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2 | [[caption-width-right:335:Crime pays.]] |
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4 | ''[[http://www.brendanmcginley.com/heist/heist-plus-ultra-1-homeland-insecurity/ Heist]]'', a webcomic by [[http://www.brendanmcginley.com/about/ Brendan McGinley]], is the story of the world's greatest (and thus [[PhantomThief least known]]) super-criminal. Geist (real name unknown) is a hedonistic yet professional PhantomThief whose only confidant is Jin, a sapient magic ring with the power to make him a living ghost: Invisible. Intangible. [[GameBreaker Unstoppable]]. |
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6 | And bored out of his mind. |
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8 | [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Fortunately]], he’s hired for the most challenging crime ever: to break into the SpaceStation headquarters of the most powerful SuperTeam on his earth and steal an [[TheOmnipotent omnipotence]]-granting artifact known as The Halo. HilarityEnsues. |
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10 | [=#=]1 "Homeland Insecurity" can be found in a more bandwidth-friendly format [[https://www.brendanmcginley.com/heist/heist-plus-ultra-1-homeland-insecurity/ here]]. |
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13 | !!Tropes used: |
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15 | %%* BigBrotherIsWatching: Patriot and Pax Americana were about to implement this in the first three pages of #1 with a device called the Omnoculus. Geist stole it of course. |
16 | %%* TheCape: Patriot looks the part ... right until he opens his mouth and reveals his [[{{Jerkass}} true colors]]. |
17 | %%* ChekhovsGun: the hard light technology in #1. |
18 | %%* DaddysLittleVillain: Badoura to Lord Hish. |
19 | %%* DynamicEntry: and how! |
20 | %%* EvilOverlord: Lord Hish. |
21 | %%* EvilSorcerer: Kahin Al’Maghrebi |
22 | %%* {{Expy}}: quite a few. Hish in particular seems to be a close Doctor Doom cognate. |
23 | %%* HardLight |
24 | %%* HumanCannonball: used for a particularly sublime DynamicEntry. A HardLight projector in orbit around Mercury is involved. |
25 | * {{Intangibility}}: Geist is a case of simultaneous Intangibility and {{Invisibility}}. While he doesn't have to worry about falling through floors, there is a two-minute time limit and he can't phase individual body parts. |
26 | %%* {{Invisibility}} |
27 | %%* {{Jerkass}}: most of the characters including the protagonist despite his [[TheCasanova superficial]] [[TheCharmer playboy charm]]. |
28 | * LaserHallway: his very first appearance in costume. Subverted in that he doesn't need the usual fancy gymnastics and just waltzes through intangible, invisible and untouchable. |
29 | * RingOfPower: the secret of Geist's success is a sentient magic ring that lets him go invisible ''and'' intangible. |
30 | %%* SmugSuper: Pax Americana are somewhere between this and BewareTheSuperman. While the rest of the team is closer to the former, Patriot is one bad day away from the latter. |
31 | %%* SpaceStation |
32 | %%* SuperTeam: Pax Americana |
33 | %%* VillainProtagonist |
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