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'''[[Superman]] ([[Psychotic Smirk|smiling]])''': That's just what I'm ''waiting'' for it to do!|Cover of ''The Amazing Adventures of Superman'' #246}}
''For the [[Trope Namer]] website Superdickery.Com, go [[Superdickery.com|here.]]''
Super Dickery is a widespread tactic in serial fiction. Show a teaser portraying the normally upright hero [[Kick the Dog|acting in an evil and despicable manner]], causing the audience to wonder "Shock! How could this be‽" and then, hopefully, to read/watch/listen to the thing you're advertising.
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Warning: [[Silver Age]] comics did have a tendency to induce [[Comedic Sociopathy]] in characters, alongside the strange plot devices and twists. This means that even if Superman wasn't as evil as the cover made him sound, the reader might still have to say "what a dick!" at the end of the story.
Doesn't really work with [[Anti-Hero
The reason for this trope, however, isn't the writer's intent. During the Silver Age, the covers were designed first, and the writers had to work around that cover that had been drawn without a story.
See also the [[Trope Namer]] website [[Superdickery.com]], featuring whole galleries of delightful examples of questionable behaviour by Superman and [http://www.cracked.com/article_16512_6-worst-comic-book-super-husbands.html other superheroes]. '''But be careful: the site (superdickery.com, not [[Cracked.com]]) has been known to contain a great many viruses.''' If you would like a virus free mirror [http://superdickery.tumblr.com the superdickery section has been mirrored on tumblr and expanded]. The links below in the example still lead to the original website so be careful!
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Way, way, ''way'' overdone in the [[Silver Age]] ''[[Superman]]'' comics, to the point where Supes seemed more like some kind of sadist for putting his friends through these situations, even if they were fake. If you look at enough of them, you start to realize that, for many of them, there is ''no possible situation'' that could explain what you're seeing. [[Voodoo Shark|Other than utter lunacy]], of course, because this is the '''SILVER AGE!'''
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