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* Franchise/TheDCU has lots of these, some of which only appear in one story (or in stories by one writer), while others get taken up across the board. The cola brands Soder (Brewed and bottled in Metropolis) and Zesti (a Gotham City favorite) have both had stories ''focused'' on them.

** Metropolis is home of Galaxy Communications, owners of GBS (the Galaxy Broadcasting System) and its flagship Metropolis station WGBS. During the Bronze Age, Galaxy (and its owner, Morgan Edge) owned the ''Daily Planet'' and made [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]] the anchorman for WGBS' evening news.

* A ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' comic involved ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' buying a "Brandexx" jacket, which becomes popular for a while until someone else starts wearing "Branday" which then becomes popular at "Brandexx"'s expense.
* ''ComicBook/ISummonedCthulhuToFundMyKickstarter'' features a number of thinly-veiled parodies of indie comics, including ''Horny Elves'' (a parody of ''Glarien''), ''Prophecy Lesbians'' (a parody of Pat Shand's ''ComicBook/DestinyNY''), and ''Fairy Tale Fucktape'' (a parody of ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales''.)
* ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'' is full of these -- Jhonen Vasquez seems to be fond of this trope, as it appears in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' as well. Taco Hell, the 24/7 with its Brain Freezies, the list goes on.
* The ''ComicBook/NotBrandEchh'' title references how this is "Not Brand X".
* [[ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max's]] world is filled with bizarre products, especially in the storyline set in a grocery store. About the only recurring brand, though, is a mediocre generic beer called "Cheap, Foul-Smelling Beer".
* The ComicBook/SpiderMan special "Skating on Thin Ice" features a [[CoversAlwaysLie cover]] where a group of young kids finds Spider-Man's secret stash of Beer-brand beer and Cigarettes-brand cigarettes, as well as a vial, syringe, and bottle of prescription tablets.

* Almost everything in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is created by Veidt Enterprises or some sub-company. Of course, [[spoiler:there is a more sinister reason behind this: the sales of these products help finance Adrian Veidt's plot]].
* In the German comic ''ComicBook/{{Werner}}'': Played straight by fictional brands such as Coma Pils and parody brands like Happlage & Schnappe or Kastrat. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with most brand names, though, particularly vehicle brands and models, both existing and defunct (Horex, Harley-Davidson, Lanz, Hanomag, Bentley, Honda, Allgeier...), and beer brands (Flensburger, Faxe, shoving a bottle of Beck's into the fourth wall). %% This entry was added automatically by FELH2. In case the wording doesn't make sense, rewrite it as you like, remove this comment and tell this troper.

* Morley brand cigarettes (frequently substituted for popular American brand [[MayContainEvil Marlboro]]) have been used in both {{Film}}, {{UsefulNotes/Television}}, and a few VideoGames. Website/ThatOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_Cigarettes an article]] dedicated to it as well.

** ComicBook/{{Hitman}} featured another burger joint called "Bucket Burger", which was also rife with parody(for example, almost everyone in the restaurant except for the title character and his buddy are obese slobs).

** Canadian grocery chain Loblaw's has [[http://productreviewscanada.blogspot.ca/2012/01/no-name-brand.html a store brand known as "No Name"]] to this very day (which debuted in TheSeventies), whose products are typically contained in bright yellow packaging with plain black AllLowercaseLetters type (officially called the No-Name line, which they've trademarked).

* In TheEighties, "Generic" products distinguished by plain white labels and simple black or dark blue lettering were commonly available for a brief time; and were popular due to their lower cost. Some of these were actual name-brand products sold under what the industry terms "white-label" packaging. (Example: generic "Beer", as seen in ''Film/RepoMan'', was typically Lucky Lager.) The minimalist look was replaced later in the decade by "store brand" product packaging.
** Canadian grocery chain Loblaw's has [[http://productreviewscanada.blogspot.ca/2012/01/no-name-brand.html a store brand known as "No Name"]] to this very day (which debuted in TheSeventies), whose products are typically contained in bright yellow packaging with plain black type.