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| 3 | ''Captain Alcohol'' is an obscure Canadian superhero comic. It was created by the Canadian government to discourage alcohol use in the North West Territory, and [[ShortRunners it lasted four issues]]. In the actual story, Captain Alcohol is an alien from the planet Barkelda. However when piloting a space ship, he crashed on Earth (specifically the North West Territory). He decided to become a superhero, but finds his alcoholism is interfering with his heroic acts. |
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| 5 | !!Provides examples of: |
| 6 | * AddictionPowered: Averted. Getting drunk hinders his abilities. |
| 7 | * TheAlcoholic: Captain Alcohol[[spoiler:, Al's dad and Billy Vermin]] |
| 8 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Flush Fantom has greenish skin, which is never commented on. |
| 9 | * BlatantLies: Captain Alcohol claimed to be a teetotaller despite [[TheAlcoholic using every possible opportunity to get drunk]]. |
| 10 | * CaptainErsatz: Lois Alley is blatantly based on ComicBook/LoisLane. |
| 11 | * DamselInDistress: Lois Alley becomes this when Billy Vermin kidnapped her. |
| 12 | * DeathByOriginStory: Al accidentally killed his family [[spoiler: minus his dad]] by starting a fire. He becomes an astronaut to distract him from his guilt. |
| 13 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: The first issue explains Al has SuperStrength due to Earth's lighter gravity. Aside from one use in the first issue, this powers is never used or mentioned again. |
| 14 | * GangOfHats: The Ravenmen seem to this. They all wear identical bird-themed costumes. |
| 15 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: All of the villains have little to no personality. |
| 16 | * [[spoiler: JekyllAndHyde: Somehow Al's dad's alcoholism transforms him into the villainous Firey Fritz.]] |
| 17 | * [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Firey Fritz is actually Al's dad that broke into a space ship and ended up on Earth.]] |
| 18 | * MyNaymeIs: Firey Fritz' name always spells "Fiery" as "Firey". Similarly, Flush Fantom spells "Phantom" as "Fantom". |
| 19 | * NoNameGiven: Al's father is never referred to by his actual name. |
| 20 | * PetTheDog: Billy saving Al in the first issue. |
| 21 | * PlanetOfHats: All we know about Barkelda is that there are no laws to control alcohol use. |
| 22 | * PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler: Averted as the Mounties stop Billy Vermin not Captain Alcohol]] |
| 23 | * PyroManiac: Firey Fritz is seen burning down a building for seemly no reason. |
| 24 | * StevenUlyssesPerhero: Captain Alcohol's real name is Al Cohol. |
| 25 | * ThematicRoguesGallery: With the exception of the Ravenmen, all of his villains are alcohol-related. For example, Billy Vermin is addicted to alcohol and [[spoiler: the Captain's dad turns into Firey Fritz when he cannot fight the urge to drink.]] |
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