10 Most Brutal Villain Beatdowns In All Of Comics

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The most brutal times supervillains got what was coming to them.
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  • @MrMoros1
    @MrMoros1 Жыл бұрын

    My personal favorite was a fight between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus. Doc Ock made the mistake of horribly beating Black Cat and Spidey went BALLISTIC on him. The beating was so vicious that the guy not only needed physical recovery, but time in a psych ward to cope with a new and crippling case of arachnophobia.

  • @JoeFanik

    @JoeFanik

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you know the name of the comic where this happened? I want to see that so badly

  • @MrMoros1

    @MrMoros1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JoeFanik Spectacular Spider Man Issue #76. It's an older comic so the violence is still pretty tame, but the fact that Spidey legit stopped holding back for a little while still speaks volumes. And Octavius was feeling the effects of that arachnophobia for years until Spidey let him beat him in a mock hand-to-hand fight.

  • @sinsear1071

    @sinsear1071

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed that beatdown was epic in every aspect for the physical and psychological hurt Spiderman put on Doc Ock.

  • @zkeletonz001
    @zkeletonz001 Жыл бұрын

    I know it's a movie and not a comic, but the line, "I'm not arresting you anymore," was a great one in a bad guy beatdown.

  • @JSGypsum

    @JSGypsum

    11 ай бұрын

    what movie was that in

  • @zkeletonz001

    @zkeletonz001

    11 ай бұрын

    @@JSGypsum RoboCop

  • @davidv5995
    @davidv5995 Жыл бұрын

    Bendis' Daredevil brutal beat down of Bullseye in DD #49 was amazing. When I saw the title of this video, I knew this story had to be included. The Kingpin beating was great too, but the way DD just tore Bullseye apart physically and psychology, was the best.

  • @gfcancio
    @gfcancio Жыл бұрын

    The Harley Quinn fight against Joker I feel was the most unbelieveable of the bunch. I loved the Davedevil beatdown of Kingpin, such a long time coming. Spidey v. Goblin after Gwen died was just a classic. Batman v. Joker during Knightfall was insane and left off this list.

  • @johngeverett

    @johngeverett

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I really enjoyed how Davedevil (Daredevil's cousin in Philly) whupped up on the bad guys! 😀

  • @gilbertjimenez9853

    @gilbertjimenez9853

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel that Superior Spider-Man tossing a beating to Wolverine deserves an honorable mention on this list. If for no other reason than to highlight the amount of restraint he's always putting forth. To my recollection he even threw Wolverine through unbreakable glass at some point too, prior to being taken over by Osborne. Definitely worthy mentions.

  • @lawrencetalbot8346
    @lawrencetalbot8346 Жыл бұрын

    I miss the old X-23. She was absolutely ruthless.

  • @ellnats

    @ellnats

    Жыл бұрын

    what are you a DC snyder fan?

  • @jacksithlord1301

    @jacksithlord1301

    Жыл бұрын

    HA

  • @4ArchieLee

    @4ArchieLee

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol old?

  • @Gadget-Walkmen

    @Gadget-Walkmen

    Жыл бұрын

    She was an animal. a beast whose barely human.

  • @ellnats

    @ellnats

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Gadget-Walkmen you sound like every mutant hating bigot

  • @robbrindisi4364
    @robbrindisi4364 Жыл бұрын

    I really don't see anything wrong when Spidey best the shit out of kingpin

  • @TheMeanGreenGoblin
    @TheMeanGreenGoblin Жыл бұрын

    One of my all time favorites was during No Man's Land. The Joker was sabotaging Lex Luthor's work sites hoping to draw out Batman. A shadow looms behind him. He turns with a smile, expecting to see Bats. Instead it's Bane. Luthor hired him to protect his interests in Gotham. It doesn't go well for the Joker. Bane beats the living shit out of him.

  • @atomicgator5207
    @atomicgator5207 Жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite classic beatdowns is when Spidey rips off Doc Octs arms after the doc almost kills Black Cat.

  • @NORMAN728
    @NORMAN728 Жыл бұрын

    I remember Spider-Man willow beating sin eater to death over Jean dewolff it took daredevil calling him by his first name to stop him.

  • @Bluesit32

    @Bluesit32

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah, Daredevil had to call him by his first name to get him to help stop a lynch mob that was coming to kill Sin Eater.

  • @docblade3270

    @docblade3270

    Жыл бұрын

    Old school memory!

  • @AgentAshe
    @AgentAshe Жыл бұрын

    Damn. I thought we'd get Magneto beating Red Skull to death with a cinder block.

  • @superstarthomas
    @superstarthomas Жыл бұрын

    Kind of awesome that Spider-man has to remind characters like Kingpin he doesn't have to do much to put him down. Morlun found out the hard way when Spider-man release his true form and deck him in seconds. I guess Spider-man really dose have a spider form.

  • @ryanwalsh5019
    @ryanwalsh5019 Жыл бұрын

    Invincible has some really good ones, especially the final fight against Thragg.

  • @ELPIRATA14BERT
    @ELPIRATA14BERT Жыл бұрын

    Spider Man's beat down of Fire Lord was brutal 😂😂 Spidey didn't even know he had it in him

  • @EvanH1122
    @EvanH1122 Жыл бұрын

    I like the one where batman is overlooking superman beating the shit out of a villain and decides to let Clark do whatever he feels is right

  • @Bluesit32
    @Bluesit32 Жыл бұрын

    The best part about number one is that Joker didn't do it. He just found him like that. Which, I think, is why he wasn't keen on explaining himself. If Batman killed Joker for something he hadn't even done...well, that's just funny. I have to chide you, however, with you Spider-Man pick. Sure, he beat Goblin up a bit...but what about Stanley Carter, aka Sin-Eater? It was BAD. Bad enough to cripple, deafen, and induce minor brain damage. And it didn't even end there. When a crowd tried to lynch Stanley Carter, he was going to just let it happen, even as Daredevil was getting overwhelmed.

  • @Gadget-Walkmen

    @Gadget-Walkmen

    Жыл бұрын

    Come on, Spider-man didn't just "beat Goblin up a bit", he beat him a WHOLE ton in that comic, if Goblin wasn't super-powered at that moment and just a normal human, he would have died from the beaten. That's just fact right there! WAY more of a beating Goblin "up a bit" at all.

  • @ellnats
    @ellnats Жыл бұрын

    Black Panther: klaw, one question, do you have any children? Klaw: no, i dont Black Panther: good.......... because i would have to kill them two

  • @Grandflea02

    @Grandflea02

    Жыл бұрын

    Too* Sorry.

  • @darthwiizius

    @darthwiizius

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Grandflea02 Twins?

  • @TheFirstCurse1

    @TheFirstCurse1

    Жыл бұрын

    Too* Not sorry

  • @thomasstevens1157
    @thomasstevens1157 Жыл бұрын

    Not exactly a beatdown, but the most visceral moment in comics is Colossus breaking Riptide's neck... then telling Harpoon to make peace with his gods because he's next. (Harpoon didn't stick around to find out.)

  • @davidweaver766
    @davidweaver766 Жыл бұрын

    Missing Colossus beating Ord from Astonishing X-men. “I am not made of metal, I am made of RAGE!) Colossus

  • @ignacio3890

    @ignacio3890

    Жыл бұрын

    That's be to look like a bad boy in front of kitty...

  • @kenosgaming9937
    @kenosgaming9937 Жыл бұрын

    Was expecting Moon Knight vs Bushman in here but I guess Moon Knight took more damage than the other heroes did on this list in these fights.

  • @timrice8041
    @timrice8041 Жыл бұрын

    What about the fight when the Joker dies by snapping his own neck after Batman's beaten him quadriplegic in The Tunnel Of Love. (The Dark Knight Returns) That's tough to beat. Good list though :)

  • @ghostchaser1631

    @ghostchaser1631

    Жыл бұрын

    He also chucked a batarang through Joker's eye earlier in the fight (without instantly killing him somehow), after which Joker had the audacity to ask Batman if he was out of his mind. Yeah, like Joker should be the one to ask that question.

  • @AG-od3dc

    @AG-od3dc

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree. Batman's assault on Joker in Knightfall was legendary too.

  • @l3k446
    @l3k446 Жыл бұрын

    Invincible beating down on Angstrom Levy and Conquest

  • @tjjohnson1675
    @tjjohnson1675 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite beat down was when half Of Batman rogue gallery beat up the joker who was threatening to blow up a orphanage I think the one who did it where Catwoman Scarecrow Riddler and a few other villains who had rough childhood avoid destroying orphanages when the joker threaten to do so well they beat the brakes off him and left him for the GCPD 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @robertnelson9599

    @robertnelson9599

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds about right.

  • @GabrielMichaelDels

    @GabrielMichaelDels

    Жыл бұрын

    Mmm.... extra tasty.

  • @ripleyfry2107

    @ripleyfry2107

    Жыл бұрын

    "Just cause we're bad guys, doesn't mean we're bad, guys"

  • @keithharrissuwignjo2460

    @keithharrissuwignjo2460

    Жыл бұрын

    When did this happen?

  • @jahimuddin2306

    @jahimuddin2306

    Жыл бұрын

    Batman would have just let him do it.

  • @LimpPand
    @LimpPand Жыл бұрын

    2:46 Damn! T'Challa went full Mexican Cartel with that message.

  • @docblade3270
    @docblade3270 Жыл бұрын

    When spider got the rino and scorpion in the clone saga, he broke them like never before and when wolvie fought sabertooth for the chance to be an apocalipse knight, he ripped his guts!

  • @Courier-Six
    @Courier-Six Жыл бұрын

    I'd have probably put batman beating Joe Chill as number one. Can't remember the run it happenned in but Batman breaks into joe chills apartment over and over again beating the hell out of him before revealing he is Bruce Wayne and that joe chill created Batman, a secret he must take to his grave or every villain in Gotham would want to take a piece out of him.

  • @garrettadyns3927
    @garrettadyns3927 Жыл бұрын

    That specific bats Vs joker is an absolute beat down, and the movie did an astounding job of showing it too

  • @ObsidianLife
    @ObsidianLife Жыл бұрын

    I’ve always thought it was hilarious that Batman won’t kill people but he’ll definitely beat the shit out of them, give them permanent injuries, potentially cripple them and definitely give them CTE. 🤣

  • @THEDOPESHOW_FrankMidnight
    @THEDOPESHOW_FrankMidnight Жыл бұрын

    Great list, the Kingpin seems to work the nerves of all the wrong people.😀

  • @dorkknight7973
    @dorkknight7973 Жыл бұрын

    During the Batman one Jason was probably somewhere asking Tommy Elliott "must feel good" too be so close to Batman he nearly killed the Joker for you seemingly being killed Tommy: what are you talking about? Red Hood: let's just say when the time came he didn't use that same energy for me Tommy: ???

  • @dylanogg347
    @dylanogg347 Жыл бұрын

    "I cannot, I will not accept responsibility for the Joker. Except that I should have killed him long ago."

  • @herbg4866
    @herbg4866 Жыл бұрын

    Batman vs Deacon Blackfire in Batman: The cult. Love it after that journey

  • @theretrobro3826
    @theretrobro3826 Жыл бұрын

    We're gonna need a follow-up list to this topic because there are a few big ones missing

  • @suleymanbabak1973
    @suleymanbabak1973 Жыл бұрын

    this was back when reading Daredevil was a blast.

  • @Sunprism
    @Sunprism Жыл бұрын

    I have pledged myself, anytime it's mentioned, to mention it myself. One More Day is the Worst thing that ever happened to the Spider-man comics, Very much including both clone sagas

  • @neonicon8500
    @neonicon8500 Жыл бұрын

    I forgot WhatCulture was even a thing. Could you imagine having your nose bit off though?

  • @shanecampbell7423
    @shanecampbell7423 Жыл бұрын

    Daredevil could be on this list 2 or 3 more times and few would argue. The thumbnail is him owning Mysterio, and I really thought that would be here.

  • @docblade3270
    @docblade3270 Жыл бұрын

    You could do the contrary: when villains beat heroes!

  • @TitularHeroine

    @TitularHeroine

    Жыл бұрын

    They'd probably put Joker vs Jason Todd on that list

  • @WraythSkitzofrenik
    @WraythSkitzofrenik Жыл бұрын

    The moments that make you avert your eyes...or cry out "FINALLY".

  • @JSGypsum
    @JSGypsum11 ай бұрын

    the one of joker at the end is insane cause joker getting beaten down can often be seen laughing but in this he is begging batman to stop

  • @christianvoorhees69
    @christianvoorhees69 Жыл бұрын

    Spawn Vs Kincaid & Clark Vs Zod should've gotten a mention

  • @BestWayKilla

    @BestWayKilla

    Жыл бұрын

    Boys Screamed And Girls Screamed So I Made Him Scream And Scream And Scream

  • @ryleeguy2763
    @ryleeguy2763 Жыл бұрын

    Be like a lawyer to beat you up with his words.

  • @MegaHentai00
    @MegaHentai00 Жыл бұрын

    I take it no one at WhatCulture has read Marshall Law.

  • @alfomar
    @alfomar2 ай бұрын

    You forgot the meanest, brutal, vicious and humiliating beat down of all... Hyde vs Invisible Man, from League of extraordinary gentlemen

  • @jeromewagschal9485
    @jeromewagschal9485 Жыл бұрын

    I still don't understand how the Purple Man survived...Well, I guess he must be "enhanced" somehow... Because someone like Luke Cage who can lift 50 tons punching another guy a couple of times would be enough to kill him... I mean, Captain America stopped him before he went there...But still...

  • @-castradomis-1773
    @-castradomis-1773 Жыл бұрын

    Surprised there wasn't any Invincible on the list. Mark vs. Conquest fights were straight up nasty!

  • @JLeeeP
    @JLeeeP Жыл бұрын

    No one recoils in horror at a comic book.

  • @TheBermudaMan
    @TheBermudaMan Жыл бұрын

    What's missing from this list is a beatdown from a _real_ superpowered entity - namely Superman. When Lobo first encountered Superman, he was able to reduce Supes into a bloody pulp, all the time mocking him about how he "fights like a butler." This is why a lot of especially powerful supervillains tend to get the upper hand in a brawl with Superman; he holds himself back too much for his own good, to the point where most of them dismiss him as an overrated boy scout. But on those times Superman is pushed past the breaking point (yes, it's happened - in his own way, he's just as human as the rest of us), it doesn't matter who you are; Lex Luthor, the Batman Who Laughs, or Darkseid himself. It's GAME OVER. You see, Superman wouldn't just beat the living snot out of you. He knows how to apply his superpowers to make you especially sorry for pissing him off. _He can actually use his heat vision to dissect specific parts of your brain._ Superman wouldn't have to worry about breaking his "never kill" rule if he technically left you alive, i.e., turned you into a drooling mental infant. The Elite found that out the hard way. That's why any supervillain who deliberately taunts Superman into fighting dirty can only be a raging retard.

  • @thicctree7620
    @thicctree7620 Жыл бұрын

    This is epic

  • @zev2x762

    @zev2x762

    Жыл бұрын

    YOU'RE EPIC!!!

  • @jasonamrhein9593
    @jasonamrhein9593 Жыл бұрын

    Sooner or later, however powerful, every villain needs to get his comeuppance.

  • @Martynde
    @Martynde Жыл бұрын

    Do younger readers not read comic books from before they were born?

  • @24Ippo

    @24Ippo

    Жыл бұрын

    what's left to read, the 80's are too old for them and the 90's.........stay away from the 90's comics, the edginess of that era was off the chart.

  • @petebowman6275
    @petebowman6275 Жыл бұрын

    Spiderman VS the Doc. Octopus when he ripped off his arms. THAT was brutal.

  • @Sorcererzz
    @Sorcererzz Жыл бұрын

    Batman vs KGbeast is another good one

  • @strikermodel
    @strikermodel Жыл бұрын

    Number 9 is about as extreme as it gets. The needless slaughter of an entire people/invasion force, then writing in their blood on a ship tne rest won't even see

  • @Sunprism
    @Sunprism Жыл бұрын

    Black Panther vs Red Skull. Tells him at the beginning of the fight he's going to break his jaw, then a page or two later, that red jaw is hanging Half off

  • @troyhm6936
    @troyhm6936 Жыл бұрын

    Like when Spider-Man ripped Doc Ock's mechanical arms off when Black Cat got shot.

  • @brandonscott5544
    @brandonscott5544 Жыл бұрын

    Doses it HOLD BACK ANYLONGER 🔥

  • @jordanloux3883
    @jordanloux3883 Жыл бұрын

    You know, with all the times Fisk has gotten beaten to mush by supers, it's a wonder he has any authority at all...

  • @ellnats
    @ellnats Жыл бұрын

    honestly, super heroes should only do this if there was no other choice

  • @raymond-thecrumpledlecturer
    @raymond-thecrumpledlecturer Жыл бұрын

    Spider-man beating either Iron Man 2020, Firelord or Titania would be worthy entries as well.

  • @solomonlind5875
    @solomonlind5875 Жыл бұрын

    The punisher beat a slaver against a bulletproof window until the window popped! Ennis!

  • @12thMandalorian
    @12thMandalorian Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see The Boys get included on this video 🙌🏻

  • @mortonbeard2240
    @mortonbeard2240 Жыл бұрын

    Wolverine in the sub-basement of the Hellfire club. Spiderman was my favorite, but I got tired of him having to hold back. In the 80 i only collected Ironman and Daredevil.

  • @daviddavid5880
    @daviddavid5880 Жыл бұрын

    Ah, the eternal comic Variable Force Punch. Hero X can punch through a brick wall with skull-popping force, but can only severely beat a villain. It's like Roger Rabbit and the handcuffs.

  • @wolfbro82
    @wolfbro82 Жыл бұрын

    Wolverine and Sabertooth???

  • @Whalewraith
    @Whalewraith Жыл бұрын

    Well I know this is a list about bad guy beat downs but have you seen what Morlun did to Spidey in #526? The fact that eating Peters eye (seriously) isn't the half of it shows how serious the fight was, and it pretty much goes on for the entire issue.

  • @liquidlen2
    @liquidlen2 Жыл бұрын

    Silver Surfer vs Tyros in FF #260. Surfer flew by on his board and picked Tyros up BY HIS BEARD like he was nothin'.

  • @derp-construction3341
    @derp-construction3341 Жыл бұрын

    You left out Squirrel Girl vs. Thanos, Iron Man, Dr. Doom, Deadpool, . . .

  • @hunterrousseau3770
    @hunterrousseau3770 Жыл бұрын

    No. 6, guess he kinda had it coming after what he did to his wife Jess

  • @Martynde
    @Martynde Жыл бұрын

    WhatCulture Comics say “all of comics” but really they mean “exclusively Marvel and DC, intentionally ignoring all the others”.

  • @thebaconkingakatimboyles4333
    @thebaconkingakatimboyles4333 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed it

  • @dmytrandr
    @dmytrandr Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, that whole "not killing thing" in Marvel and DC comics always annoyed the hell out of me.

  • @johngeverett
    @johngeverett Жыл бұрын

    So what's with the frame of Spider-Man(?) punching Mysterio as the pic in my feed? Nothing in the video about Mysterio. (Did I miss it??)

  • @BLAKPIXEL98
    @BLAKPIXEL98 Жыл бұрын

    I liked one more day....

  • @localdumbass9355
    @localdumbass9355 Жыл бұрын

    You missed the chance to say "if you step on the spider's web, you're gonna get bit"

  • @christianrapper

    @christianrapper

    Жыл бұрын

    Not really

  • @calvinmobley9628
    @calvinmobley9628 Жыл бұрын

    Nah Billy butchers most brutal moment is when he kills Jack from jupiter. That shit was disturbing.

  • @ellbent
    @ellbent Жыл бұрын

    The Boys comic beating Stormfront: An Allies vs Axis allegory The Boys show beating Stormfront: Girls getting it done

  • @ginofrancejr555
    @ginofrancejr555 Жыл бұрын

    Wait is this Josh from panels to pixels

  • @spdepew
    @spdepew Жыл бұрын

    Dr Doom rippng Thanos' spine out? from the front?

  • @darkblu117zcrookedneck8
    @darkblu117zcrookedneck8 Жыл бұрын

    I like that two Heroes have same villain like Spider-Man & Daredevil vs Kingpin and the Fantastic Four & Iron-Man vs Dr.Doom. I wounder who else has that 2 Heroes has one Villain?

  • @solomonlind5875
    @solomonlind5875 Жыл бұрын

    What culture. That explains it! Props on recognizing ing Ennis but epic fail on your picks the preacher series alone has more ruthlessness alone then everything you named.

  • @christianvoorhees69
    @christianvoorhees69 Жыл бұрын

    It feels like leaving out the factor of Pete's Black suit in One More Day seems a lil misleading

  • @rachelskit
    @rachelskit Жыл бұрын

    What about World Breaker Hulk vs Black Bolt?

  • @andrewaugustus9481
    @andrewaugustus9481 Жыл бұрын

    Bullsyeye killed two women DD loved. You forgot Karen?

  • @patrickradcliffe3837
    @patrickradcliffe3837 Жыл бұрын

    You missed the Dark Knight Rises Bat's not only beats down the Joker, but also the mutey gang leader.

  • @mattsa9540
    @mattsa9540 Жыл бұрын

    This isn't a supervillain but in Jojo's bizzare adventure golden wind. The character Cioccolata gets beaten but by Giorno Giovanni's stand. The beatup took a total 7 pages out of the volume. The manga is 21 pages meaning the writers dedicated 1/3rd of the book beating the absolute shit out of Cioccolata

  • @moongoosemcqueen
    @moongoosemcqueen Жыл бұрын

    Didn't do the spider-man one justice, he told him how he was going go kill him and grabbed him by his skin and chest muscles and place his wrist up to his open mouth and explain he(kingpin dies when she does)

  • @seanodonnell30
    @seanodonnell30 Жыл бұрын

    No love for Deadpool beating Flagsmasher within an inch of his life for attempting to kill his daughter?

  • @metalministershow
    @metalministershow Жыл бұрын

    Oof right off the bat with an error. The beatdown came from the Back in Black arc, not the One More Day abomination.

  • @UNV-dk7xk
    @UNV-dk7xk Жыл бұрын

    What about antman beating Dr doom in FF

  • @gregyork1220
    @gregyork1220 Жыл бұрын

    King Thor vs Donald Blake

  • @timedragon5492
    @timedragon5492 Жыл бұрын

    Odd how Mysterio is in the thumbnail but nowhere on the list.

  • @alternativebeel852
    @alternativebeel852 Жыл бұрын

    Purple guy!

  • @samuelwoodouse4482
    @samuelwoodouse4482 Жыл бұрын

    Would not be surprised if half of these were spiderman

  • @kharijordan6426
    @kharijordan6426 Жыл бұрын

    Did hark eye ever fight bullseye?

  • @24Ippo
    @24Ippo Жыл бұрын

    Actually this list is all over the place, my favorite one is not even on this list, it was about Batman beating Mad hatter, MH used his own special tea to go berserk and killed his girlfriend (which finally learnt the truth about Bruce) at the time then Batman beat him so bad that he broke too many of his bones to count just to end up throwing him on the bat signal of the GCPD. Batman won't kill you but he knows how to put you in a state where dying would be a bliss.

  • @senkuo8730
    @senkuo8730 Жыл бұрын

    You should consider invincible

  • @dontaylor4501
    @dontaylor4501 Жыл бұрын

    How could you forget Captain America beating the sh$t out of Professor Power ?!

  • @joebloker8585
    @joebloker8585 Жыл бұрын

    It’s not a whatculture list unless “tastes like chicken” is on it

  • @studentmoviesandvibes1671
    @studentmoviesandvibes1671 Жыл бұрын

    hows that a low for daredevil? feels fair

  • @jeremyrichard2722
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    Hmmm, I think this should probably be titled "the 10 most brutal villain beatdowns in mainstream Marvel and DC comics". The reason is simply that I'm what used to be called "Middle Aged" (mid 40s) but now for some reason is supposed to be what an Ocogenerian used to be. As someone who grew up with comics and maintained what was an unusual interest in them for a long time even when it was unpopular, I sort of went into this expecting something new, or some obscure information to be shared, given how deep this could go. Rather it's sort of a list of well known and classic moments. See back in the 1990s a lot of good stuff was produced, but also shovel loads of "follow the leader" pointlessly edgy garbage. As you might guess this involved a lot of super heroes who did absolutely horrendous stuff to "the bad guys". Even if we omit the garbage you have to consider that comics that were really popular at the time like "The Authority" and it's precursor "Stormwatch" outdid this regularly. Given that "The Authority" is apparently getting a treatment by James Gunn, and is becoming somewhat well known again in comics circles, I at least expected a few "Wildstorm" bits. Or at least events from Marvel and DC's "M" rated titles. To put this into perspective, in one comic "The Authority" is fighting what amounts to an army of genetically modified super humans who all vaguely reference popular Marvel characters. Despite the amusement factor for the reader, this is handled somwhat seriously in world as to them it's just a bunch of bad guys. At any rate two of the first gay characters in mainstream comics were Apollo and The Midnighter, as this is a DC published title at this point they aren't even really disguising that they themselves are vague analogies to Superman and Batman respectively... albeit spliced with some other things. At any rate a Thor expy called "Thunder God" lands some big hits on Apollo during the fight as I recall, so when he's brought down finally "the Authority" leave him for some reason, which is basically The Midnighter (Apollo's boyfriend) running him down with a post driver as he's trying to crawl away and pretty much executing him by driving a giant log up his posterior. While they show some gory and crazy stuff in these titles (this is actually a little passe) I used it as an example of a fairly well known at the time example of "super hero brutality" that should warrant consideration... because let's be honest, that's all kinds of messed up in ways beyond just a lot of blood splatter, or even ripping someone's spine out. Not to mention even omitting non DC and Marvel titles, some of the stuff characters like "The Punisher" and "Deadpool" have gotten up to, sort of eclipse a lot of these moments, or at least in my opinion, sadly I don't have a large comics collection anymore to share some of those moments for those who missed them and derive some etertainment from it.

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