History MoodWhiplash / ComicBooks

* The follow-up ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye has even more. The series drifts between comedy, drama and horror. Issue 6 has [[MotorMouth Swerve]] going into his various funny ramblings, and it ends with him accidentally nearly killing the ship's psychologist with a laser. In issue 12, two Decepticons, Blip and Nautilator, have a friendly conversation with Blip remarking that Nautilator sounds like Megatron and should say "something Tyranny"; cut to later in the issue where Nautilator is begging for his life at Autobot Whirl's feet, who tries to do an Optimus Prime impersonation with Nautilator's Megatron before blowing his head to pieces. The series also features a drink namedropping this trope.

* ''The kingdom of chaos'', third book in ''{{Thorgal}}: Louve'' series ends on lighthearthed note, with Thorgal's daughter defeating evil wizard and safely returning home, having learned important lesson. Then [[spoiler: she catches her mother in bed with another man, finds out Thorgal is dead and has her first pieroid]], all in span of the ''last two pages''.

* There's an issue of ''CableAndDeadpool'' where Deadpool is having a mental crisis. It's ''Deadpool'', so of course he's going to make you laugh. But, then you feel bad about it realize that you just laughed at a guy who's seriously having a mental breakdown over all the people he's killed in the past.

* [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Nite Owl]]'s snow suit. The story in general is [[CrapsackWorld depressing as hell]], but....when he puts on that ridiculous fluffy white coat, it's hard to take it seriously.
** The best part? It's (of course) an owl-suit.

* ''[[DoubleHappiness Double]] freakin' [[DoubleHappiness Happiness]]''. Starts off as a light FishOutOfWater SliceOfLife story. Then, just as the protagonist starts to fit in and gets a date with a cute girl, [[spoiler:he gets cornered in an alley and gets beaten to a bloody pulp by hoodlums. Worse, he realizes why this happened: ''all his new friends are [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Tongs]]''--rivals of the gang that beat him up.]]

-->'''Ackbar:''' Princess! My personal condolences on your loss, my child. Such a trage-- pardon me. '''You! Soldier! Stop dropping things! Being cursed with human hands is no excuse for clumsiness!'''

* The end of the Italian comic "''Un Polpo Alla Gola''" (''An Octopus to the throat'') The main characters' [[ConspiracyTheories theories]] are proven to be just childish delusions, and they redraw closer to their ex-teacher. Then we found out the truth about the skull, the finding of which started the whole story: [[spoiler:it was the school janitor's childhood buddy, a little street thug. He pushed the janitor's BerserkButton by making fun of being attached to an old toy (it was a gift from his mom, who left him and the husband); the janitor in response pushed him off a staircase. He didn't got up]].

* The first issue of the Anya Corazon ''SpiderGirl'' series plays like a SpiritualSuccessor to lighthearted teen superhero like ''ComicBook/YoungJustice''. Then on the last page [[spoiler: her father is killed. The second issue is all about her grieving. ]]

** Cue Dick coming to save the "[[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Brat]]" and the two momentarily joking about Damian's earlier predicament, only for them to suddenly get blasted out of the air and Dick to fall unconscious, causing Damian to panic and scream fro Dick to wake up. Oh, Mood Whiplash indeed!

* [[ThePunisher The Slavers]] was an incredibly dark, depressing story where Punisher tried to tackle a real-world problem and, ultimately, failed. So, to lighten the mood a little, GarthEnnis brought in the most outrageous and over-the-top villain in the MAX universe: Barracuda. While it was hardly [[LighterAndSofter a Disney movie]]; a mercenary with gold teeth that read "FUCK YOU" who likes pancakes and sea shanties is considerably cheerier than gang of slave traders who brutalize young girls and kill infants.

* ''TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'' wanders from Fanservice to FanDisservice to AuthorFilibuster and back.
* SinCity had a short story featuring [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Shlubb and Klump]]. The story involved the mafia getting [[YouHaveFailedMe tired of their goofiness]] and tricking them in blowing themselves up. Normally, what humor the series elicits is along the lines of BloodyHilarious. This time around, it was a [[NonFatalExplosions cartoonish bomb hidden inside of a dummy]] with a more family-friendly effect. When the bomb goes off, it's enough to blast a dock to splinters but it simply gave the characters AshFace and AmusingInjuries. The slapstick was a major departure from the grittiness found in most stories.

* The ''ComicBook/Spider-Man'' comics and sagas live in this trope.

* The ''{{Spiderman}}'' comics and sagas lives in this trope....

* ''The kingdom of chaos'', third book in ''{{Thorgal}}: Louve'' series ends on lighthearthed note, with Thorgal's daughter defeating evil wizard and safely returning home, having learned important lesson. Then [[spoiler: she catches her mother in bed with another man, finds out Thorgal is dead and has her first pieroid]], all in span of the ''last two pages''.

* Third book in ''{{Thorgal}}: Louve'' ends on lighthearthed note, with Thorgal's daughter defeating evil wizard and safely returning home, having learned important lesson Then on last two pages [[spoiler: she catches her mother in bed with another man, finds out Thorgal is dead and has her first pieroid.]]

** Issue 15 may be the worst offender yet, with Swerve cracking a FourthWall breaking joke panels after [[spoiler: Ultra Magnus being fatally wounded]]

** Que Dick coming to save the "[[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Brat]]" and the two momentarily joking about Damian's earlier predicament, only for them to suddenly get blasted out of the air and Dick to fall unconscious, causing Damian to panic and scream fro Dick to wake up. Oh, Mood Whiplash indeed!

* Keith Giffen and J.M. [=DeMatteis=]' ''JusticeLeagueInternational'' was a very good example, where a comedic quip, a DeadpanSnarker, or a hilariously drawn expression by Kevin Maguire would come out of nowhere in a dramatic scene. Issues ranged from pure comedy to action/drama at will.

* ComicBook/TransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers: The Wreckers break into the prison and confront [[BigBad Overlord]]. Rotorstorm cracks a joke, "Wreckers Combine!" Then a Beat panel occurs when no one laughs, but soon, Overlord himself starts chuckling, amused by the joke, immediately after that [[spoiler: he points his gun at Rotorstorm's head and splatters his companions with his cranial fluid.]]

* The follow-up ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye has even more. The series drifts between comedy, drama and horror. Issue 6 has [[MotorMouth Swerve]] going into his various funny ramblings, and the issue ends, with him accidentally nearly killing the ship's psychologist with a laser. In issue 12, two Decepticons, Blip and Nautilator, have a friendly conversation, Blip remarking that Nautilator sounds like Megatron, and should say "something something Tyranny" cut to later in the issue where Nautilator is begging for his life at the Autobot Whirl's feet, who proceeds to trying to do an Optimus Prime impersonation, before blowing Nautilator's head to pieces. The series also features a drink namedropping this trope.

* The follow-up ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye has even more. The series drifts between comedy, drama and horror. Issue 6 has [[MotorMouth Swerve]] going into his various funny ramblings, and the issue ends, with him accidentally nearly killing the ship's psychologist with a laser. In issue 12, two Decepticons, Blip and Nautilator, have a friendly conversation, Blip remarking that Nautilator sounds like Megatron, and should say "something something Tyranny" cut to later in the issue where Nautilator is begging for his life at the Autobot Whirl's feet, who proceeds to trying to do an Optimus Prime impersonation, before blowing Nautilator's head to pieces. The series also features a drink namedropping this trope.
* TransformersWingsOfHonor: Flames of Yesterday pokes fun at the idea of gender, and the unruliness of the teams, then the Decepticons show up. This is especially noticeable with their weapons, high pressured water-guns that shoot chemicals. They shoot Metalhawk (after realizing that their guns are pump action), and he goes into crazy ramblings about colored rabbits. One shoots the head scientist with a more concentrated pressurized blast, that, coupled with her lack of armor, nicks her laser-core and kills her.

* The follow-up ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye has even more. The series drifts between comedy, drama and horror. Issue 6 has [[MotorMouth Swerve]] going into his various funny ramblings, and the issue ends, with him accidentally nearly killing the ship's psychologist with a laser. In issue 12, two Decepticons, Blip and Nautilator, have a friendly conversation, Blip remarking that Nautilator sounds like Megatron, and should say "something something Tyranny" cut to later in the issue where Nautilator is begging for his life at the Autobot Whirl's feet, who proceeds to trying to do an Optimus Prime impersonation, before blowing Nautilator's head to pieces. The series also features a drink namedropping this trope.

* ComicBook/TransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers: The Wreckers break into the prison and confront [[BigBad Overlord]]. Rotorstorm cracks a joke, "Wreckers Combine!" Then a Beat panel occurs when no one laughs, but soon, Overlord himself starts chuckling, amused by the joke, immediately after that [[spoiler: he points his gun at Rotorstorm's head and splatters his companions with his cranial fluid.]]

* Whedon's run on the Astonishing XMen saw Kitty put on a ten mile long bullet shaped bus, effectively dead, but Beast was told by the half-alien head of Sentient World Observation and Response that she needed him to check her judgement on the job, and wanted to break him like a pony off the job, and that his blue furry monsterdom was not a turn off to her. Also that she was half alien.

** The First book is quite much of a joke almost all along, [[spoiler: until its end who leaves a SequelHook by revealing Elysio, the mysterious amnesiac kid who was travelling with the Legendaries is actually Darkhell, the Legendaries ArchEnemy]]. In the next book, we learn that a whole group of heroes, including protagonist Danael's BigBrother Ikael, have been turned into monstrous beings in an attempt to get the Stone of Crescia the Legendaries were trying to get. Then [[TheHeroDies all Legendaries]] [[SoleSurvivor but Danael]] dies trying to get the Stone, only to have the demonical EvilSorcerer Skroa take it away from them. Though [[UnexplainedRecovery they recover, the book ends with a hint that Elysio drank a memory potion and became Darkhell again.]]

** The First book is quite much of a joke almost all along, [[spoiler: until its end who leaves a SequelHook by revealing Elysio, the mysterious amnesiac kid who was travelling with the Legendaries is actually Darkhell, the Legendaries ArchEnemy. In the next book, we learn that a whole group of heroes, including protagonist Danael's BigBrother Ikael, have been turned into monstrous beings in an attempt to get the Stone of Crescia the Legendaries were trying to get. Then [[TheHeroDies all Legendaries]] [[SoleSurvivor but Danael]] dies trying to get the Stone, only to have the demonical EvilSorcerer Skroa take it away from them. Though [[UnexplainedRecovery they recover, the book ends with a hint that Elysio drank a memory potion and became Darkhell again.]]

* ComicBook/TransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers: The Wreckers break into the prison and confront [[BigBad Overlord]]. Rotorstorm cracks a joke, "Wreckers Combine!" Then a Beat panel occurs when no one laughs, but soon, Overlord himself starts chuckling, amused by the joke, immediately he points his gun at Rotorstorm's head and splatters his companions with his cranial fluid.

* The first issue of the Anya Corazon ''SpiderGirl'' series plays like a SpiritualSuccessor to lighthearted teen superhero like ''ComicBook/YoungJustice''. Then on the last page [[spoiler: her father is killed. The second issue is all about her grieving. ]]

* One of the better known issues of ''FantasticFour'' featured Sue Storm having complications during her pregnancy. They decide to engage Doc Ock, appealing to his intelligence and so forth, and have a typical superhero-on-supervillain battle at one point, only to return to find that they were too late, and Susan already miscarried.

* The first issue of the Anya Corazon ''SpiderGirl'' series plays like a SpiritualSuccessor to lighthearted teen superhero like ''YoungJustice''. Then on the last page [[spoiler: her father is killed. The second issue is all about her grieving. ]]

** Another example is from the novel "A Death in the Family" when Jason Todd finally meets his long lost birth mother and they have a heartwarming reunion when suddenly The Joker arrives and forces her to betray him by handing Jason over to him where the Joker thrashes him within an inch of his life with a crowbar then leaves them locked in a warehouse triggered to explode, and they both die.