Darker aspects of TMNT

[neatoman]

So while I have stated that I don't consider the "Grim and Gritty" Mirage comics to really live up to that reputation, I do certainly see darker aspects in TMNT. Tonally and storywise it's rarely very dark, but visually and thematically it can be dark.

Revenge, violence, black magic, mutalation etc, even stuff like that isn't always dark to the core, on the surface level it will still seem dark. And even if I don't consider any TMNT incarnation to be dark as whole (the ones I've experienced at least), the darker elements is what draws me to it, maybe because it's more sophiticated and unexpected from something called "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" than something like "Cowabunga Pizza Time Dude!".

So does the dark stuff draw you in or alienate you?