Lampshade Hanging/Comic Books: Difference between revisions

* [[Joss Whedon]]'s final issue of ''Astonishing X-Men'' has one of the characters say something to the effect of, "Your big plan was {{spoiler|to bring back the destroyer of your world from the dead and then shoot the Earth with a giant bullet. Is everyone on the planet a complete idiot?}}"

* [[Peter David]] tells a story about how, while writing a particular issue of ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'', he handily had Bruce and Betty Banner escape from a damaged Kree ship just moments before the ship exploded, but forgot to do the same for Rick Jones, whom he had technically just killed in the explosion without meaning to. Rather than rewrite the scene, he had the Banners watch incredulous as Jones floated down to the ground on a parachute. Knowing that the readers will see it for a shuck-and-jive, David then included the lampshading:

'''Rick Jones:''' ''(interrupting)'' Just the once, so far. }}