History Comicbook / Supergod

** Morrigan Lugus's origin combines that of the ComicBook/FantasticFour (space as the trigger for superpowers) and ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment'' (three astronauts are fused with an alien spore that has the potential to end life on Earth). Creator/WarrenEllis is a known fan of Creator/NigelKneale. Another inspiration may have been Jamila, an [[Series/{{Ultraman}}' ultra-kaiju]] that [[WasOnceAMan was once a human astronaut, but was mutated into a giant monster in outer space]] [[spoiler:and returns to Earth to seek revenge on humanity]].

** Morrigan Lugus's origin combines that of the ComicBook/FantasticFour (space as the trigger for superpowers) and ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment'' (three astronauts are fused with an alien spore that has the potential to end life on Earth). Creator/WarrenEllis is a known fan of Creator/NigelKneale. Another inspiration may have been Jamila, an [[Series/Ultraman ultra-kaiju]] that [[WasOnceAMan was once a human astronaut, but was mutated into a giant monster in outer space]] [[spoiler:and returns to Earth to seek revenge on humanity]].

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No connection to]] the album in which [[JustForFun/CaramelldansenVid “Caramelldansen”]] debuted. Also not to be confused with [[Creator/GrantMorrison Grant Morrison's]] 2011 Non-fiction book ''Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero'' ([[MarketBasedTitle Published in the US]] as ''Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human'')

** Morrigan Lugus's origin combines that of the ComicBook/FantasticFour (space as the trigger for superpowers) and ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment'' (three astronauts are fused with an alien spore that has the potential to end life on Earth). Creator/WarrenEllis is a known fan of Creator/NigelKneale.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No connection to]] the album in which [[JustForFun/CaramelldansenVid “Caramelldansen”]] debuted.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:A good chunk of Earth's surface is destroyed by Daijal's self-destruction, and the remainder is infected by Morrigan Lugus's spores. The few uninfected humans are left cowering in bunkers, and it's clear that they're doomed as soon as their anti-fungal medication runs out.]]

* StrawNihilist: Morrigan Lugus doesn’t have the highest opinion of humanity, referring to them as “idiot monkeys”, and considers the belief in a higher cosmic authority superfluous. ||Its attempt to conquer Earth are driven more by callous spite that a desire to establish any semblance of order.||

** Morrigan Lugus's origin combines that of the Franchise/FantasticFour (space as the trigger for superpowers) and ''Series/TheQuatermassExperiment'' (three astronauts are fused with an alien spore that has the potential to end life on Earth). Creator/WarrenEllis is a known fan of Creator/NigelKneale.

* TranshumanAbomination: The Super Gods made from exiting humans rather than built from scratch, such as Maitreya and Morrigan Lupus.

** He's also referring to being their drug stash; "[[FridgeBrilliance Religion is the opiate of the masses]]," after all, and he explains how acts of worship induce the production of naturally occurring in the body drugs.

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350:His initials are J.C., and here you see him on the cross. [[note]]Don't trust him, or any other weaponized deity. The man in the sky is not coming to save you.[[/note]] ]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:His initials are J.C., and here you see him on the cross. [[note]]Don't trust him, or any other weaponized deity. The man in the sky is not coming to save you.[[/note]] ]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: The scientists kneeling in prayer and masturbation before Morrigan Lugus. Shown on-panel, thankfully not in graphic detail.

* FromBadToWorse: From the beginning we know that the world ends up getting wrecked, but somehow Ellis manages to make each issue hit harder and harder until the very end. [[spoiler: Ras goes nuclear in Somalia. Libertador goes nuclear in Venezuela. The environment is ruined. Chunks of the moon are raining down on Earth. Coastal cities are flooded. Parts of continents are lost. Humanity is mostly extinct. [[HopeSpot Jerry Craven surrenders to Krishna, who kisses him on the lips]] - then Dajjal shows up and basically says, "TheSingularity is boring! KillEmAll!" - and detonates his power source, destroying most of Eurasia along with Jerry Craven and Krishna. And in the words of the narrator: "Finally, things got as worse as they could." Morrigan Lugus, the last surviving superhuman/weaponised god, inherits the Earth. Just as planned. Mushrooms grow on dead things.]]

* FesteringFungus: Morrigan Lugus to a truly horrifying extent.

* AuthorFilibuster: Morrigan Lugus' speech about faith being a biological flaw and a major obstacle to technological civilizations' prosperity is lengthy, pointed, and happens right in the middle of a bunch of other important things happening.

Created by Creator/WarrenEllis, this is his third miniseries for Creator/AvatarPress that deals with superhumans. ''ComicBook/BlackSummer'' had superhumans who were [[WellIntentionedExtremist too human]], and ''ComicBook/NoHero'''s superhumans were [[SociopathicHero inhumane]]. In ''Supergod'', the superhumans just aren't human at all anymore. They don't see the world the same way you do. Their thinking and morality is claimed to be on an entirely alien level, and their ways of solving problems are truly monstrous.

* OrangeAndBlueMorality: None of the Supergods function on the level of normal humans except perhaps [[spoiler:Jerry Craven]].

* SoleSurvivingScientist: TheNarrator, though in this case he's already given up, and is delivering an ApocalypticLog to an American version.

* CoversAlwaysLie: See the page picture? That guy on it never really makes an appearance, or, at least, none of the "heroes" wear the traditional superhero garb.