< Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come/YMMV


  • Anvilicious: The series is not exactly subtle in it's themes, metaphors and particularly religious symbolism.
  • Badass Decay: Poor Lobo, getting on in years, has gone from the Main Man to the Main Homer Simpson Lookalike.
  • Chaotic Neutral: The Creeper, of course. The Novelization even states that he switches sides a few times during the final battle before dying in the nuclear blast.
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: Boston Brand's (Deadman) four page cameo. He's even wittier in the Novelization.
    • Magog ended up becoming this for the writers; they initially made him a cliched representation of everything they hated about Nineties Anti-Hero and the the culture he represented, but he gained unexpected depth through the writing of the series until he ended up being one of their favourite characters from it.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Deadman's appearance in this series: he is reduced to his skeleton in his uniform. Now take a look at what his Black Lantern self looks like...
  • Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: The entire Silver Age generation of heroes.
  • Sequelitis: Kingdom Come was followed by The Kingdom, which was... underwhelming.
  • Straw Man Has a Point: From one of the younger heroes...

"Who bagged Eclipso, huh? Who toasted Ra's Al Ghul? Guys like us, that's who! We saved lives, man!"

    • And they also note that the traditional heroes never had to deal with threats like Genosyde and the Murder Squad - if they had a better answer for those situations, the anti-heroes are all ears.
    • When Superman questions Wonder Woman about bringing a lethal weapon (a sword crafted by a diety) to quell a riot, she shoots back that not everyone has built-in deadly powers like heat vision or bullet-proof skin.
  • Stronger with Age: Superman, who is not vulnerable to Kryptonite anymore.
  • Uncanny Valley: Averted, one of the main praises of the painted artwork is how realistic it is.
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