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* BigBad: Matron and N.U.R.S.E., who've been manipulating the Claws to run a protection racket and keep the other teams in line.
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* AliensInCardiff: An alien robot [[BountyHunter Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]] in Blackpool, now known as the 'Pool. It’s also the Evil Dead's home base.
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* AliensInCardiff: An alien robot [[BountyHunter Freelance Peacekeeping Agent]] in Blackpool, now known as the 'Pool.'Pool, which is implied to be the remnants of Liverpool. It’s also the Evil Dead's home base.
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** Arguably, Dragon himself is also in this category. He’s an ''extremely'' competent warrior who doesn't hesitate to kill enemies. And there's no suggestion that 'Dragon' is a pseudonym.
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* OopNorth: The Evil Dead are based in the 'Pool, formerly known as Blackpool.which is (based on the name and the statue of what appears to be Music/JohnLennon in one panel) presumably the future of Liverpool.
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* BoxedCrook: Downplayed, but Steel and Scavenger were both in jail when the WDC recruited the reformed Claws, and were only released to ensure that they could join. However, there are none of the usual security measures that often accompany that trope.
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: A downplayed, forward thinking version. There's a NoteFromEd referring readers to ''Doctor Who Magazine'' if they want to know how Death's Head arrived in the Pool. But his initial rant carefully avoids mentioning the Doctor or any other aspect of the licensed ''Series/DoctorWho'' intellectual property.
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: A downplayed, forward thinking version. There's a NoteFromEd referring readers to ''Doctor Who Magazine'' if they want to know how Death's Head arrived in the Pool. But his Death's Head's initial rant about this carefully avoids mentioning the Doctor or any other aspect of the licensed ''Series/DoctorWho'' intellectual property.property, which allows the ''Dragon's Claws'' story to be reprinted (unlike some of the other early Death's Head tales).
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* InTheBack:InTheBack: Attempted with varying degrees of success.
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** There's a less successful example when Deller shoots Death's Head in the back while he's negotiating with Dragon. It hurts him and knocks him off his feet, but isn't enough to finish him. Although he does [[{{Touche}} compliment Deller on his guile]] while shooting back.
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** There's a less successful example when Deller shoots Death's Head in the back while he's negotiating with Dragon. It hurts him and knocks him off his feet, but isn't enough to finish him. Although he does [[{{Touche}} compliment Deller on his guile]] while when shooting back.him afterwards.
** It also goes badly for Kronos, the Evil Dead's stealthy reaper. He creeps up on Dragon only to find he's fallen for a decoy {{hologram}} and, just behind it, a LandMineGoesClick.
** It also goes badly for Kronos, the Evil Dead's stealthy reaper. He creeps up on Dragon only to find he's fallen for a decoy {{hologram}} and, just behind it, a LandMineGoesClick.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome:
** Scavenger kills two of the Evil Dead, Feral and Hex, and frees their prisoners at the same time. But we only see the consequences, not the action.
** Matron manages to defeat Slaughterhouse, then manages to defeat Dragon. We don't get to see either fight.
** Scavenger kills two of the Evil Dead, Feral and Hex, and frees their prisoners at the same time. But we only see the consequences, not the action.
** Matron manages to defeat Slaughterhouse, then manages to defeat Dragon. We don't get to see either fight.
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* AllInTheManual: The data pages fill in a lot of background for the Claws and the wider world.
** Steel wasn’t one of the original team. He joined to replace their original blocker, Megaton.
** Steel wasn’t one of the original team. He joined to replace their original blocker, Megaton.
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* VigilanteWoman: Mercy was a vigilante before joining the Claws, and at the darker end of the scale. Her VillainousLegacy successor, Scourge, is at least as murderous.
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* VigilanteWoman: Mercy was a vigilante before joining the Claws, and at the darker end of the scale. Her VillainousLegacy successor, Scourge, is at least as murderous.murderous.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: A downplayed, forward thinking version. There's a NoteFromEd referring readers to ''Doctor Who Magazine'' if they want to know how Death's Head arrived in the Pool. But his initial rant carefully avoids mentioning the Doctor or any other aspect of the licensed ''Series/DoctorWho'' intellectual property.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: A downplayed, forward thinking version. There's a NoteFromEd referring readers to ''Doctor Who Magazine'' if they want to know how Death's Head arrived in the Pool. But his initial rant carefully avoids mentioning the Doctor or any other aspect of the licensed ''Series/DoctorWho'' intellectual property.
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* VigilanteWoman: Mercy was a vigilante before joining the Claws, and at the darker end of the scale. Her VillainousLegacy successor, Scourge, is at least as murderous.
* VigilanteWoman: Mercy was a vigilante before joining the Claws, and at the darker end of the scale. Her VillainousLegacy successor, Scourge, is at least as murderous.
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The series is set in 8162, in the ruins of Britain, where the titular team, Dragon's Claws, were champions of the wildly popular BloodSport known simply as “the Game”. But then the Game was cancelled and the players dispersed, with many other teams turning to crime.
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The series is set in 8162, in the ruins of Britain, where the titular team, Dragon's Claws, were once champions of the wildly popular BloodSport known simply as “the Game”. But then the Game was cancelled and the players dispersed, with many other teams turning to crime.
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* BullyingADragon: Appropriately enough, the Wildcats try this on Dragon himself. Initially, it looks like a MuggingTheMonster case where they selected the wrong target, but then it's revealed that they knew who he was and were paid to target him. It gets all five of them killed.
** Played with when two of the Jones Boys run into the newly arrived Death's Head. They mistakenly think he's one of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Evil Dead]]'s new recruits, which in itself ought to suggest that he's bad news. But as it turns out, he's much, much worse.
** Played with when two of the Jones Boys run into the newly arrived Death's Head. They mistakenly think he's one of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Evil Dead]]'s new recruits, which in itself ought to suggest that he's bad news. But as it turns out, he's much, much worse.
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* BullyingADragon: BullyingADragon:
** Appropriately enough, the Wildcats try this on Dragon himself. Initially, it looks like a MuggingTheMonster case where they selected the wrong target, but then it's revealed that they knew who he was and were paid to target him. It gets all five of them killed.
** Played with when two of the Jones Boys run into the newly arrived Death's Head. They mistakenly think he's one of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Evil Dead]]'s new recruits, which in itself ought to suggest that he's bad news.But as As it turns out, he's much, much even worse.
** Appropriately enough, the Wildcats try this on Dragon himself. Initially, it looks like a MuggingTheMonster case where they selected the wrong target, but then it's revealed that they knew who he was and were paid to target him. It gets all five of them killed.
** Played with when two of the Jones Boys run into the newly arrived Death's Head. They mistakenly think he's one of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Evil Dead]]'s new recruits, which in itself ought to suggest that he's bad news.
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** BullyingADragon: Appropriately enough, the Wildcats try this on Dragon himself. Initially, it looks like a MuggingTheMonster case where they selected the wrong target, but then it's revealed that they knew who he was and were paid to target him. It gets all five of them killed.
** BullyingADragon: Appropriately enough, the Wildcats try this on Dragon himself. Initially, it looks like a MuggingTheMonster case where they selected the wrong target, but then it's revealed that they knew who he was and were paid to target him. It gets all five of them killed.
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* MuggingTheMonster: Lion tries to steal from Dragon's stall, which escalates into a fight. He loses it badly, but the. the full Wildcats team comes back for revenge - and it gets them all killed. Subverted as it's later revealed that they knew exactly who Dragon was, and [[BullyingADragon had been paid to antagonise him]].
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* MuggingTheMonster: Lion tries to steal from Dragon's stall, which escalates into a fight. He loses it badly, but the. brings the full Wildcats team comes back for revenge - and it which gets them all killed. Subverted as it's later revealed that they knew exactly who Dragon was, and [[BullyingADragon had been paid to antagonise him]].
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** BullyingADragon: Appropriately enough, the Wildcats try this on Dragon himself. Initially, it looks like a MuggingTheMonster case where they selected the wrong target, but then it's revealed that they knew who he was and were paid to target him. It gets all five of them
** Played with when two of the Jones Boys run into the newly arrived Death's Head. They mistakenly think he's one of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Evil Dead]]'s new recruits, which in itself ought to suggest that he's bad news. But as it turns out, he's much, much worse.
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** One of the Jones Boys hits Death's Head full-on with a flamethrower. He walks out of the flames unharmed. Another leaps at him and tries to plunge a knife into his chest - and the blade simply crumples.
** Digit tries to subdue Rend with a taser, only to find that his rewired nervous system doesn't care about pain or electricity.
** One of the Jones Boys hits Death's Head full-on with a flamethrower. He walks out of the flames unharmed. Another leaps at him and tries to plunge a knife into his chest - and the blade simply crumples.
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The series is set in 8162, in the ruins of Britain, and where the titular team, Dragon's Claws, were the champions of the wildly popular BloodSport known simply as “the Game”. But then the Game was cancelled and the players dispersed, with many other teams turning to crime.
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** There's a less successful example when Deller shoots Death's Head in the back while he's negotiating with Dragon. It hurts him and knocks him off his feet, but isn't enough to finish him. Although he does [[{{Touche}} compliment Deller on his guile]] while shooting him.
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** There's a less successful example when Deller shoots Death's Head in the back while he's negotiating with Dragon. It hurts him and knocks him off his feet, but isn't enough to finish him. Although he does [[{{Touche}} compliment Deller on his guile]] while shooting him.
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* MuggingTheMonster: Lion tries to steal from Dragon's stall, which escalates into a fight. He loses it badly, but the. the full Wildcats team comes back for revenge - and it gets them all killed. Subverted as it's later revealed that they knew exactly who Dragon was, and had been paid to antagonise him.
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* MuggingTheMonster: Lion tries to steal from Dragon's stall, which escalates into a fight. He loses it badly, but the. the full Wildcats team comes back for revenge - and it gets them all killed. Subverted as it's later revealed that they knew exactly who Dragon was, and [[BullyingADragon had been paid to antagonise him.him]].
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* RetiredBadass: At the start of the series, Dragon's retired and is running a farm and a market stall with his family.
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* RetiredBadass: At the start of the series, Dragon's retired and is running a farm and a market stall with his family.family.
* {{Touche}}: ComicBook/DeathsHead's response when Deller shoots him in the back while Dragon's trying to negotiate with him:
-->'''Death's Head:''' Nhh... tricked me, eh? Kept me talking while another sneaks up behind me. '''''Like your style, yes?'''''
* {{Touche}}: ComicBook/DeathsHead's response when Deller shoots him in the back while Dragon's trying to negotiate with him:
-->'''Death's Head:''' Nhh... tricked me, eh? Kept me talking while another sneaks up behind me. '''''Like your style, yes?'''''
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* FictionalSport: The Game, in which five player teams duel
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* FictionalSport: The Game, in which five player teams duel for points in an arena. It’s violent, but not supposed to be deadly.
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** Feral, the Evil Dead's wolfman, was seemingly killed this way by Scavenger. All we see is a grinning Scavenger picking his teeth with one of Feral’s metal claw extensions after the fight.
** Technically also true of another Evil Dead member, Hex. As he's masked and DiedStandingUp, it's only clear that Scavenger's already killed him when the corpse falls over.
** Feral, the Evil Dead's wolfman, was seemingly killed this way by Scavenger. All we see is a grinning Scavenger picking his teeth with one of Feral’s metal claw extensions after the fight.
** Technically also true of another Evil Dead member, Hex. As he's masked and DiedStandingUp, it's only clear that Scavenger's already killed him when the corpse falls over.
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* BullyingADragon: Appropriately enough, the Wildcats try this on Dragon himself. Initially, it looks like a MuggingTheMonster case where they selected the wrong target, but then it's revealed that they knew who he was and were paid to target him. It gets all five of them killed.
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* InTheBack:
** Scavenger kills Hex this way, leaving four large spikes embedded in his back. The corpse is [[DiedStandingUp still standing]], too.
** Matron's assistant Stenson gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice this way, after Slaughterhouse sneaks up behind him.
** Scavenger kills Hex this way, leaving four large spikes embedded in his back. The corpse is [[DiedStandingUp still standing]], too.
** Matron's assistant Stenson gets ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice this way, after Slaughterhouse sneaks up behind him.
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Now, though, the World Development Council (WDC) has an urgent need for an elite troubleshooting team, and Dragon's Claws would fit that role perfectly.
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* BlowGun: Hex's preferred weapon. With [[PoisonedWeapons poison darts]], of course.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast:
** The Evil Dead as a whole. Slaughterhouse and Death Nell in particular.
** Death's Head, who's probably the single most dangerous person in the series, probably qualifies.
** Arguably, Dragon himself is also in this category. He’s an ''extremely'' competent warrior who doesn't hesitate to kill enemies. And there's no suggestion that 'Dragon' is a pseudonym.
** The Evil Dead as a whole. Slaughterhouse and Death Nell in particular.
** Death's Head, who's probably the single most dangerous person in the series, probably qualifies.
** Arguably, Dragon himself is also in this category. He’s an ''extremely'' competent warrior who doesn't hesitate to kill enemies. And there's no suggestion that 'Dragon' is a pseudonym.
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The series is set in 8162, in the ruins of Britain, and the titular team, Dragon's Claws, were the champions of the BloodSport known simply as “the Game”. But then the Game was cancelled and the players dispersed, with many other teams turning to crime.
Now, though, the World Development Council (WDC) has an urgent need for an elite troubleshooting team, and Dragon's Claws would fit that role perfectly.
The fights are deadlier than they used to be, and the stakes are much higher. But betting against the Claws is still a bad move.
The first issue was released May 31 1988. The series was cancelled after 10 issues, with the last issue released on March 21 1989.
* ActionGirl: Mercy fills this role for the Claws.
* BadassNormal: Dragon, Mercy and Scavenger all seem to fall into this category. Arguably, so does Deller, although he's sometimes out of his depth. Powers are downplayed in the setting, but it's clear that some characters are rather more than human.
* BattleInTheCentreOfTheMind: Dragon and Slaughterhouse both end up in one of these, connected to Matron’s "Excavator", a mental probe that uses their own memories to torture them.
* BloodSport: The Game is violent, although it wasn't intended to be lethal.
* BreadAndCircuses: Downplayed, but the Game was deliberately introduced to help appease the population and distract them from the state of the world.
* FictionalSport: The Game, in which five player teams duel
* FunWithAcronyms: N.U.R.S.E., the National Union of Retired Sports Experts.
* LightningBruiser: Matron. For a start, she knocks out Slaughterhouse. Dragon - after finding his unconscious body - comments on the speed and strength that would be needed to overcome him. And then Matron does exactly the same to Dragon. It's also worth noting that these weren't ambushes - she announced her presence on both occasions, with the fight following some initial conversation.
* MuggingTheMonster: Lion tries to steal from Dragon's stall, which escalates into a fight. He loses it badly, but the. the full Wildcats team comes back for revenge - and it gets them all killed. Subverted as it's later revealed that they knew exactly who Dragon was, and had been paid to antagonise him.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Despite his best efforts, Dragon hasn't quite managed to leave his past behind, but he's not interested when Deller tries to recruit him.
* RetiredBadass: At the start of the series, Dragon's retired and is running a farm and a market stall with his family.
