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* ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', the [[Up to Eleven|single biggest wham episode in all of comics history.]] Was the ''ultimate'' [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]] for the DC universe.
* Many big comic events, such as a [[Crisis Crossover]] or a [[Retcon]] may qualify, [[Canon Dis Continuity|assuming they last]].
* [[Marvel Comics]] managed to do this with ''the very first issue'' of ''[[Thunderbolts]]''. [[The Reveal]] is considered one of the best in the industry. In case you're wondering: The Thunderbolts were a team who first showed up in ''[[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]]'' after the whole Onslaught thing (long story short, the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]] and [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] are missing and no one knows how the rest of the superhero community can fill the vacuum), and made various miscellaneous appearances. They got their own book and their public debut by restoring order to the ruined Manhattan, defeat the Wrecking Crew and receive public approval even greater than even the Avengers themselves had after went public. And then we get to see Citizen V, the team leader, without his mask. And, perhaps more significantly, we get to see him with his ''real'' mask. The Thunderbolts are the Masters of Evil, the nemeses to the Avengers, led by Baron Zemo. [[Holy Shit Quotient|Holy shit]].
** What really makes it impressive is how Marvel ''averted'' [[Tonight Someone Dies]]. There was no idea that there even was a secret to give away; Peter David even had the solicitation rewritten for the team's first appearance in ''Incredible Hulk'' to keep it quiet.
*** Actually, this troper does remember one solicitation that hinted at a "Dark Secret" that the team possessed. But what that secret was was left up in the air. Making the twist at the end of the first issue all the more surprising.
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** And now issue 234 -- by the end, {{spoiler|Antoine's very nearly been [[Killed Off for Real]], with his survival in doubt}}.
* Volume 9 of ''[[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]'', "The Wild Hunt". It starts off looking like a fairly simple "Hellboy beats people up" arc, as the last volume was. By the end, it turns out that Hellboy is the heir to the crown of England.
* Volume 5 of ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]''. Willy Pete kills eight and a half super heroes, and blows up the Superhomeys space station. Mind F***, one of the very few decent supers in the world, dies in the process.
* The second-to-last issue of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy Season Eight]]. The Seed of Wonder is destroyed, all the magic in the world disappears, and {{spoiler|Giles dies}}.
* Even relative to the overall aura of Total [[Mind Screw]] surrounding [[Grant Morrison]]'s run of ''[[Doom Patrol]]'', the Candlemaker arc was ''made'' of WHAM.
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