History NightmareFuel / TheWickedAndTheDivine

* How about the living head reveal? Think about Lucifer, Inanna, and Tara sitting in that cave for months.... Taken UpToEleven in issue #34 when Ananke is carrying around the heads IN A BAG. WITH THEIR MOUTHS SEWN SHUT!

* The overall feeling of suddenly finding out you have two years to live, even as a powerful being. It clearly takes a psychological toll on the characters. WordOfGod Creator/KieronGillen has explained that the story was inspired by finding out his father had been diagnosed with terminal illness, which makes sense - in much the same way, the Pantheon have a grim prognosis despite being in the prime of their lives. The story taps in to the AdultFear of premature death, terminal diagnoses and child death frequently (every member of the Pantheon is under 25).

* Why is Baal so sure that the Great Darkness exists? Well, maybe it has something to do with that ''giant fucking shadow monster' that turns up at the end of Issue #25.

** FridgeHorror kicks in when you think about the mind-controlled Norns who Minerva had do the deed. Were they aware of what they were doing? Will they remember ripping Woden into a bloody pulp?

** The fact that [[spoiler: Susanoo was the fourth head.]] The only one who flat out ''deserved'' this fate was [[spoiler: Set.]]

** Especially because Ananke reveals that [[spoiler: she is responsible for the Black Plague. It was created by a previous pantheon and she spread it just to see what would happen.]]

** There is a fourth head in the cave, who most people believe is the 1923 Persephone. Given that the 1923 pantheon lasted the entire two years... she's probably been down there ''by herself'' for at most a year and a half. How has she not [[GoMadFromTheIsolation gone crazy]]?

** Baal's attempt to murder 20,000 fans in a concert. It's a startling amount of people to kill at once, and these were his fans; people who adored him. Imagine going to see your favorite musician and they kill you.

* The overall feeling of suddenly finding out you have two years to live, even as a powerful being. It clearly takes a psychological toll on the characters. WordOfGod KieronGillen has explained that the story was inspired by finding out his father had been diagnosed with terminal illness, which makes sense - in much the same way, the Pantheon have a grim prognosis despite being in the prime of their lives. The story taps in to the AdultFear of premature death, terminal diagnoses and child death frequently (every member of the Pantheon is under 25).

* In the 1923 special, it's revealed that Baal and Set brought about the Second World War and the Holocaust because they wanted to kill millions of people so they couldn't get their hands on what they considered to be 'real' art.

* Violence doesn't happen in the story often, but when it does, [[{{Gorn}} it does not skip on the bloodshed]]. In the ''first issue'', two people get their [[YourHeadASplode heads exploded]] by Lucifer, one (a ''judge'' no less) while pleading "[[AintTooProudToBeg Don't]].".

** The reveal that Baal engages in child sacrifice.

** 1923!Minerva making Anake’s head explode is particularly graphic, with one eyeball and a handful of teeth visible in the flying gore.

* Lucifer's musical instruments in the ''455AD'' one-shot. Come on Kieron, this isn't ''ComicBook/{{Uber}}''...
** In two weeks, Lucifer goes from a man determined to be a good emperor to a man who makes musical instruments out of corpses. What the hell happened in those two weeks?
* In the 1923 special, it's revealed that Baal and Set brought about the Second World War and the Holocaust because they wanted to kill millions of people so they couldn't get their hands on what they considered to be 'real' art.

** 1923!Minerva making Anake’s head explode is particularly graphic, with one eyeball and a handful of teeth visible in the flying gore.

* The reveal that [[spoiler:Baal engages in child sacrifice]] in Issue #35.
* Also in Issue #35, [[spoiler: 1923!Minerva making Anake’s head explode is particularly graphic, with one eyeball and a handful of teeth visible in the flying gore.]]

* The reveal that [[spoiler:Baal engages in child sacrifice]] in Issue #35.

* How about the living head reveal? Think about Lucifer, Inanna, and Tara sitting in that cave for months.... Taken UpToEleven in issue #34 when Ananke is carrying around the heads IN A BAG. WITH THEIR MOUTHS SEWN SHUT!

* In the 1923 special, it's revealed that Baal and Set brought about the Second World War and the Holocaust because they wanted to kill millions of people so they couldn't get their hands on what they considered to be 'real' art.