Hoist by His Own Petard/Comic Books: Difference between revisions

* Titania is a villain obsessed with defeating her arch-nemesis, She-Hulk, their hatred of each other dating back to the first ''[[Secret Wars]]'', and the time she came closest, she was foiled by this Trope. She had been given the Power Gem by the Elder of the Universe known as the Champion, who was burning for revenge against She-Hulk <ref>short version, Shulkie was working on behalf of a group of [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] called Magistrati (practical embodiments of Law) who didn’t like how he was frivolously using one of [[Artifact of Doom| the Infinity Gems]] (for [[No Man Should Have This Power| obvious reasons]]) and challenged him to a match without using the Gem, with the terms that if he lost, he could never use it again. He lost, and with the Magistrati enforcing the terms, he really had no choice but to abide by them.</ref> Now having near unlimited physical strength, Titania soundly pulped her enemy, the shock of her blows causing the heroine to revert back to human form and at Titania’s mercy. But when Titania was about to finish her, she realized she had finally completed a goal she had been pursuing for years… So… [[Now What?]] A few minutes and she might have gotten over this, but the Power Gem is an item that only accepts users who have the strongest dedication to their desires and needs; this brief moment where she questioned her purpose caused the Gem to reject Titania and go to Jennifer. Without even hulking out, Jenn delivered an uppercut that knocked Titania into the sky.

* Way back in [[The Golden Age of Comic Books| Golden Age]], [[Shazam| Captain Marvel]] had an ally named Spy Smasher, a hero who fought [[Those Wacky Nazis]] during World War II, primarily hunting for spies in the States. Spy Smasher’s most persistent foe (appearing in 14 issues) was a villain called the Mask (no relation to [[The Mask|this one]]), described as “An international spy who used several aliases, the most dangerous adversary of the entire secret service." The Mask managed to use a device to brainwash Spy Smasher, using him as an [[Unwitting Pawn]] for three whole issues, forcing the hero to fight Captain Marvel during that time. But the Mask got sloppy, as his last command to Spy Smasher (and not coincidentally, his final words) shows: