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* [[The Mighty Thor]] hands these out like candy on Halloween. See his page for details.

* ''[[League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'': "I'm Wilhelmina Murray. I've seen off Count Dracula, Professor James Moriarty and the Martian Invasion of 1898."

** "CREDO!"

** Torquemada of course couldn't be worse:

* "I am the [[Gender Bender|mother]] of Odin's stallion, Sleipnir. I am the father of Fenrir [[Sadly Mythtaken|Sun-Eater]], and of Hel Half-Rotted and of Jormungund the World-Serpent. I am Loki Scar-Lip, Loki Skywalker, Loki Giant's Child, Loki Lie-Smith. I am Loki, who is fire and wit and hate. I am Loki. And I will be under an obligation to no one." -- Loki (duh) ''[[The Sandman]]''

** And, from the same world: "I am of the People, man. My teeth are sharp enough to cut bone. I can run on four legs as well as two. I am kin to dwarrow and nightgaunt. I owe allegiance to none and I fear no man born. I want the woman." -- Vassily of the People

** Also from the same world, the Furies/Kindly Ones/Erinyes/Eumenides/whatever have a lot of these. Probably the best example is: "''We have no nightmares. We are the hounds of Hades. Gods fear us. Demons fear us. We have hounded kings and angels. We have taken vengeance on worlds and on universes. We are the Kindly Ones. We are the Eumenides.''"

{{quote| '''John Constantine:''' "No one touches the boy. That's right, the boy's mine. And in thirty seconds, me, and him, and the witch are going to walk out if here. You know who I am. Or you ought to. You know my reputation. Now, does anyone ''really'' want to start something?" (''Nothing happens'') "Right. Come on, you lot. We're moving."}}

* From the [[Marvel Universe]], a variant: the badass [[Thank Your Prey]]:

** From ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'', a quick one:

{{quote| '''Mr. Fantastic:''' (watching Spidey work his way through pro-reg forces) Amazing.<br />

*** Usually, however, Spider-man inverts it, as his baddass boast typically starts the instant he shuts up.

** In ''Amazing Spider-Man #369'', ol' Webhead says this to his latest foe:

** Dr. Manhattan: "I am disappointed, {{spoiler|Veidt}}. Very disappointed. [[Nigh Invulnerability|Restructuring myself after the subtraction of my intrinsic field]] was the first trick I learned. It didn't kill Osterman[[Beat|...]] Did you think it would kill me? [[Physical God|I've walked across the sun. I've seen events so tiny and so fast they hardly can be said to have occurred at all]], but you... you are a man... and {{spoiler|this world's smartest man means no more to me than does its smartest termite.}}"

** A pillar in his lair bears this line from an old poem {{spoiler|I am Ozymadias, king of kings. See my work ye mighty and despair.}}

{{quote| [[spoiler:And on the pedestal these words appear: <br />

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings. <br />

Nothing beside remains]] }}

* Subversion in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'': "S for Stupendous! T for Tiger, ferocity of! U for underwear, red! P for Power, incredible! E for Excellent physique! N for, um, something, well I'll get back to that. D for Determination! U for... wait, how do you spell this? Is it 'I'?"

{{quote| *stabs his sword down into the soil, one millimetre before the nose of mole-Loki* "I can ''hear'' you, Loki!"}}

*** Loki is ''very'' fond of [[Badass Boast|Badass Boasts]] in that comic. All the stories that feature him (which are the majority of the stories) has him praising himself at every chance he gets and more often than not ending up getting called on it or having circumstances prove him wrong.

** "Behold your creation, Charles Xavier! I am what was, what is, what will be! I am the Black Angel, Chaos Bringer! I AM POWER!"

* [[X Wing Series|Wedge]] has a bit of introspection at the start of [http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1498235.html one comic]; it's not proper boasting because the whole issue is sad in tone, but without context it certainly looks like this trope. "I survived the Battle of Yavin. I survived the Battle of Hoth. Hell... Just a couple of weeks ago I blew up the Death Star during the Battle of Endor. The reason I'm still breathing when a lot of other good Rebel pilots aren't? Maybe it's because I'm [[Ace Pilot|better]]. Or maybe I'm [[Plot Armor|just]] [[Born Lucky|lucky]]."

{{quote| "Ha '''haaaa''' hahahaha hah! I'm here to stay! Shoot me and I'll spit your goddamn bullets back in your face! I'm Spider Jerusalem, and fuck all of you! ''Ha!''"}}

* [[The Punisher]]'s [[Marvel 2099|2099 incarnation]] gets a good one when facing down against the new Aesir:

** He gives out another one when he dives after a criminal who has a jetpack:

{{quote| "I don't need a jetpack... All I need is ''hate''!"}}

* [[Daredevil|Bullseye]]'s is short, but right [[Incredibly Lame Pun|on target]]: "I never miss."

* "We are the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]. We strike hard, and fade away...into the night."

{{quote| You can read minds enough to be able to predict any attack your opponent will make. So you will be able to -- anticipate every move I make -- and do absolutely -- '''nothing''' about it -- because -I-am-the-'''fastest'''-man-on-earth.}}

* Ultimate Quicksilver was really great in the first two volumes of ''The Ultimates''; after the US is invaded by a hostile army of foreign superhumans, he saves Hawkeye from the enemy speedster by dragging her along with him until she ''vibrates apart'', at the same time delivering what must be the fastest badass boast in history: "You want fast, Hurricane? I'll give you fast. What kind of limits did they take you to back home? Mach five? Mach ''ten''? I was hitting those numbers when I still had pimples. (...) Feel your bones rattling like you're on a freight train? That's molecules dancing. That's what happens when you ''threaten'' my ''friends''!" The kicker is that he apparently does saves like that all the time, but nobody notices it and few people believe it when he tells them because he does it so ''fast''.

{{quote| Okay. Here's the thing. [[Feel No Pain|Pain doesn't bother me.]] Let me show you.<br />

''[Rolls up his sleeve, revealing a biohazard tattoo]''<br />

[[Sociopathic Hero|I am incapable of caring whether anyone in this room lives or dies.]]<br />

I'm not trying to scare you, I'm not trying to be the big man. I'm just saying: don't touch me again. }}

** Also, as [[Future Me Scares Me|the Maestro]], he had this excellent villainous version;

{{quote| '''Maestro:''' "No, by beating them to death, and it all went so quickly that I'm sorry I didn't prolong it." "You're fighting the inevitable, Hulk. I'm simply the final product of natural selection. The strong survive. I'm the strongest. I survived. When you go against me, you go against the laws of nature."}}

{{quote| In Akkad and Elam they called me '''Baarish-Shammon''', and when they threw their children alive into the fire-pits it was my name that was on their lips.<br />

In Egypt - in the reign of the '''heretic pharaoh Nephren-Ka''' - they called me''' 'She Who Stalks By Night', '''and they dressed my statues in the flayed skins of slaves to keep me from their doors.<br />