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12	%%* In ''ComicBook/AllFallDown'', [[spoiler:the Ghoul]] is revealed to be one of these.
13	* [[spoiler:Charge]], of ''ComicBook/AllSuperheroesMustDie'', as well as apparently all of the superheroes who came before the protagonists.
14	* Not surprisingly, many of the veteran crimefighters in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' are regular folks coupled with a few gimmicks (Jack-In-the-Box, Crackerjack, Altar Boy, the Black Badge, El Hombre, the Flying Fox), but who have trained themselves up to bullet-dodging levels.
15	** Deconstructed with Quarrel; she constantly realizes that she's a BadassNormal in a world of super-powered beings, armored villains, aliens, and gods, and compensates for it with '''lots''' of training -- to the point where she cannot sustain any sort of normal relationship [[MarriedToTheJob because of the commitments required.]] She's only with Crackerjack because she doesn't care that he ReallyGetsAround, and he doesn't care if she forgets his birthday.
16	** Played with in the case of Sticks. In his home of Gorilla Mountain, he's just a typical -- and disinterested -- soldier in gorilla society. In Astro City, however, his strength, training, and prehensile feet makes him a dangerous opponent to anyone who tries to exploit him.
17	** in "The Dark Ages", Charles and Royal Williams eventually grow into this role through a combination of physical training and gear appropriated from Pyramid.
18	* Jenkins of ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'' is possibly more effective than the eponymous protagonist, despite being only human. He's also an InUniverse MemeticBadass as well as TheDreaded [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v6ch4-page-13 to]] [[http://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/v6ch4-page-15 the military]].
19	* ''ComicBook/BlackHammer'' has Abraham Slam. In a world full of superpowered heroes and villains, Abraham Slam is a normal man who fights crime with world-class boxing skills and the occasional gadget.
20	* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': Murata, unlike most of his allies, does not have any inherent magical powers (Wismerhill, Hellaynnea) or incredibly size and strength (Ghorghor). He's just a very well-trained human {{Samurai}}.
21	* Golden Age Daredevil was just some guy who threw around a boomerang and fought crime. And yet, he was capable of regularly fighting a [[{{Sizeshifter}} size-changing]] sorcerer and pulling off acrobat feats that should not be possible.
22	* Adam Warren's ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'':
23	** [=ThugBoy=] takes this trope a step further. He's a {{Mook\|s}} who'd made a successful living at getting the better of both superheroes and villains alike. Unlike a lot of these, however, he really really likes guns.
24	** The Goddamn Maidman, who is an awesome WholesomeCrossdresser. He fights and acts like Batman...in a skirt, garters, and stiletto heels.
25	** Ninjette could also qualify.
26	* Colt from ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'' is the only team member who has no superpowers.
27	* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' has a lot of them, but certainly the most prominent is Gina's mother Julia, greatest warrior of Jade Realm, who routinely takes down monstrously powerful supernatural opponents with nothing but her sword, martial arts, and her brain. In a universe where many martial artists learn to thrown chi attacks, she's one of the scariest fighters around. She even has access to magical weapons but prefers hers to be simple well-balanced blades made of spell-resistant metal.
28	** The same goes for her rival G'nolga. Like Julia, surrounded by her team of ogres, mages, a card-carrying electric supervillain, and superstrong warriors with all kinds of weapons, compared to her dwarf with a metal-plated three section staff, '''she's''' the one you gotta worry about when the fighting starts.
29	* The earliest ComicBook/{{Grendel}}s all fit into this category, being only humans armed with an electrified spear who can take on AntiHero werewolf Argent.
30	* Cassie Hack of ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' habitually fights superpowered AxCrazy undead with no more than combat training, ferocity, and [[TheBigGuy a very large friend]].
31	* Lobster Johnson from the ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''-verse. Armed only with guns, bombs, and a glove for [[ZorroMark burning the Claw of Justice onto his enemies' foreheads]], the Lobster manages to hold his own against TheMafia, [[StupidJetpackHitler Nazi cyborgs]], [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Yetis]], {{Ninja}}, and a YellowPeril villain attempting to summon {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
32	* In ''[[http://johnnysaturn.com Johnny Saturn]]'', both Johnny Saturn I and II are badass normals. Indeed, in a world full of high-powered superheroes, non-powered vigilantes are referred to as ''Mystery Men.'' Mystery men get by on martial arts, toughness, and willpower.
33	* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' has tangled with various supernatural enemies (including a Superman {{Expy}}), but Dredd himself is a regular human who just underwent a TrainingFromHell and has decades of experience patrolling the streets as a JudgeJuryAndExecutioner. While Dredd himself is a clone of the first Chief Justice, the only way this really manifests is his iron will and devotion to the law. Any "superhuman" edge he does acquire is purely technologically-based, like his Department-issued ElectronicEyes or using PoweredArmor from Hondo-City on a mission into the Radlands of Yi.
34	* Mina Murray, from ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', is the team leader by dint of her sheer force of personality. In [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen the movie]], Mina gains vampire powers, and the Badass Normal team leader mantle is handed off to Allan Quatermain. Considering that he's played by Creator/SeanConnery, it's arguably one of the few changes that works.
35	* ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'': The title character was this [[Creator/GoldKeyComics originally:]] a martial artist so badass he could [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin beat robots with his bare hands.]] The later Creator/ValiantComics version eventually retconned it so that he did have super-strength after all.
36	* The muscle man Walter, the archenemy of ''ComicBook/TheMask''. He's the only enemy so far to hurt Big Head and even defeated him (her). And all he needed was his large build, cunning and brute strength.
37	* Obregon Kaine from ''ComicBook/{{Negation}}''. He's a soldier trapped on a prison planet with a bunch of aliens, many of whom have incredible super powers. He wants to organize a jailbreak, but everyone hates his guts because they've become resigned to their fate and they think he's making a bad situation worse. Eventually he gets them to cooperate long enough to escape, and throughout the majority of the series, it's Kaine who holds the small group of super-powered fugitives together by being tougher, smarter and more dogged than anyone else, despite having no powers of his own.
38	** Arwen from ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}'', who at the beginning of the story attempts to hunt down and kill the undead [[TouchedByVorlons Sigil-Bearer]] Mordath with no preparations, powers, or unusual equipment (yet). She fails, but it clearly establishes [[{{Determinator}} what kind of character she is]], and Mordath himself compliments her skill and courage.
39	* German comic strip detective ''ComicStrip/NickKnatterton''. Once he lifts a car! (He was angry at that time; and as the author pointed out, being a taxpayer, he's used to shoulder great weights.)
40	* In ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'', Donald Duck (yes, ''that'' WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck) is this. He must use his wits and courage to fight aliens, cyborgs and the like.
41	* [[MuggleBornOfMages Tyler]] in ''ComicBook/{{PS238}}'' is the only student in the school who doesn't have superpowers, and has to learn to be badass very quickly just to survive. The teachers have the idea of partnering him with [[TheCowl the Revenant]], one of the new Badass Normals in this setting (he mentions that other superheroes generally feel the heroing should be left to the "special" people). To his own surprise, Tyler/"Moonshadow" turns out to be surprisingly competent; he winds up resolving situations better than most of his superpowered peers, who [[ShroudedInMyth incorrectly believe that Moonshadow must have won the]] SuperpowerLottery.
42	* Both ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody qualify. Most notable in Woody's case, as he ''doesn't'' have the military training or combat experience Quantum has.
43	* Amy in ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', she does not have the raw power of Sonic or Knuckles, but her smarts and [[ImprobableAimingSkills ranged combat abilities]] allow her to be almost as effective in battle making her far more lethal than any other version of her to date and as well as an AdaptationalBadass.
44	* Sam and Twitch from the ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' series. Although they don't have superpowers, they have their own skills and training to compensate such as Sam Burke's large fatty built that allowed him to fight the superhuman Udaku and vampires up close, and Twitch William's marksmanship and knowledge of trigonometry that allowed him to defeat the cyborg bulletproof killer Overt-Kill by shooting a bullet through his ear canal.
45	* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'':
46	** In the ''[[WhatIf Infinities]]'' comic for "Film/ANewHope," Han joins Luke in going to face both the Emperor and Darth Vader, armed with nothing but his trusty blaster. While Luke does the vast majority of the fighting, Han does manage to take down an imperial guard, and very briefly wields a saberstaff.
47	** The comics ''Nomad'' and ''Rebellion'' centered around a mercenary named Darca Nyl, who's told to TakeUpMySword by a dying Jedi after [[CrusadingWidow his son is killed]] by a Dark Jedi the dying man was attempting to capture. During his quest for revenge, he's mistaken for a Jedi multiple times and ends up becoming a KnightErrant helping anyone he can along the way. While he lacked the SuperReflexes of Force-sensitives, he became skilled enough to deflect blaster shots and hold his own against Dark Jedi.
48	* Alec Swan, protagonist of ComicBook/TheUltraverse's ''Firearm'' is a former [[CloakAndDagger secret agent]] turned PrivateDetective armed with nothing more than his wits and a HandCannon.
49	* The few enemies of Comicbook/WerewolfByNight who weren't literal monsters or sorcerers were humans like Hangman who could put a surprisingly good fight against an enraged werewolf.
50	* Non-Sand Masters in ''ComicBook/WhiteSand'' are usually this.
51	** Baon is Khriss' bodyguard and capable of beating up, shooting or otherwise incapacitating an entire strike team of Kerztian warrior-priests -- something the entire diem of Sand Masters had problems with.
52	** Aarik, MuggleBestFriend to Kenton, can take down EliteMooks with two swipes of his swords, and that's when he's not trying very hard.

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