Heavy Liquid (comics)

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title =Heavy Liquid


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caption =Cover of "Heavy Liquid" trade paperback. Art by Paul Pope.
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format = Mini-series
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publisher = Vertigo
date = October 1999 - February 2000
issues = 5
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writers = Paul Pope
artists = Paul Pope
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creators = Paul Pope
TPB =Heavy Liquid
ISBN =1-40121-949-7
subcat = Vertigo
sort = Heavy Liquid

Heavy Liquid is a graphic novel written by Paul Pope which has science fiction and cyberpunk elements.Citation | last = Irvine | first = Alex | author-link = Alexander C. Irvine | contribution = The Extremist | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia | pages = 71 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5 | oclc = 213309015]

Plot

A former police officer known only as "S" operates as a private detective, finding people and objects for a fee. S steals a quantity of a strange substance called "Heavy Liquid". On its own, it is a metallic-liquid explosive, but it turns into "black milk" when cooked, and exhibits mind-altering, drug-like properties. A mysterious art collector who also has a quantity of Heavy Liquid wishes to hire S to find a missing artist named Rodan Esperella (coincidentally S's ex-lover), whom he hopes will create a piece out of the Heavy Liquid for him. In the meantime, assassins are on S's trail, looking to retrieve the stolen Heavy Liquid. S finally trails Esperella to Paris, and he tries to broker a deal between her and the art collector. S then discovers from one of his pursuers that the Heavy Liquid is alien in origin, and may even possess some form of consciousness. Ingesting the drug himself, S comes to understand its nature as a medium containing an alien intelligence. Ultimately, on a European train, S experiences first contact with the being. [cite journal
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title = Don't Put That Stuff in Your Ear!
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date = 2001-03-16
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Collected editions

The full series was collected in a single hardcover from DC Comics (1-40121-949-7).

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