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* In ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', the ComicBook/XMen decide that [[SuperRegistrationAct the SHRA]] is not their problem, since they're too busy rebuilding their race. The thing is, whoever the X-Men sided with would've won then and there, and the SHRA itself is just a version of the Mutant Registration Act that keeps coming up in X-Books, so the X-Men really didn't have much of an excuse, since they've always opposed registering superpowers. Conversely, in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', the X-Men call out the Avengers for not being more responsive to the frequent attempts at ''genocide'' that mutants have to fight off on a regular basis. [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]] claims that this stance is due to superheroes on both sides [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham not helping with the X-Men's Genosha crisis]], but Emma's [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor not always one for doing the right thing anyway]].
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* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'' Tusken-raised Jedi A'Sharad Hett knew [[FallenHero Anakin Skywalker]] personally, and learned of Anakin's genocide of his people but neglected to report or confront him, believing that he needed to face his inner darkness himself. Instead, with nobody holding him accountable for his actions Anakin went JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and [[FinalSolution destroyed the Jedi Order]], which Hett blamed himself for. This triggered Hett's ''[[TheParagonAlwaysRebels own]]'' StartOfDarkness, [[spoiler: resulting in him becoming the last Sith Lord, [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Darth Krayt]]]].
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* Many comic books in the early 1970s had an advertisement for Aurora Plastics' "Monster Scene" figural kits, with models of ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, a MadScientist called Dr. Deadly, Frankenstein's monster and a "girl victim" along with numerous torture devices. The ads have been described as "openly sadistic and even nihilistic", including Vampirella responding to the girl's screams with "Don't worry, this is New York, no one will help her." (MoralGuardians outrage caused the ads to be toned down and ultimately this type of figural model kit to be discontinued.)
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* In ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', the ComicBook/XMen decide that [[SuperRegistrationAct the SHRA]] is not their problem, since they're too busy rebuilding their race. The thing is, whoever the X-Men sided with would've won then and there, and the SHRA itself is just a version of the Mutant Registration Act that keeps coming up in X-Books, so the X-Men really didn't have much of an excuse, since they've always opposed registering superpowers. Conversely, in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', the X-Men call out the Avengers for not being more responsive to the frequent attempts at ''genocide'' that mutants have to fight off on a regular basis. Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]] claims that this stance is due to superheroes on both sides [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham not helping with the X-Men's Genosha crisis]], but Emma's [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor not always one for doing the right thing anyway]].
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* In ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', the ComicBook/XMen decide that [[SuperRegistrationAct the SHRA]] is not their problem, since they're too busy rebuilding their race. The thing is, whoever the X-Men sided with would've won then and there, and the SHRA itself is just a version of the Mutant Registration Act that keeps coming up in X-Books, so the X-Men really didn't have much of an excuse, since they've always opposed registering superpowers. Conversely, in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', the X-Men call out the Avengers for not being more responsive to the frequent attempts at ''genocide'' that mutants have to fight off on a regular basis. Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} claims that this stance is due to superheroes on both sides [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham not helping with the X-Men's Genosha crisis]], but Emma's [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor not always one for doing the right thing anyway]].
* ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'': Wilson has kept [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs his army of "grandsons"]] out of several fights and military incidents because it either isn't their fight, isn't their war, isn't something that concerns them, etc. Wilson's only concern is building up his power in China Town/among the Chinese, and working towards being the most powerful force in Manhattan.
* ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'': Batman couldn't care less for whatever happens outside Gotham City.
* ''ComicBook/TheFoxHunt'': Paul tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke this trope]] during a bank robbery he and his son Shinji get caught in as a means of attempting getting out of the Vigilante business. Due in equal parts to his son choosing to ''get into'' said business and his Paul's own [[ChronicHeroSyndrome self-dishonesty]] regarding the matter, however, [[SubvertedTrope this doesn't quite work]].
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Retellings of "ComicBook/TheComingOfGalactus" often struggle to explain what ComicBook/TheAvengers and other super-heroes were all doing while the Fantastic Four stood alone saving the world.
* ''ComicBook/Jonesy2018'': While Ripley is blowing the alien out of the airlock Jones is just licking himself.
* ''ComicBook/TheMagnificentMsMarvel'': In issue #8, Kamala muses on why this bystander syndrome is so tempting in the first place: there are some problems in the world that just seem unstoppable, and it's tempting to just let them grow when chances are you'll just keep getting defeated.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In his SuperHeroOrigin, Peter Parker let a burglar run right by him when he could have easily stopped him because he didn't think it was his problem. [[MyGreatestFailure He would regret this for the rest of his life]].
* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'' Tusken-raised Jedi A'Sharad Hett knew [[FallenHero Anakin Skywalker]] personally, and learned of Anakin's genocide of his people but neglected to report or confront him, believing that he needed to face his inner darkness himself. Instead, with nobody holding him accountable for his actions Anakin went JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and [[FinalSolution destroyed the Jedi Order]], which Hett blamed himself for. This triggered Hett's ''[[TheParagonAlwaysRebels own]]'' StartOfDarkness, [[spoiler: resulting in him becoming the last Sith Lord, [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Darth Krayt]]]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': At the beginning of the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storyline, two Kryptonians witness a car crash as wandering around Metropolis. People expect them to use their powers to help out, but they just shrug their pleas off and fly away.
* Many comic books in the early 1970s had an advertisement for Aurora Plastics' "Monster Scene" figural kits, with models of ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, a MadScientist called Dr. Deadly, Frankenstein's monster and a "girl victim" along with numerous torture devices. The ads have been described as "openly sadistic and even nihilistic", including Vampirella responding to the girl's screams with "Don't worry, this is New York, no one will help her." (MoralGuardians outrage caused the ads to be toned down and ultimately this type of figural model kit to be discontinued.)
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': The material used to make Rorschach's mask was intended for a dress for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese Kitty Genovese]], the namesake of Genovese Syndrome, also known as the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect bystander effect]]". Rorschach himself recounts the incident -- in the incorrect "everyone just watched" version -- and it seems to inform his view of the world and people.
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Examples of BystanderSyndrome depicted in ComicBooks.
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* In ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', the ComicBook/XMen decide that [[SuperRegistrationAct the SHRA]] is not their problem, since they're too busy rebuilding their race. The thing is, whoever the X-Men sided with would've won then and there, and the SHRA itself is just a version of the Mutant Registration Act that keeps coming up in X-Books, so the X-Men really didn't have much of an excuse, since they've always opposed registering superpowers. Conversely, in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', the X-Men call out the Avengers for not being more responsive to the frequent attempts at ''genocide'' that mutants have to fight off on a regular basis. Characters/{{Emma Frost|WhiteQueen}} claims that this stance is due to superheroes on both sides [[SupermanStaysOutOfGotham not helping with the X-Men's Genosha crisis]], but Emma's [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor not always one for doing the right thing anyway]].
* ''ComicBook/{{DMZ}}'': Wilson has kept [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs his army of "grandsons"]] out of several fights and military incidents because it either isn't their fight, isn't their war, isn't something that concerns them, etc. Wilson's only concern is building up his power in China Town/among the Chinese, and working towards being the most powerful force in Manhattan.
* ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'': Batman couldn't care less for whatever happens outside Gotham City.
* ''ComicBook/TheFoxHunt'': Paul tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke this trope]] during a bank robbery he and his son Shinji get caught in as a means of attempting getting out of the Vigilante business. Due in equal parts to his son choosing to ''get into'' said business and his Paul's own [[ChronicHeroSyndrome self-dishonesty]] regarding the matter, however, [[SubvertedTrope this doesn't quite work]].
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Retellings of "ComicBook/TheComingOfGalactus" often struggle to explain what ComicBook/TheAvengers and other super-heroes were all doing while the Fantastic Four stood alone saving the world.
* ''ComicBook/Jonesy2018'': While Ripley is blowing the alien out of the airlock Jones is just licking himself.
* ''ComicBook/TheMagnificentMsMarvel'': In issue #8, Kamala muses on why this bystander syndrome is so tempting in the first place: there are some problems in the world that just seem unstoppable, and it's tempting to just let them grow when chances are you'll just keep getting defeated.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In his SuperHeroOrigin, Peter Parker let a burglar run right by him when he could have easily stopped him because he didn't think it was his problem. [[MyGreatestFailure He would regret this for the rest of his life]].
* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsRepublic'' Tusken-raised Jedi A'Sharad Hett knew [[FallenHero Anakin Skywalker]] personally, and learned of Anakin's genocide of his people but neglected to report or confront him, believing that he needed to face his inner darkness himself. Instead, with nobody holding him accountable for his actions Anakin went JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and [[FinalSolution destroyed the Jedi Order]], which Hett blamed himself for. This triggered Hett's ''[[TheParagonAlwaysRebels own]]'' StartOfDarkness, [[spoiler: resulting in him becoming the last Sith Lord, [[ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy Darth Krayt]]]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': At the beginning of the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' storyline, two Kryptonians witness a car crash as wandering around Metropolis. People expect them to use their powers to help out, but they just shrug their pleas off and fly away.
* Many comic books in the early 1970s had an advertisement for Aurora Plastics' "Monster Scene" figural kits, with models of ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}, a MadScientist called Dr. Deadly, Frankenstein's monster and a "girl victim" along with numerous torture devices. The ads have been described as "openly sadistic and even nihilistic", including Vampirella responding to the girl's screams with "Don't worry, this is New York, no one will help her." (MoralGuardians outrage caused the ads to be toned down and ultimately this type of figural model kit to be discontinued.)
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': The material used to make Rorschach's mask was intended for a dress for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese Kitty Genovese]], the namesake of Genovese Syndrome, also known as the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect bystander effect]]". Rorschach himself recounts the incident -- in the incorrect "everyone just watched" version -- and it seems to inform his view of the world and people.
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