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* KickTheDog: In "Death of Superman", Lex Luthor uses Superman's memorial fund to sponsor child soldier militias and kills his secretary on the way home from the funeral, purely to spitefully tarnish Superman's legacy.
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** The whole point of ''Dark Nights: Metal'' is that it involves the Dark Multiverse interacting with the regular DC Multiverse. But for the retelling for this series, it's all in the Dark Multiverse, [[RealityBreakingParadox which means you need a Dark Multiverse for the Dark Multiverse, akin to Russell's Paradox, asking if something that contains everything contains itself]]. Seeing as how [[spoiler:The end of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' has shown that the reborn multiverse is now, in itself, an omniverse made up of multiverses within multiverses, and the Dark Multiverse still exists, the same logic could apply]]. (This gets vaguely alluded to, with Tempus Fugitive referring to "the darkness beyond the darkness" and saying the story is now eating itself.)

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** The whole point of ''Dark Nights: Metal'' is that it involves the Dark Multiverse interacting with the regular DC Multiverse. But for the retelling for this series, it's all in the Dark Multiverse, [[RealityBreakingParadox which means you need a Dark Multiverse for the Dark Multiverse, akin to Russell's Paradox, asking if something that contains everything contains itself]]. Seeing as how [[spoiler:The end of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' has shown that the reborn multiverse is now, in itself, an omniverse made up of multiverses within multiverses, and the Dark Multiverse still exists, the same logic could apply]]. (This gets vaguely alluded to, with Tempus Fugitive Fuginaut referring to "the darkness beyond the darkness" and saying the story is now eating itself.)

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* ForWantOfANail:
** ''Batman: Knightfall'': Azrael refused to give up the cowl of Batman, defeated the Bat-Family, and reigned over Gotham for thirty years as Saint Batman. The son of Bane and Lady Shiva, Tourne, instigates an uprising and with the help of a mentally-unstable Bruce Wayne disposes of Saint Batman. However, Bruce adopts Azrael's philosophy, kills Tourne and Shiva and takes Azrael's place as Gotham's new despot.
** ''The Death of Superman'': Infuriated by how little the world seems to care about Superman's death, Lois Lane becomes the Eradicator and goes on an extremist crusade, killing criminals and any hero who crosses her. Her fight against Cyborg Superman gets all of the other Supermen, including Clark himself, killed, consuming Lois in never-ending vengeance. This was possible only because the Eradicator arrived on Earth after Superman's death, unable to do anything about it.
** ''Blackest Night'': Sinestro refused to share the power of the White Lantern, allowing Nekron to kill the White Entity and making the Black Lanterns unstoppable. The remaining heroes travel to the Source Wall in hopes of using its power to create new life. However, Mister Miracle betrays them and kills Dove, forcing Sinestro to create new life with Lobo as the template. The new universe takes on the shape of the Main Man, constantly at war with itself.
** ''Infinite Crisis'': Blue Beetle kills Maxwell Lord and takes control of Brother Eye. He uses its surveillance to uncover the Secret Society and avert other future events like Eclipso's rampage, but catches the attention of Alexander Luthor and Superboy Prime. Kord convinces Superboy to betray Luthor and help him stop the Infinite Crisis. Blue Beetle becomes the One-Beetle-Army-Corps and turns all other heroes into Brother Eye drones, plunging the universe into a harsh, authoritative rule.
** ''Teen Titans: The Judas Contract'': Robin sharing a moment of empathy with Terra convinces her to betray Deathstroke, take his Super Soldier serum, and become Gaia. She uses her newfound powers to kill the Titans, Superman, and every other hero before ruining the Earth.
** ''Batman: Hush'': The parents of Thomas Elliot have witnessed the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne in the alley, to which they brought in Bruce in their family instead of Alfred. However, instead of Thomas being the one descending into madness, Bruce is the one who falls into a life of self-loathing and revenge, driving the latter into becoming Hush.
** ''Wonder Woman: War of the Gods'': The Lasso of Truth fails to free Diana from Hecate's possession. Phobos moves on to plan B, which results in the deaths of Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, and Hippolyta, causing Diana to lose control entirely and pushing the Amazons into war. In the end, Hecate is imprisoned, women around the globe are turned into second-class citizens, and the US government begins a manhunt for the remaining superheroes.
** ''Flashpoint'': Barry's first attempt to regain his powers actually kills him. Reverse Flash runs rampant throughout the universe, screwing and manipulating the timeline as he sees fit.
** ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'': The Justice League are the ones to give their lives as opposed to the Justice Society. The Society ultimately fails to defeat Surtur and Alan Scott, with no other options, offers to seek out worlds for Surtur to conquer in exchange for sparing Earth. Surtur takes the deal, and while the Justice Society and Earth keep going, thousands of other populated planets fall in its place.
** ''Dark Knights Metal'': The Tenth Metal armor corrupts the Justice League into monsters. The last heroes on the face of the planet team up to take them down, and while they succeed, Duke Thomas is the only one to survive. He then takes their weaponry, remakes himself into the Last Knight, and hunts down Tempus Fuginaut for standing by while countless universes went to hell.

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* ForWantOfANail:
** ''Batman: Knightfall'': Azrael refused to give up the cowl of Batman, defeated the Bat-Family, and reigned over Gotham for thirty years as Saint Batman. The son of Bane and Lady Shiva, Tourne, instigates an uprising and with the help of a mentally-unstable Bruce Wayne disposes of Saint Batman. However, Bruce adopts Azrael's philosophy, kills Tourne and Shiva and takes Azrael's place as Gotham's new despot.
** ''The Death of Superman'': Infuriated by how little the world seems to care about Superman's death, Lois Lane becomes the Eradicator and goes on an extremist crusade, killing criminals and any hero who crosses her. Her fight against Cyborg Superman gets all of the other Supermen, including Clark himself, killed, consuming Lois in never-ending vengeance. This was possible only because the Eradicator arrived on Earth after Superman's death, unable to do anything about it.
** ''Blackest Night'': Sinestro refused to share the power of the White Lantern, allowing Nekron to kill the White Entity and making the Black Lanterns unstoppable. The remaining heroes travel to the Source Wall in hopes of using its power to create new life. However, Mister Miracle betrays them and kills Dove, forcing Sinestro to create new life with Lobo as the template. The new universe takes on the shape of the Main Man, constantly at war with itself.
** ''Infinite Crisis'': Blue Beetle kills Maxwell Lord and takes control of Brother Eye. He uses its surveillance to uncover the Secret Society and avert other future events like Eclipso's rampage, but catches the attention of Alexander Luthor and Superboy Prime. Kord convinces Superboy to betray Luthor and help him stop the Infinite Crisis. Blue Beetle becomes the One-Beetle-Army-Corps and turns all other heroes into Brother Eye drones, plunging the universe into a harsh, authoritative rule.
** ''Teen Titans: The Judas Contract'': Robin sharing a moment of empathy with Terra convinces her to betray Deathstroke, take his Super Soldier serum, and become Gaia. She uses her newfound powers to kill the Titans, Superman, and every other hero before ruining the Earth.
** ''Batman: Hush'': The parents of Thomas Elliot have witnessed the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne in the alley, to which they brought in Bruce in their family instead of Alfred. However, instead of Thomas being the one descending into madness, Bruce is the one who falls into a life of self-loathing and revenge, driving the latter into becoming Hush.
** ''Wonder Woman: War of the Gods'': The Lasso of Truth fails to free Diana from Hecate's possession. Phobos moves on to plan B, which results in the deaths of Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, and Hippolyta, causing Diana to lose control entirely and pushing the Amazons into war. In the end, Hecate is imprisoned, women around the globe are turned into second-class citizens, and the US government begins a manhunt for the remaining superheroes.
** ''Flashpoint'': Barry's first attempt to regain his powers actually kills him. Reverse Flash runs rampant throughout the universe, screwing and manipulating the timeline as he sees fit.
** ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'': The Justice League are the ones to give their lives as opposed to the Justice Society. The Society ultimately fails to defeat Surtur and Alan Scott, with no other options, offers to seek out worlds for Surtur to conquer in exchange for sparing Earth. Surtur takes the deal, and while the Justice Society and Earth keep going, thousands of other populated planets fall in its place.
** ''Dark Knights Metal'': The Tenth Metal armor corrupts the Justice League into monsters. The last heroes on the face of the planet team up to take them down, and while they succeed, Duke Thomas is the only one to survive. He then takes their weaponry, remakes himself into the Last Knight, and hunts down Tempus Fuginaut for standing by while countless universes went to hell.


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** ''Batman: Knightfall'': Azrael refused to give up the cowl of Batman, defeated the Bat-Family, and reigned over Gotham for thirty years as Saint Batman. The son of Bane and Lady Shiva, Tourne, instigates an uprising and with the help of a mentally-unstable Bruce Wayne disposes of Saint Batman. However, Bruce adopts Azrael's philosophy, kills Tourne and Shiva and takes Azrael's place as Gotham's new despot.
** ''The Death of Superman'': Infuriated by how little the world seems to care about Superman's death, Lois Lane becomes the Eradicator and goes on an extremist crusade, killing criminals and any hero who crosses her. Her fight against Cyborg Superman gets all of the other Supermen, including Clark himself, killed, consuming Lois in never-ending vengeance. This was possible only because the Eradicator arrived on Earth after Superman's death, unable to do anything about it.
** ''Blackest Night'': Sinestro refused to share the power of the White Lantern, allowing Nekron to kill the White Entity and making the Black Lanterns unstoppable. The remaining heroes travel to the Source Wall in hopes of using its power to create new life. However, Mister Miracle betrays them and kills Dove, forcing Sinestro to create new life with Lobo as the template. The new universe takes on the shape of the Main Man, constantly at war with itself.
** ''Infinite Crisis'': Blue Beetle kills Maxwell Lord and takes control of Brother Eye. He uses its surveillance to uncover the Secret Society and avert other future events like Eclipso's rampage, but catches the attention of Alexander Luthor and Superboy Prime. Kord convinces Superboy to betray Luthor and help him stop the Infinite Crisis. Blue Beetle becomes the One-Beetle-Army-Corps and turns all other heroes into Brother Eye drones, plunging the universe into a harsh, authoritative rule.
** ''Teen Titans: The Judas Contract'': Robin sharing a moment of empathy with Terra convinces her to betray Deathstroke, take his Super Soldier serum, and become Gaia. She uses her newfound powers to kill the Titans, Superman, and every other hero before ruining the Earth.
** ''Batman: Hush'': The parents of Thomas Elliot have witnessed the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne in the alley, to which they brought in Bruce in their family instead of Alfred. However, instead of Thomas being the one descending into madness, Bruce is the one who falls into a life of self-loathing and revenge, driving the latter into becoming Hush.
** ''Wonder Woman: War of the Gods'': The Lasso of Truth fails to free Diana from Hecate's possession. Phobos moves on to plan B, which results in the deaths of Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, and Hippolyta, causing Diana to lose control entirely and pushing the Amazons into war. In the end, Hecate is imprisoned, women around the globe are turned into second-class citizens, and the US government begins a manhunt for the remaining superheroes.
** ''Flashpoint'': Barry's first attempt to regain his powers actually kills him. Reverse Flash runs rampant throughout the universe, screwing and manipulating the timeline as he sees fit.
** ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'': The Justice League are the ones to give their lives as opposed to the Justice Society. The Society ultimately fails to defeat Surtur and Alan Scott, with no other options, offers to seek out worlds for Surtur to conquer in exchange for sparing Earth. Surtur takes the deal, and while the Justice Society and Earth keep going, thousands of other populated planets fall in its place.
** ''Dark Knights Metal'': The Tenth Metal armor corrupts the Justice League into monsters. The last heroes on the face of the planet team up to take them down, and while they succeed, Duke Thomas is the only one to survive. He then takes their weaponry, remakes himself into the Last Knight, and hunts down Tempus Fuginaut for standing by while countless universes went to hell.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Tara/Gaia in ''The Judas Contract'' is fifteen, and she killed millions of people, [[ForTheEvulz just because she could]].
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** In the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' retelling, Surtur gloats that he's already killed a younger Wonder Woman. But post-Crisis there should only be one of everyone. (In the original, Earth-2 Wonder Woman escaped being erased by ascending to Olympus, but even if Earth-1 Wonder Woman did the same thing here, she still wouldn't be available as part of the Justice League sent to the Ragnarok Dimension.)

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** In the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' retelling, Surtur gloats that he's already killed a younger Wonder Woman. But post-Crisis there should only be one of everyone. (In the original, Earth-2 Wonder Woman escaped being erased by ascending to Olympus, but even if Earth-1 Wonder Woman did the same thing here, she still wouldn't be available as part of the Justice League sent to the Ragnarok Dimension.)) Additionally, Surtur is somehow walking around on Earth when originally he was in a PocketDimension where Ragnarok's outcome was tied to Earth's; had he won as the story claims, Earth would already be destroyed by his victory.
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* NonIndicativeName: ''Tales of the Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths'' is actually an adaptation of ''The Last Days of the Justice Society'', with ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' only being relevant in that this New Earth was based on Earth-Two instead of Earth-One, meaning it was the Justice League that tried (and failed) to defeat Surtur.

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* NonIndicativeName: ''Tales of the Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths'' is actually an adaptation of ''The Last Days of the Justice Society'', ''ComicBook/LastDaysOfTheJusticeSociety'', with ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' only being relevant in that this New Earth was based on Earth-Two instead of Earth-One, meaning it was the Justice League that tried (and failed) to defeat Surtur.
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''Tales from the Dark Multiverse'' is a ''Creator/DCComics'' WhatIf limited series from several different artists and writers, expanding upon the Dark Multiverse introduced in ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' through retellings of some of the company's most famous stories--''[[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Batman: Knightfall]]'', ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', and ''[[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Teen Titans: The Judas Contract]]''--but with a dark twist. Additional oneshots in the series followed in 2020, focusing on ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'', ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', ''ComicBook/WarOfTheGods'', and ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal''.

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''Tales from the Dark Multiverse'' is a ''Creator/DCComics'' WhatIf limited series from several different artists and writers, expanding upon the Dark Multiverse introduced in ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' through retellings of some of the company's most famous stories--''[[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Batman: Knightfall]]'', ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', and ''[[ComicBook/TheJudasContract Teen Titans: The Judas Contract]]''--but with a dark twist. Additional oneshots in the series followed in 2020, focusing on ''ComicBook/BatmanHush'', ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''[[note]]though more accurately a retelling of the ''Crisis'' follow-up ''ComicBook/LastDaysOfTheJusticeSociety''[[/note]], ''ComicBook/WarOfTheGods'', and ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal''.
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Hecate, not Circe, was possessing her


** ''Wonder Woman: War of the Gods'': The Lasso of Truth fails to free Diana from Circe's possession. Phobos moves on to plan B, which results in the deaths of Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, and Hippolyta, causing Diana to lose control entirely and pushing the Amazons into war. In the end, Circe is imprisoned, women around the globe are turned into second-class citizens, and the US government begins a manhunt for the remaining superheroes.

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** ''Wonder Woman: War of the Gods'': The Lasso of Truth fails to free Diana from Circe's Hecate's possession. Phobos moves on to plan B, which results in the deaths of Steve Trevor, Etta Candy, and Hippolyta, causing Diana to lose control entirely and pushing the Amazons into war. In the end, Circe Hecate is imprisoned, women around the globe are turned into second-class citizens, and the US government begins a manhunt for the remaining superheroes.
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** Jay Garrick and Ted Knight come up with a plan to turn Surtur's own energy against him by creating miniature black holes with Flash's speed. With Power Girl and other heroes weakening him, it starts to work, only for Surtur to slice Jay in half and kill the entire plan.

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** Jay Garrick and Ted Knight come up with a plan to turn Surtur's own energy against him by creating miniature black holes with Flash's speed. With Power Girl and other heroes weakening him, it starts to work, only for Surtur to slice Jay in half and kill the entire plan. When they try to blast him into outer space, he kills Ted Knight too.
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** Jay Garrick and Ted Knight come up with a plan to turn Surtur's own energy against him by creating miniature black holes with F;ash's speed. With Power Girl and other heroes weakening him, it starts to work, only for Surtur to slice Jay in half and kill the entire plan.

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** Jay Garrick and Ted Knight come up with a plan to turn Surtur's own energy against him by creating miniature black holes with F;ash's Flash's speed. With Power Girl and other heroes weakening him, it starts to work, only for Surtur to slice Jay in half and kill the entire plan.
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** Jay Garrick and Ted Knight come up with a plan to turn Surtur's own energy against him by creating miniature black holes with F;ash's speed. With Power Girl and other heroes weakening him, it starts to work, only for Surtur to slice Jay in half and kill the entire plan.

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** ''The Death of Superman'': Infuriated by how little the world seems to care about Superman's death, Lois Lane becomes the Eradicator and goes on an extremist crusade, killing criminals and any hero who crosses her. Her fight against Cyborg Superman gets all of the other Supermen, including Clark himself, killed, consuming Lois in never-ending vengeance.

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** ''The Death of Superman'': Infuriated by how little the world seems to care about Superman's death, Lois Lane becomes the Eradicator and goes on an extremist crusade, killing criminals and any hero who crosses her. Her fight against Cyborg Superman gets all of the other Supermen, including Clark himself, killed, consuming Lois in never-ending vengeance. This was possible only because the Eradicator arrived on Earth after Superman's death, unable to do anything about it.



* JokerImmunity: Pointedly defied and deconstructed in the series' take on ''The Death of Superman'', where one of the first things Lois Lane does after becoming the Eradicator is kill the Joker and she subsequently rebukes Batman for never having the will to end the Joker's carnage by taking his life before deciding to do away with Batman as well under the reasoning that his refusal to kill the Joker makes him complicit with the Joker's crimes.

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* JokerImmunity: Pointedly defied and deconstructed in the series' take on ''The Death of Superman'', where one of the first things Lois Lane does after becoming the Eradicator is kill the Joker and she subsequently rebukes Batman for never having the will to end the Joker's carnage by taking his life before deciding to do away with Batman as well under the reasoning that his refusal to kill the Joker makes him complicit with the Joker's crimes.crimes (and because Batman was trying to stop her from taking away anyone else's Joker Immunity).


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* TragicKeepsake: Lois Lane wears Superman's tattered cape (from the memorable panel of ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'') as her own cape after fusing with the Eradicator.
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* SeriesContinuityError:SeriesContinuityError: There's a bit of a justification for these in that the worlds of the Dark Multiverse aren't meant to be plausible alternate timelines, but ''nightmares''. But still:
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** ''Blackest Night'' is, of all the ''Tales from the Dark Multiverse'' stories, the closest thing to a good ending, and even then there's significantly more emphasis on the bitter part: Sinestro, Lobo, Dove and Mister Miracle's efforts leads to the Black Lantern Corps' complete extermination and leads to the creation of new life on Earth, but the former Black Lanterns are gone forever, Sinestro is the only one who survived, and had to use Lobo as a template to recreate life because Mister Miracle killed Dove, who was supposed to be the original template. Thus, the new life created inherited Lobo's thirst for blood and violence and started an everlasting war.

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** ''Blackest Night'' is, of all the ''Tales from the Dark Multiverse'' stories, the closest thing to a good ending, and even then there's significantly more emphasis on the bitter part: Sinestro, Lobo, Dove and Mister Miracle's efforts leads to the Black Lantern Corps' complete extermination and leads to the creation of new life on Earth, but the former Black Lanterns are gone forever, Sinestro is the only one who survived, and had to use Lobo as a template to recreate life because Mister Miracle killed Dove, who was supposed to be the original template. Thus, the new life created inherited Lobo's thirst for blood and violence and started an everlasting war. Although to be fair, in Lobo's case it's more of a WarIsGlorious than WarIsHell.

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