History Hammerspace / ComicBooks

* Marvel Comics character Devil-Slayer lives this trope; he has a magic "Shadow Cloak" that allows him to pull weapons of virtually any sort (mostly swords, axes and other Hawkman-approved implements of destruction, but has included modern firearms and high-tech ray-guns). In the same universe, Corsair (of The Starjammers) uses "phasing discs" built into his gloves to pull blasters from a dimensional pocket and Rom, Greatest of the Spaceknights, summons his Translator, Energy Analyser, and Disruptor from "subspace"and sends them back again in the blink of an eye, when he needs them.

* Franchise/{{Superman}} villain Bloodsport. Every incarnation has had access to a teleporter that can teleport any of a wide variety of high powered {{BFG}}s to his hand.
* Done humorously in one issue of Marvel's [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] universe when a completely naked Hulk walks into a diner and asks for pancakes, then somehow produces a large handful of bills to prove that he can pay.

* Combat Colin, star of his own backup strip in the UK ''[[ComicBook/GIJoe Action Force]]'' and ''{{Transformers}}'' comics, was known for his Combat Trousers (apparently presented to him by an alien), the pockets of which enabled him to produce any number of cumbersome weapons, up to and including a nuclear warhead.

* ComicBook/TheFlash's costume is hidden in his ring. They try to explain it away as some sort of advanced science, but it's all [[IncrediblyLamePun flash]] and no substance.

* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' books, Ramona whips a huge hammer out of a relatively tiny purse. She explains this by saying it's a trans-dimensional purse.
** [[BagOfHolding It can hold lots of other things too, even Scott himself]].
** And when the bag gets ruptured during a fight, the (quite considerable) contents of it are [[ExplodingCloset violently expelled back at her attacker.]]

* ComicBook/TheFlash's costume is hidden in his ring. They try to explain it away as some sort of advanced science, but it's all [[IncrediblyLamePun flash]] and no substance.
* The members of the Franchise/{{Green Lantern}} Corps store their personal power batteries (the "lanterns" they charge their [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum power rings]] on) in a dimensional pocket created by their bosses, the [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Guardians of the Universe]].

* A running gag in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is the incredible amount of space inside [[ClownCarBase Snoopy's doghouse]] (although the reader only ever sees it from the outside). Reportedly, he can have huge parties in there. And he proudly displays his Van Gogh on one of the walls. There are at least two floors inside, as well -- one strip depicts Snoopy listening to Linus and Charlie Brown negotiating a turn in a staircase ''while moving furniture''.
* At least one other comic series re-used the trick. ''ComicBook/{{Cubitus}}'', star of his own Franco-Belgian comics by Dupa, also has a lavish palace inside his doghouse. In another story, he decides to move in his master's canopy bed. Friction ensues.

* Marvel Comics character Devil-Slayer lives this trope; he has a magic "Shadow Cloak" that allows him to pull weapons of virtually any sort (mostly swords, axes and other Hawkman-approved implements of destruction, but has included modern firearms and high-tech ray-guns). In the same universe, Corsair (of The Starjammers) uses "phasing discs" built into his gloves to pull blasters from a dimensional pocket and Rom, Greatest of the Spaceknights, summons his Translator, Energy Analyser, and Disruptor from "subspace"and sends them back again in the blink of an eye, when he needs them.
* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', (particularly the older ones) whenever a character has just overcome something stressful or difficult, they will produce a handkerchief from nowhere and dab sweat from their forehead.
* Done humorously in one issue of Marvel's [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] universe when a completely naked Hulk walks into a diner and asks for pancakes, then somehow produces a large handful of bills to prove that he can pay.
* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s claws are many times longer than the backs of his hands from which they emerge. It's occasionally suggested that they're stored in his forearms, but since they come out with his wrists bent at any angle, it's much better sense that they're kept in hammerspace.
* In an issue of the ''Darkwing'' comic, the BigBad provided the [[VillainoftheWeek Villain of the Issue]] with a Hammerspace [[BadassLongcoat trenchcoat]]. The thing produced [[spoiler:and removed]] a ''functioning nuclear bomb''.
* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Rainbow Dash is incredulous of where Pinkie stowed the giant costumes for the two of them (and a Changeling costume).
** Later, Pinkie pulls out her costume ''and'' a perfectly fine (and fresh) cake out from nowhere. This time, Rainbow Dash begs her friends to ask no questions..
* Franchise/{{Superman}} villain Bloodsport. Every incarnation has had access to a teleporter that can teleport any of a wide variety of high powered {{BFG}}s to his hand.

* In Daniel Kibblesmith's short-lived ''ComicBook/{{Loki}}'' series for Marvel Comics, the titular God of Mischief summons his possessions out of thin air calling forth his "Bottomless Magic Bag of Safekeeping," which he acknowledges is simply a pocket dimension.

* In ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', (particularly the older ones) whenever a character has just overcome something stressful or difficult, they will produce a handkerchief from nowhere and dab sweat from their forehead.

* Combat Colin, star of his own backup strip in the UK ''[[GIJoe Action Force]]'' and ''{{Transformers}}'' comics, was known for his Combat Trousers (apparently presented to him by an alien), the pockets of which enabled him to produce any number of cumbersome weapons, up to and including a nuclear warhead.

** At least one other comic series re-used the trick. ''Cubitus'', star of his own Franco-Belgian comics by Dupa, also has a lavish palace inside his doghouse. In another story, he decides to move in his master's canopy bed. Friction ensues.

* TheFlash's costume is hidden in his ring. They try to explain it away as some sort of advanced science, but it's all [[IncrediblyLamePun flash]] and no substance.

* {{Superman}} villain Bloodsport. Every incarnation has had access to a teleporter that can teleport any of a wide variety of high powered {{BFG}}s to his hand.

* Done humorously in one issue of Marvel's [[UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] universe when a completely naked Hulk walks into a diner and asks for pancakes, then somehow produces a large handful of bills to prove that he can pay.
* {{Wolverine}}'s claws are many times longer than the backs of his hands from which they emerge. It's occasionally suggested that they're stored in his forearms, but since they come out with his wrists bent at any angle, it's much better sense that they're kept in hammerspace.

* A running gag in ''{{Peanuts}}'' is the incredible amount of space inside [[ClownCarBase Snoopy's doghouse]] (although the reader only ever sees it from the outside). Reportedly, he can have huge parties in there. And he proudly displays his Van Gogh on one of the walls. There are at least two floors inside, as well -- one strip depicts Snoopy listening to Linus and Charlie Brown negotiating a turn in a staircase ''while moving furniture''.

* In ''ArchieComics'', (particularly the older ones) whenever a character has just overcome something stressful or difficult, they will produce a handkerchief from nowhere and dab sweat from their forehead.

* ''TheMiddleMan'''s title character seems to have pockets that lead to {{Hammerspace}}. He spends several moments removing increasingly improbable weapons from his pockets in the first episode.

* ''ScottPilgrim'' books, Ramona whips a huge hammer out of a relatively tiny purse. She explains this by saying it's a trans-dimensional purse.

* TheAwesomeSlapstick has this as an actual power.

* In WarrenEllis's {{Planetary}}, Elijah Snow discovers that the Four invaded an alternate universe, slaughtered everyone living there, and turned it into an armory. A cruel way to invent Hammerspace.

* The members of the Franchise/{{Green Lantern}} store their personal power batteries (the "lanterns" they charge their rings on) in a dimensional pocket created by their bosses, the [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Guardians of the Universe]].

* Try {{Batman}}, that guy's got everything in his utility belt! Not so much "everything", as it is [[CrazyPrepared "exactly what is required for the situation at hand"]].

* Wolverine's claws are many times longer than the backs of his hands from which they emerge. It's occasionally suggested that they're stored in his forearms, but since they come out with his wrists bent at any angle, it's much better sense that they're kept in hammerspace.

* Flash's costume is hidden in his ring. They try to explain it away as some sort of advanced science, but it's all [[IncrediblyLamePun flash]] and no substance.

* A running gag in ''Peanuts'' is the incredible amount of space inside [[ClownCarBase Snoopy's doghouse]] (although the reader only ever sees it from the outside). Reportedly, he can have huge parties in there. And he proudly displays his Van Gogh on one of the walls. There are at least two floors inside, as well -- one strip depicts Snoopy listening to Linus and Charlie Brown negotiating a turn in a staircase ''while moving furniture''.

* In ''Archie Comics'', (particularly the older ones) whenever a character has just overcome something stressful or difficult, they will produce a handkerchief from nowhere and dab sweat from their forehead.
* Done humorously in one issue of Marvel's Ultimate universe when a completely naked Hulk walks into a diner and asks for pancakes, then somehow produces a large handful of bills to prove that he can pay.