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10Apparently, even static images are able to [[LargeHam overact]]. While hammy villains are no stranger to the other categories, they seem to have an even higher concentration in the world of comics.
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13* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'':
14** This is probably a big reason why the Fantastic Four cemented so many Marvel-specific tropes in the late [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] and [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]].
15** "ComicBook/DoctorDoom is displeased that people think he underacts. Doom NEVER underacts. ''Doom'' is also displeased that some [[ComicBook/{{Doom}} one-shot video-game tie-in]] lout is calling himself DOOM in the third person! There is only one [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM]] - ''[[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor]]'' DOOM! These are clearly plots by that perfidious dolt '''[[ComicBook/FantasticFour REED RICHARDS!!]]'''"
16*** Lampshaded during the ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'' saga; Joseph was telling ComicBook/CaptainAmerica about being rescued by someone and Cap interrupted to say he knew it was Dr. Doom. When Joseph asked how Cap knew that, Cap's answer was "Frankly, the entrance line ''alone'' told me that much."
17*** Also lampshaded during a cameo appearance in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1999'' #50, in which Doom expresses displeasure at being escorted through the public terminal of an airport due to mechanical difficulties [[spoiler: (amusingly, the guard turns out to be Captain America undercover.)]]:
18---->'''Doom:''' Typical shoddy American workmanship. Such incompetence would not be permitted in the Latveria of -- '''DOCTOR DOOM'''.\
19'''Guard:''' How do you do that?\
20'''Doom:''' Do what?\
21'''Guard:''' Speak in all capitals like that?\
22'''Doom:''' Silence, minion.
23*** In an essay about his run on ''Fantastic Four'', Mark Waid once noted that "you know you've Doom's voice down when every single sentence contains at least one pompous adjective."
24** [[ComicBook/{{Galactus}} "I am GALACTUS...]] [[ChewingTheScenery And I HUNGER!]]"
25** '''"[[ComicBook/{{Annihilation}} ANNIHILUS]] IS THE WILL AND THE WAY AND HE WILL NOT BE DENIED!"''' Marvel's Annihilus always refers to himself in the [[ThirdPersonPerson 3rd person]], always shrieks at the top of whatever it is giant purple-and-green bugs have instead of lungs, and got a whole Cosmic CrisisCrossover named after him, during which he murdered '''billions''' and threw frequent temper tantrums because all of creation wasn't dying quickly enough.
26* Super-strong characters tend to get this way, especially those who are gods. Marvel has [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], DC has Orion of the ComicBook/NewGods, and the ComicBook/DarkAvengers have ComicBook/{{Ares|Marvel}}. Who possibly tops Thor for sheer hamminess.
27** Thor has the excuse that he comes from a ''{{world|OfHam}}'' [[WorldOfHam of ham]] -- Asgard. Where you know the inevitable fate of the scenery the moment anyone at all opens their mouth.
28*** According to ''ComicBook/Thor2014'', Thor's hammer Mjolnir is a ham-filter. That is, if it's wielder tries to talk normally while [[HenshinHero transformed]], it will ''automatically filter it into ham''. [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Asgardian]] ham. Including calling Earth Midgard.
29* When Creator/StanLee was still writing comics, he wrote ''every character'' this way. Lee himself has shared his love of ham on ''many'' occasions. ''[[Series/WhoWantsToBeASuperhero "EXCELSIOR!"]]''
30* Pick a Creator/JackKirby character. Any Jack Kirby character. And when Lee and Kirby collaborated, it was something to behold.
31* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': Almost any time Batroc the Leaper shows up, you know ham is going to be on the menu.
32* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Deadpool is always talking, cracking jokes, and being full of himself.
33* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': Strange himself, on ''many'' occasions. His {{Magical Incantation}}s were what appealed him to fans in the first place. (Like, "By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth." Or, "By the All-Seeing Eye of Aggamoto.")
34* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': Originally, Johnny Blaze put on a "spook act" as the Ghost Rider. When the Rider started manifesting its own personality, it's revealed that while ''Johnny'' is acting, ''Zarathos'' really is that dramatic.
35* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': ComicBook/{{Loki}} is displeased that thou hast not included me into this page.
36* ''ComicBook/MonstersUnleashed'': THE MIGHTY SCRAGG'S SYNTAX RESEMBLES THAT OF A TYPICAL MARVEL VILLAIN, BUT HIS NATURE AS A [[MartialPacifist PACIFIST]] RENDERS IT [[TheComicallySerious HILARIOUS]] INSTEAD OF INTIMIDATING! WHICH HE IS PERFECTLY FINE WITH, AS SCRAGG IS FRIEND TO ALL LIFEFORMS AND GLORIES IN AMUSING THEM MOMENTARILY!
37* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
38** Spidey gets to ham it up and have fun doing so in his ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'' team up with ComicBook/DoctorStrange. In fact, the level of ham becomes essential in bluffing a CosmicEntity, who is blind and can't see how small the "Great Hidden One Known As The Spider-Man" is.
39** Spidey purposely took the ham up to eleven in his own title, during the ''ComicBook/{{Identity Crisis|1998}}'' storyline, where he took four new superhero identities while a fugitive, specifically in his identity as Prodigy. (An exaggerated version of [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] heroes.) When he finally ditched that identity and the other three, he told Mary Jane that "even WesternAnimation/MightyMouse wouldn't say half the things" he had said as Prodigy.
40* ComicBook/NormanOsborn has shown surprising talent for this trope when he staged an attack by the Green Goblin on Air Force One. It's filled with such delightfully hammy lines as "GET BEHIND ME MR. PRESIDENT!" and "No Goblin! What YOU need is ''YOUR GLIDER!''" However, when it's Osborn in the Goblin suit, the ham quotient goes up to 11. [[AxCrazy As does the insanity quotient.]]
41** ComicBook/{{Mysterio}} is loud and boastful, true to his origins as a showman, to the point of Spider-Man mocking him for it. This is also the reason he doesn't go back to making legitimate money with his special effects skills, as he loves chewing the scenery and villainy gives him the perfect excuse.
42* [[ComicBook/MaximumCarnage This is your old pal Carnage saying you can't spell slaughter without laughter,]] '''[[EvilLaughter AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]]'''
43* ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'': Master Menace, Marvel's alternate-universe equivalent of ComicBook/LexLuthor heavily mixed with Doctor Doom, shamelessly chews the scenery whenever he appears.
44* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': Dracula was incredibly hammy even by most vampire standards. Every issue had him speaking in terms like these:
45-->'''Dracula''': Feel HONORED clod--Be PROUD that your pitiful life can be used to further MINE. You did not DIE for any peasant...but for Dracula--LORD OF THE DAMNED!
46* The Blue Blade from ''ComicBook/TheTwelve'' or, as he would announce, "'''''The Bluuuue Blaaaaaade!!!'''''", was an Creator/ErrolFlynn wannabe, with the camp elements of his original design turned up to eleven for laughs.
47* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
48** ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} is full of this.
49** The villain Mojo. Even in the UltimateUniverse where he's human. If the Joker were a fat, alien media tycoon, this is who you'd get. Mojo runs a world where people are engineered to be reality TV stars. Needless to say some of these people are quite the large hams when they come over to 616, Shatterstar for example.
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52* Most of the ComicBook/{{Azrael}}s had a penchant for this.
53-->"Know that men call you '''liar'''! Know that men call you '''betrayer'''! Know that men call you '''defiler'''! [[BadassBoast Therefore, it is the duty of the angel Azrael to bring you]] '''[[PrepareToDie punishment]]''' -- [[LargeHam the punishment of]] '''death by [[FlamingSword fiery sword]]!"'''
54* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
55** ComicBook/TheJoker, especially in the Comics Code Authority days, ''thrives'' on this trope.
56** ComicBook/TheRiddler, an InsufferableGenius who will always find a hammy way to boast about his intelligence.
57** Black Mask, especially during Creator/JuddWinick's run on Franchise/{{Batman}}.
58--->''I swear to God! I spent serious quality time thinking about ways to TORTURE your irritating, BOMB-THROWING BUTT '''TO DEATH!'''''
59--->''Brother... I am ready to '''TORCH''' this hell hole into '''ASH'''... to '''KILL''' every sad mouth breather who was dumb enough to live here... and I'm ready to '''GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP'''. And between the two of us, little man... we both know '''I'M''' the one who's not afraid to die.''
60* Of all the characters that qualify for this trope, '''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}''' deserves a special mention.
61* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Orange Lantern ComicBook/{{Larfleeze}}: The greediest creature in the universe!
62--> "The spotlight is MINE! This wiki is MINE! If you're reading this page, you're MINE! The blinky cursor letters are mine, too!"
63* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' villain Manga Khan is not only the founder and former president emeritus of the Manga Khan School of Melodrama, he suffers from a disorder that causes him to behave in a ridiculously grandiose manner. He neglects to take his medication because he's in denial.
64* ''ComicBook/TheNewGuardians'': [[http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3218/snowflamedesnewguardian.jpg Snowflame]], who is powered by cocaine, and deems himself a "TRUE GOD" after beating up some nobody.
65* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Destruction of the Endless, who was modeled after Creator/{{BRIAN BLESSED}}!
66* Falstaff (again) in the ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory'' story from ''Leading Comics'' #14, "The Bandits from the Books." In a story where everyone talks in all capitals and ends their sentences with exclamation points, his dialogue is in bigger, bolder type with more exclamation points. He even [[MundaneMadeAwesome makes eating a banana sound epic]].
67* A rare instance where the ''narrator'' is a LargeHam occurs in Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/{{Seven Soldiers|OfVictory2005}}: Frankenstein''.
68-->''"All in a day's work...for '''''FRANKENSTEIN!'''''"''
69* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Superman and ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' villains tend to get this way. Scenery-chewing, dramatization and verbosity are practically mandatory. Some examples:
70-->'''Lex Luthor:''' I'm the only sane inmate of Asylum Earth. I'm not eager to hand tomorrow over to an interplanetary extremist with laser eyes. There's only room on this world for one leader, Superman. When I'm finished with you, every last gibbon out there will know you for the menace you are... and they'll realize that Lex Luthor is their savior.\
71'''Dru-Zod:''' '''KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!'''\
72'''[[ComicBook/DemonSpawn Nightflame]]:''' NAY! Your chrome-plated chariot does not frighten me! Now you shall know of the power of Nightflame! And of my flame-sword!\
73'''Black Starr:''' FOOL! You think all there is to reality is what is seen? Yes – I appear young – and I may be younger still... or even be you, if I so desire!\
74'''Satan Girl:''' Fool, you'll '''NEVER''' find a cure for them! I know... because it was '''I''' who unleashed this doom of the crimson virus on them!\
75'''Darkseid:''' Darkseid IS!\
76'''[[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton Reign]]:''' '''Yes''', my child. Let the universe bear '''witness''' to your '''pain'''. '''Grieve''' the life you knew.\
77'''Superboy-Prime:''' I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU TO ''DEATH''!!
78* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
79** ComicBook/{{Hercules|Unbound}} is always bombastic, proud and prone to the use of antiquated English, all of which is made even more noticeable by the fact that he considers himself to be a great hero who is in the right no matter what messed up thing he's in the middle of. This includes professing his intent to rape Diana, ''while bragging about raping her mother''.
80** In most continuities Dr. Psycho tends to be incredibly over dramatic, and loudly infuse his speech with his own sense of his superiority and intelligence.
81** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Bedwin Footh, a stage actor by trade, overacts his part as Red Fitz to the point that it clues Wondy into the fact that his gang is made up of fake versions of her villains before their lack of powers comes to light.
82** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The '90's version of Dr. Poison has a particularly unsettling inhuman manner. Her lips are peeled back in a constant manic grin and she speaks using clinical words in a way that would seem robotic, if not for her bizarre poses and proudly frantic delivery.
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85* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} and the Actress'' manages to pull this off as StylisticSuck with Latraviata, in static images. She's a famous Roman theatre actress and thus acts out her [[TheIngenue ingenue]] character like a {{Melodrama}}tic [[TheVamp sex bomb]].
86* Doctor Dinosaur in ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo''.
87-->"[[PaperThinDisguise BEHOLD!]] [[BlatantLies AN ORDINARY MOTORIST!]]"
88* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'''s Caged Demonwolf. He spends all of his time as a voice emanating from the [[SealedEvilInACan alien power-draining bondage gear he's stuck in]], but even as a talking inanimate object, he has the biggest speech balloons and an endless supply of {{Expospeak Gag}}s. The sinister, sealed sovereign's hammery rivals that of [[Creator/BrianBlessed blessed Brian]] himself!
89--> "Heh, heh, heh. The merely mortal ''fools'' have failed to perceive [[ThirdPersonPerson the ravening shadowlord's]] burgeoning ''powers of suggestion''! And by the time they ''do'' -- ''too late'' will it be -- for [[ThirdPersonPerson the sinister snuffer of civilisations]] will have seized ABSOLUTE CONTROL of the much-vaunted '''TV REMOTE'''!!!"
90* R. Crumb's ComicBook/FritzTheCat is very hammy in a number of early strips.
91* Rasputin in ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' has a tendency to ham it up even when he's losing. In his final appearance, as a ghost, he was ''shouting a hysterical tirade at a god''. She didn't take it too well.
92* Haazen from ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' is one, though he hides it well for ''decades'' by pretending to be a fawning servant to the Draays in public. When he unveils his EvilPlan, he does so by having a hijacked Republic fleet blow up the Draay Estate's courtyard while standing unflinching before the explosion, turning to the heroes in full Sith armour, and delivering a thunderous speech on how they've played straight into his hands throughout the story.
93--> '''Haazen''': The time for visions is past — the Prophecy of Five is fulfilled! '''LET THE FIRE OF TRUTH RAIN DOWN!'''
94* Sergei Korolev (the head of the Soviet space program during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar) is like this in public in the graphic novel ''Laika'' ("All because of that lying b*stard, GLUSHKO!"), but in private, it turns out he's actually much quieter and very sad.
95* ''ComicBook/LesLegendaires'' have several of these. One of the most notable examples includes Captain Shamira, Shimy's mother, who often delivers {{Badass Boast}}s in an overly aggressive tone.
96** Of course, considering EvilIsHammy and what the villains are, [[SorcerousOverlord Darkhell]], [[EvilSorcerer Skroa]], [[GodOfEvil Anathos]] and [[PuppeteerParasite Abyss]] all displayed large ham tendencies. Notably, most of them are usually quite calm (though still having a taste for EvilGloating), but will easily go full large ham when excited or angry.
97** Elysio had a very hammy moment at his introduction [[spoiler:(which was most likely a foreshadowing of the fact he was actually an amnesiac Darkhell)]]. After [[spoiler:Darkhell and him split up]], however, he seems to have lost this tendency and become calmer.
98* ComicBook/{{Logicomix}} depicted Ludwig Wittgenstein as being like this.
99* Every single major character in ''ComicBook/TheMetabarons'' by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky.
100* Rainbow Dash, the Cloud Gremlins, and the TV news anchorpony in ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #2 .
101* Sporting her Season 1 look hasn't stopped Luna from showing she's the real Princess of Ham in the second story-arc of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'':
102-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' "One more chance" to what?
103-->'''Princess Luna:''' '''To claim what [[BigBad Nightmare Moon]] [[TheNightThatNeverEnds promised]] - An all powerful [[ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil kingdom of their own!]]''' *said while on her hind legs with a dramatic lunar eclipse in the background*
104** Pinkie Pie turns up the ham when she confronts her nightmares in Issue #6.
105-->'''Pinkie:''' I am the '''''MOST''''' laughter-giving, fun-having, friend-making pony ever! '''''YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME!'''''
106* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': Matthew Patel, the first of Ramona's Evil Exes, loudly and dramatically announces everything about him and what he does. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment His first appearance]] is him tearing through the ceiling of a club while shouting "MISTER PILGRIM!" at Scott before their battle. The comic was also free of any fighting before his introduction, making him stand out even more.
107* The British ''Lion'' comic book character ''ComicBook/TheSpider'' is rarely loud, but constantly over-acts in the most pompous and self-assured way imaginable.
108* Spider Jerusalem from ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}''.
109--> "Who did you vote for vermin woman? ''Did'' you vote? Can you ''Read?'' Have you got ''Thumbs?'' '''Show me your fucking Thumbs! THUMBS!'''"
110* The graphic novel ''Webcomic/TwiceBlessed'' has Cade Masters, [[http://www.twiceblessedcomic.com/?webcomic_post=9 ADVENTURER EXTRAORDINAIRE!]]
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