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THE ORIGIN

THE WAR

THE SURVIVORS

THE MYSTERY

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Hip Flask 1:
Unnatural Selection
2218-2242
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Elephantmen:
War Toys
2239
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Elephantmen 1:
Wounded Animals
2259
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Elephantmen 2:
Fatal Diseases
2259
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Hip Flask 2:
Concrete Jungle
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Dr. Kazushi Nikken begins experiments to merge human and animal DNA at MAPPO headquarters in North Africa.

Hip Flask #1/Elephantmen #0: Unnatural Selection
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MAPPO troops abduct African women to participate in Nikken's DNA experiments.

Elephantmen #6: The Last Thing I Remember
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The first Elephantman, a hippo/human hybrid, is successfully created. The creatures are trained to be obedient soldiers of MAPPO.

Hip Flask #1/Elephantmen #0: Unnatural Selection
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The Central African Alliance engage the services of MAPPO to commission an army of supersoldiers.

Elephantmen #11: Man of Peace
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Europe has been devastated by a lethal virus. A war begins between Africa and China for the remnants. Enter: MAPPO's footsoldiers, the Elephantmen.

War Toys #1: Band of Monsters
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France has fallen to MAPPO... but even the Elephantmen have sustained heavy casualties. Africa's forces advance into the North of Europe.

War Toys #2: Hell On Earth
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A young member of the French resistance is stranded against the invading Elephantman army.

War Toys Yvette
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Even in the face of blistering resistance, it seems that nothing can stop MAPPO's advance across Scandinavia. Hip Flask comes face to face with the last vestiges of humanity in the frozen Scandinavian wastes.

War Toys #3: Ashes & Snow
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The MAPPO facility is raided by UN Security Forces, and the Elephantmen rescued.

Hip Flask #1/Elephantmen #0: Unnatural Selection
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The surviving Elephantmen begin their journey to freedom by train.

Elephantmen #5: Exodus
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Vishoek & Keimond are a couple of working stiffs assigned to pick through the rotten corpses unearthed after the UN raid on MAPPO.

Elephantmen #12: Human Remains
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Nikken is tried for his crimes by the UN tribunal.

Elephantmen #11: Man of Peace
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Information Agent Ebony Hide meets curious youngster Savannah outside a restaurant in Santa Monica.

Elephantmen #1: See the Elephant
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Hip Flask fights croc-man Elijah Delaney for an African totem above the streets of Los Angeles.

Elephantmen #2: Behemoth & Leviathan
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After the fight, an unconscious Hip Flask is discovered and attended to by Miki the cab driver.

Elephantmen #3: A Good Look
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Following an anonymous tip, Ebony Hide discovers the dark secret of Serengheti Imports.

Elephantmen #3: The Elephant in the Room
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Hip Flask and Ebony Hide are taken to the transgenic wing of Saint Francis hospital in Santa Monica. Miki tracks down Hip to return the totem he dropped after the fight with Elijah Delaney.

Elephantmen #4: Hazardous Materials, Wounded Animals
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The Silencer seeks sanctuary at Casbah Joe's floating Eye of the Needle restaurant.

Elephantmen #5
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Obadiah Horn and Sahara are interviewed by LIFE television. Savannah sneaks to the Information Agency to visit her injured friend Ebony.

Elephantmen #6: Abandoned by God
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While working late at the Information Agency, Hip Flask is put in charge of a lost and frustrated Savannah.

Elephantmen #7: Captain Stoneheart and the Truth Fairy
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Ebony and Hip join Trench in a shootout at Serengheti's warehouse, and take the criminal's accountant into custody.

Elephantmen #8
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Hip Flask attempts to get home with his groceries, still on crutches after his fight with Delaney.

Elephantmen #9: Your Local Hippo
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Serengheti's accountant is killed by the Silencer while under police protection.

Elephantmen #9: Silent Running
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As TV cameras head for Santa Monica to cover the meteor that crash landed in the Bay, Miki downloads comics in the break room at the taxi garage.

Elephantmen: The Pilot
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Sahara gives Horn a pair of Western Black Rhinos as a wedding present.

Elephantmen #10
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A warthog-man attemps to sell a handful of MAPPO corpse markers to Serengheti, but ends up parting with something even more valuable.

Elephantmen #11: Man of War
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Finally the mystery of the meteor is revealed... but what exactly has happened to Information Agent Hip Flask?

Elephantmen #13: Worlds Collide
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People are dying on the beach in Santa Monica, and it's not because they didn't put on their sunblock. Lieutenant Trench investigates, and what he finds isn't pretty.

Elephantmen #14: Worlds at War
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The spore war ends, but not without casualties.

Elephantmen #15: Worlds Apart
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Sahara meets up with her father, Serengheti, in the halls of St. Francis' hospital.

Elephantmen #19
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Vanity Case joins the Information Agency, and is assigned to assist agent Hip Flask.

Elephantmen #15: Still Life
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A woman from The Silencer's past tracks him down to Los Angeles.

Elephantmen #16
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Freed from his lonely prison cell, Tusk wanders aimlessly along the dark avenues and alleyways of Mystery City... until he is taken into the care of another lost soul.

Elephantmen #17
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Hiromi Kiyoko -- Miki -- is intent on finding out Hip Flask's deepest darkest secrets... but Miki and her mother, Keiko, have some secrets of their own.

Elephantmen #18
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Hip Flask takes his new assistant Vanity Case on her first assignment.

Elephantmen #20
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Ebony prepares to spend a quiet day at home... but a MAPPO sleeper cell has other plans for him.

Elephantmen #21
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A grave is desecrated. The mysterious Simm takes Vanity shopping. Miki and Hip pay a call to Ebony's house.

Elephantmen #22
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Miki, Hip and Ebony check out the attack on SKYCAB, while Simm and Vanity make a trip to the top of Horn tower.

Elephantmen #23
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Simm's secret has been revealed and all hell breaks loose!

Elephantmen #24
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MAPPO agents are at loose in Los Angeles. Information Agents Hip Flask and Ebony Hide must work with the LAPD to track them down and route out the sleeper cell controlling them. But who is Blackthorne?

Elephantmen #25
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Elijah Delaney's appearance on the Herman Strumm radio show takes an unfortunate turn.

Elephantmen #2: Shock Croc
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Hip Flask & Vanity Case investigate the vandalism of the All Creatures Great & Tall clothing store. Whitaker & Lambert conduct their first time travel experiment.

Hip Flask #2: Elephantmen
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In the aftermath of the time travel experiment, Hip Flask & Vanity trace a clue to the Eye of the Needle bar above Mystery City.

Hip Flask #3: Mystery City
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