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** Literally, for Polaris when she lost her magnetic powers and gained super-strength for no clear reason.
** Literally, for Polaris when she lost her magnetic powers and gained super-strength for no clear reason.
* The "Green Sun" story in ''[[Superman]]'' #155 (August 1962). Superman is not only rendered non-superpowered, but blind. He still manages to overcome the [[Big Bad]] using ingenuity and gumption.
* The "Green Sun" story in ''[[Superman]]'' #155 (August 1962). Superman is not only rendered non-superpowered, but blind. He still manages to overcome the [[Big Bad]] using ingenuity and gumption.
* The miniseries ''The Last Days of [[Animal Man]]'' depicts a [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|near future]] where the middle-aged titular character, now a full time member of the [[Comicbook/Justice League|Justice League]], sees his powers slowly fade out to nothing. Nearly powerless, he finds a way to defeat two extremely [[Ax Crazy]] supervillains with sheer guts, resourcefulness, and the very last, tiny drop of superpowers he has left.
* The miniseries ''The Last Days of [[Animal Man]]'' depicts a [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|near future]] where the middle-aged titular character, now a full time member of the [[Justice League]], sees his powers slowly fade out to nothing. Nearly powerless, he finds a way to defeat two extremely [[Ax Crazy]] supervillains with sheer guts, resourcefulness, and the very last, tiny drop of superpowers he has left.
* [[Blue Devil]] in the final arc of ''[[Shadowpact]]'' ... almost. He defeats a powerful demon without his own demon powers, but he ''does'' still have his original [[Powered Armor]].
* [[Blue Devil]] in the final arc of ''[[Shadowpact]]'' ... almost. He defeats a powerful demon without his own demon powers, but he ''does'' still have his original [[Powered Armor]].


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