History ComicBook / Paranoia

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation (abbreviated [=N3F=]) worship {{Comic Book}}s. They run a secret genetics program to recreate various ComicBook heroes in Alpha Complex.

* ArtShift: The first two issues are painted by Heinrich Kipper" with a dark style reminiscent of Bill Sienkiewicz; later issues are done by Hector Gomez with a brighter, watercolor art style.

''Paranoia'' is a six-issue ComicBook series published in 1991 from Adventure Comics (an imprint of Malibu Comics, the creators of ''ComicBook/TheUltraverse''). It is written by Paul O'Connor, with artwork by "Kipper" and "Hector". The book is based on the RolePlayingGame [[TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}} of the same name]], set in the {{Dystopia}}n [[DomedHometown domed city]] of Alpha Complex.

* ArtShift: The first two issues are painted by "Kipper" with a dark style reminiscent of Bill Sienkiewicz; later issues are done by "Hector" with a brighter, more watercolor art style.

* DisneyDeath: King throws Lance-R-LOT off a cliff after [[spoiler:he kills the pregnant Ala. He gets better]].

* GeneticMemory: [[spoiler:King gets this ability because he is the product of a breeding program by Friend Computer.]] He eventually knows everything his ancestors knew.

"Are you implying there's something ''wrong'' with my job?!"

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In issue #2, King-R-TUR-2 muses about some unexplained absences from his clonemate, King-TUR-6. It is eventually revealed [[spoiler:that clone #6 is secretly the [=N3F=] superhero "Happy Jack"]].

* BreedingSlave: In issue #4, King is coerced into becoming one -- he comes home from work, gets pulled onto the sofa for sex with his wife Ala, then leaves the room... only to repeat it all over again. It is a ruse by the Earth Mothers to induce pregnancy and record the process for training purposes.

* AnyoneCanDie: This trope is in full effect here, being true to the [[TabletopGame/Paranoia source material]].

* HappinessIsMandatory: Enforced in issue #2, when King is given a Count-Your-Blessings Intensive Therapy Device. This is a box-shaped hat with pincer arms that grab the corners of his mouth; when it detects that King is unhappy, it pulls the corners into an ever-widening grin.

* FromBadToWorse: Occurs in issue #4, where King is repeatedly promoted from Red to Orange to Yellow to Green clearance for his heroic actions to defeat the [=N3F=] secret society... and is then terminated for treason, because ''knowledge'' of secret societies is punishable by death.

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation worship {{Comic Book}}s. They run a secret genetics program to recreate various ComicBook heroes in Alpha Complex.

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation (abbreviated N3F), a secret society of ComicBook fanatics, are led by [[Creator/StanLee Stan-V-MAN]].

* ArtShift: The first two issues are painted by "Kipper" with a dark style reminiscent of Bill Sienkiewicz; later issues are done by "Hector" with a brighter, more watercolor-style palette.

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation (abbreviated [=N3F=]) worship {{Comic Book}}s -- specifically, superhero comics. They run a secret genetics program to recreate various superheroes in Alpha Complex.

* RunningGag: Each issue ends with one of King's clones getting killed.

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation, a secret society of ComicBook fanatics, are led by [[Creator/StanLee Stan-V-MAN]].
*** Foundation members run around dressed up as {{Captain Ersatz}}s of ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/TheFantasticFour, and other superhero icons.

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation worship {{Comic Book}}s. They run a secret genetics program to recreate various ComicBook heroes in Alpha Complex.

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation (abbreviated N3F), a secret society of ComicBook fanatics, are led by [[Creator/StanLee Stan-V-MAN]].
*** Foundation members run around dressed up as {{Captain Ersatz}}s of ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/TheFantasticFour, and other ComicBook icons.

** Lance-R-LOT is a registered mutant with enhanced speed and strength. [[spoiler: This is later revealed to be a lie -- he is actually an android, programmed by The Computer to support and manipulate King as part of its experiment.]]

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation, a secret society of ComicBook fanatics, are led by [[Creator/StanLee Stan-V-MAN]].

-->"We clones never learn anything. We have no store of experience when one of us dies, we're replaced by an exact duplicate, every bit as ignorant as the one before -- who makes the same mistakes all over again."

''Paranoia'' is a six-issue ComicBook series published in 1991 from Adventure Comics (a subdivision of Malibu Comics, the creators of ''ComicBook/TheUltraverse''). It is written by Paul O'Connor, with artwork by "Kipper" and "Hector". The book is based on the RolePlayingGame [[TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}} of the same name]], set in the {{Dystopia}}n [[DomedHometown domed city]] of Alpha Complex.

** The Earth Mothers are out to rediscover sexual reproduction. They shun drugs and coerce King into becoming a BreedingSlave to demonstrate sex to their members.
* DomedHometown: In issue 6, Alpha Complex is shown as a domed city surrounded by a green forest close to an ocean.

* OverrideCommand: [[spoiler:The Computer's original programmer hid a disable code inside its programming.]]

** King learns that The Computer's original programmer was a man named Dan Costikyberg; this is an amalgamation of the game's original creators -- Creator/GregCostikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg.

* {{Unperson}}: Alamagordo-R-THR 1 (the first clone of the Alamagordo-R-THR creche) was declared dead by Friend Computer after she was overdue from a mission; she is now treated as a non-entity by everyone in Alpha Complex.

The story follows the [[BodyBackupDrive clone family]] of King-R-THR as he follows the directives of [[AIIsACrapshoot Friend Computer]] and stay alive. Unfortunately, King is haunted by strange dreams of people and places he's never known, repeatedly crosses paths with the mysterious citizens Alamagordo-R-THR and Lance-R-LOT, and is dogged by various [[BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats secret societies]], combat-crazed Vulture Warriors, and -- of course -- the secret machinations of Friend Computer itself.

** The National Fantasy Fan Foundation worship {{Comic Book}}s, and are out to recreate various ComicBook characters in Alpha Complex.

** King learns that The Computer's original programmer was a man named Dan Costikyberg; this is an amalgamation of the game's original creators -- Creator/GregCostikyan, Dan Gelber, and Eric Goldberg.