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Deader Than Disco: Surprisingly, no. This is one of the few Dark Age comics that people remember fondly, mostly because it was incredibly well crafted and a good deal deeper than most of what came out.
He Panned It, Now He Sucks: Linkara got some heat for his comments on the series while reviewing the anthology one-shot Darker Image #1. He didn't even insult it - he just admitted to having no clue what was going on (and given he was reviewing a small sample of the series and apparently hadn't had much exposure to the rest...).
High Octane Nightmare Fuel Mr. Gone, including some of his stages of decomposition, the dark Isz, the dying rabbit under little Julie's bed that keeps scratching and scratching, a baby with his eyes removed and the sockets sewn back up, retrieving severed toes and fingers from inside the "fairies" that have eaten them.
Misaimed Fandom: Mr. Gone is often quoted for saying "Of course I have a problem with women. Everybody has a problem with women. Because women taunt, and tease, and are attractive, and punish you for being attracted," which some fans find to be insightful and accurate. In fact, Mr. Gone is a rapist, and this attitude was intended as a representation of how a rapist thinks.
Moral Event Horizon: Though the first Story Arc (the one adapted into the tv series), did not make this explicit, Mr. Gone literally rapes several women during his villain career. A later Story Arc of the Comic Book dealt with this and his reasons for doing it in a way that transcended cliche.
Seasonal Rot: The comic series went downhill fast after issue 21. Mr. Gone's Character Development was perhaps the only good thing to come of it.

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