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y separately published work icon Easy Clichés series - author   graphic novel   science fiction   detective  
Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Easy Clichés
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'[A] Sci-Fi satire dealing with the adventure of a hard-boiled PI trying to come to terms with both immortality and the fact that he is a living cliche in a world where cloning technology means it's worse to lose your job than to die in a confrontation with your arch nemesis.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Includes the following issues (blurbs via publisher's website):

    1. (February 2001)

    Private investigator Daedel, a clone made up from a blend of all the famous on-screen detective personalities, receives a mysterious phone call from a woman claiming to be Hope Chassis, a sexy character from a popular daytime TV soap, "It also Rains". Although she is just a two-dimensional TV character, she says that she needs to be rescued, and the generous sum of money she offers is too good for any self-respecting PI to refuse. Daedel sets out in search of Hope Chassis by tracking down Ms Fidelity Moore, the actress who plays the part of Hope in "It also Rains".

    2. (September 2001)

    With a huge ape of a bodyguard at Ms Moore's door, Daedel is going to have to think of an alternative entry point into her trailer. In the PI business you can't help picking up little bits of seemingly useless information to store away for future use - like the fact that certain trailers have an emergency access hatch in the sewerage sump. Daedel is determined to get to the bottom of this case and to that end he isn't going to let a little raw sewage stop him, but having been hired to look for someone who doesn't even exist - there aren't exactly a lot of options anyway.

    3. September 2001

    Having collected the results from the tests on the evidence taken from Ms Moore's trailer, Daedel now has a clue that points to Dr. Momentum Jones, arch nemesis. Time to pay him a visit and rescue the dame. This is going to be easy for Daedel, assuming of course that the evil-doer isn't waiting around the first corner with a pistol in his hand, ready to shoot him in the head. But with cloning technology the way it is our hero is quickly recovered and back on the case. Still, no one needs to be shot in the head three times in just one day.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Phosphorescent Comics , 2001 .
      image of person or book cover 5060037528381309809.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website (issue three)
      Extent: Three issuesp.
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