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Injection (Comic Book)
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Injection | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | comment |
Warren Ellis does The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.Once upon a time, there were five crazy people, and they poisoned the 21st Century.Injection is a comic book series from Image Comics, written by Warren Ellis and drawn by Declan Shalvey, with colors by Jordie Bellaire. It can be considered a sort of spiritual sequel to Ellis and Shalvey's six-issue run on Marvel's Moon Knight.Under the auspices of the British government, five experts in their respective fields — a paranormal investigator, a secret agent, a hacker, a detective, and an occultist — come together as a futurist think tank dubbed the "Cultural Cross-Contamination Unit."The result of their brainstorming was that the future held not solutions or adventure, but rather decades or even centuries of mediocrity. Rather than accept this, they invent a countermeasure: the Injection, a program that they deliberately released into the Internet, programmed with many of their forms of expertise, in an attempt to kickstart and speed up the coming future.A year later, the Injection has attained a form of sentience, and it's doing its job almost too well.Injection is structured around a series of story arcs, each spotlighting one of the 'experts'. During the book's initial run, it came out monthly during an arc, then went on hiatus for several months between storylines. It was initially planned to end around issue #30, with a finale after each protagonist's arc was completed.Due to other commitments by the creators, Injection went on an extended hiatus in 2018 after the third arc was completed in issue #15. After that, in June 2020, Ellis was accused of sexual impropriety and withdrew from writing comics.At this point Injection was widely considered to be cancelled and Cut Short. However, in September 2022, Ellis published a script excerpt from the fourth arc and confirmed that all three creators were still committed to finishing the series.The first three arcs were collected in three trade paperbacks and a single hardbound edition. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_11bc87bc | type |
Comic-Book Fantasy Casting | |
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Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Simeon is James Bond. Specifically, Idris Elba as James Bond. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_1994ba0b | type |
Gone Horribly Right | |
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Gone Horribly Right: The 3CU created the Injection to make the world more interesting. It succeeded, but not at all in the way they would have wanted. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_19dcd4bc | type |
Sand in My Eyes | |
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Sand In My Eyes: Brigid's not fucking crying, okay? It's the smoke from the Injection host body she's burning. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_20a14df0 | type |
Wrong Genre Savvy | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy: Rubedo is under the impression that whilst everyone else believes the Injection to be a reality-altering artificial intelligence lurking in the Internet, it's actually the fabled Philosopher's Stone, its alterations evidence of its alchemical capabilities. Not only that, but they assume that they are the ones to have figured it out while everyone is left stumbling over theories. Rubedo's leader tells Headland to his face that he is mistaken about the Injection's nature...in spite of the fact that Headland is one of the co-creators of the damn thing. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_22071825 | type |
I'm a Humanitarian | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_22071825 | comment |
I'm a Humanitarian: A conspiracy's first strike at Vivek is to adulterate his sandwiches with human ham. Well-cooked and seasoned at that. Vivek learned to instantly recognize the taste of human flesh by, of course, eating human flesh. A montage then shows Vivek in a variety of locations, gaining this expertise: having some meat "Mesoamerican-style," grilled over coals and boiled with chilis and annatto spice, some brains served "Jamestown-style," the way the early Jamestown settlers served it back when they turned to cannibalism in the 17th century, and an elegant canape of human tonsil. It's implied at least some of these meat sources deserved what happened to them; one of the butchers Vivek visited has carcasses hanging up (to fully drain the blood), and the bodies are all heavily tattooed with neo-Nazi symbols. Brigid herself wants to try some of the human ham. Simeon chalks it up to her being Irish. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_26eb6287 | type |
Funny Background Event | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_26eb6287 | comment |
Funny Background Event: While Robin and Brigid discuss the limits of known science (the conversation under the Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane entry), Brigid stealthily kicks a pair of her panties under her couch. Either Robin doesn't notice, or he's too polite to say anything. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_2726d167 | type |
The World Is Just Awesome | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_2726d167 | comment |
The World Is Just Awesome: The Injection suggests that this was its motivation for its actions: that it found the world to be already interesting enough to question why the 3CU thought it needed improving, and is punishing them for it. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_292d4681 | type |
Electric Instant Gratification | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_292d4681 | comment |
One could believe Mr. VDZ has a point. One should also know Mr. VDZ also has brain damage, akin to a lab rat subjected to Electric Instant Gratification. He's no longer even capable of caring that his wife, mistress, and son are dead - just that the photograph the Injection used to give him EIG no longer works. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_2d4a6d8c | type |
Sophisticated as Hell | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_2d4a6d8c | comment |
Sophisticated as Hell: Headland will give you the finger while eloquently telling you who the hell you're fucking with. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_30adeff3 | type |
Defective Detective | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_30adeff3 | comment |
Defective Detective: Defied by Headland. His abrasive personality annoys the hell out of pretty much everyone, but it's more like The Friend Nobody Likes than an out-and-out misanthrope. He's actually a Kavorka Man, capable of seducing pretty much anyone — of any gender — if he's in the mood for it, no matter what their existing opinion of him is. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_33affa42 | type |
Government Agency of Fiction | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_33affa42 | comment |
Government Agency of Fiction: The Breaker's Yard (as in "ghost-breakers") is the department of the UK government, under the Ministry of Time and Measurement, which deals with the Other World. Robin's family has worked there for generations, and they want Robin to continue the tradition. In volume 2, he takes the offer—which sets him up for direct conflict with Maria, who's still working at FPI. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_3946634e | type |
The Smart Guy | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_3946634e | comment |
Vivek Headland is Sherlock Holmes — especially the modern pop-culturally aware and egotistically rude versions seen in Elementary and Sherlock. He's eager to admit that his Sherlock Scan is mostly guesswork, spends several pages soliloquizing that asexuality is a major flaw in fictional detectives (reminiscing how he filled in the gaps in those versions experience with ongoing affairs with all sexes) and points out he had spun his talents into a sizeable fortune well before he became a "Confidential Informant" to numerous police forces faced with extraordinary cases. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_3ec18c6f | type |
Sherlock Scan | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_3ec18c6f | comment |
Sherlock Scan: Headland often performs such feats. He also points out — regularly — that they're often just statistically likely guesses. He still hits a lot more than he misses, however. | |
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Ungrateful Bastard | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_3fe2b13f | comment |
Ungrateful Bastard: Headland offers Red a raise and a day off if he can take out a mook in two shots. After Red does it in one, Headland decides to instead deduct from his offer because Red decided to be a "show-off fucker." | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_40bb59d0 | type |
Blatant Lies | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
Blatant Lies: Robin insists that he isn't a wizard, even when he's walking in the pouring rain without getting wet. After Vivek solves his case and a team of anonymous men in body armor come pouring into the room and grab the culprits: | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_420c50b7 | type |
A.I. Is a Crapshoot | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_420c50b7 | comment |
A.I. Is a Crapshoot: It is, as yet, not obvious what the Injection actually wants. It tells Vivek, Simeon, and Brigid at one point that it's "learning about their lives." In any event, it appears utterly amoral, and regards individual humans as simple machines. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_42148628 | type |
Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_42148628 | comment |
Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: An in-universe example; Mr. Van Der Zee has an intriguing theory about capital AKA money; One could believe Mr. VDZ has a point. One should also know Mr. VDZ also has brain damage, akin to a lab rat subjected to Electric Instant Gratification. He's no longer even capable of caring that his wife, mistress, and son are dead - just that the photograph the Injection used to give him EIG no longer works. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_4ef92d0b | type |
The Atoner | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_4ef92d0b | comment |
The Atoner: Everyone who was part of the 3CU is implied to feel immense guilt over inventing the Injection and uploading it into the 21st century. Maria seems to be taking it the worst. | |
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The Big Guy | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_500ecfb7 | comment |
Simeon Winters is James Bond — Daniel Craig's Consummate Professional in particular, though he has elements of Jack Bauer's The Unfettered nature and Jason Bourne's improvisational skills. He demonstrates well-researched tradecraft, a degree of subtlety few fictional spies display, and humorously admits that Idris Elba (whom he closely resembles) would never get to play Bond. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_5025c785 | type |
Writing for the Trade | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_5025c785 | comment |
Writing for the Trade: Invoked. Each arc to date has spanned five issues, focusing on a particular member of the 3CU. Ellis plans for 30 issues; in one arc for each character and a final mega-arc for the team as a whole. | |
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Everyone Is Bi | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_5067fd81 | comment |
Everyone Is Bi: At least four of our five protagonists are somewhere on the queer spectrum, as seen in issue #8. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: Viv takes away one of his servants' speaking privileges for daring to say that there were things worth watching on television. Brigid claims that at least two members of the 3CU are willing to burn down the entire world if they get served another shitty sandwich. Considering who they are, it's highly likely that she's not being hyperbolic about the burning part. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_53b6ab6a | type |
Jumped at the Call | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_53b6ab6a | comment |
Jumped at the Call / Resigned to the Call: Everyone in the 3CU. Originally, they were a think tank assembled to theorize on the future. Their analysis: the current state of constant innovation is going to strangle itself out of existence, for decades or even centuries. Their response: create something that will keep the future interesting. That something was the Injection: a distinctly non-human artificial intelligence Roth created years earlier to fuck with Turing testers, only imprinted with the specialties of the other four members of the team. Just a few years later, they realize it has Gone Horribly Right and it's their responsibility to do something about it before the future gets too "interesting" for humans to survive it. | |
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The Lancer | |
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Robin Morel is Carnacki the Ghost-Finder — except that he starts out very uncomfortable with his heritage as a "cunning-man" because everyone else in his family died in the line of duty, and only accepts a position of authority when he realizes The Call Knows Where You Live and said position is his only means of exerting any control over his situation. | |
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The Leader | |
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Maria Kilbride is Bernard Quatermass — except that the stress of her profession has driven her to the edge of sanity even before one takes into account her coworkers' inability to empathize with her because she's a woman. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_62ec4b15 | type |
Cast of Expies | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_62ec4b15 | comment |
Cast of Expies: Warren Ellis' newsletter indicates that the "Cultural Cross-Contamination Unit" are basically figures from British adventure fiction. Crazy versions. Humorously, the original figures they're modeled after still exist as part of pop culture, and several characters Lampshade the similarities and differences to themselves. Maria Kilbride is Bernard Quatermass — except that the stress of her profession has driven her to the edge of sanity even before one takes into account her coworkers' inability to empathize with her because she's a woman. Robin Morel is Carnacki the Ghost-Finder — except that he starts out very uncomfortable with his heritage as a "cunning-man" because everyone else in his family died in the line of duty, and only accepts a position of authority when he realizes The Call Knows Where You Live and said position is his only means of exerting any control over his situation. Vivek Headland is Sherlock Holmes — especially the modern pop-culturally aware and egotistically rude versions seen in Elementary and Sherlock. He's eager to admit that his Sherlock Scan is mostly guesswork, spends several pages soliloquizing that asexuality is a major flaw in fictional detectives (reminiscing how he filled in the gaps in those versions experience with ongoing affairs with all sexes) and points out he had spun his talents into a sizeable fortune well before he became a "Confidential Informant" to numerous police forces faced with extraordinary cases. Simeon Winters is James Bond — Daniel Craig's Consummate Professional in particular, though he has elements of Jack Bauer's The Unfettered nature and Jason Bourne's improvisational skills. He demonstrates well-researched tradecraft, a degree of subtlety few fictional spies display, and humorously admits that Idris Elba (whom he closely resembles) would never get to play Bond. Brigid Roth is Doctor Who — though taking the alien out means she's a high-tech international criminal who only avoids Boxed Crook status because no first-world nations will agree who actually gets to box her, meaning she lives under constant surveillance and is constantly shanghaied into think tanks like the one that created the Injection. She even has a phone booth-sized teleporter and is somewhat annoyed that the Doctor would never be a black woman — British racism/sexism is alive and well in the BBC. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_6627695f | type |
Author Appeal | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_6627695f | comment |
Author Appeal: Declan Shalvey sure likes drawing mushrooms and fungus, doesn't he? | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_66cdb21b | type |
Gag Penis | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_66cdb21b | comment |
Gag Penis: Maria comes face to face with Rasputin the Mad Monk's pickled penis. It's bigger than her head. | |
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All Myths Are True | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_776a06eb | comment |
All Myths Are True: Zig-Zagged. Though mythology and the supernatural were never completely bullshit in the world of Injection, its effects were apparently more subtle before the 3CU unleashed the namesake AI into the world. Now, thanks to the Injection actively seeking out and empowering those things, supernatural phenomena and mythological creatures are popping up left and right. Ones capable of leaving the unwary Stripped to the Bone. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_78540917 | type |
Like Brother and Sister | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_78540917 | comment |
Like Brother and Sister: Simeon keeps referring to Brigid as his little sister while the latter irritably disputes this. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_794095d7 | type |
Boxed Crook | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_794095d7 | comment |
Boxed Crook: Brigid notes that FPI likes to hire people with criminal records so that if anything goes wrong on one of their ops, they can blame the employees. | |
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| Injection (Comic Book) / int_7a12aabf | type |
New Media Are Evil | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_7a12aabf | comment |
New Media Are Evil: Vivek removes a servant's speaking privileges for a month, for the crime of suggesting that there were things on television worth watching. Rather a hypocritical view for a guy who spends a couple hours each morning in a room where all the walls are covered in screens. | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: A variation: this is what starts the whole plot of the series. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_7fbb2a3 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast: Several, but Vivek gets an excellent one in issue 10: | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_86b21114 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_86b21114 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_86b21114 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_87b8f581 | type |
Refusal of the Call | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_87b8f581 | comment |
Refusal of the Call: Robin is the last of his family, and at least his mother and sister both died in the service of Britain, working as "cunning (wo)men." It takes several issues, several interactions with the government, and some manipulation from both Vivek and Maria before he's willing to get back into the game. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_87b8f581 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_87b8f581 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_87b8f581 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_87ede6fc | type |
That Man Is Dead | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_87ede6fc | comment |
That Man Is Dead: "I'm not a cunning man." That attitude doesn't last long. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_87ede6fc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_87ede6fc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_87ede6fc | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_8d718b9e | type |
Bears Are Bad News | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_8d718b9e | comment |
Bears Are Bad News: A Noodle Incident from Vivek's varied and interesting life shows him walking away from a fight, his clothes torn and carrying a bent and bloodied shovel, saying only: | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_8d718b9e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_8d718b9e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_8d718b9e | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_96b89043 | type |
Not So Above It All | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_96b89043 | comment |
Not So Above It All: Vivek has learned that the Dalai Lama enjoys gin. Nobody would believe him anyways. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_96b89043 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_96b89043 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_96b89043 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_97550008 | type |
Turing Test | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_97550008 | comment |
Turing Test: Roth made something that makes a mash of this just to fuck with people; it was responsively intelligent but wasn't imitating a human. So, of course, the team decides to use it as the basis for the Injection. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_97550008 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_97550008 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_97550008 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_9f87b4fb | type |
Little Useless Gun | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_9f87b4fb | comment |
Little Useless Gun: In issue #9, Vivek's manservant gives Simeon a Taurus Curve, one of the smallest guns available on the market, as soon as he gets off the plane in NYC. Simeon notes the weapon's limitations: | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_9f87b4fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_9f87b4fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_9f87b4fb | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_a6275bef | type |
Cool Sword | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_a6275bef | comment |
Cool Sword: Robin helped Maria make a ceremonial sword, or athame, for help with her work. Hers is about two feet long and electrified. Later Robin makes one of his own, even larger and more impressive. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_a6275bef | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_a6275bef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_a6275bef | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | type |
Trademark Favorite Food | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | comment |
Trademark Favorite Food: Apparently everyone on the 3CU really appreciates the humble sandwich. However, the ones they end up getting almost always turn out to be terrible — or, in the case of those prepared by Headland's personal chef, made from bizarre-but-apparently-edible ingredients. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_b38b6147 | type |
Science Fantasy | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_b38b6147 | comment |
Science Fantasy: The book's protagonists are scientific and paranormal experts. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_b38b6147 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_b38b6147 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_b38b6147 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_b9ddfdfc | type |
TheDenouement | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_b9ddfdfc | comment |
The Denouement: Vivek loves this part of his job. The Un-Smile is unspeakably disturbing. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_b9ddfdfc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_b9ddfdfc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_b9ddfdfc | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_bddb820f | type |
Must Have Caffeine | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_bddb820f | comment |
Must Have Caffeine: A trait common to many Warren Ellis protagonists, the members of the 3CU all seem to run on large amounts of coffee, whether it's Vivek serving exquisitely crafted espressos with beans aged in a manner similar to whiskey and which take exactly twenty minutes to drink correctly, or Brigid physically attacking her malfunctioning espresso maker with a screwdriver. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_bddb820f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_bddb820f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_bddb820f | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c313d43a | type |
True Companions | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c313d43a | comment |
True Companions: The 3CU have grown close during their work on the Injection; getting matching tattoos, keeping in touch after uploading it into the internet, learning new skills from each other (especially from Robin), and even sleeping with each other. These other members are also noticeably the only people Vivek acts remotely friendly towards instead of his usual formal, professional, or downright aloof attitude. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c313d43a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c313d43a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_c313d43a | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c45c9fcd | type |
Ass Shove | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c45c9fcd | comment |
Ass Shove: During the montage showing Vivek's vast range of sexual experience, one panel shows him being anally penetrated by something a woman in a spiked bra refers to as "Dongzilla." | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c45c9fcd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c45c9fcd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_c45c9fcd | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: Roth's Foundry is modeled after the typical TARDIS bridge layout. "Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again?" In issue #11, we see Brigid's email inbox. Her correspondents include Randy Waterhouse (the protagonist of the modern-day sections of Neal Stephenson's 1999 novel Cryptonomicon), "Zero" Cochrane (the protagonist of Ghost Rider 2099), Nick Haflinger (the protagonist of John Brunner's 1975 science fiction novel The Shockwave Rider, notable for coining the word "worm" to refer to a self-propagating computer program), "Bob the Dog" (a member of the Hacker Republic in The Millennium Trilogy), "W1nst0n" (the protagonist of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother), and somebody using the handle "Case Nightmare Green," which is a code name for a specific set of imminent apocalypse conditions in Charles Stross's The Laundry Files. Brigid is an Expy of the Doctor. So what tool is she shown using at several points during her storyline? A screwdriver, naturally. (Not a sonic screwdriver, but still.) | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_cb70651c | type |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_cb70651c | comment |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Uses that line as a garrote wire. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_cb70651c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_cb70651c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_cb70651c | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ce2969d8 | type |
Spiritual Antithesis | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ce2969d8 | comment |
Spiritual Antithesis: To Warren Ellis's own Planetary, another book that starred an entire universe of Expies that could rival The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen if the characters were given their original counterparts' identities. In that series, the protagonists worked against a conspiracy to suppress the world's supernatural elements and scientific advancements, their leader's mission statement being, "It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way." Here the protagonists foresaw the world will naturally end up mundane and stagnating and tried to make it fantastic, only for the system they set up to do so to run out of their control in a blind drive to make the world strange. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ce2969d8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ce2969d8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_ce2969d8 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_d45c0b86 | type |
Refuge in Audacity | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_d45c0b86 | comment |
Refuge in Audacity: Headland is held at gunpoint by three people. What does he do? Claim that he had their guns emptied before they confronted or even met him. He didn't, of course, but it distracts them long enough for the other characters to take them down. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_d45c0b86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_d45c0b86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_d45c0b86 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_dd8c255 | type |
Hunter of Monsters | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_dd8c255 | comment |
Hunter of Monsters: Maria Kilbride has been hunting monsters since her involvement with the Injection. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_dd8c255 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_dd8c255 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_dd8c255 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ddc59925 | type |
Augmented Reality | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ddc59925 | comment |
Augmented Reality: Roth's "superpower" is a set of rings, lapel pins, and contact lenses she calls "Sheela na gig" that can analyze and sort through all sorts of data, essentially connecting her constantly to the invisible world of information. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ddc59925 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_ddc59925 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_ddc59925 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e26f04b4 | type |
Last of His Kind | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e26f04b4 | comment |
Last of His Kind: Robin is, according to Wayland Smith, the last of the cunning-folk. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e26f04b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e26f04b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_e26f04b4 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5421161 | comment |
Brigid is an Expy of the Doctor. So what tool is she shown using at several points during her storyline? A screwdriver, naturally. (Not a sonic screwdriver, but still.) | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5421161 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5421161 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5421161 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5467735 | type |
Expy Coexistence | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5467735 | comment |
Expy Coexistence: As noted above, though the five members of the 3CU are all based off classic British characters, those characters still exist in the world of Injection, which our protagonists recognize. Brigid, for example, is certain that, despite her similarity to the character, Doctor Who will never be a black woman. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5467735 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5467735 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_e5467735 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e71ad328 | type |
Plot Tailored to the Party | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e71ad328 | comment |
Plot Tailored to the Party: Invoked; the Injection engineered a possession for Maria, a murder for Vivek, and an "alien" for Brigid. Warren Ellis has stated: "All of the INJECTION volumes are takes on classic British weird fictions. Vol 1 was Quatermass, Vol 2 was Holmes, Vol 3 is Doctor Who. I felt like taking a tour of the old terrains. So Vol 4 is Bond. Vol 5 can possibly be characterized as Carnacki." Each volume has spanned five issues and Ellis plans for roughly 30, so the final volume will be something that requires all their talents. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e71ad328 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_e71ad328 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_e71ad328 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_f818b637 | type |
Dude, Where's My Respect? | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_f818b637 | comment |
Dude, Where's My Respect?: Maria is the one doing the most out to battle the supernatural threats the Injection is bringing to reality and is very likely to be undergoing a Trauma Conga Line from her experiences. She laments how in spite of all these factors not to mention her current authoritative position, people seem to give more of a shit about Robin Morel on the basis that he's a wizard (he's fucking not). | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_f818b637 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_f818b637 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_f818b637 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Robin is not a fucking wizard. Everybody keeps getting served terrible sandwiches. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_f9f2c33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_f9f2c33 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fa1d0606 | type |
Interactive Narrator | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fa1d0606 | comment |
Interactive Narrator: The Injection narrates the story, and on occasion, the characters acknowledge that they can hear it speaking about them. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fa1d0606 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fa1d0606 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_fa1d0606 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e0265 | type |
Team Dad | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e0265 | comment |
Team Dad: Robin to the 3CU. A lot of his knowledge as a cunning man was what allowed them to invent the Injection and according to Brigid, a lot of her skills displayed in present time were taught to her by him. Throughout the book, he's consistently always consulted by each focused 3CU member on their cases, in spite of his desire to be left alone. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e0265 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e0265 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e0265 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e25e9 | type |
Team Mom | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e25e9 | comment |
Team Mom: Contrasting Robin, Maria serves as this to the 3CU. She spearheaded the think tank's work on the Injection and is the one that appeared to have driven the group to becoming True Companions. As Robin's Heroic B So D subsists for the first third of the book, she continues her role by calling upon her former teammates to help deal with threats that require their individual speciality. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e25e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_fb9e25e9 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fcd9b657 | type |
Gallows Humor | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fcd9b657 | comment |
Gallows Humor: Brigid's reaction to seeing a college student on the receiving end of Body Horror and turned into a human host for the Injection is to make an IT Crowd reference. Subverted as she's clearly affected by the kid's fate when she puts him out of his misery. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fcd9b657 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_fcd9b657 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Injection (Comic Book) / int_fcd9b657 | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_feaf5424 | type |
You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_feaf5424 | comment |
You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious: Headland only calls Detective Lucy Diaz by her first name "when it matters." Usually, when someone needs to be shot. | |
| Injection (Comic Book) / int_feaf5424 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Injection (Comic Book) / int_feaf5424 | |
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ItemName | |
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