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* While the first two volumes of ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' were definitely deconstructions of Victorian adventure fiction (and for that matter, the concept of the [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]), ''The Black Dossier'' seems a reconstruction of the concept (though in doing so, it becomes a deconstruction of 20th century fiction). If you aren't somewhat confused, then [[Alan Moore]] hasn't done his job.
** And even the first two books were a reconstruction in their own way. Sure, Moore brought on all kinds of moral ambiguity and tossed aside typical Victorian ideals, but at the same time he was taking some of the most awesome literary characters of the time and giving them their full due. It had been a long, long time since Fu Manchu had been anything but a parody.
* A lot of smaller conventions of the superhero genre were deconstructed during the [[Bronze Age]] and reconstructed during the [[Dark Age]]. For one example, Genre: [[Superheroes Wear Capes]] because of the [[Rule of Cool]]. Decon: [[Watchmen (comics)|Capes are silly stuff that's just for show and can get in the way,]] therefore practical superheroes don't wear capes. Recon: [[Superheroes Wear Capes]] for variety of useful purposes, or are given explanations deeper than the [[Rule of Cool]].
** Also, Genre: Heroes don't kil because of the [[Comics Code Authority]]. Decon: Superheroes kill, and those who don't wind up getting beaten by the villain. Recon: Superheroes don't kill because they are not police or military and therefore don't have the legal authority to kill.
* ''[[Captain Atom]]: Armageddon'' was this as well. By the time it came out, the [[Wildstorm]] characters had come to embody all the excesses of the [[Dark Age]], so DC brought [[Captain Atom]], who, while [[Deconstructor Fleet|hardly what you'd call a traditional superhero]], nonetheless was a much more [[The Cape (trope)|wholesome, positive character]] to set the [[Wildstorm]] Universe to rights.
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