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- That poor girl Harley had trapped in a box, ready to murder. When Batman frees her, she's understandably weeping with a mix of terror and relief.Girl: Oh thank God...I thought it was her...
- Superman being forced to Mercy Kill Brainiac. In most versions, Brainiac is a killing machine doing what he does out of cold, twisted reason. Here, he's a frightened child who can't control his powers and winds up threatening lives because of it. Superman actually tries to talk him down, but once it's clear he can't stop it he asks Superman to kill him. After it's done, Superman just sighs and hangs his head, kneeling by the small lifeless body in a Heroic BSoD.
- Superman mournfully stares at the charred skeletons of Dr. Stone and his little boy Victor, who both literally died in each others' arms.
- The scientists getting ruthlessly murdered at Will's house. Especially since most of them are superheroes or allies in the main continuities, but now you see them powerless and helpless and now they'll never become superheroes. The world could've used good heroes like them...
- In the finale, this exchange between Batman and Magnus:Magnus: If only she hadn't wanted you! You, who only loved your bats and test tubes!
- The description of Batman mentions that he was Reduced to Ratburgers as an attempt to avoid drinking blood. In general, his life is pretty depressing.
- Superman's expression upon learning that the father he'd always thought of as the wise and benevolent scientist who tried to save his homeworld was instead the tyrant who destroyed it.
- Batman's entire prequel comic shows what a bitter life he led before joining the League. When he's not draining criminals dry, he's reduced to eating rats and raiding blood banks. He tries returning home to Ellis, Nebraska, only to have his father pretend he doesn't exist for pursuing a career in science instead of mechanical labor, and his mother doesn't let him stay. He bumps into his old girlfriend, only to meet her Jerkass husband, succumbing to his hunger and causing a violent scene. Then when he tries to play hero again and kill the biggest mob boss in Gotham, he strikes a friendship with the boss' son, enjoying the first real happiness he's known in years and even doesn't feel hungry anymore. Then he learns that the seemingly perfect son was in fact just as cold and ruthless as his father, having killed his own mother in order to manipulate Kirk into killing his mob rivals. The comic ends with Kirk slashing the man's throat, and all but giving up on humanity.
