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** The fact that Babs survived and developed greatly as a character doesn't matter, because at the time, DC was essentially trying to remove her altogether. When Moore asked his editors if it was okay to include the shooting, their response was "Yeah, okay, cripple the bitch."

* Golden Glider from ''[[The Flash]]'' is a supervillain version of this; she's killed off mainly so that her brother Captain Cold can angst about it.

* As if his life wasn't terrible enough, just about any female close to the [[~~Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|~~Incredible Hulk]] dies horribly or suffers some traumatic events. His original love interest and later wife Betty Ross Banner had {{spoiler|her blood tainted by the Hulk's enemy, [[Evil Counterpart|the Abomination]] (She got better though) and died painfully from Gamma radiation poisoning.}} To twist the knife even further, she [[Death Is Cheap|returned]] only to subsequently [[Downer Ending|return to the grave soon after the fact]]. Though now she's back again.

* As if his life wasn't terrible enough, just about any female close to the [[Incredible Hulk]] dies horribly or suffers some traumatic events. His original love interest and later wife Betty Ross Banner had {{spoiler|her blood tainted by the Hulk's enemy, [[Evil Counterpart|the Abomination]] (She got better though) and died painfully from Gamma radiation poisoning.}} To twist the knife even further, she [[Death Is Cheap|returned]] only to subsequently [[Downer Ending|return to the grave soon after the fact]]. Though now she's back again.

** Marlo, one-time call girl of Hulk's 'Mr. Fixit' personality and the wife of the Hulk's erstwhile sidekick, Rick Jones was killed by a crazy woman who believed herself to be Rick's mother and then brought [[Came Back Wrong|back to life as a mindless vegetable.]]

** There was also Caiera from ''[[Planet Hulk]]''. Though at least she left Bruce two sons.

** Hulk's second major love interest, Jarella (after Betty but before Caiera), likewise died by being crushed beneath a collapsing building during a Hulk/Abomination fight.

* For a gender flip, [[X-Men~~/Villains~~/Characters|Mystique]] killed [[Ms. Marvel]]'s boyfriend ''while disguised as her'', in a matter that was particularly gruesome for a 70's comic ([[Rogues Gallery Transplant|Mystique was originally a Ms. Marvel villain and was intended to be her archenemy]]).

* For a gender flip, [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|Mystique]] killed [[Ms. Marvel]]'s boyfriend ''while disguised as her'', in a matter that was particularly gruesome for a 70's comic ([[Rogues Gallery Transplant|Mystique was originally a Ms. Marvel villain and was intended to be her archenemy]]).

* In an issue of ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|New Avengers]]'', it happened to the ''entire team'' of [[Alpha Flight]]. The whole team. They were shown in one panel facing an oncoming enemy, and the next lying dead in the snow. That enemy then joined the [[Legacy Character|legacy team]], wearing the leader's costume.

* [[Gail Simone]], who coined the phrase (and has stated that the term has been distorted and over-applied since then) played with the trope in [[Wonder Woman]], where {{spoiler|Wonder Woman's best friend Etta}} was captured and tortured into catatonia by [[Complete Monster|Genocide]]. She was deliberately targeted as one of Diana's loved ones, she was tortured to make us hate the villain even more, and she was left for Diana to find with a mocking note...all the hallmarks of a fridging except for the fact that she didn't die. {{spoiler|Etta}} however, got better and was shown to be none worse for the wear in the long run, even telling Wondy not to feel guilty for what happened.

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** Played straight with Omni-man and the bug people he settled down with after leaving Earth. His fellow Viltrumites slaughtered thousands of them to, in their own words, piss him off. To Omni-man's own surprise, it worked.

* In the ''Death of the [[New Gods]]'' series, this happened in the first few pages to freaking ''Big Barda''. Granted, the assassin was targeting all of the New Gods, but her death is what motivates her husband Mr. Miracle's actions, such as using the Anti-life Equation -- something he once swore he would never do in the past. To add insult to injury, she was killed with no signs of a struggle and her body was found in -- you guessed it -- the kitchen.

* Every [[GL Red Lantern Corps/Characters|Red Lantern]] seen so far {{spoiler|except [[Lobo]] who has a ring but isn't officially a Red Lantern - his entire race ''was'' brutally murdered, but since Lobo himself did that as a child, it may not count}} had people close to them brutally murdered -- the rage they felt over these deaths is what draws the red power rings to them in the first place. Among them are an alien whose mate was eaten by Sinestro Corp member Arkillo, a [[Winged Humanoid]] woman who was kidnapped, repeatedly raped, and had her wings torn off by the Sinestro Corp member who murdered her mother (other Sinestro Corp members also abused her, so she hates the entire Corp as a result) and a housecat from Earth whose owner was murdered by a burglar. Their leader Atrocitus has the worst case -- ''his entire space sector'', including his family, was killed by the Guardians' rogue Manhunters. His entire reason for living is to kill the Guardians. The rage that Mera felt over losing her husband ([[~~Aquaman (Comic Book)|~~Aquaman]]) and her son in addition to the rest of the crap she's had to deal with over the years and her own rather short temper was strong enough to make her a deputy Red Lantern during ''[[Blackest Night]]''. Guy Gardner briefly became a Red Lantern when Kyle Rayner was killed (he got better). Yes, the guy whose girlfriend was the [[Trope Namer]] got stuffed in the fridge himself.

* Every [[GL Red Lantern Corps/Characters|Red Lantern]] seen so far {{spoiler|except [[Lobo]] who has a ring but isn't officially a Red Lantern - his entire race ''was'' brutally murdered, but since Lobo himself did that as a child, it may not count}} had people close to them brutally murdered -- the rage they felt over these deaths is what draws the red power rings to them in the first place. Among them are an alien whose mate was eaten by Sinestro Corp member Arkillo, a [[Winged Humanoid]] woman who was kidnapped, repeatedly raped, and had her wings torn off by the Sinestro Corp member who murdered her mother (other Sinestro Corp members also abused her, so she hates the entire Corp as a result) and a housecat from Earth whose owner was murdered by a burglar. Their leader Atrocitus has the worst case -- ''his entire space sector'', including his family, was killed by the Guardians' rogue Manhunters. His entire reason for living is to kill the Guardians. The rage that Mera felt over losing her husband ([[Aquaman]]) and her son in addition to the rest of the crap she's had to deal with over the years and her own rather short temper was strong enough to make her a deputy Red Lantern during ''[[Blackest Night]]''. Guy Gardner briefly became a Red Lantern when Kyle Rayner was killed (he got better). Yes, the guy whose girlfriend was the [[Trope Namer]] got stuffed in the fridge himself.

* Karen Smith, the partner of the [[Martian Manhunter]] in his guise as detective John Jones, was murdered by his evil brother Malefic as part of his ongoing campaign to destroy J'onn's life. J'onn responded by [[Hurl It Into the Sun|throwing Malefic into the sun]].

* ''[[Cry for Justice]]'', much like [[Crisis Crossover|any other big event DC comic]], has people dropping like flies offscreen, but the stuffee was not a woman, but a girl. Lian Harper, daughter of [[Green Arrow|Roy]]. [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] was [[Berserk Button|not amused]].