': During the storyline in which invulnerable, untouchable hero The Shield temporarily lost his power to surround himself with an impenetrable force field, he freaked out and ended up temporarily institutionalized because of his pure, unadulterated fear of being hurt.
* ''[[The Monster Girl Encyclopedia]]'' has a [[Cute Monster Girl]] version of a doppelganger. A girl in a black dress, she can read the mind of a man who was rejected by the woman he loved, and use her shapeshifting ability to become the ideal version of said woman. When she approaches him, the man can't help but love her as well. However, should the man see the doppelganger in her true form, and love her as she is, then she will lose the shapeshifting ability. Not that she needs it anymore though.
* [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/25763912/#p25765681 from the discussion] on [[Image Boards|/tg/]] of takes on [[Powered Armor]] via ([[Organic Technology|Bio]]-)[[Magitek]]:
{{quote|'''Gropey_the_clown''': Actually, the major threat was the regeneration causing total rejection of a long-term pilot.
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