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** Even the [[Batman (film)|first]] [[Batman Returns|two]] Batman movies with [[Michael Keaton]] were intended to be darker-and-edgier versions of the Dark Knight than the campy [[Adam West]] ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' most people had grown up with, partly in an attempt to cash in on the popularity of ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' comic.
* Indeed, [[The Dark Age of Comic Books]] was an instance of this for the entire American [[Comic Book]] medium.
** [[Alan Moore]], who helped begin the trend with ''[[Watchmen]]'', has shown some regrets over this. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081102030538/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/24222 "The apocalyptic bleakness of comics over the past 15 years sometimes seems odd to me, because it's like that was a bad mood that I was in 15 years ago."]
* The ''[[Transformers]] Generation 2'' comic books, loosed from even the moderate [[Contractual Immortality]] restrictions they had been operating under before, promptly started massacring the cast. Issue #1 cover copy: "This is Not Your Father's Autobot." #2: "Fort Max Gets the Ax." #3: "Killing Frenzy." The characters would also kill without hesitation and use guns that weren't their signature weapons.
* Here's one way to kill the party: Turn [[Fun Personified|cheerful, bouncy]] Robbie Baldwin from the [[Personality Powers|playfully heroic]] Speedball into an apparent murderer with a [[Angst|guilt complex]] worthy of [[Angel]]. Now he calls himself Penance, and wears a suit with 612 built-in points of pain, one for each person killed that day. His new powers can only manifest when he is in pain.
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