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* CelebrityEndorsement: One proposed advertising campaign was to center around [[IncredibleHulk Joe Fixit]], with the tag line "We Clean Up The Hulk's Messes, We Can Clean Up Yours". Needless to say, he wasn't pleased...

* CelebrityEndorsement: One proposed advertising campaign was to center around the IncredibleHulk, with the tag line -- "We Clean Up The Hulk's Messes, We Can Clean Up Yours". Needless to say, he wasn't pleased...

''Damage Control'' is a comic (in both senses) series published in intermittent bursts by MarvelComics. Created by [=~Dwayne McDuffie~=], it offers a comedic look at the MarvelUniverse through the lens of a CleanupCrew specializing in rebuilding areas devastated by superhero-supervillain throw-downs. HilarityEnsues when abandoned bits of AppliedPhlebotinum are picked up, superweapons are accidentally activated, and super-villains won't pay their bills.

* CleanupCrew

* BadassNormal: Most of the staff are regular Joes and Janes struggling with cleaning up toppled buildings and retrieving villains' destroyed giant mecha. [[spoiler:For a few issues, Speedball worked as an intern under his civilian identity.]]

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Happens in the movie.

* BrokenTreasure: One issue features a group of DoctorDoom's minions destroying their laboratory while researching new weapons, and hiring Damage Control to rebuild it exactly the same as it was before Doom finds out. [[spoiler:Damage Control refuses to anything until Doom ''himself'' takes care of unpaid bills.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer

* Robin Chapel: Former Traffic Manager, current CEO. Her highly competent and businesslike exterior hides her friendly interior. Romantically linked to John Porter.

-->(Lights go out, Thunderball hits the Wrecking Crew in the head) ''*Bonk* *Bang* *Blam*''

* TheWonka: John Porter, more than any of the other employees.

''Damage Control'' is a comic (in both senses) series published in intermittent bursts by MarvelComics. Created by [=~Dwayne McDuffie~=], it offers a comedic look at the MarvelUniverse through the lens of a CleanupCrew specializing in rebuilding areas devastated by superhero-supervillain throw-downs. HilarityEnsues when abandoned bits of AppliedPhlebotinum are picked up, superweapons are accidentally activated, and super-villains won't pay their bills. Given the unusual situations they face, the regulars at Damage Control often need to be a bit... ''creative'' in how they resolve each case.

* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: A company trademark, as featured in [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v420/Doop/marvelyearinreview/marvel_1989_the_year_in_review_p01.jpg this advertisement.]] [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Damage Control often uses the super-powered gadgets, battle robots, and AppliedPhlebotinum they often scavenge during their cleanups.

''Damage Control'' is a comic (in both senses) series published in intermittent bursts by MarvelComics. Created by [=~Dwayne McDuffie~=], it offers a parodic look at the MarvelUniverse through the lens of a CleanupCrew specializing in rebuilding areas devastated by superhero-supervillain throw-downs. HilarityEnsues when abandoned bits of AppliedPhlebotinum are picked up, superweapons are accidentally activated, and super-villains won't pay their bills. Given the unusual situations they face, the regulars at Damage Control often need to be a bit... ''creative'' in how they resolve each case.

* MediumAwareness: Played with when SheHulk was a featured guest-star; the comic made fun of her [[FourthWallObserver fourth-wall savvyness]] at the time by repeatedly lampshading it -- culminating when She-Hulk has a building collapse around her:

''Damage Control'' is a comic (in both senses) series published in intermittent bursts by MarvelComics. Created by [=~Dwayne McDuffie~=], it offers a parodic look at the MarvelUniverse through the lens of a construction company specializing in rebuilding areas devastated by superhero-supervillain throw-downs.

Given the unusual situations they face, the regulars at Damage Control often need to be a bit... ''creative'' in how they resolve each case.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive

-->"LIGHTS OUT!" ''*Bonk* *Bang* *Blam*''

-->"We lose more employees this way..."

* PunchClockHero: Done literally with the superheroes who work for Damage Control; these include Speedball (as an intern in his civilian identity), Hercules (community service), Goliath, Monstro, and Visioneer.

* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: From the Damage Control scrap pile.

* GeniusLoci: The Chrysler Building, which became sentient and mobile after ''[[IncredibleHulk World War Hulk]]'' and wants to see the world. John Porter negotiates a deal where it can go on vacations in August, since no one visits Manhattan then.

* MediumAwareness
* MyNameIsNotDurwood

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Done when Edifice Rex decides to use his powers to reverse the Big Bang, force everything back into the cosmic egg, and then maybe put the egg on a tasteful pedestal. While the other cosmic beings consider how to stop him, Robin Porter [[spoiler:realizes he's just doing his job... and fires him.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Done when Edifice Rex (a cosmicly-powered crewman) decides to use his omnipotent powers to reverse the Big Bang, force everything back into the cosmic egg, and then maybe put the egg on a tasteful pedestal. While the other cosmic beings debate on how to solve the problem, Robin Porter simply fires him.

* SuperOCD: Edifice Rex, a cosmically-powered Damage Control crewman, declares his newfound duty was to clean ''the entire planet.''

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Done when Edifice Rex (a cosmicly-powered crewman) decides to use his omnipotent powers to reverse the Big Bang, force everything in the universe back into the cosmic egg, then maybe put the egg on a tasteful pedestal. While the other cosmic beings debate on how to stop him, Robin Porter simply fires him.

* FriendlyEnemy: In the first issue, John Porter helps the villain Thunderball cut through Damage Control's Lost & Found department. Later, when several employees are trapped with the Wrecking Crew, Thunderball recognizes John; he tells the rest of the Wrecking Crew to leave them alone because John has superpowers.

* FriendlyEnemy: In the first issue, John Porter helps the villain Thunderball cut through Damage Control's Lost & Found department. Later, when several employees are trapped in The Vault with the Wrecking Crew, Thunderball recognizes John and provides them safe passage.

This series provides examples, straight or parodied, of:

* UncleTomfoolery

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* BrokenTreasure: One issue features a group of DoctorDoom's minions destroying their laboratory while researching new weapons, and hiring Damage Control to rebuild it exactly the same as it was before Doom finds out.

* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys

''Damage Control'' is comic (in both senses) series published in intermittent bursts by MarvelComics. Created by [=~Dwayne McDuffie~=], it offers a parodic look at the MarvelUniverse through the lens of a construction company specializing in rebuilding areas devastated by superhero-supervillain throw-downs.