 Acknowledging the failure of the ongoing Anarky series , Grant has conceeded that its themes , in particular his interest in exploring esoteric concepts such as philosophy of mind , likely resulted in " plummeting " sales . Breyfogle claimed the difficulty of combining escapist entertainment with social commentary as his explanation for the series ' failure . Breyfogle wrote at the time : " Anarky is a hybrid of the mainstream and the not @-@ quite @-@ so @-@ mainstream . This title may have experienced exactly what every ' half @-@ breed ' suffers : rejection by both groups with which it claims identity . " Besides the themes , commentators have also found the escalation of Anarky 's skills and special heroics as a source of criticism among readers . " I liked the original concept behind Anarky : a teenage geek who reads The Will to Power one too many times and decides to go out and fix the world , " wrote a critic for Fanzing , an online newsletter produced by comic book fans and professionals . " But the minute he wound up getting $ 100 million in a Swiss Bank account , owning a building , impressing Darksied [ sic ] , getting a Boom Tube and was shown as being able to outsmart Batman , outhack Oracle and generally be invincible , I lost all interest I had in the character . " 
