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1	A five-issue comic series by Paul Pope published in 1999-2000, ''Heavy Liquid'' is a {{Cyberpunk}} mystery-thriller about a man named S, on the run from various parties, chasing down a reclusive {{sculptor\|s}} and constantly running into the "heavy liquid" of the title: a mysterious substance with strange properties.
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5	!!''Heavy Liquid'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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7	* ChainedHeat: S winds up briefly handcuffed to a teenage girl who was undergoing a gang initiation.
8	* FantasyMetals: The "heavy liquid" of the title is a metal that's liquid at room temperature, highly corrosive, and surprisingly [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin heavy]]. Treated properly, it can be turned into a potent explosive, or cooked into a drug. It's also [[spoiler:a vehicle for a bodiless alien to travel the universe in.]]
9	* FilmNoir: Borrows many of the elements of the genre, including a morally gray hero, his old flame, and various parties willing to kill to get their hands on the MacGuffin.
10	* TheMenInBlack: One of S's pursuers is a large, intimidating man in a black suit and sunglasses, who's working for the government. [[spoiler:S also used to be an agent in the same agency, but quit years ago. However, the man in black doesn't care about S; he's going after the heavy liquid.]]
11	* SparingTheFinalMook: Subverted. The man in black corners and kills two of the three masked goons who are also pursuing S. Then this exchange happens:
12	-->'''[=MiB=]:''' Tell your boss I said ... no.
13	-->'''Mook:''' Whaddya mean, "no"?
14	-->'''[=MiB=]:''' I changed my mind. ''(He kills the mook.)''
15	* WorkingWithTheEx: Partial example: the sculptor that S is hired to track down is his old girlfriend. [[spoiler:She agrees to make a {{sculpture\|s}} for the Collector, on the condition that she never has to see S again.]]

Context ComicBook / HeavyLiquid