History ComicBook / Flesh

* HeroAntagonist: Earl Reagan is arguably one if we consider the Dinosaurs like Old One Eye as the primary protagonists. He's rough on the edges, but also constantly showing himself a man of honour and reason who tries his best to protect and save his fellow Human coworkers and subordinates, standing out among other Humans who often show themselves to be greedy, foolish, vicious, or all three at once. He is still an enemy of the Dinosaurs by being a cowboy who's herding/hunting them to be processed for food, but for him [[PunchClockVillain it's just a job]] he's good at, and even then while not hesitating to kill them he still treats them with considerable respect as the dangerous and powerful creatures they are.

* AnyoneCanDie: Almost any Human character in the comic, named or not, ended up buying it over the course of Book 1 and 2, up to including a SpoiledBrat named Orville, as well as Earl Reagan's buddy Joe Brontowski, who spent the whole series sympathising with the Dinosaurs, had his life saved several times by Earl, only to finally die fighting and being eaten by a Dinosaur when they finally broke through and invaded the Trans Time base at the end of Book 1.

* AssholeVictim: Claw Carver is an [[AxCrazy violent]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] and greedy scumbag whose selfishness and belligerence often cause and contributes to the worsening crisis as much as he helped other survive it (and even then only out of self-preservation or self-gain).

* ArcWords: In Book 1, ''"There's gonna be a reckoning"'' or similar phrases are often repeated as various characters, starting and mostly Earl Reagan, noted it's only a matter of time before Human dino-hunting/herding activity starts a conflict which would decide the fate of both Humans and Dinosaurs in the prehistoric eras. Said reckoning finally came in the later parts of Book 1 when a whole army of prehistoric dinosaurs finally launch an all-out assault on the Trans-Time base.

* DeathOfAChild: Orville, a SpoiledBrat from the 23rd century brought to the Cretacous Era on holiday by his family, ends up among the Humans being eaten by the Dinosaurs. Orville's (censored) death highlights just how brutal, vicious and dangerous the Dinosaurs and the prehistoric era they lived in are and can be, even though the Dinosaurs are ultimately still the more sympathetic party of the series being herded and hunted to extinction by Humans. The dinos don't give a damn whether you are a child or not: flesh is still flesh, and they are hungry as they are angry.

* HeroAntagonist: Earl Reagan is arguably one if we consider the Dinosaurs like Old One Eye as the primary protagonists. He's rough on the edges, but also constantly showing himself a man of honour and reason who tries his best to protect and save his fellow Human coworkers and subordinates, standing out among other Humans who often show themselves to be greedy, foolish, vicious, or all three at once. He is still an enemy of the Dinosaurs by being a cowboy who's herding/hunting them to be processed for food, but for him [[PunchClockVillain it's just a job]] he's good at, and even then while not hesitating to kill them he still treats them with considerable respect as the dangerous and powerful creatures they are.

* GiantSpider: A colony of huge spiders lives underneath the Trans-Time base, and like everything else in the comic, they find humans delicious.

* StormingTheCastle: What the Dinosaurs did to the Trans-Time Base in the penultimate episodes of Book 1 when their defences faltered momentarily from meteorlogical phenomena beyond their control, with Old One Eye leading the charge. This happened concurrently with a surprise attack from giant spiders which had nested under the base for years unnoticed and started preying on the Humans when the suspension of dino meat processing in response to the dino-siege cut off the leftovers they fed on.

* DentedIron: The T-Rex matriarch Old One Eye, on account of being 120 years old. She's still the most dangerous creature the Humans faced throughout the story, being the undisputed [[KingOfTheDinosaurs queen among not only her pack but also among the other Dinosaurs]] by sheer ferocity and determination.

* {{Determinator}}: Trail boss Earl Reagan among the Humans in Book 1, and his AnimalNemesis Old One Eye is also one. Both of them refuses to lay down and die even where they should had bought it, and would survive and persist no matter what it takes to achieve their goals, even if it means taking on giant man-eating prehistoric monsters or futuristic technological defences respectively. As Earl Reagan puts it...
--> '''Earl Reagan:''' Nobody makes Earl Reagan extinct!

* HeroAntagonist: Earl Reagan is arguably one if we consider the Dinosaurs like Old One Eye as the primary protagonists. He's rough on the edges, but also constantly showing himself a man of honour and reason who tries his best to protect and save his fellow Human coworkers and subordinates, standing out among other Humans who often show themselves to be greedy, foolish, vicious, or all three at once. He is still an enemy of the Dinosaurs by being a cowboy who's herding/hunting them to be processed for food, but for him it's a job he's good at, and even then while not hesitating to kill them he still treats them with considerable respect as the dangerous and powerful creatures they are.

* EnemyMine: Earl Reagan and Claw Carver knows and ''despise'' each other, but both often find themselves forced to team up in the face of greater threat of rampaging and aggressive dinosaurs, only going back to fighting and trying to kill each other as soon as the dinosaurs are dealt with.

* {{Determinator}}: Earl Reagan among the Humans in Book 1, and his AnimalNemesis Old One Eye is also one. Both of them refuses to lay down and die, and would survive and persist no matter what it takes, even if it means taking on giant man-eating prehistoric monsters or futuristic technological defences respectively. As Earl Reagan puts it...

* CattlePunk: The series practically ''oozes'' this. The dino hunters and herders of the Trans-Time corporation are the new cowboys of the 23rd century and acts like them, albeit armed with futuristic technology. The prehistoric eras also has the feel of a much more dangerous untamed wild WeirdWest filled with dangers and monsters. The entire conflict between the Humans and Dinosaurs is reminiscent of the conflict between Cowboys with Native Americans - except this time, or at least for a time, the Native Americans wins.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: While the dinosaurs are depicted as dumb animals whose intellect are no match of that of Humans, the narration noted that by no means make them harmless. They survived for millions of years in a prehistoric DeathWorld, and their kitten-sized brain is more than enough for them to hunt prey and kill anyone and anything that stands in their way, and even ultimately defeat the Humans for all their advantages with a combination of sheer ferocity, enemy complacency and good fortune on the dinos' side.

* CattlePunk: The series practically ''oozes'' this.

* BittersweetEnding: Book 1 ends with one arguably for both Dinosaurs and Man. By destroying the Trans-Time Base and driving the Humans back to the 23rd century, the Dinosaurs have for the time being got their world back, although this is likely temporary as the Humans would eventually come back and hunt them for their meat, [[ForegoneConclusion leading to their extinction]]. While Old One Eye never truly got to avenge herself on Earl Reagan, she still finally got the carnivorous Dinosaurs' food supply back, and when the exertion proved too much for her old body she was still able to make it to the T-Rex Graveyard and die on her own terms, undefeated and triumphant. Meanwhile, although Earl Reagan was arrested upon returning to the 23rd century and being misblamed for the disaster, his efforts ensured he and the remaining Human survivors of the base make it back home, and he's at least content to know Claw Carver, whose time machine controls he sabotaged, would be lost in time and would never come back (indeed, he would meet his end in Book 2 to a Triassic creature whom he crossed).

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Trans-Time is run by one, both on site and off in the 23rd Century. They refused to send help to Earl Reagan and Claw Carver's town when they were under attack by Dinosaurs as they prioritised processing the herd of Dinosaurs they were rounding up first. When the Trans-Time base is being threatened by the Dinosaurs and the situation has gone completely out of control, the other company executives left their own executive running the show as well as all the remaining Humans there to their fate rather than sending reinforcements or helping with their evacuation.

* BittersweetEnding: Book 1 ends with one arguably for both Dinosaurs and Man. By destroying the Trans-Time Base and driving the Humans back to the 23rd century, the Dinosaurs have for the time being got their world back, although this is likely temporary as the Humans would eventually come back and hunt them for their meat, [[ForegoneConclusion leading to their extinction]]. While Old One Eye never truly got to avenge herself on Earl Reagan, she still finally got the carnivorous Dinosaurs' food supply back, and when the exertion proved too much for her old body she was still able to make it to the T-Rex Graveyard and die on her own terms, undefeated and triumphant. Meanwhile, although Earl Reagan was arrested upon returning to the 23rd century and being misblamed for the disaster, his efforts ensured he and the remaining Human survivors of the base survived and make it back home, and he's at least content to know Claw Carver, whose time machine controls he sabotaged, would be lost in time and would never come back (indeed, he would meet his end in Book 2 to a Triassic creature whom he crossed).

* HeroAntagonist: Earl Reagan is arguably one if we consider the Dinosaurs like Old One Eye as the primary protagonists. He's rough on the edges, but also constantly showing himself a man of honour and reason who tries his best to protect and save his fellow Human coworkers and subordinates, standing out among other Humans who often show themselves to be greedy, foolish, vicious, or all three at once. He is still an enemy of the Dinosaurs by being a cowboy who's herding them to be killed and processed for food, but for him it's a job he's good at, and even then while not hesitating to kill them he still treats them with considerable respect as the dangerous and powerful creatures they are.

* BittersweetEnding: Book 1 ends with one arguably for both Dinosaurs and Man. By destroying the Trans-Time Base and driving the Humans back to the 23rd century, the Dinosaurs have for the time being got their world back, although this is likely temporary as the Humans would eventually come back and hunt them for their meat, [[ForegoneConclusion leading to their extinction]]. While Old One Eye never truly got to avenge herself on Earl Reagan, she still finally got the carnivorous Dinosaurs' food supply back, and when the exertion proved too much for her old body she was still able to make it to the T-Rex Graveyard and die on her own terms, undefeated and triumphant. Meanwhile, although Earl Reagan was arrested upon returning to the 23rd century and being blamed for the disaster, his efforts ensured he and the remaining Human survivors of the base survived and make it back home, and he's at least content to know Claw Carver, whose time machine controls he sabotaged, would be lost in time and would never come back (indeed, he would meet his end in Book 2 to a Triassic creature whom he crossed).

* BittersweetEnding: Book 1 ends with one arguably for both Dinosaurs and Man. By destroying the Trans-Time Base, and driving the Humans back to the 23rd century, the Dinosaurs have for the time being got their world back, although this is likely temporary as the Humans would eventually come back and hunt them, [[ForegoneConclusion leading to their extinction]]. While Old One Eye never truly got to avenge herself on Earl Reagan, she still finally got the carnivorous Dinosaurs' food supply back, and when the exertion proved too much for her old body she was able to make it to the T-Rex Graveyard and die on her own terms, undefeated and triumphant. Meanwhile, although Earl Reagan was arrested upon returning to the 23rd century and being blamed for the disaster, his efforts ensured he and the remaining Human survivors of the base survived and make it back home, and he's at least content to know Claw Carver, whose time machine controls he sabotaged, would be lost in time and would never come back (indeed, he would meet his end in Book 2 to a Triassic creature whom he crossed).

* HeroAntagonist: Earl Reagen is arguably one if we consider the Dinosaurs like Old One Eye as the primary protagonists. He's rough on the edges, but also constantly showing himself a man of honour and reason who tries his best to protect and save his fellow Human coworkers and subordinates, standing out among other Humans who often show themselves to be greedy, foolish, vicious, or all three at once. He is still an enemy of the Dinosaurs by being a cowboy who's herding them to be killed and processed for food, but for him it's a job he's good at, and even then while not hesitating to kill them he still treats them with considerable respect as the dangerous and powerful creatures they are.

* HeroicAntagonist: Earl Reagen is arguably one if we consider the Dinosaurs like Old One Eye as the primary protagonists. He's rough on the edges, but also constantly showing himself a man of honour and reason who tries his best to protect and save his fellow Human coworkers and subordinates, standing out among other Humans who often show themselves to be greedy, foolish, vicious, or all three at once. He is still an enemy of the Dinosaurs by being a cowboy who's herding them to be killed and processed for food, but for him it's a job he's good at, and even then while not hesitating to kill them he still treats them with considerable respect as the dangerous and powerful creatures they are.

* DumbDinos: The dinosaurs are portrayed as instinct-driven and unintelligent, but are incredibly violent in the case of the predators and still dangerous.

* MisplacedWildlife: It would be a lot easier to name the species that ''aren't'' misplaced in the early volumes. The [=TransTime=] Base in Book 1 is located in England, but none of the dinosaurs shown are from there.
* NamedAfterTheInjury: Old One-Eye is a female ''T. rex'' named after her missing eye, which the human protagonist gouged out.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Humans hunt/eat large modern-day animals out of existence, thereby necessitating the need to invent time-travel and do the same to the dinosaurs living in the Late Cretaceous, reducing their numbers beyond what is ecologically sustainable and paving the way for mammals to take over, leading to the evolution of humans who go on to [[StableTimeLoop hunt/eat large modern-day animals out of existence, necessitating.....]]

* InformedSpecies: A forgivable case, given when the comic was written, but still worth mentioning that the ''Deinonychus'' and ''Spinosaurus'' in Book 1 bear no resemblance whatsoever to the real animals. Big Hungry the ''Nothosaurus'' in book 2 also counts-- ironically, with his crocodile-like snout and massive claws, he looks more like a ''real'' spinosaur!