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[[File:Surrogates_Cover01_4056.jpg|frame|From top to bottom: The Prophet, Greer, Steeplejack]]
In [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|the year 2054]], humans have all but replaced their bodies with lifelike replacements called "surrogates". Violent crimes are down and everyone gets to have [[The Beautiful Elite|the body of their dreams]], but beneath society's polished facade not all is well. Tensions between mainstream society and an anti-surrogate religious group led by "The Prophet" continue to fester, while surrogates turn up destroyed by a mysterious, superhuman figure.
Police Detective Greer becomes a victim of the anti-surrogate crimes, and to catch the perp he must venture out of his home without a surrogate for the first time in years. As the case progresses, Greer himself begins to doubt the benefits of living life through proxies.
There's also a [[Prequel]] titled ''The Surrogates: Flesh and Bone'', taking place 15 years prior to the original story. It goes more in-depth in Greer and The Prophet's backstories as well as the initial stages of surrogate integration into society.
''The Surrogates'' has also been adapted into a film named ''[[Surrogates (
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* [[And That's Terrible]]: Steeplejack {{spoiler|plans to wipe out every functioning surrogate, ''vandalism on a large scale''}}. Greer is horrified.
** They would have probably killed a lot of people just by taking out the Surrogates, via collateral damage. See [[Fridge Logic]].
* [[Anti
* [[The Beautiful Elite]]
* [[Big Applesauce]]: Averted. The comic is set in Central Georgia Metropolis.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Cyberpunk
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Greer's wife}}
* [[Everybody Lives]]: Well, ''almost'' everyone.
* [[The Faceless]]: Steeplejack
* [[Film Noir]]
* [[Fighting a Shadow]]: humanity has become a non-villainous example, mostly
* [[Fridge Logic]]: See the [[The Surrogates (Comic Book)/Headscratchers|Headscratchers page]].
* [[Furry Fandom]]: Noticeably averted. See the [[The Surrogates (Comic Book)/Headscratchers|Headscratchers page]].
* [[Genius Cripple]]: Lionel Canter
* [[I Am What I Am]]
* [[Myself, My Avatar]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: A consequence of the switch to surrogates is that murders become exceedingly rare, since humans almost never venture out of their homes in person anymore. What would have been a murder in present-day real life is reduced to property damage and the surrogate owner can simply buy a new one and resume daily life. Of course, damaging your real body can still kill you...
* [[Post Cyber Punk]]
* [[Remote Body]]
* [[Robo Cam]]: why did the Data-miners need a surrogate? they could have saved time and money by transmitting straight to the VRchair
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: Crossgender surrogates are common.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Steeplejack
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Greer's wife
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|They Wasted A Perfectly Good Setting]]: See the [[The Surrogates (Comic Book)/Headscratchers|Headscratchers page]].
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]
* [[Unusual User Interface]]
* [[Well
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