Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British comics anthology 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate. Set in the near future, it features the exploits of gun sharks Finnigan "Finny" Sinister and Ramone "Ray" Dexter in the city of Downlode, sprawled across Central Europe "like a hit and run victim". Occasional stories have taken place in other cities, or off planet.
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- Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British comics anthology 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate. Set in the near future, it features the exploits of gun sharks Finnigan "Finny" Sinister and Ramone "Ray" Dexter in the city of Downlode, sprawled across Central Europe "like a hit and run victim". Occasional stories have taken place in other cities, or off planet. The size of Downlode is never specified in the strip, but it appears to stretch from Spain to eastern Europe. The appearance of the city largely depends on the artist of the particular storyline, often it appears to be styled after the former soviet bloc, with many statues and wide boulevards, plus dilapidated cars such as Trabants and VW Beetles. However in other strips the city looks clean and futuristic, like Mega City One. The story "London Town" shows that London and Great Britain still exist separate from Downlode. In early strips the police used hover-cars with "Polizei" written on the side, however more recently they have been seen driving generic saloon cars resembling Ford Crown Victorias. These are painted in a similar way to the cars of the LAPD and have DCPD written on them. Sinister and Dexter themselves drive a 1950s Edsel, this started out as a hardtop but in the story "Alibi Of Broadway" had its roof torn off and was re-built as a convertible. This car is frequently crashed into things or shot at but somehow is always repaired perfectly in time for the next story. Hover Car technology seems to exist too, and in some stories appears to have been retrofitted to old cars such as Checker Cabs. Advanced robots are occasionally seen in the stories, but appear to be very rare, and are usually controlled by humans and are unable to think for themselves. Some characters also have several cyborg implants, including Ramone himself who has a "Fony Headcase" television implanted into his eyes. In one story a malfunction in this temporarily gave him the ability to see in infra-red and detect a small hole in a crime-bosses' personal forcefield (referred to as a very rare and expensive technology). The atmosphere of the stories suggests a time of economic recession, with many references made to sophisticated army hardware being sold off to the highest bidder, usually criminal gangs. Additionally many strips feature the city looking worn and run-down even in "rich" areas. In the story "Mother 'Lode And The Red Admiral" it is mentioned that Korea has developed cold fusion and become the world's richest nation. Ramone uses a pair of "Ruger Nines", often drawn a silver 9mm pistols, or occasionally as revolvers. Sinister uses a "Minigun" which is nothing like the real-world minigun. In most stories it resembles a small pump-action shotgun and can fire different kinds of bullets, including high explosives. In other stories (with different artists) the gun looks like a large double-barrelled revolver or a small machine pistol.
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- Sinister Dexter Gunshark Vacation TPB
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- Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British comics anthology 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate. Set in the near future, it features the exploits of gun sharks Finnigan "Finny" Sinister and Ramone "Ray" Dexter in the city of Downlode, sprawled across Central Europe "like a hit and run victim". Occasional stories have taken place in other cities, or off planet.
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