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* In a 1982 issue of ''[[Swamp Thing]]'', [[The Phantom Stranger]] makes opposing sides' ammo wet and unusable. The solution? Bludgeon each other with the guns, of course.
* It has been suggested that the reason that [[Batman]]'s villains keep [[Cardboard Prison|escaping from Arkham]] and [[Joker Immunity|why nobody has killed them]] is that there is some supernatural curse protecting them. No explanation has been given as to why DC's sorcerer heroes have not taken care of this curse (or even try).
* Speaking of Batman, it seems there is no medical procedure known to man that can fix the damage done to Harvey Dent's face that turned him into Two-Face, at least not permanently. Despite miracles of science like clones, the Lazarus Pit, and guys with reality-warping powers, cosmetic surgery seems unable to help him at all, dooming the former [[Crusading Lawyer]] to be scarred and ugly forever, with his deformity the biggest reason psychiatry can't cure his madness. [[Status Quo Is God]], it seems, and God has it in for poor Harvey.
* In one dream sequence at the end of the ''Anarky'' mini-series (1997), Anarky unleashes his device that makes everyone realize the goodness of the individual and induces mass honesty. Bruce then diverts all Waynecorp weapons manufacturing towards civilian applications, such as using Mr. Freeze's technology to advance space exploration and Poison Ivy's botanical knowledge to help find a cure for cancer. Then it starts going horribly wrong since, even with the goodness of the individual in full force, there are still jerks out there too insane to express it correctly.
* This trope was used to justify Barbara "Batgirl/Oracle" Gordon remaining wheelchair-bound despite the ready availability of possible cures in [[The DCU]]: she doesn't want to receive special treatment and therefore dishonor public servants who were disabled in the line of duty; either a cure becomes available for everyone, or she stays in the chair. Of course, that raises the question of why can't the numerous DC Universe cures be made available to the public. The reboot has changed this (see below)
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