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** In a 1989 ''[[Batman]]'' storyline, a mad Joker-wannabe hurls himself into a chemical vat in an attempt to replicate the transformation. However, as Batman unsuccessfully warns him, the industrial acids therein are much stronger than the ones that disfigured the Joker years ago, and the wannabe simply disintegrates.
** Mr. Freeze is a more conventional playing of his trope. In the current past of the character, the attempts of his heartless bosses to get rid of him and his work to save his cryogenically frozen wife caused his equipment to go haywire, drastically altering him.
* The post-''Zero Hour'' ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (
** Pre-''Zero-Hour'', there was Comet Queen (who is also known for speaking [[Totally Radical]] [[Recycled in Space|In Space]]). She had heard that Star Boy got his powers by flying through a comet, so she intentionally flew through one despite everyone telling her how stupid it was, especially since Star Boy did it ''in a spaceship''. It worked anyway.
* Although it actually took place on a testing range, the original origin of the ''[[Incredible Hulk]]'' is for all practical purposes a Freak Lab Accident. Later versions -- most notably the TV series and the two motion-picture adaptations -- make it a more literal lab accident.
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