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* ''ComicBook/{{Hitman|1993}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Hitman|1993}}'': The series uses a fair number of minced oaths, including "frigging" and "motherlover." As Tommy is downright mortified after using one in front of Superman, Superman in issue #34, the implication seems to be that they're using the full words.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'', the titular character ''can't'' bring himself to curse even in the most dire of circumstances.
* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife Characters/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with ComicBook/IronFist.
* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife Characters/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with ComicBook/IronFist.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'', the ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'': The titular character ''can't'' bring himself to curse even in the most dire of circumstances.
*''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - ''ComicBook/LukeCage'': Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife Characters/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with ComicBook/IronFist.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Hitman}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Hitman|1993}}'' uses a fair number of minced oaths, including "frigging" and "motherlover." As Tommy is downright mortified after using one in front of Superman, the implication seems to be that they're using the full words.
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* Through most of the period UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode was in place, one of the rules was that characters weren't allowed to curse, which led to many of the examples listed below. Even after the Code started to relax during the Bronze Age, the minced oaths were kept (for example, "hell" could not be used unless it referred to the place, like in the ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' comics).
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, whose vocabulary likely includes a lot of words UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode would have looked askance at, has generally settled on "flaming" as a compromise. He once prepared to fight Sabretooth by announcing it was time to open a can of "kick-butt." Seeing as, in more modern times, "flaming" can refer (often in a derogatory way) to flamboyant homosexuality, the change makes it worse. Instead of being a potty-mouth, now Wolverine sounds like a homophobe.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, whose vocabulary likely includes a lot of words UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode MediaNotes/TheComicsCode would have looked askance at, has generally settled on "flaming" as a compromise. He once prepared to fight Sabretooth by announcing it was time to open a can of "kick-butt." Seeing as, in more modern times, "flaming" can refer (often in a derogatory way) to flamboyant homosexuality, the change makes it worse. Instead of being a potty-mouth, now Wolverine sounds like a homophobe.
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* In ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' story "Smart And Smarter" (Cartoon Network Block Party #59), Blossom alienates her sisters by trying to show how intellectually inferior they are to her. When she asks Buttercup what her motivation for fighting Mojo is, Buttercup replies, "Usually it's to beat the puckey out of him...but right now it's to get you to '''''shut up!!'''''
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* In ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' story "Smart And Smarter" (Cartoon Network Block Party (''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkBlockParty'' #59), Blossom alienates her sisters by trying to show how intellectually inferior they are to her. When she asks Buttercup what her motivation for fighting Mojo is, Buttercup replies, "Usually it's to beat the puckey out of him... but right now it's to get you to '''''shut up!!'''''
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* Mark Gruenwald's ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} pastiche series ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' did this constantly, being released before Marvel began releasing comics without Comics Code approval. The result is a dark and cynical take on the Justice League with no insults harsher than "Son of a fish!"
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* Mark Gruenwald's Creator/MarkGruenwald's ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} pastiche series ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' did this constantly, being released before Marvel began releasing comics without Comics Code approval. The result is a dark and cynical take on the Justice League with no insults harsher than "Son of a fish!"
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* ''ComicBook/Hitman1997'' ''ComicBook/{{Hitman}}'' uses a fair number of minced oaths, including "frigging" and "motherlover." As Tommy is downright mortified after using one in front of Superman, the implication seems to be that they're using the full words.
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* ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is filled with ''[[ClusterFBomb Cluster "Fluff" Bombs]]''. You heard that right. Among other swears, "fluff" serves as a cutesy replacement for "fuck", despite its {{Gorn}}-filled SugarBowl setting. The revival series shows that even after leaving Fairyland, Gert still uses "fluff" instead of the F-word. She claims it's force of habit.
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* ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is filled with ''[[ClusterFBomb Cluster "Fluff" Bombs]]''. You heard that right. Among other swears, "fluff" serves as a cutesy replacement for "fuck", despite its {{Gorn}}-filled SugarBowl setting. The revival series shows that even after leaving Fairyland, Gert still uses "fluff" instead of the F-word. She claims it's force of habit. In-universe, this is justified with wizards whose job is to magically censor profanity.
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* ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is filled with ''[[ClusterFBomb Cluster "Fluff" Bombs]]''. You heard that right. Among other swears, "fluff" serves as a cutesy replacement for "fuck", despite its {{Gorn}}-filled SugarBowl setting.
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* ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is filled with ''[[ClusterFBomb Cluster "Fluff" Bombs]]''. You heard that right. Among other swears, "fluff" serves as a cutesy replacement for "fuck", despite its {{Gorn}}-filled SugarBowl setting. The revival series shows that even after leaving Fairyland, Gert still uses "fluff" instead of the F-word. She claims it's force of habit.
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* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife Characters/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with Comicbook/IronFist.
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* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife Characters/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with Comicbook/IronFist.ComicBook/IronFist.
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* Mark Gruenwald's ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} pastiche series ''Comicbook/SquadronSupreme'' ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' did this constantly, being released before Marvel began releasing comics without Comics Code approval. The result is a dark and cynical take on the Justice League with no insults harsher than "Son of a fish!"
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* ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' had this exchange between Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk and his father-in-law.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The Comicbook/{{Robin}}s usually used interesting lingo in place of swears, until [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim]] took up the mantle as he generally just used cuss words instead (though milder ones, like saying "Crap squared"). Damian makes no attempts to avoid cussing either.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The Comicbook/{{Robin}}s ComicBook/{{Robin}}s usually used interesting lingo in place of swears, until [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim]] took up the mantle as he generally just used cuss words instead (though milder ones, like saying "Crap squared"). Damian makes no attempts to avoid cussing either.
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* Through most of the period UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode was in place, one of the rules was that characters weren't allowed to curse, which led to many of the examples listed below. Even after the Code started to relax during the Bronze Age, the minced oaths were kept (for example, "hell" could not be used unless it referred to the place, like in the ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' comics).
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'' has its teenage girl protagonists replace relatively mild "Omigod!" with "Omigosh!" whenever they get excited.
** J. Jonah Jameson in most incarnations has an impressive vocabulary of mild swears ranging from "Poppycock" to "What in the dad-blamed Sam Hill?" Although in one comic by Creator/PeterDavid, when he gets repeated notes signed "F.N.S.M." (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man), he mutters "I hate that F-n' S.M."
* In ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'', the titular character ''can't'' bring himself to curse even in the most dire of circumstances.
* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife Characters/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with Comicbook/IronFist.
-->'''Cage:''' This guy is a bad Knick-Knack-Paddy-Whack!\\
'''Iron Fist:''' A bad what?
* ComicBook/{{Nova}} never swears for the same reason. "Blue Blazes!" (his dad does it too)
* No one swears in ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'', the [[LighterAndSofter all-ages]] version of the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'', but cursing ''is'' alluded to...
-->'''Characters/{{Captain America|TitleCharacter}}:''' For the record, I didn't say that.\\
'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]:''' What ''did'' you say?\\
'''Captain America:''' [[NarrativeProfanityFilter I can't say with ladies present]].
* ''ComicBook/SquirrelGirl'' seems incapable of anything harsher than "Good golly gosh!" During the [[ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers GLX-Mas Special]], she warned the readers that the comic contained inappropriate use of the word "flock." Partly {{justified|Trope}} because the use of the word "flock" involved Mr. Immortal screaming ''Flock You!'', as a substitute for, you know. Partly because Mr. Immortal was flocking with a flocking gun...
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, whose vocabulary likely includes a lot of words UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode would have looked askance at, has generally settled on "flaming" as a compromise. He once prepared to fight Sabretooth by announcing it was time to open a can of "kick-butt." Seeing as, in more modern times, "flaming" can refer (often in a derogatory way) to flamboyant homosexuality, the change makes it worse. Instead of being a potty-mouth, now Wolverine sounds like a homophobe.
* Mark Gruenwald's ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} pastiche series ''Comicbook/SquadronSupreme'' did this constantly, being released before Marvel began releasing comics without Comics Code approval. The result is a dark and cynical take on the Justice League with no insults harsher than "Son of a fish!"
* ''[[ComicBook/AntMan The Irredeemable Ant-Man]]'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}s and justifies this trope: ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} operatives are trained to say "Blast!" instead of "Damn!" to avoid offending anyone in the field.
* ''ComicBook/PS238'' has Zodon, an evil genius attending a school for superpowered children. The staff janitor is a technical genius himself though and implants a chip into Zodon which forces him to replace swear words with harmless random words. If he tries to go into a stream of profanity he will begin speaking out the lyrics to show tunes.
* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' doesn't swear, tending to make use of more esoteric terms like "horsefeathers!" and "Cheese and Crackers!" Justified, since Robo was created and "grew up" before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': The Cap, being traditional American values on legs, never swears, though he sometimes uses this trope.
-->(''Captain America jumps onto an F-15 and smashes the cockpit; understandably, the pilot expresses his surprise'')\\
'''Pilot:''' Jesus!\\
'''Captain America:''' Keep flying, son. And watch that potty mouth!
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'':
** Tintin himself would use "Great Snakes!" or "Crumbs!"
** As a sailor Captain Haddock's stream of abuse is, if not rude, then certainly inventive. His trademark phrases are "Billions of blue blistering barnacles!" and "Thousands of thundering typhoons!" When particularly angry, "billions of blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon!" is heard. When Hergé originally designed the character, he wanted him to swear, well, like a sailor. However, the [[ExecutiveMeddling publishers wouldn't let him]], so he came up with a bunch of creative euphemisms instead. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It became one of the Captain's defining and most memorable character traits.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'': In the early black and white issues, the characters' swearing was limited to heartfelt cries of "Dung!"
* ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'' uses ''hell!'' as its curse of choice. This continued even after ''2000 AD'' started to use proper swearing. In some parts of the world (America specifically), it ''is'' still proper swearing (albeit very mild).
* ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' had this exchange between Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk and [[Characters/MarvelComicsGammaMutates his father-in-law]].
-->'''General Ross:''' Hulk! [[WhyWontYouDie Why won't you die already?!]]\\
'''Hulk:''' That's your job!\\
'''Ross:''' Not '''ding-dong''' likely, you crazy monster!
* ''ComicBook/SuperDinosaur'' being an all ages series uses this ''crud'' all the time.
* In ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' story "Smart And Smarter" (Cartoon Network Block Party #59), Blossom alienates her sisters by trying to show how intellectually inferior they are to her. When she asks Buttercup what her motivation for fighting Mojo is, Buttercup replies, "Usually it's to beat the puckey out of him...but right now it's to get you to '''''shut up!!'''''
* ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is filled with ''[[ClusterFBomb Cluster "Fluff" Bombs]]''. You heard that right. Among other swears, "fluff" serves as a cutesy replacement for "fuck", despite its {{Gorn}}-filled SugarBowl setting.
* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' usually spells "God" as "Gawd". They also frequently use amusing outburst like "Firk-Ding-Blast!" and "What the SAM FRICK?"
* Several members of the Archer family in ''ComicBook/ArcherAndArmstrong'' speak like this. Even during a battle to the death they won't utter anything stronger than "goshdangit" or "flippin' bullcorn".
* ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': ¡Mecachis en la mar! (a family friendly "Holy crap!")
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** If Superman utters even the word "hell", you know you've pissed him right off. He's nice and polite enough to avoid curse words, so if you've made him mad enough to start actually ''swearing'' at you, you are '''in trouble'''. (See: [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'').
** Parodied in ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'':
--->'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' You're a strong, independent young woman. Heck, you're a superhero. Cousin of THE superhero. And he must have rubbed off on you. Why else did I just use the word "heck"?
** Parodied in ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'' when Lois Lane utters "Oh Snap", eliciting an incredulous reaction from Lana Lang. Lois mutters she got it from Jimmy Olsen.
--->'''Lois Lane:''' "Oh Snap![...]"\\
'''Lana Lang: ''' "Did you... Did you just say "'''Oh Snap'''"?\\
'''Lois Lane:''' I heard Jimmy saying it.
* ComicBook/{{Shazam}}/ComicBook/CaptainMarvel is, if anything, even milder than Supes himself under most writers, justified in that the Big Red Cheese's alter ego is a kid several years too young to drive.
* "Marvel What-The..." parodies the trope to hell and back, as usual. [[ExecutiveMeddling Executive Meddlers]] take offense at "Son of Satan" and change the character to "Son of Santa". Hilarity and a hailstorm of bad X-mas puns ensue.
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', "damn" and "hell" are now considered as passable curses. However "frag" and "scrap" are also thrown in for variety. Most notably though, there is the occasional use of the word "frikking" -- it translates to "freaking" which is itself a potential replacement for "fucking". So far Whirl is the only one to have used it to imply that he is particularly foul-mouthed.
** Ultra Magnus is particularly polite, and when he does attempt to curse it's usually via some euphemism from decades past. The closest he's gotten to a real curse word is when he yelled "Screw Getaway!" and them promptly apologized for his language.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/XForce'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]] gets fed up with Marrow swearing constantly, and messes with her brain so that she's saying random words or gibberish instead. But Marrow still thinks she's swearing and doesn't understand why people keep giggling at her.
-->'''Marrow:''' Aw, ''croutons''.
* In the 2017 ComicBookAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', when Rocko's DealWithTheDevil takes him to hell, there's a "Welcome to Heck" sign with the "ck" being written on a piece of paper that's covering what's likely to be two "l"s. The sign also reads "Mind your manners. This ain't a barn! We got families here!"
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The Comicbook/{{Robin}}s usually used interesting lingo in place of swears, until [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim]] took up the mantle as he generally just used cuss words instead (though milder ones, like saying "Crap squared"). Damian makes no attempts to avoid cussing either.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Etta Candy]] uses ''"goldurned"'' (as a substitute for god dammed) on occasion, though Bobby's ''"Cataleptic Cats!"'' exclamation takes the cake.
* ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'':
** While falling down in issue #11, ComicBook/SheHulk utters a string of g-rated "profanities" such as "ear wipe", "dog shingles", "death pokes" and "pig strings".
** Issue #13 features an entire town full of people who talk like this because they've been terrified into being as ludicrously wholesome as possible by an alien-possessed priest.
* ''ComicBook/AltHero'': Shiloh's reaction to the police car signaling her is "Well, fudgesticks!"
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':
** ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'' has its teenage girl protagonists replace relatively mild "Omigod!" with "Omigosh!" whenever they get excited.
** J. Jonah Jameson in most incarnations has an impressive vocabulary of mild swears ranging from "Poppycock" to "What in the dad-blamed Sam Hill?" Although in one comic by Creator/PeterDavid, when he gets repeated notes signed "F.N.S.M." (Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man), he mutters "I hate that F-n' S.M."
* In ''ComicBook/{{Madman}}'', the titular character ''can't'' bring himself to curse even in the most dire of circumstances.
* ''ComicBook/LukeCage'' - Luke promised his Momma he wouldn't swear. He just says things that sound ''kinda'' like usual swears, like "Sweet Christmas" and "Holy Spit!". This was averted in his later incarnations (''SWEET F**KING CHRISTMAS!''), but then was [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in his most recent ''ComicBook/HeroesForHire'' series (where wife Characters/JessicaJones has him control his language after the baby starts cussing in imitation), and this carries over to his missions with Comicbook/IronFist.
-->'''Cage:''' This guy is a bad Knick-Knack-Paddy-Whack!\\
'''Iron Fist:''' A bad what?
* ComicBook/{{Nova}} never swears for the same reason. "Blue Blazes!" (his dad does it too)
* No one swears in ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'', the [[LighterAndSofter all-ages]] version of the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'', but cursing ''is'' alluded to...
-->'''Characters/{{Captain America|TitleCharacter}}:''' For the record, I didn't say that.\\
'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]:''' What ''did'' you say?\\
'''Captain America:''' [[NarrativeProfanityFilter I can't say with ladies present]].
* ''ComicBook/SquirrelGirl'' seems incapable of anything harsher than "Good golly gosh!" During the [[ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers GLX-Mas Special]], she warned the readers that the comic contained inappropriate use of the word "flock." Partly {{justified|Trope}} because the use of the word "flock" involved Mr. Immortal screaming ''Flock You!'', as a substitute for, you know. Partly because Mr. Immortal was flocking with a flocking gun...
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, whose vocabulary likely includes a lot of words UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode would have looked askance at, has generally settled on "flaming" as a compromise. He once prepared to fight Sabretooth by announcing it was time to open a can of "kick-butt." Seeing as, in more modern times, "flaming" can refer (often in a derogatory way) to flamboyant homosexuality, the change makes it worse. Instead of being a potty-mouth, now Wolverine sounds like a homophobe.
* Mark Gruenwald's ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} pastiche series ''Comicbook/SquadronSupreme'' did this constantly, being released before Marvel began releasing comics without Comics Code approval. The result is a dark and cynical take on the Justice League with no insults harsher than "Son of a fish!"
* ''[[ComicBook/AntMan The Irredeemable Ant-Man]]'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}s and justifies this trope: ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} operatives are trained to say "Blast!" instead of "Damn!" to avoid offending anyone in the field.
* ''ComicBook/PS238'' has Zodon, an evil genius attending a school for superpowered children. The staff janitor is a technical genius himself though and implants a chip into Zodon which forces him to replace swear words with harmless random words. If he tries to go into a stream of profanity he will begin speaking out the lyrics to show tunes.
* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' doesn't swear, tending to make use of more esoteric terms like "horsefeathers!" and "Cheese and Crackers!" Justified, since Robo was created and "grew up" before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': The Cap, being traditional American values on legs, never swears, though he sometimes uses this trope.
-->(''Captain America jumps onto an F-15 and smashes the cockpit; understandably, the pilot expresses his surprise'')\\
'''Pilot:''' Jesus!\\
'''Captain America:''' Keep flying, son. And watch that potty mouth!
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'':
** Tintin himself would use "Great Snakes!" or "Crumbs!"
** As a sailor Captain Haddock's stream of abuse is, if not rude, then certainly inventive. His trademark phrases are "Billions of blue blistering barnacles!" and "Thousands of thundering typhoons!" When particularly angry, "billions of blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon!" is heard. When Hergé originally designed the character, he wanted him to swear, well, like a sailor. However, the [[ExecutiveMeddling publishers wouldn't let him]], so he came up with a bunch of creative euphemisms instead. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools It became one of the Captain's defining and most memorable character traits.]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'': In the early black and white issues, the characters' swearing was limited to heartfelt cries of "Dung!"
* ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper'' uses ''hell!'' as its curse of choice. This continued even after ''2000 AD'' started to use proper swearing. In some parts of the world (America specifically), it ''is'' still proper swearing (albeit very mild).
* ''ComicBook/WorldWarHulk'' had this exchange between Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk and [[Characters/MarvelComicsGammaMutates his father-in-law]].
-->'''General Ross:''' Hulk! [[WhyWontYouDie Why won't you die already?!]]\\
'''Hulk:''' That's your job!\\
'''Ross:''' Not '''ding-dong''' likely, you crazy monster!
* ''ComicBook/SuperDinosaur'' being an all ages series uses this ''crud'' all the time.
* In ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' story "Smart And Smarter" (Cartoon Network Block Party #59), Blossom alienates her sisters by trying to show how intellectually inferior they are to her. When she asks Buttercup what her motivation for fighting Mojo is, Buttercup replies, "Usually it's to beat the puckey out of him...but right now it's to get you to '''''shut up!!'''''
* ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is filled with ''[[ClusterFBomb Cluster "Fluff" Bombs]]''. You heard that right. Among other swears, "fluff" serves as a cutesy replacement for "fuck", despite its {{Gorn}}-filled SugarBowl setting.
* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' usually spells "God" as "Gawd". They also frequently use amusing outburst like "Firk-Ding-Blast!" and "What the SAM FRICK?"
* Several members of the Archer family in ''ComicBook/ArcherAndArmstrong'' speak like this. Even during a battle to the death they won't utter anything stronger than "goshdangit" or "flippin' bullcorn".
* ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'': ¡Mecachis en la mar! (a family friendly "Holy crap!")
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** If Superman utters even the word "hell", you know you've pissed him right off. He's nice and polite enough to avoid curse words, so if you've made him mad enough to start actually ''swearing'' at you, you are '''in trouble'''. (See: [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'').
** Parodied in ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'':
--->'''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}:''' You're a strong, independent young woman. Heck, you're a superhero. Cousin of THE superhero. And he must have rubbed off on you. Why else did I just use the word "heck"?
** Parodied in ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'' when Lois Lane utters "Oh Snap", eliciting an incredulous reaction from Lana Lang. Lois mutters she got it from Jimmy Olsen.
--->'''Lois Lane:''' "Oh Snap![...]"\\
'''Lana Lang: ''' "Did you... Did you just say "'''Oh Snap'''"?\\
'''Lois Lane:''' I heard Jimmy saying it.
* ComicBook/{{Shazam}}/ComicBook/CaptainMarvel is, if anything, even milder than Supes himself under most writers, justified in that the Big Red Cheese's alter ego is a kid several years too young to drive.
* "Marvel What-The..." parodies the trope to hell and back, as usual. [[ExecutiveMeddling Executive Meddlers]] take offense at "Son of Satan" and change the character to "Son of Santa". Hilarity and a hailstorm of bad X-mas puns ensue.
* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', "damn" and "hell" are now considered as passable curses. However "frag" and "scrap" are also thrown in for variety. Most notably though, there is the occasional use of the word "frikking" -- it translates to "freaking" which is itself a potential replacement for "fucking". So far Whirl is the only one to have used it to imply that he is particularly foul-mouthed.
** Ultra Magnus is particularly polite, and when he does attempt to curse it's usually via some euphemism from decades past. The closest he's gotten to a real curse word is when he yelled "Screw Getaway!" and them promptly apologized for his language.
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/XForce'', [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]] gets fed up with Marrow swearing constantly, and messes with her brain so that she's saying random words or gibberish instead. But Marrow still thinks she's swearing and doesn't understand why people keep giggling at her.
-->'''Marrow:''' Aw, ''croutons''.
* In the 2017 ComicBookAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', when Rocko's DealWithTheDevil takes him to hell, there's a "Welcome to Heck" sign with the "ck" being written on a piece of paper that's covering what's likely to be two "l"s. The sign also reads "Mind your manners. This ain't a barn! We got families here!"
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': The Comicbook/{{Robin}}s usually used interesting lingo in place of swears, until [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim]] took up the mantle as he generally just used cuss words instead (though milder ones, like saying "Crap squared"). Damian makes no attempts to avoid cussing either.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Etta Candy]] uses ''"goldurned"'' (as a substitute for god dammed) on occasion, though Bobby's ''"Cataleptic Cats!"'' exclamation takes the cake.
* ''ComicBook/SensationalSheHulk'':
** While falling down in issue #11, ComicBook/SheHulk utters a string of g-rated "profanities" such as "ear wipe", "dog shingles", "death pokes" and "pig strings".
** Issue #13 features an entire town full of people who talk like this because they've been terrified into being as ludicrously wholesome as possible by an alien-possessed priest.
* ''ComicBook/AltHero'': Shiloh's reaction to the police car signaling her is "Well, fudgesticks!"
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