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* ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'':
** Every alien race in the Gallimaufry gets into a holy war at the same time to get "The Winslow", a furry alligator-like creature that has extreme religious significance. The Winslow's purpose is to be a ShapedLikeItself [=MacGuffin=]. A secondary purpose and/or effect of its primary purpose is to confuse everyone.
** The device stolen by Der Rock in ''[=PSmIth=]'', which has two functions: summon He-Who-Must-Be-Watered, a servant of Lord Thezmothete...and create a black hole. Buck creates a FakinMacGuffin as part of his BatmanGambit.
* An object used for regeneration in Season 9 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
--> '''Faith:''' "So that's the {{McGuffin}}?"
--> '''Angel:''' "The crown of coils."
* The albatross in ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'', which was vital to establish who would be the proper pope over the Eastern and Western Churches of Tarim in the ''High Society'' and ''Church and State'' arcs.
* The lump of bombastium in Creator/CarlBarks's "A Cold Bargain": an IdiotBall and [=MacGuffin=] rolled into one, made of pure {{Unobtainium}}. No-one knows what it does, but since it's so rare that the substance isn't found anywhere else outside that one lump, and because they don't actually know it ''doesn't'' do something amazing, everyone wants it. Scrooge [=McDuck=] bids an enormous sum on it on impulse and then has to go to great lengths to maintain the possibly useless lump's existence. [[spoiler:In the end, it turns out it can be used to make loads and loads of ice cream, which does make the deal profitable.]]
** And of course there are all the other Scrooge stories with [=MacGuffins=]: the crown in "Lost Crown of Genghis Khan", the locket in "Lemming With the Locket", etc.
* Played for laughs in ''ComicBook/DrBlinkSuperheroShrink'' with the [=MacGuffin=] Gun, the only weapon in the cosmos that can kill Major Amazing.
-->'''Dr. Blink:''' "[=MacGuffin,=]" like Hitchcock's concept of a storytelling device that seems vital to the plot, but is actually irrelevant?\\
'''Major Amazing:''' No, "[=MacGuffin=]" like the Egg [=MacGuffin,=] at [=MacGonald's.=] By the stars, those were the best breakfast sandwiches in the universe...
* The titular [[ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo Eye Of Mongombo]] is sought by many, in particular [[ForcedTransformation adventurer turned duck]] Cliff Carlson.
* In the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' storyline that introduced Galactus, this function fell to the Ultimate Nullifier. Being a weapon capable of destroying the universe, it is never fired; its main story role is just to give Reed something to trade to Galactus in return for leaving the Earth alone.
* De Mesmaeker's contracts in ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe''. Their only function is to provide an excuse for businessman De Mesmaeker to visit the Spirou offices again and again. We never learn what they are about, except that they are apparently very complex (one had at least 625 articles in it) and that they have something to do with advertizing.
* ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' had a couple prominent [=MacGuffin=] stories:
** In one issue, Jon is hired to retrieve a stolen formula (codenamed 7X) in a sealed envelope, with strict instructions that the envelope is not to be opened. Jon succeeds and returns the formula to its owners. Although he didn't open the envelope, he comments that when it got wet the envelope went transparent and he could read the list of ingredients and there isn't anything there that cannot be bought at a corner drug store. The executives comment that the point is that no one else knows that and burn the envelope. 7X turns out to be [[spoiler:the formula for Coca-Cola]].
** Another story revolves around one of fiction's most famous [=MacGuffins=], the Maltese Falcon -- specifically, the ''prop'' Maltese Falcon used in [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon1941 the 1941 film]], now an extremely valuable collectible.
* Raleigh's soul in ''ComicBook/LostAtSea''. [[spoiler:At the end she realizes she never lost it, she just felt like she did because of her breakup with her boyfriend, Stillman.]]
* In ''ComicBook/OriginalSin'', Uatu the Watcher's eyes are this, since they contain the secrets of Earth-616 and the people there.
* The ComicBook/SecretSix ongoing kicked off with an arc centering around a rather interesting [=MacGuffin=]: [[spoiler: a get out of Hell free card]].
* The ''ComicBook/SinCity'' story ''Big Fat Kill'' has a {{squick}}y example of a [=MacGuffin=]: a severed head. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* In the second issue of the [[ComicBook/SonicX comic book adaptation]] of ''Anime/SonicX'', Sonic and friends investigate a sunken ship owned by the long-dead pirate "Captain Seamus "Red-Eye" [=MacGuffin=]", and later outright call the ship "The [=MacGuffin=]". Subtle, it is not.
* The Sword of Ultimate Sorcery from ''ComicBook/{{Swordquest}}''. The heroes are after it simply because they are told it can defeat the BigBad King Tyrannus.
* LampshadeHanging in the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' comic by Pioneer, in which Sasami has a special delivered package from Jyurai, which turns out to be [=MacGuffins=], light and tasty delicacies that resemble muffins. In fact, they're ''so'' good "why else would people chase after them?"
* The Exploding Nanites in the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}' blood that keep the {{Boxed Crook}}s contained are referred to as a [=MacGuffin=] by Bullseye in #125.
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': The Arumbayan statue in ''[[Recap/TintinTheBrokenEar The Broken Ear]]'' (the RealLife artifact Hergé based it on belongs to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels).
* The adamantium-encased remains of Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} are this in the first arc of ''Comicbook/{{Wolverines}}''.
* Franchise/WonderWoman's lasso has been the subject of many attempted and several successful thefts, with the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]] ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} being especially fixated on possessing it. Oddly most times a writer has it stolen it's magical properties seem to work as the story demands for the villain, instead of as they have been set and explained (can't lie even to oneself when touching it, dispels glamors and undoes mindwipes and mindcontrol).

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