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{{quote|'''90s Kid:''' "And one of them has the greatest superpower of all, [[Big Word Shout|GUUUUUUNS]]!"|''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]''}}
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For various reasons, [[Doesn't Like Guns]] is a common thing with comic book style superheroes and supervillains (whether it's ethics, style, or something else). Even before the comics code was written, it was rare to see heroes with guns. Then some heroes who broke this rule caught on, and soon more and more heroes and villains began using guns. This soon became closely associated with the [[Nineties Anti-Hero]], and therefore also [[Discredited Trope|fell out of favor]] when that trope did.
This doesn't have to be just projectile firearms. Lasers will do as long as they are used more like firearms than [[Ray Gun
'''Note:''' To count, a character has to meet two requirements:
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* Ballistic, one of the "New Bloods" from DC's ''Bloodlines'' event.
* Several of the characters in ''[[Watchmen]]'', notably The Comedian.
* Big Shot from ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' is a parody of this. He would lug around [[BFG
{{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.
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* ''[[Champions Online]]'' contains the Munitions powerset. This includes everything from dual pistols as the lowest level attack (and several higher level ones), through submachineguns, shotguns, assault rifles, a minigun, a rocket launcher, and more.
* 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
* 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 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.
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