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12	There's the WeirdWest for when horror meets the {{Western}} and there's SciFiHorror for when {{Horror}} meets ScienceFiction. Superhero Horror is when the {{Superhero}} genre meets horror. At its most basic level, typical SuperheroTropes are PlayedForHorror.
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14	Heroes will sometimes have a LovecraftianSuperpower, and the tone is generally DarkerAndEdgier than the usual superhero comic (not to mention often BloodierAndGorier, too). It often mixes {{Capepunk}} with horror tropes (Capepunk being more cynical or deconstructive takes on the superhero genre). There's also frequently a strong overlap with ActionHorror.
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16	See also: BewareTheSuperman.
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25	* ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'' is a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' graphic novel written by Creator/GrantMorrison set in [[BedlamHouse the titular asylum]]. Batman arrives during a takeover of the asylum by its inmates and explores a layered, disturbing supernatural/psychological horror tale involving the dark history of the asylum.
26	* ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDoomThatCameToGotham'' is an {{Elseworld}} story that asks "what if Creator/HPLovecraft wrote a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' story?"
27	* ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'' introduces the [[DarkWorld Dark]] [[MirrorUniverse Multiverse]], where worlds are created from every bad decision or choice that someone makes (or more precisely, their ''fears'' about such), and said worlds are filled with malformed contents of nightmare and despair, until they're doomed to rot apart. To illustrate, Batman has about eight {{Evil Counterpart}}s of himself coming from the Dark into the Prime Multiverse, with their backstories ranging from being driven to madness due to losing his entire family to becoming twisted and psychopathic whilst retaining his technological and intellectual prowess after killing the Joker out of pure rage.
28	** ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' incorporates the ramifications of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', showing that [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]]'s essence has bonded to the fabric of the [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Multiverse]], and thus is exploited by the Dark Knights.
29	** Finally, ''ComicBook/TalesFromTheDarkMultiverse'' is a collection of stories from, well, '''''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Dark Multiverse]]'''''. All these stories take place in worlds where important events like ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', ''ComicBook/TheJudasContract'' or ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' all went horribly wrong due to one wrong small thing changing.
30	* ''ComicBook/DCeased'' is a comic miniseries about a ZombieApocalypse happening in an alternative DC Universe, similar to ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''. The plot kicks off when Cyborg arrives on Earth from [[ComicBook/NewGods Apokolips]] carrying a corrupted form of the Anti-Life Equation which turns humans into ravenous undead instead of brainwashed slaves. The remaining superheroes now must find a way to stop the chaos before it is too late.
31	* ''ComicBook/DCHouseOfHorror'' is a oneshot comic collecting various creepy tales across the DC Multiverse, including Bruce Wayne having Batman and the Joker as dual identities, a girl being possessed by a murderous Amazon, and the Flash spreading a zombie apocalypse across the world, with Superman as the sole survivor of Earth.
32	* ''ComicBook/DCVsVampires'' is about the world getting blindsided by the vampires making an organized effort to take over by converting key superhumans. The heroes are manipulated into suspecting each other so they'll be busy fighting each other until it's too late to stop.
33	* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' has always been rooted in horror, but [[ComicBook/GhostRider2022 the 2022 series]] practically lives and breathes this trope, featuring a LovecraftLite storyline where the demons of hell have slowly risen up to take over America by corrupting the country from within, underneath most people's notice until their horrifying activities begin taking full effect. The only reason this crisis doesn't quite enter CosmicHorrorStory levels is because the titular AntiHero proves more than capable of fighting back against the otherworldly menace and their nightmarish influence.
34	* ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' {{deconstruct\|edTrope}}s the nature of ComicBookDeath, and explores psychological and even [[DoingInTheScientist supernatural]] angles to ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk's [[LovecraftianSuperpower powers]], all of which have been given [[CosmicHorrorReveal a sufficiently horrifying twist]] befitting of a darker narrative. With the cast of the character's world reimagined, it becomes clear that Hulk's place in the Marvel Universe will never be the same.
35	* ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}'' is about a [[SupermanSubstitute Superman-like figure]] named the Plutonian who one day snapped and begins a rampage to destroy humanity. A group composed of the Plutonian's fellow superheroes must find a way to stop him and understand why he became the world's bloodiest mass murderer. The comic deconstructs the nature of superheroism by exploring the assumption that a superhuman must do the right thing automatically without being emotionally prepared for the role. It also shows how horrifying a superhuman's capacity for destruction would be when [[TheUnfettered unleashed]].
36	* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'': The comic combines typical superhero action with stories of magic, demons, and otherworldly nightmares. The second volume by Creator/JamesTynionIV especially plays up the horror elements to contrast with the more traditionally superheroic characters like ComicBook/WonderWoman and ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}.
37	* ''ComicBook/LeavingMegalopolis'' tells a story about a ragtag group of survivors trying to find a way out of the city while avoiding detection by the bloodthirsty former superheroes.
38	* ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'': An alien virus carried into an Elseworlds version of the Marvel Comics universe by a zombified [[ComicBook/TheSentry Sentry]] has transformed the Marvel superheroes and supervillains into cannibalistic zombies who, by the time we're introduced to them, have already consumed every living thing on their own Earth.
39	* Creator/AlanMoore describes ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'' as ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' (or, perhaps more fittingly, ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'') retold as a horror story. It contains themes that Moore later developed in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' such as BewareTheSuperman, the alienation of superbeings, and the horrific effects of superhumans on modern society.
40	* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'' plays the character of Mister Miracle and the ''ComicBook/NewGods'' mythos for PsychologicalHorror, {{deconstructi\|on}}ng the severity of the war between New Genesis and Apokolips as [[WarIsHell catastrophically bloody and politically obtuse]], and delving into Scott Free's mental health and [[SanitySlippage increasingly unreliable perception of the world]] as it spirals into both supernatural and mundane existential darkness.
41	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' has the Metal Virus Saga, a ZombieApocalypse-style story of [[BigBad Doctor Eggman]] unleashing a techno-organic virus which converts everyone it infects into mindless robots (dubbed "Zombots" by Sonic).
42	* ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' is about a former hitman named Al Simmons who comes back as a demonic NinetiesAntiHero and fights demons, angels and the absolute worst that humanity has to offer, killing them in [[BloodierAndGorier increasingly gorier]] ways.
43	* ''ComicBook/Spellbound1988'' is an early example in the genre and is completely bloodless, acting as a deconstruction of high-fantasy stories. The incalculable power a Spellbinder holds has potential for greatness and destruction, but ''will'' eventually drive the wielder mad no matter what, and Erica turns from fledgling magical superhero to a villain worse than the one she's trying to stop.
44	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}'' is essentially a superhero version of a CosmicHorrorStory, which Creator/WarrenEllis describes as what happens when superhumans are no longer human at all. It describes an arms race between nations to create the most powerful superhuman, culminating the extinction of the human race and the planet overrun with a FesteringFungus.
45	* ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' mixes this with BodyHorror and supernatural horror, especially stories written by Creator/AlanMoore.
46	* ''ComicBook/TerrorInc'' is a dark series following an immortal assassin who [[AppendageAssimilation replaces body parts by tearing them off of other people]], also allowing him to copy their abilities -- something like a BodyHorror version of [[ComicBook/XMen Rogue]].
47	* ''ComicBook/{{Uber}}'' {{deconstruct\|ion}}s neo-Golden Age comics which depict World War II being fought with [[WeirdHistoricalWar superheroes and mad science]] as an arena for RuleOfCool adventures. First Nazi Germany, and then other countries, develop superhumans in the final stages of the war. The result is an extremely depressing and sickening intensification of its real-world brutality, with BodyHorror and floods of gore aplenty, and JustForFun/SuperWeight differences being treated as something that can't be overcome by abstract "willpower" or "righteousness" -- challenge a super more powerful than you are and you '''will''' end up as a smear of blood and ash... if you're lucky.
48	* ComicBook/{{Venom}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarnage Carnage]], and the [[Characters/MarvelComicsSymbiotes Symbiotes]] in general provide a dose of science-fictional BodyHorror to the superheroic Marvel Universe, being [[LovecraftianSuperpower capable of forming tentacles, spines, extra mouths, and other grotesque metamorphoses]]. Venom in particular bonds with the host's nervous system, causing voices to be heard, hunger for brains [[HorrorHunger to develop]] and can't be detected by Spider-Man's danger sense because [[TheCorruption his body still considers the venom symbiote to be a part of it]]. Venom's [[StalkerWithACrush specifically designed]] to make the reader fear for a protagonist [[DarkerAndEdgier who himself was designed]] to be [[PlayedForLaughs comically creepy]] to the criminals of New York. Also, the reason Carnage's suit is red is that it's made up of a symbiote that bonded directly with '''Cletus Kasady's {{blood\|yMurder}}'''. ''ComicBook/AbsoluteCarnage'' turns Carnage into a cult god resurrecting [[GodOfEvil Knull]].
49	* Subverted in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'' #43 with the Citizenry. The issue starts with the ComicBook/GreenLantern Corps finding a planet they had just liberated systematically culled of all macroscopic life, save for one last holdout hiding among the wreckage of civilization. They are told to flee too late as these final survivors and [[SacrificialLion Green Lanterns]] alike are swiftly slaughtered by a [[TheSwarm swarm]] that [[NoSell completely ignores the plasma]] produced by the Lanterns. The individuals of this swarm then turn on and cannibalize one another until the [[MiracleGroMonster remaining survivors are the size of mountains]] before being extracted from the planet to be used as shock troops alongside others who went through the process on other worlds by PlanetLooters who also begin to integrate the Oan Technology into their weapon systems. The aliens reach Earth, scramble communications ''Film/IndependenceDay''-style, isolate Washington DC from the rest of the United States and begin yet another culling, but it becomes a MookHorrorShow and clear all of this buildup was [[TheWorfEffect to show]] just how much more powerful [[PhysicalGod Achilles Warkiller]], [[ContrivedCoincidence who just so happened to be in the US Capital]] at the time of the attack, [[RedemptionPromotion had become]]. The Citizenry are still horrific, but being shown someone who can beat them turns the comic from horror story to thriller.
50	* ''Comicbook/XMen'':
51	** The Brood were conceived by taking the iconic horror movie monster from ''Film/{{Alien}}'', giving it an entire society of independent individuals who were all forced to not only be cruel and callous by a {{hivemind}} but forced to ''[[TheCorruption enjoy]]'' being so, and then giving them the means to travel the cosmos as they please. These were the villains that convinced the ''X-Men'' to ([[StatusQuoIsGod temporarily]]) abandon their ThouShaltNotKill rule and were so effective elements of them were copied by sequels to the movie they had been copied from. However, the horror is significantly reduced in ''Comicbook/PlanetHulk'' where its shown that a Brood Queen separated from the hivemind can be [[AntiVillain a perfectly decent individual with an unpleasant reproductive method]].
52	** The Brood have a HigherTechSpecies counterpart that are just as horrific in an impersonal way called the Technarc. They're so powerful that The Phalanx, the alien [[UnWillingRoboticisation technorganic virus]] that Ultron used to conquer [[GalacticConqueror an entire galaxy]] as [[ExtremeOmnivore nothing]] but [[FoodChainOfEvil their food]] being allowed to roam free range. In someways the horror is reduced when a member of the species dubbed "Warlock" joins an X-Team after being dubbed a mutant among his kind, but where mutant X-Men are superhuman "Warlock" is a pathetically weak Technarc, so there are CosmicHorrorStory vibes when he/they have to deal with other members of his kind.
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56	* The ''Film/BladeTrilogy'', with its {{Dhampyr}} protagonist and its secret societies of vampires, is a notable example of this trope, being a hybrid of the superhero genre, the horror genre, and the action movie genre.
57	* ''Film/{{Brightburn}}'' {{deconstruct\|ion}}s the ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' mythos and turns it into something much horrifying, demonstrating just how dangerous and terrifying someone with [[FlyingBrick Superman's powerset]] could be if they had no morality or humanity.
58	* ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'': The words "superhero" and "superpowers" are [[NotUsingTheZWord never used in the film itself]], and its writer Creator/MaxLandis rejected the idea of it being a superhero movie and described it more as a modern-day take on ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''. That said, the manner in which Andrew, Matt, and Steve acquire their powers by getting [[TouchedByVorlons exposed to a mysterious glowing object]] in a cave is evocative of any number of superhero origin stories, especially ComicBook/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/FantasticFour, and the film was otherwise heavily marketed as a dark superhero movie. [[spoiler:Instead of becoming a hero, however, Andrew uses his powers for petty revenge and becomes the superpowered equivalent of a [[SpreeKiller mass shooter]], with Matt becoming the only person able to step in and stop him once he kills Steve. It ends with Matt in Tibet seeking to learn how to use his powers for good and what really happened to him and his friends, reframing the film as his superhero origin story.]]
59	* ''Film/{{Darkman}}'': Following a gruesome attack in his laboratory that leaves most of his ''skin burned off,'' scientist Peyton Westlake develops a synthetic skin that lets him impersonate others for a limited time, and enhanced strength from the constant adrenaline in his system. As Darkman, he takes revenge on his enemies more like a horror movie villain than a superhero.
60	* ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' is a much DarkerAndEdgier take on the Fantastic Four, attempting to merge the origin story of Creator/{{Marvel\|Comics}}'s First Family with BodyHorror. The scenes in the climax involving Dr. Doom stalking through darkened corridors killing anyone in his path particularly give off horror movie vibes.
61	* ''Film/TheFlyingMan'' takes a near-Lovecraftian approach to superhero fiction, by showing the titular [[HumanoidAbomination Flying Man]] as an entity that just showed up one day and started enforcing its own justice without anyone being able to do anything about it.
62	* ''Film/Glass2019'', a crossover sequel to ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and ''Film/{{Split}}'', utilizes both psychological horror and superhero elements.
63	* ''Film/Hellboy2004'' dabbles in horror, combined with DarkFantasy and UrbanFantasy ([[Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy the sequel]] tones down the horror elements and leans more into fantasy). The titular hero is a [[AntiAntiChrist benevolent demon]] who battles undead Nazis, [[EvilSorcerer Rasputin]] and other monsters to protect the world from {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
64	* ''Film/Hellboy2019'' leans into horror even more heavily than the 2004 version, ramping up the [[BloodierAndGorier gore]] and dark tone (notably, the 2004 movie is PG-13, while this one is a hard R rating). It features Hellboy fighting monsters to try and prevent the resurrection of an evil witch who seeks to destroy the world.
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66	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
67	** ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' in 2005 and its sequel ''Film/KamenRiderTheNext'' two years later are reboots of [[Series/KamenRider the original]] [[Series/KamenRiderV3 two series]] made to celebrate the franchise's 35th anniversary that lean more into the subtle horror elements of the show on account of no longer being aimed at a younger audience, with some newer J-Horror elements thrown in.
68	** ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'' features our hero: the titular Shin gene-spliced with grasshopper DNA, becoming a grasshopper-monster hybrid himself.
69	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
70	** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' is directed by ''Franchise/EvilDead'' mastermind Creator/SamRaimi. It shows off plenty of SurrealHorror elements, there's the reanimated corpse of a Doctor Strange variant, and the BigBad, [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Wanda Maximoff/the Scarlet Witch]]]], has quite a gory body count by the end.
71	** ''Film/WerewolfByNight2022'' is a HalloweenSpecial set in the style of classic ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' monster movies and ''Film/HammerHorror'' films. The plot is centered on a group of monster hunters as they attempt to find a monster hiding in their midst and the climax is bathed blood and gore that you'd never find in other MCU properties. Notably, the only reason that it has a TV-14 rating instead of TV-MA is due to its [[DeliberatelyMonochrome black and white filter]].
72	* ''Film/TheNewMutants'' is a superhero action film taking place in a BedlamHouse and ripe with {{Jump Scare}}s, demons, and a bit of PsychologicalHorror.
73	* ''Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse'':
74	** ''Film/Venom2018'' was marketed as superhero horror, emphasizing Venom as a HorrifyingHero and the terror of Eddie's transformation into a man-eating monster. While those aspects are certainly ''there'' in the film proper, the actual story is much closer to a [[GenreBusting superhero-action-thriller]] with BlackComedy and horror elements, rapidly pinging across the SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror with reckless abandon.
75	** ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' is more strongly horror-focused, with a gruesome mass-murdering villain, some pseudo-gothic sensibilities, and a surprising level of violence and gore for a PG-13 venture.
76	* ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' might be the first superhero horror film yet (or at least superhero HorrorComedy). A 98-pound weakling named Melvin runs afoul of a local gang of hoodlums and ends up falling out of a second-story window at the gym -- straight into a vat of {{toxic waste\|CanDoAnything}}. The resulting mutation transforms Melvin into the Toxic Avenger, a deformed creature who proceeds to beat up baddies (and boy, are they bad!) in the goriest ways possible.
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80	* In "Literature/AttackOfTheMutant" from ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'', the titular {{supervillain}} has [[RefugeeFromTVLand breached his way into the real world]] and targets his biggest fan, a regular 12-year-old kid. The "heroes" are shown to be cowardly and powerless, while the Mutant's shapeshifting gives him the edge in getting him closer to his young victim. The book overall shows how terrifying it would really be to meet your favorite comic characters.
81	* ''Literature/ExHeroes'' is set in Los Angeles, several years after a zombie apocalypse has wiped out most of human civilization. While several heroes have survived the outbreak and work to protect a community of human survivors, several more have turned, which has created at least one truly terrifying monster [[spoiler: and the whole damn thing is actually one of the heroes' fault]].
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85	* ''Series/{{Garo}}'' is notable for having far more horror elements than most Tokusatsu.
86	* ''Series/{{Helstrom}}'' follows siblings Daimon (Tom Austen) and Ana (Sydney Lemmon) Helstrom, the children of an infamous serial killer who moonlight as [[DemonSlaying hunters of demons]]. While not openly "superheroic" from that description, it was originally going to be part of the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' until backstage restructuring shut down Creator/MarvelTelevision.
87	* ''Series/KamenRiderAmazons'' is a [[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] and [[BloodierAndGorier bloodier]] reboot of [[Series/KamenRiderAmazon the 1974 series]]. [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke 4000 lab-grown predators]] known as "Amazons" were unleashed into the world after a mysterious lab accident 2 years prior to the series, [[IAmAHumanitarian where they feast upon unsuspecting humans: their natural prey]]. The main characters range from [[AntiHero Anti-heroes]] to outright [[VillainProtagonist Villain Protagonists]], and most are just as violent and cannibalistic as the monsters they fight.
88	* ''Series/Legion2017'' centers around a mutant who had diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia who has struggled with mental illness since his late childhood. The series uses MindScrew to tell a story of PsychologicalHorror.
89	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
90	** ''Series/MoonKnight2022'': The series talks about a meek man named Steven Grant who has insomnia and deals with issues of Dissociative Identity Disorder, him stuck with voices in his head and huge elements of PsychologicalHorror that makes it feel like the superhero version of either ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' or ''Film/BlackSwan''. Cast and crew place it under the PsychologicalThriller genre.
91	** ''Series/WandaVision'' is, on the surface, a throwback to classic TV sitcoms (including ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'', ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', and ''Series/FullHouse''). However, it's obvious that [[SubvertedSitcom something is not quite right about Westview]], and elements of PsychologicalHorror, SurrealHorror, and ParanoiaFuel only become more prominent as the series continues.[[note]]As a side detail, those who've been following ''MCU''-related news know that ''[=WandaVision=]'' is meant to lead into ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', which has been confirmed to have heavy horror influence, including being directed by Creator/SamRaimi of ''Franchise/EvilDead'' fame.[[/note]] [[spoiler:To top it off, there's a hint that Wanda may be on the brink of a FaceHeelTurn by the end, which is confirmed in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''.]]
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95	* ''TabletopGame/{{Trinity Universe\|WhiteWolf}}'' shows a superhero universe that goes FromBadToWorse over the course of two centuries, with an event called "The Aberrant War" turning a significant chunk of the world into a wasteland when the superheroes [[BewareTheSuperman go completely berserk]] in TheNewTens. [[spoiler:Like many White Wolf games, there's more than meets the eye. While many Aberrants went crazy, the War started because a GovernmentConspiracy named "Project Proteus" was going all CADMUS on them and they fought back.]]
96	** The motive changes in ContinuityReboot ''Trinity Continuum'', where it comes down to two things: [[spoiler:one, that many supers never learned to moderate and control their development, and as a result became ever more dangerous to those around them, and two, that the supers discovered humanity had never really trusted them, and designed contingency plans to deal with them.]]
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105	* ''WebVideo/TruthInJournalism'' is a mockumentary about [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]] and his unsavory reporting methods; throughout the story, we get disturbing glimpses of his infamous alter ego (including Brock babbling to himself and him attacking two junkies and stringing them up while the film crew is distracted). When he fully transforms into Venom at the end, we get a horrifying first-person taste of what it would feel like to be locked in a room with the symbiote.
106	* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' goes into a lot of detail on the evil that supervillains can do and the damage fighting off regular {{Kaiju}} attacks takes on person, property and psyche. Some types of capes, like the mind-controlling Masters and the invisible or perception-altering Strangers, are played for all the fear factor they're worth. Bug-controlling protagonist Taylor is a HorrifyingHero at one point explicitly compared InUniverse to the Slaughterhouse Nine, a band of [[TheDreaded notorious]] SerialKiller supervillains, for her brutality and creepiness (which she really wished she didn't had, [[HeroWithAnFInGood but she is just too good at it all the same]]).
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110	* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' story "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E15And16TheTerrorBeyond The Terror Beyond]]" sees the League butt heads with "Icthultu", an incomprehensible old god from beyond reality, whom they defeat at the heavy cost of [[spoiler:the life of Solomon Grundy, a recurring AntiVillain who was making his first steps towards redemption]].
111	* The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' franchise often dips into this with the mutations and how serious Shredder can be. The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012]] cartoons are especially notable of this with their DarkerAndEdgier tones.
112	* The ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' episode "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies What If... Zombies?!]]" adapts the concept of ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' into a version of the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', complete with magic and aliens in play. Granted, it also takes some liberties (like Spider-Man and the Hulk not being among the horde).
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