History MacGuffin / ComicBooks

* The titular [[ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo Eye Of Mongombo]] is sought by many, in particular [[BalefulPolymorph adventurer turned duck]] Cliff Carlson.

* LampshadeHanging in the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' comic by Pioneer, in which Sasami has a special delivered package from Jyurai, which turns out to be [=MacGuffins=], light and tasty delicacies that resemble muffins. In fact, they're ''so'' good "why else would people chase after them?"
* The ComicBook/SecretSix ongoing kicked off with an arc centering around a rather interesting [=MacGuffin=]: [[spoiler: a get out of Hell free card]].
* ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' had a couple prominent [=MacGuffin=] stories:
** In one issue, Jon is hired to retrieve a stolen formula (codenamed 7X) in a sealed envelope, with strict instructions that the envelope is not to be opened. Jon succeeds and returns the formula to its owners. Although he didn't open the envelope, he comments that when it got wet the envelope went transparent and he could read the list of ingredients and there isn't anything there that cannot be bought at a corner drug store. The executives comment that the point is that no one else knows that and burn the envelope. 7X turns out to be [[spoiler:the formula for Coca-Cola]].
** Another story revolves around one of fiction's most famous [=MacGuffins=], the Maltese Falcon -- specifically, the ''prop'' Maltese Falcon used in [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 the 1941 film]], now an extremely valuable collectible.
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': The Arumbayan statue in ''[[Recap/TintinTheBrokenEar The Broken Ear]]'' (the RealLife artifact Hergé based it on belongs to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels).

* The Exploding Nanites in the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}' blood that keep the {{Boxed Crook}}s contained are referred to as a [=MacGuffin=] by Bullseye in #125.

* In the second issue of the [[ComicBook/SonicX comic book adaptation]] of ''Anime/SonicX'', Sonic and friends investigate a sunken ship owned by the long-dead pirate "Captain Seamus "Red-Eye" [=MacGuffin=]", and later outright call the ship "The [=MacGuffin=]". Subtle, it is not.
* The ''ComicBook/SinCity'' story ''Big Fat Kill'' has a {{squick}}y example of a [=MacGuffin=]: a severed head. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* In ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'', Uatu the Watcher's eyes are this, since they contain the secrets of Earth-616 and the people there.
* Raleigh's soul in ''ComicBook/LostAtSea''. [[spoiler:At the end she realizes she never lost it, she just felt like she did because of her breakup with her boyfriend, Stillman.]]
* The adamantium-encased remains of Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} are this in the first arc of ''Comicbook/{{Wolverines}}''.
* The Sword of Ultimate Sorcery from ''ComicBook/{{Swordquest}}''. The heroes are after it simply because they are told it can defeat the BigBad King Tyrannus.

* The titular [[ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo Eye Of Mongombo]] is sought many, in particular [[BalefulPolymorph adventurer turned duck]] Cliff Carlson.

* Franchise/WonderWoman's lasso has been the subject of many attempted and several successful thefts. Oddly most times a writer has it stolen it's magical properties seem to work as the story demands for the villain, instead of as they have been set and explained (can't lie even to oneself when touching it, dispels glamors and undoes mindwipes and mindcontrol).

** Another story revolves around one of fiction's most famous [=MacGuffins=], the Maltese Falcon -- specifically, the ''prop'' Maltese Falcon used in [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon the 1941 film]], now an extremely valuable collectible.

* Every alien race in ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' gets into a holy war at the same time to get "The Winslow", a furry alligator-like creature that has extreme religious significance. The Winslow's purpose is to be a ShapedLikeItself [=MacGuffin=]. A secondary purpose and/or effect of its primary purpose is to confuse everyone.

* De Mesmaeker's contracts in ''GastonLagaffe''. Their only function is to provide an excuse for businessman De Mesmaeker to visit the Spirou offices again and again. We never learn what they are about, except that they are apparently very complex (one had at least 625 articles in it) and that they have something to do with advertizing.

* In the second issue of the [[ComicBook/SonicX comic book adaptation]] of SonicX, Sonic and friends investigate a sunken ship owned by the long-dead pirate "Captain Seamus "Red-Eye" [=MacGuffin=]", and later outright call the ship "The [=MacGuffin=]". Subtle, it is not.

* The lump of bombastium in CarlBarks's "A Cold Bargain": an IdiotBall and [=MacGuffin=] rolled into one, made of pure {{Unobtainium}}. No-one knows what it does, but since it's so rare that the substance isn't found anywhere else outside that one lump, and because they don't actually know it ''doesn't'' do something amazing, everyone wants it. Scrooge [=McDuck=] bids an enormous sum on it on impulse and then has to go to great lengths to maintain the possibly useless lump's existence. [[spoiler:In the end, it turns out it can be used to make loads and loads of ice cream, which does make the deal profitable.]]

* The Exploding Nanites in the {{Thunderbolts}}' blood that keep the {{Boxed Crook}}s contained are referred to as a [=MacGuffin=] by Bullseye in #125.

* LampshadeHanging in the ''TenchiMuyo'' comic by Pioneer, in which Sasami has a special delivered package from Jyurai, which turns out to be [=MacGuffins=], light and tasty delicacies that resemble muffins. In fact, they're ''so'' good "why else would people chase after them?"

* The SecretSix ongoing kicked off with an arc centering around a rather interesting [=MacGuffin=]: [[spoiler: a get out of Hell free card]].

* ''JonSableFreelance'' had a couple prominent [=MacGuffin=] stories:

* The albatross in ''{{Cerebus}}''.

* The ''SinCity'' story ''Big Fat Kill'' has a [[{{Squick}} squicky]] example of a [=MacGuffin=]: a severed head. ItMakesSenseInContext.

* The Arumbayan statue in ''[[{{Tintin}} The Broken Ear]]'' (the RealLife artifact Herge based it on belongs to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels).

* And of course there are plenty of other Scrooge stories with [=MacGuffins=]: the crown in "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan", the locket in "Lemming With the Locket", etc.