Yesah nothing says "We're a kids comic aimed youg girls" than blood dripping down a sword a father has just used to kill his son! o_O
I was always kind of glad the Topaz thing didn't work as despite looking 20 in Gemworld, Amethyst really was only a thirteen year old girl.
I always have a soft spot for the last Gemworld miniseries, as it introduced me to the frankly stunning art of Esteban Maroto and did at least have a story behind it, with Gemworld being established as the origin of Zerox, the Sorcerors World seen many times in the Legion of Superheroes.