Hey /r/.
I've been compiling a list of various "dark" themed stories, comics and such. Like, apocalyptic, heart-wrenching type stuff, the kind of dark and hopeless stuff that makes you think.
I'll give some examples.
Flashpoint Paradox - So, the flash goes back in time to save his mother, and thus causes ripples in time to change everything just a little bit. By the end of this movie, heroes are picking eachother off in a dead city, and everything looks and feels hopeless. Professor Zoom even gets shot in the head and we see the look of shock on his face as he doens't immediately die- which by itself is also pretty dark.
That one "hentai" comic where Darkseid ends up raping and brainwashing some of the DC heroines and killing the heroes. I can't remember exactly (I'll post a link to it), but I think Batman gets his head torn off, with the spinal cord showing, I think Flash gets impaled.. Anyway,
I'm not just looking for DC-related darkness, but I want some macabre thought-and-fear provoking material I can start a collection with.
Much appreciated. I'll post some of my own stuff, but I don't have much. Anything is appreciated.
Pic related- Professor Zoom got rekt.
http://g.e-hentai.org/g/673378/68e78a0ac9/
Here's the Darkseid Domination comic. If it wasn't already implied, it's NSFW.
It's difficult for me to be totally specific, but I can try to eliminate genres of stuff I am not looking for.
Nothing "weird" or "strange" like Lovecraft's works. Cosmic horrors and the such. I'm looking for end-of-the-world, "Oh God, what have we let happen", "How did it get this way" type of dark stuff.
I'm sorry I can't be more specific. If anyone else has a better idea of this, I would love to hear suggestions.
http://www.crossedcomic.com/
These are some pretty gruesome, dark comics if you haven't seen them. It's pretty apocalyptic, violent, and dark.
Also, I'm not looking for things like "Spider sold his soul to the Devil" or "Our-favorite-heroine-had-a-miscarriage" type of dark.
I'm looking for stuff that effects the whole world.