History ComicBook / BratPack

** Kid Vicious goes from a nice rich kid to a steroid-crunching bully.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In the original ending, the sidekicks die again, and it seems like Black October will get away with it again until True-Man finally returns and kills them all, Dr. Blasphemous seems to get away but with an actual hero having finally returned his life won’t be very easy going forward. The revised ending is a lot sweeter, the sidekicks survive the attempt on their lives with the help of Cody’s healing factor, and though it’s unlikely they’ll be able to go back to their old selves, they have at least have a chance at recovering their lives, especially with their abusers finally permanently gone.]]

* QueerPeopleAreFunny: When Midnight Mink's homosexuality isn't being played for horror, it's being treated as a joke, with him prancing around and giggling.

* ShoutOut: The fifth issue mentions "Gay Neilman" and "Al Enmore". Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/AlanMoore have collaborated with Rick Veitch in the past, and Gaiman wrote the foreword for one of the collected editions. There's also a mention of "Tom Roymas", which is almost certainly a shout-out to Creator/RoyThomas, a prolific writer for both Marvel and DC.

* MsFanservice: Moon Mistress and Luna both wear a LeotardOfPower, and Luna's comes with AbsoluteCleavage.

* SociopathicHero: The defenders of Slumberg are all self-serving sadistic psychopaths with no redeeming qualities; this series is all about how they torment and break their sidekicks, both physically and mentally. [[spoiler:Averted with True-Man, who is just as much of a beacon of goodness as his inspirations - and when he learns what the other heroes of Slumberg were up to while he was gone, be proceeds to slaughter the lot of them.]]

* ShoutOut: The fifth issue mentions "Gay Neilman" and "Al Enmore". Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/AlanMoore have collaborated with Rick Veitch in the past, and Gaiman wrote the forward for one of the collected editions. There's also a mention of "Tom Roymas", which is almost certainly a shout-out to Creator/RoyThomas, a prolific writer for both Marvel and DC.

* ShoutOut: The fifth issue mentions "Gay Neilman" and "Al Enmore". Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/AlanMoore have collaborated with Rick Veitch in the past, and Gaiman wrote the forward for one of the collected editions. There's also a mention of "Tom Roymas", which is almost certainly a shout-out to Roy Thomas, a prolific writer for both Marvel and DC.

* StrawFeminist: Moon Mistress is an extreme parody of radical feminism, complete with constant lectures and conspicuously scrotum-shaped pouches hanging on her belt.

* SociopathicHero: The defenders of Slumberg are all self-serving sadistic psychopaths with no redeeming qualities; this series is all about how they torment and break their sidekicks, both physically and mentally.

* PrecisionFStrike: ''Cody'' of all people gets one in, even though it isn’t an f-bomb, it’s used to the same effect.
-->'''Cody''': ([[ShutUpHannibal Responding to Dr. Blasphemous]]) That’s total '''BULLSHIT!'''

* UglyAllAlong: Moon Maiden's AmazonianBeauty is all an illusion created by heavy makeup, a wig, and a good corset. Without all of it, she's hideous and withered, her body having been ravaged by years of drug abuse, venereal disease, and the rigors of trying to fight crime without any actual powers.

* ShoutOut: The fifth issue mentions "Gay Neilman" and "Al Enmore". Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/AlanMoore have collaborated with Rick Veitch in the past, and Gaiman wrote the forward for one of the collected editions. There's also a mention of "Tom Roymas", which is almost certainly a shout-out to Creator/RoyThomas.

''Brat Pack'' (also sometimes called "Bratpack") was a miniseries created by Rick Veitch and published under King Hell Press, his company. Originally released as five issues, it was later collected as a graphic novel with a rewritten ending.