Line #37 EstablishingCharacterMoment/ComicBooks


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10	[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/SpiderMan https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rco021_1469440212.jpg]]]]
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12	"[[Characters/MarvelComicsGwenStacy Gwen who?]]".]]
13	!!The following have their own pages:
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15	* EstablishingCharacterMoment/TheDCU
16	* EstablishingCharacterMoment/MarvelUniverse
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21	* ''Comicbook/{{Bookhunter}}'''s opening chapter is [[BatmanColdOpen unrelated to the larger plot]], and instead serves to set the tone of the story to follow. A SWAT team has been called in to deal with a freelance censor, and when they invade his apartment, they find the perp threatening to immolate himself and the books he stole; clearly, in this universe, books are SeriousBusiness. Detective Bay's response to the standoff shows that, underneath his veneer of rationality, he is a CowboyCop willing to do completely insane things in his pursuit of criminals.
22	* ''ComicBook/CaballisticsInc'':
23	** Hannah and Lawrence are introduced being in the middle of a gunfight against a horde of zombies.
24	** Ravne is introduced having slaughtered several people to bathe in their blood.
25	* The very first scene in ''ComicBook/TheDivine'' shows Jason, in a helicopter over an Asian jungle, shooting panicked animals from a machine-gun for fun. Then a ''dragon'' pops up, and Jason, without missing a beat, shoots it in the eye from "an American-made gun" while remarking sarcastically that "they told me not to shoot it. It's bad luck in the fairy tales." It's clear that Jason's a testosterone-addled macho who doesn't believe in anything greater than himself.
26	* ''ComicBook/{{Druuna}}'': The very first panel of the very first comic shows a half-naked Druuna reading from a book about mountains and rivers, things she's never seen or even ''heard'' of. It immediately establishes both herself as MsFanservice and that something clearly isn't right with her world.
27	* Hyacinthe from ''ComicBook/DungeonTheEarlyYears'' tries to stop a rapist from assaulting a handmaid by identifying himself as the new assistant to his uncle's NumberTwo Michael. It's a quick way to establish that Hyacinthe has no idea what he just got himself into and who his uncle keeps as a right-hand man.
28	-->'''Rapist:''' I'm Michael, so you get out of here and go to sleep before I break you in two.
29	* ''ComicBook/GetJiro'':
30	** Jiro is established working his simple, strip mall sushi establishment by himself, with customers and the cops familiar with him as though he was a celebrity. When the customers break sushi etiquette, he snaps and decapitates one of them with his tuna knife. This establishes him as a HumbleHero who treats sushi as SeriousBusiness and is badass enough to reap vengeance for it.
31	** Bob is introduced making ''Blanquette de veau'' as a demonstration to his staff, waxing poetic about the simplicity and purity of the recipe (including its monochrome aesthetic) before devolving into his hatred for people who "fuck with" classic cuisine. Then when he hears about Jiro beheading one of his suppliers, he gets the idea to recruit him when he hears about Jiro's high standards for quality fish. This establishes him as a WickedCultured traditionalist with high-standards.
32	** Rose is introduced talking shop about fruit and vegetables as though they were dealing drugs. When Jiro enters the conversation, she kicks upstream the idea of recruiting him just so Bob couldn't have him and then twists the idea of what "local ingredients" mean to justify having him. This clues us in that she reaches far more into the dirtier side of their business and treats their BourgeoisBohemian lifestyle as more of a brand than a way to live, having no real standards of her own.
33	* The opening panels of ''ComicBook/{{Lazarus}}'' have main character Forever Carlyle being shot multiple times and killed. Then [[HealingFactor she heals up]], gets back up, and completely wipes out her attackers.
34	* The first time we (clearly) see Xadhoom in ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' has her blasting her way through a wall, [[BigDamnHeroes save Paperinik from a group of Evronians]] and killing most of them with an awesome (if relatively subdued) display of her powers, ''[[LetsYouAndHimFight blast Paperinik because she mistook him for another Evronian]]'', notice that her Evronian-killing blast hasn't caused him any damage and thinking that either he wasn't Evronian or was just very tough, and switching to [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] to make sure he'll die. This tells the reader that she ''hates'' Evronians and is intelligent enough to know how to kill them without harming non-Evronians, and hints to her being a scientist.
35	* Joseph in ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' seems shy and unassuming at first, but [[JerkAss the first time he opens his mouth]]...
36	* In ''ComicBook/TheSecretService'', the first time we meet Gary he is expressing concern for his mother, wanting to watch a film legally instead of seeing a friend’s pirate copy and trying to keep his stepfather from using his brother to roll his weed, showing he is not entirely the stereotype he seems.
37	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' introduces [[GoldenSuperMode Super Sonic]] by having him effortlessly take out a badnik that nearly killed Sonic. Immediately afterwards, however, [[SuperPoweredEvilSide he decides to go after the little bunny inside the badnik as well...]]
38	* The first issue of ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' is filled with them:
39	** For the "Death of Optimus Prime" pre-series one-shot, the four major Decepticons who speak in the Kimia ghetto establish their personalities immediately in a single sentence. Cyclonus disavows any affiliation with the Decepticons, seeing as how he doesn't share their values. Swindle, cheerfully and shamelessly sleazy as ever, tries to bargain his way out. Starscream gives a doubtful, scornful huff because of how things turned out--as a career schemer, he sees the Autobots' lack of coordination for what it is. Ratbat proves that once a politician, always a politician, trying to be released on account of his former social position, and immediately talking out the other side of his mouth in an attempt to rally the Decepticons to him when it fails.
40	** Ultra Magnus is complaining about not being allowed to screen potential crewmembers, and angrily points out that he considers Autobots who wear their badge slanted untrustworthy. Then we see his P.O.V., and he's having to resist the urge to arrest [[ReformedButRejected Drift]] right there and then.
41	** Ratchet is talking with Bumblebee, trying to save a dying 'bot, but he fails and blames his aging hands.
42	** Prowl is arguing with Chromedome, with lots of subtext on both sides. Then Rewind cuts in, and he's filming the event just in case it might one day be important, instantly annoying Prowl. Later on, Rewind gets another moment when he defensively reacts to someone making a remark about having to walk somewhere (because Rewind turns into a datastick).
43	** Brainstorm appearing on the landing pad with a briefcase chained to his arm. Red Alert mentions his reputation as a MadScientist, backed up by Brainstorm refusing to say what's in the briefcase.
44	** [[{{Motormouth}} Swerve]] annoys Red Alert by jokingly calling himself "Megatron", and then squeeing about going on a quest. Red Alert informs him he can only come on board if he never speaks again.
45	** Rung tries to get on-board, only for Red Alert to not recognise him at all, despite Rung having been his psychiatrist for six centuries. Then he notes Rung's model-ship collection, and while describing it, Rung's arm [[ButtMonkey is sliced off by a passing Cyclonus]].
46	** Tailgate's first appearance is him at the bottom of a pit, legs gone and in a desperate need to get out to make an appointment on time. He manages to do so by blowing up some energon he had with him... and immediately freaks out on seeing an unconscious Whirl nearby.
47	** [[HeroicComedicSociopath Whirl]] himself is first shown giving an ominous monologue about "working through his issues" to a group of Sweeps corpses that he's been mutilating while covering them and the floor (and himself) in Energon and readying a flame. Then Cyclonus walks in, and Whirl [[MoodWhiplash yells at him for not knocking first]] before attacking Cyclonus for no reason.
48	* ''ComicBook/WhiteSand'' is chock-full of those:
49	** Drile's introduced as having tried to sell his Sand Master skills for money.
50	** The whole story starts with Kenton arguing with his father about skill vs. strength and how he wants to go through Mastrell's Path to prove his worth.
51	** Praxton, for that matter, is quickly established as a jerkass and Fantasy-Forbidding Father in the same argument.
52	** Aarik's first scene is beating up a thug in two sword moves and throwing a snarky comment before disappearing into the streets.
53	** Khrissalla enters the tent Kenton's recuperating in like a supermodel on a catwalk.
54	* ''ComicBook/{{Wilson}}'' opens with the title character telling the reader how much he's a people person and how he loves to connect with his fellow man. When he asks a neighbor how she's doing, she tells him about her computer problems. Wilson's response: "For the love of Christ, don't you ever shut up?"
55	* When she first appear in ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'', [[LovableAlphaBitch Cornelia Hale]] muses on how her friend Irma somehow managing to get interrogated in class only on what she studied is nothing special compared to what she's been pulling lately, teases her best friend Elyon about her bad grade in math and her crush on Matt Olsen before leaving her to deal alone with Irma and Hay Lin deciding a penitence for her bad grade, and then notices that [[NewTransferStudent Will and Taranee are getting bullied]] and reacts by [[BullyHunter sending the bullies running]] before effectively adopting the new students in her group of friends.
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