Honestly were you (or our other colleague in comicdom Agent Z) even a teensy, weeny bit depressed when reading the story??
I wasn't. I found it a refreshingly enjoyable thought provoking read.
Miles less depressing than standard super hero fare...where reader is supposed to believe that Hulk can go berserk, Cosmic wars take place...but nobody ever dies. The standard stuff often glamourises violence (I don't think Watchmen did)...I find the glamourisation of violence potentially far more troubling.