Hyperkind is a comic book

Comic book

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 series from Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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' 1993-1995 Razorline

Razorline

Razorline was an imprint of American comic book company Marvel Comics that ran from 1993-1995. It was created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, with its characters existing in one of the many alternate universes outside the mainstream continuity known as the Marvel...

 imprint, created by Clive Barker

Clive Barker

Clive Barker is an English author, film director and visual artist best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories which established him as a leading young horror writer...

, written by Fred Burke penciled by Paris Cullins

Paris Cullins

Paris Cullins is an African-American comic-book artist best known for his work on DC Comics' Blue Devil and Blue Beetle, and Marvel Comics' Hyperkind.-Early career:...

 and inked by Bob Petrecca.

While describing the Razorline imprint Barker touched on the series saying "I wanted to do a super hero comic, something which would be my take on what super heroes were going to be like in the '90s... Hyperkind fell into that category."

Publication history

There were nine issues of Hyperkind, and 48-page follow-up called Hyperkind: Unleashed, which contained a short prose

Prose

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 story of Hokum & Hex

Hokum & Hex

Hokum & Hex is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics' Razorline imprint. It was created by filmmaker and horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, written by Frank Lovece and penciled by Anthony Williams.-Publication history:...

, another Razorline comic that had been cancelled.

Characters

• Armata (Lisa Moffitt) - Able to summon armor that produces various weapons and jets for flight. Powered by her lifeforce, excessive use of her powers can render in a state of torpor or even death. Being returned to her chamber can rejuvenate her.

• Logix (Kenny Zambetti) - Able to enter and control computers and predict probabilities with his machine-like mind. The downside of his power is that he begins to suffer emotional detachment from everything.

• Bliss ("Dyan Divine", real name unknown) - Able to make illusions real and read the dreams of others. Bliss was abused by her father and suffers some emotional problems.

• Amokk (George Yoneda) - Able to turn into a super-strong, blade-handed bestial creature, in this form he is unable to do anything that requires fingers and tends to be very aggressive.

• Ecka - A dog who finds the last of the power chambers, and gains what the others call "cosmic consciousness".