History ImprovisedWeapon / Comicbooks

* ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'' has been known to use his webbing for offensive situations, such as forming a bat like object out of it, or more famously, Ben Reilly's "impact webbing".

* In the ''XWingSeries'' Winter drove off a ronk by [[http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4379/swrstro209.jpg splashing it]] with "oratay", which seems to be a [[CallARabbitASmeerp coffee analog]]. Even though she had her blaster at her side and had proved able to [[BadassBack shoot without looking]]. Then again, later in the issue we find that [[http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4169/swrstro217.jpg ronks are extremely allergic to oratay]], so maybe she just wanted to [[MartialPacifist avoid unnecessary killing]].

* {{Hawkeye}} from ''UltimateMarvel'' throws his fingernails through the skulls of several guards in an act of desperation. He's later seen firing pieces of rebar out of his bow.

* DeathsHead from MarvelComics is willing to improvise weapons from whatever is at hand, including furniture, barbecue skewers, and doors. If the room isn't empty, he's armed.

* The Franchise/{{Batman}} story "The Hungry Grass!" involves a bellhop killing a hotel guest with an ashtray.

* Likewise, [[JusticeLeague The Question]]. Potted Plant. Computer Monitor. ''Car''.

* ComicBook/{{Gambit}}'s power is custom made for this trope. Aside from his standard playing cards, he's charged a wad of gum, his credit cards, an anchor, poker chips, a bowling ball (stolen from a pair of guys who look suspiciously like [[TheBigLebowski Walter and Donnie]]), and in one particularly memorable scene, a boysenberry pie.

* Marv from ''SinCity'' has made great use of his surroundings in order to bash enemies' brains in.

** During Mike Baron's run, the Punisher was undercover at a South American resort. He spots a hood at the next table
who might blow is cover. So the Punisher orders lunch; a club sandwich, a mai-tai, and a side of their hottest salsa. The sandwich came with toothpicks with tuffs, and the drink came with a large straw. He dips the toothpick in the hot salsa, and loads it into the straw, making a improvised blow gun. On his way out, he blows the toothpick/dart into the hood's ear canal. The hood goes into fits, with hot-sauce leaking out his wounded eardrum. Frank just goes on his way, like a boss.

* The [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ComicBook/BlackCanary displayed uncanny accuracy with improvised thrown weapons, no matter how improbable or unbalanced - including [[http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2949/bcthrowingthings1.jpg footwear]], [[http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4889/bcthrowingthings2.jpg vases]], [[http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/3594/bcthrowingthings3.jpg bulky cameras]], [[http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3932/bcthrowingthings4.jpg random cutlery, and pies]]. Curiously, while she demonstrates her amazing throwing skills often, neither she nor any other characters ever make particular note of it.

** During Mike Baron's run, the Punisher was undercover at a South American resort. He spots hood at the next table

* In an issue of ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', the team encounters a future version of Franklin Richards. He proves he's who he says he is [[Only The KnowledgableMayPass by relating a childhood anecdote]] where Comicbook/BlackWidow showed him how to make poison by mixing his crayons with bathroom soap, and then explained how to strangle someone by using his jump rope.

* In an issue of ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', the team encounters a future version of Franklin Richards. He proves he's who he says he is [[OnlyTheKnowledgeableMayPass by relating a childhood anecdote]] where Comicbook/BlackWidow showed him how to make poison by mixing his crayons with bathroom soap, and then explained how to strangle someone by using his jump rope.

* In an issue of ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', the team encounters a future version of Franklin Richards. He proves he's who he says he is [[OnlyTheKnowledgeableMayPassby relating a childhood anecdote]] where Comicbook/BlackWidow showed him how to make poison by mixing his crayons with bathroom soap, and then explained how to strangle someone by using his jump rope.

* Hawkeye from ''UltimateMarvel'' throws his fingernails through the skulls of several guards in an act of desperation. He's later seen firing pieces of rebar out of his bow.

** At another point when he was beaten to paralysis (it happens to him a lot), he had to be kept on liquid food so that he couldn't throw ''[[DungFu his stool]]'' as a deadly weapon... which Bullseye admits would probably work.

* [[AntMan Hank Pym]] once used [[AppliedPhlebotinum Pym Particles]] to enlarge coins and use them as throwing weapons. He specifically said he was "[[{{Pun}} throwing big money at the problem]]."

* In their first encounter, ThePunisher managed to defeat the Russian (an ungodly powerhouse who shrugged off a knife to the gut like it was nothing and casually tore apart a pistol with his bare hands) using only a hot pizza and an extremely fat man.
** Ennis's "Welcome Back, Frank" storyline is full of instances of the Punisher using improvised weapons with lethal results. The best example is when Frank gets trapped by mobsters in the Bronx Zoo without ammo and [[AnimalAssassin uses the animals to kill them off.]] He throws one guy at a snake, dunks another one head first in a piranha tank and leads the rest into a polar bear pit. Unfortunately, the bears are more docile and curious than Frank expects, so he '''[[CrazyAwesome punches]] [[RefugeInAudacity a]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome polar bear]] [[http://overcaffeinated.net/img/punisher2.jpg in the face]]''' to get it angry.

* {{Tintin}} frequently makes use of this trope to get out of the unusual situations he's thrown into, for example, he knocks a butler out using a phone in ''Secret of the Unicorn''.

* The living brain tried to swat Spider-Man with an unhinged door.
* ''WorldWarHulk'' has a flash back of the Hulk swinging an adamantium statue of himself at Thor.

* The [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] BlackCanary displayed uncanny accuracy with improvised thrown weapons, no matter how improbable or unbalanced - including [[http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2949/bcthrowingthings1.jpg footwear]], [[http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4889/bcthrowingthings2.jpg vases]], [[http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/3594/bcthrowingthings3.jpg bulky cameras]], [[http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3932/bcthrowingthings4.jpg random cutlery, and pies]]. Curiously, while she demonstrates her amazing throwing skills often, neither she nor any other characters ever make particular note of it.

** Ennis's Welcome Back Frank is full of instances of the Punisher using improvised weapons with lethal results. The best example is when Frank gets trapped by mobsters in the Bronx Zoo without ammo and [[AnimalAssassin uses the animals to kill them off.]] He throws one guy at a snake, dunks another one head first in a piranha tank and leads the rest into a polar bear pit. Unfortunately, the bears are more docile and curious than Frank expects, so he '''[[CrazyAwesome punches]] [[RefugeInAudacity a]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome polar bear]] [[http://overcaffeinated.net/img/punisher2.jpg in the face]]''' to get it angry.

* A celebrated example from comics books: Comicbook/{{Superman}} once used the ''Empire State Building'' as a weapon against Doomsday. (It was evacuated beforehand, since this is Superman we're talking about.)

* The ComicBook/{{Batman}} story "The Hungry Grass!" involves a bellhop murdering a hotel guest with an ashtray.

* [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Gambit's]] power is custom made for this trope. Aside from his standard playing cards, he's charged a wad of gum, his credit cards, an anchor, poker chips, a bowling ball (stolen from a pair of guys who look suspiciously like [[TheBigLebowski Walter and Donnie]]), and in one particularly memorable scene, a boysenberry pie.

* [[{{X-Men}} Gambit's]] power is custom made for this trope. Aside from his standard playing cards, he's charged a wad of gum, his credit cards, an anchor, poker chips, a bowling ball (stolen from a pair of guys who look suspiciously like [[TheBigLebowski Walter and Donnie]]), and in one particularly memorable scene, a boysenberry pie.