History ComicBook / Empire

* RayOfHopeEnding: The ending sees Golgath utterly victorious... but Lohkyn meets up with LaResistance, who are implied to be a more credible threat to the Empire than the Golgath-controlled media has made them out to be.

* PsychoSerum: What Eucharist withdrawl does.
* PyrrhicVillainy: Golgoth wins, but it's heavily implied to be a hollow victory since he's lost everything that's important to him in the process.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Sadly, Golgoth falls under this trope. Nothing is ever revealed about his backstory, his motivations, or even any sort of personality outside of two modes: "Generic Evil Tyrant" and "Boring Father/Husband". The latter isn't even explored to any depth or reasoning to the point that [[spoiler: when he kills his daughter,]] it comes off more like an OOC moment then actually tragic. What's more, most of his "Character" is mostly explained through other people to the point they have to outright explain his methods and mindset rather then him expressing it himself.

'''Delfi:''' Well, ''someone'' had too.

* BadAss: Golgoth and most of his inner circle.

'''''Empire''''' is a comic book by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson about. . . well, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A totalitarian [[TheEmpire Empire]] has conquered most of the world, led by the power-armored super-scientist [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Golgoth.]] The world's greatest superheroes are all dead, and the last bastions of freedom are cut off, outmatched, and being overrun. Nothing can stop Golgoth's drive for total world domination.

''Empire'' is a comic book by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson about. . . well, ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A totalitarian [[TheEmpire Empire]] has conquered most of the world, led by the power-armored super-scientist [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Golgoth.]] The world's greatest superheroes are all dead, and the last bastions of freedom are cut off, outmatched, and being overrun. Nothing can stop Golgoth's drive for total world domination.

Empire is one of the few comics to do DarkerAndEdgier right. The art is immersive and the story, though grim, is a very competent look into how a world ruled by super-villains would actually work. The first two issues were published in 2000 by Gorilla Comics, a flash-in-the-pan publisher whose only product of any note was Empire. After Gorilla folded, the series was picked up (in 2003) and completed by DC Comics, although the events and characters in it are distinctly separate from the main DCU.

->For other works with this name, see {{Empire}}.

* PyrrhicVilliany: Golgoth wins, but it's heavily implied to be a hollow victory since he's lost everything that's important to him in the process.

* PyrriacVilliany: Golgoth wins, but it's heavily implied to be a hollow victory since he's lost everything that's important to him in the process.

** When Delphi asks for mercy [[spoiler: only to set the guards on Lohkyn anyway, Golgoth's eyes widen in visible horror.]]

* TheFaceless: we never once see Golgoth's face, even in flashbacks; it's implied that he hasn't removed his mask since his wife died.

* WhamLine:
-Golgoth: You killed your mother.
-Delfi: Well, someone had too.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The core of Golgoth's employee-relations and human resources policies.

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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Sadly, Golgoth falls under this trope. Nothing is ever revealed about his backstory, his motivations, or even any sort of personality outside of two modes: "Generic Evil Tyrant" and "Boring Father/Husband". The latter isn't even explored to any depth or reasoning to the point that [[spoiler: when he kills his daughter,]] it comes off more like an OOC moment then actually tragic. What's more, most of his "Character" is mostly explained through other people to the point they have to outright explain his methods and mindset rather then him expressing it himself.

* ManInTheMachine: Kafra, and [[spoiler:after his assassination, his assistant Dess.]]

* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: Partially applied; only men are shown as subject to the gentle ministrations of Tumbril and his leather-clad female assistants (and Xanna and Grieze during their off-hours).

* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: Only men are shown as subject to the gentle ministrations of Tumbril (and Xanna and Grieze during their off-hours), so at least the second half is played straight.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Sadly, Golgoth falls under this trope. Nothing is ever revealed about his backstory, his motivations, or even any sort of personality outside of two modes: "Evil Tyrant" and "Father/Husband". The latter isn't even explored to any depth or reasoning to the point that [[spoiler: when he kills his daughter,]] it comes off more like an OOC moment then actually tragic.

!!''For other works with this name, see {{Empire}}.''

Not to be confused with [[OrsonScottCardsEmpire Orson Scott Card's Empire]], or the 8 hour Creator/AndyWarhol film, or the British film magazine, or [[TheEmpire the trope]].