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* [[Batman]] is the DC's poster boy for this trope.

{{quote| '''Huntress:''' Did I just see you cheating?~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Huntress:''' Did I just see you cheating?

'''Batman:''' ''Winning.'' }}

** However, he still [[Does Not Like Guns|won't use a gun]].

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** Despite being better known to the casual fan for his ninja ways, never forget that Snake-Eyes is an Army Ranger, and is more than happy to go for the grenades or machine gun as a ninja armed with melee weapons advances.

* [[Cerebus]], being a veteran mercenary, knows better than to fight fair. Early in the series, he was face-to-face with a rebel [[Master Mind]] and as his opponent strode out onto a bridge, finally revealing his identity, Cerebus heaved a rock at his head, causing him to stumble off the bridge to his death. Afterward, this exchange took place:

{{quote| '''Lord Julius:''' ''That wasn't exactly fair, was it? I mean, he thought you were going to fight to the death with swords!''~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Lord Julius:''' ''That wasn't exactly fair, was it? I mean, he thought you were going to fight to the death with swords!''

'''Cerebus:''' ''He is dead and Cerebus is alive... You can't get much fairer than that.'' }}

* Throughout his adventures, [[Corto Maltese]] does his share of kicking people in the nuts and shooting them in the back.

* In the final issue of Tim Drake's Robin series, he's forced to fight Lady Shiva. Tim knows that he's hugely outmatched, so he poisons her food two days before the fight with a heart-rate dependent neurotoxin.

* The following exchange from a comic where [[Deadpool]] and one of the forgettable 90s X-Teams are facing a villain who can dampen mutant abilities:

{{quote| '''Mutant Super Hero''': All right, just because our powers don't work, doesn't mean we're helpless. We should engage him one-on one in hand to hand combat with our strongest fighters going first until he drops.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Mutant Super Hero''': All right, just because our powers don't work, doesn't mean we're helpless. We should engage him one-on one in hand to hand combat with our strongest fighters going first until he drops.

'''[[Deadpool]]''': Or, hear me out here, or--~~ ~~

'''[[Deadpool]]''': Or, hear me out here, or--

[[Boom! Headshot!|BLAM!]]

We could do that.

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* 2011 DC Universe reboot: [[Green Lantern|Hal Jordan]] starts boasting to [[Batman]] that with his ring, he can easily take down [[Superman]]. By the time Batman blinks, Superman has [[Flash Step|Flash Stepped]] up to Hal and punched him out.

* In ''[[Elf Quest]]'' when the Wolfriders are attacked without warning by Guttlekraw's trolls:

{{quote| There is no fairness, no grace, no nobility in the Wolfriders' method of combat. They obey but one rule: '''survive''' by any means, no matter how cruel or bloody.

{{quote|There is no fairness, no grace, no nobility in the Wolfriders' method of combat. They obey but one rule: '''survive''' by any means, no matter how cruel or bloody.

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