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10	->''"It all started in the Seventies with the appearance of "heroes" like ComicBook/ThePunisher and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Instead of being hurled through a swirling dimensional vortex to seeming oblivion, a super-villain was now more likely to take a bullet to the brain, or a claw through the heart! Committing crimes and fighting super-heroes became ''dangerous!''
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12	->''No wonder the bad guys starting acting a little rowdier -- can you blame 'em? Suddenly, villains like ComicBook/DoctorDoom -- who'd up till now pranced around with an air of menace but never actually '''did''' anything to anybody -- started bumping off people left and right -- some of 'em just for snoring too loudly!''
13	-->-- '''''Marvel Year in Review 1993'''''
14	!!The following have their own pages:
15	[[index]]
16	* ''DarkerAndEdgier/TheDCU''
17	** ''DarkerAndEdgier/{{Batman}}''
18	* ''DarkerAndEdgier/MarvelUniverse''
19	[[/index]]
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21	!!Other Comics Books
22	* ''ComicBook/AmazingAgentLuna'' is becoming this as of Year 2. Not only does Luna undergo TWO {{Plot Mandated Friendship Failure}}s in the course of Volume 7, but it's hinted from the brief description of Volume 8 at the end of Volume 7 that [[spoiler:she may pull a FaceHeelTurn in Volume 8. In fact, a FaceHeelTurn [[FakeDefector may be her only option]] if she wants to win Francesca back, though that's just because she rejoined Elizabeth when she thinks Timothy had dumped her because of Luna.]]
23	* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', surprisingly enough, has done this several times:
24	** ''ComicBook/LifeWithArchieTheMarriedLife'' presents stories from the "future" in which Archie has grown up and gotten married, and now has more realistic, adult-sized problems to deal with. It's so dark that [[spoiler:Archie gets killed]] in the final issue.
25	** ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'' sounds like a funny concept: Archie meets the ZombieApocalypse. The series is anything but funny. You know something's up when there are [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]] references in an Archie comic. It's drawn in a dark realistic style and the first issue has Hotdog being hit by a car and dying. Jughead gets Sabrina to bring him back but he's brought back as a zombie. He bites Jughead and...
26	** The original ''Life With Archie'' series (1958-1991) featured longer, more "adventure" oriented stories than the typical Archie titles, including elements like five-alarm fires, attempted kidnappings, and... [[http://the-isb.blogspot.com/2006/01/life-in-riverdale-surprisingly.html mysterious Satanic boxes that melt people's faces off]].
27	** One of those stories, "Secrets of the Deep", was a pretty standard scuba-diving-shipwrecks-and-sunken-treasure adventure... in which an evil treasure hunter shot at the gang with a spear gun and set an electric eel on them!
28	** The above story wasn't even the ''only'' Archie comic to feature [[ImMelting face-melting action]]. From 1972 to 1974, Archie published a ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' spinoff, ''Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told By Sabrina''. It had the odd combination of [[http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics284.html straight-up horror stories]] with art in the familiar Archie house style. One story in particular stands out, featuring a boy who teases a stutterer at school. The kindly teacher happens to be a witch, and gives him an enchanted book that ''melts his face off'', and possibly kills him! The story probably violated several rules under MediaNotes/TheComicsCode, but somehow gained the CCA seal of approval (perhaps because Archie ''ran'' the CCA?)
29	** ''ComicBook/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' is in a similar realistic art style as ''Afterlife with Archie'' and has the same writer. It emphasises the horror aspect of ''Sabrina The Teenage Witch'' heavily.
30	** In one ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats'' story, Josie [[http://www.the-isb.com/?p=578 gets possessed by Satan!]][[note]]''Josie and the Pussycats'' #72 (1973)[[/note]]
31	** ''ComicBook/ArchieVsPredator'' sees several supporting characters from the series getting gruesomely killed by the titular Franchise/{{Predator}}, firmly planting it in this territory compared to the main books. Interestingly enough it's also something of a case of LighterAndSofter too, since as opposed to both ''Afterlife'' and ''Chilling Adventures'' it isn't played as seriously and several bits in the book are played for (very dark) laughs primarily from the sheer bizarreness of seeing the Archie Gang mix it up with the Predator of all things.
32	** ''ComicBook/{{Archie\|Comics}}'' and ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' met halfway in their unlikely [[ComicBook/ArchieMeetsThePunisher 1994 crossover]] in which The Punisher tracks an Archie lookalike to Riverdale with orders to apprehend rather than kill him. The original pitch involved Archie hiring The Punisher to kill a psychopath who murdered his entire family, but this was considered [[CerebusSyndrome too dark]].
33	* Parodied in an ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' one-shot with the conceit that they were [[RunningTheAsylum fulfilling reader's suggestions]], one of which (pictured) was to add SteamPunk elements, give them all guns, draw them in a less childish style, and have them talk in a more naturalistic way rather than just punning all the time. The characters are shown drawn in a hyperdetailed [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Dark Age]] style (Asterix's feathered helmet wings are replaced with bat wings) with GrossUpCloseUp-type details on the normally cuddly characters; Obelix is wearing a BadassBandolier {{Pistol Whip}}ping Romans with a {{BFG}} in a missile stockpile (Asterix is phoning Getafix to tell him these new gadgets don't work), and everyone is engaging in dreadfully-written ''Film/PulpFiction''-esque BuffySpeak, rendered in the UK English translation as [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Geordie]] (and still making a wholly unnaturalistic HurricaneOfPuns).
34	** Before this were a few twists on dark storytelling in the series; ''Asterix in Switzerland'''s plot involves the heroes' efforts to save an innocent from murder. Quaestor Vexatius Sinusitus' potential death offered a jarring but refreshing sense of drama to the otherwise frivolous comedy strip. The same story also contains a more serious look at the Romans than usual -- normally, ''Asterix'' villains tend to be {{Punch Clock Villain}}s, {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s or just ordinary people who happen to get in the heroes' way (occasionally even {{Designated Villain}}s, PlayedForLaughs), but Varius Flavus's actions (corruption, insane decadance and poisoning his opponents) are much more like what evil Roman patricians in history actually did. Oh, yeah, and an [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids actual Roman orgy]] (if limited to eating like slobs, getting drunk and hideous makeup) is depicted.
35	** Stories featuring similar moments of deadly menace include ''Asterix and Son'', where the village is burned to the ground, and the impending threat of Orinjade's execution in ''Asterix and the Magic Carpet''. Also ''Obelix All At Sea'', in which both Asterix and Obelix almost die (and the villain does, breaking NobodyCanDie), and ''Asterix and the Picts'', which involves ScarpiaUltimatum and a much more complicated plot than usual. To a lesser extent, ''The Roman Agent'' and ''Caesar's Gift'' are both about just how ridiculously awful living in their QuirkyTown would be.
36	** In ''Uderzo croqué par ses amis'', a compilation album of short stories drawn by various artists about Uderzo, one story is a realistically-drawn, historically-accurate, painfully serious take on the concept of a pair of Gaulish warriors fighting Romans using magic potion. For instance, the magic potion appears to be a kind of religious MagicFeather, they put the skulls of dead Roman soldiers around their village to keep them out (like the historical Gauls did), and they murder Romans with swords. It turns the usually ridiculous little Gauls into something quite dramatic and mystical and badass.
37	*** ''Uderzo croqué par ses amis'' also has another story in a similarly realistic art style, but with the usual characterisations of the Gauls. The story contains a gag where Asterix and Obelix accidentally catch Vitalstatistix ''in flagrante delicto'' with a hot blond who is not his wife, which is depicted in [[FanDisservice intentionally]] {{Squick}}y detail (since Vitalstatistix is both a beloved childhood character and a fat, ugly middle-aged man). ''Asterix'' is not exactly sexless but a gag like that would never get into the main stories.
38	* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'':
39	** Possibly justified in "The Dark Age" story arc, as an extradimensional dark energy enters people's minds as they revel in sadistic behavior. Lampshaded when some characters wonder if the energy turned people darker... or if it was simply ''attracted'' to them because of it.
40	*** One character specifically notes the phenomenon when he sees Street Angel beat up a bar full of bad guys and thinks about how he used to be all smiley, telling jokes all the time and using gimmicky (but non-lethal) throwing halos. When he sees that the halos he uses now are "high-impact ceramics with a steel core", he thinks it's a perfect metaphor for Astro City in TheSeventies.
41	*** Another character mentions that while he didn't appreciate the previous generation of heroes, "at least they seemed to mostly care about helping people."
42	** Jack-In-The-Box II's two bad-future possible sons are perfect examples of the absolute worst kind of "heroic" characters from the Dark Age of Comics -- one is a Sabertooth {{Expy}}, the other is a cyborg killer (with a spring-loaded ''head'', no less), and both are absolutely convinced that they are entitled to kill anyone they want because [[SociopathicHero they are the good guys]]. Jack spends the rest of the story arc moving heaven and earth to make sure they never come into existence.
43	* Parodied in issue #10 of the old ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' comic book. In it, the Rangers are brought to the set of a movie featuring a dark-and-gritty version of a superhero squirrel puppet who originally appeared in a Creator/{{Sid And Marty Krofft\|Productions}}-type children's show. The character's creator is shown working as the movie's creative consultant and is not at all happy with the way the movie portrays his creation.
44	* ''Dare'', a 1991 take on Frank Hampson's iconic British 1950s space explorer Dan Dare. The 1991 version was written for Toxic magazine by Creator/GrantMorrison, and illustrated by Rian Hughes. Dare awakes in the 1990s to find that Britain has become a capitalist society, and that a thinly-disguised parody of Margaret Thatcher has sold Britain to the evil Mekon. During the course of the story all of the main characters are killed - Digby even has his arm blown off -- and the final edition ends with Dare blowing up London with a nuclear bomb.
45	* Creator/ImageComics' March 1993 one-shot ''Darker Image'' is this, featuring the first appearances of DarkAgeOfSupernames heroes Bloodwulf and Deathblow. It is also notable for containing one of the first appearances of ComicBook/TheMaxx.
46	** Really, Image tends to be this compared to Marvel or DC. Mainly due to the emphasis on creator freedom, thus there's a lot more leeway for mature content that the Big Two won't usually allow.
47	* Parodied extensively in the Belgian comic ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes'', where in one issue, The Simstones, a character from the comic buys the publishing rights to the comic (very meta) and introduces a darker and edgier style.
48	* ''ComicBook/{{Gobots}}'' is noticeably darker fare than ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'', with the miniseries having a premise involving [[RobotWar Cy-Kill leading an uprising towards humans]] and featuring much more violence than the Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon.
49	* ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingdomOfMonsters'' is this to the entire Godzilla franchise. How dark is it? Godzilla reduces Japan to rubble in the first two issues. The rest of the series has the monsters tearing apart civilization and bringing out the worst of humanity.
50	** However this actually brings it closer to the tone of both the original film and the Heisei era. One of the complaints people had about the series was that, even with that knowledge in mind, it was little ''too much'' of a tone shift. Especially in reference to the scene of Rodan ''eating a child alive''. There's another dark scene where Godzilla lets loose his atomic ray '''on a bunch of people trying to escape Los Angeles which he was currently destroying at that time.'''
51	* This is parodied in the "Comic Book Carnage" issue of ''ComicBook/HackSlash'', set at a comic fan convention. A new comics company is depicted reviving an old comic called ''Wunderkind'' (a blatant CaptainErsatz for ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]'') in a ridiculously over-the-top grimdark manner, whereupon a pair of {{Loony Fan}}s are so outraged that they start murdering the comic's creators ([[AsHimself who are real-world writers and artists]] who were pals of the comic's writer Tim Seeley and didn't mind getting bloodily slaughtered on paper).
52	** It's also revealed in TheStinger that the survivor is planning to do something similar to "Chippy Chipmunk", a old-timey cutesy comic that CreepyGood protagonist Vlad is fond of. Thankfully, he later turns out to enjoy "Chippy the Slasher Slayer" as well.
53	* Parodied by Creator/AlanMoore, at about the same time as he was getting a rep for it, in ''[[http://swords-and-veeblefetzers.blogspot.com/2010/06/anything-goes-2-in-pictopia.html In Pictopia]]'', set in an absurdly darker and edgier version of a CaptainErsatz comic strip setting, with things like not-ComicStrip/Blondie1930 as a prostitute, who gets raided by not-ComicBook/JudgeDredd. The main character, Nocturno the Necromancer (ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician) is horrified by what's happening to the place, especially when his goofy buddy Flexible Flynn (Comicbook/PlasticMan) is replaced by a snarling NinetiesAntiHero.
54	* ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'': Multiple:
55	** The comics is this to the [[WesternAnimation/{{Jem}} cartoon]]. In the cartoon the main characters ''nearly'' died dozens of times but always escape without a scratch. The comics are aimed at a slightly older audience than the cartoons were, so they get away with light curses like "hell" and characters being shown injured. [[spoiler:Clash]] nearly kills Jem in an early issue but [[spoiler:Aja]] pushes her out of the way. [[spoiler:Aja]] ends up with cuts and bruises, as does Jerrica. A few issues later Pizzazz [[spoiler:gets into a violent car crash]] which leaves her unable to be in her band for a while.
56	** Played comedically in the second arc. In the "Dark Jem" arc Jerrica and her sisters get brainwashed by Synergy. They start dressing in darker toned outfits, start wearing black makeup, begin talking in monotone, act dismissive about everything, and generally act like stereotypical goths. Their new moody attitudes clash heavily with their typical, sweet and energetic ones.
57	* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is a DarkerAndEdgier take on all Victorian literature, though [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde said literature was]] [[Literature/{{Dracula}} hardly light and fluffy]] to [[Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds begin]] with.
58	* A lot of Disney comics are often this. ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid'' and ''Franchise/TheLionKing'' have quite a few dark examples. For example, ''The Little Mermaid'' comic "Serpent Teen" has Ariel meeting a race called the Moray. They thought that mermaids wee a myth and consider them dangerous. The princess ends up keeping Ariel as a pet, and when Ariel's older sister Aquata arrives to help her she's almost eaten by a monster. Ariel ends up revealing she's a princess and is held hostage. The king of the Moray wants to kill all the merpeople however when Triton appears he destroys a lot of their town to get his daughters back.
59	* Alan Moore did a Darker and Edgier reboot of UK superhero [[ComicBook/{{Miracleman}} Marvelman]]. What had originally started out as a British Captain Marvel rip-off, turned into a gritty, ''[[Film/TotalRecall1990 Total Recall]]''-ish, what-is-real head trip, that even turned his Freddy Freeman-esque sidekick Kid Marvelman into a sadistic psychopath, with graphic violence that was unprecedented in the genre at the time and is still shocking today.
60	* In the Brazilian children's comics ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'', several lines are more directed towards older readers and use more mature elements:
61	** The graphic novels of the "Graphic MSP" line aim to please older readers and deal with mature themes that would not be allowed in the regular comic book. "Magnetar" shows Astronaut slowly descending into insanity; "Tina: Respeito" builds its narrative around the topic of sexual harrassment; and "Jeremias: Pele" realistically depicts the racism suffered by Afro-Brazilian children.
62	** Within the [[{{Animesque}} manga-inspired]] "Monica Adventures" series, which stars the cast as teenagers, Emerson de Abreu's "End of the World Saga" is an outright horror story, with explicit violence, death and references to the occult. As such, even if it still has moments of the author's trademark humour, it's considerably more frightening and depressing than both the original comics and the other issues of the manga.
63	* The European G1 ''ComicBook/MyLittlePony'' comics are darker than the toy-line and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends American cartoons]]. While they were usually cute and fluffy, they delved into certain stuff other parts of the franchise wouldn't. The most infamous issue had an explanation for the Twinkle-Eyed ponies. They were enslaved by a wizard and forced to live in darkness so long they [[EyeScream went blind]]. Applejack [[AccidentalMurder accidentally pushes]] the wizard to his death and saves the ponies. The rescued ponies end up using the jewels in place of eyes, and that's their [[DarkAndTroubledPast backstory]] for characters like Fizzy.
64	* ''Franchise/MyLittlePonyGeneration4'':
65	** [=IDW=]'s ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'' comic series is noticably darker than the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic animated show]] it was based on. Issue #3 starts with Queen Chrysalis (who by herself is portrayed much more sinisterly here) and her changelings invading a little town of [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute loving kitties]] and sucking all the love out of them. One month later the whole land is converted into the new changeling kingdom.
66	** ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFiendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Fiendship Is Magic #1]]'' is perhaps the darkest G4 comic to date. Highlights include the BodyHorror of Sombra's transformations, his shattering of Amore after turning her into Crystal, and the StarCrossedLover story between Sombra and Hope. In contrast to the usual comics and show, there is very little humor in Sombra's tale; it's pure tragedy.
67	* ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' is a rare case of this done '''well'''. Those stories are way darker than the ones on "Topolino" (the Italian magazine where it is usually published): Paperinik stops fighting the [[HarmlessVillain Beagle Boys]] to defend the Earth from aliens, time travelers and crazy AIs, creating a [[OldHeroNewPals new roost]] of supporting cast and using weapons which are much more powerful. However, he remains a very optimistic hero, and the comic gives us several funny and heartwarming moments to balance the mood.
68	** Creator/{{Disney}} Italy does this as an habit. Aside for publishing some 'normal' stories with classic characters and settings with darker themes and complete rejection of FamilyFriendlyFirearms (to the point Scrooge mentioned having at least a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obice_da_149/19_modello_37 149mm artillery piece]] and threatened to fire Donald from it), once in a while they bring back Doctor Vultur (a ''[[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi in everything but the name]]'' orango trying to TakeOverTheWorld) and a truer to the origins version of the Phantom Blot, and, in chronological order, they created the following: Paperinik himself (theorically WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's superhero alter ego. In practice even his lighter stories show the sadistic streak that in two occasions prompted him to ''set off [[TorchesAndPitchforks lynching mobs]]''), ''Paperinik New Adventures'', ''Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine'' (where Mickey is forced to temporarily move in [[CrapsackWorld a city more corrupted than]] ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham]]'' and survive in spite of his very existence being a danger to the men who control the city), ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' (where the heroes have no qualms in trying and killing their enemies), ''ComicBook/MonsterAllergy'' (explicitely a ''horror'', and as scary as the authors could get away with) and ''ComicBook/DoubleDuck''.
69	* Creator/RegisLoisel's [[FrancoBelgianComics re-imagination]] of ''ComicBook/PeterPan'' is most definitely this. Forget the cute Disney version of your childhood, this one is most definitely not for children, as this adaptation has [[AbusiveParents abusive]] and {{alcoholic parent}}s, AttemptedRape, and {{self made orphan}}s.
70	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
71	** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
72	*** The comic started out as a GagSeries similar to ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. Around issue 20 or so, it shifted to a more serious, interconnected tone similar to ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''. The Endgame arc, where Sonic becomes a fugitive after being accused of killing Princess Sally, and Robotnik is KilledOffForReal, is where it dove off the deep end, and established itself as one of the darkest incarnations of Sonic, dealing with themes such as abusive relationships, birth out of wedlock, drugs, genocide, and bigotry. It stayed that way for 10 years or so, before Creator/IanFlynn took over as writer and returned the comic to a lighter tone, though still not ''as'' light as the games.
73	*** Way back when the comic was humor-oriented, the cover for issue #4 parodied this by promising an "all-new, darker, grittier" Sonic. Turned out he was just covered in dark grit from cleaning the chimney.
74	** ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' was much darker compared to the games at the time it was being produced. The most well-known aspect is that Super Sonic is a SuperpoweredEvilSide who eventually splits up from Sonic and becomes basically a physical god. Sonic once believed he killed his friends following one of Super Sonic's outbursts and fell into a HeroicBSOD when he regained control.
75	** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'':
76	*** The Metal Virus Saga, spanning Issues #13-32 and an Annual one-off, is a ''Sonic''-style ZombieApocalypse played totally straight, and a top contender for '''THE DARKEST''' ''Sonic'' story ever told. After a brief stint as an amnesiac, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] unleashes the Metal Virus, a bioweapon which roboticizes all organics into evil robo-zombies called "Zombots". From #16-29, things constantly go FromBadToWorse for heroes and villains alike: the plague [[DwindlingParty picks off the heroes one by one]] as it spreads, with the survivors [[TraumaCongaLine faring]] [[DespairEventHorizon no]] [[BreakTheCutie better]] than [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie the victims]], and even Eggman loses control of the situation before his EvilerThanThou rivals, [[VideoGame/SonicLostWorld the Deadly Six]], usurp control of the Zombots. It takes a tense EnemyMine, Silver the Hedgehog's presence in Sonic's time, and Sonic and Silver's use of a mysterious warpstone and the Chaos Emeralds to finally set things right. Severe ScheduleSlip, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, resulted in the Metal Virus/Zombot arc [[ArcFatigue dragging on for well over a year, frustrating many fans]] who by Sonic and co.'s DarkestHour were [[TooBleakStoppedCaring fed up with the depressing storyline]]. After the arc finally concluded, Evan Stanley succeeded Ian Flynn as head writer and quickly returned the series to its LighterAndSofter roots.
77	*** The ''Tangle & Whisper'' miniseries pits Sonic's new friends [[PluckyComicRelief Tangle the Lemur]] and [[TheQuietOne Whisper the Wolf]] against an AxCrazy {{Shapeshifting}} mercenary with a NightmareFace. Previously, this mercenary helped Eggman wipe out Whisper's old team, leaving her traumatized. The same mercenary tries several times to murder her and Tangle, almost succeeding at one point, and Whisper initially [[NeverBeHurtAgain shies away from Tangle for fear of losing her]]. It takes quite the effort by Tangle to get Whisper to brighten up.
78	* ''Spencer & Locke'' parodies the cast of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' and pushes it through the lens of ComicBook/SinCity. The result is HardboiledDetective with a DarkAndTroubledPast and a seven-foot-tall blue panther ImaginaryFriend.
79	* ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske now also has it. The new spin-off/reboot series. The first album entitled ''Amoras'' features partial nudity, swearing, blood, substance abuse and a mature theme. The series is written als a multi-album story. So far, critics like it. But old time fans expecting the milder tone of the original series will be in for a very unpleasant surprise.
80	** The new series was actually ''announced to the press as an obituary for Wiske'', making it very clear that she dies in the first album. In fact, her death scene is the first album's front cover. Look [[http://www.amoras2047.com/ Here]].
81	* A 2004 ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' mini, ''Thundercats: The Return''. Lion-O gets trapped in the Book of Omens for five years, and when he gets out he finds the Thundercats beaten, Bengali killed and enslaved by Mumm-Ra. Like Wilykit and Wilykat. Let's just say that puberty has been good to them, and that Mumm-Ra has the same tailor for his slaves as Jabba the Hutt. There is also implied rape of Cheetara by the Mutants. And then there's Lion-O brutally breaking the neck of an ape mutant.
82	* The ''ComicBook/TransformersGeneration2'' comic books, loosed from even the moderate ContractualImmortality restrictions they had been operating under before, promptly started massacring the cast. Issue #1 cover copy: "This is Not Your Father's Autobot." #2: "Fort Max Gets the Ax." #3: "Killing Frenzy." The characters would also kill without hesitation and use guns that weren't their signature weapons.

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