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** Actually the singing cowboy version did pack a pair of six shooters, but was very much a fan of [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]].
** Actually the singing cowboy version did pack a pair of six shooters, but was very much a fan of [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]].
* Also from [[DC Comics]] is [[Wild Dog]], who looks like he ''should'' be a parody of the trope, but sadly isn't.
* Also from [[DC Comics]] is [[Wild Dog]], who looks like he ''should'' be a parody of the trope, but sadly isn't.
** Max Allan Collins noted in ''Amazing Heroes'' #119 that he created Wild Dog as a sort of modern update of [[Zorro]], [[The Green Hornet]], and [[The Shadow]], who all predated Superman and Zatara, and Collins carefully distinguished between a costumed hero and a metahuman hero. Collins did not intend Wild Dog as "super".
** Max Allan Collins noted in ''Amazing Heroes'' #119 that he created Wild Dog as a sort of modern update of [[Zorro]], [[The Green Hornet]], and [[The Shadow]], who all predated Superman and Zatara, and Collins carefully distinguished between a costumed hero and a metahuman hero. Collins did not intend Wild Dog as "super".
* Ballistic, one of the "New Bloods" from DC's ''Bloodlines'' event.
* Ballistic, one of the "New Bloods" from DC's ''Bloodlines'' event.
* Several of the characters in ''[[Watchmen]]'', notably The Comedian.
* Several of the characters in ''[[Watchmen]]'', notably The Comedian.
* Big Shot from ''[[The Tick]]'' is a parody of this. He would lug around [[BFG|BFGs]] and unload into harmless inanimate objects while [[Parental Issues|crying about his mother.]]
* Big Shot from ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' is a parody of this. He would lug around [[BFG|BFGs]] and unload into harmless inanimate objects while [[Parental Issues|crying about his mother.]]
{{quote|'''The Tick:''' Guns and superheroes don't mix. Seek professional help.}}
{{quote|'''The Tick:''' Guns and superheroes don't mix. Seek professional help.}}
* [[Hitman (Comic Book)|Hitman]]. His powers are telepathy, X-ray vision, and lots of guns — not necessarily in that order.
* [[Hitman (Comic Book)|Hitman]]. His powers are telepathy, X-ray vision, and lots of guns — not necessarily in that order.
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** And now they have just introduced the Beam Rifle powerset.
** And now they have just introduced the Beam Rifle powerset.
* Why [[Badass Normal]] [[Strawberry Death Cake|Jessica]] is so [[Badass]].
* Why [[Badass Normal]] [[Strawberry Death Cake|Jessica]] is so [[Badass]].
* [[Captain America]]'s original incarnation had him using guns in addition to his famous shield, since he was a [[Super Soldier]] fighting the Nazis during [[World War II]]. [[Captain America: The First Avenger|His movie]] also aims in this direction(Justified, since it's [[During the War]]). As you can well imagine, fan reactions are...somewhat mixed.
* [[Captain America (comics)]]'s original incarnation had him using guns in addition to his famous shield, since he was a [[Super Soldier]] fighting the Nazis during [[World War II]]. [[Captain America: The First Avenger|His movie]] also aims in this direction(Justified, since it's [[During the War]]). As you can well imagine, fan reactions are...somewhat mixed.
** [[Bucky]] also used a gun when he took up the identity of Cap.
** [[Bucky]] also used a gun when he took up the identity of Cap.
** Steve has started packing heat again as Commander Steve Rogers, Head of S.H.I.E.L.D.
** Steve has started packing heat again as Commander Steve Rogers, Head of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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* The Scarlet Spectre of ''[[Freedom City]]'''s Time of Vengeance campaign, is a B-Level vigilante who, lacking superpowers or [[Crimefighting with Cash|much money]], fought crime with her father's .45 pistol.
* The Scarlet Spectre of ''[[Freedom City]]'''s Time of Vengeance campaign, is a B-Level vigilante who, lacking superpowers or [[Crimefighting with Cash|much money]], fought crime with her father's .45 pistol.
* This is of the most obvious ways ''[[The Twelve]]'', a random group of [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]] from the last days of World War II, illustrate the [[Values Dissonance]] between their time and ours. A full half of them carry guns, from the [[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]] like Mr. E, the Witness, the Laughing Mask, and the Phantom Reporter, to [[Flying Brick]] Captain Wonder and powerful psychic Mastermind Excello.
* This is of the most obvious ways ''[[The Twelve]]'', a random group of [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]] from the last days of World War II, illustrate the [[Values Dissonance]] between their time and ours. A full half of them carry guns, from the [[Badass Normal|Badass Normals]] like Mr. E, the Witness, the Laughing Mask, and the Phantom Reporter, to [[Flying Brick]] Captain Wonder and powerful psychic Mastermind Excello.
* The Crimson Avenger in [[The DCU]]. Both the original in his [[Coat, Hat, Mask]] phase and the [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] successor. The legacy character takes this further, claiming that the original CA's chest emblem during his superhero days wasn't a sun - it was a bullet hole.
* The Crimson Avenger in [[The DCU]]. Both the original in his [[Coat, Hat, Mask]] phase and the [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] successor. The legacy character takes this further, claiming that the original CA's chest emblem during his superhero days wasn't a sun - it was a bullet hole.
* The [[DC Comics]] [[Elseworlds]] story ''[[Superman At Earths End]]'' had a mostly-depowered Superman take up a [[BFG|ludicrously oversized gun]] in order to fight [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|twin clones of]] [[You Cloned Hitler|Hitler]]. Then it went on to include an [[Broken Aesop|anti-guns]] message at the end.
* The [[DC Comics]] [[Elseworlds]] story ''[[Superman: At Earth's End]]'' had a mostly-depowered Superman take up a [[BFG|ludicrously oversized gun]] in order to fight [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|twin clones of]] [[You Cloned Hitler|Hitler]]. Then it went on to include an [[Broken Aesop|anti-guns]] message at the end.
* Akemi Homura from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' is a [[Magical Girl]] Packing Heat. No, that [[More Dakka|arsenal]] she carries doesn't come from her Magical Girl powers: she ''stole it from the [[Yakuza]] and the military''.
* Akemi Homura from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' is a [[Magical Girl]] Packing Heat. No, that [[More Dakka|arsenal]] she carries doesn't come from her Magical Girl powers: she ''stole it from the [[Yakuza]] and the military''.
** Mami also who uses Flintlock rifles, but these are magical.
** Mami also who uses Flintlock rifles, but these are magical.
* Death The Kid from ''[[Soul Eater]] ''has Liz and Patty, who transform into guns.
* Death The Kid from ''[[Soul Eater]] ''has Liz and Patty, who transform into guns.
* Captain Smiley in ''[[Comic Jumper]]'' uses his [[Guns Akimbo]] as his primary method of attack.
* Captain Smiley in ''[[Comic Jumper]]'' uses his [[Guns Akimbo]] as his primary method of attack.
* Tombstone from ''[[Freedom Force]]'' has a pair of magical guns as his primary weapons. They fire bolts of electricity to symbolize his death by electrocution in the electric chair.
* Tombstone from ''[[Freedom Force]]'' has a pair of magical guns as his primary weapons. They fire bolts of electricity to symbolize his death by electrocution in the electric chair.
* Grifter of the [[Wild CATS]] and [[Wildstorm]] Universe, although sometimes possessing psychic powers, usually favoured [[Guns Akimbo]], switching between his [[Ray Gun|VADs]] and a variety of mundane pistols.
* Grifter of the [[Wild CATS]] and [[Wildstorm]] Universe, although sometimes possessing psychic powers, usually favoured [[Guns Akimbo]], switching between his [[Ray Gun|VADs]] and a variety of mundane pistols.
* In season one of [[Who Wants to Be a Superhero]], the Iron Enforcer's gimmick was a [[BFG|incredibly huge cannon]] mounted on his arm. Subverted in that [[Stan Lee|Stan the man]] was never really all that excited over superheroes with guns, let alone huge ones like that, and between his gruff attitude and less than stellar challenge performances he ended up getting the boot. Then on the way out (portrayed as him literally walking out a back alley, when a nearby TV suddenly comes to life) Stan said that he finally figured it out: Iron Enforcer made a lousy hero, but [[Meaningful Rename|DARK Enforcer]] made a ''great'' [[Face Heel Turn|villain]]!
* In season one of [[Who Wants to Be a Superhero]], the Iron Enforcer's gimmick was a [[BFG|incredibly huge cannon]] mounted on his arm. Subverted in that [[Stan Lee|Stan the man]] was never really all that excited over superheroes with guns, let alone huge ones like that, and between his gruff attitude and less than stellar challenge performances he ended up getting the boot. Then on the way out (portrayed as him literally walking out a back alley, when a nearby TV suddenly comes to life) Stan said that he finally figured it out: Iron Enforcer made a lousy hero, but [[Meaningful Rename|DARK Enforcer]] made a ''great'' [[Face Heel Turn|villain]]!
* ''[[Moon Knight]]'' has on ocasion used weapons. But then again, he is a former mercenary and soldier (And in the Ultimate Universe, a former Navy Seal), and is known to be a dark subversion of [[Thou Shall Not Kill]], so its not exactly out of place. Its also one of the characteristics that seperate him from [[Alternate Company Equivalent|that other]] [[Batman|Knight.]]
* ''[[Moon Knight]]'' has on ocasion used weapons. But then again, he is a former mercenary and soldier (And in the Ultimate Universe, a former Navy Seal), and is known to be a dark subversion of [[Thou Shall Not Kill]], so its not exactly out of place. Its also one of the characteristics that seperate him from [[Alternate Company Equivalent|that other]] [[Batman|Knight.]]
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* [[The Shadow]] is either a superhero or a proto-superhero depending on who you ask, but he wields a pair of automatics.
* [[The Shadow]] is either a superhero or a proto-superhero depending on who you ask, but he wields a pair of automatics.
* Orson Randall, the former [[Immortal Iron Fist]], uses a pair of handguns, for which Danny Rand, the incumbent, gives him grief. "So you learned your kung-fu from Lei Kung and ''Smith & Wesson''?"
* Orson Randall, the former [[Immortal Iron Fist]], uses a pair of handguns, for which Danny Rand, the incumbent, gives him grief. "So you learned your kung-fu from Lei Kung and ''Smith & Wesson''?"
* One of [[Iron Man]] armors, the Variable Threat Response Battle Suit (A.K.A. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|War Machine]]), used a minigun and a chain gun as main weapons. Jim Rhodes will be the main user of this armor, with successive iterations including [[More Dakka|increasingly heavy gun-based firepower]].
* One of [[Iron Man]] armors, the Variable Threat Response Battle Suit (A.K.A. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|War Machine]]), used a minigun and a chain gun as main weapons. Jim Rhodes will be the main user of this armor, with successive iterations including [[More Dakka|increasingly heavy gun-based firepower]].
** This carries over into [[Iron Man (film)|the movies]]: during the final fight when they're being attacked by drones in [[Power Armour]], Iron Man punches them or uses his repulsors while War Machine just unloads with the cannons.
** This carries over into [[Iron Man (film)|the movies]]: during the final fight when they're being attacked by drones in [[Power Armour]], Iron Man punches them or uses his repulsors while War Machine just unloads with the cannons.
* Shadehawk, the protagonist of ''[[Antihero for Hire]]''.
* Shadehawk, the protagonist of ''[[Antihero for Hire]]''.
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