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• Author's Saving Throw: Dr. Light used to be a serious threat capable of taking on the Justice League, but somewhere along the line became a comical punching bag of the Teen Titans. This mini explains why that change took place and restores him to his original characterization.
• Broken Base: The Deathstroke vs. Justice League fight. For all that is holy, never bring it up in any Versus Discussion, less you want the thread to be completely derailed.
  • The book itself is a major Base Breaker.
    • Notably, the book occupies many extremes simultaneously. Jean Loring claims not to have wanted Sue's death, but brought along a flamethrower anyway, perhaps as a baby shower present. On the other hand, Dr. Light's return to form, the upgrade to Calculator, and the rarity of a Crisis Crossover focused more on a personal level than on an apocalypse, were all critically lauded elements.
• Memetic Mutation: The series inspired a fad on the Something Awful forums of user avatars showing their Wild Mass Guesses about the identity of Sue Dibny's murderer. The response to the series played a role in the formation of the "Batman's Shameful Secret" forum for comic book discussion on the site.
• Moral Event Horizon: Crossed when they used Zatanna to alter Dr. Light's personality - which led to them using Zatanna to wipe Batman's memory.
  • Not to mention Dr. Light and the whole, y'know, raping Sue Dibny thing.
• Tear Jerker: The deaths of Sue Dibny and Jack Drake, especially with the aftermath that follows.

"Batman and Robin. Orphans."

• • Watching Ralph fall apart at Sue's funeral is heartbreaking, especially since you've been reading several pages of how much he loves her before the murder.
  • Batman's scene at his parents' grave

Mom, Dad. Watch over Jack Drake... and Sue.

• • Atom shrinking down to nothingness out of grief.

I never felt so small in my whole-- *

• Villain Sue: Many felt Deathstroke was this during the series, in which he solos the Justice League, including displaying faster reflexes than Wally West.
• The Woobie: Several, particularly Elongated Man and Robin.