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''Displaced Paranormals 7'' (better known as ''[[
The series was noteworthy due to its realistic (for its day) examination of the real-world consequences of developing paranormal abilities. While some of the main characters had powers that were clearly advantageous, others had powers that were either balanced by tremendous costs or else were almost entirely negative.
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The characters meet after being committed (either voluntarily or upon the request of their families) to the Clinic For Paranormal Research. The group escape after David and Randy discover that the clinic is engaging in secret [[Mind Control]] experiments, and spend the majority of the comic being hunted across America by the Clinic's own paranormal agents.
The series was notable for being a high-water mark for its time in terms of writing and the quality of its story. It is a clear forerunner- both in tone and content- of the television series ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
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=== Tropes: ===
* [[Author Appeal]]: Writer Mark Gruenwald apparently loved his home state Wisconsin-- which was the setting for much of ''[[
* [[Balloon Belly]]: Sponge's power.
* [[Big Eater]]: Jeffrey Walters was one of these, because of his abnormally high metabolism.
* [[Blessed
** Stephanie's husband had no problems changing his mind though and 'tolerating' her return after he contracted a lethal disease (AIDS I think) since her powers were the only way to ensure his survival. Once she learned the truth she promptly kicked him to the curb.
* {{spoiler|[[Brought Down to Normal]]: The Cure was a paranormal who had the power to do this to other paranormals. Mutator takes advantage of this, but most of the characters choose to keep their powers.}}
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* [[Extranormal Institute]]: The Clinic for Paranormal Research.
* [[Freak-Out]]: Dennis Cuzinski had at least one of these, most notably after realizing that his acidic skin secretions meant he could not safely touch another person, much less have sex with them.
* [[Gravity Master]]: The power of Deadweight, the [[CIA]] assassin who attacks the [[
* [["Growing Muscles" Sequence]]: David Landers had a horricially painful one as his body changed.
* [[Horror Hunger]]: Lenore developed a craving for other people's life force.
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Stephanie Harrington.
* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: The power of [[Recurring Extra]] George "Mutator" Mullaney, whose body completely changed forms every 48 hours. Since many of these forms were ugly and/or useless, Mutator was another case of [[Blessed
* [[Jerkass]]: Dennis "Scuzz" Cuzinski.
* [[Mass Super-Empowering Event]]: The White Event, the source of all the super powers.
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* [[Power Incontinence]]: About half the cast had problems controlling their abilities.
* [[She Fu]]: Housewife Stephanie Harrington only knew cheerleader moves from her high school days, but her power gave her a degree of protection, so she was able to use these in combat.
* [[Shout-Out]]: ''[[Exiles (Comic Book)|Exiles]]'' used ''[[
** And The Atlanta Blur- essentially a much faster [[Expy]] of Jeffrey Walters- appeared in [[J. Michael Straczynski]]'s Supreme Power, his homage of [[DP 7]] creator Mark Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme.
* [[Super Speed]]: The power of Jeff "Blur" Walters.
* [[Super Strength]]: The power of David "Mastodon" Landers.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Averted ridiculously since ''[[
* [[Too Good to Last]]: This comic only ran for three years.
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