History ComicBook / StrikeforceMorituri

* JustEatGilligan: Both Adept and Toxyn could have possibly found a cure by using their powers on the Morituri process. However no one even suggests trying this.

** The Super Hordians are augmented Horde soldiers whose additional powers come with tentacles, spines, and other deformed body parts not found on others of their race.

** Andre Lamont, Herman Szell, and Junzo Tanaka are a cadre of Paideia members who [[WarForFunAndProfit exploit the war]] for their own benefit. They cackle and gloat to each other about their plans, and [[EvilIsHammy arrogantly believe]] they can control their secret team of super-powered psychopaths.

* WriterOnBoard: The transition from Peter Gillis to James Hudnall is marked by a ''very'' distinct and accelerated retooling of the series. Established characters are killed off at a rapid pace (at least one per issue), new characters are quickly added, the war with the Horde is ended with an offscreen CurbStompBattle, existing storylines and SequelHooks are quietly abandoned, and the character-driven {{Soaperizing}} plots are replaced with CorruptCorporateExecutive GovernmentConspiracy stories.

* CreditsGag: An in-universe credits joke,,as the first issue features a few pages from ''The Last Stand of the Black Watch'', a [[FictionalDocument Fictional Comic]] that's a PropagandaPiece about the fate of the first team of Morituri. According to its credit box, the editor was "Justin Tyme".

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: When warlord Thundercrush believes that his [[BloodBrothers tentmate]] Hammersmith has been kidnapped by the Morituri, he immediately orders the [[MacrossMissileMassacre launch of ALL of their nuclear missiles]] in a 200-mile radius of where the Morituri base is suspected to be.

* SuperpowerLottery: The powers received through the Morituri process were completely random. The powers of the characters who apear in the series were more useful than not; justified in that character with useless powers would not survive the deathtraps in "the Garden."

* AliensAreBastards: The only benevolent aliens are seen in flashback; all of the aliens encountered by humans are out to exploit humanity in one way or another.

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!!''Strikeforce: Morituri'' demonstrates the following tropes:

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!!''Strikeforce Morituri: Electric Undertow'' demonstrates the following tropes:

* AIIsACrapshoot: The city of Bejing is ruled by a tyrannical A.I. called "Emperor". [[spoiler:It's actually the alien VAX-177 controlling a city-sized [[OrganicTechnology organic spaceship]].]]
* AlienInvasion: The [=VXX199=] are waging a stealth invasion against humanity [[spoiler:and the Horde]] using psychically-controlled clones.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers/AllAtmospheresAreEqual: The atmosphere inside the [=VXX199=] spaceship on the dark side of the Moon is conveniently compatible with human physiology.
* ArtificialHuman: The [=VXX199=] use these to manipulate human social development. [[spoiler:They're doing something similar to the Horde on Mars.]]
* TheAssimilator: The "Emperor" A.I. sets out to do this to the protagonists.
* BenevolentAI: [[spoiler:The "Will Deguchi" that Dan and Random have been talking to is actually a military A.I. originally developed by the United States government. It's been secretly manipulating world events for decades trying to guide humanity to a better future, but is being stymied by the [=VXX199=].]]
* BioAugmentation: Ten years later, ordinary people can use the "M Process" to get perfect physical bodies.
* BrainComputerInterface: Many people have computer implants in their heads, allowing them to instantly download or receive information.
* BrainUploading: Inverted; when the "Will" A.I. is being attacked by the [=VXX199=], it uploads itself into Random's cybernetically-enhanced brain for safety.
* DividedStatesOfAmerica: After the fall of the Paideia, the United States is fractured into three countries -- Pan Cal (from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean), Atlantia (everything east of the Mississippi river), and [=AgLand=] (everything else).
* EnforcedTechnologyLevels: Ten years later, humanity has evolved to a stereotypical {{Cyberpunk}} tech level, with {{Cyborg}}s, brain implants, and designer bodies. However, no countries have done any space development, and Earth orbit is cluttered with alien wreckage that no one has bothered to salvage. [[spoiler:This is due to manipulation by the alien [=VXX199=] to keep humanity planetbound for their ends.]]
* ExpendableClone: The superhumans who are attacking the Morituri are cloned in vats, making them a recurring menace.
* FingerFirearms: Tanaka Corporation employs techno-ninja {{Cyborg}}s with artificial hands that shoot flechettes.
* FlyingCar: Hovercars are ubiquitous in the future, while police and law enforcement use flying cars, cannons, and warships.
* FriendInTheBlackMarket: Random, Dan's friend in the Los Angeles criminal subculture. He conveniently has everything Dan needs, whether it's a head full of advanced cybernetics or resistance contacts who can help them escape.
* GutFeeling: Separated inside the [=VXX199=] spaceship, Yoko finds Dan simply by following her instincts.
* HearingVoices: Ten years after the dissolution of the Paideia, Scanner is haunted by psychic messages from the late Will Deguchi. [[spoiler:It's actually a BenevolentAI pretending to be Will]].
* HumanResources: The limited series reveals that [[spoiler:the [=VXX199=] were hiding behind the Moon, modifying mankind's culture to their requirements, then inducing [[SpontaneousHumanCombustion spontaneous combustion]] in the population to harness the psychic energies released.]]
* LifeEnergy: The [=VXX199=] feed off the psychic energy of intelligent creatures.
* MasterComputer: The [=VXX199=] are defeated by [[spoiler:having the Morituri damage its organic network enough for the BenevolentAI "Will" to take over]].
* MentalFusion: Dan, "Will", and the [=VXX199=] perform a mind merge, allowing Dan to learn the aliens' origins.
* SequelHook: The book ends with several sequel hooks: [[spoiler:the evolved Hordians on Mars]], an impending war between [[spoiler:Junzo Tanaka and Herman Stell]], and [[spoiler:the ruler of India, the Morituri assassin Zakir "Tiger" Shastri]].
* ShoutOut: Several times in the background, [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes a young boy with spiky blond hair and a striped shirt clutching a toy tiger]] can be seen.
* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: This happens to random people due to [[spoiler:psychic harvesting by the alien [=VXX199=].]]
* {{Technopath}}: Scanner had a neural jack installed in his head to give him limited control of machines.
* TransferableMemory: The clones attacking the Morituri use memory transfer to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors.
* WrapItUp[=/=]PostScriptSeason: The "Electric Undertow" miniseries is part-way between these tropes. The original series wasn't fully LeftHanging, but the ending was rushed and there were a lot of loose ends.
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Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson worked on the first twenty issues of the comic, after which it was written by James Hudnall and drawn by Mark Bagley. The series ended after 31 issues, soon followed by a five-part limited series, ''Strikeforce Morituri: Electric Undertow''; it took place ten years later and served as a cyberpunk-flavored coda to clean up loose ends from the orginal series.

A list of characters and their associated tropes can be found [[Characters/StrikeforceMorituri here.]]

->''“I expect I'll have a few adventures, but adventure is not a good reason to die, just as hate is not a good reason to die. Not even love is a good reason to die... not even life.\\
"What is a good reason to die?\\
"I really don't know, but I think I'll soon find out.”''\\
--'''Harold "Vyking" Everson'''

* AtrociousAlias: One criticism of Hudnall's run on ''Morituri'' were the uncreative names he gave to his characters -- a telekinetic named "Lifter", a pyrotechnic named "Burn", an invisible character named "Ghost"...

* DeathByTransceiver: Mission control received video and audio transmissions from the last two survivors of the Black Watch, Woody Green and Bruce Higashi, as their escape craft left the Horde base. It shows Woody's horrible death - the [[PowerDegeneration Morituri Effect]] seemingly caused [[SuperPoweeMeltdown his eye beams to overload]] and reduced his head to a burnt-out skull. When the video cuts out Higashi is still alive, but pleading for help from his base. Commander Nion and Dr. Tuolema show it to new volunteers, so that they know what they're signing up for.

* DeathByLookingUp: Aaron Ray Leonard, one of the first subjects of the Morituri process, is killed in [[DeadlyTrainingArea The Garden]] from being crushed by a hydraulic pillar.
** Averted by Snapdragon, who narrowly avoids the same fate.

* CreditsGag: An in-universe credits joke,,as the first issue features a few pages from ''The Last Stand of the Black Watch'', a {{Fictional |Document}}Comic that's a PropagandaPiece about the fate of the first team of Morituri. According to its credit box, the editor was "Justin Tyme".