History Main / SuperheroPackingHeat

-->-- ''Big Shot, from TheTick.''

* CaptainAmerica's original incarnation had him using guns in addition to his famous shield, since he was a SuperSoldier fighting the Nazis during WorldWarII. [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger His movie]] also aims in this direction(Justified, since it's DuringTheWar). As you can well imagine, fan reactions are...somewhat mixed.

* Cable of ''XForce.'' His guns in particular can go BeyondTheImpossible in size and improbability of design. How about one barrel the size of his head, and ''several smaller barrels beneath?'' (This from Phalanx Covenant.)

* Marvel's Deathlok (aka Michael Collins) has a [[CoolGun plasma gun]], [[UpToEleven plasma rifle]], and [[BeyondTheImpossible plasma grenade launcher]]. This is in addition to his [[BadassBookworm intelligence, hacking skills]], and [[LightningBruiser other]] [[NighInvulnerable super powers]]. His main challenge is usually to overcome his adversaries while preserving his ThouShaltNotKill ideology.

-->-- ''AtopTheFourthWall''

* [[TheNineties 90s Kid]] of ''AtopTheFourthWall'' parodies this, saying the coolest superhero ever would be named "Bloodgun", and he'd be a man made out of guns, even his head.

** In modern continuities, this gets a CallBack every so often, usually under the guise of a "YearOne" story or a alternate universe. The main timeline Batman has used a gun against another sentient being with aggressive intent only ''once'': in FinalCrisis, after Darkseid has become such a threat [[GodzillaThreshold everything is on the table.]] And even that might have been reconned with the recent semi-reboot of the DCU.

* The execrable DCComics {{Elseworlds}} story ''SupermanAtEarthsEnd'' had a mostly-depowered Superman take up a [[BeyondTheImpossible ludicrously]] [[{{BFG}} oversized gun]] in order to fight [[StupidJetpackHitler twin clones of]] [[YouClonedHitler Hitler]]. Then it went on to include an [[BrokenAesop anti-guns]] message at the end.

** In modern continuities, this gets a CallBack every so often, usually under the guise of a "YearOne" story or a alternate universe. The main timeline Batman has, to this troper's knowledge, used a gun against another sentient being with aggressive intent only ''once'': in FinalCrisis, after Darkseid has become such a threat [[GodzillaThreshold everything is on the table.]] And even that might have been reconned with the recent semi-reboot of the DCU.

** Steve has started packing heat again as [[strike:Captain]] Commander Steve Rogers, Head of S.H.I.E.L.D.

* ''ChampionsOnline'' contains the Munitions powerset. This includes everything from dual pistols as the lowest level attack (and several higher level ones), through submachineguns, shotguns, assault rifles, a minigun, a rocket launcher, and more.

* Akemi Homura from ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is a MagicalGirl Packing Heat. No, that [[MoreDakka arsenal]] she carries doesn't come from her Magical Girl powers: she ''stole them from the {{Yakuza}}''.

* Big Daddy and Hit Girl from ''{{Kick-Ass}}''.

* Death The Kid from ''SoulEater ''has Liz and Patty, who transforms into guns.

** In modern continuities, this gets a CallBack every so often, usually under the guise of a "YearOne" story.

* The earliest comics featuring {{Batman}} had him using guns. This got retconned moderately quickly once writers realized that having Batman kill all of his adversaries in one issue meant that he'd have no one to fight later and they'd have to rack their brains thinking up new ones too often. In modern continuities, this gets a CallBack every so often, usually under the guise of a "YearOne" story.

** Also Mami who uses Flintlock rifles.

* ''ThePhantom'': While he [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands tries to avoid]] actually killing people, he's very much willing and able to if necessary. [[LegacyCharacter Previous incarnations]] gladly used swords in the same capacity.

->'''90s Kid''' "And one of them has the greatest superpower of all, [[BigWordShout GUUUUUUNS]]!"

->''''[[TheNineties 90s]] [[TotallyRadical Kid]]"''' ''"And one of them has the greatest superpower of all, [[BigWordShout GUUUUUUNS]]!"''

->''"And one of them has the greatest superpower of all, [[BigWordShout GUUUUUUNS]]!"''
-->--''''[=90s=] Kid''', ''AtopTheFourthWall''

-->''"And one of them has the greatest superpower of all, [[BigWordShout GUUUUUUNS]]!"''\\
-- '''[=90s=] Kid''', ''AtopTheFourthWall''

Compare TheGunslinger, GirlsWithGuns.

* CaptainAmerica's original incarnation had him using guns in addition to his famous shield, since he was a SuperSoldier fighting the Nazis during WorldWarII. The upcoming movie is also aiming in this direction(Justified, since it's during the war). As you can well imagine, fan reactions are...somewhat mixed.

* ''MoonKnight'' has on ocasion used weapons. But then again, he is a former mercenary and soldier (And in the Ultimate Universe, a former Navy Seal), and is known to be a dark subversion of ThouShallNotKill, so its not exactly out of place. Its also one of the characteristics that seperate him from [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent that other]] [[ComicBook/BatMan Knight.]]

* The {{Spider-Man}} from Marvel's "Noir" dimension carries Uncle Ben's service revolver from WWI, and does not hesitate to use it to shoot and kill his opponents. He later upgrades to a semi-auto. This proves slightly jarring when playing ''SpiderManShatteredDimensions'', as the game completely ignores it.
** Justified, since after he shoots the Vulture, Aunt May chews him out for murdering someone like an animal. After that, he doesn't kill Goblin, Sandman, Crime Master, or Doctor Octopus. The Goblin was the only one he actually tried to spare, though.

** The Death the Kid and Mami examples don't really fit into this trope, as they both fire magical energy bullets which lack the power of a real gun.