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* ''[[Sleepwalker]]'' did this in-story at the end of one issue. A mob of bizarre alien "mindspawn" who all strongly resemble Sleepwalker are invading New York City and killing the innocent bystanders. The issue ends with Sleepwalker seemingly destroying and absorbing Rick Sheridan's mind, with the final caption asking if Sleepwalker is a [[Super Villain]]. It's later revealed that {{spoiler|Sleepwalker actually absorbed Rick's mind in a special weapon to protect him from being killed by the mindspawn, who really ''were'' going to kill him. Sleepwalker knew that if he tried to fight the mindspawn, Rick could have gotten hurt in the crossfire. This way, he could both keep Rick's mind safe and ingratiate himself with the mindspawn, which allows him to free their human prisoners.}}
* The cover of ''Tales of Suspense'' #58 (October 1964)--which shows Iron Man fighting Captain America--[[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this trope:
{{quote|"Why are these two gallant allies '''battling''' each other to the bitter end?...Mainly to get you to buy this mag and see the answers inside! (If we can't always be clever, we can at least be honest!)"}}
 
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