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** It's been a tradition for the two companies to do light-hearted jabs at each other for over fifty years. Unfortunately, writers today [[Armed with Canon|tend to forget that]].
* Ironically, when ''[[The Ultimates]]'' came out, their version of The Avengers seemed to be heavily influenced by a satirical version introduced when [[Mark Millar]] took over; a team of black-ops sociopaths controlled by the US government. The major villain on Millar's first arc is basically [[Jack Kirby]]; he's specifically described as "the guy who would've created all your favorite comic books" if he hadn't been hired by the US government. The series has a ''lot'' of [[Author Appeal]], and [[Anvilicious|they're not subtle about it either]]. He even takes shots at Charles Atlas bodybuilding ads. Also;
{{quote| '''[[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|Legally-distinct-parody]]-of [[Incredible Hulk
* ''[[The Authority]]'' took this to a ridiculous extreme by fighting (and utterly destroying) satirical versions of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, SHIELD, and the X-Men. The authors explained this was a deliberate poke at traditional superheroes who they felt embodied and maintained the status quo.
{{quote| '''Hawksmoor:''': (To [[Bill Clinton]]) We're not some comic book super-team who participate in pointless fights with pointless super-criminals every month to preserve the status quo.}}
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'''Guy:''' A dollar a copy?! But they retail for $2.50 apiece! I bought this five years ago as a college investment!<br />
'''Marlo:''' Not a dollar a copy. A dollar for the whole box. And frankly, it's guys like you who ruined the fun of comic reading for everybody else. }}
* Also, after Liefeld complained about how David revealed that Shatterstar is bisexual in ''[[
{{quote| '''Guido:''' Tell me, Shatterstar, do you like... gladiator movies?<br />
'''Shatterstar:''' Apparently.<br />
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*** Evidently [[Rob Liefeld]] was the only one who didn't see it coming.
** And of course sometimes other characters mention how Shatterstar's original costume, which was designed by Liefeld, was totally gay.
* In ''[[
** Nova's third volume includes a jab at superhero movies from the 80s and 90s in which Nova, who is trying to become a more publically known hero, discusses a movie deal with executives from Marvel Comics who bring up such "classics" as the 1980s Captain America movies, the 1990s Fantastic 4 movie, the original Punisher movie and of course, the Howard the Duck movie.
* After [[Mark Millar]] left Ultimate Comics, a continuation of his title [[The Ultimates]] was given to Loeb, who created the terrible ''Ultimates 3'' and the even worse ''[[Ultimatum]]''. After that Millar returned to writing comics in [[Ultimate Universe]]. The ''very first page'' of his ''Ultimate Comics Avengers'' starts with Nick Fury looking at the mess caused by Ultimatum and saying "What the #$%^&? I leave for ten minutes and everything goes to hell." In the next issue Fury says that of all the Ultimates, Hawkeye is ''the only cool one'', which can be viewed as a [[Take That]] to Loeb and what he did with the team.
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** Moore also delivered a few take thats against Hillary Clinton when Korgo The Space Tyrant took over the United States and made her his bride. First, we see her during a press conference claiming this is not a bad thing and that the press should stop panicking about nothing. And then we find out she's [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth|so horrible that Korgo willingly allowed Supreme to beat him to get away from her]].
* [[Jhonen Vasquez]]'s ''I Feel Sick'' is basically aimed at [[Nickelodeon]], according to this [[wikipedia:I Feel Sick|entry here]].
* The Curtis', owners of the comic book company, Shanda Fantasy Arts, upset at the horrific [[Screwed by the Network|screwing]] of ''[[
** Of course, DC has just undone that editorial misdeed at the end of ''[[Final Crisis]]'', so the hard feelings shouldn't be quite so much.
* From Jeremy "Norm" Scott, the creator of Slave Labor Graphic's Hsu and Chan series.
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** While we're on the topic of Hsu and Chan, many of the issues contain at least one [[Take That]] targeted at the ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' games and movies.
** And [http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8980763&publicUserId=5811079 this comic he released on the new Hsu and Chan blog]
* In the pages of Marvel Comic's ''[[Incredible Hulk
* Whilst [[Alan Moore]]'s ''1963'' is more of an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the characters and stories of the [[Silver Age]], particularly those debuting in [[Marvel Comics]], it's more of a pointed Take That to the creators behind them; in the letters pages provided in the issue, it's made pretty clear that "Affable" Al Moore is an egotistical tyrant who shamelessly takes credit for the work and achievements of others.
* [[Don Rosa]]'s comic ''Super Snooper Strikes Again'' is a huge [[Take That]] to dark and violent superhero comics, eventually leading in [http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i212/Kerrah_photos/TakeThat.jpg this panel] and the follow-up, where the nephews decide that [[Donald Duck]] is greater than Super <s>Man</s> Snooper, because he can face everyday problems and support three nephews without any kind of superpowers.
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