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10	YouAreNotAlone in ComicBooks.
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13	* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}: ComicBook/DarkVictory'' has such a scene. When a young Dick Grayson is taken in by Bruce Wayne after his parents were killed, he sadly tells Alfred, "I'm... I'm all alone now, Mr. Pennyworth." Alfred recalls a very similar scene years ago when eight year old Bruce said, "I'm... I'm all alone now Alfred", and Alfred couldn't think of anything to say to him as he walked out of the room. Back to the scene with Dick, Alfred decides not to make the same mistake.
14	-->'''Alfred:''' I am going to tell you something that I wish I had told another little boy years ago. ''You are not alone''. I imagine you never will be again.
15	* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' #296 features Cap's support of his gay friend Arnie. It's incredibly sweet, and it becomes downright awesome when he de-brainwashes Arnie and frees him from the Red Skull via a RousingSpeech, combined with a GayAesop. Keep in mind, [[ValuesResonance this was in the 1980s]].
16	-->'''Cap:''' "You are not a freak! You are as good and decent a man as I've ever known! They can’t corrupt your love for Michael with their lies... They're the disease!"
17	* In ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'', Leia retrieves a fallen Luke from the Emperor pretty easily. In the radio drama, though, it's expanded on in a sequence where we see how Luke's been {{Mind Rape}}d, with the Emperor making him believe "You are nothing", "You have no name", and "You are alone". When Leia breaks through this, Luke pulling free is marked with embracing their bond in the Force and shouting "I am ''not'' alone! I am ''never'' alone!"
18	* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' has this said to him by Siryn. He wants to kill Dr. Killebrew for making him into a monster and causing him so much trauma. Siryn tells him that murdering the doctor won't help, but if he leaves with her now, he'd have a friend for life to go through his troubles with.
19	* Alan Scott's speech to the scattered survivors of Anti-Life in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.
20	-->'''Alan Scott:''' You are '''''not''''' alone! '''''And it's not over yet!'''''
21	* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':
22	** ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', has an awesome one between [[spoiler:Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner]].
23	--->''For [[{{Superhero}} guys like us]], overcoming fear is what we do best, but when it comes to guilt, regret... loss. Even Green Lanterns struggle with those. But we don't have to do it alone.''\
24	The duo proceed to [[spoiler:''tear'' their way out of Parallax]].
25	** Earlier in the storyline, Hal Jordan is trapped in the anti-matter universe, about to be murdered by Sinestro Corps member Amon Sur, when...
26	--->'''Amon Sur''': It's ironic, isn't it, Jordan?... You dying here. Killed by Sinestro's army. Alone. You've been despised and abandoned by your Corps.\
27	'''TheCavalry''': Despised is one thing. But abandoned? THAT the Green Lantern Corps don't do.
28	** ''ComicBook/GreenLanternLegacy'': As his finishing move against Xander, Tai constructs John, Iolande, his grandmother, and his entire family as Green Lanterns.
29	* Inverted quite tragically in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'': [[spoiler:Wally West discovering that he's not the only superhero that is utterly screwed up in the head (and has suffered all kinds of traumatic hell) because he reconstructed the video confessional files of Sanctuary ''doesn't'' helps him get any peace of mind, but rather enables a colossal FreakOut that makes him lose control of the Speed Force and causes an accidental mass murder]]. The arc's coda plays this message more straight because [[spoiler:more heroes accept that they need therapy and become more open, but [[BrokenAesop nothing has been done to Sanctuary to prevent a similar mess from happening again]].]]
30	* ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'': [[Franchise/TheFlash Wally West and Bart Allen]] try to trap Superboy-Prime in the Speed Force but Wally is torn away by the forces involved and Bart is left alone.
31	-->'''Kid Flash''': ''Wally! Wally, where are you going?! I can't do this! [[FreakOut I can't do this alone!]]''\
32	'''Superboy-Prime''': ''You're right. You're even weaker than the rest. You've always been stupid. I watched you. Stupid little kid. Left all alone.''\
33	'''Kid Flash''': '''''Shut up!''' [[PunctuatedPounding I'm - not - stupid!]]''\
34	'''????''': ''Bart.''\
35	(Hand reaches out of the Speed Force, securing Superboy-Prime. It is followed by a face - it is [[spoiler:Barry Allen, Kid Flash's grandfather in his Flash costume]].)\
36	'''[[spoiler:Barry Allen]]''': ''You're not alone either.''\
37	'''Kid Flash''': ''[[spoiler:Grandpa]]?''
38	* ''ComicBook/TheInternship'': [[spoiler: This is the biggest reason why Cooper and River end up developing a close friendship with one another. The latter kept trying to reach out to the former not just because their work demanded it, but because they could genuinely empathize with his loneliness, feeling lonely themselves in life. Halfway through Volume 3, Coop outright says how he’s relieved to know he’s found someone who’s, in his words, “as messed up as I am”, because it made him realize he’s not as alone in the world as he’d first believed.]]
39	* During the "Terror Incognita" storyline of ''ComicBook/{{JLA}}'', J'onn J'onzz unconsciously releases the White Martians from their telepathically-induced amnesia after the League's encounter with the villain Id, who granted J'onzz's wish to no longer be alone. J'onn is nearly killed by his part in the League's plan to return the White Martians to the Phantom Zone, and while he is still wounded Batman lays into him with a characteristic BerateAndSwitch: they might be able to forgive J'onn for a lapse of judgment, but what is unforgivable is him believing he was alone; he's a member of the Justice League, and he is ''never'' alone.
40	* In ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', ComicBook/DoctorStrange comes to them at two of the lowest moments in his life, not expecting their help or even asking for it, but is pulled into their circle in a way that ''screams'' this trope. After the second time, he joins the team.
41	* ''ComicBook/NewMutants'': Danielle Moonstar to Rahne Sinclair after a battle alongside her: "Without you those policemen would have died. You're not alone. Moira loves you, and I..."
42	* At the end of ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison The Return of Bruce Wayne]]'', Bruce Wayne finally realizes that the reason why he's been so successful as Batman and survived for so long is because he's always been surrounded by people who care about him and share his determination to protect others and serve justice. This revelation gives him the strength to [[spoiler:banish ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s presence from his mind, body, and soul.]]
43	* In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' #156, Tim Drake [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal stops a would be jumper]] by deducing enough about him to make him curious about what Robin has to say and then sitting with him and convincing him that he is not alone.
44	* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
45	** ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'': In one scene, Superman - who is dying, running out of time - [[http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv205/haven_bucket/1245822166636.jpg?t=1246328571 talks a girl out of suicide]].
46	---> "It's never as bad as it seems. You're much stronger than you think you are."
47	** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', Superman is feeling lonely and abandoned, and [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} his cousin Kara]] goes to great -and extreme- lengths to show him he is not alone.
48	** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} gives this speech to Lar-On -a Kryptonian werewolf who lost his family and got stranded in Earth- in ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth #1'':
49	--->'''Supergirl:''' People feared me, too. At first. This doesn't have to be you. You're not alone. Stop this. Let me help you. My father may have abandoned you... But I never will.
50	** In ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #850, Supergirl has to take over her cousin's body to save his life. Before leaving, she uses her heat vision to write on the wall: "Hang in there, big guy. You're not in this alone."
51	** At the end of the first issue of ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Kara gets a present from Superman, and a note saying "You are not alone — S"
52	** ''ComicBook/SupermanSecretOrigin'': Young Clark is despondent about his powers, feeling that they isolate him. The ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes are quick to show that not only will he not be so alone anymore when he grows up, but he'll embody this trope for future generations of superheroes.
53	** In ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'', Kara has been savagely beaten up by an enemy, pinned to a wall by her cape, and left to die as Argo City, the floating space city, plummets into a blue star. Kara feels hurt and strengthless, cannot free herself, and has just found proof that her family is dead and her civilization is gone. Feeling out of options and utterly alone, Kara has nearly given up when she sees her parents' ghost appearing. Zor-El and Alura help her get free, and they encourage her to save herself and find a new home, reassuring her that they will always be with her.
54	--->'''Alura:''' You must go. Now. The city is falling into the Sun.\
55	'''Supergirl:''' Not... leaving you...\
56	'''Alura:''' You must save yourself.\
57	'''Supergirl:''' N-no power left...\
58	'''Alura:''' You have the power. It is always inside you. It will never leave your heart, as you never left ours.\
59	'''Supergirl:''' Mother... Father...\
60	'''Zor-El:''' Find a new home, Kara. Do not worry. We will always be with you.
61	* MediaNotes/{{The Bronze Age\|OfComicBooks}} ComicBook/TeenTitans were ''made'' on this Trope. The BattleCry was "TITANS TOGETHER!"
62	* In ''ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp'', [[spoiler:Priya uses this to help talk down a suicidal Nadia, stating that if she "went away", everyone who loved her - her adopted stepmother Janet van Dyne, fellow badass scientist Bobbi Morse, her teammates within the Champions and even poor beleaguered Jarvis - would be hurt by her loss and guilt-ridden by the fact that they couldn't save her.]]
63	* Valerie's letter in ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'': [[spoiler:even though Valerie died years ago, her words still comfort Evey]].
64	* Inverted, in a way, in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': [[spoiler:What finally breaks Walter Kovacs and [[BecomingTheMask creates Rorschach]], turning him from a mere vigilante into a true example of HeWhoFightsMonsters, is the knowledge that "we are alone. There is nothing else". Rorschach uses a HannibalLecture to explain this concept.]]
65	** It's later played straight when Dan explains to Rorschach that, despite his flaws, Dan is still his friend. It helps ease up some of the problems between them and they're able to work together for the rest of the story.
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