History ComicBook / Incognito

''Incognito'' is a comic series by Creator/EdBrubaker. A sequel miniseries, ''Incognito: Bad Influences'', was released around late 2010/early 2011.

* EnsembleDarkhorse - Ava Destruction.

* ShownTheirWork - Each issue so far has included a short-but-sweet essay by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Nevins Mister Jess Nevins]] on one pulp character, say people like Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/FuManchu...

* ModestyBedsheet - Zack [[spoiler: and Zoe]].
* NietzscheWannabe - [[spoiler: Slaughter.]]

** The book itself takes several plot points form Brubaker and Philips' previous series Comicbook/{{Sleeper}}. The rogue agent Simon Slaughter is an amalgamation of Holden Carver and [[Film/ApocalypseNow Colonel Kurtz]] (he's even [[InkSuitActor drawn to resemble]] Creator/MarlonBrando).

* ModestyBedsheet - Zack and [[spoiler:Zoe]] in ''Bad Influences.''

''Incognito'' is a comic series by Creator/EdBrubaker. A sequel miniseries, '''Incognito: Bad Influences''', was released around late 2010/early 2011, detailing Zack [[spoiler: going undercover for the government, going after an agent who's gone rogue.]]

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceDoorSlam]]

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Zack sees a man attempt to rape Amanda in broad daylight. Zack beats up the man and takes her home after she "feints". Amanda shocked he did not take advantage of her has to outright entice him into her bedroom. [[spoiler: He later finds out that the "rape" was part of a fetish of Amanda's who received a form of trauma from being momentarily in an incident involving the superheroes.]]

* ShownTheirWork - Each issue so far has included a short-but-sweet essay by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Nevins Mister Jess Nevins]] on one pulp character, say people like Franchise/DocSavage, Franchise/FuManchu...

* [[spoiler: HeelFaceDoorSlam]]]

* ShownTheirWork - Each issue so far has included a short-but-sweet essay by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Nevins Mister Jess Nevins]] on one pulp character, say people like Franchise/DocSavage, FuManchu...
* ShoutOut - Zack Overkill's cover job as a file clerk is supposed to be a reference to Harvey Pekar in AmericanSplendour. To paraphrase the writer said in an interview, "If you put a guy from superhero comics into witness protection, logically he'll go to the world of alternative comics, right?"

* TykeBomb - Ava Destruction, thanks to her PowersAtAPrice. [[spoiler:She's perpetually 16, but only until she turns 50, whereupon she dies. This may have something to do with her killing-sprees and whatnot. Or, she just be that freaky.]]

** The book itself takes several plot points form Brubaker and Philips' previous series {{Comicbook/Sleeper}}. The rogue agent Simon Slaughter is an amalgamation of Holden Carver and [[Film/ApocalypseNow Colnel Kurtz]] (he's even [[InkSuitActor drawn to resemble]] MarlonBrando).

* BedTrick - [[spoiler: Amanda is drunkenly making out with the guy dressed as Santa Clause during the office Christmas party. When that guy passes out in the restroom, Zack puts on the suit and ends up having sex with Amanda who is none the wiser.]] Disturbingly, it is never mentioned again.

* ModestyBedsheet - Zack and [[spoiler:Zoe ]]in ''Bad Influences.''

* TykeBomb - Ava Destruction, thanks to her PowersAtAPrice.[[spoiler:she's perpetually 16, but only until she turns 50, whereupon she dies. This may have something to do with her killing-sprees and whatot. Or, she just be that freaky.]]

InAWorld where superheroes are based on the pulps rather than TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, Zack Andersen was born on the wrong side of the law. Eventually turning state's evidence, he sells out his villainous allies and goes into witness protection. However, he's still, well, a super-criminal, so some government scientists give him a medication which he must take to nullify his superpowers. Zack gets a job in an office, and that's the end of it.

* ShownTheirWork - Each issue so far has included a short-but-sweet essay by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Nevins Mister Jess Nevins]] on one pulp character, say people like DocSavage, FuManchu...

I mean, he's horrifically screwed up, but so are the rest of the heroes.

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[[caption-width:250:Zack Overkill]]

''ComicBook/{{Incognito}}'' is a comic series by Creator/EdBrubaker. A sequel miniseries, '''Incognito: Bad Influences''', was released around late 2010/early 2011, detailing Zack [[spoiler: going undercover for the government, going after an agent who's gone rogue.]]

** The book itself takes several plot points form Brubaker and Philips' previous series {{Comicbook/Sleeper}}. The rogue agent Simon Slaughter is an amalgamation of Holden Carver and [[ApocalypseNow Colnel Kurtz]] (he's even [[InkSuitActor drawn to resemble]] MarlonBrando).

''ComicBook/{{Incognito}}'' is a comic series by EdBrubaker. A sequel miniseries, '''Incognito: Bad Influences''', was released around late 2010/early 2011, detailing Zack [[spoiler: going undercover for the government, going after an agent who's gone rogue.]]

* ShoutOut: The book itself takes several plot points form Brubaker and Philips' previous series {{Comicbook/Sleeper}}. The rogue agent Simon Slaughter is an amalgamation of Holden Carver and [[ApocalypseNow Colnel Kurtz]] (he's even [[InkSuitActor drawn to resemble]] MarlonBrando). The villain Bad Tripper has a Ditko-esque (specifically Doctor Octopus) design and has the power to induce [[AcidTripDimension hallucinations reminiscent of Ditko's horror art.]]

''ComicBook/Incognito'' is a comic series by EdBrubaker. A sequel miniseries, '''Incognito: Bad Influences''', was released around late 2010/early 2011, detailing Zack [[spoiler: going undercover for the government, going after an agent who's gone rogue.]]