The Hip Flask series is set in the 23rd century and stars Hieronymous "Hip" Flask - a human/hippo hybrid, one of the survivors of a series of genetic engineering experiments conducted by the sinister MAPPO organization at a secret facility deep in the heart of Africa.
In the
first one-shot,
Hip Flask: Unnatural Selection, in 2002, we learnt the tragic origin of Hieronymous "Hip" Flask, a human/hippo hybrid created by the sinister MAPPO organization at a secret facility deep in the heart of Africa. MAPPO was run by Doctor Kazushi Nikken, who had devilishly wanted to create superweapons in his image through a series of genetic engineering experiments.
Set 20 years after Unnatural Selection, the
second one-shot,
Hip Flask: Elephantmen in 2003 was set in Los Angeles and reintroduced Hip Flask and the rest of the Elephantmen, and showed how they were being treated twenty years after being released from captivity. Elephantmen also introduces readers to Serengheti, a rival trader whose envy of Horn?s success is matched only by his hatred for all the Elephantmen, and The Silencer, a former MAPPO employee who somehow escaped judgment for the part he played in the corruption and abuse of Hip Flask and his kind
However, Unnatural Selection and Elephantmen only set the stage to Starkings and Ladronn?s larger story, a story that will now be told in July?s
Hip Flask: Mystery City ? The Big Here & The Long Now.
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