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* ''Marvel Year In Review 1993'' had an article on the DarkerAndEdgier trend in comics which mentions the "boy scout oath" of [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] superheroes: "I promise to do what's right, [[TheGoldenRule to treat others decently, as I would like to be treated]], to help old ladies across the street, to take my hat off in the presence of our flag, to hold myself to the highest standards of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode Authority, [[ThouShaltNotKill to never take human life under any circumstances]], even when they [[MoralEventHorizon really deserve it]], and to eat all of my vegetables, even the brussels sprouts."

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* ''Marvel Year In Review 1993'' had an article on the DarkerAndEdgier trend in comics which mentions the "boy scout oath" of [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] superheroes: "I promise to do what's right, [[TheGoldenRule to treat others decently, as I would like to be treated]], to help old ladies across the street, to take my hat off in the presence of our flag, to hold myself to the highest standards of UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode MediaNotes/TheComicsCode Authority, [[ThouShaltNotKill to never take human life under any circumstances]], even when they [[MoralEventHorizon really deserve it]], and to eat all of my vegetables, even the brussels sprouts."
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* ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan'': Issue 51 of the Creator/PeterMilligan series has the Burning Angel taunt Shade by asking if his next suicide attempts will use gas, electrocution and MTV.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan:'' In issue #225 of Amazing Spider-Man, school registrar Harvey [=McNamara=] is attacked by the ComicBook/{{Foolkiller}} and urges Spider-Man to go after him because "He ruined my paperwork! He wrecked my office! He... he called me a fool!" {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Spider-Man, of course.
-->'''Spider-Man:''' [[SkewedPriorities Not to mention that he tried to kill you, eh?]]

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