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* ''[[Blue Beetle]]'': How is Jaime Reyes gonna get screwed over this time? How awesome are Brenda and Paco gonna be next issue? Is that a giant naked guy? Is Paco going to use his stick? Is the Scarab going to figure out how to take down EVERYTHING?
* The achievements of the Saint of Killers from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' get steadily more impressive until the end where he {{spoiler|kills God}}.
* ''[[Nextwave]]'': Agents of Hate. Take a normal super team, give each one of them a triple espresso shot of [[Deadpan Snarker|snark]] with a slug of [[Genre Savvy]], [[Flanderized|exaggerate their character flaws]] and set them against increasingly ridiculous enemies. Throw away any aspiration of being taken seriously, then [[Lampshading|hang lampshades on everything]] fans like in comics. Then make it ''more'' ridiculous in the next volume. Then it [[Made of Explodium|explodes!]]<br /><br />The series reaches its high point (or "insanity nexus") with a series of six two-page spreads in issue #11 where the team fights their way through [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/double1.jpg Golems, Goblins, Living Brains, Purple Soviet Apes,] [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/double2.jpg Laser Hawkings,] [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/double3.jpg Naked Ninjas, S&M Iron Man Babies, Flying Windmill Men, Blue Skinned Space Pirates with Death Ray Peg Legs, Hamburger Shooting Bruce Campbell Elvis MODOKs,] [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/double4.jpg Cyclops Brontasauri, Samurai Siamese Twins, Chimney Sweep Gargoyles,] [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/double5.jpg Snakes on Planes, Wolverine Monkeys, A Giant Wolverine Ape,] [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/double6.jpg A Sentinel Robot, Hidden Men, Giant Cyborg Astronaut Tigers, Two Kinds of Little Green Men and evil trees.]
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