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** He also has once took jab at Spartans, saying they never failed to annoy him and that he favored Athens. Spartans having a statue of him in chains, and their kids claiming to be Hercule's descendants may have something to do with it.

* ''[[The Punisher]]'' and ''[[Wolverine]]'' occasionally traded jabs. [[Garth Ennis]] repeatedly wrote Punisher issues where Frank dealt Wolverine horrible injuries. Wolverine's writers responded by writing an issue where Logan defeats Frank and them implies that Frank is gay. Ennis responded by writing a Punisher comic where Frank shoots Logan in half with a rocket. It goes on like this.

* When John Byrne took over ''Star Brand'' back in the '80s, he proceeded to launch one [[Take That]] after another at the departing figure of ousted [[Marvel Comics]] editor-in-chief [[Jim Shooter]]. ''Star Brand'' was one of the Shooter-initiated "[[The New Universe|New Universe]]" titles, and was the one that Shooter himself wrote personally. Byrne not only took ''ad hominem'' shots at Shooter personally, but had exposition characters [[Lampshade Hanging|hang lampshades]] on how implausible the events of Shooter's run was, and how [[Idiot Ball|stupid]] the hero had been. Early on in Byrne's run, the hero's girlfriend got [[Stuffed in The Fridge]]; the hero later broke down and passed the titular Brand onto some other poor schmuck, ''destroying Pittsburgh in the process". Not coincidentally, the book's original hero [[Author Avatar|bore a physical resemblance to Shooter]].

* When John Byrne took over ''Star Brand'' back in the '80s, he proceeded to launch one [[Take That]] after another at the departing figure of ousted [[Marvel Comics]] editor-in-chief [[Jim Shooter]]. ''Star Brand'' was one of the Shooter-initiated "[[The New Universe|New Universe]]" titles, and was the one that Shooter himself wrote personally. Byrne not only took ''ad hominem'' shots at Shooter personally, but had exposition characters [[Lampshade Hanging|hang lampshades]] on how implausible the events of Shooter's run was, and how [[Idiot Ball|stupid]] the hero had been. Early on in Byrne's run, the hero's girlfriend got [[Stuffed in The Fridge]]; the hero later broke down and passed the titular Brand onto some other poor schmuck, ''destroying Pittsburgh in the process''. Not coincidentally, the book's original hero [[Author Avatar|bore a physical resemblance to Shooter]].

*** The Author Avatar of Byrne died horrifically in the Pittburgh explosion. So did about ten thousand comic book con-goers. Such is life. Pretend life.

** The Author Avatar of Byrne died horrifically in the Pittburgh explosion. So did about ten thousand comic book con-goers. Such is life. Pretend life.

* During the nineties period, somebody gave Hulk a fin to where on his head that resembled the Savage Dragon's. Hulk pointed out that despite this "ingenious disguise" everyone who saw him would think, Hey there goes Hulk with a fin on his head.

* The [[Marvel Adventures]] line of comics, featuring traditional Marvel heroes with stories aimed at a younger audience, has been known to take what can only be seen as deliberate snubs at the main line of Marvel Comics.