''Faker'' is a six-issue

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that started in July 2007 by

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, written by Mike Carey, art by Jock.

Plot

Minnesota college students Jessica, Yvonne, Marky and Sack are at a party when an ex-girlfriend of Marky's slips a bottle of "Angel's Kiss" into their drinks. Angel's Kiss turns out to be an experimental medium for liquid data storage. Shortly afterwards, a friend of the four students, Nick Philo, turns up in their dorm. After a bizarre series of events, all five come to realize that "Nick", though possessing a physical body, is not real at all, but is a creation of their minds under the influence of Angel's Kiss. The five are then abducted by the United States government, the creators of Angel's Kiss, who are now extremely interested in its potential for weapons research as well as data storage. Jessie leads her friends on a breakout of the installation at which they are being held captive, but falls into an entire vat of Angel's Kiss in the process; she emerges transformed in some unknown manner. On the run in the open country, Marky and Yvonne are shot and killed by the soldiers pursuing them. Nick dives into a rural reservoir, and his body dissolves, apparently contaminating all the local drinking water with Angel's Kiss. Jessie ultimately escapes but, returning to her old life, finds herself constantly drinking tap water, in the hope of recreating at least part of the reality of Nick's existence.

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback: * ''Faker'' (160 pages, April 2008,

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Notes

References

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External links

Vertigo On the Ledge: with Jock
July 5, 2007
DC profile for issue #1
with some preview pages

Interviews

Mike Carey'a A Faker For Vertigo
July 28, 2006
Jock Keeps It Real With "Faker"

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, December 1, 2006
Carey's Faker: A Thriller Rooted in Paranoia, With Some Existentialism Thrown In

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, October 28, 2007

Reviews

Review of issue #1
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