10 Most Messed Up Moments In DC Comics
8. Damian In Death Of The Family
Sometimes, gross-out moments are enough to make a comic seriously messed up. Seeing the child Robin trapped amongst a series of dead birds and bugs, while the Joker plays around with his own skinless face, is very much one of these. Although it isn’t breaking ground in the realm of horror, it’s all unexpected enough to shock you, albeit in the best possible way.
It’s also a moment of horror that very much needed to be had, as prior to that the Joker’s purposefully botched surgery hadn’t really been shown in all its nightmare-inducing glory.
Main’ comic issues can sometimes suffer the fate of being made overly PG to not upset the varying ages amongst its readers, so it’s nice to see risks being taken – even if said risks are super, super gross.