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** [[Daredevil]] fought [[Playing with Fire|Pyro]] and [[Fat Bastard|the Blob]] to keep them from abducting a young mutant girl and forcing her to register with the U.S. government. After taking out Pyro, Daredevil attacked the Blob but was quickly knocked down. The Blob was about to stomp Daredevil when the girl he was trying to protect used her telekinetic powers to pull him out of the way. Daredevil then got the girl to use her powers to pull a large bell down from a nearby church, knocking the Blob out after Daredevil blinded him and then lured him under the steeple.
*** Not to mention that Daredevil is only, well, Daredevil because he was a [[Heroic Bystander]] to a [[Irony|blind]] man about to be hit by a truck hauling radioactive material.
* DC Comics, the ''Syndicate Rules'' Justice League graphic novels. Super-powered villains are trashing a local scientific
* The ''Captain America'' novel 'Liberty's Torch'. A crazed militia puts the Captain on trial and kidnaps a lawyer, a Mark Gruenwald homage, to give him an ultimately pointless defense. The lawyer even assists (a bit) in the climactic battle, preventing the [[Big Bad]] from escaping (and causing that [[Smug Snake]] to very satisfingly break his jaw).
* ''[[Astro City]]'' once highlighted the story of Pete Donacek, a former hockey player and a doorman at an Astro City hotel. He once saved a little girl's life during a giant robot attack. He sees her every day, doesn't even know her name, but knowing that he did that kind of thing for someone, that he went to Astro City and lived the dream of being a real hero... As he puts it, "My name is Pete Donacek. I live in Astro City. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|I wear a uniform too.]]"
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{{quote| '''Loki:''' "There are no men like me.<br />
'''Old Man:''' "[[A Nazi by Any Other Name|There are always men like you.]]" }}
* In ''The High and the Mighty'' there's Gustave Pardee, filmmaker, who's terrified of flying and, as his wife recalls, has been known to start crying because the laundry put too much starch in his shirts. Then the plane they're on suffers an engine fire ... and Mr. Pardee, almost singlehandedly, prevents panic among his fellow passengers, reassuring them with calm conversation and little jokes.
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