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*** That's not quite a [[Curb Stomp Battle]]. More of a [[Kick the Dog]] moment because the Imperials were attacking a ''lightly defended supply convoy'' and treat it like it's a great victory. Granted, the Rebels had trouble getting supplies afterwards, but still, it's hardly a glorious victory.
** Let's not forget when Mara Jade had a run in with one of the Emperor's elite guards, who she promptly smacked down ''with one punch'' (because she's just that awesome). We're also [[Fridge Logic|expected to believe]] that with that punch she ruptured his spleen, bruised his liver, broke his ribs, and fractured his skull... ''all at the same time''! There's just something utterly ridiculous about that. To Mara's credit, she ''did'' [[Lampshading|berate him]] for being so easily defeated.
* In ''[[Exiles (Comic Book)|Exiles]]'', they spend two or three pages building up a fight between Mimic and an [[Evil Twin|alternate universe double]] of [[Captain America]]. The fight is for the Skrull Gladiator Championship, which is the Skrull equivalent of the Superbowl. The actual fight lasts for two panels, with Mimic, [[Combo
* The fight between Bane and [[Batman]] in ''[[Knightfall]]'' is definitely this, ending with Bane snapping Batman's spine.
** Justified in that Bane was fighting a [[Batman]] who was already seriously wounded and completely exhausted from continuously fighting for several days with very little sleep... and had arranged for all of this to happen to Batman by staging the mass breakout of pretty much every inmate in Arkham, and then waiting until Bruce had finished fighting them all one at a time before introducing himself.
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