History ActuallyPrettyFunny / ComicBooks

* The one-shot {{ComicBook/Preacher}} special "Tall In The Saddle" has a scene where main protagonists Jesse, Tulip and Amy, after being coerced into helping Texas Ranger Tom Pickett go after a horse rustler named Langtry, all end up getting captured by the same and meet his boss, the stereotypically French horse "connoisseur" Napoleon Vichy. When Ranger Pickett insults Vichy by making a joke alluding to how America saved France from Germany in World War II, even the murderous (but American) horse thief Langtry beams with a wide smile.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny/TheDCU

* One for {{Franchise/Batman}}. The post-Crisis origin for Jason Todd has him as a street punk who steals the tires off the Batmobile. Batman can't help but laugh at the sheer audacity of such an act. Keep in mind that this was the night of his annual patrol of Crime Alley, where his parents were killed, and you realize how funny he really thought it was.

!!Franchise/TheDCU
* One for {{Franchise/Batman}}. The post-Crisis origin for Jason Todd has him as a street punk who steals the tires off the Batmobile. Batman can't help but laugh at the sheer audacity of such an act. Keep in mind that this was the night of his annual patrol of Crime Alley, where his parents were killed, and you realize how funny he really thought it was.
-->'''Batman:''' (''thinking'') I have to ''hand'' it to 'em -- [[YouGotGuts it takes stones]] to ''rip off'' the Batman's buggy --
* ''Batman Adventures'', vol 2, no 3., involving Harley trying to get a glum Joker to smile again has Robin exclaiming that, "A barracuda down the pants IS kinda funny." Batman is not amused however.
* In the ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' miniseries ''Guy Gardner: Reborn'', Guy, having lost his ring, tries to get powers from the New Guardians (who, for the purposes of this story, are portrayed as {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s). He eventually annoys them to the point that Gloss hits him so hard he goes flying off their island.
-->'''Tomas:''' That was not very enlightened, Gloss.\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Tomas:''' But I have to admit, it ''was'' pretty funny.
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' Vol. 2 issue #0 depicts the events after the now famous "One Punch" delivered by ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' to Guy Gardner, showing Batman retelling the story to Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/WonderWoman. Superman initially tries to lecture him about punching out a fellow League member, especially one like [[{{Jerkass}} Guy]], but the whole time, he's clearly trying not to laugh. Finally, he gives in and asks Batman, "It felt good, didn't it?"
* At the end of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', {{Franchise/Batman}} actually ends up laughing at the joke ComicBook/TheJoker tells, despite him having earlier [[spoiler: crippled and humiliated Barbara Gordon and then kidnapped and [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] Commissioner Gordon]]. You can see why when you realise how the joke relates to them and their views of humanity.
* In a brief scene in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'', Dan (Nite Owl II) is telling Laurie (Silk Specter II) the story of a masochist who used to follow the Masks around pretending to be a supervillain in the hopes of getting beaten up. Then he eventually tried it on [[AxeCrazy Rorschach]] and got thrown down an elevator shaft. Laurie says it's not funny, but both she and Dan are trying and failing to suppress their laughter.
* The one-shot {{ComicBook/Preacher}} special "Tall In The Saddle" has a scene where main protagonists Jesse, Tulip and Amy, after being coerced into helping Texas Ranger Tom Pickett go after a horse rustler named Langtry, all end up getting captured by the same and meet his boss, the stereotypically French horse "connoisseur" Napoleon Vichy. When Ranger Pickett insults Vichy by making a joke alluding to how America saved France from Germany in World War II, even the murderous (but American) horse thief Langtry beams with a wide smile.

!!Franchise/MarvelUniverse
* In issue 10 of ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine'', a pair of burglars break into [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Wolverine's]] apartment while she and Gabby are home, and Old Man Logan is there recuperating from his encounter with Fin Fang Foom. The trio find [[MuggingAMonster the entire situation]] hilarious, and are prepared to graciously allow the hapless crooks to leave. [[spoiler:Up until they pull guns on them, and Jonathan -- Gabby's pet wolverine -- gets shot defending her (fortunately he gets better). ''Then'' it's all Laura can do to keep Logan from gutting them.]]
* ''{{ComicBook/Deadpool}}'':
** Bullseye tries to carry out a contract on Deadpool given to him by Osborn, and they spend the comic trying to kill each other in various ways. Deadpool and Bullseye end up sharing a laugh about it all at the end. Halfway through the fight, Bullseye decides he doesn't actually want to kill Deadpool ''because'' he enjoys their fights too much. Seeing as this is [[AxCrazy Bullseye]] we're talking about, that's no small feat.
** In the Joe Kelly era, Bullseye and Deadpool reminisce about the time they fought over Heinrich Zemo's grave and [[GrievousHarmWithABody beat each other with his corpse]]. They have a laugh about it later. This trope pretty much sums up Deadpool's and Bullseye's relationship.
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Human Torch, Invisible Woman, and The Thing are fighting a horrifying monster. The following exchange occurs:
-->'''Human Torch:''' It's horrible! Make it invisible! Make it invisible!\\
'''Invisible Woman:''' Then how's Ben[[note]]referring to The Thing[[/note]] supposed to hit it?\\
'''Human Torch:''' I was ''talking'' about Ben.\\
'''Thing:''' Why you little...wait, that was a good one.
** A flashback in ''[[ComicBook/IronMan The Infamous Iron Man]]'' shows that Ben is by no means new to this trope:
-->'''Ben:''' Just know that every day that I '''don't''' punch your nose into the back of your skull is a personal victory of self-control for me.\\
'''[[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Victor von Doom]]:''' Even if you '''were''' to accomplish that task, and I then needed to live the rest of my life in a hospice being fed my nutrients intravenously... know that I would '''still''' be your intellectual superior.\\
'''Ben:''' Okay, let's test that theory, you walking pile of -- no, you know what? I'll give you this... you '''are''' the king of awesome burns.
* A ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' version that may well be inspired by the above ''Batman'' example:
-->'''Green Goblin:''' I wasn't always going to call myself "Green Goblin". At first, I was going to call myself "Mister Coffee". Can you imagine how weird the last few years would have been if I'd done that?\\
''[pause]''\\
''[both crack up laughing]''\\
'''Spidey:''' Heh-ha-ha! Look out kids, it's Mister Coffee and his latte of doom!\\
'''Goblin:''' Oh God, stop!
* In ''ComicBook/XMen Unlimited #33'', after a bunch of rednecks insult the Blob and enrage him to the point he declares he's going to level their town, the scrawny guy they were picking on first intervenes by making a bet with the Blob; if he can name something he can do that the Blob can't, then the Blob will leave the place alone. Once the Blob agrees, he reveals his challenge: for the Blob to touch his own toes. Initially, the Blob is furious, only to then burst out laughing and compliment the scrawny guy on his brains and guts. [[PetTheDog He then buys him a beer and leaves without causing any more of a fuss]].

!!Franchise/DCComics

!!Franchise/MarvelComics

* In issue 10 of ''Comicbook/AllNewWolverine'', a pair of burglars break into [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} Wolverine's]] apartment while she and Gabby are home, and Old Man Logan is there recuperating from his encounter with Fin Fang Foom. The trio find the entire situation hilarious, and are prepared to graciously allow the hapless crooks to leave. [[spoiler:Up until they pull guns on them, and Jonathan -- Gabby's pet wolverine -- gets shot defending her (fortunately he gets better). ''Then'' it's all Laura can do to keep Logan from gutting them.]]

'''[[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Victor von Doom]]:''' Even if you '''were''' to accomplish that task, and I then needed to live the rest of my life in a hospice being fed my nutrients intravenously...know that I would '''still''' be your intellectual superior.\\
'''Ben:''' Okay, let's test that theory, you walking pile of -- no, you know what? I'll give you this...you '''are''' the king of awesome burns.

** There's some [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguity]] as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: The laughter doesn't continue in the subsequent panels, while the viewpoint shifts away from showing what happens between the characters, leading to the [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 alternative interpretation]] that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. (That this isn't just one person's crazy speculation is shown by the afterword of the deluxe edition, where the artist Brian Bollard acknowledges that some people have thought the ending ambiguous and promises to tell what really happened, but [[TheUnreveal cuts the text short under a humorous excuse right in the middle of the key sentence.]])]]

* {{SelfDemonstrating/Deadpool}}:

** This also happened in the Joe Kelly era where Bullseye and Deadpool remembered the time they fought over Heinrich Zemo's grave and [[GrievousHarmWithABody beat each other with his corpse]]. They have a laugh about it later. This trope pretty much sums up Deadpool's and Bullseye's relationship.

* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': When Wismerhill and Pilou run into Ghorghor Bey's warband, the dreaded warlord attempts to claim Pilou's two {{Empathic Weapon}}s for himself, only for Pilou to repeatedly summon them back. This initially pisses off Ghorghor, who considers having them both killed on the spot, before switching gears and admitting that it takes guts to taunt him like that. He happily embraces the two and inducts them into his army.

* One for {{Franchise/Batman}}. The post-Crisis origin for Jason Todd has him as a street punk who steals the tires off the Batmobile. Batman can't help but laugh at the [[RefugeInAudacity sheer audacity]] of such an act. Keep in mind that this was the night of his annual patrol of Crime Alley, where his parents were killed, and you realize how funny he really thought it was.
-->'''Batman:''' (''thinking'') I have to ''hand'' it to 'em -- [[NotBad it takes stones]] to ''rip off'' the Batman's buggy --

* One for {{Franchise/Batman}}. The post-Crisis origin for Jason Todd has him as a street punk who steals the tires off the Batmobile. Batman can't help but laugh at the sheer audacity of such an act. Keep in mind that this was the night of his annual patrol of Crime Alley, where his parents were killed, and you realize how funny he really thought it was.

* Another one for {{Franchise/Batman}}. The post-Crisis origin for Jason Todd has him as a street punk who steals the tires off the Batmobile. Batman can't help but laugh at the sheer audacity of such an act. Keep in mind that this was the night of his annual patrol of Crime Alley, where his parents were killed, and you realize how funny he really thought it was.

** There's some ambiguity as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: The laughter doesn't continue in the subsequent panels, while the viewpoint shifts away from showing what happens between the characters, leading to the [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 alternative interpretation]] that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. (That this isn't just one person's crazy speculation is shown by the afterword of the deluxe edition, where the artist Brian Bollard acknowledges that some people have thought the ending ambiguous and promises to tell what really happened, but [[TheUnreveal cuts the text short under a humorous excuse right in the middle of the key sentence.]])]]

* At the end of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', {{Franchise/Batman}} actually ends up laughing at the joke ComicBook/TheJoker tells, despite him having earlier [[spoiler: crippled and humiliated Barbara Gordon and then kidnapped and [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] Commissioner Gordon]]. You can see why when you realise how the joke relates to them and their views of humanity.\\
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There's some ambiguity as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: The laughter doesn't continue in the subsequent panels, while the viewpoint shifts away from showing what happens between the characters, leading to the [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 alternative interpretation]] that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. (That this isn't just one person's crazy speculation is shown by the afterword of the deluxe edition, where the artist Brian Bollard acknowledges that some people have thought the ending ambiguous and promises to tell what really happened, but [[TheUnreveal cuts the text short under a humorous excuse right in the middle of the key sentence.]])]]

There's some ambiguity as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 An alternative interpretation]] is that what actually happened just off-screen, when the laughter stopped abruptly, was that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. (That this isn't just one person's crazy speculation is shown by the afterword of the deluxe edition, where the artist Brian Bollard acknowledges that some people have thought the ending ambiguous and promises to tell what really happened, but [[TheUnreveal cuts the text short under a humorous excuse right in the middle of the key sentence.]])]]

There's some ambiguity as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 An alternative interpretation]] is that what actually happened just off-screen, when the laughter stopped abruptly, was that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. (That this isn't just one person's crazy speculation is shown by the afterword of the deluxe edition, where the artist Brian Bollard acknowledges that some people have thought the ending ambiguous and promises to tell what really happened, but [[TheUnreveal cuts the text short under a humorous excuse right in the middle of that sentence.]])]]

There's some ambiguity as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 People have speculated]] that what actually happened just off-screen, when the laughter stopped abruptly, was that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. (That this isn't just one person's crazy speculation is shown by the afterword of the deluxe edition, where the artist Brian Bollard acknowledges that some people have thought the ending ambiguous and promises to tell what really happened, but [[TheUnreveal he cuts the text short under a humorous excuse right in the middle of that sentence.]])]]

There's some ambiguity as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 People have speculated]] that what actually happened just off-screen, when the laughter stopped abruptly, was that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. In the afterword of the deluxe edition, the artist Brian Bollard acknowledges that some people have thought the ending ambiguous and promises to tell what really happened, but [[TheUnreveal he cuts the text short under a humorous excuse right in the middle of that sentence.]]]]

There's some ambiguity as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 People have speculated]] that what actually happened just off-screen, when the laughter stopped abruptly, was that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. In the afterword of the deluxe edition, the artist Brian Bollard makes it clear that what happens is ambiguous, and he's not telling.]]

There's some ambiguity as to what actually happens, however. [[spoiler: [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/grant-morrison-says-alan-moore-secretly-killed-the-joke-1156091439 people have speculated]] that what actually happened just off-screen, when the laughter stopped abruptly, was that Batman finally killed the Joker at that point, which would make it a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion. In the afterword of the deluxe edition, the artist Brian Bollard also makes the point explicit that what happens is ambiguous, and he's not telling.]]

* At the end of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', {{Franchise/Batman}} actually ends up laughing at the joke ComicBook/TheJoker tells, despite him having earlier [[spoiler: crippled and humiliated Barbara Gordon and then kidnapped and [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] Commissioner Gordon]]. You can see why when you realise how the joke relates to them and their views of humanity.