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** In the [[Lighter and Softer]] series ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' he is known as M.O.D.O.C., with the last initial standing for "Conquest".
** A.I.M. has a splinter group called R.A.I.D. or Radically Advanced Ideas in Destruction.
* One '70s-era ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' story had him battling the '''C'''ommittee to '''R'''estore '''A'''merica's '''P'''rinciples, a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|thinly-veiled]] vesion of the '''C'''ommittee to '''RE'''-'''E'''lect the '''P'''resident (see below). Assemble the acronym yourself, and remember that "to" doesn't count...
** He also fights the '''U'''nderground '''L'''iberated '''T'''otally '''I'''ntegrated '''M'''obile '''A'''rmy '''T'''o '''U'''nite '''M'''ankind.
* The [[Marvel Universe]] has '''S.H.I.E.L.D.''', Nick Fury's UN-backed paramilitary and intelligence organization. The acronym originally stood for '''S'''upreme '''H'''eadquarters, '''I'''nternational '''E'''spionage, '''L'''aw-'''E'''nforcement '''D'''ivision but this was changed in the early nineties to stand for '''S'''trategic '''H'''azard '''I'''ntervention, '''E'''spionage and '''L'''ogistics '''D'''irectorate. Within the confines of the [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate Marvel Universe]], Ultimate [[Spider-Man]] has admitted that he has ''no clue'' what S.H.I.E.L.D. stands for, even though he has regular encounters with them and Nick Fury.
** And in the recent movies it stands for '''S'''trategic '''H'''omeland '''I'''ntervention, '''E'''nforcement and '''L'''ogistics '''D'''ivision.
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* S.T.A.R. Labs (Itself an acronym for Scientific and Technological Advanced Research) has a device called the '''A'''mbient '''N'''uclear '''U'''ltra '''S'''pectrograph. Lampshaded when Jimmy Olsen says that it's an overly long name and they should just use the acronym. The scientist operating it replies "You just think about that..."
* The ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' character Wildfire was originally known as '''E'''nergy '''R'''elease '''G'''enerator 1, or E.R.G.-1.
** The Legion has to deal with the '''R'''evolutionary '''E'''lite '''B'''rigade to '''E'''radicate '''L'''egion '''S'''upremacy.
* In [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' issues, they battled the Men from '''N.O.W.H.E.R.E.''', agents of "normalcy" who only spoke in acronyms that spelled out "nowhere." At least it wasn't incomprehensible, like those guys who spoke only in anagrams, e.g., yelling "THIS!" when surprised.
* Similarly, in Matt Fraction's ''[[Casanova (comics)|Casanova]]'', Casanova's father works for '''E.M.P.I.R.E.''' which battles '''W.A.S.T.E.''' (a reference to Pynchon's ''The Crying of Lot 49''). It's never revealed what they actually stand for, but it's said that '''W.A.S.T.E.''' has multiple meanings.
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