History ThrowTheDogABone / Comicbooks

* There was a brief scene in ''Gotham Knights'' where for once, Franchise/{{Batman}} accepted Spoiler, even telling her that he doesn't mind the company.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** In the first issue of ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer'''s run, Peter Parker loses his job, his doctorate, his reputation... but he gets back together with ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson.

** In the first issue of ''ComicBook/NickSpencersSpiderMan'''s run, Peter Parker loses his job, his doctorate, his reputation... but he gets back together with ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson.

** In ''ComicBook/LeeDitkoSpiderMan'', Spider-Man is refreshed by the Ringmaster's audience actually being glad to see him as opposed to demanding his head on a pike.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan''
** Because of his status as one the first {{Chew Toy}}s of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, occasionally writers will throw him a bone here and there. Such as Creator/StanLee giving him a motorcycle, introducing him to Mary Jane, and generally making his life better after Stan's fellow plotter Creator/SteveDitko quit Marvel.

** At the end of ''Comicbook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'', after being the butt of all sorts of jokes as well as the recipient of all sorts of crap, Shocker ends up [[spoiler:defeating the Punisher in a single blow and is installed by Silvermane as the new boss of the Maggia]]. Similarly, Speed Demon ends up successfully suing Iron Fist for an injured ankle and also ends up wealthy.

* A very unintended side effect from the ScrewedByTheLawyers-mandated CosmicRetcon of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' as Sonic comes back from his [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide adventure with Mega Man]] to find out Mobius has changed for the better - all the damage done by years of war against Robotnik and Eggman have been undone, the injuries and sadnesses and heartache that came from these adventures never occured. It hits home initially when he finds out that King Max Acorn isn't a massive jerk like he was in the old universe and the bones just keep being tossed at him.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** At the end of ''Asterix at the Olympics Games'', the Romans Glutius Maxmus and Veriambitius, after spending the entire book being upstaged and humiliated by the Gauls' antics, are given the Palm of Victory Asterix won to present to Caesar. A caption reads, as Caesar rewards the Legionaries, "For once, Caesar is pleased!"

** Often Donald Duck stories involve short-sighted get rich quick schemes that fail spectacularly and painfully, because Donald tries to use shortcuts instead of putting real effort in. Then there's the one story where Donald fails spectacularly to take care of Uncle Scrooge's car near the beginning of the story and then desperately needs to make a million dollars in one day just so he can buy a replacement before Uncle Scrooge finds out. '''[[spoiler: Donald actually pulls it off, buys a replacement car, and nearly fools Scrooge. Except it turns out the original car wasn't destroyed at all, and Donald gets to drive off the scene in his legitimately-earned super expensive car, to Scrooge's astonishment. The lesson seems to be that Donald is potentially just as good at Scrooge when it comes to honestly making money... but most of the time Donald's own greed and pride prevents him from succeeding.]]'''

** Creator/DonRosa loved doing this to Donald. ''The Duck Who Never Was'' did it as a sixtieth birthday present to the character via ItsAWonderfulPlot, while ''The Magnificent Seven (Minus Four) Caballeros'' sees Donald's foreign friends from ''Disney/TheThreeCaballeros'' make a return and take him on an adventure to cure his depression.

* DonaldDuck did get the upper hand on [[JerkAss Gladstone]] [[BornLucky Gander]] about 10% of the time in [[Creator/CarlBarks classic Disney Duckverse comics]].

* There was a brief scene in ''Gotham Knights'' where for once, Franchise/{{Batman}} accepted the Spoiler, even telling her that he doesn't mind the company.
* In Volume 5 of ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' Emp (kidnapped along with a bunch of the Superhomies' celebrity doubles) [[BoundAndGagged wriggles out of her restraints]], dons her [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman super suit]] (which she'd wrapped around her waist) and tells off the double who insulted her earlier. Then for once, just once, she actually ''smiles'' in anticipation because the mooks have no idea what's coming.

* Because of Franchise/SpiderMan's status as one the first {{Chew Toy}}s of the MarvelUniverse, occasionally writers will throw him a bone here and there. Such as Creator/StanLee giving him a motorcycle, introducing him to Mary Jane, and generally making his life better after Stan's fellow plotter Creator/SteveDitko quit Marvel.

* At the end of ''Comicbook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'', after being the butt of all sorts of jokes as well as the recipient of all sorts of crap, Shocker ends up [[spoiler:defeating the Punisher in a single blow and is installed by Silvermane as the new boss of the Maggia]]. Similarly, Speed Demon ends up successfully suing Iron Fist for an injured ankle and also ends up wealthy.
* In ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'' #1,000,000 (a tie-in with ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion''), a series of events that make Booster an epic-level ButtMonkey has him quit Rip Hunter's team and halfway to retiring from heroics entirely when he gets a call from Batman. Bruce shows Booster photographs from [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the night Joker paralyzed Barbara Gordon]], revealing that he knows Booster tried to save her ([[YouCantFightFate but sadly failed]]), and admits that he was wrong to think Booster was just a greedy idiot. He tells Booster "[[ObfuscatingStupidity Let the world think you're crazy]] if that's what it takes to be the best you can be" and adds that if he ever needs someone to just talk to, he'll be there. Then when Booster goes back to Rip to rejoin, he finds his sister Michelle alive and well, thanks to Rip bending the rules of time travel to save her. As they leave to eat lunch, Rip smiles and says "Keep it up, Dad" quietly, and the ending narration notes that despite the fact that Booster Gold is considered the BlackSheep of the Carter family, every photograph of him shows him smiling happily.

** One of the biggest changes is in ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' where in J.Jonah Jameson stops hating Spidey and becomes pro Spider-Man! Plus he knows that he's Peter Parker and vows to never reveal his identity to anyone!