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{{quote|'''Brenda''': Hi, I'm Brenda. (is holding a gun)
'''Paco''': I'm Paco. And I am going to beat you with this stick until you leave the &%!# '''OFF MY PLANET'''.|Brenda and Paco of [[Blue Beetle]] make a stand for Earth against the Reach.}}
[[Superman]]. [[Wonder Woman]]. [[
These people are [[Badass]]. Here's why.
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* [[Aquaman/Awesome|Aquaman]]
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* [[Blue Beetle/Awesome|Blue Beetle]]
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* [[The Dark Knight Returns
* [[Elongated Man/Awesome|Elongated Man]]
* [[The Flash/Awesome|The Flash]]
* [[Gotham Central
* [[Green Lantern
* [[Hellblazer
* [[Invasion (Comic Book)/Awesome|Invasion]]
* [[Justice League of America/Awesome|Justice League of America]]
* [[Kingdom Come
* [[Legion of Super-Heroes (
* [[Lucifer (
* [[The Question/Awesome|The Question]]
* [[The Sandman
* [[Sinestro Corps War/Awesome|Sinestro Corps War]]
* [[Starman (
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* [[Wonder Woman/Awesome|Wonder Woman]]
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* In "Countdown to Infinite Crisis," the [[Blue Beetle]] kneels in front of Max Lord during his [[We Can Rule Together]] speech with a gun to his head. His reply? "Rot in hell, Max." {{spoiler|Max shoots him.}}
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** Superman's line to Earth-2's Kal-L: " {{spoiler|If you're from this world, it couldn't be perfect. '''Because a perfect world doesn't need Superman'''}}."
** The reappearance of Kal-L. He sets upon the villains who just took down Power Girl and scatters them like ten-pins. And with every second, the [[Red Skies Crossover|red sky]] grows brighter, until he's shown in a full-page spread, extending his hand to Power Girl against a sky of clearest blue.
** And Kid Flash's team-up with his late grandfather (not to mention Max Mercury) to trap Superboy-Prime in the Speed Force to begin with. Also couples as a [[Tear Jerker]].
** In the subject of the final battle against Superboy-Prime, don't forget how the three Supermen got powerless after falling in Mogo. With a ton of Kryptonite. Prime punched Kal-L and hit his back with heat vision, then fought against Kal-El, the main universe Superman. Who promptly kicked Prime's ass. In a field full of Kryptonite which only affected Kal-El himself. All while verbally beating Prime up.
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** Don't forget about Black Adam single handedly killing Amazo.
** There's also the Spectre's resurrection. When he is resurrected, he ignores the Phantom Stranger, and instead looks at the Star Sapphire. After listing her many crimes, he simply blows her up and leaves.
* Barry Allen's death in ''[[Crisis
** To elaborate, he's running to destroy the Anti-Monitor's antimatter cannon, which was poised to destroy all remaining universes. He fought on, and on, and on, running as he ruined the cannon's systems... until he {{spoiler|''ran himself out of existence... and into it, as he became the lightning that first empowered him''.}}
* DC's weekly series [[
** Week #10: When Perry White questions his effectiveness and threatens to fire him, a de-powered Clark Kent takes a page from his wife's playbook and throws himself out the window to get an interview with Supernova.
** Week #15: A down on his luck [[Booster Gold]] makes a truly epic come-back as a true hero when he lifts a damaged nuclear submarine to save Metropolis. {{spoiler|Then it explodes. Supernova flies up to save Booster and catches... [[Heroic Sacrifice|a skeleton]]}}.
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'''Clark Kent''': ''More than... My '''god'''... More than I ever thought he could...'' }}
** Week #35: The "Reign of the Supermen", an example of just how petty and scary Luthor can be. {{spoiler|He turns off the powers of almost everyone who'd gotten them from the Everyman Project, sending thousands of superheroes falling to their deaths just to spite Supernova (who he thinks is Superman)}}.
*** Which is then topped by Supernova {{spoiler|saving all of the bystanders by ''teleporting all of them to the city limits''.}}
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'''Supernova''': "''Don't be absurd. Right now, those are the safest people in town. Or rather,'' '' {{spoiler|out of town}}.''" }}
** Week #37: The utterly amazing [[The Reveal|Reveal]] of Supernova's true identity: {{spoiler|it's '''[[Booster Gold
*** And after that {{spoiler|Skeets, possessed by ''you'll find out who later in the series'', '''eats the Phantom Zone'''}}.
** Week #40: Steel's battle with Luthor {{spoiler|who had just been [[Powers
*** "Only Luthor would be sick enough to make 'Look! Up in the sky!' a threat. And that is why he WILL be stopped."
** Week #42 is ''almost'' (there are two pages of Renee Montoya) entirely dedicated to the conclusion of Ralph Dibny's mysterious spirit journey in order to resurrect his dead wife, guided by the helmet of Dr. Fate. His arc ends with him preparing the ritual to finally bring his wife back to life, when he suddenly {{spoiler|shoots the helmet off his head with a magic pistol, causing it to rebound of the wall and reveal its true identity as the evil sorcerer Felix Faust. Faust has spent months on a [[Xanatos Roulette]] to get Ralph to [[Deal
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'''Ralph''': ''Because, {{spoiler|Faust}}...''
'''Ralph''': '''...I'm a detective.'' }}
*** This issue was mostly written by [[Dan
** Week #46: The battle between Black Adam and the mad scientist think tank. On one side, you have a superpowered mass murderer who's [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|royally pissed]] after finding out that {{spoiler|the mad scientists built the living weapons of mass destruction that killed his new family. He has also just killed every man, woman and child in the country of Bialya}}. On the other side, you have a bunch of nerdy [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]] with ridiculous inventions. {{spoiler|''The mad scientists win''}}.
** Week #49: Dr. Will Magnus' role in {{spoiler|taking the thinktank down}}: after his anti-depressants are confiscated from him, Magnus becomes one of the most hyper-productive members of the team. {{spoiler|But because he's a ''good'' [[Mad Scientist]], he uses the rebuilt Metal Men to undermine every evil mad scientist working there pretty much single-handedly}}. And he {{spoiler|kills their leader, Chang Tzu}}.
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** Week #50: The event that was dubbed in-universe "[[World War III]]". It can be summarized as: "{{spoiler|Black Adam takes on '''everyone'''}}". Both a CMOA for {{spoiler|Black Adam, who takes on pretty much every superhero in the DCU}} and for {{spoiler|everyone brave enough to go up against a [[Physical God]] on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]}}.
*** The true "moment" in this book occurs in a splash panel a little over midway through, where you literally see {{spoiler|the superheroes of the DCU coming at Black Adam from all angles, and Black Adam just standing there, in a pose of utter defiance. Pure, unadulterated awesome.}}
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** This comes after Mongul has given Hal a massive beatdown and broken his arm and leg. He boasts that he broke Hal's willpower, at which point Hal uses his ring to create a power suit for himself and reaches for the hammer.
* Grant Morrison's ''[[Seven Soldiers|Seven Soldiers of Victory]]'' event pulled off a doozy - take seven characters we'd never heard of (and may never see again), and over four issues make us care about them, then pit them against an army of time-travelling killer fairies. Naturally, there were a few moments...
** Shining Knight (after beheading [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Zombie Sir Galahad]]) -
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** Zatanna -
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*** Her father, Zatara, even got one when his magnus opum was revealed.
** Manhattan Guardian (when faced with the news that NY will suffer a blackout ''and'' an invasion in the middle of a bloody ''hurricane'') -
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** Frankenstein got more than most. He... well, he fed one of the main series villains to the Flesh-Eating Horses of Mars. He did a [[Power Walk]] while a nuclear device went off in the background. He ''stabbed a universe in the chest''. And then he somehow travelled to the year One Billion to commit a giant terrorist bombing against the world-destroying fairies.
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** I, Spyder ({{spoiler|during his [[Heel Face Turn]] when he puts an arrow through the [[Big Bad]]'s neck and punts her off a balcony}})
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** The city of New York gets one:
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** Bulleteer's [[You Can't Fight Fate]] moment counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for causality and prophecy itself. (Seriously, {{spoiler|killing the time-traveling villain by knocking her off a balcony and then having her accidentally run over}}? ''[[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent]]''.)
** Mister Miracle escaped from the event horizon of a black hole. He shrugged off the Anti-Life Equation like it was Red Kryptonite. He {{spoiler|''befriended the Omega Sanction''}}. And then he did a deal with Darkseid - MM gets put in a trap, and Darkseid calls off the impending apocalypse. Miracle was just that sure of his escape artistry. The trap consisted of him {{spoiler|getting handcuffed, bound, shackled, ''shot in the head'', and buried}}. He still managed to escape. World's Greatest Escape Artist? Oh hell yes.
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* Lex Luthor has one in ''Outsiders'' v3 #3. The Joker captures and tortures him at length for information. Finally Luthor offers to answer the Joker, but first he has a question of his own: "Does it bother you...that Batman likes Catwoman better?" Having left Joker stung and speechless (a rare occurrence), Luthor lets out an [[Evil Laugh]] and continues, [[Foe Yay|"He'll never love you, sweetheart! You can keep screwing with his city, but he's never gonna take you to the prom!"]]
* When surrounded by a vast army of super-villains-
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'''Superman''': You always think we can take them. }}
** And they do.
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* ''Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds'': Superboy Prime finds himself in the Superman Museum of the 31st century, and discovers that history remembers him as a no-name scrub who, as Superman villains go, is less notable than losers like Neutron. Then he goes to [[The Alcatraz]] prison planet where the Legion of Super Villains is held and breaks them out, vowing to show the world who the '''''real''''' Superboy is one more time. You know why it's awesome? Because Superboy Prime is the villain and it's ''actually not dumb''. What's more, you actually kind of root for him. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Or maybe not.]]
* Nah, you want villains to root for? Then go read ''Final Crisis: Rogues' Revenge''. It's a crowning ''series'' of awesome, especially issue #3. Highlights: the Rogues {{spoiler|beating the crap of the "replacements" Libra recruited}}, Inertia {{spoiler|going [[Ax Crazy|holyshitcrazy]]/removing Zoom's powers/actually managing to ''hurt'' Libra (the freaking SPECTRE literally hurt himself badly after trying to touch him)}}, and of course, {{spoiler|his getting wtfpwned by the Rogues.}}
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'''Weather Wizard''': ''This isn't for my son.''
'''Captain Cold''': ''No. This is for one $%@#$@-up year.''
{{spoiler|The Rogues blast Inertia with their weapons, killing him.}} }}
* ''Final Crisis: Superman Beyond'' is one big crowning moment for Superman, particularly {{spoiler|the battle with Mandrakk}}, but there's also {{spoiler|Billy Batson verbally pwning Overman}}, and {{spoiler|Merryman's "LIMBO SAYS NO!"}}.
* Some crowning moments from ''[[Final Crisis]]'' itself:
** Green Arrow versus the Justifiers in issue #4:
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'''Green Arrow''': Is that so? '''Well, my absolute hatred of dog ridin' totalitarian [censored] justifies this!''' }}
** Barry Allen, the original Flash, returning home to Iris West, the love of his life, and doing the impossible by breaking Darkseid's Anti-Life hold on her.
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'''Barry''': You bet. }}
** Issue #5: {{spoiler|Nix Uotan's apotheosis.}}
*** Hal Jordan takes down a GOD with one punch. Without even having his ring on him.
**** "You have 24 hours to save the universe.".
*** Also:
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** Issue #6: {{spoiler|Superman's arrival in Bludhaven.}}
*** {{spoiler|Tawky Tawny versus Darkseid's son Kalibak. "TAWNY BITES!"}}
*** {{spoiler|A close second is Tawky straightening his bow tie as he awaits his death at the hands of Kalibak's tiger soldiers... only to see them bow to him.}}
**** If there's ONE thing Final Crisis did right, it was that they made Tawky Tawny AWESOME.
*** Batman's decision to forgo his morals for the sake of the ''multiverse'' and uses Darkseid's own radion bullet to shoot Darkseid in the shoulder. This is the catalyst that allows the Flashes to lure the Black Racer to destroy Darkseid's physical body. '''Batman poisoned A GOD on the verge of total multiversal destruction''' as a swan song to his illustrious career. [[Badass Normal|Bad. Ass.]]
** Issue #7: {{spoiler|The arrival of the Supermen of the Multiverse.}}
*** {{spoiler|The climactic battle where Monitor Nix Uotan restores the humanity and powers of the Zoo Crew. There is just something so gratifying in seeing these characters who seemed all but [[Put
**** Let's just say that damn near everyone has had a crowning moment of awesome in FC or its spin offs.
* Tim Drake got one in the last issue of his solo series. In it, he gets a note challenging him to a duel to the death from Lady Shiva, the woman who trained him and ''the'' single deadliest assassin in the world. He spends the issue narrating about "What would you do if you might die tomorrow?" before confronting her. They banter a bit, there's a [[Single
* At the conclusion of the [[The Flash|Crossfire]] Arc, the city of Keystone is being looted by Rogues under Blacksmith's control. Flash is on the ropes. The villainess tells him she's pulling out every stop and throwing ever single villain in her organisation at him, and that he doesn't have the stamina to take it. The next page is a splash of the blue-collar workers of Keystone charging the rioters en masse with bats, lead pipes, nail guns, etc as Union leader Goldface shouts, "This is our city! We make it run, Rogues! Not you!" The whole city got a crowning moment right there.
* While it started off slow, ''The Flash: Rebirth'' is rapidly starting to pick up with these. The final third of issue 4 is an entire crowning moment in-and-of-itself. Let's start a list:
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* ''[[Suicide Squad]]'' #22: Rick Flag is going to kill a corrupt senator in full public view. Amanda Waller orders Deadshot to stop Flag from killing the senator by any means necessary. {{spoiler|Deadshot kills the senator.}}
** The titular team, through the machinations of a [[Love Makes You Dumb|lovestruck]] technician, a formerly amnesiac [[Ax Crazy]] [[Blood Knight]] goddess, and Poison Ivy, got transported to Apokolips. They survived with very heavy casualties... and then they have to face [[Darkseid]]. Long before [[Final Crisis|Batman did]], Amanda Waller, infuriate, with half her squad dead, stranded without hope in Hell, surrounded by Parademons and the Fatal Furies, decided she had had enough, and threatened the God of Evil with her handgun.
** And of course, effortlessly brushing off Batman's warnings to shut down the Squad, sensibly pointing out that if he does go public with the info he gathered, [[Taking You
** The resurrection of the Squad. Amanda's been in jail for a year for pulling the [[Lone Wolf]] act for too long, having irritated too many people in power. Sarge Steel comes in, offers her a pittance and a diminutive job, a probably unique chance she won't ever have again. She laughs him off and asks him only to return when he really wants to negotiate. Turns out, there's a massive Eastern Europe crisis and Steel was trying to rope her in for her unique talents. He has to go back later and fully give in her terms, utterly humiliating himself.
** The Janus Directive crossover. Every governmental agency's at war with each other, with Checkmate, Captain Atom Project, and the Suicide Squad ready to tear each other apart. It's actually Kobra's plan so he can fire his microwave cannon unmolested. To ensure maximum disruption, he targets Waller for assassination by a double in her apartment. She kills the doppelganger, takes her place in Kobra's plans, and pulls the same gambit he was hoping to play.
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** Admit it. How many people can use the fact they're menopausic black females as ''threats''? Amanda Waller can.
* '''Wildcat. Had. Sex. With. Queen. Hippolyta'''. AKA '''Wonder Woman's mom'''. [[American Pie|Stifler, Finch]], all you other horny bastards, bow down to your master.
** JSA #10: The rest of the team is off on a mission, with Wildcat staying at the mansion because he had his arm and both legs broken by an evil [[Time Lord]]. So, he's just taking a bath and [[Dating Catwoman|having phone sex with Catwoman]] when the Injustice Society breaks in. Wildcat, an 80 year old [[Badass Normal]] in a bath towel with three broken limbs, takes out seven supervillains [[Die Hard
* Issue 50 of ''[[The Warlord]]'' (first series) sees Travis Morgan pursuing his arch foe, Deimos, across frozen plains. Deimos has, over the first 49 issues of the series, caused absolute hell for Travis, culminating in forcing Travis to kill his own son {{spoiler|or so Travis believes}}, but now Deimos is depowered and fleeing on horseback from the vengeance-crazed Travis. At the end of the chase, Travis finds Deimos unconscious and being savaged by a pack of wolves. Travis drives the wolves back, builds a fire to keep them away, and then tends Deimos' wounds. When Deimos finally recovers, Travis kicks out the fire and walks away without a word as the very same wolves return to tear Deimos apart.
* When [[Supergirl]] stands up to and defeats her absurdly powerful, abusive boyfriend, Powerboy.
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'''Powerboy''': "Look, I'm just going to lay it all out because honesty is important in a strong relationship... I was born on Apokolips. Taken from the Armagetto Slums to serve [[Darkseid|You-Know-Who]]... [[Training
'''Supergirl''': (''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|destroys her restraints and burns his hand with heat vision]]'') "We need to break up."<br />
'''Powerboy''': "Aaaaaigh! What did you do?!"<br />
'''Supergirl''': "You hit me. You said you loved me... And you '''hit me'''." (''punches him through a wall to the outside'')<br />
'''Powerboy''': "Y-You made me hit you! Because you don't listen, like now! Kara! I'm warning you! Stop it or I'll do it again! I'll hurt you again! [[Stay in
'''Supergirl''': "No one who says he loves you should hit you, '''ever'''." (''drops his house on him'')<br />
'''Powerboy''': (''[[Flash Step]] into outer space, pulls out his Father Box'') "Ouch. Heh... Heh... Got some fight to her... Gonna have to work on that... Next time... And there ''will'' be a next time. Try to drop a house on me now. Father Box... Honey..."<br />
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** Okay, [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on that, big time.
* ''Day of Vengeance'': A team of magical characters who are, ''at best'' C-Listers, channel all the magical power of multiple dimensions into [[Captain Marvel]] to allow him to beat [[The Spectre]].
* From ''[[Secret Six]]'': Catman's [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] on the kidnappers who took his son. Three of the most bloodthirsty hired killers around, two of them with superpowers versus a non-powered man only armed with a few knives whose claim to fame used to be being a cheesy Batman knock-off. And he ANNIHILATES them.
** From the same series Scandal Savage facing down a small army of well armed slave camp guards. She tells them they have a few seconds to either call their loved ones of pray for forgiveness. The leader of the guards takes one look at her and...takes out his phone to call his girlfriend and say goodbye. Scandal is THAT damn scary.
*** Ragdoll is a walking CMOA and CMOF. But his take down of Mr Smyth stands out.
* The [[Justice Society of America]]... Let's be honest. Any fight scene written by Geoff Johns, if it involves a speaking role for Hawkman, against ''any'' villain more dangerous than a mugger, should be at least considered for [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
** Atom Smasher ripping the Worlogog out of Extant's chest, then putting him on a crashing airplane in place of Al's mother. Notably, this is what starts his major character arc of atonement, instead of coming at the end of it.
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