History YMMV / TheBlackRing

* CompleteMonster: The story features several of DC's worst, with appearances from [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], ComicBook/TheJoker, [[ComicBook/TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]], ComicBook/VandalSavage, and ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. And while Mind and Joker don't get up to that much villainy in-story, Grodd, Savage, and Brainiac are all in fine evil form, leaving considerable bodycounts in their wake. See the appropriate pages for more on them.

* CompleteMonster: The story features several of DC's worst, with appearances from [[{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], ComicBook/TheJoker, [[ComicBook/TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]], ComicBook/VandalSavage, and ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. And while Mind and Joker don't get up to that much villainy in-story, Grodd, Savage, and Brainiac are all in fine evil form, leaving considerable bodycounts in their wake. See the appropriate pages for more on them.

* CompleteMonster: The story features several of DC's worst, with appearances from [[{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], TheJoker, [[ComicBook/TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]], ComicBook/VandalSavage, and ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. And while Mind and Joker don't get up to that much villainy in-story, Grodd, Savage, and Brainiac are all in fine evil form, leaving considerable bodycounts in their wake. See the appropriate pages for more on them.

* CompleteMonster: The story features several of DC's worst, with appearances from [[{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], TheJoker, [[TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]], ComicBook/VandalSavage, and ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. And while Mind and Joker don't get up to that much villainy in-story, Grodd, Savage, and Brainiac are all in fine evil form, leaving considerable bodycounts in their wake. See the appropriate pages for more on them.

* CompleteMonster: The story features several of DC's worst, with appearances from [[{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], TheJoker, [[TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]], VandalSavage, and ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. And while Mind and Joker don't get up to that much villainy in-story, Grodd, Savage, and Brainiac are all in fine evil form, leaving considerable bodycounts in their wake. See the appropriate pages for more on them.

* NightmareFuel[=/=]NauseaFuel: Watching Grodd devour the brains of one of his victims.

* NightmareFuel[=/=]NauseaFuel: Watching Grodd devour the brains of one of his victims.
* {{Tearjerker}}:
** The finale. Lex Luthor, having gained the power of a god decides it's time to finally kill Superman and summons him into space for a final showdown, during which he learns that Superman is Clark Kent... and promptly LOSES IT, raging at the perceived injustice that Superman got to have parents like the Kents, while he had a scumbag like Lionel for a father. In the end, he has the choice to bring peace and happiness to the universe FOREVER... or kill Superman. And he just can't do it. He finally loses his mind as he realizes everything he's lost, not even knowing his own name.
** It's not just that. Luthor, with the power of a god, decides to torment Superman with visons of loss, as he believes that Superman is so alien that he couldn't understand the concept. First he shows Superman how much pain the citizens of Metropolis felt when he was murdered by Doomsday, then showing his birth parents' final moments on a dying Krypton, then his loss of the person he called his son, Chris Kent (Lor-Zod) as he threw himself into the Phantom Zone to stop his bastard of a father General Zod and finally the destruction of New Krypton. Yelling at Luthor to materialize the most painful loss in his life, Luthor then shows the death of Jonathan Kent in Clark and Martha's arms. The realization that dawns upon Luthor is surprisingly painful.
** In a certain way, even [[CompleteMonster Grodd]] is pitiful. When Luthor's bliss reaches him, he's paralyzed by it, wondering if he's ill. ''He's never experienced real happiness before''.

* CompleteMonster: The story features several of DC's worst, with appearances from [[{{Shazam}} Mister Mind]], TheJoker, [[TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]], VandalSavage, and {{Brainiac}}. And while Mind and Joker don't get up to that much villainy in-story, Grodd, Savage, and Brainiac are all in fine evil form, leaving considerable bodycounts in their wake. See the appropriate pages for more on them.

** It's not just that. Luthor, with the power of a god, decides to torment Superman with visons of loss, as he believes that Superman is so alien that he couldn't understand the concept. First he shows Superman how much pain the citizens of Metropolis felt when he was murdered by Doomsday, then showing his birth parents' final moments on a dying Krypton, then his loss of the person he called his son, Chris Kent (Lor-Zod) as he threw himself into the Phantom Zone to stop his bastard of a father General Zod and finally the destruction of New Krypton. Yelling at Luthor to materialize the most painful loss in his life, Luthor then shows the death of Jonathan Kent in Clark and Martha's arms. The realization that dawns upon Luthor is surprisingly painful.

** The finale of The Black Ring storyline in Action Comics. Lex Luthor, having gained the power of a god decides it's time to finally kill Superman and summons him into space for a final showdown, during which he learns that Superman is Clark Kent... and promptly LOSES IT, raging at the perceived injustice that Superman got to have parents like the Kents, while he had a scumbag like Lionel for a father. In the end, he has the choice to bring peace and happiness to the universe FOREVER... or kill Superman. And he just can't do it. He finally loses his mind as he realizes everything he's lost, not even knowing his own name.

* NightmareFuel[=/=]NauseaFuel: Watching Grodd devour the brains of one of his victims.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: This is Luthor's CMOA, as he bests all comers who might try and claim his place as the greatest MB in DC Comics. When Mister Mind tries to brainwash him, he regains control of his body and kicks the worm off of a building. When Deathstroke turns on him, he powers up his armour and hits right back. When Gorilla Grodd tries to eat him, it turns out to be a robot. When Vandal Savage captures him, he chews some bubble gum...and inflates it into a force shield. And when he's confronted by Brainiac, his greatest rival for the title of Superman's archfoe, and a genuine EvilGenius in his own right, what does Luthor do? He takes him on in a fist fight and [[NeckSnap breaks his neck]]. He even manages to briefly claim the power of a deity, and for the first time, is not the underdog in a confrontation with Superman.

* MagnificentBastard: Luthor reconfirms his position as the DC Universe's biggest MB in this arc, as he outwits fellow {{evil genius}}es Mister Mind, Brainiac, and Vandal Savage to claim his place at the very top of DC's villainous hierarchy, incorporating all of their schemes into his own, and predicting everything down to the last detail.

* MoralEventHorizon: Luthor crossed it years ago, but one could argue that within this arc itself he crosses it when he throws away a chance to heal all the pain in the universe just for one last shot at killing Superman.

* MagnficentBastard: Luthor reconfirms his position as the DC Universe's biggest MB in this arc, as he outwits fellow {{evil genius}}es Mister Mind, Brainiac, and Vandal Savage to claim his place at the very top of DC's villainous hierarchy, incorporating all of their schemes into his own, and predicting everything down to the last detail.

* MagnficientBastard: Luthor reconfirms his position as the DC Universe's biggest MB in this arc, as he outwits fellow {{evil genius}}es Mister Mind, Brainiac, and Vandal Savage to claim his place at the very top of DC's villainous hierarchy, incorporating all of their schemes into his own, and predicting everything down to the last detail.