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Originally issued independently, ''Fish Police'' was picked up by Comico in 1987, then acquired by Apple Press. Marvel Comics also reprinted it in color.
The comic was loosely adapted into a [[Fish Police (
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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Inspector Gill is constantly drinking. This is even mentioned in one letters section, where a reader points out that Gill went a whole issue without drinking. Moncuse counters that by saying that the violence and sex in that issue make up for it.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Subverted in issue 5, where Gill wakes up, believing he just dreamed that he was a fish — only to find that yes, he really is one. He didn't dream up a single thing that happened so far in the plot; he was just drunk when a lot of it happened. Cue the "[[What Did I Do Last Night?]]" from Gill.
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* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Angel}}.
* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]: Lampshaded in the special issue.
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* [[Guest Strip]]: The Comico run had "Fish Shticks", little one-offs set in Riverfront Joe's Bar, written by Moncuse and drawn by guest artists.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: [[Water Is Air]] and the characters being fish are both lampshaded frequently.
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