History DidntThinkThisThrough / ComicBooks

* During the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' arc, Jennifer Walters was outed as ComicBook/SheHulk (again) by a New Warriors hate site. On the way into her office through an angry mob to help some former New Warriors keep their identities hidden from the public, one of the mob recognized her, grabbing her by the arm and ripping her shirt, proudly exclaiming "I've got She-Hulk!" Jen shifted and hoisted the guy up by his lapels.

'''Angry Citizen:''' I...uh...guess I didn't think this through...

* In one British run ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' comic, Wheeljack brings the Autobots outside of their base to show off his brand new security system for it. Prowl askes if there’s a way to shut it down, only for Wheeljack to boast that it can only be shut down from inside the base. Prowl proceeds to ''point to every Autobot standing outside''.
-->'''Grimlock:''' Me not believe this! You mean we can’t get into '''our own base?!''' AAAAH!

** In "The Origin Of BatMan!", Batman scares his parents' killer Joe Chill by doing a DramaticUnmask MotiveRant and tells him YouKilledMyFather. Panicked, Chill runs to his mooks and explains what's happened. But the mooks were all busted by Batman at one point, and in rage at their boss having created the TerrorHero, gun him down. Only afterwards do they realize that they've shot the only man who knows Batman's SecretIdentity. They try to have Chill spill with his last dying breath, but Batman comes in and stops them.

—>'''Grimlock:''' Me not believe this! You mean we can’t get into '''our own base?!''' AAAAH!

* Played for tragedy in an one-shot science-fiction story published in "Uncanny Tales" #18 (March, 1954). A dictator by the codename "Mister X" uses ruthless methods to conquer the entire known universe, while killing allies or employees who he did not trust enough. The end result has him as the sole-surviving sentient being, ruling vast areas, and served by robots who try to pamper him. He has no goals left to strive for, nobody to talk to, and his life is monotonous. Feeling miserable, he commits suicide by poison.

* In one issue of the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' comic, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} leads the ComicBook/{{Robin}}s from other points in time (Jason Todd, [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]], [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]], Damian Wayne and [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns Carrie Kelly]]) to one of Ra's al Ghul's bases in order to use a Lazarus Pit to save Batman's life. When they encounter the League of Assassins, Damian leaps out, demanding that they stand down as is his birthright as an al Ghul. The assassins look at each other, then charge at the Robins. Damian then remembers that he's not born yet.

* ''ComicBook/JohanAndPewitt'' had this happen in the backstory of "The War Of the Seven Fountains". They stumble across an old, abandoned castle in the middle of a wasteland, and that night are met by the ghost of its former king, who explains that the reason the kingdom disintegrated was because of his idiotic use of a wish he had been granted by a local witch as a reward for his wise rule. Unfortunately, while a great ruler in most cases, the king had a love for wine, and the wish happened to be granted during a period where the wine harvest had gone wrong, and there was none to be had for miles. In a spur of the moment, the king wished that the areas seven water springs would produce wine instead of water. You can probably guess why this was a bad idea. When he tried to force the witch to reverse the magic, she instead cursed the springs to dry up completely, leading to the kingdom falling apart and its inhabitants leaving. The king remained behind and died soon after, but was BarredFromTheAfterlife by his ancestors, and wouldn't be allowed to rest until the springs flow again, which Johan and Pewitt decide to help with (with a surprise assistance from ComicBook/TheSmurfs).

* In ''[[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Adventure Comics]]'' #298, the Kent Family returns to Smallville after being on vacation and are shocked to see most of the townspeople have become [[TemporaryBulkChange morbidly obese]], including Clark's friends Lana Lang and Pete Ross. It's at school the following day the science teacher discovers the cause of the obesity epidemic was due to irradiated milk, which Clark is in the process of drinking. Being Superboy, Clark's immune to radiation so the milk won't affect him which is sure to expose his secret identity. To keep up appearances, he exposes himself to a certain type of red kryptonite (which is known to cause random changes to Kryptonians) and quickly grows fat. It's only after the change occurs he realizes if everyone sees ''Superboy'' has gained weight too, he'll be just as likely exposed the same as if he'd remained thin. He then spends the rest of the story hiding his altered physique while performing feats as Superboy until a cure for the obesity epidemic is found.

** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' villain Doomsday was created through this -- his creator, the scientist Bertron, sought to make the UltimateLifeForm and spent three decades constantly murdering a baby and having it cloned over and over again. He honestly had no idea what to do when he actually survived to reach that level. Or the fact that its deaths were genetically imprinted into him and he sought revenge.

** A non-comedic version is used in the story ''King Scrooge the First'' (October, 1967) by Carl Barks and Tony Strobl. It combines this trope with WhoWantsToLiveForever, but it it self-inflicted. Back in the Bronze Age, King Khan Khan defeats a rival king (a distant ancestor of Scrooge), leading his army to sack and pillage a prosperous city-state. All in an effort to gain access to a potion that grants immortality, believing that he will be an invincible conqueror and thoroughly enjoy living forever. He does not seem to mind that there is only enough potion for a single user. In the 20th century, Khan Khan kidnaps Scrooge and his nephews to use in a plot to locate the ruins of the long-lost city state. He eventually tells them why, explaining that he seeks an antidote for the potion as he wants to die. His harem women, his entire army, and his nation are long gone, and he has been living alone for far too long. Immortality was no fun when he had nobody to share it with.

* In ''ComicBook/TheWastelands'' (the Old Man Logan setting), the villains' plan to team up to kill every superhero lead to a world where ''no one'' got what they wanted, because (as Count Nefaria, who has become a washed-up barfly, laments), they forgot to account that 1) Superheroes weren't the only option to try to deal with them, just the most-effective and least-destructive, and 2) All the villains had no idea what to do with each other beyond 'murder all the heroes'. Without superheroes to check the villains, governments resorted to desperate, but conventional measures- [[NukeEm like nukes]], which didn't ''kill'' most of the villains, but sure reduced the property values on the world they wanted to rule. And without an active foe to oppose, the villains couldn't work together long enough to ''fix'' said nuked wasteland, and are instead reduced to carving out petty fiefdoms or retiring from villainy entirely.

* In ''ComicBook/TheWastelands'' (the Old Man Logan setting), the villains' plan to team up to kill every superhero lead to a world where ''no one'' got what they wanted, because (as Count Nefaria, who's become a washed-up barfly, laments), they forgot to account that 1) Superheroes weren't the only option to try to deal with them, just the most-effective and least-destructive, and 2) All the villains had no idea what to do with each other beyond 'murder all the heroes'. Without superheroes to check the villains, governments resorted to desperate, but conventional measures- [[NukeEm like nukes]], which didn't ''kill'' most of the villains, but sure reduced the property values on the world they wanted to rule. And without an active foe to oppose, the villains couldn't work together long enough to ''fix'' said nuked wasteland, and are instead reduced to carving out petty fiefdoms or retiring from villainy entirely.

** A non-comedic version is used in the story ''King Scrooge the First'' (October, 1967) by Carl Barks and Tony Strobl. It combines this trope with WhoWantsToLiveForever, but it it self-inflicted. Back in the Bronze Age, King Khan Khan defeats a rival king (a distant ancestor of Scrooge), leading his army to sack and pillage a prosperous city-state. All in an effort to gain access to a potion that grants immortality, believing that he will be an invincible conqueror and thoroughly enjoy living forever. He does not seem to mind that there is only enough potion for a single user. In the 20th century, Khan Khan kidnaps Scrooge and his nephews to use in a plot to locate the ruins of the long-lost city state. He eventually tells them why, explaining that he seeks an antidote for the potion as he wants to die. His harem women, his entire army, and his nation are long gone, and he has been living alone for far too long. Immortality was no fan when he had nobody to share it with.

** A non-comedic version is used in the story ''King Scrooge the First''(October, 1967) by Carl Barks and Tony Strobl. It combines this trope with WhoWantsToLiveForever, but it it self-inflicted. Back in the Bronze Age, King Khan Khan defeats a rival king (a distant ancestor of Scrooge), leading his army to sack and pillage a prosperous city-state. All in an effort to gain access to a potion that grants immortality, believing that he will be an invincible conqueror and thoroughly enjoy living forever. He does not seem to mind that there is only enough potion for a single user. In the 20th century, Khan Khan kidnaps Scrooge and his nephews to use in a plot to locate the ruins of the long-lost city state. He eventually tells them why, explaining that he seeks an antidote for the potion as he wants to die. His harem women, his entire army, and his nation are long gone, and he has been living alone for far too long. Immortality was no fan when he had nobody to share it with.

** Magica [=DeSpell=] in at least two ''Creator/DonRosa'' stories, involving her plan to steal Scrooge's NumberOneDime, which (as the first money earned by the world's richest man [or duck, whichever]) is the final ingredient in a Midas Touch amulet.

* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' villain Blackout is a half-demon murderer who, in addition to his CastingAShadow powers, had metal fangs implanted in his jaws to cultivate a vampiric look. In an early encounter with the Ghost Rider, he tried to bite him. Ghost Rider is a flaming skeleton, and the attempt ended with Blackout getting his face badly burnt.

** In "Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies", Magica travels back to the day Scrooge earned his NumberOneDime because she thinks it'll be easier to steal it back then. She gets the dime before Scrooge does -- before realizing that, now that she stole it, it is no longer the first money earned by the world's richest man.
** In "A Little Something Special", Magica [[VillainTeamUp teams up]] with the Beagle Boys and Flintheart Glomgold because she sees no overlap in their goals: she wants Scrooge's NumberOneDime; the Beagle Boys want the rest of his money; and Flintheart Glomgold just wants to drive Scrooge into poverty and steal his title as the world's richest duck. As Scrooge later points out, his first dime will be of no use for Magica once he's broke, since he will no longer be the world's richest man.

* In one ''ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersBoomStudios'' issue, Rita learns from Finster that he had created a series of monsters hidden away on Earth disguised as humans with the idea of using them to spread fear on Earth. Rita, having been away for awhile, decides that the best thing to do is unleash them all at once and make them grow. Finster tries warning her of something, but she asserts the pecking order and forces him to reveal them all. The Rangers are split thin over the groups and are on the ropes... until the monsters topple over in pain. As the Rangers clean up shop, Finster explains that, when the shed their human "shells", they're already "grown". Thus, Rita making them giant actually made them ''weaker''

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** In "Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies", Magica travels back to the day Scrooge earned his NumberOneDime because she thinks it'll be easier to steal it back then. She gets the dime before Scrooge does- before realizing that, now that she stole it, it is no longer the first money earned by the world's richest man.

* In ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' storyline ''ComicBook/TheBalladOfBetaRayBill'', Mjolnir's worthiness enchantment ended up becoming this - for the longest time, Mjolnir had the worthiness enchantment attached as a way to temper and humble Thor as punishment for his arrogant actions. Never once had Odin the Allfather ever consider that there would be someone else just as worthy, as the alien Beta Ray Bill would soon prove to be when he randomly hit the carrying stick that disguised the hammer against the wall in frustration and transformed into Thor. When Odin brings Bill to Asgard, he's shocked by what he sees.

** In the arc "The Coming of the Thousand," Carl King witnessed the radioactive spider biting Peter, which gave him the idea to do the same and get spider-powers himself. He decided to break into the exhibition building to acquire one for himself... but it was only after he did so that he realized that he had no idea how to irradiate a spider, and the spider that bit Peter was dead, which left him with "Plan B" - eating the spider's corpse.

** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' villain Doomsday was created through this - his creator, the scientist Bertron, sought to make the UltimateLifeForm and spent three decades constantly murdering a baby and having it cloned over and over again. He honestly had no idea what to do when he actually survived to reach that level. Or the fact that its deaths were genetically imprinted into him and he sought revenge.