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** Played straight in the final battle. The newly-assembled army can take on the much larger of Sigma clones without issue. Then Sigma decides to join in and he's handling everyone with ease. In Sigma's case, he'd absorbed the power of dozens of worlds, boosting his strength to the point only Super Sonic and Super Mega Man could stand a chance.
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** Played with in ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton''. Supergirl against dozens of Symon Tycho's mercenaries clad in PoweredArmor? She stomps all over them. Reign against a whole squad of the US Army? She tears through them with insulting ease. Kara against four Wordkillers? She is in actual trouble because each is so powerful as her.
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** Played with in ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton''. Supergirl against dozens of Symon Tycho's mercenaries clad in PoweredArmor? She stomps all over them. Reign against a whole squad of the US Army? She tears through them with insulting ease. Kara against four Wordkillers? She is in actual trouble because each is so as powerful as her.
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* Subverted in ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' #12. The Russian People's Heroes team and Black Adam's faction, both of whose ranks consist almost entirely of C-List Fodder or worse, attack Superman. Surely the Man of Steel will wipe them all out effortlessly, right? Instead, Reality Ensues; even Superman can't keep up with the relentless group attacks, especially when he's trying to protect civilians, and he gets beaten to a bloody pulp until he's forced to beg for Dr. Manhattan's help.
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* Subverted in ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' #12. The Russian People's Heroes team and Black Adam's faction, both of whose ranks consist almost entirely of C-List Fodder or worse, attack Superman. Surely the Man of Steel will wipe them all out effortlessly, right? Instead, Reality Ensues; even Superman can't keep up with the relentless group attacks, especially when he's trying to protect civilians, and he gets beaten to a bloody pulp until he's forced to beg for Dr. Manhattan's help.
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* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'': When Sonic, Mega Man and their friends go up against literally every Robot Master Mega Man has ever fought, it looks to played straight as they seem to be going down with only slightly more trouble than regular baddies. It then becomes subverted when the heroes realize the time-bending nature of the Skull Egg Zone means any defeated Robot Master is instantly revived. The result is that the army gradually wears them down until Dr. Light's other Robot Masters arrive to take over and give them a chance to send more forces to attack the doctors directly.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite'': Gradually subverted. The army of mooks and mini-bosses that Sigma starts with plays it straight as they go down no problem. The Deadly Six that follow up are much tougher, especially after they gain an advantage by taking over the heroic robots with their technology-controlling powers. Then after they're defeated, Sigma brings in his army of all the major Maverick bosses and they whip the already battered and tired heroes without any discernible losses. The only reason the good guys survive is Sigma grabs the VillainBall and decides to send the bulk of his forces to get him more power and leaving only a handful to finish them, giving Sticks time to arrive with backup.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite'': Gradually subverted. The army of mooks and mini-bosses that Sigma starts with plays it straight as they go down no problem. The Deadly Six that follow up are much tougher, especially after they gain an advantage by taking over the heroic robots with their technology-controlling powers. Then after they're defeated, Sigma brings in his army of all the major Maverick bosses and they whip the already battered and tired heroes without any discernible losses. The only reason the good guys survive is Sigma grabs the VillainBall and decides to send the bulk of his forces to get him more power and leaving only a handful to finish them, giving Sticks time to arrive with backup.
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** ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'': Subverted. [[PlanetEater Godship]] obliterates an army of ComicBook/{{Bizarro}}s very, very quickly and easily. He also beats Supergirl and Bizarro down when they attack individually, but He has a harder time doing so.
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** ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'': Subverted.Downplayed. [[PlanetEater Godship]] obliterates an army of ComicBook/{{Bizarro}}s very, very quickly and easily. He also beats Supergirl and Bizarro down when they attack individually, but He has a harder time doing so.
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* In the fourth issue of the third [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] series, the team had become massive due to all the reserves being called in to fight Morgan Le Fay three issues prior. The team, which by then consisted of over forty superheroes, was called out to face the [[GoldfishPoopGang low-level supervillain]] called Whirlwind. Whirlwind danced rings around the Avengers, who kept tripping over each other and accidentally hitting their teammates instead, and got away laughing. By contrast, when Whirlwind later faced Justice and Firestar by themselves, they were able to defeat him easily.
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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk can spend an entire comic battling one superhero or villain, but when faced with the entire army of them then he takes them out like flies. Conversely if Hulk is on a team, he never seems to pull out quite the same levels of power/rage. Perhaps justified as Hulk's rage would increase if he felt bullied by a large group of people as opposed to facing a single opponent, thus producing more rage, which would increase his strength accordingly.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan has this habit to a lesser extent. He has fought the ComicBook/FantasticFour and ComicBook/XMen more than once and holds his own rather well despite the fact that individual members can and have done well against the wall-crawler in one-on-one fights.
* The Hand, a group of elite ninja in Creator/MarvelComics, is almost nothing but cannon fodder. The willingness to die seems to be more important in membership consideration than skill, considering how many hundreds (perhaps thousands) of these guys characters like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Elektra}} have waded through. These were, at least in part, the inspiration for the Foot Clan, below.
** Their earliest appearances, during Frank Miller's run on ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', more or less codified the trope. Daredevil and Elektra would periodically face whole armies of Hand mooks and win fairly easily, then the Hand threw a few elite swordsmen at them and gave them a serious fight, and a little after that they produced a named super-ninja for a downright difficult boss fight.
** The trope was later somewhat handwaved in a ''Wolverine'' comic "...[the {{mooks}}] have to be careful they don't chop one of their own by mistake. While I can hit anyone I please."
** The Hand averted this one once by ambushing Wolverine with enough ninja to cripple his movement and leave him defenseless, allowing the Gorgon to chop his head off. He gets better, then plays the trope straight for six issues of payback that practically wiped the ninja clan out.
* A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOFComicBooks Silver Age]] [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]/[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] crossover had the Thunderbolt fall under the control of Johnny Thunder's evil Earth-One counterpart. While the Thunderbolt is one of the most powerful beings in the universe, when fighting the JSA, it was easily defeated when it split itself into six beings to take on each member. {{Justified|Trope}} because its power was spread evenly between all six bodies.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan has this habit to a lesser extent. He has fought the ComicBook/FantasticFour and ComicBook/XMen more than once and holds his own rather well despite the fact that individual members can and have done well against the wall-crawler in one-on-one fights.
* The Hand, a group of elite ninja in Creator/MarvelComics, is almost nothing but cannon fodder. The willingness to die seems to be more important in membership consideration than skill, considering how many hundreds (perhaps thousands) of these guys characters like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Elektra}} have waded through. These were, at least in part, the inspiration for the Foot Clan, below.
** Their earliest appearances, during Frank Miller's run on ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', more or less codified the trope. Daredevil and Elektra would periodically face whole armies of Hand mooks and win fairly easily, then the Hand threw a few elite swordsmen at them and gave them a serious fight, and a little after that they produced a named super-ninja for a downright difficult boss fight.
** The trope was later somewhat handwaved in a ''Wolverine'' comic "...[the {{mooks}}] have to be careful they don't chop one of their own by mistake. While I can hit anyone I please."
** The Hand averted this one once by ambushing Wolverine with enough ninja to cripple his movement and leave him defenseless, allowing the Gorgon to chop his head off. He gets better, then plays the trope straight for six issues of payback that practically wiped the ninja clan out.
* A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOFComicBooks Silver Age]] [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]/[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] crossover had the Thunderbolt fall under the control of Johnny Thunder's evil Earth-One counterpart. While the Thunderbolt is one of the most powerful beings in the universe, when fighting the JSA, it was easily defeated when it split itself into six beings to take on each member. {{Justified|Trope}} because its power was spread evenly between all six bodies.
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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk can spend an entire comic battling one superhero or villain, but when faced ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': Completely averted with the entire army of them then he takes them out like flies. Conversely if Hulk Swordfish: One is on a team, he never seems to pull out quite the same levels of power/rage. Perhaps justified as Hulk's rage would increase if he felt bullied by a large group of people as opposed to facing a single opponent, thus producing more rage, which would increase his strength accordingly.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan has this habit to a lesser extent. He has fought the ComicBook/FantasticFour and ComicBook/XMen more than once and holds his own rather well despite the fact that individual members can and have done well against the wall-crawler in one-on-one fights.
* The Hand, a group of elite ninja in Creator/MarvelComics, is almost nothing but cannon fodder. The willingness to die seems to be more important in membership consideration than skill, considering how many hundreds (perhaps thousands) of these guys characters like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Elektra}} have waded through. These were, at least in part, the inspiration for the Foot Clan, below.
** Their earliest appearances, during Frank Miller's run on ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', more or less codified the trope. Daredevil and Elektra would periodically face whole armies of Hand mooks and win fairly easily, then the Hand threw a few elite swordsmen at them and gave them a serious fight, and a little after that they produced a named super-ninja for a downright difficult boss fight.
** The trope was later somewhat handwaved in a ''Wolverine'' comic "...[the {{mooks}}] have to be careful they don't chop one of their own by mistake. While I can hit anyone I please."
** The Hand averted this one once by ambushing Wolverine withenough ninja to cripple his movement near-completely outgun several battleships and leave him defenseless, allowing the Gorgon to chop his head off. He an aircraft carrier (while it gets better, then plays shot down, the trope straight for six issues of payback heroes had another that practically wiped was being fixed and finished the ninja clan out.
* A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOFComicBooks Silver Age]] [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]/[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] crossover had the Thunderbolt fall under the control of Johnny Thunder's evil Earth-One counterpart. While the Thunderbolt is one of the most powerful beings in the universe,job), and when fighting a dozen show up they wipe the JSA, it was easily defeated when it split itself into six beings to take on each member. {{Justified|Trope}} because its power was spread evenly between all six bodies.floor that much faster.
* ''ComicBook/{{Democracy}}'': 10,000 Athenians VS 100,000+ Persians. There were also 1,000 Plataeans who helped the greek army, but [[AdaptedOut they are not mentioned]].
* ComicBook/SpiderMan has this habit to a lesser extent. He has fought the ComicBook/FantasticFour and ComicBook/XMen more than once and holds his own rather well despite the fact that individual members can and have done well against the wall-crawler in one-on-one fights.
* The Hand, a group of elite ninja in Creator/MarvelComics, is almost nothing but cannon fodder. The willingness to die seems to be more important in membership consideration than skill, considering how many hundreds (perhaps thousands) of these guys characters like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Elektra}} have waded through. These were, at least in part, the inspiration for the Foot Clan, below.
** Their earliest appearances, during Frank Miller's run on ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', more or less codified the trope. Daredevil and Elektra would periodically face whole armies of Hand mooks and win fairly easily, then the Hand threw a few elite swordsmen at them and gave them a serious fight, and a little after that they produced a named super-ninja for a downright difficult boss fight.
** The trope was later somewhat handwaved in a ''Wolverine'' comic "...[the {{mooks}}] have to be careful they don't chop one of their own by mistake. While I can hit anyone I please."
** The Hand averted this one once by ambushing Wolverine with
* A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOFComicBooks Silver Age]] [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]/[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] crossover had the Thunderbolt fall under the control of Johnny Thunder's evil Earth-One counterpart. While the Thunderbolt is one of the most powerful beings in the universe,
* ''ComicBook/{{Democracy}}'': 10,000 Athenians VS 100,000+ Persians. There were also 1,000 Plataeans who helped the greek army, but [[AdaptedOut they are not mentioned]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': The Marvel Family's powers work like this in ''ComicBook/Shazam2012''; The more that are active, the more their powers are divided amongst them. It goes back and forth for them. Sometimes they're splitting the same power source, sometimes they each have their own.
* Played with in a recent ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' comic where Kingpin faces the heroes with an army of ninjas (more ninjas than usual, according to one kid). During the fight, Molly (a superstrong girl who was very upset about punching Punisher, who had no powers to protect him, and had sworn off fighting anyone without powers) asks if ninjas had powers so she could fight them. She is given the answer, that, because they were ninjas, they counted as double, the implication being that heroes in the Marvel universe cut loose when fighting ninjas.
* There's a ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' storyline that justifies this. Basically [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] splits himself into 666 different bodies; when one body dies, the remaining ones gain more power, until only one remains with all of the Devil's hellish force.
* Played with in a recent ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' comic where Kingpin faces the heroes with an army of ninjas (more ninjas than usual, according to one kid). During the fight, Molly (a superstrong girl who was very upset about punching Punisher, who had no powers to protect him, and had sworn off fighting anyone without powers) asks if ninjas had powers so she could fight them. She is given the answer, that, because they were ninjas, they counted as double, the implication being that heroes in the Marvel universe cut loose when fighting ninjas.
* There's a ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' storyline that justifies this. Basically [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] splits himself into 666 different bodies; when one body dies, the remaining ones gain more power, until only one remains with all of the Devil's hellish force.
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* Played with in a recent ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' comic where Kingpin faces the heroes with an army of ninjas (more ninjas than usual, according to one kid). During the fight, Molly (a superstrong girl who was very upset about punching Punisher, who had no powers to protect him, and had sworn off fighting anyone without powers) asks if ninjas had powers so she could fight them. She is given the answer, that, because they were ninjas, they counted as double, the implication being that heroes in the Marvel universe cut loose when fighting ninjas.
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'':
** #57: 100 armed Yakuza soldiers hopped up on [[SuperSerum MGH]] against an unarmed, civilian clothed Matt Murdock. Even the FBI agents who have the situation under surveillance know they'd just be in his way.
** Ninja Army vs. Bullseye.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' #12. The Russian People's Heroes team and Black Adam's faction, both of whose ranks consist almost entirely of C-List Fodder or worse, attack Superman. Surely the Man of Steel will wipe them all out effortlessly, right? Instead, Reality Ensues; even Superman can't keep up with the relentless group attacks, especially when he's trying to protect civilians, and he gets beaten to a bloody pulp until he's forced to beg for Dr. Manhattan's help.
* ''Franchise/GIJoe'':
** ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'' often uses this trope, especially when dealing with the feuds between various ninja-clans associated with either the team or the Cobra. Good example from America's Elite #26, where Snake-Eyes and Scarlett battle several ''dozens of mook-ninja's'' with great success. When nasty bad guy Firefly tries to escape, Scarlett tells Snake-Eyes to "Go, I'll take care of these losers", even though there are still at least a dozen left. The battle between Snake-Eyes and Firefly is epic in every regard. During the original Marvel run, issue #91, when Larry Hama was still writing the script, there was a slightly more plausible version, where Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, Jinx and Timber face-off about twenty Red Ninjas. First sixteen go down easily, whereas the last four manage to cause grievous wounds to both Scarlett and Jinx and cut up Snakes a bit, before going down.
** ''ComicBook/GIJoeIDW'': When Cobra forces first appear in the series, a single "blueshirt" Cobra Trooper (not even a ''Viper'') neatly mops the floor with Snake Eyes. [[TheWorfEffect Pretty soon, though,]] the Joes are easily taking down Cobra forces, and it's clear that their only advantage is the M.A.S.S. device and their ability to catch the Joes by surprise.
* Despite each individual member having their own power source (which, technically speaking, all drain from the same source, which is however essentially infinite), the Franchise/GreenLantern Corps is painfully prone to this trope.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk can spend a comic battling one superhero or villain, but when faced with the entire army of them then he takes them out like flies. Conversely if Hulk is on a team, he never seems to pull out quite the same levels of power/rage. Perhaps justified as Hulk's rage would increase if he felt bullied by a large group of people as opposed to facing a single opponent, thus producing more rage, which would increase his strength accordingly.
* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'': The O.M.A.C. Project does this with the ComicBook/{{OMAC}} units; a single O.M.A.C. is a formidable enemy for Superman, two O.M.A.C.s were formidable enemies against ComicBook/{{Batman}} and Sasha Bordeaux, three were completely obliterated by Rocket Red [[TakingYouWithMe detonating himself]], and nearly a million O.M.A.C.s were taken out by an ElectroMagneticPulse.
* In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'', the combined strength of Superman and the Martian Manhunter is not enough to knock out Thor in the first fight. Later, Superman finds the strength to put Thor down by himself after a very short (but very brutal) fight.
* A [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOFComicBooks Silver Age]] [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]]/[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] crossover had the Thunderbolt fall under the control of Johnny Thunder's evil Earth-One counterpart. While the Thunderbolt is one of the most powerful beings in the universe, when fighting the JSA, it was easily defeated when it split itself into six beings to take on each member. {{Justified|Trope}} because its power was spread evenly between all six bodies.
* Zig-Zagged in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers'' as the Rangers easily overpower Batman, but the fight is ground to a halt when ComicBook/TheFlash enters and disarms the team.
* The Hand, a group of elite ninja in Creator/MarvelComics, is almost nothing but cannon fodder. The willingness to die seems to be more important in membership consideration than skill, considering how many hundreds (perhaps thousands) of these guys characters like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Elektra}} have waded through. These were, at least in part, the inspiration for the Foot Clan, below.
** Their earliest appearances, during Frank Miller's run on ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'', more or less codified the trope. Daredevil and Elektra would periodically face whole armies of Hand mooks and win fairly easily, then the Hand threw a few elite swordsmen at them and gave them a serious fight, and a little after that they produced a named super-ninja for a downright difficult boss fight.
** The trope was later somewhat handwaved in a ''Wolverine'' comic "...[the {{mooks}}] have to be careful they don't chop one of their own by mistake. While I can hit anyone I please."
** The Hand averted this one once by ambushing Wolverine with enough ninja to cripple his movement and leave him defenseless, allowing the Gorgon to chop his head off. He gets better, then plays the trope straight for six issues of payback that practically wiped the ninja clan out.
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse's Wrecking Crew's leader the Wrecker splits the power of his magical crowbar among the Crew. The Wrecker by himself is usually a serious threat. He has given a (weakened) [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] the fight of his life and later held his own against the New Avengers. The Wrecking Crew, DependingOnTheWriter, are either serious threats or joke villains. They can go anywhere from being able to beat down [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] to struggling with the [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]] to getting [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by the ComicBook/{{Runaways}}. The Wrecker is actually aware of this trope, but willingly splits his power anyway since the Crew, [[TheStarscream occasional treachery]] from the team's EvilGenius aside, is like family to the Wrecker.
* Justified in the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' supervillain team ''The Wrecking Crew''. They share their strength among each other, so if they act as a team, they are individually weaker. If it's just The Wrecker, the original source of power, acting alone, he is far more formidable as he is not sharing his strength with 3-4 other men.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Some supervillains have discovered, to their misfortune, that this cuts both ways. Juggernaut vs an entire team? A city-wrecking battle in which the individual X-Men are injured, trains are derailed and buildings fall down. Juggernaut '''and''' Black Tom vs ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}? Cyclops runs rings around them while his internal monologue digresses about military history. Total property damage: One exploding pickup truck. This is especially common in CrisisCrossover situations, where small armies of hundreds of supervillains individually strong enough to give their hero a rough time can find their members dropping like flies.
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse's Wrecking Crew's leader the Wrecker splits the power of his magical crowbar among the Crew. The Wrecker by himself is usually a serious threat. He has given a (weakened) [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] the fight of his life and later held his own against the New Avengers. The Wrecking Crew, DependingOnTheWriter, are either serious threats or joke villains. They can go anywhere from being able to beat down [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] to struggling with the [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]] to getting [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by the ComicBook/{{Runaways}}. The Wrecker is actually aware of this trope, but willingly splits his power anyway since the Crew, [[TheStarscream occasional treachery]] from the team's EvilGenius aside, is like family to the Wrecker.
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse's Wrecking Crew's leader the Wrecker splits the power of his magical crowbar among the Crew. The Wrecker by himself is usually a serious threat. He has given a (weakened) [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] the fight of his life and later held his own against the New Avengers. The Wrecking Crew, DependingOnTheWriter, are either serious threats or joke villains. They can go anywhere from being able to beat down [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] to struggling with the [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]] to getting [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by the ComicBook/{{Runaways}}. The Wrecker is actually aware of this trope, but willingly splits his power anyway since the Crew, [[TheStarscream occasional treachery]] from the team's EvilGenius aside, is like family to the Wrecker.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Some supervillains have discovered, to On full display in ''ComicBook/{{Revival}}'' during the finale. A sword-wielding ninja attacks a group of US military with assault rifles. The ninja cuts them down easily until challenged by their misfortune, that this cuts both ways. Juggernaut vs an entire team? A city-wrecking battle in commanding officer to single combat, which grinds to a stalemate.
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'': When Tim was ambushed by a single member of the Council of Spiders he managed to very nearly kill Tim. When Tim later faced the same individualX-Men are injured, trains are derailed and buildings fall down. Juggernaut '''and''' Black Tom vs ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}? Cyclops runs rings around them while his internal monologue digresses about military history. Total property damage: One exploding pickup truck. This is especially common in CrisisCrossover situations, where small armies of hundreds of supervillains individually strong enough to give their hero a rough time can find their along with five more Council members dropping like flies.
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse's Wrecking Crew's leaderhe's able to avoid injury entirely, wound most of them, and drop a ceiling on their heads while protecting a civilian. Somewhat justified as the Wrecker splits Council members are used to working solo and become a hindrance to each other in the close quarters they were in the second time around and Tim was better rested and not taken by surprise.
* In ''ComicBook/RisingStars'', [[spoiler:this is true, in that whenever a special dies, his powerof his magical crowbar is divided among all the Crew. surviving specials, making them stronger. As the body count racks up over the course of the series, it goes from where, at the start, a few non-powered mooks could easily gun down dozens of low-powered specials to the point where, near the end, any one special can take out entire armies.]]
* Played with in a ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' comic where Kingpin faces the heroes with an army of ninjas (more ninjas than usual, according to one kid). During the fight, Molly (a superstrong girl who was very upset about punching Punisher, who had no powers to protect him, and had sworn off fighting anyone without powers) asks if ninjas had powers so she could fight them. She is given the answer, that, because they were ninjas, they counted as double, the implication being that heroes in the Marvel universe cut loose when fighting ninjas.
* TheWrecker by himself [[BatFamilyCrossover X-books X-over]] "Second Coming" was made of this trope. One Nimrod class sentinel nearly wipes out the combined X-Men and Hellfire Club. [[spoiler: An army of them is usually nearly cannon fodder.]] Plus a serious threat. combined force of [[spoiler: Bastion, Stephen Lang, Bolivar Trask, William Stryker, Graydon Creed and Cameron Hodge]] getting taken out.
* In ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' vol 2 issue 6, Strix very easily takes care of Riddler's goons in 4 panels in issue 6. The Riddler just stands there completely dumbfounded.
* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': The Marvel Family's powers work like this in ''ComicBook/Shazam2012''; The more that are active, the more their powers are divided amongst them. It goes back and forth for them. Sometimes they're splitting the same power source, sometimes they each have their own.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan has this habit to a lesser extent. He hasgiven a (weakened) [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] fought the fight of his life ComicBook/FantasticFour and later held ComicBook/XMen more than once and holds his own rather well even though individual members can and have done well against the New Avengers. The Wrecking Crew, DependingOnTheWriter, are either serious threats or joke villains. They can go anywhere from wall-crawler in one-on-one fights.
* ''ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics'': Guile gets into a bar brawl after a dork has the brilliant idea of spilling beer on his hair. Despite beingable to beat down [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] to struggling with the [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Punisher]] to getting [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]] by the ComicBook/{{Runaways}}. The Wrecker is actually aware vastly outnumbered, he kicks every single one of this trope, but willingly splits his power anyway since the Crew, [[TheStarscream occasional treachery]] from the team's EvilGenius aside, is like family to the Wrecker.their arses
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'': When Tim was ambushed by a single member of the Council of Spiders he managed to very nearly kill Tim. When Tim later faced the same individual
* Franchise/MarvelUniverse's Wrecking Crew's leader
* In ''ComicBook/RisingStars'', [[spoiler:this is true, in that whenever a special dies, his power
* Played with in a ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' comic where Kingpin faces the heroes with an army of ninjas (more ninjas than usual, according to one kid). During the fight, Molly (a superstrong girl who was very upset about punching Punisher, who had no powers to protect him, and had sworn off fighting anyone without powers) asks if ninjas had powers so she could fight them. She is given the answer, that, because they were ninjas, they counted as double, the implication being that heroes in the Marvel universe cut loose when fighting ninjas.
* The
* In ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' vol 2 issue 6, Strix very easily takes care of Riddler's goons in 4 panels in issue 6. The Riddler just stands there completely dumbfounded.
* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': The Marvel Family's powers work like this in ''ComicBook/Shazam2012''; The more that are active, the more their powers are divided amongst them. It goes back and forth for them. Sometimes they're splitting the same power source, sometimes they each have their own.
* ComicBook/SpiderMan has this habit to a lesser extent. He has
* ''ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics'': Guile gets into a bar brawl after a dork has the brilliant idea of spilling beer on his hair. Despite being
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* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'': The O.M.A.C. Project does this with the ComicBook/{{OMAC}} units; a single O.M.A.C. is a formidable enemy for Superman, two O.M.A.C.s were formidable enemies against ComicBook/{{Batman}} and Sasha Bordeaux, three were completely obliterated by Rocket Red [[TakingYouWithMe detonating himself]], and nearly a million O.M.A.C.s were taken out by an ElectroMagneticPulse.
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'':
** #57: 100 armed Yakuza soldiers hopped up on [[SuperSerum MGH]] against an unarmed, civilian clothed Matt Murdock. Even the FBI agents who have the situation under surveillance know they'd just be in his way.
** Ninja Army vs. Bullseye.
* The [[BatFamilyCrossover X-books X-over]] "Second Coming" was made of this trope. One Nimrod class sentinel nearly wipes out the combined X-Men and Hellfire Club. [[spoiler: An army of them is nearly cannon fodder.]] Not to mention a combined force of [[spoiler: Bastion, Stephen Lang, Bolivar Trask, William Stryker, Graydon Creed and Cameron Hodge]] getting taken out.
* ''Franchise/GIJoe'':
** ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'' often uses this trope, especially when dealing with the feuds between various ninja-clans associated with either the team or the Cobra. Good example from America's Elite #26, where Snake-Eyes and Scarlett battle several ''dozens of mook-ninja's'' with great success. When nasty bad guy Firefly tries to escape, Scarlett tells Snake-Eyes to "Go, I'll take care of these losers", even though there are still at least a dozen left. Of course, the battle between Snake-Eyes and Firefly is epic in every regard. During the original Marvel run, issue #91, when Larry Hama was still writing the script, there was a slightly more plausible version, where Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, Jinx and Timber face-off about twenty Red Ninjas. First sixteen go down easily, whereas the last four manage to cause grievous wounds to both Scarlett and Jinx and even cut up Snakes a bit, before going down.
** ''ComicBook/GIJoeIDW'': When Cobra forces first appear in the series, a single "blueshirt" Cobra Trooper (not even a ''Viper'') neatly mops the floor with Snake Eyes. [[TheWorfEffect Pretty soon, though,]] the Joes are easily taking down Cobra forces, and it's clear that their only advantage is the M.A.S.S. device and their ability to catch the Joes by surprise.
* In ''ComicBook/RisingStars'', [[spoiler:this is literally true, in that whenever a special dies, his power is divided among all the surviving specials, making them stronger. As the body count racks up over the course of the series, it goes from where, at the start, a few non-powered mooks could easily gun down dozens of low-powered specials to the point where, near the end, any one special can take out entire armies.]]
* In the fourth issue of the third [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] series, the team had become massive due to all the reserves being called in to fight Morgan Le Fay three issues prior. The team, which by then consisted of over forty superheroes, was called out to face the [[GoldfishPoopGang low-level supervillain]] called Whirlwind. Whirlwind basically danced rings around the Avengers, who kept tripping over each other and accidentally hitting their teammates instead, and got away laughing. By contrast, when Whirlwind later faced Justice and Firestar by themselves, they were able to defeat him easily.
* Despite each individual member having their own power source (which, technically speaking, all drain from the same source, which is however essentially infinite), the Franchise/GreenLantern Corps is painfully prone to this trope.
* In ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' vol 2 issue 6, Strix very easily takes care of Riddler's goons in 4 panels in issue 6. The Riddler just stands there completely dumbfounded.
* Zig-Zagged in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers'' as the Rangers easily overpower Batman, but the fight is ground to a halt when ComicBook/TheFlash enters and disarms the team.
* On full display in ''ComicBook/{{Revival}}'' during the finale. A sword-wielding ninja attacks a group of US military with assault rifles. The ninja cuts them down easily until challenged by their commanding officer to single combat, which grinds to a stalemate.
* Justified in the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' supervillain team ''The Wrecking Crew''. They share their strength among each other, so if they act as a team, they are individually weaker. If it's just The Wrecker, the original source of power, acting alone, he is far more formidable as he is not sharing his strength with 3-4 other men.
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'': When Tim was ambushed by a single member of the Council of Spiders he managed to very nearly kill Tim. When Tim later faced the same individual along with five more Council members he's able to avoid injury entirely, wound most of them, and drop a ceiling on their heads while protecting a civilian. Somewhat justified as the Council members are used to working solo and become a hindrance to each other in the close quarters they were in the second time around and Tim was better rested and not taken by surprise.
* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'':
** #57: 100 armed Yakuza soldiers hopped up on [[SuperSerum MGH]] against an unarmed, civilian clothed Matt Murdock. Even the FBI agents who have the situation under surveillance know they'd just be in his way.
** Ninja Army vs. Bullseye.
* The [[BatFamilyCrossover X-books X-over]] "Second Coming" was made of this trope. One Nimrod class sentinel nearly wipes out the combined X-Men and Hellfire Club. [[spoiler: An army of them is nearly cannon fodder.]] Not to mention a combined force of [[spoiler: Bastion, Stephen Lang, Bolivar Trask, William Stryker, Graydon Creed and Cameron Hodge]] getting taken out.
* ''Franchise/GIJoe'':
** ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'' often uses this trope, especially when dealing with the feuds between various ninja-clans associated with either the team or the Cobra. Good example from America's Elite #26, where Snake-Eyes and Scarlett battle several ''dozens of mook-ninja's'' with great success. When nasty bad guy Firefly tries to escape, Scarlett tells Snake-Eyes to "Go, I'll take care of these losers", even though there are still at least a dozen left. Of course, the battle between Snake-Eyes and Firefly is epic in every regard. During the original Marvel run, issue #91, when Larry Hama was still writing the script, there was a slightly more plausible version, where Snake-Eyes, Scarlett, Jinx and Timber face-off about twenty Red Ninjas. First sixteen go down easily, whereas the last four manage to cause grievous wounds to both Scarlett and Jinx and even cut up Snakes a bit, before going down.
** ''ComicBook/GIJoeIDW'': When Cobra forces first appear in the series, a single "blueshirt" Cobra Trooper (not even a ''Viper'') neatly mops the floor with Snake Eyes. [[TheWorfEffect Pretty soon, though,]] the Joes are easily taking down Cobra forces, and it's clear that their only advantage is the M.A.S.S. device and their ability to catch the Joes by surprise.
* In ''ComicBook/RisingStars'', [[spoiler:this is literally true, in that whenever a special dies, his power is divided among all the surviving specials, making them stronger. As the body count racks up over the course of the series, it goes from where, at the start, a few non-powered mooks could easily gun down dozens of low-powered specials to the point where, near the end, any one special can take out entire armies.]]
* In the fourth issue of the third [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] series, the team had become massive due to all the reserves being called in to fight Morgan Le Fay three issues prior. The team, which by then consisted of over forty superheroes, was called out to face the [[GoldfishPoopGang low-level supervillain]] called Whirlwind. Whirlwind basically danced rings around the Avengers, who kept tripping over each other and accidentally hitting their teammates instead, and got away laughing. By contrast, when Whirlwind later faced Justice and Firestar by themselves, they were able to defeat him easily.
* Despite each individual member having their own power source (which, technically speaking, all drain from the same source, which is however essentially infinite), the Franchise/GreenLantern Corps is painfully prone to this trope.
* In ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' vol 2 issue 6, Strix very easily takes care of Riddler's goons in 4 panels in issue 6. The Riddler just stands there completely dumbfounded.
* Zig-Zagged in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers'' as the Rangers easily overpower Batman, but the fight is ground to a halt when ComicBook/TheFlash enters and disarms the team.
* On full display in ''ComicBook/{{Revival}}'' during the finale. A sword-wielding ninja attacks a group of US military with assault rifles. The ninja cuts them down easily until challenged by their commanding officer to single combat, which grinds to a stalemate.
* Justified in the ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' supervillain team ''The Wrecking Crew''. They share their strength among each other, so if they act as a team, they are individually weaker. If it's just The Wrecker, the original source of power, acting alone, he is far more formidable as he is not sharing his strength with 3-4 other men.
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'': When Tim was ambushed by a single member of the Council of Spiders he managed to very nearly kill Tim. When Tim later faced the same individual along with five more Council members he's able to avoid injury entirely, wound most of them, and drop a ceiling on their heads while protecting a civilian. Somewhat justified as the Council members are used to working solo and become a hindrance to each other in the close quarters they were in the second time around and Tim was better rested and not taken by surprise.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'':
** #57: 100 armed Yakuza soldiers hopped up on [[SuperSerum MGH]] against an unarmed, civilian clothed Matt Murdock. Even the FBI agents who have the situation under surveillance know they'd just be in his way.
** Ninja Army vs. Bullseye.
* ''Franchise/GIJoe'':
** ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'' often uses this trope, especially when dealing with the feuds between various ninja-clans associated with either the team or the Cobra. Good example
** ''ComicBook/GIJoeIDW'': When Cobra forces first appear in the series, a single "blueshirt" Cobra Trooper (not even a ''Viper'') neatly mops the floor with Snake Eyes. [[TheWorfEffect Pretty soon, though,]] the Joes are easily taking down Cobra forces, and it's clear that their only advantage is the M.A.S.S. device and their ability to catch the Joes by surprise.
* In ''ComicBook/RisingStars'', [[spoiler:this is literally true, in that whenever a special dies, his power is divided among all the surviving specials, making them stronger. As the body count racks up over the course
* In the fourth issue
* Despite each individual member having their own power source (which, technically speaking, all drain from the same source, which is however essentially infinite), the Franchise/GreenLantern Corps is painfully prone to this trope.
* In ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' vol 2 issue 6, Strix very easily takes care of Riddler's goons in 4 panels in issue 6. The Riddler just stands there completely dumbfounded.
* Zig-Zagged in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers'' as the Rangers easily overpower Batman, but the fight is ground to a halt when ComicBook/TheFlash enters and disarms the team.
* On full display in ''ComicBook/{{Revival}}'' during the finale. A sword-wielding
* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': After a
* Justified in
* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'': When Tim was ambushed by a single member of the Council of Spiders he managed to very nearly kill Tim. When Tim later faced the same individual along with five more Council members he's able to avoid injury entirely, wound most of them, and drop a ceiling on their heads while protecting a civilian. Somewhat justified as the Council members are used to working solo and become a hindrance to each other in the close quarters they were in the second time around and Tim was better rested and not taken by surprise.
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** ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'': Captain America lands in the middle of an unending army of deadly Heather Douglas clones, all of them armed to the teeth. Of course, they do not stand a chance.
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** ''ComicBook/UltimateGalactusTrilogy'': Captain America lands in the middle of an unending army of deadly Heather Douglas clones, all of them armed to the teeth. Of course, they They do not stand a chance.
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* The "Million Zillion Ninja" arc from the original run of ''ComicBook/TheTick'' runs into this. The leader of the ninja clan operating in The City had turned ninjitsu into a cheap franchise operation, and as a result even if there are a million zillion ninja running around, only three of them were even remotely competent - the previous leader of the local clan, his handpicked student, and an out of towner who is utterly appalled at what the local ninja had become.
* In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'', the combined strength of Superman and the Martian Manhunter is not enough to knock out Thor in the first fight. Later, Superman just about finds the strength to put Thor down by himself after a very short (but very brutal) fight.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' #12. The Russian People's Heroes team and Black Adam's faction, both of whose ranks consist almost entirely of C-List Fodder or worse, attack Superman. Surely the Man of Steel will wipe them all out effortlessly, right? Instead, Reality Ensues; even Superman can't keep up with the relentless group attacks, especially when he's trying to protect civillians, and he gets beaten to a bloody pulp until he's forced to beg for Dr. Manhattan's help.
* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': Completely averted with the Swordfish: One is enough to near-completely outgun several battleships and an aircraft carrier (while it gets shot down, the heroes had another that was being fixed and finished the job), and when a dozen show up they wipe the floor that much faster.
* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': After a lengthy process of defeating Blade's Evil Knockoff and separating the two from each other, he and Hannibal King come across a dozen of them made from themselves when they go after Deacon Frost, and defeat them with ease.
* ''ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics'': Guile gets into a bar brawl after a dork has the brilliant idea of spilling beer on his hair. Despite being vastly outnumbered, he kicks every single one of their arses.
* ''ComicBook/{{Democracy}}'': 10,000 Athenians VS 100,000+ Persians. There were also 1,000 Plataeans who helped the greek army, but [[AdaptedOut they are not mentioned]].
* In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'', the combined strength of Superman and the Martian Manhunter is not enough to knock out Thor in the first fight. Later, Superman just about finds the strength to put Thor down by himself after a very short (but very brutal) fight.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' #12. The Russian People's Heroes team and Black Adam's faction, both of whose ranks consist almost entirely of C-List Fodder or worse, attack Superman. Surely the Man of Steel will wipe them all out effortlessly, right? Instead, Reality Ensues; even Superman can't keep up with the relentless group attacks, especially when he's trying to protect civillians, and he gets beaten to a bloody pulp until he's forced to beg for Dr. Manhattan's help.
* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': Completely averted with the Swordfish: One is enough to near-completely outgun several battleships and an aircraft carrier (while it gets shot down, the heroes had another that was being fixed and finished the job), and when a dozen show up they wipe the floor that much faster.
* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': After a lengthy process of defeating Blade's Evil Knockoff and separating the two from each other, he and Hannibal King come across a dozen of them made from themselves when they go after Deacon Frost, and defeat them with ease.
* ''ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics'': Guile gets into a bar brawl after a dork has the brilliant idea of spilling beer on his hair. Despite being vastly outnumbered, he kicks every single one of their arses.
* ''ComicBook/{{Democracy}}'': 10,000 Athenians VS 100,000+ Persians. There were also 1,000 Plataeans who helped the greek army, but [[AdaptedOut they are not mentioned]].
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* The "Million Zillion Ninja" arc from ''ComicBook/XMen'': Some supervillains have discovered, to their misfortune, that this cuts both ways. Juggernaut vs an entire team? A city-wrecking battle in which the original run of ''ComicBook/TheTick'' individual X-Men are injured, trains are derailed and buildings fall down. Juggernaut '''and''' Black Tom vs ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}? Cyclops runs into this. The leader of the ninja clan operating in The City had turned ninjitsu into a cheap franchise operation, and as a result even if there are a million zillion ninja running around, only three of rings around them were even remotely competent - the previous leader of the local clan, while his handpicked student, and an out of towner who is utterly appalled at what the local ninja had become.
* In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'', the combined strength of Superman and the Martian Manhunter is not enough to knock out Thor in the first fight. Later, Superman justinternal monologue digresses about finds the strength to put Thor down by himself after a very short (but very brutal) fight.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' #12. The Russian People's Heroes team and Black Adam's faction, both of whose ranks consist almost entirely of C-List Fodder or worse, attack Superman. Surely the Man of Steel will wipe them all out effortlessly, right? Instead, Reality Ensues; even Superman can't keep up with the relentless group attacks,military history. Total property damage: One exploding pickup truck. This is especially when he's trying to protect civillians, and he gets beaten to a bloody pulp until he's forced to beg for Dr. Manhattan's help.
* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': Completely averted with the Swordfish: One iscommon in CrisisCrossover situations, where small armies of hundreds of supervillains individually strong enough to near-completely outgun several battleships and an aircraft carrier (while it gets shot down, the heroes had another that was being fixed and finished the job), and when a dozen show up they wipe the floor that much faster.
* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': After a lengthy process of defeating Blade's Evil Knockoff and separating the two from each other, he and Hannibal King come across a dozen of them made from themselves when they go after Deacon Frost, and defeat them with ease.
* ''ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics'': Guile gets into a bar brawl after a dork has the brilliant idea of spilling beer on his hair. Despite being vastly outnumbered, he kicks every single one ofgive their arses.
* ''ComicBook/{{Democracy}}'': 10,000 Athenians VS 100,000+ Persians. There were also 1,000 Plataeans who helped the greek army, but [[AdaptedOut they are not mentioned]].
hero a rough time can find their members dropping like flies.
* In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'', the combined strength of Superman and the Martian Manhunter is not enough to knock out Thor in the first fight. Later, Superman just
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'' #12. The Russian People's Heroes team and Black Adam's faction, both of whose ranks consist almost entirely of C-List Fodder or worse, attack Superman. Surely the Man of Steel will wipe them all out effortlessly, right? Instead, Reality Ensues; even Superman can't keep up with the relentless group attacks,
* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': Completely averted with the Swordfish: One is
* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': After a lengthy process of defeating Blade's Evil Knockoff and separating the two from each other, he and Hannibal King come across a dozen of them made from themselves when they go after Deacon Frost, and defeat them with ease.
* ''ComicBook/StreetFighterMalibuComics'': Guile gets into a bar brawl after a dork has the brilliant idea of spilling beer on his hair. Despite being vastly outnumbered, he kicks every single one of
* ''ComicBook/{{Democracy}}'': 10,000 Athenians VS 100,000+ Persians. There were also 1,000 Plataeans who helped the greek army, but [[AdaptedOut they are not mentioned]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': The Marvel Family's powers work like this; The more that are active, the more their powers are divided amongst them. It goes back and forth for them. Sometimes they're splitting the same power source, sometimes they each have their own.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': The Marvel Family's powers work like this; this in ''ComicBook/Shazam2012''; The more that are active, the more their powers are divided amongst them. It goes back and forth for them. Sometimes they're splitting the same power source, sometimes they each have their own.
** ''ComicBook/TheEarthwarSaga'': Played with. Any Legionnaire is an One-Man Army, but the Khunds' numerical superiority is so overwhelming that the Legion cannot stop them from landing on Earth.
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* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'': The O.M.A.C. Project does this with the ComicBook/{{OMAC}} units; a single O.M.A.C. is a formidable enemy for Superman, two O.M.A.C.s were formidable enemies against Franchise/{{Batman}} and [[BadassNormal Sasha]] [[ActionGirl Bordeaux]], three were completely obliterated by Rocket Red [[TakingYouWithMe detonating himself]], and nearly a million O.M.A.C.s were taken out by an ElectroMagneticPulse.
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* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'': The O.M.A.C. Project does this with the ComicBook/{{OMAC}} units; a single O.M.A.C. is a formidable enemy for Superman, two O.M.A.C.s were formidable enemies against Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} and [[BadassNormal Sasha]] [[ActionGirl Bordeaux]], Sasha Bordeaux, three were completely obliterated by Rocket Red [[TakingYouWithMe detonating himself]], and nearly a million O.M.A.C.s were taken out by an ElectroMagneticPulse.
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* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk can spend an entire comic battling one superhero or villain, but when faced with the entire army of them then he takes them out like flies. Conversely if Hulk is on a team, he never seems to pull out quite the same levels of power/rage. Perhaps justified as Hulk's rage would increase if he felt bullied by a large group of people as opposed to facing a single opponent, thus producing more rage, which would increase his strength accordingly.
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* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk can spend an entire comic battling one superhero or villain, but when faced with the entire army of them then he takes them out like flies. Conversely if Hulk is on a team, he never seems to pull out quite the same levels of power/rage. Perhaps justified as Hulk's rage would increase if he felt bullied by a large group of people as opposed to facing a single opponent, thus producing more rage, which would increase his strength accordingly.
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* Some supervillains have discovered, to their misfortune, that this cuts both ways. Juggernaut vs an entire team of ComicBook/XMen? A city-wrecking battle in which the individual X-Men are injured, trains are derailed and buildings fall down. Juggernaut '''and''' Black Tom vs ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}? Cyclops runs rings around them while his internal monologue digresses about military history. Total property damage: One exploding pickup truck. This is especially common in CrisisCrossover situations, where small armies of hundreds of supervillains individually strong enough to give their hero a rough time can find their members dropping like flies.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Some supervillains have discovered, to their misfortune, that this cuts both ways. Juggernaut vs an entire team of ComicBook/XMen? team? A city-wrecking battle in which the individual X-Men are injured, trains are derailed and buildings fall down. Juggernaut '''and''' Black Tom vs ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}? Cyclops runs rings around them while his internal monologue digresses about military history. Total property damage: One exploding pickup truck. This is especially common in CrisisCrossover situations, where small armies of hundreds of supervillains individually strong enough to give their hero a rough time can find their members dropping like flies.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'': Justified when Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, and Franchise/{{Wonder Woman}} faced an army of Doomsday clones. Doomsday's clones don't inherit his invulnerability, nor his regeneration, reducing them to [[OneHitPointWonder one hit point wonders]]. The army is taken out with heat vision and exploding batarangs.
** ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'': Supergirl vs the Diasporans. A batallion of them? Red Lantern Kara wipes the floor with them. Their leader? Kara almost gets killed off.
** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'': Justified when Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, and Franchise/{{Wonder Woman}} faced an army of Doomsday clones. Doomsday's clones don't inherit his invulnerability, nor his regeneration, reducing them to [[OneHitPointWonder one hit point wonders]]. The army is taken out with heat vision and exploding batarangs.
** ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'': Supergirl vs the Diasporans. A batallion of them? Red Lantern Kara wipes the floor with them. Their leader? Kara almost gets killed off.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'': Justified whenFranchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Superman, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, and Franchise/{{Wonder ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman}} faced an army of Doomsday clones. Doomsday's clones don't inherit his invulnerability, nor his regeneration, reducing them to [[OneHitPointWonder one hit point wonders]]. The army is taken out with heat vision and exploding batarangs.
** ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'':Supergirl ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} vs the Diasporans. A batallion of them? Red Lantern Kara wipes the floor with them. Their leader? Kara almost gets killed off.
** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'': Justified when
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* Subverted in an early issue of ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage''. Leonardo does battle with practically the entire Foot Clan and gets his ass kicked. Although, he did manage to put up quite a fight. This is actually an example of the Law breaking down as noted above, as Leonardo was increasingly worn down by one wave of Foot ninjas after another, while each successive group of ninjas was fresh.
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** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': Zigzagged. Supergirl is curbstomped by three Phantom Zoners. When Superman and Supergirl fight five Zoners, though, they defeat three of them and force Zod and Faora to run away.
** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': Averted. Supergirl and Gangbuster are quickly swarmed and beaten by the legions of giant bug mooks commanded by Insect Queen.
* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage'': Subverted in an earlyissue of ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage''.issue. Leonardo does battle with practically the entire Foot Clan and gets his ass kicked. Although, he did manage to put up quite a fight. This is actually an example of the Law breaking down as noted above, as Leonardo was increasingly worn down by one wave of Foot ninjas after another, while each successive group of ninjas was fresh.
** ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': Averted. Supergirl and Gangbuster are quickly swarmed and beaten by the legions of giant bug mooks commanded by Insect Queen.
* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage'': Subverted in an early
