History ArmorPiercingQuestion / ComicBooks

* In the Superman miniseries “"Day of Doom", reporter Ty Duffy has been assigned a story on the anniversary of [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Superman’s battle with Doomsday]], but becomes bitter as everyone he interviews says variations of “You know Superman isn’t actually dead any more, right?”, feeling that everyone has been so focused on Superman coming back that they’ve neglected to think about the people who stayed dead after Doomsday’s rampage, one of which was Ty’s father (albeit through suicide after the battle). This reaches a point where Ty confronts Superman himself about the issue, calling the Man of Steel out on how he has never looked into who else died during the battle with Doomsday. However, after a confrontation with the mysterious Remnant, who views Superman as evil because of the villains who come to confront him and feels that Ty shares his views, Superman confronts Ty with another question for his article; if Superman wasn’t around, would there be fewer Doomsdays (monsters seeking to confront Superman) or more Coast Cities (a disaster that explicitly happened because Superman wasn’t there)?

* In the final storyline of ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott'', Spidey manages to weaponise SelfDeprecation when Norman Osborne is ranting about what he could have achieved without the Spider in his way:

** During his annual dinner with Samaritan, Infidel summons several women to bring in the food. Infidel assures the Samaritan that they're not slaves, just magical homunculi made from organic scraps. When Samaritan still expresses his discomfort, Infidel retorts, [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman "Were they mere robots created by science you understand, would you have similar unease?"]]

** During his annual dinner with his nemesis the Samaritan, Infidel summons several women to bring in seconds. Infidel assures the Samaritan that they're not slaves, just homunculi made from substances in his lab. When the Samaritan still expresses his discomfort, Infidel retorts, "Were they mere robots created by science you understand, would you have similar unease?"
** Esteban Hidalgo spent years trying to act as a community organizer and philanthropist, but found his efforts stymied by the fact that he could never quite escape a reputation as an out-of-touch rich guy. However, the thing that pushed him to become a superhero was when someone simply told him to his face:
-->"So your message, Estaban, is simple: Work hard, stay out of trouble—then inherit two hundred million dollars and everything will be fine?"

* ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' leadup ("What would you have me do?"). The Avengers are coming to kill the Scarlet Witch because she is destroying reality. Quicksilver confronts Magneto about it. Magneto asks the question. Quicksilver repeats the information. Magneto repeats the question.

'''Tails:''' Don't say it like that! You knew I loved her! And you went out with her! [[HeWhoFightsMonsters I don't care if the Fiona I knew was a robot]]! [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys I don't care if she ended up choosing Scourge over me]]! [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality You knew I loved her, and you went with her anyway! I thought you were my friend! I thought you were my brother! But everything I care about, you take away from me]]!

* ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'': When Ganthet confronts Superman about his Regime and allow things to run its course like the Guardians of Oa do. Superman then asks if they allowed Krypton to be destroyed, which Ganthet fails to answer and dodges the question entirely.

* In ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'', the Question once managed to get Huntress (whose BerserkButton is crooked cops) to back down by boiling the entire sorry socioeconomic underpinning of Gotham City's hellholishness down to one simple question: "Do you know how much an honest cop makes in Gotham before taxes?"

* ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills'': Kitty Pryde learns that a student in her dance class believes in [[SinisterMinister Stryker's]] [[FantasticRacism anti-mutant rhetoric]] when the guy starts spouting off his opinions. The two start fighting, and the guy sneeringly calls her a "mutie-lover," only backing off when Colossus separates them. Stevie, the Black dance instructor, tries to calm Kitty down by remarking that the jerk's speech is "only words"...and that's when Kitty snaps back "Suppose he'd called me a '''nigger-lover''', Stevie?! Would you be so damn tolerant ''then?''" Stevie has no response.

** In a flashback in the sequel, ''ComicBook/TheKingdomDC'', a young, despondent Mar’i Grayson learns from her parents, Nightwing and Starfire, that her biological grandparents and adoptive great-grandparents all passed away under tragic circumstances. When her father tries to tell her that these things just happen sometimes, she asks her parents "Will it happen to you?" The flashback ends with Nightwing and Starfire’s speechless faces. Another flashback of a slightly older Mar’i further illustrates her fear of death and losing her parents, though this time, Nightwing attempts to comfort her by promising that it won’t happen. [[spoiler:However, by the time of Kingdom Come, Starfire has indeed passed away from illness. This puts a strain on Dick’s relationship with his daughter, who hasn’t overcome her fear and still bears some resentment towards her father for making a promise he couldn’t keep.]]

* In another ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' story, [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] has [[Characters:SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] tied up and has been torturing him. But it's Luthor who does the most damage when he asks: "Does it bother you... bother you at all, really... that Batman ''likes Catwoman better?''" The Joker is [[StunnedSilence visibly stunned]] and immediately [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness drops his clownish demeanor]] to become full-on ''furious'' and plan to outright murder Luthor without any tricks or gimmicks. See it [[https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mzad3flG1rurl5co1_500.jpg here.]]

* In another ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' story, [[LaughingMad the Joker]] has [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Lex Luthor]] tied up and has been torturing him. But it's Luthor who does the most damage when he asks "Does it bother you...bother you at all, really...that Batman ''likes Catwoman better?''" The Joker is [[StunnedSilence visibly stunned]] and immediately [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness drops his clownish demeanor]] to become full-on ''furious'' and plan to outright murder Luthor without any tricks or gimmicks. See it [[https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mzad3flG1rurl5co1_500.jpg here.]]

* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':

** In a flashback in the sequel, ''ComicBook/TheKingdomDC'', a young, despondent Mar’i Grayson learns from her parents, Nightwing and Starfire, that her biological grandparents and adoptive great-grandparents all passed away under tragic circumstances. When her father tries to tell her that these things just happen sometimes, she asks her parents “Will it happen to you?” The flashback ends with Nightwing and Starfire’s speechless faces. Another flashback of a slightly older Mar’i further illustrates her fear of death and losing her parents, though this time, Nightwing attempts to comfort her by promising that it won’t happen. [[spoiler:However, by the time of Kingdom Come, Starfire has indeed passed away from illness. This puts a strain on Dick’s relationship with his daughter, who hasn’t overcome her fear and still bears some resentment towards her father for making a promise he couldn’t keep.]]

--> ''"You are a thing created to do a job, Mr. Snow. And that job cannot simply be to hound four people who did you wrong to the ends of the earth. Look around you. When the ground of the underpinnings of life and death, laid beyond the tiniest spaces we can imagine, are this infinitely--can your task be so small a thing?"''

--> ''"There is a concealed country, therefor, hidden below the society we show the world. Uncomfortable truth, it lurks behind our pretences. This truth, it is a land sunken beneath many fathoms. Were it one day to rise and confront us all, what would you do, Mr. Black? What would any of us do?''
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', [[DreamWeaver Morpheus]] asks one of these. Archangel Lucifer, having surrounded Morpheus with the LegionsOfHell and intending to trap him, claims that Morpheus is powerless as dreams have no power in Hell. Morpheus asks him, and the assembled demons, what use there would be for Hell if those in it could not dream of Heaven. The demons disperse and Lucifer is forced to let him go.
** [[PerkyGoth Death]]'s whole personality is due to this. At first, she hated her job, until one person she was taking called her out on her attitude, and asked, "How would you like it?" After this, she decided to spend one day as a mortal. At the end of this day, she realized the one thing mortals needed at the end was comfort, and so resolved to become a comforting presence.