Line #4 Webcomic/KingOfTheUnknown


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4	[[http://kingoftheunknown.com/ King of the Unknown]] is a [[ThePowerOfRock rock-powered]] webcomic that’s equal parts supernatural horror, [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror raunchy comedy]], action epic, and [[ConspiracyKitchenSink all-you-can-eat conspiracy theory buffet]].
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6	Stygian horrors, alien invasions, covert ops are all just another day at the office for the [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed King of Rock 'n' Roll]]. Ever since a supernatural mishap transformed the [[Music/ElvisPresley King]] and forced him to [[ElvisLives fake his own death]] (and perhaps forced some of his sanity into early retirement), he has dedicated his new secret life to a [[TheMenInBlack shadowy government organization]] known as the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Institute for Research and Study of the Unknown]] (IRSU). With the help of a [[InstrumentOfMurder magical guitar]], a [[HotLibrarian rookie cryptozoologist]], and his [[RobotBuddy good friend]] Creator/LeonardoDaVinci (whose [[GhostInTheMachine spirit resides in a robot body]]), King kicks the collective ass of [[AllMythsAreTrue everything]] that goes bump in the night. Their mission: to keep our world safe, and [[{{Masquerade}} blissfully ignorant]], from the unknown forces that constantly threaten our very existence.
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9	!This work provides examples of:
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11	* ActionHero
12	* AllMythsAreTrue
13	* BadassBookworm: Grace Connor, King's cryptozoologist partner, is extraordinarily capable on paper AND in combat.
14	* ConspiracyKitchenSink
15	* CoolShades: Check the King's trademark eye-beauties.
16	* Music/ElvisPresley: The secret, {{no celebrities were harmed}}, identity of the titular King.
17	* ElvisLives: The same incident that first gave King his magical mojo also transformed him physically, forcing him to fake his own death and spend the rest of his freakishly long life as a secret agent.
18	* FantasyKitchenSink
19	* GhostInTheMachine: Creator/LeonardoDaVinci transferred his soul into a robot body as he was dying, and this "Vinny" is now a member of the IRSU.
20	* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: King's turf, the Institute for Research and Study of the Unknown (IRSU).
21	* GovernmentConspiracy
22	* HeroesRUs
23	* HotbloodedSideburns: Just look at the King.
24	* HotLibrarian: Young cryptozoologist and King's "sidekick," Grace Connor.
25	* InstrumentOfMurder: King's magical guitar.
26	* Music/JimiHendrix: Here known as Agent H, head of IRSU and King's {{mission control}}.
27	* {{Masquerade}}: Just like we don't know that [[ElvisLives Elvis actually lives]], society is blissfully unaware of all the bad stuff he protects us from. That bad stuff being, basically, [[AllMythsAreTrue everything we could possibly imagine]].
28	* TheMenInBlack: What bystanders might call the IRSU.
29	* MissionControl: King's dispatcher and direct superior, Agent H.
30	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Figures like [[Music/ElvisPresley King]] and [[Music/JimiHendrix Agent H]] are never directly named within the comic, but their characters are based on many very specific details (not to mention the broad strokes) of certain rock celebrities.
31	* PluckyComicRelief: Vinny, the robot form of Creator/LeonardoDaVinci. RenaissanceMan out of time.
32	* ThePowerOfRock: The most powerful force in the universe. King' ultimate weapon.
33	* RenaissanceMan
34	* RobotBuddy: King's roommate Vinny, the robot form of Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.
35	* RuleOfCool
36	* RuleOfFunny
37	* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror
38	* TheSmartGuy: Grace Connor, IRSU's newest cryptozoology expert. She's assigned as the level-headed agent who'll accompany (and keeps tabs on) King in the field.

Context Webcomic / KingOfTheUnknown