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{{quote|'''Spidey:''' I'm just sayin' there's only one way this is gonna go down, it happens every time. We'll fight for a bit, you'll tear my mask, but in the end I'm gonna leap outta the way and you're gonna do something that makes you kill yourself.}}
* In the limited series ''The [[Thanos]] Quest'', the titular supervillain seeks (and ultimately attains) the [[Cosmic Keystone|Infinity Gems]] in order to [[A God Am I|become God]] and thus a worthy mate for [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Mistress Death]]. However, he miscalculates spectacularly when he discovers that omnipotence made him not her equal but ''superior'', preventing anything other than a servile relationship; for the extra kick in the teeth, he is now subjected to the (no pun intended) cold shoulder of the cosmic being, who considered his pursuit and attainment of godhood a heinous betrayal, and his subsequent attempts at wooing her back childish and insulting.
** It doesn't get much better in the follow-up storyline ''The Infinity Gauntlet'', as when Thanos decides to give up on Mistress Death and fully embrace his status as God, eventually defeating Eternity and becoming the very embodiment of the universe, he makes another grievous error ([[Achilles' Heel|or perhaps not]]) when by forsaking his body in replacing Eternity, he leaves it (and the Infinity Gems) vulnerable to theft by his upstart "granddaughter" Nebula.
** Later in the same story, Thanos' friend and eternal nemesis Adam Warlock outright states that Thanos subconsciously sabotages his own schemes for ultimate power, as, in the darkest depths of his soul, he believes he's unworthy of it.
* Subverted with [[Lex Luthor]]: the kryptonite ring that he used to bedevil Superman ends up giving him fatal radiation poisoning due to prolonged exposure. However, he cheats death because of his <s>brilliance</s> [[Joker Immunity]].
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** [[Power Creep, Power Seep|It is worth noting]] [[Canon Sue|this wouldn't work these days]].
* Mentioned for being [[Crowning Moment of Funny|hilarious]], the otherwise quite forgettable ''[[Superman]]'' vs. ''[[Dracula]]'' comic ended with Dracula draining Superman's blood and absorbing his power - at which point his ''[[Your Head Asplode|head exploded]]''. Superman, after all, is solar powered.
** A similar incident happened in ''[[Runaways]]'' - the teens discover that one of their newest companion is a vampire and, to save the others, Karolina offers herself to the vampire. When he goes to drain him, he realizes too late that Karolina is solar powered and he promptly explodes.
* After a rooftop battle in the first issue of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage]]'', [[Taking You with Me|a defeated Shredder is about to use a thermite grenade to kill both the turtles and himself]], when he is thrown off the roof by Donatello's bo staff. Boom.
* Unus the Untouchable was a mutant criminal with a force field that protected him from all harm. Eventually, it got so powerful that not even air could get through.
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