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=== Tropes included: ===
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Private Eye's parents.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Marshal Law himself.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Law himself. He thinks that heroes with actual powers are phonies because they're never in any real danger.
** Well, he's more of [[Badass Abnormal]] as he was subjected to the same [[Super Serum]] treatment that produced all supers, just failed to draw the best ticket at the [[Superpower Lottery]].
*** Law came out of the procedure with moderately superhuman strength, speed & durability as well as a low level [[Healing Factor]]. Due to his opinion on supers he's not big on bragging about it... but it is mentioned in his narration.
* [[Beware the Superman]]
* [[Body Horror]]: At virtually every opportunity.
* [[The Big Guy]]:Kiloton.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Public Spirit ([[Superman]]), Private Eye ([[Batman]]) and The Persecutor ([[The Punisher]]) all appear, but in a twisted fashion, emphasizing the sadistic or tragic aspects of the characters.
** Later we are introduced to the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] Jesus Society of America (JSA), the predecessor to the Jesus League of America, featuring Public Spirit (here being more like [[Captain America (comics)]]), Private Dick (Bucky/Robin), Miss Victory ([[Wonder Woman]]), Tomcat (Wildcat), the Blue Battery ([[Green Lantern]]), the Lightning Streaker ([[The Flash]]), Hyperman (Hourman), G-Man (Starman), and a bunch of other nameless ones. And where the more modern heroes are [[Darker and Edgier]], these guys are incompetent, condescending, and anything but heroic.
** Similarly, the League of Heroes ([[The Legion of Super Heroes]]).
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'm a Hero Hunter. I hunt heroes. Haven't found any yet."
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** Dark age heroes: Violent, brutal, and psyotic murderers who aren't that different from the villains they fight. Also, their violent ways even serve to inspire more villains. However, they're acknowledged as psychologically scarred humans who can even portray themselves, and their victims, as sympathetic. It's even pointed out that Marhsal Law's barbed wire can be seen as a symbol of penance for his actions.
* [[During the War]]
* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]
* [["Growing Muscles" Sequence]] as some superheroes "pump ions" to gain bulk
* [[Gorn]]
* [[Hollywood California]]: Subverted, mainly because after Twenty Minutes into the Future, San Francisco has been hit by a huge earthquake which largely destroyed the city, leaving miles of it still in ruins years afterward.
* [[Legacy Character]]: The American Spirit has [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]], modern, and outer space incarnations that have all run afoul of Marshall Law
* [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche]]: Marshall Law combines attributes of all three.
* [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]: Marshal Law himself, and in [[The Eighties]] no less. Wearing full bondage gear and with a <s> barbed wire tattoo</s> actual barbed wire along his arm...
** Also the Secret Tribunal, which is a parody of the X-Men.
* [[Once an Episode]]: At least once an issue, Marshal Law says his catchphrase
* [[Putting on the Reich]]: As the [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] heroes note, Marshall Law's costume resembles that of a Super-[[Nazi]].
* [[Super Serum]] (and its counterpart, [[Psycho Serum]]): Hyperman, a parody of Hourman, who used pills to get his powers, snuffs a mysterious powder and injects a dodgy liquid into his arm to get his.
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Played with by Private Eye, a Batman expy. He absolutely forbids killing his enemies. He states he will "main, mutiliate, electrocute, gas, or burn them." But he'll ''never'' kill them.
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