Line #18 Hammerspace/ComicBooks


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9	* In ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', (particularly the older ones) whenever a character has just overcome something stressful or difficult, they will produce a handkerchief from nowhere and dab sweat from their forehead.
10	* ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick has this as an actual power.
11	* Try Franchise/{{Batman}}, that guy's got everything in his utility belt! Not so much "everything", as it is [[CrazyPrepared "exactly what is required for the situation at hand"]].
12	* Combat Colin, star of his own backup strip in the UK ''[[ComicBook/GIJoe Action Force]]'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' comics, was known for his Combat Trousers (apparently presented to him by an alien), the pockets of which enabled him to produce any number of cumbersome weapons, up to and including a nuclear warhead.
13	* In an issue of the ''Darkwing'' comic, the BigBad provided the [[VillainoftheWeek Villain of the Issue]] with a Hammerspace [[BadassLongcoat trenchcoat]]. The thing produced [[spoiler:and removed]] a ''functioning nuclear bomb''.
14	* ComicBook/TheFlash's costume is hidden in his ring. They try to explain it away as some sort of advanced science, but it's all [[{{Pun}} flash]] and no substance.
15	* The members of the Franchise/{{Green Lantern}} Corps store their personal power batteries (the "lanterns" they charge their [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum power rings]] on) in a dimensional pocket created by their bosses, the [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Guardians of the Universe]].
16	* In Daniel Kibblesmith's short-lived ''ComicBook/{{Loki}}'' series for Marvel Comics, the titular God of Mischief summons his possessions out of thin air calling forth his "Bottomless Magic Bag of Safekeeping," which he acknowledges is simply a pocket dimension.
17	* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': Devil-Slayer has a magic "Shadow Cloak" that allows him to pull weapons of virtually any sort (mostly swords, axes and the like, but has included modern firearms and high-tech ray-guns). In the same universe, Corsair (of The Starjammers) uses "phasing discs" built into his gloves to pull blasters from a dimensional pocket and Rom, Greatest of the Spaceknights, summons his Translator, Energy Analyser, and Disruptor from "subspace"and sends them back again in the blink of an eye, when he needs them.
18	* In ''ComicBook/TheMask'', unlike the movie, while the wearer of the Mask ''can'', if he/she/it decided to, pull an object from a pocket or inside their coat. Sometimes weapons can appear in the wearer's hand without them even realizing it. Sometimes they will actually kill people with a machine gun and ''then'' start wondering where it came from. Other times, it's explicitly shown that objects (weapons, usually) can in fact appear out of thin air ''in front'' of the person wearing the Mask. Even when objects are pulled out of pockets, most likely the object was not there before the wearer put their hands in there.
19	** It's suggested the Mask uses the space between ''panels'' as hammerspace, which since the wearer is clearly unaware of being a comic book character is bound to be confusing.
20	* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Rainbow Dash is incredulous of where Pinkie stowed the giant costumes for the two of them (and a Changeling costume).
21	** Later, Pinkie pulls out her costume ''and'' a perfectly fine (and fresh) cake out from nowhere. This time, Rainbow Dash begs her friends to ask no questions..
22	* A running gag in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is the incredible amount of space inside [[ClownCarBase Snoopy's doghouse]] (although the reader only ever sees it from the outside). Reportedly, he can have huge parties in there. And he proudly displays his Van Gogh on one of the walls. There are at least two floors inside, as well -- one strip depicts Snoopy listening to Linus and Charlie Brown negotiating a turn in a staircase ''while moving furniture''.
23	* At least one other comic series re-used the trick. ''ComicBook/{{Cubitus}}'', star of his own Franco-Belgian comics by Dupa, also has a lavish palace inside his doghouse. In another story, he decides to move in his master's canopy bed. Friction ensues.
24	* In Creator/WarrenEllis's ComicBook/{{Planetary}}, Elijah Snow discovers that the Four invaded an alternate universe, slaughtered everyone living there, and turned it into an armory. A cruel way to invent Hammerspace.
25	* A RunningGag in ''Franchise/SamAndMax'', where the completely butt naked Max is constantly asked where he keeps his belongings, considering he does things like pull guns from nowhere at a moment's notice. His response is always "None of your damn business." At least once it's implied that his favorite Luger is physically ''on'' him somewhere (and somehow), but the rest is left to the reader's imagination.
26	* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' books, Ramona whips a huge hammer out of a relatively tiny purse. She explains this by saying it's a trans-dimensional purse.
27	** [[BagOfHolding It can hold lots of other things too, even Scott himself]].
28	** And when the bag gets ruptured during a fight, the (quite considerable) contents of it are [[ExplodingCloset violently expelled back at her attacker.]]
29	* ''ComicBook/ScudTheDisposableAssassin'' has an entire species of being whose purpose is to serve as the Devil’s potential storage space for every material good on Earth. We meet three of these “stuff collectors,” who essentially serve as living [[BagOfHolding bags of holding]]: the well-meaning but seemingly useless Mess, the megalomaniacal System (whose first act as a sentient being is to lock Satan inside himself and become Hell’s new overlord), and Drywall, the scatterbrained but lovable middle child on a mission to save Mess (and their mother) from being imprisoned inside System.
30	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
31	** ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroesBugsBunnySpecial'': Lampshaded. When Bugs Bunny pulls a giant bone (it's larger than Bugs himself!) out of nowhere (needless to say, Bugs does not even wear any clothes) to distract Timber Wolf with, Lightning Lass wonders where he even got it from and starts thinking Bugs must have teleportation powers.
32	** Every incarnation of villain Bloodsport has had access to a teleporter that can teleport any of a wide variety of high powered firearms to his hand.
33	* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'': Played for laughs when a completely naked Hulk walks into a diner and asks for pancakes, then somehow produces a large handful of bills to prove that he can pay.
34	* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s claws are many times longer than the backs of his hands from which they emerge. It's occasionally suggested that they're stored in his forearms, but since they come out with his wrists bent at any angle, it's much better sense that they're kept in hammerspace.
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