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** It's actually a plot point later on. The Nyctalope has an enormous inferiority/superiority complex because, while most of his friends, enemies and rivals were immortalized by geniuses such as H.G.Wells, his own legacy was written by mediocre columnists and bad authors - much like in real life, since he was a hero of pulp litterature. This resentment has a lot of influence on the plot.
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* DeconstructionCrossover: the comic tries to explain why the superhero myth, which actually had its groundings in pulp European litterature, came ro be forgotten in Europe and completely delegated to American culture. The comic's answer is that the elitism of the so-called "gentleman justicers" is what eventually allowed the Shoah and the other atrocities of [=WW2=] to happen. European superheroes and supervillains alike decided to completely step out of public affairs out of shame for what they did, and felt that the Americans had the moral upground.
* CrapsackWorld
* DeconstructionCrossover: the comic tries to explain why the superhero myth, which actually had its groundings in pulp European litterature, came ro be forgotten in Europe and completely delegated to American culture. The comic's answer is that the elitism of the so-called "gentleman justicers" is what eventually allowed the Shoah and the other atrocities of [=WW2=] to happen. European superheroes and supervillains alike decided to completely step out of public affairs out of shame for what they did, and felt that the Americans had the moral upground.
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** It's actually a plot point later on. The Nyctalope has an enormous inferiority/superiority complex because, while most of his friends, enemies enemies, and rivals were immortalized by geniuses such as H.G.Wells, his own legacy was written by mediocre columnists and bad authors - much like in real life, since he was a hero of pulp litterature.literature. This resentment has a lot of influence on the plot.
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CrapsackWorld: The inclusion of the literary heroes and villains didn't make the world better, but just made it more complex and dangerous.
* DeconstructionCrossover: the comic tries to explain why the superhero myth, which actually had its groundings in pulp Europeanlitterature, literature, came ro to be forgotten in Europe and completely delegated to American culture. The comic's answer is that the elitism of the so-called "gentleman justicers" is what eventually allowed the Shoah and the other atrocities of [=WW2=] to happen. European superheroes and supervillains alike decided to completely step out of public affairs out of shame for what they did, and felt that the Americans had the moral upground.
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* DeconstructionCrossover: the comic tries to explain why the superhero myth, which actually had its groundings in pulp European
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* DirtyCommunists: We, the true rulers of Moscow, who are compose of mad scientists and an army of Mechanoids, and are led by Big Brother.
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* DirtyCommunists: We, the true rulers of Moscow, who are compose composed of mad scientists and an army of Mechanoids, and are led by Big Brother.
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* EvilCounterPart: The Gang of Mabuse and his accolytes seems to be set up like one for the Chimeric Brigade.
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* EvilCounterPart: The Gang of Mabuse and his accolytes acolytes seems to be set up like one for the Chimeric Brigade.
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ZCE. Left the main entry in, but it's pretty low-context too.
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** The Vampyre Queen seems a closer match.
** [[spoiler:Mabuse is creating one with Metropolis, in the shape of a city.]]
** [[spoiler:Mabuse is creating one with Metropolis, in the shape of a city.]]
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** Kind of subverted later when part of his suit is torn off and very clearly reveals the {{Superman}} symbol.
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** Kind of subverted later when part of his suit is torn off and very clearly reveals the {{Superman}} Franchise/{{Superman}} symbol.
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