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8* EarnYourHappyEnding/TheDCU
9* EarnYourHappyEnding/MarvelUniverse
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12!!Other Comics
13* {{Deconstructed}} in the first arc of "Artifacts" in the Creator/TopCowProductions 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.]]
14-->'''Tom Judge''': [[spoiler:Jackie stole a '''child''' from her mother. He perverted the universe's designs for his '''own''' needs.]]
15* ''ComicBook/{{Demo}}'': On occasion, surprisingly.
16** "Bad Blood" [[spoiler: Samantha finds out that her father's still alive, and that she, Sean, and her father are part of a family with CompleteImmortality. Samantha and Sean share a smoke, as they set out to see their father.]]
17** "The Waking Life of Angels" [[spoiler: In fulfilling the contents of her dreams, and being saved from death by a security guard, Joan ''finally'' gets her long awaited sleep.]]
18** "Volume One Love Story" [[spoiler: Marlo is not only at peace with her obsession for note taking, but the story ends with her having a date with someone who finds her habits just as soothing and enjoyable.]]
19** "Stranded" [[spoiler: Elisabeth uses TimeTravel to not only give her younger self some much needed advice, but put down her abusive father once and for all. In the present day, Elisabeth has not only TookALevelInKindness, but has managed to find love with her ChildhoodFriend.]]
20** "Sad and Beautiful World" [[spoiler: Despite their incredibly difficult and complicated relationship, Jack and Kris come to terms with each other, acknowledging that while they'll always fight, there's no one else they'd rather be with.]]
21* The case for Golden Eyes, Bill, and [[CanineCompanion Uncle Sam]] in the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI serial ''ComicBook/GoldenEyesAndHerHeroBill'' -- between the three of them, one or more have ended up in an ambulance on the wrong end of a shelling, captured by German soldiers, [[GoGoEnslavement Go-Go-Enslaved]] by said Germans, shot at, threatened with public execution, shot in the leg, missing in no-man's land, and nearly freezing to death (while shot in the leg and missing in no-man's land). But it's all okay, because by the last installment all three are decorated veterans and they've settled down in a beautiful cottage in France (with a healthy dose of BabiesEverAfter to top it off).
22* By the end of ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'', after everything Mark underwent and suffered, he finishes his journey with an effectively immortal Eve, becoming the leader of a utilitarian and utopian society of peacekeepers, and all the while maintaining the core of his own beliefs and ethics. He even reflects on a question asked by Nolan: what will you have after 500 years? Mark can only smile at all he has achieved in that time.
23* Volume 3 of ''ComicBook/KickAss'' ends the trilogy on a far better note compared to the first two volumes. Chris dies somewhat redeemed after refusing to go through executing Mindy out of remorse for traumatizing his mother with his crimes, allowing her and Dave to kill off much of the Mob and the corrupt cops, while Vic is brutally maimed and intimidated into turning up state evidence. Mindy's stepfather Marcus was cleared of wrongdoing and is allowed to return to the force, where he immediately leads a purge of its corrupt elements as well as crackdowns on the severely demoralized Mob. While the two have since cut off all contact, Dave is now happier with Valerie and has given up superheroics for good in favor of becoming a cop, while Mindy goes on a worldwide vigilante hunt, though she still sends flowers to her mother once in a while.
24* 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".
25* ''ComicBook/{{Normalman}}'': After all normalman/Norm-L has endured on Levram, he is reunited with his mother on Arnold and he and Sophisticated Lady get married while Captain Everything becomes the champion of Arnold.
26* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' is this trope. Even more surprising since Creator/GarthEnnis is the writer, and the man is best known for writing gritty, bloody stories with [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] or [[DownerEnding straight-up downer]] endings. [[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 finds 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.]]
27* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' has the titular character start out as a slacker recovering from the calamity of his previous relationship and having a pretty okay life. The books have him confront the various mistakes in his life with his new girlfriend, Ramona Flowers. She herself also conquers her demons so she could move forward with Scott.
28** Also applies to Scott's friends as Scott moving forward helps them do the same: Stephen Stills is revealed to be StraightGay (or bisexual) with a new relationship after the on-off mess with Julie (granted, he is dating someone who is a male and possibly more mercurial version of Julie, but progress is progress), Kim and Scott have delved with the fallout of their relationship, Knives is going to university while keeping in touch with Scott, Young Neil is now Neil and so on. While it's implied that all of them still have work to do, they're heading in the right direction.
29* Wallace from the ''ComicBook/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.
30* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'': "Out of the Blue", the epilogue to the [[ZombieApocalypse Metal Virus Saga]], concludes with one of these. For 17 issues straight, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]]'s [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Zombot]]-[[UnwillingRoboticization ifying]] "Metal Virus" bioweapon had repeatedly put Sonic and the gang through the wringer to the point of outright [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] [[DespairEventHorizon them]], until finally Sonic and Silver [[SuperMode went Super]] and destroyed it. However, Sonic gets stranded in Blaze's realm thereafter, and Eggman, taking advantage of this, [[MomentKiller crashes the other heroes' victory celebration]] [[EvilIsPetty in a last-ditch attempt to deny them a happy ending]]. With Blaze's help, though, Sonic [[BigDamnHeroes returns home just in time]] to aid his friends, and Eggman is defeated once again. With the exception of Shadow[[note]]who got Zombot-ified due to his own foolishness, teaching him a hard lesson and leaving him ashamed[[/note]] and, to a lesser degree, the Babylon Rogues[[note]]who are disappointed when an eleventh-hour robbery they stage fails, but aren't caught in the act and so retain credit get for helping stop the Metal Virus[[/note]], the heroes/anti-heroes ultimately get a well-earned and deserved happy ending after all the crap they've been through: Sonic and the majority of his friends share a BigDamnReunion; Silver ''finally'' gets a good future; Knuckles goes back to guarding his homeland in peace; and the world is well on its way to recovering from the plague. On Issue #32's last page, Sonic, watching the sunrise, happily reflects on how things are back to normal, and hopes to meet Silver and Blaze again under better circumstances, before [[AndTheAdventureContinues speeding off with a smile towards his next adventure]].
31* After ten years of {{Love Dodecahedron}}s, {{Romantic False Lead}}s and {{Tear Jerker}}s, ''ComicBook/StrangersInParadise'' ends with Katchoo and Francine finally proclaiming their love for each other.
32* ''ComicBook/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.
33* ''ComicBook/{{The Transformers|Marvel}}'':
34** The Creator/MarvelComics series, which had many Autobots destroyed over the course of the comic, ended at the 80th issue with the power of the Matrix and the Last Autobot restoring Cybertron and the Autobots electing to help the Klozians rebuild the damage done to their world while the surviving Decepticons were forced into exile.
35** Creator/IDWPublishing's ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersRegenerationOne Regeneration One]]'', which was a continuation of the aforementioned Marvel Comic, started with [[HappyEndingOverride undoing the Marvel Comic's happy ending]], ends with the main villains defeated for good, all surviving Decepticons reforming, Rodimus Prime succeeding Optimus Prime as leader of the Autobots and life finally returning to Cybertron after Rodimus dies and lets his energies recharge the planet.
36* ''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 [[PresidentEvil 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.
37* ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' got one, surprisingly, after sixteen years and 193 issues. [[spoiler:Decades after Rick Grimes' death, society manages to rebuild itself with Rick being remembered as a hero who helped humanity survive "The Trials". Walkers are rarely seen anymore outside of travelling zoo exhibits, Carl marries Sophia and has a daughter named Andrea, the last shot of the series being Carl and Andrea in a rocking chair while he reads the story of his late father to her.]]

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