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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Holden rescues {{spoiler|Grifter at the end of Point Blank}}.
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Borders on [[Evil Versus Evil]]:
{{quote| '''Veronica''': ''He's a terrorist, Holden. He's destabilized governments across the globe. He's killed innocent people, and God knows what he's done that we don't know about.''<br />
'''Carver''': ''What kind of black ops do you think I did for I.O.? Destabilizing governments, killing innocent people and lots of stuff you really don't want to know about.''<br />
'''Veronica''': ''That's not the same. With I.O. there's a greater purpose...''<br />
'''Carver''': ''Is there? Or is it just covert imperialism? Dead children are still dead children at the end of the day, Veronica... they don't care about the reasons behind it.'' }}
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Miss Misery and Holden Carver
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* [[Fantastic Noir]]: More obvious in Point Blank, but there are definite shades of it throughout.
* [[Flying Car]]:
{{quote| '''Holden''': ''“I hate flying cars. I really do. They’re so super-spy.”''}}
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Especially in volume 2.
* [[Good Guy Bar]]: “The Domino” (formerly called Clark’s and run by an elderly [[Superman]] expy until they had to change their name “for legal reasons.”) Mostly filled with [[Super Zeroes]] and [[Nineties Anti-Hero|90s antiheroes]].
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* [[Smug Super]]
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]:
{{quote| ''“There was a hierarchy. TAO, of course, was at the top of the pyramid, and just under him were the Prodigals – his three closest agents. If anyone knew TAO’s motives, it was probably them. Beneath the Prodigals were the Torpedoes. Which is what I was, sort of a lieutenant in the organization. There were maybe 30 of us. In between missions we did as we pleased, answering only to the four people above us. Under the torpedoes were the Blackguards – Our soldiers. These guys[[[[Mooks]] followed orders and kept the peace among the rank and file.}} [[Elite Mooks|Higher level Blackguards, like the ones that caught me and Genocide red-handed, reported directly to TAO.]] And below them was [[Punch Clock Villain|everyone else]] – the Quislings. These guys were small-time post human crooks, some working just the odd mission here or there, and some eventually [[Klingon Promotion|moving up the chain]].” '' }}
* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Shows up from time to time, particularly when someone has to scale a building.
* [[Superman Stays Out of Gotham]]: The events are [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] as being beneath the notice of the more public superhuman teams like [[The Authority]].
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