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* Large swaths of ''[[The Ultimates]] vol. 3'' could go here, but it gets special accolades for the ''worst'' [[Bond One
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* ''[[Superman]] #680'' by James Robinson had some pretty weird dialogue, but this line really takes the cake:
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** James Robinson also wrote some rather... ''[[Ho Yay|questionable]]'' thought captions in a 1994 ''Tales of Suspense'' one-shot. [[Iron Man]] is questioning why [[Captain America (comics)]] even hangs out with him, because Cap is basically perfect and Tony is deeply flawed. His musings begin, "I look at your handsome face...into your clear, azure eyes..."
*** While The Death of Superman does have its good points, there are some bits of dialogue that make it obvious that the script was scribbled down in a rush to replace a year's worth of thrown out material.
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* This odd [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|fourth-wall-breaking]] moment from [http://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-enemy-my-narrator.html an early issue] of [[Chris Claremont]]'s ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'', back [[Old Shame|before he really found his voice]]:
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Cyclops: No.<br />
Narrator: '''Can you?'''<br />
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** In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #423 and #424, everyone dies and is revived - except for ''Angelo''! * sob* Poor Angelo, we hardly knew ye. No, really, we hardly knew ye. We knew John Proudstar better than you.
*** A perfect example of how subjective this trope is, since readers familiar with ''Generation X'' didn't find anything funny about Angelo's death. Narm for some, [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] for others.
** Also from [[X
*** There is a real life Church of Humanity, started by Auguste Comte or Richard Congreve.
* Even ''[[Batman|The Dark Knight Returns]]'' isn't immune. While Bruce Wayne [[Contemplate Our Navels|muses]] in a manly, Milleresque fashion over how he hates himself and not being Batman again, he walks out onto the street... past a pair of badly drawn doomsayers that could best be described as reject snow goons from ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', clutching clumps of cardboard with "WE ARE DAMNED" scrawled upon them.
*** Doesn't help that Calvin made said snow goons do the exact same thing to illustrate how they would "die" or melt at the end of winter.
* [[Bee
* "[[All Star Batman and Robin|I'M THE GODDAMN BATMAN.]]"
* Yes, being repeatedly [[Brainwashed]] and manipulated by military conspiracies kind of sucks, but Wolverine may be overreacting just a little bit in ''[http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox6/ The Pulse #9]'':
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* While Johns' run on [[Green Lantern]] is excellent overall, the Red Lanterns are hard to take seriously. For Oa's sake, they vomit up blood as a weapon!
** On a similar note: [http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/9232/ragekittydemotivatorow1.jpg RAGE CAT] Is [[Crazy Awesome]]!
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*** [[Fan Nickname|Pukecat]]!!
*** [[Word of God|Dex-Starr (formerly Dexter)]], who now had his own one-shot.
** During the whole mini-arc with the Green Lantern families being attacked by the Sinestro Corps, Kryb, their kidnapping specialist, keeps the [[Nightmare Fuel]] pumping. Except there is one thing which, admittedly, only applies to a certain sort of reader. The problem in question? One of the babies being taken away screams, "[[Warhammer 40
*** Some of the impact of Alan Moore's "Tygers" is blunted by the over-the-top designs of the demons. Even more narmy, though, is found in the famous page that spells out the end of the Green Lantern Corp. There's a panel of all the Guardian's enemies: demons, a giant city, Qwardians... and a random, nearly-bald goth chick with a teddy-bear sized polar bear on a leash. What?
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* ''[[Watchmen]]'' [[Discussed Trope|discusses one in-story]], in ''Under The Hood''. The original Nite Owl recalls a coworker experiencing a great personal tragedy while wearing a massive pair of fake breasts and listening to "Ride of the Valkyries". It induces the group to fits of laughter, and then the man [[Driven to Suicide|kills himself]]. Hollis later cites it as 'the saddest thing he can think of'.
** Some of Rorschach's narration, especially in the first chapter, can be a little ridiculously over-the-top, like when, out-of-nowhere, he starts suspecting random people of being gay and/or child pornographers.
*** Deliberate, surely? Rorschach is not the most balanced of characters.
*** Speaking of Rorschach...
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'''''RONCH RONCH RONCH''''' }}
*** Rorschach ambushing Moloch by popping out of his fridge was so ridiculous it crossed from hilarious back over into [[Crazy Awesome]]. Especially [[Narm|narmy]] if you think about the time it must have taken for Rorschach to move all the stuff inside the fridge and hide them in Moloch's kitchen and how many things could have gone wrong in the plan.
* ''[[The Walking Dead]]'': The Governor, riding on a tank, wearing a weird outfit {{spoiler|and an eyepatch, and only one arm}}, shouting "KILL THEM ALL!" is very jarring against the general tone of the series.
* An [[Author Tract]] in ''Phonogram'' about women [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]] in music was delivered by a goddess who used the word "indie" like an ethnic slur. It generally fell into [[What Do You Mean
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** And then [[What Do You Mean
* "[[Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose|Samantha Brown! You have to get out of here! Your ]]''[[Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose|vagina ]]''[[Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose|is ]]''[[Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose|haunted!]]''" How does one escape that?!
* From Mr. T and the T-Force #1 (yes, really):
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* [[Superman|Superboy]] [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oGvsPo8kEhc/R5pzCOjZaFI/AAAAAAAAA88/H6Un6KLGc0U/s1600-h/CTDWN13-2.jpg Prime] will kill you! He'll kill you '''[[Shaped Like Itself|TO DEATH]]!!!'''
** Superboy Prime was a [[Take That|strawman of the DC fanbase]], and so all of his dialogue becomes hilarious once you imagine him speaking in a stereotypical fanboy voice(as Linkara did in his three-part review of ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'').
* In ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Mighty Avengers]]'' #25, Hercules, masquerading as the Red Hulk, picks a fight with Ben Grimm (the Thing) of the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]. Maintaining his [[Kayfabe]], he says:
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* Two moments from ''[[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimatum]]'':
** Quoted from Nick Fury when {{spoiler|he's rescued from the pocket dimension}}:
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** Ultimate Universe Nick Fury is modeled after Samuel L. Jackson. Samuel L. Jackson would ''never'' say something like that.
** And between Magneto and Susan Storm:
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Magneto: ''[[Metal Gear Solid|(exclamation mark appears above his head)]]'' }}
** The random deaths, all gory, become sort of funny after a while.
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** Superman's massive Santa Claus beard only adds to the hilarity.
* Another comic that drove Linkara nuts: ''Batman: Fortunate Son''. The comic states that all forms of rock'n'roll are evil. This comic wasn't published in [[The Fifties]], when [[The New Rock and Roll|that was a common belief]], but in 1999. It brings us lines like these:
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"[[The Beatles|Pigs---From a gun!]]" }}
** The scene in which people are critiquing the musician in this comic. One guy says, "He still plays the strongest guitar I've ever heard." Another guy turns around with a narmful angry expression and yells, "Yeah? '''SO WHAT?!'''"
*** Oh, it gets worse than that. The "Pigs from a gun" line was from "I am the Walrus", a song made to confuse people and nothing more...and yet Batman says this line as though there was some kind of deeper symbolic meaning to it. This makes both Batman and the writer look incredibly stupid.
*** He also quips "twist and shout, Mr. Crowe!" while punching the musician. ''Batman''. Ugh.
* You know you have reached impressive levels of Narm when the people ''making'' the comic refuse to include a panel because it keeps making them laugh. In ''[[
** Much later in the series, a hand-to-hand sparring session uses a certain sound effect a few times. That sound effect? "Fap". [[A Date
* ''[[Green Arrow|"My ward, Speedy... is a JUNKIE!]]"''
** His name is [[Meaningful Name|Speedy. SPEEDY.]]
* Many things operating under the [[Grandfather Clause]] can count for uninitiated readers. For instance, the Marvels' transformation phrase. Sure, it's cool and dramatic; and it works for readers familiar with it. But in the end, they're shouting 'Shazam!' at the top of their lungs.
* The [[Darker and Edgier]] ''[[
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* A Free Comic Book Day featuring [[Iron Man]] and [[The Mighty Thor]] ends with the villain doling out this apparently unironic gem:
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* The zombie!Doctor Light progressively tearing off the current Doctor Light's costume during their battle in ''[[Blackest Night]]''. She's supposed to be in danger of getting raped and then eaten. But some genius went to the trouble of putting [[Fan Service]] in the scene. This is so funny on the meta level that it kills the mood.
* In the 1970s ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' had a now-obscure villain called [[Fail O'Suckyname|Egghead]] ([[Exactly What It Says
** That one may have been intentional, but only Roger Stern knows for sure...
* In the 70s and early 80s, Hostess ran ads in comics featuring comic book characters foiling crime with fruit pies and Twinkies. Most often, this took the form of distracting them from crime by throwing snacks at them. Perhaps the height of this is [[Captain America (comics)]] versus the Red Skull: "Your cosmic cube refuses to obey you, because it's enjoying the '''Hostess Twinkies'''."
** Parodied [https://web.archive.org/web/20120914122319/http://www.elanrodgertrinidad.com/illo/watchmen_final_web.jpg here].
* In ''[[The Darkness]]' #4 Jackie pulls out a hitman's entire skeleton. It goes "POP!"
* Every scene involving [[Pretty Fly for
* The infamous "crying Joker" scene from Brian Azarello's take on the Joker. (The scene is found
* Batman #66. "So! They laugh at my '''boner''', will they?! ''I'll show them! I'll show them how many '''boners''' the Joker can make!'' This emphasis on '''''boners''''' has given me an idea ''for a new adventure in crime!'' Gotham will rue the day they mentioned the word '''''boner!'''''"
** [[Atop the Fourth Wall
** [http://www.cracked.com/article_16870_the-20-most-ridiculous-batman-comics-ever-released.html We can] [http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-insane-batman-comics-courtesy-tasty-hostess-cupcakes/ do more].
*** 'Boner' just meant 'screwup' back in the day. It was used over and over as it was because it was ''sorta'' funny - [[Epic Fail]]-based crime and the Joker trying ''win by his mad [[Epic Fail]] skills.'' This meant the word got used a ''zillion'' times, creating the most hilarious thing in the history of ever when the word changed meanings.
* The Absence, a new Batman villain, was shot in the head but survived due to some seriously weak science. As a result she has a large, perfectly round hole all the way through her head which resembles the effects of a gunshot only on the Itchy and Scratchy Show. Every scene with her and her cartoonish, bizarre injury looks utterly ridiculous.
** Although, it is worth noting that these issues of ''Batman and Robin'' were written by Paul Cornell, whose writing usually maintains a bizarre balance between "serious" and "goofy" (see, for example, his runs on ''Action Comics'' and ''Knight and Squire''). The scenes with the Absence are at least more legitimately compelling than they would have been if written by pretty much anyone else, which given the inherent ridiculousness of the character, is saying something.
* During Superman's funeral in ''[[The Death of Superman]]'' storyline, there's a panel of everyone gathered around his casket crying... except Batman, whose face... well, [http://meme4u.tumblr.com/post/6152918612 just see]{{Dead link}} one fan interpretation. The fact that he's the visual center of the panel, drawn taller than everyone near him and is the only person facing that way doesn't help at all since it's next to impossible not to notice him.
* Speaking of Superman, Superman #713 has our hero tell Superboy and Supergirl that the world doesn't need a Superman, so he's gonna quit being him and wants the other two to follow his lead. That wouldn't be so bad in and of itself. The moment is ruined, though, by the fact that, as he's saying this, he's ''taking off his costume in front of his cousins''. Pants and all!
* In an attempt to make an excuse for Power Girl's fanservicey costume, one writer had her claim to Superman, in a melodramatic ramble, that it was the result of waiting for whether she should put his S-shield symbol there or something else. (Neverminding that there was nothing stopping her from just filling it with ''cloth''.) If the explanation weren't laughable enough in itself, despite being played for deep, meaningful [[Character Development]], the last part of it has Power Girl, with an exaggerated pout and teary eyes (the artist basically had the characters "overacting"), say "[[Double Entendre|Fill my hole, Superman.]]"
* Jim Shooter's tenure as writer of ''The Avengers'' was good on the whole, but his constant indulgence in [[Purple Prose]] resulted in several ventures into narm territory. His habit of introducing villains off-screen while the heroes stared out of the page and cried, "OH, GOD, NO! NOT YOU! ANYONE BUT YOU!" Fine when genuinely dangerous villains like Ultron were involved, but less effective when it was lesser threats (like the Grim Reaper) or silly, forgotten opponents (like Tyrak, who looked like an Atlantean member of [[The Village People]]).
* One early [[Spider-Man]] story arc saw him getting captured and chained up by gangsters. When he breaks free, his narration doesn't attribute it to his super-strength, but to a far sillier sounding ability:
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* Arguably the end of Flashpoint #2. There's a lot of graphically intensive build up to Barry getting his powers back by recreating the accident that gave them to him in the first place. {{spoiler|And then the final page is him looking just like anyone else who got hit by lightning.}} Batman's WTF expression is priceless.
* Volume 2 of ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' includes an enormously disturbing scene in which [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|Mr. Hyde]] {{spoiler|violently tortures and kills the treacherous Griffin (The Invisible Man)}}. As gruesome as this scene is, when Nemo discovers {{spoiler|Griffin's}} remains, his dialogue may well make it kind of narmy.
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** Earlier, Quatermain and the team encounter a Martian Tripod for the first time, towering over them out of the darkness in the middle of a raging storm. How does Quatermain describe this incredible sight?
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* Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' has always walked the line of looking ridiculous, since she's an alien princess with really, [[Rapunzel Hair|really]] long hair that's sometimes drawn in a very 80s style and wears a pretty [[Stripperiffic]] costume that walks the boundaries of good taste. ''[[Red Hood and
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
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