What is the most disturbing comic you have ever read?

[Slewo.O]

And no it CAN'T be a Gail comic. :) This is a bit of a tribute to Secret Six I surmise...

For my money I guess it'd have to be Existence 2.0 or Batman Arkham Asylum.

[Gail Simone]

The first time I read Gyo, I had nightmares about it for a long time.

I actually think it's one of Junji Ito's lesser works by a long shot, but the central premise (undead marine life like sharks, fish and eels gaining robotic limbs to come on land and kill people) was just such hardcore nightmare feul that it really hit hard.

The other is probably Alan Moore's Brought To Light, terrifying real world stuff.

[leafinsectman]

Batman Arkham Asylum.

I didn't find this disturbing. Did I not get it or something? Crap, I gotta read this again.

I can't think of anything. Its mostly been fun. Maybe I've just been staying away from disturbing stuff. I heard Secret Six is pretty messed up though so I gotta check it out.

[Slewo.O]

I didn't find this disturbing. Did I not get it or something? Crap, I gotta read this again.

I can't think of anything. Its mostly been fun. Maybe I've just been staying away from disturbing stuff. I heard Secret Six is pretty messed up though so I gotta check it out.

Well it's got some really creepy shit in there. I guess the other would be Casanova. God knows what lies inside Matt Fraction's brain and god help me if I have to find out. :scared:

[leafinsectman]

Casanova

Another book I gotta pick up. Oh hey, now its coloured woooooooo!!

[danlomb]

BLACK HOLE

LIKE A VELVET GLOVE CAST IN IRON

PIM & FRANCIE: THE GOLDEN BEAR DAYS

shudder... but in a good way.

[Cassandra]

Bondage Fairies. ... For obvious reasons.

[Linkara]

Uzumaki. The snails. The mushrooms. DX

[Impulse]

These are purely down to the age I was when I read them, and the effect they had on me as a result, but they still freaked me the hell out as a kid.

OK, you'll need some background first. Here in the UK, Marvel had the lion's share of the reprint comics market, mainly because they set up their own British offices. However, there were a few sub-licensed DC titles, published by Titan, I think. One was DC Zone <can't remember the name of its sister title though> and it had reprints of the Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans, and Grant Morrison's Animal Man, amongst others. It even threw in pages from DC Who's Who! Anyway, one issue in particular pretty much fucked me up as a kid. NTT was mid-way through the Trigon story, and I was terrified by that in general and Psimon's origin specifically, while the Animal Man part was the issue where Buddy's family is threatened by the redneck hunters, and some kittens they were nursing got killed. To this day, I can't read those stories without a flashback shiver.

A little later, I'd picked up some back issues of JLE <the American comics, not reprints> from a market stall, which had the team in some kind of Starro arc. I can't remember the details but the League was mostly possessed by the starfish, only a few remained free and they were on the run, hunted by their friends. The tension of the story, the horror of an implacable enemy that took over the minds of everyone around you.... literally gave me a nightmare after reading it.

[Mwstattel]

Schizo by Ivan Brunetti is pretty fucked.

[trypr]

Y The Last Man: Although there's a lot to be disturbed about in the story, the reveal about Yorrik's sister completely shook me and I couldn't pick up the second volume of the comic to read again until after I'd finished the series and some of the "damage" had been undone.

I thought the ever so subtle build up, the carefully chosen snippets of information, the author's awareness of the meta-context, her name, was brilliantly manipulative writing; like Sarah Waters' book Affinity I didn't see it coming, or I had dropped my guard by that point, and the author was able to hold a mirror up to my sense of self and capture it at it's most exposed. It took me a few days to come to terms with the revelation, but it made the slow, painful and, in some ways, incomplete journey the character takes all the sweeter and more poigniant. I was moved to tears by the end, because I had craved that glimmer of hope so much: it was entirely personal.

My apologies if that sounds cryptic, but I'm doing my best to avoid outright spoilers :)

[XXXenophile]

The Battle Royale manga has pretty crazy sequences.

The whole backstory of the girl with the mace and what she later does with a dead body. (shudders)

[Hybrid2]

Walking Dead.
All of it.

[t.c.johnson]

The 24 hours issue of the Sandman, where those people were stuck on the diner and forced to do things.

[Slewo.O]

These are purely down to the age I was when I read them, and the effect they had on me as a result, but they still freaked me the hell out as a kid.

OK, you'll need some background first. Here in the UK, Marvel had the lion's share of the reprint comics market, mainly because they set up their own British offices. However, there were a few sub-licensed DC titles, published by Titan, I think. One was DC Zone <can't remember the name of its sister title though> and it had reprints of the Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans, and Grant Morrison's Animal Man, amongst others. It even threw in pages from DC Who's Who! Anyway, one issue in particular pretty much fucked me up as a kid. NTT was mid-way through the Trigon story, and I was terrified by that in general and Psimon's origin specifically, while the Animal Man part was the issue where Buddy's family is threatened by the redneck hunters, and some kittens they were nursing got killed. To this day, I can't read those stories without a flashback shiver.

A little later, I'd picked up some back issues of JLE <the American comics, not reprints> from a market stall, which had the team in some kind of Starro arc. I can't remember the details but the League was mostly possessed by the starfish, only a few remained free and they were on the run, hunted by their friends. The tension of the story, the horror of an implacable enemy that took over the minds of everyone around you.... literally gave me a nightmare after reading it.

What not the Mirror Master issue? :no:

[Slewo.O]

The 24 hours issue of the Sandman, where those people were stuck on the diner and forced to do things.

Was that the issue with Dr. Destiny?

[Thequeerjock]

Battle Royale. The absolutely fucked up thing is that it's not too far off in terms of the whole "People turning into absolutely sadistic monsters" idea. The acts of cruelty by some of the kids are just shocking.

And yes, Y: The Last Man has some seriously fucked up sequences in it as well. And a lot of it is just very well-rendered.

But probably my number 1? The issue of Teen Titans where Wonder Dog mauls Wendy and kills Marvin. I'm no fan of the Superfriends, but that seemed a lvery over-the-top, and yet another example of DC trying to be dark for the sake of dark.

[Impulse]

What not the Mirror Master issue? :no:

Nope, don't remember that. Not something I came across as a kid, I guess.

[RebootedCorpse]

Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary

[Slewo.O]

Nope, don't remember that. Not something I came across as a kid, I guess.

Nah except for the part where Mirror Master traps Buddy in the mirror world, it's pretty funny. Buddy's wife actually manages to kick MM in the nuts.

[Brother Power the Gong]

Walking Dead.
All of it.

I was going to put this. A compelling and completely unsettling read.

[Weeto]

We3 was pretty creepy at times.

[Howlett]

The Walking Dead is the only thing I can think of that would qualify.

[Cth]

The first time I read Gyo, I had nightmares about it for a long time.

I actually think it's one of Junji Ito's lesser works by a long shot, but the central premise (undead marine life like sharks, fish and eels gaining robotic limbs to come on land and kill people) was just such hardcore nightmare feul that it really hit hard.

The other is probably Alan Moore's Brought To Light, terrifying real world stuff.

I came here to post Junji Ito as well :D

Amigura Fault made quite a few people on the board squeamish when they read it.

Alternately, I'd have to say the first time I saw Faust was an eye opener.

[Ethan Van Sciver]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs226.snc4/38656_1490182329818_1091771559_1482863_7613207_n.j pg

Also the most hilarious comic I've ever read.

[Endy52]

What Weeto said: We3. Although, for me, not so much creepy as literally disturbing. Guess it comes from lending a hand to rescue abandoned pets.

[Xorn]

the unfunnies
the mixture of harmless looking looney toon like characters and the horrific things those characters do or suffer through it really unsettling.

[Teal_Lantern]

I second Y: the Last Man and We3.

Also, in Fullmetal Alchemist, when we find out the truth about Shou Tucker's chimeras.

[joshdahl]

Lots of Delano Hellblazers messed me up.

[The Hunter]

Devilman
Devilman Lady
Violence Jack(Good Lord the shit that happens here)
Spawn
a good portion of the Punisher books
Marvel Zombies

[AndrewCrossett]

Many parts of "Preacher" are pretty disturbing.

Grant Morrison's "Seaguy," if you read it all the way to the end.

Any given Jack Chick comic.

"The Boys."

[shoelaceless]

Something by Josh Simmons or Johnny Ryan I'm sure.

[jason hissong]

Mother, Come Home is emotionally disturbing.

[Dream]

Punisher MAX. Especially that issue where 9-year old Nicky Cavella got fucked by his Obese Aunt. Or in the Slavers when Kristov's hench-woman sends a runaway hooker a picture of her dead baby, who she suffocated.

[Howlett]

Punisher MAX. Especially that issue where 9-year old Nicky Cavella got fucked by his Obese Aunt. Or in the Slavers when Kristov's hench-woman sends a runaway hooker a picture of her dead baby, who she suffocated.

I'd have to say that how Frank kills the hench-woman was more disturbing, for me. The way he kept throwing her face first into the reinforced glass of the high rise until it eventually caved in and she fell to her death was brutal.

Actually, just that entire arc was brutally disturbing.

[Dream]

I'd have to say that how Frank kills the hench-woman was more disturbing, for me. The way he kept throwing her face first into the reinforced glass of the high rise until it eventually caved in and she fell to her death was brutal.

Actually, just that entire arc was brutally disturbing.

Oh yeah, hell he just brutalized her. Isn't it a bit scary how every time a crook sees the Punisher they're terrified?I still thought it was a good story though. Ultra-violent, disturbing, ect. Great story. I love the Christmas special as well.

[Howlett]

Oh yeah, hell he just brutalized her. Isn't it a bit scary how every time a crook sees the Punisher they're terrified?I still thought it was a good story though. Ultra-violent, disturbing, ect. Great story. I love the Christmas special as well.

It was indeed a fantastic arc. If I had to choose, I'd probably rank it my favourite of Ennis's MAX Punisher story arcs, and second favourite story just behind The Cell one-shot.

I seem to remember liking the Christmas special too. That was Jason Aaron, no?

[Dream]

It was indeed a fantastic arc. If I had to choose, I'd probably rank it my favourite of Ennis's MAX Punisher story arcs, and second favourite story just behind The Cell one-shot.

I seem to remember liking the Christmas special too. That was Jason Aaron, no?

No, I'm sure that was Ennis. I'm talking about the one where Frank helps give birth to mob baby and then shoots it's parents. I love that last line of dialogue:

"What about the baby?"
"Innocent".

[Howlett]

No, I'm sure that was Ennis. I'm talking about the one where Frank helps give birth to mob baby and then shoots it's parents. I love that last line of dialogue:

"What about the baby?"
"Innocent".

I just dug out the issue to check, and it was Aaron, but it was during the Ennis era of the book, so easy mistake. I actually thought it was Ennis myself for a bit. It was Jason Aaron, Roland Boschi on art and Chris Bachelo on cover detail.

It was a fantastic issue though, for sure :D

I was kinda partial to the Force of Nature one-shot too. But purely for the opening page.

"Harpooning a man isn't as easy as you'd think." :D

Speaking of Ennis's one-shot stories though, did you ever read the one he did with Joe Quesada in the Marvel Knights Double Shot book? Now THAT was disturbing. The whole point of view was from inside a guys mouth, while he sits in a dentists chair... I leave the rest to your imagination :Panic:

[Dream]

I just dug out the issue to check, and it was Aaron, but it was during the Ennis era of the book, so easy mistake. I actually thought it was Ennis myself for a bit. It was Jason Aaron, Roland Boschi on art and Chris Bachelo on cover detail.

It was a fantastic issue though, for sure :D

I was kinda partial to the Force of Nature one-shot too. But purely for the opening page.

"Harpooning a man isn't as easy as you'd think." :D

Speaking of Ennis's one-shot stories though, did you ever read the one he did with Joe Quesada in the Marvel Knights Double Shot book? Now THAT was disturbing. The whole point of view was from inside a guys mouth, while he sits in a dentists chair... I leave the rest to your imagination :Panic:


Damn, I missed that but it sounds awesome. I definitely think Ennis is one of the best, if not the best the Punisher has ever had.

[Tybird]

Crossed: Family Values #3

[Howlett]

Damn, I missed that but it sounds awesome. I definitely think Ennis is one of the best, if not the best the Punisher has ever had.

I'd have to say he's the best myself, without question. His entire MAX run was spectacular, and really humanized Frank.

[Slewo.O]

I forgot. The current Bullseye arc of Punisher Max is fucked up.

[Dream]

I'd have to say he's the best myself, without question. His entire MAX run was spectacular, and really humanized Frank.

Definitely one of my favorite comic runs, bar none.


I forgot. The current Bullseye arc of Punisher Max is fucked up.

Especially when Bullseye shat out a gun. Or when Kingpin sacrificed his child.

[AthenAltena]

Maybe I just need to read more, but the third issue of that craptacular Rise of Arsenal gave me nightmares. Oddly enough most of Ennis' stuff doesn't bother me, and I got all the way through Preacher.

[Slewo.O]

Maybe I just need to read more, but the third issue of that craptacular Rise of Arsenal gave me nightmares. Oddly enough most of Ennis' stuff doesn't bother me, and I got all the way through Preacher.

Are you saying it isn't normal to beat people with dead cats?

[Dream]

Maybe I just need to read more, but the third issue of that craptacular Rise of Arsenal gave me nightmares. Oddly enough most of Ennis' stuff doesn't bother me, and I got all the way through Preacher.

Was that the one where he sees Lian?

[Slewo.O]

Was that the one where he sees Lian?

And multiple Promethei.

[AthenAltena]

Are you saying it isn't normal to beat people with dead cats?

I admit that part was where my reaction turned from "Wow this is bad" to "Oh God... *throws up a bit*" considering that I'm an animal lover and volunteer at the local ASPCA. I managed to get through Uzumaki with minimal nightmares, but something about the Arsenal comic really bugged me on a deep level.

[Slewo.O]

I admit that part was where my reaction turned from "Wow this is bad" to "Oh God... *throws up a bit*" considering that I'm an animal lover and volunteer at the local ASPCA. I managed to get through Uzumaki with minimal nightmares, but something about the Arsenal comic really bugged me on a deep level.

I'm kidding. It'd be abnormal if you didn't feel that way.

[AthenAltena]

I'm kidding. It'd be abnormal if you didn't feel that way.

I got that, I was just commenting on why that did that to me.

[Slewo.O]

I got that, I was just commenting on why that did that to me.

Okie dokie. :)

[t.c.johnson]

Was that the issue with Dr. Destiny?

Yes...and tortures the people for 24 hours while waiting for Morpheus.

[Slewo.O]

Yes...and tortures the people for 24 hours while waiting for Morpheus.

Ah I remember that one.

[Darque_Angel]

When I was in my early teens one of my I stumbled on a comic one of my brothers called "Faust" (I had to look it up because I could only remember the way the character looked).

I don't think I actually finished reading it because there were gallons of blood, intestines being spilled on the floor and graphic sex. Things I was much to young for at the time and that I couldn't quite process were in a comic.

The image has always stayed with me for some reason.

[Teal_Lantern]

Also, haven't read the full thing, but I once read the end of the Kid Miracleman story in Miracleman. That whole ending is just nightmare inducing.

[Superior Kiai]

Franken Fran.

Go google it. I'll wait.

[AthenAltena]

Franken Fran.

*shiver*

That one's pretty disturbing, especially the ending of the story about the caterpillar girl. It's worse than it sounds. Trust me.

[Teal_Lantern]

Franken Fran.

Go google it. I'll wait.

I just wiki'd it and looked at the Chrysalis story :scared:

[Thequeerjock]

Also, haven't read the full thing, but I once read the end of the Kid Miracleman story in Miracleman. That whole ending is just nightmare inducing.

I found his massacre in the boys' home where he's staying to be freakier. Him letting the woman go because she was nice, only to materialize in front of her and kill her for no reason is just freaky. Hell, Miracle Man as a whole is just freaky.

Altena, Arsenal gave you nightmares? Did you dream of stumps?

[Teal_Lantern]

I found his massacre in the boys' home where he's staying to be freakier. Him letting the woman go because she was nice, only to materialize in front of her and kill her for no reason is just freaky. Hell, Miracle Man as a whole is just freaky.

Altena, Arsenal gave you nightmares? Did you dream of stumps?

Man, just the shot of the aftermath of the incident coupled with what they had to do to johnny Bates will give me nightmares.

[AthenAltena]

e
Altena, Arsenal gave you nightmares? Did you dream of stumps?

Oddly enough the arm stump didn't bother me that much (which is odd because amputation stuff usually does) it was the cat and the creepy zombie dead daughter that did it.

[Thequeerjock]

Man, just the shot of the aftermath of the incident coupled with what they had to do to johnny Bates will give me nightmares.

The whole "It's gonna be okay Johnny. I'll make sure that he never comes back again to hurt you. SQUISH!" thing was just fucked up.

[Superior Kiai]

I just wiki'd it and looked at the Chrysalis story :scared:

And that's only the second story... :Panic:

[Superior Kiai]

*shiver*

That one's pretty disturbing, especially the ending of the story about the caterpillar girl. It's worse than it sounds. Trust me.

"It hurts!! It hurts!!"

[Teal_Lantern]

The whole "It's gonna be okay Johnny. I'll make sure that he never comes back again to hurt you. SQUISH!" thing was just fucked up.

Seeing Miracleman holding his body while crying was also something that will stick with me. Sometimes I wonder how Moore sleeps at night.


And that's only the second story... :Panic:

Oh boy, I decided to read the summary for Birthday Girl. Ugh, I really wanna read this book now, is it translated?

[AthenAltena]

Sometimes I wonder how Moore sleeps at night.

Psh, Rasputin-- I mean Moore never needs sleep.

Speaking of Moore, The Killing Joke is up there on my disturbing list, especially the flashback to how the Joker became the Joker.

[Superior Kiai]

Oh boy, I decided to read the summary for Birthday Girl. Ugh, I really wanna read this book now, is it translated?

Saddly, no. :(

I buy the japanese trades and then just look for the translations online. It's a formula I've used with several of the mangas I read, depending on whether or not they've been licensed over here and who has the license.

[Suffering Sappho]

This might seem tame in comparison to other stuff already listed, but The Killing Joke is really creepy. The whole Barbara Gordon thing really freaks me out, mostly because it's something that could actually happen in real life.

I'm trying to think of a disturbing manga, but I usually stick to comedy and romance (oh, and yaoi :twisted:). I think some of Mick Takeuchi's work has some really messed up stuff in them. I love that she mixes creepy supernatural stuff with romance, but some images are really messed up. Like in Bound Beauty there's a creepy ghost child whose "unfinished business" is based on his abusive father. That was disturbing on many layers. Also, there's a guy in A Wise Man Sleeps who killed his wife and child and kept them in a giant freezer so they wouldn't leave him. The creepiest part was that he seemed like a really nice, normal guy until you saw what was going on inside his house. There were a lot of creepy ghosts in A Wise Man Sleeps, actually. The basic premise is that jewels can be haunted by previous owners, so I've never looked at jewelry the same again since. :mistrust:

Although, I did find out that opal is the birthstone for Libras because we are able to balance all of the chaos in the stone. For anyone else they are actually bad luck. The more you know!

[Teal_Lantern]

Also a Fullmetal Alchemist one, when it the Ishballan genocide gets exposed. Or the fact that the Stones are made from live human beings.

[Slewo.O]

Also a Fullmetal Alchemist one, when it the Ishballan genocide gets exposed. Or the fact that the Stones are made from live human beings.

Or how about Envy and Gluttony's true forms?

[Gaelforce]

I know it's probably tame by comparison these days, but 28 years ago I bought the graphic novel "X-Men, God Loves, Man Kills."

I haven't read it for over two decades, but to this day that image of the two murdered kids twisted up in the swing set has stuck with me.

[Teal_Lantern]

Or how about Envy and Gluttony's true forms?

Oh yeah, also in the show what happens to Gluttony at the end. Or the revelation about Dante.

[Slewo.O]

Oh yeah, also in the show what happens to Gluttony at the end. Or the revelation about Dante.

Didn't really watch the show till the very end. :\ Though everytime they show what it was Ed and Al brought back from the dead... Now THAT is disturbing.

[Teal_Lantern]

Didn't really watch the show till the very end. :\ Though everytime they show what it was Ed and Al brought back from the dead... Now THAT is disturbing.

Oh man, there's a pretty big revelation about that one, let's just say she comes back later.

[Slewo.O]

Oh man, there's a pretty big revelation about that one, let's just say she comes back later.

In the anime or the manga? I know the truth in the anime, the manga I have not read in it's entirety. The ending left me kind of sour. :(

[Teal_Lantern]

In the anime or the manga? I know the truth in the anime, the manga I have not read in it's entirety. The ending left me kind of sour. :(

I meant the anime, which ending left you sore?

[Slewo.O]

I meant the anime, which ending left you sore?

Manga ending. No confirmation of Ed x Winry kiss. :(

[Teal_Lantern]

Manga ending. No confirmation of Ed x Winry kiss. :(

I dunno why, but that seems kinda weird, they always seemed to have a weird sort of friendship going on.

I need to read more of the manga soon, although i prefer the anime.

Also, in B&R, when Professor Pyg first turns that that man into a Dollotron.

[Slewo.O]

I dunno why, but that seems kinda weird, they always seemed to have a weird sort of friendship going on.

I need to read more of the manga soon, although i prefer the anime.

Also, in B&R, when Professor Pyg first turns that that man into a Dollotron.

Didn't they make it pretty overt that they both have feelings for each other???

Also that's topped by Pyg stripping in front of Damian and Doctor Hurt's monster strip club.

[Teal_Lantern]

Didn't they make it pretty overt that they both have feelings for each other???

Also that's topped by Pyg stripping in front of Damian and Doctor Hurt's monster strip club.

There did seem to be that there, oh well, I'll wait until I read it.

I actually found that to be pretty hilarious, I found pyg's "mommy" to be quite nightmare fuel.

[Dream]

Saddly, no. :(

I buy the japanese trades and then just look for the translations online. It's a formula I've used with several of the mangas I read, depending on whether or not they've been licensed over here and who has the license.

And the part where Joker photographs Babs nude just to humiliate her.

[Slewo.O]

And the part where Joker photographs Babs nude just to humiliate her.
The issue of Batman where Joker mass-murders all his former henchman from Arkham tops that.

[Dream]

The issue of Batman where Joker mass-murders all his former henchman from Arkham tops that.

The prose issue by Morrison? Brilliant. Also Hurt's intro in the beginning of the Club of Heroes arc- when he was skinning a man (presumably Mangrove Pierce?) alive.

[Dream]

That reminds me of Moon Knight and his penchant to rip off people's faces.

And the Flamingo's to eat faces.

[Slewo.O]

The prose issue by Morrison? Brilliant. Also Hurt's intro in the beginning of the Club of Heroes arc- when he was skinning a man (presumably Mangrove Pierce?) alive.

Yeaaaaaaaaah that arc was pretty unforgettable. Or how about the Legionary's death or Wingman's monologue?

[Slewo.O]

That reminds me of Moon Knight and his penchant to rip off people's faces.

And the Flamingo's to eat faces.

Flamingo... Yuck... How about every scene with Joker in Batman R.I.P? Especially the scene with his slicing his tongue in two.

[Dream]

Yeaaaaaaaaah that arc was pretty unforgettable. Or how about the Legionary's death or Wingman's monologue?

I thought the Julius Caesar homage was awesome- and definitely liked Wingman's monologue. Morrison has been nothing short of brilliant.


Flamingo... Yuck... How about every scene with Joker in Batman R.I.P? Especially the scene with his slicing his tongue in two.

Yeah, I was blown away. Always looking into the symbolism, as I wasn't sure what Joker was saying was the truth because a forked tongue tends to mean the person is a liar.

[Teal_Lantern]

I never read the first part of Club of Heroes yet. You got to see the skinning happen? Damn, I remember Hurt alluded to it in RIP but man.

[danlomb]

The 24 hours issue of the Sandman, where those people were stuck on the diner and forced to do things.

And it was done so damn well, too. Shudder.

[Dream]

I never read the first part of Club of Heroes yet. You got to see the skinning happen? Damn, I remember Hurt alluded to it in RIP but man.

Aww sorry for spoiling it man. Should of used spoiler tags. It's truly a great story though, and with amazing art by the best DC artist and maybe the best in comics period- J.H. Williams III.

[Teal_Lantern]

Aww sorry for spoiling it man. Should of used spoiler tags. It's truly a great story though, and with amazing art by the best DC artist and maybe the best in comics period- J.H. Williams III.

It's alright, I read the last issue so I knew what happened, just no the details.

[XXXenophile]

the unfunnies
the mixture of harmless looking looney toon like characters and the horrific things those characters do or suffer through it really unsettling.

The LCS I hang out at refused to carry the series after the manager read the first issue.

But yeah that one was all kinds of messed up.

[Ultimate Lurker]

Crossed

The 24 hour diner Sandman issue

Pretty much anything involving brutality and children. One of the new Ultimate Avengers books made me drop the series, when Red Skull makes AIM eat each other and the whole Red Wasp flashback In Ultimate Comics: Avengers #5, a flashback reveals that she was Petra, the wife of a Georgian activist. One day the Red Skull, kidnapped them, held the couple's child at gunpoint, and forced her to kill her husband to save her child. She does so, only for the Red Skull to throw her infant out a window, and then order his men to rape her.

The Ultimate Hawkeye family issue too.

[hamgravy]

The 24 hours issue of the Sandman, where those people were stuck on the diner and forced to do things.

Yep, mine too. At least my first one. One of the single greatest horror comics.

Also agreed about Brunetti and Uzumaki.

I'd also include Richard Corben's art, specifically on Bigfoot with Niles and Rob Zombie. Looking at his art is always like getting hit with flesh in the face and more so in this book.