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* ''[[Sandman]]'' does this with every comics, mythological or historical figure Neil Gaiman could work into the story. |
* ''[[Sandman]]'' does this with every comics, mythological or historical figure Neil Gaiman could work into the story. |
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* ''[[Kingdom Come]]'': To some extent, it actually fulfilled the idea of ''Twilight of the Superheroes''. |
* ''[[Kingdom Come]]'': To some extent, it actually fulfilled the idea of ''Twilight of the Superheroes''. |
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** Basically, it starts with the idea "everything ever produced for [[DC Comics]] was canon". All of it, [[Watchmen]], [[Vertigo Comics]], the [[The Bronze Age of Comic Books|experimental comics of]] [[The Seventies]], One shot characters from anthology comics, the [[Super Friends]] Cartoon, all of it. Then, it took all the [[The Dark Age of Comic Books|contemporary trends in comics]], morally questionable storylines, [[Badass]] [[Nineties Anti |
** Basically, it starts with the idea "everything ever produced for [[DC Comics]] was canon". All of it, [[Watchmen]], [[Vertigo Comics]], the [[The Bronze Age of Comic Books|experimental comics of]] [[The Seventies]], One shot characters from anthology comics, the [[Super Friends]] Cartoon, all of it. Then, it took all the [[The Dark Age of Comic Books|contemporary trends in comics]], morally questionable storylines, [[Badass]] [[Nineties Anti-Hero|Nineties Anti Heroes]], heroes and villains being [[Anti-Hero Substitute|replaced]] with [[Darker and Edgier]] [[Legacy Character|Legacy Characters]], and extrapolate them to their logical extremes. Then it took the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Generation of superheroes, and brought their powers to logical extremes, added biblical themes, and gave it to us in a photo-realistic "painted" style to make it more realistic, and disturbing. It certainly counts. |
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* ''[[Planetary]]'' did this with various fiction characters and genres. Most of the characters there are pastiches or [[Captain Ersatz|Captain Ersatzs]], and most genres are deconstructed in self-containing stories, regardless of the series' [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] premise. |
* ''[[Planetary]]'' did this with various fiction characters and genres. Most of the characters there are pastiches or [[Captain Ersatz|Captain Ersatzs]], and most genres are deconstructed in self-containing stories, regardless of the series' [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] premise. |
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* J.Michael Straszynski's unfinished series ''[[The Twelve]]'' did this with [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|twelve]] various WWII-era Timely Comics superheroes, exploring the differences between modern and 1940s culture. |
* J.Michael Straszynski's unfinished series ''[[The Twelve]]'' did this with [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|twelve]] various WWII-era Timely Comics superheroes, exploring the differences between modern and 1940s culture. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* The novel [ |
* The novel [[wikipedia:Silverlock|Silverlock]] contains characters and settings from Beowulf, Don Quixote, and countless others. |
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* Jonathan Swift wrote the satirical tract [ |
* Jonathan Swift wrote the satirical tract [[wikipedia:Tale of a Tub|A Tale of a Tub]] in 1694. It does this with [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]] of different sects of Christianity, deconstructing what Swift saw as the "flaws" in each. |
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* The [[Neil Gaiman]] novel ''[[American Gods (Literature)|American Gods]]'' does this, along with a healthy dose of [[All Myths Are True]]. |
* The [[Neil Gaiman]] novel ''[[American Gods (Literature)|American Gods]]'' does this, along with a healthy dose of [[All Myths Are True]]. |
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* This trope, combined with the [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]], is the main premise of many works taking place in [[Philip Jose Farmer|Philip José Farmer's]] Wold Newton Universe. |
* This trope, combined with the [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]], is the main premise of many works taking place in [[Philip Jose Farmer|Philip José Farmer's]] Wold Newton Universe. |
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