History TakeThat / ComicBooks

** In another Don Rosa story, ''The Money Pit'', Scrooge ridicules coin collectors for hoarding their collections solely for their resale value. That, and the comment about "plastic sleeves", makes it obvious Rosa is actually talking about comic book collectors. Rosa is a collector himself, so it files under SelfDeprecation. In the commentaries he gave to his stories in Finnish collection books, Rosa wrote that when Donald says that paying a dime for a single comic book is too much in ''Crocodile Hunter'', he was dissing himself for paying hundreds of dollars for old comics.

::Ironically, when ''TheUltimates'' came out, their version of The Avengers seemed to be heavily influenced by Ellis' satirical version; a team of black-ops sociopaths controlled by the US government. Ellis' name for them was "The Americans". Also in the series is the Authority attempting to ''kill God''. Ellis is a staunch athiest. One major villain is basically JackKirby; he's specifically described as "the guy who would've created all your favorite comic books" if he hadn't been hired by the US government. The series has a ''lot'' of AuthorAppeal, and [[{{Anvilicious}} he's not subtle about it either]]. He even takes shots at Charles Atlas bodybuilding ads. Also;

* Also, after Liefeld complained about how David revealed that Shatterstar is bisexual in ''Comicbook/{{X-Factor}}'' comics, because it was against [[SmallNameBigEgo his vision]] and that he was supposed to be like [[DidNotDoResearch Spartan warrior]] and Mel Gibson in ''{{Gladiator}}'', David said he's going to add a dialogue belov in one of next issues. He kept his word.

** Also, when one of the fans complained that making Shatterstar kissing Rictor was cheap attempt to make X-Factor revelant by including politically controversial issue, PAD said hat he doesn't understand how Shatterstar kissing Rictor is more controversial or political than him kissing Val Cooper. Two issues later Shatterstar kissed Val Cooper. Few issues later kissing became his usual way of greeting his long-time not seen friends.

* One issue of Marvel Adventures: Avengers poked fun at the infamous CaptainAmerica TV movie (where Cap wore rubber ears on his mask) by having {{Wolverine}} sarcastically ask him "Are those ears real?!"

** After revelation that Twillight is [[spoiler: Angel]], which meet with fandom outrage, another Buffy spin-off comics, ''Spike'' (published by different company) had an issue with cover featuring titular character with Twillingt's mask in hand and words “At last he is not Twillight”.

---> '''Shatterstar:''' Yes, very much.

**** Bizzarely, the series became [[FunnyAneursumMoment darker itself]], what with geniocide, murder, love triangles, huge family trees, Eggman cracking, implied incest, CompleteMonster villains like Fintevius and Kage in contrast to the AffablyEvil current Robotnik or HarmlessVillain old Robotnik from the early issues, nuclear bombing, and other horrific stuff.

*** Years earlier, when John Byrne took over ''Star Brand'' back in the '80s, he proceeded to launch one TakeThat after another at the departing figure of ousted MarvelComics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. ''Star Brand'' was one of the Shooter-initiated "[[TheNewUniverse New Universe]]" titles, and was the one that Shooter himself wrote personally. Byrne not only took ''ad hominem'' shots at Shooter personally, but had exposition characters [[LampshadeHanging hang lampshades]] on how implausible the events of Shooter's run was, and how [[IdiotBall stupid]] the hero had been. Early on in Byrne's run, the hero's girlfriend got StuffedInTheFridge; the hero later broke down and passed the titular Brand onto some other poor schmuck, ''destroying Pittsburgh in the process". Not coincidentally, the book's original hero [[AuthorAvatar bore a physical resemblance to Shooter]].

* Subversion - [[url]http://www.4thletter.net/2009/11/okay-now-im-getting-mad this page]] created some InternetBackdraft, because it was seen as TakeThat against everybody who criticize sexist costumes of superheroines, but [[http://www.4thletter.net/2009/11/boobgate-nine-days-later/ this response from Jen Van Meter]] explains it was never intended to be take that.

** Billy Eliot is one big TakeThat against Grant Morrison and the resident ButtMonkey. His M.O. is to [[KudzuPlot create as much complicate and complex stories as he can, to the point that they fall under their own weight and become an unreadable mess]], other people think he's a total JerkAss, Supreme's villains consider his presence an act of cruel and unusual punishment, the equivalent of the LegionofSuperHeroes hates him (especially after he accidentally joined their LegionOfDoom) and the only person who likes him is a CaptainErsatz of TheJoker.

::Ironically, when ''TheUltimates'' came out, their version of The Avengers seemed to be heavily influenced by Ellis' satirical version; a team of black-ops sociopaths controlled by the US government. Ellis' name for them was "The Americans". Also in the series is the Authority attempting to ''kill God''. Ellis is a staunch athiest. One major villain is basically JackKirby; he's specifically described as "the guy who would've created all your favorite comic books" if he hadn't been hired by the US government. The series has a ''lot'' of AuthorAppeal, and [[{{Anvilicious}} he's not subtle about it either]]. Also;

* ''TheAuthority'' took this to a ridiculous extreme by fighting (and utterly destroying) satirical versions of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. The authors explained this was a deliberate poke at traditional superheroes who they felt embodied and maintained the status quo.

::Ironically, when ''TheUltimates'' came out, their version of The Avengers seemed to be heavily influenced by Ellis' satirical version; a team of black-ops sociopaths controlled by the US government. Ellis' name for them was "The Americans". Also in the series is the Authority attempting to kill God. Ellis is a staunch athiest. The series has a ''lot'' of AuthorAppeal, and [[{{Anvilicious}} he's not subtle about it either]]. One major villain is basically JackKirby; he's specifically described as "the guy who would've created all your favorite comic books" if he hadn't been hired by the government. Bush the elder apparently created a "new world order". Also;

** The comic itself later received a Take That in the form of "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?"

::Ironically, when ''TheUltimates'' came out, their version of The Avengers seemed to be heavily influenced by Ellis' satirical version; a team of black-ops sociopaths controlled by the US government. Ellis' name for them was "The Americans". Also in the series is the Authority attempting to kill God. Ellis is a staunch athiest. The series has a ''lot'' of AuthorAppeal, and [[{{Anvilicious}} he's not subtle about it either]]. Also;

* Ares God of war comments on how much he hated the film Troy, after explaining that he ''fought in the actual battle alongside Achilles''
* ''The Authority'' took this to a ridiculous extreme by fighting (and utterly destroying) satirical versions of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. The authors explained this was a deliberate poke at traditional superheroes who they felt embodied and maintained the status quo.

** Billy Eliot is one big TakeThat against Grant Morrison and resident ButtMonkey. His way of work is to [[KudzuPlot create as much complicate and complex stories he can, to they point they fall under their own weight and become unreadable mess]], other people thinks he's total JerkAss, Supreme's villains consider his presence an act of cruel and unusual punishment, equivalents of LegionofSuperHeroes hate him (especially after he accidentally joined their LegionOfDoom) and the only person who likes him is CaptainErsatz of TheJoker.
** Moore also delivered few take thats against Hillary Clinton when Korgo The Space Tyrant took over the United States and made her his bride. First we see her during a press conference claiming this is not a bad thing and press should stop panicking about nothing. And then we finds out she's [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth so horrible that Korgo willingly allowed Supreme beat him to get away from her]].

---> Who the hell does JackKirby think he is? Why can't he let someone else drawn a damn comics book? Who died and made him king?
---> The new [[XMen X-Men]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks team sucks!]] Why are they coming up with „great” new characters like Storm (white-haired black woman-- give me a break) and Colossus (like Thing but Russian) when we all know they're all going to fail. The only cool one was Thunderbird, so of course they killed him off! [[RuinedFOREVER It's an insult to the fans of real X-Men]] StanLee's X-Men, that we're forced to endure those pretenders!
---> All of sudden Matt Murdock is a ninja?? You gotta be kidding me?! Bring back Gene Colan and stop giving your books to these crazy people who clearly have never read a comics book before.

Captain Cold: No. This is for one $%@#$@-up year.

* ''TheAwesomeSlapstick'' is basically built on [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]]and [[TakeThat Take Thats]], having things like "[[ThePunisher The Overkiller]], mutant murderizer" and "[[{{Batman}} Skulker-Arounder]], dark, gritty, realistic avenger of evil".

* DonRosa's comic ''Super Snooper Strikes Again'' is a huge TakeThat to dark and violent superhero comics, eventually leading in [[http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i212/Kerrah_photos/TakeThat.jpg this panel]] and the follow-up, where the nephews decide that Donald is greater than Super [[strike:Man]] Snooper, because he can face everyday problems and support three nephews without any kind of superpowers.

* Ares God of war comments on how much he hated the film Troy, after explaining that he ''fought in the actual battle alongside Achilles''

*** A more recent issue had Lex Luther and Norman Osborne discussing Dragon's constantly coming back to life, while they are served coffee by non other than Gwen Stacey. Larsen dosn't like Comic Book Deaths.

* Larsen has also taken a dig at fellow comics creator John Byrne with his villains "Johnny Redbeard's Nixed Men", a team composed of parodies of various characters Byrne has written. The long-winded introductory speech summarizing some of their backstories is a vicious critique of Byrne's "senseless revamping" of various comics, including ''She-Hulk'' and ''Namor''. Redbeard is portrayed as a bad leader with a huge head who indiscriminately endows people with poorly conceived powers before eventually abandoning the mess he made of them. After the team's one appearance, where they beat up some homeless people and get their asses handed to them by the protagonist, the She-Hulk parody would later [[FaceHeelTurn reform]] and return to the series as the recurring She-Dragon.
** Years earlier, when John Byrne took over ''Star Brand'' back in the '80s, he proceeded to launch one TakeThat after another at the departing figure of ousted MarvelComics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. ''Star Brand'' was one of the Shooter-initiated "[[TheNewUniverse New Universe]]" titles, and was the one that Shooter himself wrote personally. Byrne not only took ''ad hominem'' shots at Shooter personally, but had exposition characters [[LampshadeHanging hang lampshades]] on how implausible the events of Shooter's run was, and how [[IdiotBall stupid]] the hero had been. Early on in Byrne's run, the hero's girlfriend got StuffedInTheFridge; the hero later broke down and passed the titular Brand onto some other poor schmuck, ''destroying Pittsburgh in the process". Not coincidentally, the book's original hero [[AuthorAvatar bore a physical resemblance to Shooter]].

*** [[http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/thread.jspa?threadID=2000188640&start=0&tstart=0 In a real thread, no less.]] There's even real posts from the guy.

* ''FinalCrisis: Rogues' Revenge'' has this thinly-veiled meta-commentary on Mark Guggenheim's run on TheFlash and [[CharacterDerailment its misuse]] of [[FriendlyEnemies the Rogues]].

* ''FinalCrisis: Rogues' Revenge'' has this thinly-veiled meta-commentary on Countdown and [[CharacterDerailment its misuse]] of [[TheFlash The Rogues]].

* When Dwayne [=McDuffie=] recycled old, tossed out idea of superhero Black Power, who has access to his powers in CaptainMarvel style - transformation after saying certain word - and from white man turns into black one, he made his white form looks like BrianBendis, and his black form very similiar to Luke Cage, Bendis' favorite character.

*** In a similar vein to this, Sonic the Hedgehog #4's cover boasted Sonic as a "grittier! Darker!" chimney sweeper.

* Also, after Liefeld complained about how David revealed that Shatterstar is gay in ''Comicbook/{{X-Factor}}'' comics, because it was against [[SmallNameBigEgo his vision]] and that he was supposed to be like [[DidNotDoResearch Spartan warrior]] and Mel Gibson in ''{{Gladiator}}'', David said he's going to add a dialogue belov in one of next issues. He kept his word.