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* ''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 SuperWeight differences being treated with ruthless SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome 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.

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* ''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 SuperWeight JustForFun/SuperWeight differences being treated with ruthless SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome 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.
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* 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]].

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* 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 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]].
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* ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse'' 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.]]

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* ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse'' ''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.]]
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** 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]]. 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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** 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]].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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** ''Film/WerewolfByNight2022'' is a HalloweenSpecial set in the style of classic ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' monster movies and Hammer Horror 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]].

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** ''Film/WerewolfByNight2022'' is a HalloweenSpecial set in the style of classic ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' monster movies and Hammer Horror ''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]].

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* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' has always been rooted in horror, but the ''[[ComicBook/GhostRider2022 2022 series]]'' practically lives and breaths 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 anti-hero proves more than capable of fighting back against the otherworldly menace and their nightmarish influence.



* ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDoomThatCameToGotham'' is an {{Elseworld}} story that asks "what if Creator/HPLovecraft wrote a Batman story?"

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* ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDoomThatCameToGotham'' is an {{Elseworld}} story that asks "what if Creator/HPLovecraft wrote a Batman ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' story?"



** ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'' incorporates the ramifications of ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', showing that [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]]'s essence has bonded to the fabric of the DC Multiverse, and thus is exploited by the Dark Knights.

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** ''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, Multiverse]], and thus is exploited by the Dark Knights.



* ''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.



* ''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.
* Similarly, ''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.
* ''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.
* ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' mixes this with BodyHorror and supernatural horror, especially stories written by Creator/AlanMoore.

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* ''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.
* Similarly,
''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.
* ''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.
* ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' mixes this with BodyHorror and supernatural
''ComicBook/GhostRider'' has always been rooted in horror, especially stories written 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 Creator/AlanMoore.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.
* ''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.



* ''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.



* ''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]].
* Comicbook/XMen villains 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]].
* The Brood have a HigherTechSpecies counterpart in ''X-Men'' that are just as horrific in an impersonal way called the Technarc. They're so powerful that The Phalanx, the alien [[UnWillingRoboticization technorganic virus]] that Ultron used to conquer [[GalacticConqueror an entire galaxy]] as [[ExtremeOmnivore nothing]] but [[FoodChainOfEvil their food]]. 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.
* 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]].
* Subverted in ''Wonder Woman Volume 3 #43'' with The Citizenry. The issue starts with The Green Lantern 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.



* ''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.



* ''ComicBook/SwampThing'' mixes this with BodyHorror and supernatural horror, especially stories written by Creator/AlanMoore.
* ''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]].



* 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]].
* 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.
* ''Comicbook/XMen'':
** 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]].
** 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]]. 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.



* ''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.



* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
** ''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.
** ''Film/WerewolfByNight2022'' is a HalloweenSpecial set in the style of classic ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'' monster movies and Hammer Horror 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]].



* Peter Clines's ''Ex-Heroes'' series 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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* Peter Clines's ''Ex-Heroes'' series ''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]].



* ''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 psychological horror.
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** ''Film/WerewolfByNight2022'' is a HalloweenSpecial set in the style of classic Universal Monster movies and Hammer Horror 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 black and white filter.



* ''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.



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* ''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.
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* The episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E15And16TheTerrorBeyond The Terror Beyond]]" of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' 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]].
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': The franchise often dipped into this with the mutations and how serious Shredder could be. The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012]] cartoons were especially notable of this with their DarkerAndEdgier tones.
* The episode "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies What If...? Zombies]]" of ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' 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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* The episode ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' story "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E15And16TheTerrorBeyond The Terror Beyond]]" of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' 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]].
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' franchise often dipped dips into this with the mutations and how serious Shredder could can be. The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012]] cartoons were are especially notable of this with their DarkerAndEdgier tones.
* The episode "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies What If...? Zombies]]" of ''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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* The Brood have a HigherTechSpecies counterpart in ''X-Men'' that are just as horrific in an impersonal way called the Technarc. They're so powerful that The Phalanx, the alien [[UnWillingRoboticization technorganic virus]] that Ultron used to conquer [[GalacticConqueror an entire galaxy]] is [[AlienLunch nothing]] but [[FoodChainOfEvil their food]]. 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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* The Brood have a HigherTechSpecies counterpart in ''X-Men'' that are just as horrific in an impersonal way called the Technarc. They're so powerful that The Phalanx, the alien [[UnWillingRoboticization technorganic virus]] that Ultron used to conquer [[GalacticConqueror an entire galaxy]] is [[AlienLunch as [[ExtremeOmnivore nothing]] but [[FoodChainOfEvil their food]]. 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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* Subverted in ''Wonder Woman Volume 3 #43'' with The Citizenry. The issue starts with The Green Lantern 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.

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* Subverted in ''Wonder Woman Volume 3 #43'' with The Citizenry. The issue starts with The Green Lantern 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 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.
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* Subverted in ''Wonder Woman Volume 3 #43'' with The Citizenry. The issue starts with The Green Lantern 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 but 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 Green Lantern rings. The individual members of this swarm then turn on and cannibalize one another until the [[MiracleGrowMonster remaining survivors are the size of mountains before being extracted from the planet to be used as shock troops on another by planet looters who also begin to integrate the Oan Technology into their weapons systems. The process is implied to repeat until 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 turn the comic from horror story to thriller.

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* Subverted in ''Wonder Woman Volume 3 #43'' with The Citizenry. The issue starts with The Green Lantern 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 but 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 Green Lantern rings. Lanterns. The individual members individuals of this swarm then turn on and cannibalize one another until the [[MiracleGrowMonster [[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 another other worlds by planet looters PlanetLooters who also begin to integrate the Oan Technology into their weapons weapon systems. The process is implied to repeat until 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 Capital]] at the time of the attack]], attack, [[RedemptionPromotion had become.]] The Citizenry are still horrific, but being shown someone who can beat them turn turns the comic from horror story to thriller.
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* Comicbook/{{X-Men}} villains 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]].

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* Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Comicbook/XMen villains 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]].
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* Subverted in ''Wonder Woman Volume 3 #43'' with The Citizenry. The issue starts with The Green Lantern 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 but 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 Green Lantern rings. The individual members of this swarm then turn on and cannibalize one another until the [[MiracleGrowMonster remaining survivors are the size of mountains before being extracted from the planet to be used as shock troops on another by planet looters who also begin to integrate the Oan Technology into their weapons systems. The process is implied to repeat until 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 turn the comic from horror story to thriller.

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