| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Joe_the_barbarian_cover_7871.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Meet Joe. He's having trouble keeping a grip on reality.]] |
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| 4 | An eight issue limited series published by Vertigo, written by Grant Morrison, and drawn by Sean Murphy. |
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| 6 | Joe is a boy with problems. His father died in the Iraq War, he's bullied at school, he suffers from Type 1 diabetes, and he and his mother are facing an impending eviction. His only solace is found in his pet rat Jack and his vivid imagination. |
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| 8 | After bullies steal a candy bar that Joe needs to maintain his sugar levels, he began to hallucinate an entirely new world: one of soldier toys, cowardly wizards, nautical dwarves, and a prophesy that foretells the coming of "The Dying Boy". Their world is itself dying from the encroachment of a great darkness-- one that seems strangely familiar to Joe. |
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| 10 | With nothing but a zap gun and and his rat Jack-- now a towering armored warrior wielding [[{{BFS}} an enormous sword]]-- Joe goes on a journey to restore light to the land and return to the world he knows. |
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| 12 | Morrison stated that when writing the story they were aiming for a "real proper kind of 'Lord of the Rings,''Alice in Wonderland' all-ages story for today." |
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| 16 | !!This comic series contains examples of: |
| 17 | %%* ActionGirl: ZYXY |
| 18 | * AdventuresInComaland: The basic concept, as Joe spends most of the story dying of hypoglycemia. |
| 19 | %%* AndYouWereThere |
| 20 | %%* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Several waves of them, made of people Joe had encountered previously]] |
| 21 | * EyepatchOfPower: Draka the pirate wears one. |
| 22 | * TheCameo: Gray Ghost from ''Batman: The Animated Series'' appears in two cameos. |
| 23 | %%* IfIDoNotReturn: Joe attempts this. |
| 24 | %%* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Done in a manner similar to ''Literature/TheIndianInTheCupboard.'' |
| 25 | * OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: The sewer dwarves look fairly conventional, but are submarine-using pirates who eat what they can capture in the drains |
| 26 | * SanitySlippage: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Joe. Whom starts off clearly unwell but slowly regains his sanity. |
| 27 | %%* SplashPanel |
| 28 | * TookALevelInBadass: Chakk/Jack used to be the coward among his brothers, but proves he is a mighty warrior. Joe also takes one as well. |
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