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* ''[[Supreme Power]]'':
** The [[J. Michael Straczynski]] reboot of Marvel's ''[[Squadron Supreme]]'' (a typically Marvel-dark riff on the characters of DC's [[Justice League of America]]), has large parts of its plot dependent on the chronic tendency (seen before in much of Straczynski's work) for virtually everyone in any kind of government-representative role to be malicious, incompetent, or both.
** The most [[Egregious]] example is in the story of Mark Milton, or "Hyperion," the [[Superman]]-[[Captain Ersatz|analogue]]: when a superpowered child falls from the sky in a spaceship, he is taken within minutes by the government and put in the custody of two dedicated agents, who pretend to be married so they can raise him as an American citizen in an artificially created (and heavily-monitored) "perfect family environment". However, with all the effort put into creating this environment, it somehow fails to occur to ''anyone'' in the project that getting an ''actually-married couple'' to play the role of Mom and Pop would be far easier on the agents, far more psychologically healthy for the child, and far safer should he ever, oh, ''find out'' about any of this. And the most egregious part of the most egregious example? The monster who originates this heartless scheme is... um, ''[[Jimmy Carter]]?'' ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|"He's history's greatest monster!"]]''
* In the ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' storyline ''[[Amazons Attack]]!'':
** The ''entire Amazon race'' (the only apparent exception being Wonder Woman herself) carries an [[Idiot Ball]] the size of the moon. On the advice of Circe, an evil goddess who has tried to exterminate the Amazons on multiple occasions, they decide to declare war on one of the most powerful nations in the world; one that is home to many of the strongest superheroes in the [[DC Universe]]. The end result? The Amazon race is scattered across the world, the entire USA hates them, and the reputations of heroes associated with them ([[Wonder Woman]], Wonder Girl, [[Supergirl]] to name a few) are left tarnished.
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