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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then Bishop betrays the X-Men while Mister Sinister infiltrates the X-Mansion. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. At that same point in time, various anti-mutant forces conspired to commit a single act of genocide that would destroy all of mutantkind by killing the last 200 mutants on the face of the Earth, starting with Cable and Nightcralwer and... Good guys won there too. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch ComicBook/ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then Bishop betrays the X-Men while Mister Sinister infiltrates the X-Mansion. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. At that same point in time, various anti-mutant forces conspired to commit a single act of genocide that would destroy all of mutantkind by killing the last 200 mutants on the face of the Earth, starting with Cable and Nightcralwer and... Good guys won there too. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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** Geoff Johns' run on the title when it starred Wally West also counts. Under Johns, Wally had to deal with the birth of the new Zoom, a former friend of his he failed to save and resolved to make Wally a better hero by [[TragedyBuildsCharacter forcing him to experience tragedy]]. Zoom would go on to cause his Wally's wife Linda to miscarry their twin children. After that, Wally learned that his mentor Barry was ''not'' the squeaky clean, white knight hero Wally thought he was, and in fact dipped into some ''very'' morally grey territory. After ''that'', Wally had to deal with the reformed Rogues turning back to their villainous ways but upping it to eleven. ''Then'', he had to deal with a war between various groups all calling themselves the Rogues. And finally, Zoom would return, with Professor Zoom in tow, and force Wally to relive his attack on Wally's wife repeatedly before Wally eventually beat him. At the end of all this, Wally got a second chance at being a father, with his twins being saved, Zoom admitting he was wrong in what he did before disappearing (he got better) and Wally coming tot he conclusion taht being the Flash is ''never'' about tragedy, but about always moving forward.
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** Geoff Johns' run on the title when it starred Wally West also counts. Under Johns, Wally had to deal with the birth of the new Zoom, a former friend of his he failed to save and resolved to make Wally a better hero by [[TragedyBuildsCharacter [[MiseryBuildsCharacter forcing him to experience tragedy]]. Zoom would go on to cause his Wally's wife Linda to miscarry their twin children. After that, Wally learned that his mentor Barry was ''not'' the squeaky clean, white knight hero Wally thought he was, and in fact dipped into some ''very'' morally grey territory. After ''that'', Wally had to deal with the reformed Rogues turning back to their villainous ways but upping it to eleven. ''Then'', he had to deal with a war between various groups all calling themselves the Rogues. And finally, Zoom would return, with Professor Zoom in tow, and force Wally to relive his attack on Wally's wife repeatedly before Wally eventually beat him. At the end of all this, Wally got a second chance at being a father, with his twins being saved, Zoom admitting he was wrong in what he did before disappearing (he got better) and Wally coming tot he to the conclusion taht that being the Flash is ''never'' about tragedy, but about always moving forward.
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* The ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfTheFlash'' storyline ran for over two years and had the Flash's life being completely wrecked several times, but in the end Barry and Iris are married happily together in the future.
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** The ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfTheFlash'' storyline ran for over two years and had the Flash's life being completely wrecked several times, but in the end Barry and Iris are married happily together in thefuture.future.
** Geoff Johns' run on the title when it starred Wally West also counts. Under Johns, Wally had to deal with the birth of the new Zoom, a former friend of his he failed to save and resolved to make Wally a better hero by [[TragedyBuildsCharacter forcing him to experience tragedy]]. Zoom would go on to cause his Wally's wife Linda to miscarry their twin children. After that, Wally learned that his mentor Barry was ''not'' the squeaky clean, white knight hero Wally thought he was, and in fact dipped into some ''very'' morally grey territory. After ''that'', Wally had to deal with the reformed Rogues turning back to their villainous ways but upping it to eleven. ''Then'', he had to deal with a war between various groups all calling themselves the Rogues. And finally, Zoom would return, with Professor Zoom in tow, and force Wally to relive his attack on Wally's wife repeatedly before Wally eventually beat him. At the end of all this, Wally got a second chance at being a father, with his twins being saved, Zoom admitting he was wrong in what he did before disappearing (he got better) and Wally coming tot he conclusion taht being the Flash is ''never'' about tragedy, but about always moving forward.
** The ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfTheFlash'' storyline ran for over two years and had the Flash's life being completely wrecked several times, but in the end Barry and Iris are married happily together in the
** Geoff Johns' run on the title when it starred Wally West also counts. Under Johns, Wally had to deal with the birth of the new Zoom, a former friend of his he failed to save and resolved to make Wally a better hero by [[TragedyBuildsCharacter forcing him to experience tragedy]]. Zoom would go on to cause his Wally's wife Linda to miscarry their twin children. After that, Wally learned that his mentor Barry was ''not'' the squeaky clean, white knight hero Wally thought he was, and in fact dipped into some ''very'' morally grey territory. After ''that'', Wally had to deal with the reformed Rogues turning back to their villainous ways but upping it to eleven. ''Then'', he had to deal with a war between various groups all calling themselves the Rogues. And finally, Zoom would return, with Professor Zoom in tow, and force Wally to relive his attack on Wally's wife repeatedly before Wally eventually beat him. At the end of all this, Wally got a second chance at being a father, with his twins being saved, Zoom admitting he was wrong in what he did before disappearing (he got better) and Wally coming tot he conclusion taht being the Flash is ''never'' about tragedy, but about always moving forward.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then Bishop betrays the X-Men while Mister Sinister infiltrates the X-Mansion. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. At that same point in time, various anti-mutant forces conspired to commit a single act of genocide that would destroy all of mutantkind by killing the last 200 mutants on the face of the Earth, starting with Cable and Nightcralwer and... Good guys won there too. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then Bishop betrays the X-Men while Mister Sinister infiltrates the X-Mansion. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. At that same point in time, various anti-mutant forces conspired to commit a single act of genocide that would destroy all of mutantkind by killing the last 200 mutants on the face of the Earth, starting with Cable and Nightcralwer and... Good guys won there too. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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** Post HeroicAge, Cyclops manages to maintain the peace for a while by founding a mutant "nation," but concerns about his increasing radicalization lead [[Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen the Avengers to attack the X-Men]], all the while the [[SentientCosmicForce Phoenix]] is baring down on Earth. Ultimately, several of the X-Men are possessed by the Phoenix and proceed to go DrunkWithPower, with the force ultimately ending up in the hands of Hope... who does exactly what everyone thought she'd do and restores mutants' powers. Sure, [[spoiler: Cyclops was arrested for his actions while possessed]], but he plainly considers it WorthIt, and [[Comicbook/UncannyXMen everything ultimately works out okay for him too]].
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** Post HeroicAge, ComicBook/HeroicAge, Cyclops manages to maintain the peace for a while by founding a mutant "nation," but concerns about his increasing radicalization lead [[Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen the Avengers to attack the X-Men]], all the while the [[SentientCosmicForce Phoenix]] is baring down on Earth. Ultimately, several of the X-Men are possessed by the Phoenix and proceed to go DrunkWithPower, with the force ultimately ending up in the hands of Hope... who does exactly what everyone thought she'd do and restores mutants' powers. Sure, [[spoiler: Cyclops was arrested for his actions while possessed]], but he plainly considers it WorthIt, and [[Comicbook/UncannyXMen everything ultimately works out okay for him too]].
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* The writers for ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' have stated that many of the previous status quos will receive closure. Examples:
** Superman and Lois have their [[BabiesEverAfter first baby]] and name him after [[DeadGuyJunior Clark's father.]]
** Both Stephanie Brown and Barbara Gordon ''finally'' get their TheyDo with Tim and Dick. We see Babs and Dick's WeddingDay and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]].
** Dreamslayer pulls a NiceJobFixingItVillain that allows Roy Harper to finally have his daughter, Lian, BackFromTheDead. Lian has no idea what Roy has been through since she died, but the happiness one can feel for the character is unreal.
** Superman and Lois have their [[BabiesEverAfter first baby]] and name him after [[DeadGuyJunior Clark's father.]]
** Both Stephanie Brown and Barbara Gordon ''finally'' get their TheyDo with Tim and Dick. We see Babs and Dick's WeddingDay and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]].
** Dreamslayer pulls a NiceJobFixingItVillain that allows Roy Harper to finally have his daughter, Lian, BackFromTheDead. Lian has no idea what Roy has been through since she died, but the happiness one can feel for the character is unreal.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'':
** The writersfor ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' have stated that many of the previous status quos will receive closure. Examples:
** *** Superman and Lois have their [[BabiesEverAfter first baby]] and name him after [[DeadGuyJunior Clark's father.]]
** *** Both Stephanie Brown and Barbara Gordon ''finally'' get their TheyDo with Tim and Dick. We see Babs and Dick's WeddingDay and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]].
** *** Dreamslayer pulls a NiceJobFixingItVillain that allows Roy Harper to finally have his daughter, Lian, BackFromTheDead. Lian has no idea what Roy has been through since she died, but the happiness one can feel for the character is unreal.unreal.
** The series as a whole has an overtly happy ending: [[spoiler:the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' is averted, the original Multiverse is reborn, Telos' prisoners are freed, the [[ComicBook/{{Earth2}} Earth-2]] survivors find a new planet to call home and Brainiac and Telos attain some measure of redemption]].
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** The series as a whole has an overtly happy ending: [[spoiler:the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' is averted, the original Multiverse is reborn, Telos' prisoners are freed, the [[ComicBook/{{Earth2}} Earth-2]] survivors find a new planet to call home and Brainiac and Telos attain some measure of redemption]].
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* The writers for ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' have stated that many of the previous status quos will receive closure. Examples:
** Superman and Lois have their [[BabiesEverAfter first baby]] and name him after [[DeadGuyJunior Clark's father.]]
** Both Stephanie Brown and Barbara Gordon ''finally'' get their TheyDo with Tim and Dick. We see Babs and Dick's WeddingDay and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]].
** Dreamslayer pulls a NiceJobFixingItVillain that allows Roy Harper to finally have his daughter, Lian, BackFromTheDead. Lian has no idea what Roy has been through since she died, but the happiness one can feel for the character is unreal.
** Superman and Lois have their [[BabiesEverAfter first baby]] and name him after [[DeadGuyJunior Clark's father.]]
** Both Stephanie Brown and Barbara Gordon ''finally'' get their TheyDo with Tim and Dick. We see Babs and Dick's WeddingDay and Tim and Steph almost have TheirFirstTime before injuries force them to decide to [[LetsWaitAWhile wait a while]].
** Dreamslayer pulls a NiceJobFixingItVillain that allows Roy Harper to finally have his daughter, Lian, BackFromTheDead. Lian has no idea what Roy has been through since she died, but the happiness one can feel for the character is unreal.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then Bishop betrays the X-Men while Mister Sinister infiltrates the X-Mansion. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. At that same point in time, various anti-mutant forces conspired to commit a single act of genocide that would destroy all of mutantkind by killing the last 200 mutants on the face of the Earth, starting with Cable and Nightcralwer and... Good guys won there too. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then Bishop betrays the X-Men while Mister Sinister infiltrates the X-Mansion. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, ComicBook/DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. At that same point in time, various anti-mutant forces conspired to commit a single act of genocide that would destroy all of mutantkind by killing the last 200 mutants on the face of the Earth, starting with Cable and Nightcralwer and... Good guys won there too. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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** [[spoiler:Averted by the ComicBook/SpiderVerse story, where a relative of Morlun's murders Peter, Mary-Jan, and his daughter's boyfriend. [[SarcasmMode Thank you Dan Slott!]]]]
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** [[spoiler:Averted by the ComicBook/SpiderVerse story, where a relative of Morlun's murders Peter, Mary-Jan, and his daughter's boyfriend. Peter [[SarcasmMode Thank you Dan Slott!]]]]Slott!]] Fortunately, Spider-Girl's creators threw in an AuthorsSavingThrow and it was implied the "real" Mayday and her family are still intact somewhere, with the one in Spider-Verse being an alternate double]] .
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** The X-Men's ''Decimation'' MythArc also fits this trope. First off, 99% of the mutant race had been depowered by the aforementioned insane Scarlet Witch, which would be bad enough, which is followed by a seemingly-endless parade of villains - the Purifiers, Sinister, Selene, Apocalypse, and Bastion - swooping in one after another to attack the mutant community at its weakest, leading to many deaths. A new mutant baby, Hope, is born (and subsequently raised to a teenager in the future by Comicbook/{{Cable}}), whom many mutants feel will be the one to restore the X-gene, but others are skeptical, most notably Bishop, who does a FaceHeelTurn due to believing Hope to be the one who screwed up his future. Cyclops manage to maintain the peace for a while by founding a mutant "nation," but concerns about his increasing radicalization lead [[Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen the Avengers to attack the X-Men]], all the while the [[SentientCosmicForce Phoenix]] is baring down on Earth. Ultimately, several of the X-Men are possessed by the Phoenix and proceed to go DrunkWithPower, with the force ultimately ending up in the hands of Hope... who does exactly what everyone thought she'd do and restores mutants' powers. Sure, [[spoiler: Cyclops was arrested for his actions while possessed]], but he plainly considers it WorthIt, and [[Comicbook/UncannyXMen everything ultimately works out okay for him too]].
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** The X-Men's ''Decimation'' MythArc also fits this trope. First off, 99% of the mutant race had been depowered by the aforementioned insane Scarlet Witch, which would be bad enough, which is followed by a seemingly-endless parade of villains - the Purifiers, Sinister, Selene, Apocalypse, and Bastion - swooping in one after another to attack the mutant community at its weakest, leading to many deaths. A new mutant baby, Hope, is born (and subsequently raised to a teenager in the future by Comicbook/{{Cable}}), whom many mutants feel will be the one to restore the X-gene, but others are skeptical, most notably Bishop, who does a FaceHeelTurn due to believing Hope to be the one who screwed up his future. Post HeroicAge, Cyclops manage manages to maintain the peace for a while by founding a mutant "nation," but concerns about his increasing radicalization lead [[Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen the Avengers to attack the X-Men]], all the while the [[SentientCosmicForce Phoenix]] is baring down on Earth. Ultimately, several of the X-Men are possessed by the Phoenix and proceed to go DrunkWithPower, with the force ultimately ending up in the hands of Hope... who does exactly what everyone thought she'd do and restores mutants' powers. Sure, [[spoiler: Cyclops was arrested for his actions while possessed]], but he plainly considers it WorthIt, and [[Comicbook/UncannyXMen everything ultimately works out okay for him too]].
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* Spider-Man pays a heavy price earning his happy ending in the MarvelComics2 Universe's version of his mythology, which follows a lot of his late 90s continuiity. After apparently losing his baby at the hands of Norman Osborn, Peter is left to deal with Osborn's resurfacing as a legit buisnessman and a huge bounty placed on his head as he is framed for the gajillionth time. He's stalked by a mysterious new Green Goblin, the original Hobgoblin, and yet another son of the then-deceased Kraven The Hunter, before he finally clears his name. In the 616 continuity, he defeats Norman Osborn and is reunited with his elderly Aunt May and goes on to live in luxury with Mary Jane, having retired as Spider-Man... until the pull of the ol' "power and responsibility" kick gets the better of him again. In the MC2 Universe, Peter is reunited with his infant daughter, but opts to remain Spidey anyway. Things go well for him and MJ before a fateful final battle with Norman Osborn costs Peter one of his legs... ouch. Peter decides that THIS is as big a wake-up call as ever to grow up and he puts his web-swinging behind him to raise his daughter... and then his daughter grows up, realizes she has powers, and sets about continuing where her father left off. Peter just can't catch a break trying to earn some peace and quiet... but that's why we love 'em.
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* Spider-Man pays a heavy price earning his happy ending in the MarvelComics2 ''ComicBook/MarvelComics2'' Universe's version of his mythology, which follows a lot of his late 90s continuiity. After apparently losing his baby at the hands of Norman Osborn, Peter is left to deal with Osborn's resurfacing as a legit buisnessman and a huge bounty placed on his head as he is framed for the gajillionth time. He's stalked by a mysterious new Green Goblin, the original Hobgoblin, and yet another son of the then-deceased Kraven The Hunter, before he finally clears his name. In the 616 continuity, he defeats Norman Osborn and is reunited with his elderly Aunt May and goes on to live in luxury with Mary Jane, having retired as Spider-Man... until the pull of the ol' "power and responsibility" kick gets the better of him again. In the MC2 Universe, Peter is reunited with his infant daughter, but opts to remain Spidey anyway. Things go well for him and MJ before a fateful final battle with Norman Osborn costs Peter one of his legs... ouch. Peter decides that THIS is as big a wake-up call as ever to grow up and he puts his web-swinging behind him to raise his daughter... and then his daughter grows up, realizes she has powers, and sets about continuing where her father left off. Peter just can't catch a break trying to earn some peace and quiet... but that's why we love 'em.
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** The X-Men's ''Decimation'' MythArc also fits this trope. First off, 99% of the mutant race had been depowered by the aforementioned insane Scarlet Witch, which would be bad enough, which is followed by a seemingly-endless parade of villains - the Purifiers, Sinister, Selene, Apocalypse, and Bastion - swooping in one after another to attack the mutant community at its weakest, leading to many deaths. A new mutant baby, Hope, is born (and subsequently raised to a teenager in the future by Comicbook/{{Cable}}), whom many mutants feel will be the one to restore the X-gene, but others are skeptical, most notably Bishop, who does a FaceHeelTurn due to believing Hope to be the one who screwed up his future. Cyclops manage to maintain the peace for a while by founding a mutant "nation," but concerns about his increasing radicalization lead [[Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen the Avengers to attack the X-Men]], all the while the [[SentientCosmicForce Phoenix]] is baring down on Earth. Ultimately, several of the X-Men are possessed by the Phoenix and proceed to go DrunkWithPower, with the force ultimately ending up in the hands of Hope... who does exactly what everyone thought she'd do and restores mutants' powers. Sure, [[spoiler: Cyclops was arrested for his actions while possessed]], but he plainly considers it WorthIt, and [[Comicbook/UncannyXMen everything ultimately works out okay for him too]].
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then Bishop betrays the X-Men while Mister Sinister infiltrates the X-Mansion. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. At that same point in time, various anti-mutant forces conspired to commit a single act of genocide that would destroy all of mutantkind by killing the last 200 mutants on the face of the Earth, starting with Cable and Nightcralwer and... Good guys won there too. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' is this trope. Even more surprising since GarthEnnis is the writer, and the man is best known for writing gritty, bloody stories. [[spoiler: Jesse is resurrected after being shot by Starr's men, he reunites with Tulip and they ride off into the sunset. Cassidy is also resurrected, cured of his vampirism and decides to finally mature and become a better person, all the while cherishing his friendship with Jesse and Tulip. Arseface find himself a woman who doesn't see his deformed face (seeing him as a conventionally handsome young man) and The Saint of Killers finally gets to rest in peace. On God's throne.]]
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* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' is this trope. Even more surprising since GarthEnnis Creator/GarthEnnis is the writer, and the man is best known for writing gritty, bloody stories. [[spoiler: Jesse is resurrected after being shot by Starr's men, he reunites with Tulip and they ride off into the sunset. Cassidy is also resurrected, cured of his vampirism and decides to finally mature and become a better person, all the while cherishing his friendship with Jesse and Tulip. Arseface find himself a woman who doesn't see his deformed face (seeing him as a conventionally handsome young man) and The Saint of Killers finally gets to rest in peace. On God's throne.]]
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** [[spoiler:Averted by the ComicBook/SpiderVerse story, where a relative of Morlun's murders Peter, Mary-Jan, and his daughter's boyfriend. [[SarcasmMode Thank you Dan Slott!]]]]
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* {{Deconstructed}} in the first arc of "Artifacts" in the Top Cow universe. [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/TheDarkness Jackie Estacado]] manages to create a perfect life for himself when he destroys the universe and recreates it InTheirOwnImage, with Hope alive remaining as his daughter, but [[BackFromTheDead Jenny Romano]] as his wife and Hope's mother, rather than her original mother, [[ComicBook/{{Witchblade}} Sara Pezzini]]. With the fact that Jackie perverted the universe [[ItsAllAboutMe to make himself have a happy ending]], ruining lives in the process, the wielders of several of the other Artifacts, namely the Magdalena, Tom Judge, and Finch (the new wielder of [[ArchEnemy the Angelus]]) go out to try to punish him, and Sara herself [[GoMadFromTheRevelation enters an]] AngstComa as a result of learning that her daughter was stolen away from her.]]
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* {{Deconstructed}} in the first arc of "Artifacts" in the Top Cow TopCow universe. [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/TheDarkness Jackie Estacado]] manages to create a perfect life for himself when he destroys the universe and recreates it InTheirOwnImage, with Hope alive remaining as his daughter, but [[BackFromTheDead Jenny Romano]] as his wife and Hope's mother, rather than her original mother, [[ComicBook/{{Witchblade}} Sara Pezzini]]. With the fact that Jackie perverted the universe [[ItsAllAboutMe to make himself have a happy ending]], ruining lives in the process, the wielders of several of the other Artifacts, namely the Magdalena, Tom Judge, and Finch (the new wielder of [[ArchEnemy the Angelus]]) go out to try to punish him, and Sara herself [[GoMadFromTheRevelation enters an]] AngstComa as a result of learning that her daughter was stolen away from her.]]
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* {{Deconstructed}} in the first arc of "Artifacts" in the TopCow universe. [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/TheDarkness Jackie Estacado]] manages to create a perfect life for himself when he destroys the universe and recreates it InTheirOwnImage, with Hope alive remaining as his daughter, but [[BackFromTheDead Jenny Romano]] as his wife and Hope's mother, rather than her original mother, [[ComicBook/{{Witchblade}} Sara Pezzini]]. With the fact that Jackie perverted the universe [[ItsAllAboutMe to make himself have a happy ending]], ruining lives in the process, the wielders of several of the other Artifacts, namely the Magdalena, Tom Judge, and Finch (the new wielder of [[ArchEnemy the Angelus]]) go out to try to punish him, and Sara herself [[GoMadFromTheRevelation enters an]] AngstComa as a result of learning that her daughter was stolen away from her.]]
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* {{Deconstructed}} in the first arc of "Artifacts" in the TopCow Top Cow universe. [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/TheDarkness Jackie Estacado]] manages to create a perfect life for himself when he destroys the universe and recreates it InTheirOwnImage, with Hope alive remaining as his daughter, but [[BackFromTheDead Jenny Romano]] as his wife and Hope's mother, rather than her original mother, [[ComicBook/{{Witchblade}} Sara Pezzini]]. With the fact that Jackie perverted the universe [[ItsAllAboutMe to make himself have a happy ending]], ruining lives in the process, the wielders of several of the other Artifacts, namely the Magdalena, Tom Judge, and Finch (the new wielder of [[ArchEnemy the Angelus]]) go out to try to punish him, and Sara herself [[GoMadFromTheRevelation enters an]] AngstComa as a result of learning that her daughter was stolen away from her.]]
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** [[spoiler:And then, of course, it gets blasted when Doctor Octopus [[FreakyFridayFlip occupies his body]] and pretty much kills him. Then, he comes back and fixes a lot of the crap Doc Ock did to him.]]
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* NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
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* NeilGaiman's Creator/NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
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* {{Deconstructed}} in the first arc of "Artifacts" in the TopCow universe. [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/TheDarkness Jackie Estacado]] manages to create a perfect life for himself when he destroys the universe and recreates it InTheirOwnImage, with Hope alive remaining as his daughter, but [[BackFromTheDead Jenny Romano]] as his wife and Hope's mother, rather than her original mother, [[ComicBook/{{Witchblade}} Sara Pezzini]]. With the fact that Jackie perverted the universe [[ItsAllAboutMe to make himself have a happy ending]], ruining lives in the process, the wielders of several of the other Artifacts, namely the Magdalena, Tom Judge, and Finch (the new wielder of [[ArchEnemy the Angelus]]) go out to try to punish him, and Sara herself [[GoMadFromTheRevelation enters an]] AngstComa as a result of learning that her daughter was stolen away from her.]]
-->''[[spoiler:Jackie stole a '''child''' from her mother. He perverted the universe's designs for his '''own''' needs.]]''
-->''[[spoiler:Jackie stole a '''child''' from her mother. He perverted the universe's designs for his '''own''' needs.]]''
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* The ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfTheFlash'' storyline ran for over two years and had the Flash's life being completely wrecked several times, but in the end Barry and Iris are married happily together in the future.
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* NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
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* NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" "ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''HouseOfM'' ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[CaptainAmerica [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
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* During MarkWaid 's run on ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', the eponymous group ends up in Heaven. Then they meet God--who happens to look like JackKirby. He gives Johnny a sketch of the foursome--something to remember the trip by--and tells them 'you'll earn it'. The sketch? The Fantastic Four: merely older, happy as ever, close as ever, and a caption that reads [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "To Be Continued!"]]
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* During MarkWaid 's Creator/MarkWaid's run on ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', the eponymous group ends up in Heaven. Then they meet God--who happens to look like JackKirby.Creator/JackKirby. He gives Johnny a sketch of the foursome--something to remember the trip by--and tells them 'you'll earn it'. The sketch? The Fantastic Four: merely older, happy as ever, close as ever, and a caption that reads [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "To Be Continued!"]]
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* ComicBook/LutherArkwright: When Luther appears in ''Heart of Empire'', he has retreated to a war-ravaged world where he serves as a pacifistic healer and diplomat. Victoria herself chooses to abdicate and turn over power to a democratic government, leaving Albion to explore the world and "to end animosity, to make amends, to facilitate recovery".
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* ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' is set in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture crapsack future that's not too different from our world]], just more futuristic and more screwed up. When Gary Callahan becomes [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President of the USA]], he starts to turn it into an authoritarian state. Over the course of trying to bring him down, Spider Jerusalem, the main character, starts to [[spoiler:suffer from a seemingly incurable brain condition.]] In the end, however, he [[spoiler:manages to take down Callahan, survives and ends up being among the one percent that doesn't suffer from major long-term effects of his condition]], but [[spoiler:lets everyone else believe that his brain is a mess so he can live in peace.]] The world is still a mess, but not really worse than it was at the beginning of the series. YMMV, though. The ending is seen by many to be a copout.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' is set in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture crapsack future that's not too different from our world]], just more futuristic and more screwed up. When Gary Callahan becomes [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President of the USA]], he starts to turn it into an authoritarian state. Over the course of trying to bring him down, Spider Jerusalem, the main character, starts to [[spoiler:suffer from a seemingly incurable brain condition.]] In the end, however, he [[spoiler:manages to take down Callahan, survives and ends up being among the one percent that doesn't suffer from major long-term effects of his condition]], but [[spoiler:lets everyone else believe that his brain is a mess so he can live in peace.]] The world is still a mess, but not really worse than it was at the beginning of the series. YMMV, though. The ending is seen by many to be a copout.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''HouseOfM'' whipped ninety percent mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
* [[spoiler:Except for you, [[Woobie/ComicBooks Spider-Man]]]]. Though, one might say that by the end of ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'', ol' Spidey prolly earned his happy ending. Except at the end of Spider-Island, he loses his latest girlfriend...though considering most of the fandom never liked her to begin with, one might say he earned a different kind of reward being freed from her. He also got Mary Jane to admit she still loved him, although he wasnt privy to her declaration of love]]
* Spider-Man pays a heavty price earning his happy ending in the MarvelComics2 Universe's version of his mythology, which follows a lot of his late 90s continuiity. After apparently losing his baby at the hands of Norman Osborn, Peter is left to deal with Osborn's resurfacing as a legit buisnessman and a huge bounty placed on his head as he is framed for the gajillionth time. He's stalked by a mysterious new Green Goblin, the original Hobgoblin, and yet another son of the then-deceased Kraven The Hunter, before he finally clears his name. In the 616 continuity, he defeats Norman Osborn and is reunited with his elderly Aunt May and goes on to live in luxury with Mary Jane, having retired as Spider-Man...until the pull of the ol' "power and responsibility" kick gets the better of him again. In the MC2 Universe, Peter is reunited with his infant daughter, but opts to remain Spidey anyway. Things go well for him and MJ before a fateful final battle with Norman Osborn costs Peter one of his legs...ouch. Peter decides that THIS is as big a wake-up call as ever to grow up and he puts his web-swinging behind him to raise his daughter...and then his daughter grows up, realizes she has powers, and sets about continuing where her father left off. Peter just can't catch a break trying to earn some peace and quiet...but that's why we love 'em.
* [[spoiler:Except for you, [[Woobie/ComicBooks Spider-Man]]]]. Though, one might say that by the end of ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'', ol' Spidey prolly earned his happy ending. Except at the end of Spider-Island, he loses his latest girlfriend...though considering most of the fandom never liked her to begin with, one might say he earned a different kind of reward being freed from her. He also got Mary Jane to admit she still loved him, although he wasnt privy to her declaration of love]]
* Spider-Man pays a heavty price earning his happy ending in the MarvelComics2 Universe's version of his mythology, which follows a lot of his late 90s continuiity. After apparently losing his baby at the hands of Norman Osborn, Peter is left to deal with Osborn's resurfacing as a legit buisnessman and a huge bounty placed on his head as he is framed for the gajillionth time. He's stalked by a mysterious new Green Goblin, the original Hobgoblin, and yet another son of the then-deceased Kraven The Hunter, before he finally clears his name. In the 616 continuity, he defeats Norman Osborn and is reunited with his elderly Aunt May and goes on to live in luxury with Mary Jane, having retired as Spider-Man...until the pull of the ol' "power and responsibility" kick gets the better of him again. In the MC2 Universe, Peter is reunited with his infant daughter, but opts to remain Spidey anyway. Things go well for him and MJ before a fateful final battle with Norman Osborn costs Peter one of his legs...ouch. Peter decides that THIS is as big a wake-up call as ever to grow up and he puts his web-swinging behind him to raise his daughter...and then his daughter grows up, realizes she has powers, and sets about continuing where her father left off. Peter just can't catch a break trying to earn some peace and quiet...but that's why we love 'em.
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* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''HouseOfM'' whipped wiped ninety percent of the mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
* ** [[spoiler:Except for you, [[Woobie/ComicBooks Spider-Man]]]]. Though, one might say that by the end of ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'', ol' Spidey prolly earned his happy ending. Except at the end of Spider-Island, he loses his latest girlfriend...though considering most of the fandom never liked her to begin with, one might say he earned a different kind of reward being freed from her. He also got Mary [[spoiler:Mary Jane to admit she still loved him, although he wasnt wasn't privy to her declaration of love]]
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** [[spoiler:And then, of course, it gets blasted when Doctor Octopus [[FreakyFridayFlip occupies his body]] and pretty much kills him.]]
* Spider-Man pays aheavty heavy price earning his happy ending in the MarvelComics2 Universe's version of his mythology, which follows a lot of his late 90s continuiity. After apparently losing his baby at the hands of Norman Osborn, Peter is left to deal with Osborn's resurfacing as a legit buisnessman and a huge bounty placed on his head as he is framed for the gajillionth time. He's stalked by a mysterious new Green Goblin, the original Hobgoblin, and yet another son of the then-deceased Kraven The Hunter, before he finally clears his name. In the 616 continuity, he defeats Norman Osborn and is reunited with his elderly Aunt May and goes on to live in luxury with Mary Jane, having retired as Spider-Man... until the pull of the ol' "power and responsibility" kick gets the better of him again. In the MC2 Universe, Peter is reunited with his infant daughter, but opts to remain Spidey anyway. Things go well for him and MJ before a fateful final battle with Norman Osborn costs Peter one of his legs... ouch. Peter decides that THIS is as big a wake-up call as ever to grow up and he puts his web-swinging behind him to raise his daughter... and then his daughter grows up, realizes she has powers, and sets about continuing where her father left off. Peter just can't catch a break trying to earn some peace and quiet... but that's why we love 'em.
** [[spoiler:And then, of course, it gets blasted when Doctor Octopus [[FreakyFridayFlip occupies his body]] and pretty much kills him.]]
* Spider-Man pays a
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* ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'' is set in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture crapsack future that's not too different from our world]], just more futuristic and more screwed up. When Gary Callahan becomes [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President of the USA]], he starts to turn it into an authoritarian state. Over the course of trying to bring him down, Spider Jerusalem, the main character, starts to [[spoiler:suffer from a seemingly incurable brain condition.]] In the end, however, he [[spoiler:manages to take down Callahan, survives and ends up being among the one percent that doesn't suffer from major long-term effects of his condition]], but [[spoiler:lets everyone else believe that his brain is a mess so he can live in peace.]] The world is still a mess, but not really worse than it was at the beginning of the series. YMMV, though. The ending is seen by many to be a copout.
* {{Preacher}} is this trope. Even more surprising since Garth Ennis is the writer, and the man is best known for writing gritty, bloody stories. [[spoiler: Jesse is resurrected after being shot by Starr's men, he reunites with Tulip and they ride off into the sunset. Cassidy is also resurrected, cured of his vampirism and decides to finally mature and become a better person, all the while cherishing his friendship with Jesse and Tulip. Arseface find himself a woman who doesn't see his deformed face (seeing him as a conventionally handsome young man) and The Saint of Killers finally gets to rest in peace. On God's throne.]]
* {{Preacher}} is this trope. Even more surprising since Garth Ennis is the writer, and the man is best known for writing gritty, bloody stories. [[spoiler: Jesse is resurrected after being shot by Starr's men, he reunites with Tulip and they ride off into the sunset. Cassidy is also resurrected, cured of his vampirism and decides to finally mature and become a better person, all the while cherishing his friendship with Jesse and Tulip. Arseface find himself a woman who doesn't see his deformed face (seeing him as a conventionally handsome young man) and The Saint of Killers finally gets to rest in peace. On God's throne.]]
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* ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' is set in a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture crapsack future that's not too different from our world]], just more futuristic and more screwed up. When Gary Callahan becomes [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President of the USA]], he starts to turn it into an authoritarian state. Over the course of trying to bring him down, Spider Jerusalem, the main character, starts to [[spoiler:suffer from a seemingly incurable brain condition.]] In the end, however, he [[spoiler:manages to take down Callahan, survives and ends up being among the one percent that doesn't suffer from major long-term effects of his condition]], but [[spoiler:lets everyone else believe that his brain is a mess so he can live in peace.]] The world is still a mess, but not really worse than it was at the beginning of the series. YMMV, though. The ending is seen by many to be a copout.
*{{Preacher}} ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' is this trope. Even more surprising since Garth Ennis GarthEnnis is the writer, and the man is best known for writing gritty, bloody stories. [[spoiler: Jesse is resurrected after being shot by Starr's men, he reunites with Tulip and they ride off into the sunset. Cassidy is also resurrected, cured of his vampirism and decides to finally mature and become a better person, all the while cherishing his friendship with Jesse and Tulip. Arseface find himself a woman who doesn't see his deformed face (seeing him as a conventionally handsome young man) and The Saint of Killers finally gets to rest in peace. On God's throne.]]
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* WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow: As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Superman, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler: Loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
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*WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow: ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Superman, Franchise/{{Superman}}, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler: Loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
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* ''{{Marvel 2099}}: Manifest Destiny'' ends the 2099 line in this way. [[spoiler: After several series of escalating catastrophes, culminating in a mass flood wiping out almost all of humanity, a re-frozen Captain America is discovered. He finally fills everyone in on the cycle of events that turned the 2099 universe into such a CrapsackWorld, and [[{{Spider-Man}} Miguel]] is able to steer what's left away from total annihilation. By the year 3099, war has ceased, humanity has accepted mutants and superhumans as their successors, and Earth has become one of the dominant forces in the universe.]]
* During MarkWaid 's run on ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', the eponymous group ends up in Heaven. Then they meet God--who happens to look like JackKirby. He gives Johnny a sketch of the foursome--something to remember the trip by--and tells them 'you'll earn it'. The sketch? The Fantastic Four: merely older, happy as ever, close as ever, and a caption that reads [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "To Be Continued!"]]
* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''HouseOfM'' whipped ninety percent mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
* [[spoiler:Except for you, [[Woobie/ComicBooks Spider-Man]]]]. Though, one might say that by the end of ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'', ol' Spidey prolly earned his happy ending. Except at the end of Spider-Island, he loses his latest girlfriend...though considering most of the fandom never liked her to begin with, one might say he earned a different kind of reward being freed from her. He also got Mary Jane to admit she still loved him, although he wasnt privy to her declaration of love]]
* Spider-Man pays a heavty price earning his happy ending in the MarvelComics2 Universe's version of his mythology, which follows a lot of his late 90s continuiity. After apparently losing his baby at the hands of Norman Osborn, Peter is left to deal with Osborn's resurfacing as a legit buisnessman and a huge bounty placed on his head as he is framed for the gajillionth time. He's stalked by a mysterious new Green Goblin, the original Hobgoblin, and yet another son of the then-deceased Kraven The Hunter, before he finally clears his name. In the 616 continuity, he defeats Norman Osborn and is reunited with his elderly Aunt May and goes on to live in luxury with Mary Jane, having retired as Spider-Man...until the pull of the ol' "power and responsibility" kick gets the better of him again. In the MC2 Universe, Peter is reunited with his infant daughter, but opts to remain Spidey anyway. Things go well for him and MJ before a fateful final battle with Norman Osborn costs Peter one of his legs...ouch. Peter decides that THIS is as big a wake-up call as ever to grow up and he puts his web-swinging behind him to raise his daughter...and then his daughter grows up, realizes she has powers, and sets about continuing where her father left off. Peter just can't catch a break trying to earn some peace and quiet...but that's why we love 'em.
* ''TopTen: Beyond The Farthest Precinct.'' The villain becomes a caring a benevolent God despite his seeming death, and everyone is happy. May seem contrived but good damn did they earn that happy ending.
* NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. After going to hell and back, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Batman and WonderWoman (despite having major differences) manage to get along, save the day and restore the world population's faith in the heroes by basically acting like heroes, leading to a [[Heartwarming/KingdomCome CMoH]] in the epilogue shared by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
* This is the biggest problem with the Utopia Initiative in ''SquadronSupreme''. They do come up with solutions to crime, poverty, war and even a stop gap measure for death, but the solutions are generated, implemented and maintained by a small team of superheroes and relies on them to maintain it. Humanity didn't earn it's happy ending the way Zarda's Utopians must have.
* After ten years of {{Love Dodecahedron}}s, {{Romantic False Lead}}s and {{Tear Jerker}}s, ''StrangersInParadise'' ends with Katchoo and Francine finally proclaiming their love for each other.
* Wallace from the SinCity story ''Hell And Back'', went through an entire army of assassins and even saw an old friend die in order to be reunited with his girlfriend Esther. Not only did he earn his happy ending, but considering the typical ending to Sin City stories, someone had to earn a happy one sometime.
* ScottPilgrim and Ramona Flowers: Both are forced to face their pasts and learn from their mistakes in order to have a working relationship.
* WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow: As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Superman, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler: Loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
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* ''{{Marvel 2099}}: Manifest Destiny'' ends the 2099 line in this way. [[spoiler: After several series of escalating catastrophes, culminating in a mass flood wiping out almost all of humanity, a re-frozen Captain America is discovered. He finally fills everyone in on the cycle of events that turned the 2099 universe into such a CrapsackWorld, and [[{{Spider-Man}} Miguel]] is able to steer what's left away from total annihilation. By the year 3099, war has ceased, humanity has accepted mutants and superhumans as their successors, and Earth has become one of the dominant forces in the universe.]]
* During MarkWaid 's run on ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'', the eponymous group ends up in Heaven. Then they meet God--who happens to look like JackKirby. He gives Johnny a sketch of the foursome--something to remember the trip by--and tells them 'you'll earn it'. The sketch? The Fantastic Four: merely older, happy as ever, close as ever, and a caption that reads [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "To Be Continued!"]]
* MarvelUniverse since 2004 to 2010. First, ScarletWitch goes crazy and kills some people and the Avengers disband. Then ''HouseOfM'' whipped ninety percent mutants on Earth, and stopped new ones from being born. Then heroes have to fight [[ComicBook/CivilWar each other]], [[CaptainAmerica one]] of Earth's greatest heroes dies, [[{{Spider-Man}} another]] [[OneMoreDay makes a deal with the devil]], [[ComicBook/IronMan another]] is labelled a fascist, [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] is shot in space by [[EtTuBrute people he thought were friends]], has to fight for survival on another planet, and when he finally finds a place when he's accepted and loved, it's destroyed, so he [[WorldWarHulk comes back, pissed off]]. Then we find out that Skrulls have infiltrated the superhero community, destroying the last bits of trust among heroes. And when they [[SecretInvasion attack]], the heroes taste [[DownerEnding Pyrrhic victory]]. Oh, and then [[Comicbook/DarkReign Norman Osborn becomes the most powerful man in the United States]], creates the DarkAvengers, attacks and destroys Asgard and....Good guys won. After all of it, the heroes still won, managed to overthrow all those things, and their lives are [[StatusQuoIsGod returning back to normal]], heading towards a Comicbook/HeroicAge.
* [[spoiler:Except for you, [[Woobie/ComicBooks Spider-Man]]]]. Though, one might say that by the end of ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'', ol' Spidey prolly earned his happy ending. Except at the end of Spider-Island, he loses his latest girlfriend...though considering most of the fandom never liked her to begin with, one might say he earned a different kind of reward being freed from her. He also got Mary Jane to admit she still loved him, although he wasnt privy to her declaration of love]]
* Spider-Man pays a heavty price earning his happy ending in the MarvelComics2 Universe's version of his mythology, which follows a lot of his late 90s continuiity. After apparently losing his baby at the hands of Norman Osborn, Peter is left to deal with Osborn's resurfacing as a legit buisnessman and a huge bounty placed on his head as he is framed for the gajillionth time. He's stalked by a mysterious new Green Goblin, the original Hobgoblin, and yet another son of the then-deceased Kraven The Hunter, before he finally clears his name. In the 616 continuity, he defeats Norman Osborn and is reunited with his elderly Aunt May and goes on to live in luxury with Mary Jane, having retired as Spider-Man...until the pull of the ol' "power and responsibility" kick gets the better of him again. In the MC2 Universe, Peter is reunited with his infant daughter, but opts to remain Spidey anyway. Things go well for him and MJ before a fateful final battle with Norman Osborn costs Peter one of his legs...ouch. Peter decides that THIS is as big a wake-up call as ever to grow up and he puts his web-swinging behind him to raise his daughter...and then his daughter grows up, realizes she has powers, and sets about continuing where her father left off. Peter just can't catch a break trying to earn some peace and quiet...but that's why we love 'em.
* ''TopTen: Beyond The Farthest Precinct.'' The villain becomes a caring a benevolent God despite his seeming death, and everyone is happy. May seem contrived but good damn did they earn that happy ending.
* NeilGaiman's Franchise/{{Batman}} epilogue "WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader" (Batman #686; Detective Comics # 853). Batman eventually realizes that [[spoiler: he's having a near-death experience at the end of his life, and comes to accept that even though any telling of the story of Batman has to inevitably end with his death,]] what defines him is that he will have never given up or stopped fighting to protect Gotham City or to save even one life, and that having the opportunity to do that as Batman has been its own reward.
* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. After going to hell and back, Franchise/{{Superman}}, Batman and WonderWoman (despite having major differences) manage to get along, save the day and restore the world population's faith in the heroes by basically acting like heroes, leading to a [[Heartwarming/KingdomCome CMoH]] in the epilogue shared by Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman.
* This is the biggest problem with the Utopia Initiative in ''SquadronSupreme''. They do come up with solutions to crime, poverty, war and even a stop gap measure for death, but the solutions are generated, implemented and maintained by a small team of superheroes and relies on them to maintain it. Humanity didn't earn it's happy ending the way Zarda's Utopians must have.
* After ten years of {{Love Dodecahedron}}s, {{Romantic False Lead}}s and {{Tear Jerker}}s, ''StrangersInParadise'' ends with Katchoo and Francine finally proclaiming their love for each other.
* Wallace from the SinCity story ''Hell And Back'', went through an entire army of assassins and even saw an old friend die in order to be reunited with his girlfriend Esther. Not only did he earn his happy ending, but considering the typical ending to Sin City stories, someone had to earn a happy one sometime.
* ScottPilgrim and Ramona Flowers: Both are forced to face their pasts and learn from their mistakes in order to have a working relationship.
* WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow: As the GrandFinale to Silver Age Superman, this counts. He defeats all of his famous villains, [[spoiler: Loses four of his closest friends, breaks his oath not to kill and loses his power in penance for the act. However]] because he beat all the villains, he can FINALLY retire in peace.
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