In the 1980s, as is well known in the world of comics, many important developments took place, most notably the coming of age of the medium. Certain titles, guided by their creators, moved toward darker paths, exploring themes and ideas that had previously been avoided, or perhaps that audiences had not yet felt the need to engage with. This point, however, deserves further analysis, since artistic creation and life are not separate entities. One influences the other, and those who produce art do not differ all that much from those who receive it, in this case the readers, as they belong to the same social reality. As history has shown, it was a period in which certain things needed to be said, and fortunately they were. It was during this time that works such as The Dark Knight Returns and The Killing Joke were published, along with The Cult , which is the focus of this text. I place it in the same category, even though it is not often mentioned, although that may simply be my pe...