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This was Milestone's supernatural title and seriously weird (we're talking ComicBook/DoomPatrol weird here.)
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This was Milestone's supernatural title and seriously weird (we're talking ComicBook/DoomPatrol Creator/GrantMorrison and Rachel Pollack's runs on ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' weird here.)
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: Xombi is spelled Xombi, not Zombie.
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Years later, a 2011 miniseries was made where David Kim had to fight against a new threat. The title would also be rebooted as part of ''Milestone Returns'' in the 2020s, under the [[AdaptationTitleChange new title]] of ''DUO''.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Dumaka finds his immortality as a Xombi a curse due to outliving all his loved ones over the centuries. Fortunately for him, he dies as soon as he loses the will to continue living.
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That bit mentioning which comic it takes place in is kind of unnecessary on the comic's actual page.
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* AndIMustScream: In ''Xombi'', Rustling Husks are mummies animated by the revived corpses of wasps who died caught between two window panes - as they died, they could see the outside but could never reach it. Needless to say, their reanimated corpses ''hate'' humans and by extension all living things. In short, they're '''pissed'''.
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* AndIMustScream: In ''Xombi'', Rustling Husks are mummies animated by the revived corpses of wasps who died caught between two window panes - as they died, they could see the outside but could never reach it. Needless to say, their reanimated corpses ''hate'' humans and by extension all living things. In short, they're '''pissed'''.
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* AvengingTheVillain: After Manuela Dexterity dies, his sister Manuella tries to kill David Kim to avenge her brother, only to get killed herself.
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* AvengingTheVillain: After Manuela Manuel Dexterity dies, his sister Manuella tries to kill David Kim to avenge her brother, only to get killed herself.
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** Both Manuel and Manuella Dexterity are assassins who never wear clothes. Granted, their lower bodies are giant hands, so the only private parts are Manuella's breasts.
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** Both Manuel and Manuella Dexterity are assassins who never wear clothes. Granted, their lower bodies are giant hands, so the only private parts exposed are Manuella's breasts.
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* AvengingTheVillain: After Manuela Dexterity dies, his sister Manuella tries to kill David Kim to avenge her brother, only to get killed herself.
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* FullFrontalAssault:
** Both Manuel and Manuella Dexterity are assassins who never wear clothes. Granted, their lower bodies are giant hands, so the only private parts are Manuella's breasts.
** The tenth issue has David Kim mutated into a two-faced monster by the villains, who attacks his allies naked. His nanites eventually restore him to normal in time for a nude brawl with Manuella Dexterity.
** Both Manuel and Manuella Dexterity are assassins who never wear clothes. Granted, their lower bodies are giant hands, so the only private parts are Manuella's breasts.
** The tenth issue has David Kim mutated into a two-faced monster by the villains, who attacks his allies naked. His nanites eventually restore him to normal in time for a nude brawl with Manuella Dexterity.
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* YankTheDogsChain: David Kim tries to use the nanotechnological virus that gave him his regenerative abilities to resurrect Kelly Sanbourne at the end of the first arc, but learns that he's too late due to Kelly's remains already being cremated.
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* DeathByOriginStory: David Kim's origin involves the death of his assistant Kelly Sanbourne.
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* OriginsEpisode: The series starts with a zero-numbered issue where David Kim is introduced as already having his regenerative abilities in addition to being involved with the general scope of the Dakotaverse. The first arc of the subsequent ongoing was devoted to explaining how he got his powers.
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* HealingFactor: Xombi has a {{Nanomachines}} based healing factor. It's treated more realistically in that the title character ''does'' explicitly needs raw organic material to properly heal. In the first issue, his lab assistant is partially devoured when she rests her body against his own while he's healing.
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* HealingFactor: Xombi has a {{Nanomachines}} based healing factor. It's treated more realistically in that the title character ''does'' explicitly needs need raw organic material to properly heal. In the first issue, his lab assistant is partially devoured when she rests her body against his own while he's healing.
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'''Xombi''' is a 1994 series by Creator/MilestoneComics.
David Kim is a Korean scientist who developed a nanotechnological virus capable of extensive tissue regeneration. After being injured during an attempted theft by Dr. Sugarman, David was injected with the virus, allowing him to regenerate by absorbing nearby materials and making him functionally immortal.
This was Milestone's supernatural title and seriously weird (we're talking ComicBook/DoomPatrol weird here.)
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!!''Xombi'' provides examples of:
* AndIMustScream: In ''Xombi'', Rustling Husks are mummies animated by the revived corpses of wasps who died caught between two window panes - as they died, they could see the outside but could never reach it. Needless to say, their reanimated corpses ''hate'' humans and by extension all living things. In short, they're '''pissed'''.
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: Young superheroine Catholic Girl, and by implication, her ally and mentor, Nun Of The Above (who is presumably a former Catholic School Girl).
* HealingFactor: Xombi has a {{Nanomachines}} based healing factor. It's treated more realistically in that the title character ''does'' explicitly needs raw organic material to properly heal. In the first issue, his lab assistant is partially devoured when she rests her body against his own while he's healing.
* HurricaneOfPuns: ''Xombi''. The entire series has punny characters like Nun of the Above, Nun the Less, Manuel and Manuella Dexterity (both of them are disembodied ''hands''), Sheer Shears (living scissors), and so on.
* {{Nanomachines}}: What the nanomachine "virus" functionally is, granting [[HealingFactor extensive tissue regeneration]].
* NunsAreFunny: despite not being comedic figures, there was Nun of the Above, who had clairvoyant abilities, and Nun the Less, who could shrink. The humor mainly came from their punny names, and there was a third nun whose task was to guard a door to an underground prison. When asked which nun she was, she replied "[[StealthPun None of your business.]]"
* ShowWithinAShow: One issue opens with the cast discussing a film they just saw - which, based on the plot and cast details mentioned, is 'Habeas Corpus', the film within a film from ''Film/ThePlayer''.
* {{Transmutation}}: David Kim has limited transmutation abilities due to the {{Nanomachines}} in his body.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Dear God, ''Xombi'', in spades. David Kim's status as an immortal, artificial zombie makes him the target of a lot of weird plots.
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'''Xombi''' is a 1994 series by Creator/MilestoneComics.
David Kim is a Korean scientist who developed a nanotechnological virus capable of extensive tissue regeneration. After being injured during an attempted theft by Dr. Sugarman, David was injected with the virus, allowing him to regenerate by absorbing nearby materials and making him functionally immortal.
This was Milestone's supernatural title and seriously weird (we're talking ComicBook/DoomPatrol weird here.)
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!!''Xombi'' provides examples of:
* AndIMustScream: In ''Xombi'', Rustling Husks are mummies animated by the revived corpses of wasps who died caught between two window panes - as they died, they could see the outside but could never reach it. Needless to say, their reanimated corpses ''hate'' humans and by extension all living things. In short, they're '''pissed'''.
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: Young superheroine Catholic Girl, and by implication, her ally and mentor, Nun Of The Above (who is presumably a former Catholic School Girl).
* HealingFactor: Xombi has a {{Nanomachines}} based healing factor. It's treated more realistically in that the title character ''does'' explicitly needs raw organic material to properly heal. In the first issue, his lab assistant is partially devoured when she rests her body against his own while he's healing.
* HurricaneOfPuns: ''Xombi''. The entire series has punny characters like Nun of the Above, Nun the Less, Manuel and Manuella Dexterity (both of them are disembodied ''hands''), Sheer Shears (living scissors), and so on.
* {{Nanomachines}}: What the nanomachine "virus" functionally is, granting [[HealingFactor extensive tissue regeneration]].
* NunsAreFunny: despite not being comedic figures, there was Nun of the Above, who had clairvoyant abilities, and Nun the Less, who could shrink. The humor mainly came from their punny names, and there was a third nun whose task was to guard a door to an underground prison. When asked which nun she was, she replied "[[StealthPun None of your business.]]"
* ShowWithinAShow: One issue opens with the cast discussing a film they just saw - which, based on the plot and cast details mentioned, is 'Habeas Corpus', the film within a film from ''Film/ThePlayer''.
* {{Transmutation}}: David Kim has limited transmutation abilities due to the {{Nanomachines}} in his body.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Dear God, ''Xombi'', in spades. David Kim's status as an immortal, artificial zombie makes him the target of a lot of weird plots.
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