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* ''Comicbook/{{Hitman}}''. Garth Ennis writes a tale which starts off as a bunch of friends who all happen to be hitmen who drink together. Almost everyone dies over the course of the comic, the final issue ends with the title character charging an army by himself in a futile attempt to save his dying friend. "We are such little men" an observer remarks. As the two friends lie dying together one of them reminds the other of a dream he had, where they walk into their favourite bar and all their dead friends are there and the barman says "Drinks onna house fellas. There ain't no closing time. But you gotta leave your guns at the door." The reply: "Cool."

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* ''Comicbook/{{Hitman}}''.''ComicBook/{{Hitman|1993}}''. Garth Ennis writes a tale which starts off as a bunch of friends who all happen to be hitmen who drink together. Almost everyone dies over the course of the comic, the final issue ends with the title character charging an army by himself in a futile attempt to save his dying friend. "We are such little men" an observer remarks. As the two friends lie dying together one of them reminds the other of a dream he had, where they walk into their favourite bar and all their dead friends are there and the barman says "Drinks onna house fellas. There ain't no closing time. But you gotta leave your guns at the door." The reply: "Cool."
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* ''TearJerker/AnimalMan''
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* The first canonical meeting of Superman and [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] in UsefulNotes/{{the Modern Age|of Comic Books}}, "First Thunder". Billy's friend is killed by mercenaries (hired by Dr. Sivana) and Cap manages to arrest them and take them to the police headquarters. Upon taking his friend's body to the hospital and being told he is dead, Billy transforms to confront the killers and then Sivana. When Superman confronts Cap later on, Supes discovers that the mighty hero he had just recently met was really a young boy.

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* The first canonical meeting of Superman and [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] in UsefulNotes/{{the MediaNotes/{{the Modern Age|of Comic Books}}, "First Thunder". Billy's friend is killed by mercenaries (hired by Dr. Sivana) and Cap manages to arrest them and take them to the police headquarters. Upon taking his friend's body to the hospital and being told he is dead, Billy transforms to confront the killers and then Sivana. When Superman confronts Cap later on, Supes discovers that the mighty hero he had just recently met was really a young boy.
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* Captain Marvel's redemption and sacrifice in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', along with Superman's reaction. Also, the flashback to Lois Lane's death, and Magog's HeelFaceTurn.
* The hypothetical defeat of the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} and the destruction of Earth in ''Comicbook/{{Justice}}''. Everything in that sequence is painful to read: Flash's utter failure to save his city, the gruesome death of the ComicBook/MartianManhunter, the boiling of Aquaman's oceans, the death of Lois Lane, the crushing of Wonder Woman, the destruction of the Earth and the survival of a tearful Superman who couldn't even lift a finger; even when it was a nightmare implanted by Brainiac and Lex Luthor into their fellow supervillains, it's really crushing how the possibility of such event could be greater than everyone expects, driving them to collectively attack and temporarily defeat the Justice League. Keep in mind, these are only the '''first pages''' of the introduction.
** When Zatanna and the Martian Manhunter find Aquaman's maimed body. Keep in consideration that Brainiac removed the top of his head and his brain. At first, a worried Zatanna thinks that he is dead, but Professor Caulder (leader of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol) is able to restore his missing parts by submerging him in saltwater. This is one special story that actually shows Aquaman's full potential and drive '''as it should be'''.
** The almost-death of Zatanna. The chase for Brainiac leads Zatanna to magically teleport herself and her companions right behind Brainiac's consciousness, which is jumping between bodies; it reaches outer space, where Zatanna (who is fully human) fades out from lack of oxygen. Superman basically has to burn through the atmosphere with the beautiful magician wrapped on his cape to make it in time to ground level, and make an enormous effort just to ''not to blow her up'' with his super-breath or crush her thorax by administering CPR. He succeeds, but the frantic pace of the sequence and Superman's rush to save her is '''really''' painful to watch.
** Wonder Woman dying and decaying in the arms of her mother while her mother tearfully begs the Goddesses to help resurrect her daughter from the sand and water of Themyscira. They do.

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* Captain Marvel's redemption and sacrifice in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', along with Superman's reaction. Also, the flashback to Lois Lane's death, and Magog's HeelFaceTurn.
* The hypothetical defeat of the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} and the destruction of Earth in ''Comicbook/{{Justice}}''. Everything in that sequence is painful to read: Flash's utter failure to save his city, the gruesome death of the ComicBook/MartianManhunter, the boiling of Aquaman's oceans, the death of Lois Lane, the crushing of Wonder Woman, the destruction of the Earth and the survival of a tearful Superman who couldn't even lift a finger; even when it was a nightmare implanted by Brainiac and Lex Luthor into their fellow supervillains, it's really crushing how the possibility of such event could be greater than everyone expects, driving them to collectively attack and temporarily defeat the Justice League. Keep in mind, these are only the '''first pages''' of the introduction.
** When Zatanna and the Martian Manhunter find Aquaman's maimed body. Keep in consideration that Brainiac removed the top of his head and his brain. At first, a worried Zatanna thinks that he is dead, but Professor Caulder (leader of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol) is able to restore his missing parts by submerging him in saltwater. This is one special story that actually shows Aquaman's full potential and drive '''as it should be'''.
** The almost-death of Zatanna. The chase for Brainiac leads Zatanna to magically teleport herself and her companions right behind Brainiac's consciousness, which is jumping between bodies; it reaches outer space, where Zatanna (who is fully human) fades out from lack of oxygen. Superman basically has to burn through the atmosphere with the beautiful magician wrapped on his cape to make it in time to ground level, and make an enormous effort just to ''not to blow her up'' with his super-breath or crush her thorax by administering CPR. He succeeds, but the frantic pace of the sequence and Superman's rush to save her is '''really''' painful to watch.
** Wonder Woman dying and decaying in the arms of her mother while her mother tearfully begs the Goddesses to help resurrect her daughter from the sand and water of Themyscira. They do.
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* ''TearJerker/FiftyTwo''
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* ''TearJerker/DoomPatrol''

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