History BigDamnHeroes / ComicBooks

** During the final battle to stop Krona, Batman, after having beaten Batroc. Faces Crossbones, Titania, Zaran, Razorfist, Libra and some other villains who want to give him some trouble. Normally even the Dark Knight would have ''some'' trouble with such an entourage of villains. But then...

** It was subverted the first time,however:she bursts through a wall and saves Paperinik from the Evronians...and then tries to kill him because she mistakes him for a Evronian.

** "And yet, through the smoke, Xavier sensed a coming...of hope...of heroes...of '''Marvels'''."

---> '''Quasar''': Shall we take this outside?
---> [[spoiler: '''Blaastar''':]] [[CurseCutShort Oh shi--]]

* Comicbook/{{Justice}} has a scene where Superman has been dog-piled by four supervillains. Blindsided and beaten on by Bizarro and Solomon Grundy, weakened by Metallo's Kryptonite heart, his powers drained by the Parasite, Superman is helpless. The whole while, he's left wondering why none of the JLA are responding to his distress call, and finally, in a rather chilling scene, Superman cries out for help. Cue Big Damn Hero moment as a lightning bolt flashes across the sky, all of the villains get an "oh shit" look on their faces as a red and gold blur comes down and proceeds to take them apart. Bizarro? Punched into orbit. Metallo? Kryptonite yanked out of his chest. Parasite? Had said Kryptonite jammed in his chest, and since he had stolen Superman's powers and weaknesses, was instantly defeated by it. Solomon Grundy? Beaten unconscious into a crater. In the space of a page, these four powerful villains are handily and decisively dealt with. The blur finally slows down enough to reveal who it is, offering a hand to help Superman up.
---> '''Captain Marvel''': "It's okay Superman. I got your signal. It's going to be okay."

* ''[[YTheLastMan Y: The Last Man]]''. Natalya and Ciba arrive just in time to stop one of Alter's mooks from kidnapping Beth Junior. GenreSavvy Hero even quips: "Natalya; always with the last minute Han Solo."
* Creator/GrantMorrison is particularly fond of this trope, beginning his obsession in ''Comicbook/{{Zenith}}'' (see [[http://mindlessones.com/2008/10/26/phase-aciiiieeeeeed/ this article]]) and taking it to its logical conclusion in ''SevenSoldiers'', which is just a bunch (conspicuously more than seven) of those moments strung together, from the badass ([[spoiler:"Gloriana! There is one!"]]) to the farcical ([[spoiler:Bulleteer accidentally running over the Queen of Darkness]] in a cartoony art style to boot) encompassing romantic, metafictional and slightly creepy along the way [[spoiler:even finding room for an ambiguous aversion, with Klarion merrily fulfilling his own personal character arc at the expense of the rest of the "team"]]

* "[[{{Comicbook/TheAvengers}} Ultron.]] [[ComicBook/UltronUnlimited We would have words with thee.]]"

* There are some instances in the ''XWingSeries'' comics that count. In ''Requiem for a Rogue'', Wedge is captured by a [[FanNickname Sithling]] who wants to use him as bait for the other Rogues. The other Rogues come on foot to rescue him, and he slips away while the Sithling is directing his forces. Just as three Rogues are about to get killed, Wedge appears with [[GunsAkimbo two stolen blasters]], shouting "[[http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2293/blz21.jpg Everybody down!]]" "Wedge! You're alive!" "Yeah, and you can ''keep'' me that way by moving your behinds!"

* In the climax of ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'', [[spoiler:this is subverted. The big bad saw the Big Damn Heroes coming and activated his plan as he did. Consequently, they arrive thirty-five minutes too late]].
** Also [[spoiler: Subverted with Dr. Manhattan's arrival, Adrian almost destroys him, but he comes back again, crushes his base, and gives an impressive BadassBoast, Adrian merely has to turn on his television to prove he's won, and Jon stands down.]]
* ''ElfQuest'': in part 15 of the original series, just as [[spoiler:the Wolfriders and Leetah]] are about to be slaughtered by [[spoiler:Guttlekraw's trolls]], they are rescued by [[spoiler:the Go-Backs]] and '''(big spoiler)''': [[spoiler:Rayek]]. All except [[spoiler:One-Eye]], who's killed before they arrive. [[http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ15/DisplayOQ15.html?page=31 Here's the scene]], if all the spoiler tags haven't put you off.

* "[[{{Comicbook/TheAvengers}} Ultron. We would have words with thee.]]"

* In the Thanos Imperative: Devastation one-shot (a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for the next cosmic Marvel mini-series, Annihilators) features one of these when [[spoiler: Blaastar]] pulled a FaceHeelTurn:

* Creator/GrantMorrison is particularly fond of this trope, beginning his obsession in ''Comicbook/{{Zenith}}'' (see [[http://mindlessones.com/2008/10/26/phase-aciiiieeeeeed/ this article]]) and taking it to its logical conclusion in ''SevenSoldiers'', which is literally just a bunch (conspicuously more than seven) of those moments strung together, from the badass ([[spoiler:"Gloriana! There is one!"]]) to the farcical ([[spoiler:Bulleteer accidentally running over the Queen of Darkness]] in a cartoony art style to boot) encompassing romantic, metafictional and slightly creepy along the way [[spoiler:even finding room for an ambiguous aversion, with Klarion merrily fulfilling his own personal character arc at the expense of the rest of the "team"]]

* Comicbook/{{Justice}} has a scene where Superman has been dog-piled by four supervillains. Blindsided and beaten on by Bizarro and Solomon Grundy, weakened by Metallo's Kryptonite heart, his powers drained by the Parasite, Superman is pretty much helpless. And the whole while, he's left wondering why none of the JLA are responding to his distress call, and finally, in a rather chilling scene, Superman cries out for help. Cue Big Damn Hero moment as a lightning bolt flashes across the sky, all of the villains get an "oh shit" look on their faces as a red and gold blur comes down and proceeds to take them apart. Bizarro? Punched into orbit. Metallo? Kryptonite yanked out of his chest. Parasite? Had said Kryptonite jammed in his chest, and since he had stolen Superman's powers and weaknesses, was instantly defeated by it. Solomon Grundy? Beaten unconscious into a crater. In the space of a page, these four powerful villains are handily and decisively dealt with. The blur finally slows down enough to reveal who it is, offering a hand to help Superman up.

* Creator/GrantMorrison is particularly fond of this trope, beginning his obsession in ''{{Zenith}}'' (see [[http://mindlessones.com/2008/10/26/phase-aciiiieeeeeed/ this article]]) and taking it to its logical conclusion in ''SevenSoldiers'', which is literally just a bunch (conspicuously more than seven) of those moments strung together, from the badass ([[spoiler:"Gloriana! There is one!"]]) to the farcical ([[spoiler:Bulleteer accidentally running over the Queen of Darkness]] in a cartoony art style to boot) encompassing romantic, metafictional and slightly creepy along the way [[spoiler:even finding room for an ambiguous aversion, with Klarion merrily fulfilling his own personal character arc at the expense of the rest of the "team"]]

* GrantMorrison is particularly fond of this trope, beginning his obsession in ''{{Zenith}}'' (see [[http://mindlessones.com/2008/10/26/phase-aciiiieeeeeed/ this article]]) and taking it to its logical conclusion in ''SevenSoldiers'', which is literally just a bunch (conspicuously more than seven) of those moments strung together, from the badass ([[spoiler:"Gloriana! There is one!"]]) to the farcical ([[spoiler:Bulleteer accidentally running over the Queen of Darkness]] in a cartoony art style to boot) encompassing romantic, metafictional and slightly creepy along the way [[spoiler:even finding room for an ambiguous aversion, with Klarion merrily fulfilling his own personal character arc at the expense of the rest of the "team"]]

* {{Justice}} has a scene where Superman has been dog-piled by four supervillains. Blindsided and beaten on by Bizarro and Solomon Grundy, weakened by Metallo's Kryptonite heart, his powers drained by the Parasite, Superman is pretty much helpless. And the whole while, he's left wondering why none of the JLA are responding to his distress call, and finally, in a rather chilling scene, Superman cries out for help. Cue Big Damn Hero moment as a lightning bolt flashes across the sky, all of the villains get an "oh shit" look on their faces as a red and gold blur comes down and proceeds to take them apart. Bizarro? Punched into orbit. Metallo? Kryptonite yanked out of his chest. Parasite? Had said Kryptonite jammed in his chest, and since he had stolen Superman's powers and weaknesses, was instantly defeated by it. Solomon Grundy? Beaten unconscious into a crater. In the space of a page, these four powerful villains are handily and decisively dealt with. The blur finally slows down enough to reveal who it is, offering a hand to help Superman up.

* In TransformersTimelines "The Stunticon Job" when Sideswipe and Cheetor are cornered by the Stunticons, Optimus Prime disguised as Toxitron comes in, and causes a ramp to crash on the cons.

** A couple issues later and Plourr Illo and a squadron of Headhunters fly in and save everyone.
** In the ''Family Ties'' arc, the two [[FairCop CorSec]] officers, Corran and Iella, [[http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/709/blz03x.jpg stop three Rogues from being killed by thugs]].
* This is essentially the [[{{Bone}} Great Red Dragon's]] main schtick.
* The final battle in ''KingdomCome'' is getting out of control. It looks like the apocalypse is only seconds away, and "their only hope for salvation rests with a force from on high." Cue {{Batman}} and his army of super heroes.
** And then immediately subverted as all it really accomplishes is making the giant superwar that much bigger.

* In the Sinestro Corps War arc of ''Comicbook/GreenLantern'', Hal Jordan is fighting a losing battle against Parallax in the anti-matter universe when the rest of the Corps shows up just in time.
-->'''Parallax''': ''[to Hal Jordan]'' You've been despised and abandoned by your corps.
-->'''Green Lantern''': ''[from offpanel]'' Despised is one thing. But abandoned? ''That'' the Green Lantern Corps don't do.
-->''(cut to a two page spread of the Corps appearing in the middle of the battlefield)''

* {{Spider-Man}} has been on both ends of this trope, pulling off truly epic rescues one issue and then getting bailed out by his superhero buddies in the next.
** Subverted in Spidey's match with Firelord (''Amazing Spider-Man 269-270'' and a brief moment in ''Avengers 258''). The Avengers charge in to rescue underdog Spidey from cosmic-powered Firelord; instead they haul Spidey off of Firelord after he's punched him into unconsciousness.
* Subverted and played straight in [[UltimateXMen Ultimate X-Men]]. Cyclops has just spent four weeks lying half-dead in a cave, when suddenly a rescue team arrives. Unfortunately, they turn out to be members of the Brotherhood of Mutants and take him directly to Magneto's secret headquarters. Cyclops manages to break out of the medical bay and confront Magneto. When the latter reminds him that he's alone against a whole army, Cyclops just holds up his communicator and says he isn't alone, upon which the X-Men bust in with their jet.

* SinCity: The Big Fat Kill had the girls of Old Town showing up just in time to fight the mob. Of course, the hero planned for all of this to happen.
* JLA: In the World War III arc, Superman has been captured by Mageddon, an ancient living weapon which will destroy the Earth. The JLA gives everybody on Earth temporary super powers to fight Mageddon. Cue a two-page spread of BigDamnHeroes heading off to save the Man of Steel.
* The ''SpiderWoman'' miniseries has Jessica fighting a Super-Skrull who tells her that the reason they chose her to be [[SecretInvasion replaced by the Skrull Queen]] is that she was the one super-hero no-one really cared about. "And for all our mistakes, that was one thing we were right about." Cue Comicbook/TheAvengers:
-->'''Ms Marvel''': Well, that makes you wrong about damn near everything.
* In ''ComicBook/MegaMan'', Mega Man has fought his Clone to a stand still and is wondering how to beat him. Cue [[spoiler: the Robot Masters arriving, though fulfilling their programming to destroy Mega Man...[[LoopholeAbuse by destroying the Clone]]]].
* [[TheMightyThor Journey Into Mystery]] 626 has a great one. Dark Asgard, which the BigBad the Serpent will use to attack the real Asgard, as risen. Cue Kid!Loki grinning, and announcing that he and his current team are going to destroy it. While sitting on the shoulder of The Destroyer Armor!
** Here. [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rhcRw2NFHLY/Tk7k00aM48I/AAAAAAAAAxA/98K6Gsvw8KA/s1600/journeyintomystery626c+loki+destroyer+bffs.jpg]]
** Also, this is only the second time that armor's ever been used for a good purpose, instead of a villain stealing it to attack Thor (Loki's old self did it a lot), and the first time didn't work. This is just a HellYesMoment.

* In the climax of ''{{Watchmen}}'', [[spoiler:this is subverted. The big bad saw the Big Damn Heroes coming and activated his plan as he did. Consequently, they arrive thirty minutes too late]].

* Subverted in ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', during the Foot's attack at April's building; despite Casey Jones' BigDamnHeroes entrance, the Shredder's forces still manage to overrun the heroes, and they are eventually forced to retreat. The scene is eventually adapted into [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the first movie]] and the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 second cartoon]].