History ComicBook / HackSlash

Cassie Hack was an ordinary outcast high school nerdgirl until her mother, Delilah, was discovered to be a serial killer (dubbed "The Lunch Lady") who had been murdering the students who had been bullying her daughter. [[ItGotWorse Even worse]], after she killed herself she came back from the grave as a "slasher": an undead serial murderer powered by hate and rage and existing only to carry on killing. To make things [[UpToEleven even worse]], Cassie ended up having to personally re-kill her by shooting her several times in the face.

** Mary Shelley Lovecraft, not only being a shout out unto herself, mentions that Cassie is a compelling character, though not as loved as [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer the Summers girl]]

* XMeetsY: At least one ad described the series as [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]], if it was made by Wes Craven and Rob Zombie.

** ''Wunderkind'', who [[CaptainErsatz is totally not]] CaptainMarvel.

* BlueEyes: Cassie.

Her only friend is Vlad, a [[GentleGiant hideously deformed but kindly]] [[TheBigGuy giant]] whose odd upbringing by a reclusive butcher left him with NoSocialSkills but excellent [[WeaponOfChoice meat cleaver]] moves. Together [[TheyFightCrime they kill zombie mass murderers]], and the odd [[CompleteMonster deserving living person]]. Aiding the two is the so-called Hack/Slash, Inc., founded by would-be slasher victims Doctor Lisa Elsten and Chris Krank, which [[MissionControl provides info]], and whatever resources they can spare.

* XanatosGambit: The Dread Drinkers' plan; they let Six Sixx go when Ashley ended up in their prison dimension, sensing Ashley was a [[DreamWeaver dreamwalker]] whose abilities, combined with Six Sixx's, could allow them to escape the dimension, which "the One" exiled them to aeons ago. [[EvilPlan Once out, they intended to use Ashley's abilities to spread across the world, and then the universe.]] If Ashley didn't work with Six Sixx as planed, then she's stuck in a prison dimension with things that take pleasure in MindRape.

** And the one-page dream project, ''{{Dexter}} vs. [[Film/FridayThe13th Jason]] vs. Hack/Slash''.

Cassie Hack was an ordinary outcast high school nerdgirl until her mother, Delilah, was discovered to be a serial killer (dubbed "The Lunch Lady") who had been murdering the students who had been bullying her daughter. [[ItGotWorse Even worse]], after she killed herself she came back from the grave as a "slasher": an undead serial murderer powered by hate and rage and existing only to carry on killing. To make things [[UpToEleven even worse]], Cassie ended up having to personally re-kill her by shooting her several times in the face.

** Justified on her part, [[spoiler: given that this was the foot that had recently had two toes cut off by a slasher]]

* CombatPragmatist

* DeusExMachina: Before [[{{Film/ChildsPlay}} Chucky]] can strike the killing blow against Cassie, he's eaten by an alligator.

* EnfantTerrible: Ashley Guthrie, and the feral, slasher children from ''Little Children''.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Most notably with ''{{Re-Animator}}'' and ''[[{{Film/ChildsPlay}} Child's Play]]''.
** And the one-page dream project, ''{{Dexter}} vs. [[Film/FridayThe13th Jason]] vs. Hack/Slash''.

* NeverSleepAgain: Villain Ashley Guthrie initially had the ability to kill people in their dreams.

* ParentalAbandonment: Jack Hack left his wife and daughter.

* PublicDomainCharacter: Nightmare and Sleepy, a pair of [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superheroes, appear in flashback, and a few other [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] heroes are obliquely mentioned in the same story.

* [[RecycledInSpace Recycled IN SPACE!]]: One of the "possible" stories in ''Trailers'' had the government sending Cassie and Vlad into space to kill slashers who had taken over a space station.

* ShoutOut: A number to the works of [[HPLovecraft H. P. Lovecraft]], amongst other sources.

--> [sigh] Though your tale is more complex than some, you still exist in a simple world of revenge, titillation and death. Allow me to try again, in language more befitting your author. Hi, I'm Mary. I'm {{Frankenstein}}, [[HPLovecraft Cthulhu]] and {{Godzilla}} all rolled into one. I'm going to fuck up your world, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]], and then fictional characters are gonna hop out of books and take over.

* TheyFightCrime
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Milk & Cheese.

* XanatosGambit: The Dread Drinkers' plan; they let Six Sixx go when Ashley ended up in their prison dimension, sensing Ashley was a [[DreamWeaver dreamwalker]] whose abilities, combined with Six Sixx's, could allow them to escape the dimension, which "the One" exiled them to aeons ago. [[EvilPlan Once out, they intended to use Ashley's abilities to spread across the world, and then the universe.]] If Ashley didn't work with Six Sixx as planed, then she's stuck in a prison dimension with things that take pleasure in MindRape.

--> '''Cassie:''' ''"A slasher. It's a type of undead, I guess... sort've like a vampire or a zombie. They're so full of anger that they don't wanna die. They hate love, youth, sex.... things they miss, from life. All I know for sure is that they're mean and hard to kill."''

Has a live-action film in DevelopmentHell, and a motion comic ("[[InsistentTerminology illustrated film]]") on the way, with [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2647420/ Brea Grant]] as the voice of Cassie. The [[TheWikiRule wiki]] can be found [[http://hackslash.wikia.com/wiki/Hack/Slash_Wiki here]], and the unofficial official site can be found [[http://hackslashinc.com/1/ here]].

* FetusTerrible: Sort of. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Don't ask]].

* XanatosGambit: The Dread Drinkers' plan; they let Six Sixx go when Ashley ended up in their prison dimension, sensing Ashley was a [[DreamWeaver dreamwalker]] whose abilities, combined with Six Sixx's, could allow them to escape the dimension, which "the One" exiled them to aeons ago. [[EvilPlan Once out, they intended to use Ashley's abilities to spread across the world, and then the universe.]]
** If Ashley didn't work with Six Sixx as planed, then she's stuck in a prison dimension with things that take pleasure in MindRape.

* CaptainErsatz: A few slashers are loose parodies of film characters, such as [[{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]], Sammi Curr from ''Trick or Treat'' and the brothers from ''Basket Case''.

* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Guess who.

* {{Expy}}: Samhain and {{Angel}}

* BloodBath: Emily Christy resorts to something akin to this in order to retain a human appearance in ''Tub Club'', manipulating students into weird bloodletting pool orgies as a part of being in the titular secret society.

Not to be confused with HackAndSlash, although the plots can get that way, or with [[{{Reboot}} Hack and Slash]]. No relation to ''[[DotHack .hack//SIGN]]'', either. Or for {{Slash}}. Or [[Music/GunsNRoses Slash]]

* BadassBystander: Averted often.
* BadassLongcoat: Occasionally.
* BadassNormal

* LesYay: Cassie and Margaret.
** Also with one-shot character Amber in ''Tub Club''.
** ''And'' some random partier in ''Girls Gone Dead''.

Not to be confused with HackAndSlash, although the plots can get that way, or with [[{{Reboot}} Hack and Slash]]. No relation to ''[[DotHack .hack//SIGN]]'', either. Or for {{Slash}}. Or [[Music/GunsAndRoses Slash]]

Not to be confused with HackAndSlash, although the plots can get that way, or with [[{{Reboot}} Hack and Slash]]. No relation to ''[[DotHack .hack//SIGN]]'', either. Or for {{Slash}}.

Has a live-action film in DevelopmentHell, and a motion comic ("[[InsistentTerminology illustrated film]]") on the way, with Brea Grant as the voice of Cassie. The [[TheWikiRule wiki]] can be found [[http://hackslash.wikia.com/wiki/Hack/Slash_Wiki here]], and the unofficial official site can be found [[http://hackslashinc.com/1/ here]].

* GirlsWithGuns: While Vlad slices and pulverizes, Cassie usually blows brains out.

* TheUnfunny: Vlad. Spending twenty years living in a basement can do that to a guy.

''[[{{ptitle847h4r8c}} Hack/Slash]]'' is a comic series originally published by Devil's Due, and written by Tim Seeley. A series of one-shots and miniseries illustrated by various artists, published between 2004 and 2007, were followed by an ongoing series, illustrated at first by Emily Stone. In early 2010 it was announced that due to Devil's Due's financial difficulties the series would be transferring to ImageComics. During the rest of the year both publishers issued ''Hack/Slash'' material: the Devil's Due series continuing until issue #34 while Image produced a "Year One"-style mini-series titled ''My First Maniac'' and a few one-shots. The ongoing series restarted from #1 at Image in 2011.