History LargeHam / ComicBooks

* "[[DoctorDoom Doom]] is displeased that people think he underacts. [[http://doomcomicdrama.ytmnd.com/ Doom NEVER underacts]]. ''[[Doctor Doom Doom]]'' is also displeased that some [[Comicbook/{{Doom}} one-shot video-game tie-in]] lout is calling himself DOOM in the third person! There is only one [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM]] - ''[[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor]]'' DOOM! These are clearly plots by that perfidious dolt '''[[FantasticFour REED RICHARDS!!]]'''"

-->''Brother... I am ready to '''TORCH''' this hell hole into '''{{ASH}}'''... to '''KILL''' every sad mouth breather who was dumb enough to live here... and I'm ready to '''GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP'''. And between the two of us, little man... we both know '''I'M''' the one who's not afraid to die.''

* Superboy Prime frequently demonstrates that his power levels are Silver Age and hamminess is no exception. "I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU TO ''{{DEATH}}''!!

* "[[DoctorDoom Doom]] is displeased that people think he underacts. [[http://doomcomicdrama.ytmnd.com/ Doom NEVER underacts]]. ''[[DoctorDoom Doom]]'' is also displeased that some [[Comicbook/{{Doom}} one-shot video-game tie-in]] lout is calling himself DOOM in the third person! There is only one [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM]] - ''[[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor]]'' DOOM! These are clearly plots by that perfidious dolt '''[[FantasticFour REED RICHARDS!!]]'''"

** Also lampshaded during a cameo appearance in ''The Amazing Comicbook/SpiderMan'', in which Doom expresses displeasure at being escorted through the public terminal of an airport due to mechanical difficulties [[spoiler: (amusingly, the guard turns out to be CaptainAmerica undercover.)]]:

** In an essay about his run on ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', Mark Waid once noted that "you know you've Doom's voice down when every single sentence contains at least one pompous adjective."

* [[TheSandman Destruction of the Endless]], who was modeled after {{BRIAN BLESSED}}!

--> "Heh, heh, heh. The merely mortal ''fools'' have failed to perceive [[ThirdPersonPerson the ravening shadowlord]]'s burgeoning ''powers of suggestion''! And by the time they ''do'' -- ''too late'' will it be -- for [[ThirdPersonPerson the sinister snuffer of civilisations]] will have seized ABSOLUTE CONTROL of the much-vaunted '''TV REMOTE'''!!!"

-->''Brother... I am ready to '''TORCH''' this hell hole into '''ASH'''... to '''KILL''' every sad mouth breather who was dumb enough to live here... and I'm ready to '''GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP'''. And between the two of us, little man... we both know '''I'M''' the one who's not afraid to die.''
* Haazen from ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' is one; during that sequence when he reveals his evil plan and blows up the courtyard with the fleet, he screams, "Let the Fire of Truth Rain Down." Of course, the man's spent almost his entire life forced into the role of the fawning servant, unable to act otherwise in public without blowing his cover. Under those conditions, the culmination of the EvilPlan he's been working on for decades ''deserves'' a bit of ham.
* {{Deadpool}}.

* Superboy Prime frequently demonstrates that his power levels are Silver Age and hamminess is no exception. "I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU TO ''DEATH''!!
* R. Crumb's [[ComicBook/FritzTheCat Fritz the Cat]] is very hammy in a number of early strips.

-->--'''{{Azrael}} (Ludovic Valley),''' [[spoiler: shortly before being shot multiple times]].

* [[MaximumCarnage This is your old pal Carnage saying you can't spell slaughter without laughter,]] '''[[EvilLaughter AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]'''

* The titular character in {{Comicbook/The Tomb Of Dracula}} was incredibly hammy even by most vampire standards. Every issue had him speaking in terms like these:
-->'''Dracula''': Feel HONORED clod--Be PROUD that your pitiful life can be used to further MINE. You did not DIE for any peasant...but for {{Dracula}}--LORD OF THE DAMNED!

* [[SpiderMan Spidey]] gets to ham it up and have fun doing so in his ''MarvelAdventures'' team up with DoctorStrange. In fact, the level of ham becomes essential in bluffing a CosmicHorror, who is blind and can't see how small the "Great Hidden One Known As The Spider Man" is.

* ''{{Empowered}}'''s Caged Demonwolf. He spends all of his time as a voice emanating from the [[SealedEvilInACan alien power-draining bondage gear he's stuck in]], but even as a talking inanimate object, he has the biggest speech balloons and an endless supply of {{Expospeak Gag}}s. The sinister, sealed sovereign's hammery rivals that of [[BrianBlessed blessed Brian]] himself!

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* [[Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} Norman Osborn]] has shown surprising talent for this trope when he recently staged an attack by the Green Goblin on Air Force One. It's filled with such delightfully hammy lines as "GET BEHIND ME MR. PRESIDENT!" and "No Goblin! What YOU need is ''YOUR GLIDER!''" However, when it's Osborn in the Goblin suit, the ham quotient goes up to 11. [[AxCrazy As does the insanity quotient.]]
* Super-strong characters tend to get this way, especially those who are gods. Marvel has [[TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] and [[TheMightyThor Thor]], DC has Orion of the NewGods, and now the DarkAvengers have Ares. Who possibly tops Thor for sheer hamminess.

* Most of the [[{{Azrael}} Azraels]] had a pention for this.

* Every single major character in Metabarons by [[Main/AlejandroJodorowsky Alejando Jodorowsky]]

* [[MaximumCarnage This is your old pal carnage saying you can't spell slaughter without laughter,]] '''[[EvilLaughter AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]'''
* [[ComicBook/LesLegendaires Les Légendaires]] have several of this. One of the most notable example include Captain Shamira, Shimy's mother, who often delivers BadassBoast in an overly aggressive tone.
** Of course, considering EvilIsHammy and what the villains are, [[SorcerousOverlord Darkhell]], [[EvilSorcerer Skroa]], [[GodOfEvil Anathos]] and [[PuppeteerParasite Abyss]] all displayed large ham tendencies. Notably, most of them are usually quite calm (though still having a taste for EvilGloat), but will easily go full large ham when excited or angry.

-->'''Dracula''': Feel HONORED clod--Be PROUD that your pitiful life can be used to further MINE. You did not DIE for any peasent...but for {{Dracula}}--LORD OF THE DAMNED!

* [[SquadronSupreme Master Menace]], DC's alternate-universe equivalent of DoctorDoom, shamelessly chews the scenery whenever he appears.

** Of course, considering EvilIsHammy and what the villains are, [[SorcerousOverlord Darkhell]], [[EvilSorcerer Skroa]], [[GodOfEvil Anathos]] and [[PuppeteerParasite Abyss]] all displayed large ham tendencies.

* Rasputin in ''{{Hellboy}}'' has a tendency to ham it up even when he's losing. In his final appearance, as a ghost, he was ''shouting a hysterical tirade at a god''. She didn't take it too well.

* [[Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} Norman Osborn]] has shown surprising talent for this trope when he recently staged an attack by the Green Goblin on Air Force Onel. It's filled with such delightfully hammy lines as "GET BEHIND ME MR. PRESIDENT!" and "No Goblin! What YOU need is ''YOUR GLIDER!''" However, when it's Osborn in the Goblin suit, the ham quotient goes up to 11. [[AxCrazy As does the insanity quotient.]]

* Haazen from ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' is one; during that sequence when he reveals his evil plan and blows up the courtyard with the fleet he screams "Let the Fire of Truth Rain Down." Of course, the man's spent almost his entire life forced into the role of the fawning servant, unable to act otherwise in public without blowing his cover. Under those conditions, the culmination of the EvilPlan he's been working on for decades ''deserves'' a bit of ham.

* [[FantasticFour "I am GALACTUS...]] [[FeedMe And I HUNGER!]]"

* "[[DoctorDoom Doom]] is displeased that people think he underacts. [[http://doomcomicdrama.ytmnd.com/ Doom NEVER underacts]]. ''[[DoctorDoom Doom]]'' is also displeased that some [[Comicbook/{{Doom}} one-shot video-game tie-in]] lout is calling himself DOOM in the third person! There is only one [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM]] - ''[[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor]]'' DOOM! These are clearly plots by that perfidious dolt '''REED RICHARDS!!'''"

[[caption-width-right:303:'''''[[SayMyName RRRRRRIIIIIIICHAAAAAAARDS!!!!]]''''']]

[[caption-width-right:303:'''''[[BigWordShout RRRRRRIIIIIIICHAAAAAAARDS!!!!]]''''']]

Apparently, even static images are able to [[LargeHam overact]].

* BlackMask, especially during JuddWinick's run on {{Batman}}.

[[ComicBook/FantasticFour http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doom_3125.gif]]
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* Super-strong characters tend to get this way, especially those who are gods. Marvel has [[IncredibleHercules Hercules]] and [[TheMightyThor Thor]], DC has Orion of the NewGods, and now the Dark Avengers have Ares. Who possibly tops Thor for sheer hamminess.

* [[{{SpiderMan}} Spidey]] gets to ham it up and have fun doing so in his ''MarvelAdventures'' team up with DoctorStrange. In fact, the level of ham becomes essential in bluffing a CosmicHorror, who is blind and can't see how small the "Great Hidden One Known As The Spider Man" is.

* BlackMask especially during JuddWinick run on batman.

* ''JusticeLeague'' villain Manga Khan is not only the founder and former president emeritus of the Manga Khan School of Melodrama, he suffers from a disorder that causes him to behave in a ridiculously grandiose manner. He neglects to take his medication because he's in denial.