COMICON.com: TIM KRING, ALI LARTER & SANTIAGO CABRERA TALK HEROES : "Basically we are using the sort of comic book or graphic novel nature of the visuals to allow us to push that a little bit. Although we are experimenting internally with how much we want to try and push the gore factor. The truth is, we found the limit there and are backing off of that a bit. "

Heroes creator/producer Tim Kring, talking about the surprisingly graphic visuals in recent episodes of the show.