History ComicBook / Megalex

* CloningBlues: It sucks to be a police clone in Megalex. See ExpendableClone, below.

* BuxomIsBetter:

* [[CantHaveSexEver Can't Have Sex, Ever]]: Seems to be the case with Princess Kavatah, at least as of Volume 1. A noble general tries to touch her romantically, and he bursts into flame. She believes it to be a curse.

* TheChosenOne: Zerain.
* CityPlanet: The titular Megalex.

* EvilOverlord: King Yod.

** To ''ComicBook/LesMondesDAldebaran'' -- characters often refer to various Aldebaran seafood.

* ShoutOut: To ''ComicBook/LesMondesDAldebaran'' -- characters often refer to various Aldebaran seafood.

A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness soft science-fiction]] [[ComicBook graphic novel]] written by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky and illustrated by Creator/FredBeltran. The book is published by French publisher Humanoids, set in the same universe as Jodorowsky's other science fiction comics, ''ComicBook/TheMetabarons'' and ''ComicBook/TheIncal''. Megalex is a CityPlanet ruled by a royal family and an elite noble class. The common people are kept addicted to drugs and kept in line by police clones programmed to be loyal to the ruling class and implanted with control tabs that will kill them after four hundred days of life. The common folk can only live to forty, while the ruling class can hope for at least four hundred years, and the actual royal family will live for over four thousand.

* BaldWoman: Adamâ and many other female characters. Most of the Undergrounders seem to be bald for some reason.

* FanDisservice: See OneWingedAngel, below.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Jodorowsky originally wanted Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo to draw the comic.

The first protagonist we are introduced to is the an anomalous police clone who is almost twice the size of the rest of his brethren, spared customary termination by an alien attack on the city that drew the cloning factory overseers away from their duties. He is rescued from the surface by the lovely freedom fighter Adamâ, and brought down to the subterranean world. There, he meets a resistance leader named Zerain. Zerain is a mutant with a hunchback who also seems to be destined to lead an open rebellion on the surface. He also seems to be in love with the main antagonist, the princess Kavatah. Kavatah herself is a beautiful woman who hates everything about the Chem Forest and the underground rebels.

* BadassPrincess: Princess Kavatah. She leads her troops into battle personally.

A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness soft science-fiction]] [[ComicBook graphic novel]] written by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky and illustrated by Creator/FredBeltran. The book is published by French publisher Humanoids, set in the same universe as Jodorowsky's other science fiction comics, ''TheMetabarons'' and ''ComicBook/TheIncal''. Megalex is a CityPlanet ruled by a royal family and an elite noble class. The common people are kept addicted to drugs and kept in line by police clones programmed to be loyal to the ruling class and implanted with control tabs that will kill them after four hundred days of life. The common folk can only live to forty, while the ruling class can hope for at least four hundred years, and the actual royal family will live for over four thousand.

Like all of Jodorowsky's work, ''Megalex'' features surreal science fiction technology including some that may or may not be magic. It's not as dark as ''TheMetabarons'', but still quite brutal and featuring plenty of gorgeously-drawn nudity and SceneryPorn. Beltran uses a hybrid hand-drawn and computer-generated style that gives the whole book a unique look. Three volumes have been released so far, only the first in English as of yet.

A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness soft science fiction]] [[ComicBook graphic novel]] written by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky and illustrated by Creator/FredBeltran. The book is published by French publisher Humanoids, set in the same universe as Jodorowsky's other science fiction comics, ''TheMetabarons'' and ''ComicBook/TheIncal''. Megalex is a CityPlanet ruled by a royal family and an elite noble class. The common people are kept addicted to drugs and kept in line by police clones programmed to be loyal to the ruling class and implanted with control tabs that will kill them after four hundred days of life. The common folk can only live to forty, while the ruling class can hope for at least four hundred years, and the actual royal family will live for over four thousand.

* ShoutOut: To ''[[LesMondesDAldebaran Les Mondes d'Aldebaran]]'' - characters often refer to various Aldebaran seafood.

A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness soft science fiction]] [[ComicBook graphic novel]] written by Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky and illustrated by Crearor/FredBeltran. The book is published by French publisher Humanoids, set in the same universe as Jodorowsky's other science fiction comics, ''TheMetabarons'' and ''ComicBook/TheIncal''. Megalex is a CityPlanet ruled by a royal family and an elite noble class. The common people are kept addicted to drugs and kept in line by police clones programmed to be loyal to the ruling class and implanted with control tabs that will kill them after four hundred days of life. The common folk can only live to forty, while the ruling class can hope for at least four hundred years, and the actual royal family will live for over four thousand.

A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness soft science fiction]] [[ComicBook graphic novel]] written by AlejandroJodorowsky and illustrated by FredBeltran. The book is published by French publisher Humanoids, set in the same universe as Jodorowsky's other science fiction comics, ''TheMetabarons'' and ''ComicBook/TheIncal''. Megalex is a CityPlanet ruled by a royal family and an elite noble class. The common people are kept addicted to drugs and kept in line by police clones programmed to be loyal to the ruling class and implanted with control tabs that will kill them after four hundred days of life. The common folk can only live to forty, while the ruling class can hope for at least four hundred years, and the actual royal family will live for over four thousand.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Ram wakes up to find a naked Adamâ sleeping on top of him. She wakes up and angrily tells him to turn around so she can get dressed, and not to get any ideas because "it's not what you think."

** Adamâ. She has magnificent breasts and wears a very revealing set of overalls. Ram obviously is fond of them and gropes her when she tells him to "grab my waist" to hold on during a hippodrile ride. She is not amused by Ram's mistake.

A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness soft science fiction]] [[ComicBook graphic novel]] written by AlejandroJodorowsky and illustrated by FredBeltran. The book is published by French publisher Humanoids, and may or may not be set in the same universe as Jodorowsky's other science fiction comics, ''TheMetabarons'' and ''ComicBook/TheIncal''. Megalex is a CityPlanet ruled by a royal family and an elite noble class. The common people are kept addicted to drugs and kept in line by police clones programmed to be loyal to the ruling class and implanted with control tabs that will kill them after four hundred days of life. The common folk can only live to forty, while the ruling class can hope for at least four hundred years, and the actual royal family will live for over four thousand.

A [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness soft science fiction]] [[ComicBook graphic novel]] written by AlejandroJodorowsky and illustrated by FredBeltran. The book is published by French publisher Humanoids, and may or may not be set in the same universe as Jodorowsky's other science fiction comics, ''TheMetabarons'' and ''ComicBook/TheIncal''. Megalex is a CityPlanet ruled by an elite royal family and a noble class. The common people are kept addicted to drugs and kept in line by police clones programmed to be loyal to the ruling class and implanted with control tabs that will kill them after four hundred days of life. The common folk can only live to forty, while the ruling class can hope for at least four hundred years, and the actual royal family will live for over four thousand.

* {{Metamorphasis}}: Zerain's hump bursts and a pair of wings sprout from his back when he and Ram win the battle of the twelve chiefs. This is a sign that he's TheChosenOne.

* ShoutOut: To ''[[LesMondesDAldebaran Les Mondes d'Aldebaran]]'' -- characters often refer to various Aldebaran seafood.