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->"Whenever my brother and I played superheroes, he always made me be the bad guy. Someone has to be."
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* {{Flight}}: The power that gives the titular Cape, giving to it’s user the capacity of move freely in the air. Eric uses it in creative ways like [[DeathFlight dropping other people from great heights]], [[DeathFromAbove throwing dangerous objects at his targets]], traveling fast between cities or locations, or simply fliying low in front of the people he wants to hit and taking advantage of the height and mobility to beat them up. At the end it is briefly shown that it is not necessary to wear the cape to fly, only holding it is enough.
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* {{Flight}}: The power that gives the titular Cape, giving object gives to it’s user user, the capacity of ability to move freely in the air. Eric uses it in creative ways like [[DeathFlight dropping other people from great heights]], [[DeathFromAbove throwing dangerous objects at his targets]], traveling fast between cities or locations, or simply fliying flying low in front of the people he wants to hit and taking advantage of the height and mobility to beat them up. At the end it is briefly shown that it is not necessary to wear the cape to fly, only holding it is enough.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Eric sticks one of his victims on top of a flag pole lets gravity do the rest.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Eric sticks one of his victims on top of a flag pole and lets gravity do the rest.
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* BequeathedPower: The witch passes the powers of flight to Eric before he dies.
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* BequeathedPower: The witch passes the powers of flight to Eric Chase before he dies.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Eric sticks one of his victims on top or a flag pole lets gravity do the rest.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Eric sticks one of his victims on top or of a flag pole lets gravity do the rest.
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Not comedic example. On one page we see some photos in Eric’s phone, which start with normal ones like a selfie, a photo of Angie, or a photo of Eric and Nick, but then turn into photos of Angie’s dead and bloodied body. And at the next panel we see Eric smiling at his phone, aparently mostly enjoying the latest photos…
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Not comedic example. On one page we see some photos in Eric’s phone, which start with normal ones like a selfie, a photo of Angie, or a photo of Eric and Nick, but then turn into photos of Angie’s dead and bloodied body. And at the next panel we see Eric smiling at his phone, aparently apparently mostly enjoying the latest photos…
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* {{Flight}}: The power that gives the titular Cape, giving to it’s user the capacity of move freely in the air. Eric uses it in creative ways like [[DeathFlight dropping other people from grat heights]], [[DeathFromAbove throwing dangerous objects at his targets]], traveling fast between cities or locations, or simply fliying low in front of the people he wants to hit and taking advantage of the height and mobility to beat them up. At the end it is briefly shown that it is not necessary to wear the cape to fly, only holding it is enough.
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* {{Flight}}: The power that gives the titular Cape, giving to it’s user the capacity of move freely in the air. Eric uses it in creative ways like [[DeathFlight dropping other people from grat great heights]], [[DeathFromAbove throwing dangerous objects at his targets]], traveling fast between cities or locations, or simply fliying low in front of the people he wants to hit and taking advantage of the height and mobility to beat them up. At the end it is briefly shown that it is not necessary to wear the cape to fly, only holding it is enough.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Angie, Eric’s exgirlfriend and a closer friend of Nick. She is dead at the start of the comic and his past actions still afects the life of both men.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Angie, Eric’s exgirlfriend ex-girlfriend and a closer friend of Nick. She is dead at the start of the comic and his past actions still afects affects the life of both men.
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* UngratefulBastard: Eric. As Nick points out, he had a generally good life and his family loved him, never even asking him to measure up to his more successful brother or compared him with Nick. However, Eric was unhealthily jealous of his brother, and he ended up murdering his loved ones under the belief that they secretly hated or hurted him in some way.
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* UngratefulBastard: Eric. As Nick points out, he had a generally good life and his family loved him, never even asking him to measure up to his more successful brother or compared him with Nick. However, Eric was unhealthily jealous of his brother, and he ended up murdering his loved ones under the belief that they secretly hated or hurted hurt him in some way.
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* {{Flight}}: The power that gives the titular Cape, giving to it’s user the capacity of move freely in the air. Eric uses it in creative ways like [[DeathFlight dropping other people from grat heights]], [[DeathFromAbove throwing dangerous objects at his targets]], traveling fast between cities or locations, or simply fliying low in front of the people he wants to hit and taking advantage of the height and mobility to beat them up. At the end it is briefly shown that it is not necessary to wear the cape to fly, only having holding it is enough.
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* {{Flight}}: The power that gives the titular Cape, giving to it’s user the capacity of move freely in the air. Eric uses it in creative ways like [[DeathFlight dropping other people from grat heights]], [[DeathFromAbove throwing dangerous objects at his targets]], traveling fast between cities or locations, or simply fliying low in front of the people he wants to hit and taking advantage of the height and mobility to beat them up. At the end it is briefly shown that it is not necessary to wear the cape to fly, only having holding it is enough.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Eric is apparently convinced that Angie and Nick had something going on behind his back, continuing an implied old relationship. Acording to Nick, they have a reunion after Angie and Eric broke up, but there was nothing of the sort, and Angie went to him looking for some help on Eric's growing instability.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Eric is apparently convinced that Angie and Nick had something going on behind his back, continuing an implied old relationship. Acording According to Nick, they have a reunion after Angie and Eric broke up, but there was nothing of the sort, and Angie went to him looking for some help on Eric's growing instability.
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Not to be confused with [[TheCape the trope]] and [[Series/TheCape the live action series]] of the same name.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Eric feels this way about his brother Nick, especially when him was accepted in Harvard.
* AntagonistTitle: The titular Cape is the primary tool of the story’s VillainProtagonist.
* AntagonistTitle: The titular Cape is the primary tool of the story’s VillainProtagonist.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Eric is apparently convinced that Angie and Nick had something going on behind his back, continuing an implied old relationship. Acording to Nick, they have a reunion after Angie and Eric broke up, but there was nothing of the sort, and Angie went to him looking for some help on Eric's growing instability.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Not comedic example. On one page we see some photos in Eric’s phone, which start with normal ones like a selfie, a photo of Angie, or a photo of Eric and Nick, but then turn into photos of Angie’s dead and bloodied body. And at the next panel we see Eric smiling at his phone, aparently mostly enjoying the latest photos…
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Not comedic example. On one page we see some photos in Eric’s phone, which start with normal ones like a selfie, a photo of Angie, or a photo of Eric and Nick, but then turn into photos of Angie’s dead and bloodied body. And at the next panel we see Eric smiling at his phone, aparently mostly enjoying the latest photos…
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* {{Flight}}: The power that gives the titular Cape, giving to it’s user the capacity of move freely in the air. Eric uses it in creative ways like [[DeathFlight dropping other people from grat heights]], [[DeathFromAbove throwing dangerous objects at his targets]], traveling fast between cities or locations, or simply fliying low in front of the people he wants to hit and taking advantage of the height and mobility to beat them up. At the end it is briefly shown that it is not necessary to wear the cape to fly, only having holding it is enough.
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* HeroAntagonist: Nick and the police. They are the forces that antagonize [[VillainProtagonist Eric]]. Nick in particular is personally involved and is the only one around who has any notion of what's really going on.
* InSeriesNickname: When they were kids, Nick called Eric [[AffectionateNickname Thunderbolt or Bolt]], and Eric often calls him [[AffectionateNickname Nicky]]. Although in a much more bitter example, Eric often calls Nick "Harvard" in a derogatory way, because of his jealousy and resentment.
* InSeriesNickname: When they were kids, Nick called Eric [[AffectionateNickname Thunderbolt or Bolt]], and Eric often calls him [[AffectionateNickname Nicky]]. Although in a much more bitter example, Eric often calls Nick "Harvard" in a derogatory way, because of his jealousy and resentment.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Angie, Eric’s exgirlfriend and a closer friend of Nick. She is dead at the start of the comic and his past actions still afects the life of both men.
** Also the dad of Eric and Nick. He died when they were children and caused their mother to raise them alone. His role expands in ''1969'' and it is shown that his actions were actually much more influential, being involved in the origin of the Cape.
* SerialKiller: Eric becomes one, targeting his loved ones, but not having any problem killing members of the police or any other collateral damage.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: It is mentioned by his mother that Eric is very similar to his father. In ''1969'' and other flashbacks we can see that they actually have several similarities.
* UngratefulBastard: Eric. As Nick points out, he had a generally good life and his family loved him, never even asking him to measure up to his more successful brother or compared him with Nick. However, Eric was unhealthily jealous of his brother, and he ended up murdering his loved ones under the belief that they secretly hated or hurted him in some way.
** Also the dad of Eric and Nick. He died when they were children and caused their mother to raise them alone. His role expands in ''1969'' and it is shown that his actions were actually much more influential, being involved in the origin of the Cape.
* SerialKiller: Eric becomes one, targeting his loved ones, but not having any problem killing members of the police or any other collateral damage.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: It is mentioned by his mother that Eric is very similar to his father. In ''1969'' and other flashbacks we can see that they actually have several similarities.
* UngratefulBastard: Eric. As Nick points out, he had a generally good life and his family loved him, never even asking him to measure up to his more successful brother or compared him with Nick. However, Eric was unhealthily jealous of his brother, and he ended up murdering his loved ones under the belief that they secretly hated or hurted him in some way.
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* {{Interquel}}: The original series mentions that Eric went missing for three days. This comic shows what he was doing.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Eric kills all the LARPers and returns home to terrorize his family.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Eric finds himself having fun with the other LARPers and it seems like there’s a chance for him to rediscover his humanity. It doesn’t last.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Eric finds himself having fun with the other LARPers and it seems like there’s a chance for him to rediscover his humanity. It doesn’t last.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Eric kills all the LARPers [=LARPers=] and returns home to terrorize his family.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Eric finds himself having fun with the otherLARPers [=LARPers=] and it seems like there’s a chance for him to rediscover his humanity. It doesn’t last.
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* {{LARP}}: Eric discovers a group of friends doing this at his cabin.
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* {{LARP}}: Eric discovers a group of friends doing this at his cabin.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Chase realizes that with his new flying abilities he can easily return back to his camp and return home but is too consumed with the idea of revenge to do so.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Chase realizes that with his new flying abilities he can easily return back to his camp and return home but is too consumed with the idea of revenge to do so.so.
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!!Tropes specific to ''The Cape: Fallen''
* TheBadGuyWins: Eric kills all the LARPers and returns home to terrorize his family.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Eric finds himself having fun with the other LARPers and it seems like there’s a chance for him to rediscover his humanity. It doesn’t last.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Eric sticks one of his victims on top or a flag pole lets gravity do the rest.
* {{LARP}}: Eric discovers a group of friends doing this at his cabin.
He even joins in for a while.
* ReformedBully: Josh teased Eric when they were kids due to the latter’s appearance when he was recovering from his accident. As an adult he apologizes to Eric and tries to make a peace offering to him by giving him some comics.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Eric kills all the LARPers and returns home to terrorize his family.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Eric finds himself having fun with the other LARPers and it seems like there’s a chance for him to rediscover his humanity. It doesn’t last.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Eric sticks one of his victims on top or a flag pole lets gravity do the rest.
* {{LARP}}: Eric discovers a group of friends doing this at his cabin.
He even joins in for a while.
* ReformedBully: Josh teased Eric when they were kids due to the latter’s appearance when he was recovering from his accident. As an adult he apologizes to Eric and tries to make a peace offering to him by giving him some comics.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Eric goes from being an aimless schlub to a mass murderer with his cape.
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* MutualKill: Chase and Xuan end up killing each other during their final encounter.
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* BequeathedPower: The witch passes the powers of flight to Eric before he dies.
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* DoomedByCanon: ''The Cape: 1969'' follows Eric's father in Vietnam. We know from the main series that he never returned home.
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* VillainProtagonist: Eric becomes this when he murders his ex-girlfriend.
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* VillainProtagonist: Eric becomes this when he murders his ex-girlfriend.ex-girlfriend.
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* DoomedByCanon: The series follows Eric's father in Vietnam. We know from the main series that he never returned home.
* FramingDevice: The story is framed by letters written to Eric and his family.
* TheReveal: It’s Chase’s unit patch that gives Eric’s cape its abilities.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Chase realizes that with his new flying abilities he can easily return back to his camp and return home but is too consumed with the idea of revenge to do so.
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!!Tropes specific to ''The Cape: 1969''
* DoomedByCanon: The series follows Eric's father in Vietnam. We know from the main series that he never returned home.
* FramingDevice: The story is framed by letters written to Eric and his family.
* TheReveal: It’s Chase’s unit patch that gives Eric’s cape its abilities.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Chase realizes that with his new flying abilities he can easily return back to his camp and return home but is too consumed with the idea of revenge to do so.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Eric appears as this in flashbacks with his brother.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Eric appears as this in flashbacks with his brother.brother.
* VillainProtagonist: Eric becomes this when he murders his ex-girlfriend.
* VillainProtagonist: Eric becomes this when he murders his ex-girlfriend.
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* ChainsawGood: Eric uses a chainsaw on the wing of a plane, causing it to crash.
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* ChainsawGood: Eric uses a chainsaw on the wing engine of a plane, causing it to crash.
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* DoomedByCanon: ''The Cape: 1969'' follows Eric's father in Vietnam. We know from the main series that he never returned home.
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* CainAndAbel: Eric tries to murder his brother only for his brother to kill him instead.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Eric is jealous of his older brother’s success in life and resents him for it.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Eric targets those he thinks have wronged him but the offenses are either minor or in his head. For example, he targets his mother for keeping the cape from him when she did it after he had seriously injured himself as a kid using it.
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In 2013, ''The Cape: 1969'' was published. This was a {{prequel}} that showed the origins of the cape during Eric’s father’s tour in Vietnam. 2017 saw the release of ''The Cape: Fallen'', an {{interquel}} that took place during a gap in the original series
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''The Cape'' is a comic series written by Jason Ciaramella and illustrated by Zach Howard. It is based on the short story of the same name by Creator/JoeHill that appears in Literature/TwentiethCenturyGhosts.
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''The Cape'' is a comic series written by Jason Ciaramella and illustrated by Zach Howard. It is based on the short story of the same name by Creator/JoeHill that appears in Literature/TwentiethCenturyGhosts.
''Literature/TwentiethCenturyGhosts''.
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''The Cape'' is a comic series written by Jason Ciaramella and illustrated by Zach Howard. It is based on the short story of the same name by Creator/JoeHill that appears in Literature/20thCenturyGhosts.
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->“Whenever my brother and I played superheroes, he always made me be the bad guy. Someone has to be.”
-->--Eric Chase
''The Cape'' is a comic series written by Jason Ciaramella and illustrated by Zach Howard. It is based on the short story of the same name by Creator/JoeHill that appears in Literature/20thCenturyGhosts.
Eric is a twenty year old burnout, who has just lost his girlfriend and job. But in the old days he used to be the Red Bolt and with his homemade cape he could fly. Now he has his cape back and Eric finds his way up again…
The series began with a one-shot in 2010 that adapted the Hill story. It was followed by a miniseries in 2011 that served as a continuation.
In 2013, ''The Cape: 1969'' was published. This was a {{prequel}} that showed the origins of the cape during Eric’s father’s tour in Vietnam. 2017 saw the release of ''The Cape: Fallen'', an {{interquel}} that took place during a gap in the original series
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!! ''The Cape'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: Everything after the first issue is new material.
* BasementDweller: Eric becomes this after breaking up with his girlfriend.
* ChainsawGood: Eric uses a chainsaw on the wing of a plane, causing it to crash.
* DeathFlight: Eric kills his ex-girlfriend this way. He later tries to kill his brother the same way only for the the same thing to happen to him.
* DeathFromAbove: Eric uses this to his advantage at various points. One example involves dropping a live bear on two detectives.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: Eric becoming a murderous villain is something that happens at the end of the original short story and one-shot. The rest of the series revolves around this premise.
* {{Matricide}}: Eric kills his mother after believing she wronged him.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Eric appears as this in flashbacks with his brother.
->“Whenever my brother and I played superheroes, he always made me be the bad guy. Someone has to be.”
-->--Eric Chase
''The Cape'' is a comic series written by Jason Ciaramella and illustrated by Zach Howard. It is based on the short story of the same name by Creator/JoeHill that appears in Literature/20thCenturyGhosts.
Eric is a twenty year old burnout, who has just lost his girlfriend and job. But in the old days he used to be the Red Bolt and with his homemade cape he could fly. Now he has his cape back and Eric finds his way up again…
The series began with a one-shot in 2010 that adapted the Hill story. It was followed by a miniseries in 2011 that served as a continuation.
In 2013, ''The Cape: 1969'' was published. This was a {{prequel}} that showed the origins of the cape during Eric’s father’s tour in Vietnam. 2017 saw the release of ''The Cape: Fallen'', an {{interquel}} that took place during a gap in the original series
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!! ''The Cape'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: Everything after the first issue is new material.
* BasementDweller: Eric becomes this after breaking up with his girlfriend.
* ChainsawGood: Eric uses a chainsaw on the wing of a plane, causing it to crash.
* DeathFlight: Eric kills his ex-girlfriend this way. He later tries to kill his brother the same way only for the the same thing to happen to him.
* DeathFromAbove: Eric uses this to his advantage at various points. One example involves dropping a live bear on two detectives.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: Eric becoming a murderous villain is something that happens at the end of the original short story and one-shot. The rest of the series revolves around this premise.
* {{Matricide}}: Eric kills his mother after believing she wronged him.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Eric appears as this in flashbacks with his brother.
