The Sandman
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One story is told from a cats point of view. It opens with her mourning and remembering the death of her kittens by drowning
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A child is kept in a basement and forced to live there for years, and is then kidnapped by a serial killer
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A man stalks a young woman using spy birds that live in his chest. It's weird on many levels
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There are multiple instances of sexual assult, especially in the first 3 volumes.
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There is a lot of torture, both psychological and physical, in this book series. A major example is the 24 hour diner chapter, where a diner full of people are tortured, brainwashed, and generally put through the wringer in horrifying detail, until all are dead.
There is also a serial killer convention at one point, with all the gore and bodily harm that implies.
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One charecter's whole shtic is eating eyes. With his eyes. Which are actually mouths. It's a weird book series.
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A whole chapter takes place during the french revolution. Madame g. gets a lot of use. At one point, there is a full page spread of a gigantic pile of severed heads. Headless bodies are also danced around like giant marionettes.
Additionally, as part of a ritual, a witch cuts off a man's toung, and head, and then nails them to the wall.
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Not exactly squashed, but one character, who is a living severed head, is killed by his father putting a hand through his face. This is done in silhouette, so the actual killing method is a little vague, but that's what it looked like to me.
There is also quite a lot of head severing in general, esp. during a chapter that takes place during the French revolution.
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At one point, a dead/zombie baby is shown as part of a dream sequence. Said dead baby is placed in a cot with another infant, which it then eats.
An infant is a victim of SID. We don't see the dead body, but we do see its mother collapsed in grief by its crib.
In the same chapter, a young man (13 or 14) is hit by a car.
A toddler is also possessed, for lack of a better term, by an aspect of a God, and is completely destroyed by it.
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The main charecter is kidnapped and kept in isolation for many, many years. Additionally, a young boy is kidnapped by a serial killer (who's whole thing is killing young men) and put in the trunk of his car
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There is an audiobook for this series on Audible which has graphic sounds for gorey scenes.
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There are a few visits to Arkham Asylum in the first book
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Many charecters are in comas in the first book, and are therefore in hospitals
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One chapter is entirely dedicated to a young women's depression, and her eventual decision to commit suicide. The main charecter also kills himself at the end.
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One of the characters is the anthropomorphic personification (basically goddess) of despair, and she frequently cuts herself with a small fishhook.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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The main charecter is kept in a very confined space for many years. YMMV.
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At one point, a pregnant woman sees a group of special needs children walk by, and expresses disgust towards them, as well as fear that her own child might end up a 'freak'
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Various instances of racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, etc.
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A gay woman in the 6th issue (24 Hours), along with everybody else in the diner, is abused (beaten up, very homophobic verbal abuse), tortured and killed.
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There is a trans charecter, and many people misgender/ are cruel to her.
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There is a scene where Dream and Desire (two siblings) are a little more touchy feely than might be considered normal. Very much YMMV
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There is a LOT of sexual content/ nudity in this series. There are no genetalia or penetration shown, however, although it is often implied.
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Big spoiler, but the main charecter orchestrates his own death at the end. I would, however, classify it as more bittersweet then straight up sad. There are two issues dedicated to a wake, and a funeral
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A young man (13-15 ish) chases a soccer ball across the street and is hit by a car, which kills him.
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So much blood and gore. If this triggers you at all, it would be a good idea to stay far, FAR away from this series. It really does not skimp on the gore.
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