History WhamEpisode / Comicbooks

* ''{{Watchmen}}'': Chapter 3. And arguably 9, and, [[spoiler: of course, 11]].

** And Flynn's had a few other wham episodes since then. The "Enerjak Reborn" arc had [[MadScientist Doctor]] [[CompleteMonster Finitevus]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwash]] Kunckles into becoming the new [[PhysicalGod Enerjak]], which leads to the destruction of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Dingo Regime]], the death of Knuckles' father Locke, and the remnants of the Dark Legion joining with Eggman. And then a little while after that, we get issue 200 - Sonic defeats Eggman so epically, the doctor has a huge VillainousBreakdown, which allows his position as BigBad to be usurped by the Iron Dominion, who spend the next dozen or so issues [[CurbStompBattle curb stomping]] the heroes all over the place.
** Issue 225 features the Death Egg, the return of Silver Sonic, and [[spoiler: reality-warping combined with Sally's apparent death via gun turret]].

* BlackestNight #5: the White Light only serves to make Nekron stronger, and he sends a Black ring to cause [[OrIsIt "Bruce Wayne"]] to rise, and 10 black rings are sent out, which then place themselves on the fingers of Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Ice, Animal Man, Donna Troy, Kid Flash, and Superboy, turning them into Black Lanterns, with Hal Jordan and Barry Allen being pursued by the remaining two.

* ''GIJoe: Cobra'' #12 in which Chuckles shoots Cobra Commander dead and then blows the body, the base and himself up with a nuke.

* ''GIJoe: Cobra'' #12 in which Chuckles [[spoiler: kills Cobra Commander]].

* ''[[TheAstoundingWolfMan The Astounding Wolf-Man]]'': Issue #7, mainly for its ending where Gary's wife is accidentally and brutally murdered by his then-mentor Zechariah. The entire premise of the series changes completely after this issue, focusing on Gary on the run and trying to prove his innocence, while Zechariah has a {{Heel Face Turn}} and becomes a primary antagonist, and Gary's daughter Chloe becomes a {{Heel Face Revolving Door}} for the rest of the series. This is also the moment things get {{Darker and Edgier}}.

* ''CaptainAmerica'' #25 by Ed Brubaker - the Return of Bucky Barnes as Winter Soldier.
** He came back earlier, #25 was when Cap got shot and temporarily killed off.

* ''CaptainAmerica''#25 by Ed Brubaker - the Return of Bucky Barnes as Winter Soldier.

* In the Luna Brothers ''{{The Sword}} ''First When Malia [[spoiler: Rips out Dara's Womb and stomps on it.]] and After an epic Roaring Road Of Rampage Dara Discovers that the Whiny tag-along Justin is [[spoiler:Phaistos]] and the whole thing was a plot to get revenge himself after a millennia of realizing what prick he was. and then he [[spoiler:Kills Himself With The Sword]] and when Dara [[spoiler:Throws The Sword in the Volcano and goes home and dies(?) after ALL her injuries Return]].

* GrantMorrison's X-Men run, second issue - [[spoiler: Genosha is destroyed by new breed of Sentinels, millions of mutants dies]].

* GrantMorrison's X-Men run, second issue - [[spoiler: Genosha is destroyed by new breed of Sentinels, millions of mutants dies]].

* Not content with ending the Democracy arc in ''JudgeDredd'' with Dredd's resignation and exile into the Cursed Earth, ''2000AD'' then went on to top it not long afterwards when they revealed who The Dead Man was.

** And Flynn's had a few other wham episodes since then. The "Enerjak Reborn" arc had [[MadScientist Doctor]] [[CompleteMonster Finitevus]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwash]] Kunckles into becoming the new [[PhysicalGod Ener]][[MadGod jak]], which leads to the destruction of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Dingo Regime]], the death of Knuckles' father Locke, and the remnants of the Dark Legion joining with Eggman. And then a little while after that, we get issue 200 - Sonic defeats Eggman so epically, the doctor has a huge VillainousBreakdown, which allows his position as BigBad to be usurped by the Iron Dominion, who spend the next dozen or so issues [[CurbStompBattle curb stomping]] the heroes all over the place.

* ''{{Watchmen}}'': Chapter 3. And arguably 9, and, [[of course, 11.

** Issue 225 features the Death Egg, the return of Silver Sonic, and [[spoiler: reality-warping combined with Sally'a apparent death via gun turret]].

* ''CaptainAmerica''#25 by Ed Brubaker - the Return of Bucky Barnes as Winter Soldier.

** And Flynn's had a few other wham episodes since then. The "Enerjak Reborn" arc had [[MadScientist Doctor]] [[CompleteMonster Finitevus]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] Kunckles into becoming the new [[PhysicalGod Ener]][[MadGod jak]], which leads to the destruction of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Dingo Regime]], the death of Knuckles' father Locke, and the remnants of the Dark Legion joining with Eggman. And then a little while after that, we get issue 200 - Sonic defeats Eggman so epically, the doctor has a huge VillainousBreakdown, which allows his position as BigBad to be usurped by the Iron Dominion, who spend the next dozen or so issues [[CurbStompBattle curb stomping]] the heroes all over the place.

* In the Luna Brothers ''{{The Sword}} ''First When Malia [[spoiler: Rips out Dara's Womb and stomps on it.]] and After an epic Roaring Road Of Rampage Dara Discovers that the Whiny tag-along Justin is [[spoiler:Phaistos]] and the whole thing was a plot to get revenge himself after a millennia of realizing what prick he was. and then he [[spoiler:Kills Himself With The Sword]] and when Dara [[spoiler:Throws The Sword in the Volcano and goes home and dies(?) after ALL her injuries Return]].

* ''[[ScottPilgrim Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe]]''. After the previous volume ended on such a happy note, [[spoiler:Scott and Ramona's relationship shows signs of getting stale, [[WhamLine Knives reveals Ramona that Scott cheated on both of them]], [[TearJerker Ramona abandons Scott]] and [[TearJerker Kim leaves Toronto]]. Also ''Sex Bob-Omb'' ends]].

** BlackestNight #6: When we're introduced to the White Entity and the fact that someone must become the White Lantern to defeat Nekron, everyone assumes it is going to be Hal Jordan. In fact, Hal Jordan expects it to be himself as well. Only at the last second he is pushed away by Sinestro who eagerly becomes the first White Lantern.

* Even relative to the overall aura of Total MindScrew surrounding GrantMorrison's run of ''DoomPatrol'', the Candlemaker arc was ''made'' of WHAM.

* The first time AlanMoore became famous in the US, it was for a one-issue one of these in a comic that was all but canceled; word of mouth alone made it one of the most famous single issues that year. By the time of the Anatomy Lesson, SwampThing had spent nearly ten years trying to reverse the accident that transformed him so he could be plain ol' Alec Holland again. He never will be Alec Holland. He isn't Alec Holland. He never was Alec Holland.

* ''CaptainAmerica''#25 by Ed Brubaker.
** [[XJustX Context, please?]]
*** The Return of Bucky Barnes as Winter Soldier.

* The second-to-last issue of [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Season Eight]]. The Seed of Wonder is destroyed, all the magic in the world disappears, and [[spoiler: Giles dies]].

* Volume 5 of ''{{Empowered}}''. Willy Pete kills eight and a half super heroes, and blows up the Superhomeys space station. Mind F***, one of the very few decent supers in the world, dies in the process.