Judgment Day & Other White Lies
Author: Mike Hilbig
Date: 2022-02-17 00:00:00+00:00
Keywords: Fiction; Literary
Description: Judgment Day & Other White Lies is a short fiction collection that deconstructs whiteness by retelling versions of Greek, Roman, and Christian myths, concepts, and characters through a contemporary lens that reads whiteness into history as a force of destruction for white characters (in addition to those they oppress). From an alternative biblical Genesis about apes having orgies while on magic mushrooms to create western civilization (as told by the kinds of philosophers who have to be stoned themselves), to a retelling of the Oresteia where the white heavy metal musician Orestes is helping h
Publisher: Madville Publishing

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HOOVES,
AUGUSTINE.
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GOD
HATH
BROUGHT
ME
WITHIN
SMITING
EA
DISTANCE
OF
MINE
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DID
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THE
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WHOSE
NAME
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WRATH
IS
UPON
YOU
AND
YOUR
SEED!

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OF
GOD
GRIND
SLOWLY,
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THEY
GRIND

EXCEEDING
SMALL.
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US,
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NOT
ORDINARY
PEOPLE.

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SO.

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HAS
NEVER
BEEN
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А
SUPER-HERO.
MURDER
BEFORE.
TO
YOUR
MEDIA,
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WILL
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EVENT...

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ACTED
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BEINGS
STEPPED
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HIS
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OF
THEM,
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SAY
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MAGNAR'S
FATHER
WAS
THE
DEVIL?
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IT
SHALL
BE
YOUR
MEAGRE
BRAINS
MY
GOBLIN
DEVILS
GUZZLE
FROM
THE
POLISHED
CHALICE
OF
YOUR
SKULL
IN
THEIR
APPALLING
REVELS
UNDERGROUND
THIS
NIGHT!

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SUMMON
YOUR
KOBOLD
HORDES
AGAINST
THIS
PEASANT
ОАР!
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ME
HIS
FLAYED
AND
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PARDON,
MASTER,
BUT
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FEAR
THE
ONLY
SKIN

IMPUDENT

TROGLODYTE,
HOW.

You
DISOBEY
ME?
YOU

ARE
BINDED
TO
MY

WILL!
IT
SAYS
SO
IN'MY
MAGIC
GRIMOIRE!

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መ
WELL,

THAT.
MASTER,
I'M
AFRAID т
TOOK
WE,
THE
LIBERTY
ОР

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HOPE
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WILL
NOT
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CAUSE
YOU
ANY
INCONVENIENCE?

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MASTER
BRAM!
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THE
WIZARD'S
BLOOD
16
MILK-WHITE,
AND
HIS
BRAINS
AS
BLUE
AS
LAPIS!
16
THIS
NOT ል
DAINTY

NOVELTY?

NOT
YOUR
MASTER,
CREATURE,
NOR
SHALL
YOU
BE

BOUND,
WHERE
ARE
THE
MAGIC
TREASURES
THAT
YOU
TOLD

Ë
ME
OF?

YOU'LL
PROVE
A
MORE
RED-BLOODED

MASTER,
I'LL
BE

BOUND!

THE
MOST.
IMPORTANT
OF
THEM
RESTS
ON
YONDER

í

YET
TAKE
CARE,
BRAM,
CALLED
N
THE
BERSERK,
IT
IS
A
THING
DIVINE
AND
DANGEROUS,
THAT
HAS
UNDONE
FAR
GREATER
MEN
THAN
YOU,
AND
‚SHALL
AGAIN!

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WOULD
I
KNOW?
THIS
HAS
NEVER
HAPPENED
BEFORE!
I
MEAN,
THIS.
LEANNA...
THIS
15
UNBELIEVABLE!
IT'S...

BADROCK,

IT'S
SUFFOCATING
IN
HERE.
CAN'T
WE
SWITCH
ON
THE
AIR
CONDITIONING?

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THIS
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HELL
OF
AMES

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THAT
15
MEDIA
SUICIDE!
WE
ARE
A
GOVERNMENT
AGENCY!
IF
NECESSARY,
WE
INFORM
OUR

(SUPERIORS.

WE'RE
TALKING
ABOUT.
THIS
15
NOT
ANY
KIND
OF
SUICIDE.
THIS
16
HOMICIDE.

SAID
I
SHOULD
GET
OVER

„THE
FIRST
THING
WE
DO
15
STAY
OUT
OF
THIS
ROOM
UNTIL
WE'VE
NOTIFIED
THE
POLICE.

WHAT?
HOLY
GOD,
WHAT
DID
SHE
DO?
DID
SHE
CUT
HER
WRISTS
OR
SOMETHING?

WAS
MURDERED,
WE
THINK.

БАРА
CALLED
Ом
WN
RIPTIDE
BEFORE з
BREAKFAST.

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WELL,
YEAH,
GOD,
THIS
IS
KNIGHTSABRE
CAME
UNBELIEVABLE.
IN
DRUNK
AROUND i
TWELVE-THIRTY.
HE
WALKED
RIGHT
PAST
ME.

REPORTED
THIS
TO.
THE
POLICE.

ALL
I
CAN
DO
IS
CALL
THE
ONE
COP
I
KNOW
WITH
SUPER-HERO
SYMPATHIES.

IT's
A
FAIRYTALE
GONE
WRONG:
THE
PRINCESS
16
DEAD,
THE
KNIGHT
|S
UNDER
SUSPICION,
AND
WE'VE
GOT
NOBODY
LEFT
19
TURN

ОКАҮ,
YOU
GOLD-BRICKIN'
DOG-FACES,
LISTEN
ШР!
WE'RE
THROWIN'
EVERYTHIN'
WE
GOT
AGAINST
ROMMEL'S
AFRIKA
KORPS!
ROMMEL'S
GOT
THE
IRON
CROSS
HELPING
HIM,
BUT
WE'VE
GOT
THE
STORMBIRDS,
THE
SUPER-PATRIOT,
AND
EVEN
AGENT
AMERICA!
LET'S
JUST
MAKE
SLIRE
THERE'S
SOME
NAZI'S
LEFT
OVER
FOR

ВАША

SURE,
АМ!
WE'RE
RIGHT
BEHIND
YE,
SARGE,
BUT
WHAT
ABOUT
THE
PHANTOM
AVIATOR,
NOW?
THE
POOR
DIVIL'S
CALIGHT
SOME
SHRAPNEL

HE
HELPED
THE
ROARERS
REACH
THIS
PLACE
IN
ONE
PIECE,
SHAMROCK!
WE'LL
LEAVE
THE
KID

TO
TAKE
CARE
OF
HIM.

T'S
RIDE
'EM,
YOU
ROUGHNECKS!

TH-THEY'RE
LEAVIN!
NOW,
Mr.
PHANTOM,
SIR,
BUT
YOU'LL
BE
OKAY
WITH
ME!

-KOFF
КОРЕ-
NO,
BOY,
ТМ
AFRAID
I
THE
NAZIS
WON'T.
WILL
SHELL
THIS
POSITION
IN
FIVE
MINUTES,
AND
I'LL
BE
DEAD.
DON'T
ASK
HOW
I
KNOW.
Т
JusT
DO.

B-BUT
I'M
JUST
THE
ROARER'S
JUNIOR
MASCOT!
A-AND
SERGEANT
BARON

SAID
I
SHOULD
STAY

WITH
YOU!

IN
GOD'S

B-BUT
YOU
FOUGHT
IN
WORLD
WAR
ONE!
YOU'RE
THE
PHANTOM
AVIATOR!
YOU
CAN'T
DIE!

LEGENDS
DIE,

ІТ
WAS
GIVEN
TO
ME
BY
JOHN
PROPHET
BEFORE
НЕ
VANISHED,
AND
IT'S
VERY
PRECIOUS.
DON'T
LOSE
IT.

I
MEAN
YOU'VE
GOT
A
SUPER-HERO
VICTIM.
А
SUSPECTED
SUPER-HERO
PERP
AND
SUPER-HERO
WITNESSES.

WELL
THIS

YOU
DID
SITUATION
IS
DELICATE.

RIGHT
IN
IT
COULD
BLOW
UP
IN
OUR оше
CALLING
ME.
„
FACES
AT
ANY
MOMENT.
4
£
<
LEGAL
SYSTEM
HAS
NEVER
DEALT
WITH
ANYTHING
LIKE
THIS
BEFORE...
AND
BETWEEN
YOU
AND
ME,
THEY"
NOT
ANXIOUS
TO
START.

COMMUNITY
HANDLE
THIS,
PROVIDED
THE
LAW
IS
FULLY
REPRESENTED.

ТО
TRIAL,
WE'LL
NEED
A
JUDGE,
А
PROSECUTION,

А
DEFENSE.

HELL,
>.
WE'D
PROBABLY

NEED
A
SPECIAL
COURTROOM.

Hmmm.
WELL,
I
GUE:
WE'LL
TRUST
YOUR
I
THINK
IT'S
THE
JUDGMENT
ON
ТН!
MOST
GENEROUS
ONE,
DRAGON
OFFER
YOU'RE
LIKELY
ANY
DIRTY
WHAT
DO
YOU
ТО
GET.
1
SAY
LAUNDRY
COMES
OUT
DURING
THE
TRIAL,
AT
LEAST
T

“I
GUESS
YOU'RE
RIGHT,

ALTHOUGH
1
DON'T
К
T

KNOW
WHERE
WE'RE
LEANNA
THAN
ABOUT

GOING
TO
GET
A
KNIGHTSABRE.
YOU
COURTROOM
¿
KNOW
HOW
GRAVES
FROM.
ALWAYS,
FAVORES

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W|
ONNA
FINI

I wAS
WITH
KNIGHTSABRE
WHEN
OFFICER

DRAGON

ARRESTED
HIM.

HE
LOOKED
SO
CONFUSED...

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WHIT
ERGO
DXOFTHEICONGO

HE
UPERSTIT los
TRIBESMEN
WERE
МО
MATCH
FOR
ZANT; hers
5
KEEN
INTELLIGENCE,

ANYTHING
(
I
CANDO,
JUST
LET
ME
KNOW.

CAN
HOLD
THE
TRIAL
IN
THE
CITADEL
SUPREME.
I'LL
HAVE

MY
SUPREMATONS
CONVERT
MY
STADIUM
AREA
IMMEDIATELY.

ህ
፲
COULD
HARDLY
REFUSE
AFTER
THE
WAY
YOU
HELPED
ME
AGAINST
OPTILUX n
RECENTLY.

Y

SALTA
ZZ
—
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Prosseurion
ЧИ
/
|

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/

/ и
ТО
SOMETIMES
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f
Й
ASSIST
PROFESSOR
|,
⁄
NIGHT
AS
LADY
DAY
BEFORE
SHE
RETIRED.

I'D
LIKE
YOU
TO
MEET
Mr.
TOBY
À
TYLER.
_

THANK:
ANYWAY,
SUPREME.
WE
NEED
SOMEWHERE
PRIVATE
THAT
WON'T
DISRUPT
ORDINARY
PEOPLE'S
LIVES,
SO
YOUR
FLOATING
FORTRESS
|S

IDEAL.
A

PLUS,
I'VE
HAD
LUCK
FINDING
SUITABLE
LEGAL
REPRESENTATION...

KATHERINE
MCKINNON,
WHO
ONCE
HELPED
THE

ALLIES
BACK
IN
THE
SIXTIES,
HAS
AGREED
TO
TRY
THE
CASE.

Hmm,
NO
OFFENSE,
BUT
ISN'T
HE
A
LITTLE b.
YOUNG?

I'M x
NINETEEN,
Mr.
N
TERRELL.
I'M
JUST
-
NOT
VERY
TALL...
ASSUMING
HE'S
ESPECIALLY
NOT
WHEN ግ s
INNOCENT,
Т
I'M
STANDING
NEXT
„>
=
\
PLAN
TO
LAND
THE
ТО
SUPREME.
3
RIGHT
FISI

CONSEQUENTLY,
I'M
7
GOING
TO
NEED
ACCESS
TO
VIDEO
FOOTAGE
OF
YOUNGBLOOD'S
RECENT
ACTIVITIES.

KNISHTSABRE'S
DEFENCE?

HAVEN'T
YOU
DONE
YOUR

HERE
IN
YOUNGBLOOD
РА н.с.
OR
IN
THE
FIELD!
/

Oh,
I'VE
DONE
MY
GREAT
GANYMEDE,
16
HOMEWORK,
Mr.
THAT
TRUE?
IN
FIFTY
YEARS
LANGSTON.
OF
FRIENDSHIP,
1
NEVER
>
REALIZED.
т
CORRECT,
OUR
WOULDN'T
ASK
IF
I
DION'T
THINK

h,
VERY
WELL.
IF
EVERYONE
COULD
PLEASE
LOOK
SOMEWHERE
ELSE
FOR

т
KEEP
МҮ
INNER
WORKINGS
ТО
MYSELF.

TOBY,
IS
THIS
NECESSARY?

DIE-HARD,
THIS
VIDEO
Disc
THING
|6
NEWS
TO
US,
TOO.
HOW
MUCH
DATA
DO
YOLI
HAVE
ABOUT
STORED?
//
SIX
MONTHS,
ON
THIS
DISC.
BACK
DURING
THE
WAR
1
USED
REELS
OF
MICROFILM
THAT
NEEDED
CHANGING
P»
EVERY
DAY.
IT'LL
TAKE
YOU
WEEKS
TO
PROCESS
WHAT'S
ON
HERE,
TOBY.

THERE.
І
HOPE
)
IT'S
USEFUL.

ITI
TO
KEEP
ANY
PERSONAL

NATURALLY.

THAT'S
OKAY.
I
CAN
AT
LEAST
MAKE
A
START
ON
IT
PRIOR
TO
THE
TRIAL.

тв
ONLY
PART
OF
THE
EVIDENCE
I
NEED
TO
COLLECT,
NOT
TO
MENTION
THE
WITNESSES
I'LL
NEED
TO
CALL.

SO,
SUPREME,
THIS
STADIUM
OF
YOURS...
HOW
MANY
PEOPLE
WILL

&
HOLD?
I
MAY
NEED

TO
CALL
A
LOT or

DETAILS
OF
MINE
ТО
NOW.
E
NEED
TO
WITNESSES.
YOURSELF?
MEET
WITH
THE
JUDGE
WELL,
AND
PROSECUTION,
BACK
IN
53
І
AND
ALSO
TO
LOOK
CONVERTED
IT
INTO
OVER
THIS
"COURT
A
CHAPEL
FOR
THE

SUPREME"
THAT'S
WEDDING
OF
DOC
ROCKET
BEING
PROVIDED
;
FOR
US.

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I
KNOW
WHAT
YOU'RE ዒ
SAYING.
I
MEAN,
\
THE
FISHERMAN,
SKIPPY
OR
WHATEVER
HIS
МАМЕ
IS...
Т'УЕ
BARELY
HEARD
OF
А
HALF
THESE
OLD

GUYS:
<

Y'KNOw,
5
T'VE
GOT
AREAL
4
BAD
FEELING
|Д

PROFESSOR
NIGHT,
VM
Е

BOY,

THAT
WAS
PRETTY
INTENSE.
I'VE
NEVER
KNOWN
DIE-HARD
TAKE
OFF
HIS
MASK
IN
FRONT
OF
ANYONE
BEFORE.

AS
FOR
SUPREME
AND
THAT
KID...
I'M

STARTING
TO
THINK

MAYBE
VOGUE
WAS

RIGHT
ABOUT
KEEPING
THIS
BETWEEN
OURSELVES.

ME
TOO.
I
NEED
TO
GET
A
COFFEE
ДА
AND
JUST
TALK
FOR
A
WHILE.

AND
YOU
HAVE
HEADED
OUR
RESPECTIVE
HALVES
OF
YOUNGBLOOD
ALL
THESE
YEARS,
AND
SUDDENLY
IT
FEELS
LIKE
WE'RE
BENEATH
A
SHADOW.

т
FEELS
LIKE
THE
SUN
15
SETTING
ОМ
EVERYTHING
WE'VE

вит
MY
LORD
MERLIN,
CAN"

LORD
MERLIN
SPOKE
THE
TRUTH!
ІТ
ኝ
SEEMS
ALL
HELL
HAS
COME
TO
WITNESS
THE
DEMISE
OF
CAMELOT!

+
LET
IT
BE
SETTLED
NO!

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3
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TAN,
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RIDE
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BLIZZARD,
Ñ
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WORLD
15
BROUGHT
|
ITS
ENDING...

NV
W

МАКЕ
IT
CLEAR

с
МУ
CHAMBERS,
GET
THIS
SHOw
ОМ

JEEZ.
Y
SHE
SOLINDED
TOUGH.

THAT
GIANT

GORILLA
AND
THE

ROOM
WITH
ALL
THE
MIRRORS...

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I
HOPE
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NOT
EXPECTING
ME
TO
ФО
EASY
ON
THE
DEFENDANT
BECAUSE
OF
MY
OWN
BRIEF
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A
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COSTUMED
ADVENTURESS
OR
A
LAWYER
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WOMAN...
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LIKE
THE
VICTIM
IN
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CASE.

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SEPTEMBER.
1997:

"IT
WAS
HIS
BIRTHDAY,
AND
HE'D
BEEN
DRINKING
HE
MEME pop
FROM
MARCUS
LANGSTON, i
SENTINEL,
WHO
WAS
MANNING ur
RECEPTION
DESK
THAT
NIGHT.

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STATES
THAT
|
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TOMBS
CAME
IN
AT
12:30
A.M.
||
AND
TOOK
THE
ELEVATOR
TO
THE
UPPER
FLOORS.

“ACCORDING
TO
MR.
TOMBS'
OWN የክርን
НЕ
DECIDED
TO
VISIT
'REEL'S
QUARTERS
FOR
SATION.
^.
HIS
WORDS...
AND,
FINDING
HER
ABSENT,
COLLAPSED
ON
HER
BED.

"НЕ
STATES
THAT

TOMBS
CLAIMS
TO
||
REMEMBER
NOTHING
BEYOND
THIS
POINT.

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AT
1:30,
IT'S
POSSIBLE
RETURNING
AROUND
TO
RECONSTRUCT
1:15,
AS
CONFIRMED
WHAT
MUST
HAVE
BY
MR.
LANGSTON
FOLLOWED.
ON
THE
DESK.
SHE
WENT
TO
HER
ROOM.

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IN
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TOMBS
THEN
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IFF
TUN
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"WITH
MS.
CREEL
STUNNED,
SUGGEST

DEATH
IN
A
BLIND
RAGE.”

з
AFTER
WHICH,
RETURNING
TO
THE
BEDROOM,
HE
PASSED
OUT
AGAIN
AND
SLEPT
LIKE
A
BABY.

THAT,
YOUR
HONOR,
OUTLINES:
THE
CASE
FOR
THE
PROSECUTION.

THANK
YOU,
MISS
SHANE.
THAT
WAS
A
VERY
VIVID
1
RECONSTRUCTION.

GIVEN
HOW
HIGH
FEELINGS

'OOM,
I
SUGGEST n wE
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THIS
CITADEL
ISN'T
HELPING
THE

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SANITY
ОҒ

THE
MIRRORS?
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"HE
DIDN'T
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EXAMINE
THE
BODY.
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JUST
THREW
SOME
/-CHING
COINS
AND
THEN
DID
А
TAROT
READING,
RIGHT
THERE
ON
THE
FLOOR.

*I
DIDN'T
INTERFERE.
IF
SOMEBODY
CARRYING
CLEARANCE
LIKE
THAT
SAYS
'JUMP',
YOU
SA!
"FROM
WHICH
BUILDING?"

WERE
GUECTIO!

КЕ
Е
REALLY
Пе
D,

в то!
ህሪ
THE
WHOLE
IDEA
OF
SUPERHEROES...

YEAH,

WELL,
THERE
WAS
THAT
BIG
SIEGE
IN
THIS
CITADEL
JUST
WEEKS
AGO.
THAT
ABSOLUTELY
TERRIFIED እ
EVERYBODY.
NOW
THIS

MURDER.

I
ASKED
WHO
HE
WAS,
HE
FLASHED
WITH
CLEARANCE
I
IDN'T
EVEN
KNOW
EXISTED.

HMM.
>

WELL,
IN
THAT
CASE
І
GUESS
I
BETTER
GO
GET
||
YOUR
GUY
KNIGHTSABRE
FROM
THE
HOLDING
CELLS.

Е
COURT
IS
HEREBY
N
CONVENT
Mr.
KING
WOULD
LIKE
TO
PUT

THE
CASE
FOR
THE
DEFENCE.

THANK
YOU,
YOUR
HONOR.
IN
RESI

so,

YOUR
CELESTIAL
HIGHNESS,
AM
I
CORRECT
(М
ASSUMING
THAT
YOU
BELONG
TO
А
RACE
OF
GODS
THAT
PREDATES
HUMANITY?

YOUR
QUESTION,
I'M
ONLY
A
DEMI-GOD,
BUT
MY
MOTHER
AND
HER
IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
ACTUALLY
PREDATE
THE
CREATION
OF
THE
PHYSICAL
UNIVERSE
ITSELF.

Your
HONOR,
OBJECTION!
1
HOPE
MR.
KING
ISN'T
TRYING
TO
LINK
THIS
CASE
TO
THE
BIG
BANG!

Your
HONOR,
THIS
IS
AN
UNUSUAL
CASE,
WITH
UNGULA
PARTICIPANTS.

OBJECTION
OVER-RULED.
YOU
MAY
PROCEED,
Mr.
KING.

NOW,
GLORY,
1
BELIEVE кл
Кы
YOU wERE
YOUR
MOTHER
КАН
А
GIFT
FROM
A as
АМТ.

MOTHER
DEMETER,
ALONG
OTHER
БА
DEITIES,
RULES
THE
ENTIRE
MATERIAL
PLANI у
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INCLUDING
YOUR
С
|
“SHE
HAS
A
RETREAT
OF
HER
OWN

IN
THE
MYSTICAL
HALF-WAY
REALM
OF
ULTIMA
THULE,
THE
Word er
PARADISE
BEYOND
OUR

"I
WAS
BORN
ON
THULE,
WHICH
FLOATS
IN
THE
TORRENT
OF
SHIFTING
MIND
COLORS
KNOWN
AS
THE
SPECTRUM
SEA,
OR,
SOMETIMES,
THE
CHROMOCEAN.

"ONE
D;
MOTHER
SAILED
АН me
ACROSS
IT
TO
THE
SPLENDID
PALACE

OF
THE ይዳ

"WE
TETHERED
OUR
BARGE
TO
TE
IMPERIAL
WHARFS
THAT
GREW
OUT
FROM
THE
TREE,
АМО
THEN
THE
TWO
OF
US

ENTERED
HER
PALACE.

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LORD
HERMES?
WHAT
ARE
YOU
DOING
HERE,
IN
ТЕ
PALACE

OF
EARTH?

Ah, but
“silly”
means wise or tvir

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RETURNED
WITH
MY
MOTHER
TO
THULE,
WHERE

SHE
SAT
MANY

AFTERNOONS
CAREFULLY
READING

THE к.

HI hi
OR
PERHAPS
IT
WAS
CENTURIES.

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SHE
SAID
THAT
WE
MUST
TAKE
THE
BOOK
DOWN
TO
HER
NEW-BORN

ES

di

CIA

"MY
MOTHER
HID
THE
BOOK
INSIDE
A
CAVE,
A
PLACE
OF
POWER
WHERE
ITS

IMMORTAL
PAGES

COULD
ENDURE
THE
AEONS.

"EVEN
THEN,
1
THINK

SHE
KNEW
THAT
THIS

WAS
NOT
ТО
BE.
SHE'D

READ
THE
BOOK:
BY

THEN,
SHE
KNEW

IT
WAS
TOO
LATE.
|

"WE
WERE
ALREADY
IN
THE
STORY,
DO
YOU
SEE?
EACH
ONE
OF
Ñ
US.
WE
WERE
ALREADY
WRITTEN
ІМ
THE
MAD

GOD'S
BOOK!

I
SEE.
WAS
THAT
THE
LAST
TIME

DURING
THE
FORTIES,
IT
Ol
АМЕ
|!

SOMEHOW
NTO
THE
POSSESSION
OF

A
COLLEAGUE
OF
MINE
NAMED
STORYBOOK

VERY
Г’
WELL.
OBJECTION
Ха
OVER-RULED.
YOU
MAY
СО!
KING...

THANK
YOU,
PRINCESS
GLORIANNA.
THAT
WILL
BE
ALL.

т
WAS
ON
THE
VIDEOTAPE
OF
LEANNA
CREEL'S
ROOM
THAT.

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WELL,
THIS
IS
EXTRAORDINARY

BY
IN-BODY
CAMERA
OF
THE
ANDROID
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WEEKS
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WISH
ТО
WESS?

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HONOR,

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GIGANTHRO
BEING
AN
EARLY
HOMINID
GIGANTHI
THECUS,
MISS
ZARN
WILL
TRANSLATE
HIS
TIMONY.

TES:
VERY

WELL.
PLEASE

PROCEED,
Mr.
KING.

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SAYS
IT
WAS
DURING
THE
LATE
MIOCENE
PERIOD,
TEN
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MILLION
YEARS

TE
АЕН peer
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REM
ANY
5
PECULIARITIES,
BY
PROXIMITY
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STRANGE
MOUNTAIN
CAVE.

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LIPON
THE
HIGH
CLIFF-FACE
BEFORE
THE
CAVE-MOUTH,
THIS

GROTESQUE
TRAVESTY
OF
NATURE
FOUGHT
HIS
FIRST
HISTORIC
BATTLE
WITH

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NO
MATCH
FOR
THE
HUMAN
THUNDER-
LIZARD'S
HORRENDOUS раа
GIGANTHRO

ISED
HIS
SUPERIOR
CUNNING
TO
DUCK
PAST
THR
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AND

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HE
KNEW
HE
WOULD
FIND
ANSWERS
TO
MANY
CONUNDRLIMS
OF
THE
FLEDGLING
PLANET...
INCLUDING
THAT
OF
HIS
OWN
ORIGINS.

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"WITH
THE
MASSIVE
DINO-MAN
PURSUING
HIM_AWKWARDLY
DOWN
THE
CAVE'S
CRAMPED
TUNNELS,
GIGANTHRO
FINALLY
CAME
UPON
A
STONE
ALTAR,
RAISED
BESIDE
A
BOTTOMLESS
CHASM.

"IT
WAS
AS
IF
НЕ
KNEW
IT'S
POWER
AND
COULD
NOT
BEAR
TO
LOSE
IT.
THOUGH
HE'D
EVENTUALLY
RETURN,
GIGANTHRO
NEVER
SAW
THE
BOOK
AGAIN.

LEAGUE
OF
INFINITY
АРРЕОАСНЕО
|

"SOON
AFTER
THAT,
МҮ
መመገ.
1
|
GIGANTHRO,
ASKING
HIM
TO
JOIN
US,

*ODDLY,
WE'D
FIRST
HEARD
OF
HIM
THROUGH
THE
HISTORICAL
RECORDS
OF
MY
TESTIMONY
IN
THIS
||
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TRIAL,
THESE
WORDS
I'M
SPEAKING
NOW..."

af
IN

"UPON
IT
WAS
SOMETHING
THE
LIKES
OF
WHICH
THE
HULKING
DAWN-MAN
HAD
МОТ
SEEN
BEFORE,
AND
HAD
NO
WORD
FO!

"HE
SENSED
THIS
SOFTLY-GLOWING

|
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||
THE
STRANGENESS
ІМ
THE
WORLD...
BO”
HIS
OWN
BIRTH,
AND
THAT
ОҒ
DINO-MAN.

"AS
THE
FREAKISH
HUMANOSAURUS
TURNED
THE
CORNER
ОР
THE
TUNNEL
BEHIND
HIM,
GIGANTHRO
KNEW
WHAT
HE
MUST
DO.

ROAR
AND
FLUNG
HIMSELF
DOWN
IN
ITS
WAKE.

YOUR
HONOR,

IF
THIS
WITNESS

IS
FROM
WHY
DOE:

US
ALL
TIME?

ASI
REMEMBER,
ІТ
ENDS
WITH
A
FELLOW
YOUNGBLOOD
MEMBER
CONVICTED
ON
MISS
CREEL'S

MURDER...

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WHAT
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THIS?
I
WASN'T
EVEN
AT
YOUNGBLOOD
Н.
THE
NIGHT
ІТ
HAPPEI
DON'T
GO
THINKING
MR.
TROLL...
AN
PIN
STRICTLY
SPEAKING,
YOU'RE
NOT
АМУ
'
Д
SORT
OF
"GUY,"
ARE
YOU?

IF
MY
SOLIRCES
ARE

OR
TROLLS,
AND
YOU'RE
NEARLY
THREE
AND
YEARS

GLES,

T'D
LIKE
YOU
TO

SHOW
THE
COURT,
YOUR
EYES.

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Ги.
РО
IT.
JEEZ,
I
SPEND
ALL
THIS

PERFECTLY.
N
|
INCREDIBLE.
RECORD,
| ыз
TROL
COULD

FB
ALSO
STATE
THAT
MR.
YOU
TELL
US
IN
TROLL'S
SKIN
IS um

“МҮ
RACE
HAD
LIVED
IN
CAVERNS
BELOW
EARTH

"ACTUALLY,
TO
BE
HONEST,
WE
WERE
ENSLAVED
TO
TEUFELSUN
BECAUSE
I
LOST
TO
HIM
AT
CARDS,
BUT
LET'S
NOT
GET
INTO
THAT
RIGHT
NOW.

бок
<ኗ
MILLIONS
OF
YEARS,
АМО
FORCED
US
ТО
መ
0
RETRIEVE
IT
FOR
HIM.

"HE
USED
ITS
POWER
TO
RULE...
UNTIL
HE
WAS

BETRAYED
IN
436
TO
ል

!
MARALIDING
NORTHLAND

BERSERKER
CALLED
BRAM.

"I
FORGET
WHO
ІТ
WAS

MAT አ
TEUFELSUN.
ከ

ME
LOW-DOWN
TREACHEROUS
VERMIN

WITH
NO
MORALS
WHATSOEVER,
I
EXPECT.

"INHERITING
THE
BOOK,
BRAM
RULED
WISELY
FOR
MANY
YEARS...
SO
WHOEVER
BETRAYED
TEUFELSUN'S
PROBABLY
A
MERO,
RIGHT?

AT
LEAST
IN
HIS
OWN
STORY.

=
"=
\
AYE.
THOUGH
"І
FOUGHT
MANY
ADVENTURES
N
IF
THINGS
GO
ҸӰ
УЕ
BE
LOW
AND
ALONGSIDE
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LAST ነ
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BADLY
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I
У
TREACHEROUS,
YOU
|
CAMPAIGN
WAS
AGAINST
THE
FEAR,
IT
WOULD
ARE
MY
ONLY
FRIEND.
Û
LEGENDARY
FROST-WYRM...
"
NOT
DO
FOR
IT
°
TAKE
THE
BOOK,
TO
ҒАШ
МТО
BARTELMEW.
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IT

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|
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AND
GO.
MY
DRUG-RAGE
WILL й
SOON
ВЕ
UPON
МЕ
AND
I
DO
NOT
WISH
TO
HARM
YOU.

LORD
BRAM...
BEHIND
YOU!

SO,
WYRM!
WE
HAVE
Š
BOTH
GATHERED
HERE

TO
DIE
UPON
THIS
M
PLEASANT
MORN!
4.
ЧУ
VENGEANCE
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Ñ
AND
BRAINS!

VENGEANCE
AND
BRAINS
FOR

МЕА!
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LAIR,
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GREAT
FOREBODING
COMES
UPON
МЕ.
I

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PRIME...
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SEE
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YOU
BROUGHT к

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MAGIC
BOOK
ALONG,
MY
LORD.

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И
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ONE
WANTED
ТО
BE
AROUND
4
ШО
BRAM
WHEN
THE
RUSH
HIT.
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RAN,
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TAKING
THE
BOOK
WITH
ME.
E

"Y'SEE,
THAT
BOOK
HAS
THE
WHOLE
STORY
OF

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HOW
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DEPOSED;
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WAS
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WHEN
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BOOK
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BOOK
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ASK.

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RE-WROTE

ARTIE
INTO
POWER,

THEN
WROTE
ARTIE
A

GOLDEN
AGE
FOR
HIS
KINGDOM.

"EVEN
SO,
CAMELOT
FINALLY
COLLAPSED.
MERLIN
GOT
THE

"NOW,
SINCE
I'D
RETRIEVED
THE
BOOK
ORIGINALLY,
I
FELT
IT
WAS
RIGHTFULLY
MINE.

HIM
ABOUT
IT,
FACE
TO
FACE,
MAN
TO
МАМ...

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T
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CREATURE!
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YOU
THINK
TO
SLAY
MERLIN'S
CHAMPION

„IN
HIS
SLEEP...

чај»
АМО
Q
STEAL
THAT
WHICH
Ñ|
IS
His
SACRED
TRUST?

IND
OF
THE
NIGHT!
THINK
NOT
THAT
YOU
CAN
FLEE
ME
BY
ESCAPING
THROUGH
YON
WATERFALL!

WELL,
IF
IT'S
ALL
THE
SAME
TO
YOU,
MY
LORD,
I
THOUGHT
I
WOULD
MAKE
AT
LEAST
AN
ATTEMPT..

THEN
YOU
KNOW

"HE
DIDN'T
LISTEN
AND
Т
SPENT
THE
NEXT
THREE
HUNDRED
YEARS
INSIDE
A
FROZEN
MAGIC
WATERFALL.

—
"WHEN
1
GOT
OUT,
THE
NORMANS
HAD
INVADED,

AND
EVERYONE
SPOKE

I
BESEECH
REICH!

ера
"AVE
IN
ANY
MANNER
"I
HEARD
THE
WINTER
BY
MY
DEEDS
|
KNIGHT
HAD
LEFT
THE
BOOK
ТО
OFFENDED
HIS
ORDER,
WHO
EVENTUALLY,
YOU...
4
BECAME
THE
KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR."

THANK
YOLI,
MR.
TROLL.
THAT
WILL
BE
ALL.

YOUR
HONOR,
UTILIZINS
THE
LEAGUE
OF
INFINITY'S
RECORDS,
I'VE
ESTABLISHED
THAT.
IEN
THE
KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR

PIRACY.
AMONGST
THESE

“COMPASS,
AS
PART
OF
ል
TEMPLAR
EXPEDITION,
BROUGHT
THE
ВООК
TO
AMERICA
MANY
YEARS
BEFORE
COLUMBUS
SET
FOOT
THERE.

"WHEN
COMPASS
DIED,
THE
BOOK
PASSED
INTO
THE
HANDS
OF
А
SALEM
WITCH-CULT.

EVEN
ASSUMING с
MISS
CREEL
EVENTUALLY
DID
|
OF
MISS
CREEL'S
APARTMENT.

SEVERAL
MONTHS
д
AGO.
THE
BOOK

16
NOT

А
SEEN,
MISS
CREEL
OWNS
/
TH

ОТМЕ
CREEL'S
MURDER.

KNOWN
AS
THE
DA
MAXIMAGE.

APPARENTLY,
YOU
HAD
VARIOUS

ONE
FRO!

,
M
THE
NINETEENTH

ENTURY..

Al
CALLED
NIGHTEAGLE,
MAXIMAGE
OF
THE

OLD
WEST.

E-EVEN
HIS
NAME
SOUNDS
FAMILIAR,
LIKE
I'VE
KNOWN
IT
ALI

CAN
FEEL
SOMETHING
R/SING
FROM
WITHIN
ME
NOW.
HE'S
APPROACHING.
HE'S.
UNNGHH.

IN
MY
TIME,
IT
WAS
OWNED
BY
A
DOUR,
PURITAN
ADVENTURER
WHO
MADE
DARK
4
USE
OF
IT,

HIS

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"BORN
BEFORE
MY
OWN
TIME,
IN
THE
SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY
AS
RECKONED
BY
THE
WHITE
MAN,
DRUE
WAS
A
SPORT
OF
NATURE
FROM
HIS
BIRTH.

"AS
WITH
THE
RABBIT
OR
THE
MOUSE,
HIS
EYES
WERE
PINK,
HIS
HAIR
WHITE
AS
A
MOUNTAIN
PEAK.
WHEN
GROWN,
HE
WAS
А
GIANT.

"BECOME
A
PURITAN...
A
GREY
HAT...
DRUE
WAS
FAMED
AS
A
FEARLESS
ADVENTURER,
HIS
WRATH
UNQUENCHABLE
AGAINST
2
THOSE
THAT
НЕ
THOUGHT t
FOES
OF
HIS
GOD.
N

LA
5 id и

WITCHES
IN
NEW
ENGLAND,
DRUE
FOUND
IN
THEIR
RITUAL
BELONGINGS
A
MYSTERIOUS
BOOK
THAT
WAS
TO
CHANGE
HIS
LIFE...
/
"I
B
",,
МОТ
ONLY
CHANGE
IT,
BUT
EXTEND
ІТ.
PERHAPS
HE'D
WRITTEN
FOR
HIMSELF
A
LONGER
PART
IN
LIFE'S

4
~
GREAT
STORY?
і
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^
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"BY
1868,
DRUE
WAS
TWO
HUNDRED
AND
FIFTEEN
YEARS
OLD.
HE
TOLD
PEOPLE
HE
HAD
BEEN
SPARED
BY
THE ኝ
LORD
TO
DO
HIS
WORK.

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"НЕ
LIVED
ALONE
SAVE
FOR
А
SERVANT,
A
GOD-FEARING ans
WOMAN
NAMED

LIZA
SMITH,
SORELY
IN
Nee
OF
PROTECTION...

"WHILE
BURNING
OUT
A
NEST
OF
|

"ONE
DAY
А
STRANGER
PASSED
WHO
OFFEI
HER
JUST
THAT.

HIM,
HONEY.
YOU
HAVE
TO
GET
AWAY.

LORD'S
GREAT
BOO!

"МЕМ
CALLED
THE
STRANGER
KID
THUNDER.
NOBODY
EVER
SAW
HIS
FACE,
BUT
НЕ
ALWAYS
KEPT
HIS
WORD.
HE
STOLE
DRUE'S

BOOK
AND
RODE
DUE
WEST.

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"НЕ
МЕТ
WITH
МЕ
AND
AN
OUTLAW
CALLED
7HE
BRIMSTONE
KID,
BUT
WE
COULD
NOT
HELP
HIM.
WE
LEFT
HIM
WAITING
FOR
DRUE
TO
ARRIVE.

HE
DID
NOT
Е
HAD
HOPED
BUT
THE
OLD
'EY-HAT
WAS
TOO
WISE
FOR
НІМ.

YE
WRETCHED
SINNER!
YE
SHALL
NOT
SLITHER
FAR,
NOT
WITH
TWO
MUSKET
BALLS
INSIDE
YOU.

DO
NOT
THINK
TO
TOUCH
THE
HOLY
BOOK
THAT
YOU
PURLOINED
FROM
ME!

IT
SHALL
NOT
SAVE
=
YOU!
HAVE
NO

MEBBE
МОТ...
BUT
І
GOT
MY
FINGER.
АМ!
I
GOT
BLOOD.

WH-WHAT
DO
YOU
MEAN?
DON'T
YOU
DARE

TOUCH...

CURSE you!
CURSE
Yam
YOU
AND
ALL
፪፪
YOUR
SEED!
Д
CURSE
THEM
À
ТО
HEL...

"WHEN
IT
WAS
FINISHED
WITH,
KID
THUNDER
HAD
= в

"HE
MET
WITH
МЕ
А
FEW
MONTHS

ТУ
Е
LATER,
ASKING
МҮ
ADVICE
ON
HOW

LIVES
TO
CORRUPT.
TO
RID
HIMSELF
OF
THAT
WHICH
5
TOO
DANGEROUS
TO
KEEP.

"WE
ТООК
THE
BOOK
OUT
TO
ONE
OF
MY
PEOPLE'S
SACRED
SITES
AND
BURIED
IT.
1
SAW
ІТ
NO
MORE,
WHILE
I
WAS
IN
LIFE.

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т
FOR
MY
МОРЕ
ТН емсе
Y
SHOULD
LIKE
TO
CALL
Ц тежка
TO
YOUVE
CERTANLY
BEEN
Die.
DANIEL
*BLACKY* хо
ፈወ
የሮክ
VERY
HELPFUL
TO q
CONQUEROR,
LEADER
YOUR
TASK
HERE à
ELE
IQUE
ROR,
LEA же
መ
COMQUERORO
OF
^
THE
UNCANN.

our
THANKS.
TO
YOU,
MISS
SANDERS.
YOU
MAY
STEP
DOWN.

THAT
INCREDIBLE.
INE
NEVER
CONT?
D
MY
PREDECESSORS
BEFORE.
I
NEVER
REALIZED...

DR.
CONQUEROR.
I'M
GLAD
YOU
COULD
JOIN
US.

HUNNH.
THESE
OLO-TMERS
WHERE
ARE
THEY
FROM
WHAT

I
UNDERSTAND,

BE
GLAD
TO...
EVEN
THOUGH
MOST
ОҒ
WHAT
I
KNOW
COMES
FROM
THE
NOTEBOOKS
ОР
MY
GRANDFATHER,
THE
NOTED
EXPLORER
SIR
EDWARD
CONQUEROR...

"IN
1895,
SIR
EDWARD
VISITED
AMERICA,
INTENT
ON
STUDYING
ITS
ARCHAEOLOGY.
AS
AN
ASIDE,
THAT
WAS
THE
YEAR
HE
MET
MY
GRANDMOTHER.

"HE
ALSO
ЕХСАУАТЕО
AN
OLD
INDIAN
BURIAL
GROUND
WHERE
HE
FOUND
SOMETHING
THAT
HIS
NOTES
REFER
TO
ONLY
AS
‘ARTIFACT
NO.
137.'

"SIR
EDWARD
WAS
THE
HERO
OF
VICTORIAN
ENGLAND
FOR
HIS
EXPLOITS,
MOST
FAMOUS

BEING
HIS
DISCOVERY
OF
THE
REMOTE
ATOLL
HE
NAMED
CONQUEROR
ISLAND,

"HERE,
FOR
REASONS
STILL
UNCLEAR,
REMNANTS
OF
PREHISTORIC
SPECIES
STILL
CC
D
GREAT
UNSOLVED
ENIGMAS.
Ñ
"ІТ
8
УУНЕНЕ
МУ
СС
КАРАР ns
=
IN
THE
SIXTIES,
AND
REMAINS
OUR
STRONGHOLD
TO
THIS
DAY.

"HIS
NOTES
UPON
THE
ARTIFACT
SEEM
ALMOST
FEVERISH.
ON
APRIL
ЗОТН,
1902,
HE
WRITES
‘IT
IS
EITHER
A
GOD,
OR
ELSE
WAS
MADE
BY
ONE."

"HE
TOOK
IT
WITH
HIM
ON
HIS
FINAL
EXPEDITION
IN
1905,
VISITING
AFRICA
IN
SEARCH
OF
[м
HIS
LOST
BROTHER
WILLIAM,
WILLIAM'S
WIFE
SUZANNE
AND
THEIR
SON
CHARLES.

X
"GREAT
UNCLE
WILLIAM
HAD
GONE
"l|
MISSING
WITH
HIS
WIFE
AND
BABY
|
Е
DURING
A
SAFARI
IN
THE
CONGO.

"WE
LATER
LEARNED
WILLIAM
AND
SUZANNE
HAD
DIED
OF
AN
ILLNESS.
ONLY
BABY
CHARLES

ITIETH
CENTURY:
ZANTAR,
GIVEN
THE
RATHER
RACIST
TITLE
OF
"WHITE
GOD
OF
THE
CONGO.”

"IRONICALLY,
MY
GRANDFATHER
NEVER
FOUND
HIS
JUNGLE-MAN
NEPHEW.
INSTEAD,
ZANTAR

FOUND

"SIR
EDWARD
WAS
LONG
DEAD.
HIS
SKELETON,
ARTIFACT
NO.
137
CLUTCHED
TIGHT
IN
ITS
GRASP,
WAS
BEING
WORSHIPPED
BY
SOME
LOCAL
TRIBESMEN.

та
7
"ZANTAR
STOLE
THE
BOOK,

PROBABLY
JUST
TO
IRRITATE

THE
TRIBESMEN,
AND
MADE
OFF
WITH
IT.

"AFTER
AN
NEA.
Loud

AND
IT
PASSED
OUT
OF
MY
FAMILY'S
HISTORY.

80
THAT'S
ABOUT
AS
MUCH
AS

.
THAT
THE
WOMEN
WEAR
BAD
ENOLIGH,
BUT
HAVE
YOU
SEEN

MR.
KING,
5‹

GODS,
COWBOYS
AND
JUNGLE
MEN
HAVE
WORN
ME

COURT
IS
ADJOURNED
UNTIL
TOMORROW.
PLEASANT
DREAMS,
EVERYONE.

GOING
IN
THERE,
SKIP!
REEL
"ЕМ

IN
SLOW,
LIKE
I
TAUGHT
YOU,

SHONA.
AS
BEAUTIFUL

AS
EVER.

I'M
AFRAID.
THEY'RE
PULLING
THE
PLLIG.
NO
MORE,
FUNDING.

¡AYING
THAT
АЗ
Ñ

Г
NOON
TODAY,

YOUNGBLOOD
CEASED
TO

I'M ዒ
SAYING
IT'S
OVi

—
—
TT

“በነ

|
NEXT:
BROUGHT
TO
BOOK!

"Your eyes are bigger than your stomach...”

kay.
Let's jump right into it.
Why is this book lote?
Why can't the new publisher understand that we work in a business of
PERIODICALS
-
(i.e.
it needs to come out when we said]?

My fault.
There.
Finger point all you want, but please, hang in and try the new
Awesome line up.
It is
Fun.
It is
Fine.
And
I'm doing what
| can to get us out on time.

Years ago, when my father took us out to dinner and
| ordered an enormous ice cream
Sundae for dessert, he would warn me,
"Your eyes are bigger than your stomach."
Meaning, what
|
WANTED and what was
POSSIBLE
Weren't necessarily the same thing.

funny how, years loter, those kinds of warnings come back to haunt you om the publisher at
AWESOME
ENTERTAINMENT.
It is my

esponsibility to make the hard decisions as to what goes
Forward and what doesn't

OWEVER.
There is
ALAN
MOORE.
A mon
| have በ ton of respect for both as
በ writer and a gentleman.
And
Alan had o story to tell in
JUDGMENT
DAY which grew beyond an
"average"
ûû pages ond into
32 pages of story and art

11 pages, story and art, по ads.
10 different top artists.
All
For
$0.50 each.
It made us late.
It uas too much, too soon

Ny eyes were bigger than my stomach

The good news is that we got
JIM
STARLIN
Є
ALAN
WEISS to do the
Deliverance
Drue section of this issue.
And
STEVE
"Spider-Man"
5КВОСЕ and
| got to work together
For the
First time since our
"X-Man"
days
CHRIS
SPROUSE ond then,
TERRY
DODSON
-- uou

And
STEPHEN
PLATT, again, wow.

Is it worth it?
You tell meat
AWESOMEAIT@ADL.COM.
| hope so
| always
Finished that sundae.
even when it hurt.

Thanks û
Please,

=
ኢፌ
Те
ROB
Tu
[Л
ТТ
PRESIDENT
MARK

BROUGHT
TO
BOOK

LAN
MOORE
Writer
WHAT
HAS
GONE
BEFORE:
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YOUNGBLOOD,
R
0
B
|
|
[
[
[
|
1.
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Мен»
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а justice preva
Through the trig!
a mysterious book
– which somehow links all the heroic events in history መዞ to be the only clue in
Finding the truth as the

FLASHBACK
SEQUENCES
BY:

JEFF
JONNSONG
DAN
PANOSIAN

PAGES
6-7

RICK
VEITCH
PAGES
9-18

IAN
CHURCHILLG
ПОКИ
RAPHUHD

PAGES
17-00
ERIC
STEPHENSON
EDITOR

JEPH
LOEB
PUBLISHER

THIS
ISN'T
HOW

I
KNOW.
WE'D
SUCH
HIGH
HOPES
V
FOR
YOUNGBLOOD,
NOW
SUDDENLY
Jl
THE
GOVERNMENT
CLITS
OUR
FUNDING
AND
THE
TEAM'S
РИМНЕН,
IT
ISN'T

NO...
1
MEAN,
THIS
ISN'T
RIGHT.
THIS
ISN'T

Uh...
YEAH,
WELL,
Т
GUESS
EVERYBODY
FEELS
THE
SAME.
VOGUE
SAID
EARLIER
Y
SHE
WAS
RETURNING
ТО
RUSSIA,
AND
BADROCK
WAS
DISCUSSING
MOVIE
OFFERS..

7”
чой
NOTICE

HOW
DIEHARD
HANOS
OUT
MORE
WITH
PENSIONERS

LIKE
SUPREME
AND
GLORY
THAN
HE
HANGS
/
|
WITH
US
THESE
Days?

AND
THAT
STUFF
ABOUT
HIM
AS
FILMING
US
ALL
THIS

СТА у
THAT
STUFF
THAT
YOU ይ”
САМЕ
OUT
ABOUT x.

TROLL.
Т
GUESS
THIS
CASE
IS
FULL
OF
REVELATIONS.

REVELATIONS
AS
IN
APOCALYPSE...

REVELATIONS
\
AS
IN
JUDGMENT
DAY.

LOOKS
LIKE
YOUNGBLOOD
ARE
ARRIVING,
SKIP.
HAVE
YOU
REALLY
BEEN
UP
ALL

IT
SCANNII

I
THOUGHT un en

THUNDER.

I
GOT
АМ
INTERESTING
LETTER
THIS

MORNING.

FROM
THESE
VIDEO
LOGS.

DON'T
CAST
YOUR
”
НЕ
199
WIDE,
»
"SKIPPER"
AS
А

IPPER...
4 а
МАМЕ,
YOU
UNDERSTAND...

POINT
TAKEN.
“

KNI
HOME
BY
12:30,
ТН!
GIRL'S
DEAD
B`
O'CLOCI

WATCHING
<
MOVIES
OF
ል
ነ

y
T'M
AFRAID
SO.
BRYCE,
V.
COULD
YOU
ASK

-OUT
THERE!
THE
FLOAT
IS
BOBBING,
SUPREME
TO
SEND

A
A
| a
ወወ
ONE
ON
ል
2.
Ë
=
А

GOING
INSIDE
THE
YOU
SEE
THE
LINE.
ADDRESS?

x
HOUSE.
j
==
PS mor
<

^
A
RANT.
Т

DOES
THAT
HOUSE
Ñ
`
N

BELONG
TO
WHO
|
DO
IT
MYSELF,
I
THINK
IT
| i

ALL
RIGHT,
IF
EVERYONE'S
REFRESHED
AFTER
А

I'D
ORIGINALLY.
INTENDED
CALLING
JOHN
РЕОРНЕТ
TO
RECOUNT
HIS
PART
IN
THE
STORY
OF
THE
MAGIC
BOOK.
UNFORTUNATELY,
Mr.
PROPHET
APPEARS

TO
BE
ABSENT
TODAY.

INSTEAD,
I'D
LIKE
TO
CALL
BLAKE
BARON,
THE
OCCULT
AGENT.

WHOAH!
WATCH
OUT!
|
DID
EU
PARU

ከ
ኪ
E
WINDOW?

Uhh...
ALL
RIGHT,
LET'S
TRY
А
DIFFERENT
TACK:
HOW
LONG
HAVE
YOU
AND
THE
VEIL
KNOWN
ABOUT
THE
EXISTENCE
OF
THE
BOOK
WE'VE
BEEN
DISCUSSING?

AS
I
BELIEVE
I'VE
ALREADY
SAID,
THERE
IS
NO
SUCH

ORGANIZATION
AS
THE

MAJOR

BARON.
GOOD
TO

HAVE
YOU
WITH
US.
I
UNDERSTAND
YOU
CLIRRENTLY
WORK
FOR
А
GOVERNMENT
AGENCY

INVOLVED
IN
PARANORMAL
RESEARCH,
KNOWN
AS
THE
VEIL?

OF
NO
SUCH
ORGANIZATION.
IF
I
DID,
I'M
SURE
ITS
EXISTENCE
WOULD
ВЕ
CLASSIFIED.

GOOD.
bos
AS
FOR
HOW
LONG
I
SONALLY
HAVE
KNOWN ro
HE
BOOK,
WE'D
HAVE
TO
GO
BACK
TO
MY
MILITARY.
CAREER
DURING
WORLD
WAR
IT.

HADN'T
YET
TURNED
WHITE...
BUT
THEN
АТ
THAT
POINT,
І
WASN'T

YET
INVOLVED
IN
THE

OCCULT.
NOT
KNOWINGLY

I
WAS
JUST
A
MARINE
LEADING
ONE
OF
THE
SQUADRONS
OF
THE
65፡22)
WORLD
WAR.

DEBA.
ADVENTURER

PHANTOM
AVIATOR.

'HIS
NAME was
SAMMY
SMITI

unen ከ፻
Е вит
ALSO
WITH
A
№
|
(GE
LEFT
Амо
SHOULDER
WOUND
Кекеч амо

ТО
NORMAL
CIVILIAN
LIFE...

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"YOU
SEE,
SMITH
MUST
HAVE
WORKED y
OUT
WHAT
THE
BOOK
WAS.

NOT
ONLY
THAT,
BUT

HE
MUST
HAVE
RE-

WRITTEN
WHAT
THE
BOOK
COLILD
ACTUALLY
DO.

"WHEN
THE
ROARER'S
MET
THE
ALLIES
LATER,
SMITHY
WAS
WITH
THEM.
HE
HAD
А
NEW
МАМЕ,
AND
HIS
BOOK
COULD
CONJURE
CHARACTERS
FROM
FICTION.

нд
"DURING
THE
'FIFTIES,
MY
Spur
UD as
E
3
BO
JATURAL
Mi
RS
FOLLOWING
WHICH
I
WAS
OF
THE
ALLIES...
SMITH
AND
THE
TRANSFERRED
FROM
THE
3
JACK
O'LANTERN...
FOR
SUSPECTED
|
MILITARY
TO...
d
COMMUNIST
AFFILIATIONS.
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|
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ТО
ANOTHER
GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT.

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OUT
WITH
AN
EAST

VILLAGE
CROWD
BY

THEN,
SO
WE
KEPT
AN
EYE
ON
HIM.

"IT
CAME
TO
NOTHING.
BY
1959
HE
WAS
THE
HOST
ON
A
LATE
NIGHT
T.V.
B-MOVIE
SLOT
CALLED
ӨРООКУ
SMITH'S
SHOCK
SHOP.

BEGAN
AROUND
THEN,
CONTINUING
THROUGH
THE
‘SIXTIES
UNTIL
HE
BECAME
A
DERELICT,
VANISHING
IN
THE
MID
'SEVENTIES.
POOR
KID.
THAT'S

LL
I
KNOW.

YOU'VE
BEEN
VERY
HELPFUL,
MAJOR
BARON.
THE
COURT

RATHER
IT
DIDN'T
MAJOR.
BLAKE
|
BARON
DIED
IN
RASH,

UNRECOGNIZABLE.
I
WAS
NEVER
HERE,
OKAY?
4

THIS
LETTER,
POSTMARKED
WASHINGTON,
COMES
FROM
A
LADY
WHO,
ELDERLY
AND
BEDRIDDEN,
CANNOT
BE
WITH
US
TODAY.
IT
BEGINS

“DEAR
Mr.
KING,

THANK
YOU
FOR
YOUR
N
CONDOLENCES
REGARDING
MY

LOSS,
T'LL
TELL
YOU
EVERYTHING

I
KNOW
CONCERNING
THE
MATTERS
YOU
ASK
ABOUT.

F
ТА тт
WITH

THE
COURT'S
PERMISSION,
AS
МҮ eRENDLTIMATE
PIECE
ОР

RECEIVED
IN
THE
MAIL
THIS
MORNING...
WHICH...

DAMN.
WILL
SOMEBODY
SHUT
THAT
WINDOW
OR
WHATEVER
IT
IS?

PI
MET
Sam
SMITH
BACK
IN
THE
1940'S,
WHEN
I
WAS
A
TEENAGER.
>,
WOLNDED,
HE'D
JUST
BEEN д
BOOK
TED
DISCHARGED
FROM
THE
BROUGHT
BACK
FAMOUS
ROARIN
FROM
THE
WAR,
AND
ROUGHNECKS.
SOMEHOW
IT
CHANGED

WASNT
Р,
PLAIN
Dd
SMITH
NO
MORE.
HE
WAS...

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IT
OFF!

`

WELL
DONE,
YOUNGSTER!
WE
ALLIES
HAVE
BEEN
TRYING
TO
CATCH
THE

CRIME
CONDOR
FOR
WEEKS!

JEEPERS!
IT'S
BLACK

HAND
AND
DOC
ROCKET
FROM

THE
ALLIED
SUPERMEN
OF
AMERICA!

J

А
RESULT,
STORYBOOK
ГЦ
SMITH чи
4

"MY
SAM...
WAS
ASKED
TO
||
|
LON
THe
ALLIED
SUPERMEN,
FIRST
AS
A
MASCOT,
THEN
AS
A
FULL
MEMBER,

|
"THINGS
COULDN'T
HAVE
WORKED
OUT
BETTER
IF
HE'D
Ë
WRITTEN
THEM
HIMSELF.

Fi

=
SHE'LL
BE
BLONDE
AND
BEAUTIFUL,
AND
ONE
DAY
SHE'LL
BE
A
FAMOUS
SUPERHERO,
JUST b
LIKE
ME.
Е
IT'S
ALREADY
PENCILLED
IN,
SWEETHEART.
ኝ
T'VE
MADE
THE
NECESSARY y
ADJUSTMENTS.
MY
FAMILY'S
DIRT
POOR,
BUT
SHELL шй
DO
FINE!
N

SS

EN ж

"WHEN
I
ASKED
HIM
WHAT
М
HE
МЕАМТ,
НЕ
SHOWED
МЕ
А
PICTURE
OF
HIS
GREAT
Е
GRANDMOTHER,
A
SERVANT
GIRL
NAMED
ELIZA
SMITH.

SOMETIMES
HE'D
CONJURE
THE
CHARACTERS
THEMSEL
VES
|
TO
NARRATE..."

BAYING
OF
SOME
FEARFUL
HOUND!

"HE
STILL
SAW
THE
ER,
OCCASIONALLY.
'RANK
ON
SUPREME

THEY
PLAYED
SOME
Pi
IN
THE
LATE
FIFTIES,
BUT
BEYOND
THAT,
HIS
SUPERHERO
DAYS
WERE
OVER.

"THINGS
GOT
SLOPPY
AROUND
"58.
SAMMY
WAS
SCORING
OPIUM
FROM
DR.
ЕШ
MANCHU,
AND
WE
HAD
LOTS
OF
JUNKIE
FRIENDS
HANGING
ROUND
THE
APARTMENT.

BY
THEN
SAMMY
AND
I
WERE

LIVING
TOGETHE!
GREENWI

VILLAGE,
THINGS
E
PRETTY
BOHEMIAN,
I
GUESS.

O'HARA
AND
MADAME
BOVARY!
7

“THAT'S
МОТ
TO
SAY
НЕ
DIDN'T
HAVE
HEROIC
IDEAS
FOR
THIS
DAUGHTER
HE
PLANNED
ON.."

1

WORKED
IT
ALL
OUT,
SHE'LL
GO
DIVING,
ASA
В

TEENAGER.
SOMETHING

WONDERFUL
WILL
GIVE
HER
SUPER-

POWERS,

I
DON'T
BELIEVE
IT!
|
THEY
TOOK
THE
HI-FI
AND
MY
CHARLIE
MIN

"THE
BOOK'S
THEFT
DESTROYED
SAMMY.
HE'D
SIT
STARING
AT
HIS
GREAT
GRANDMOTHER'S
PHOTOGRAPH,
MUTTERING
ABOUT
CURSES
AND
FAMILY
DESTINY.

пя

"EVERY
DAY
HE'D
GO
OUT
SEARCHING,
BUT
IT
WAS
NO
USE.

—

"FOR
THE
NEXT
FEW

YEARS,
SAM
MADE
一
一
HIS
LIVING
AS
‘SPOOKY
ШЕ
SMITH",
INTRODUCING

"AT
ONE
POINT,
SAMMY
BECAME
Si
DESPERATE
HE
EVEN
HIRED
DETECTIVE
GORILLA
TO
FIND
HIS
BOOK.

"I
DON'T
KNOW
IF
YOU
REMEMBER
P
DETECTIVE
GORILLA,
BUT...
WELL,
LET'S
JUST
SAY
IT
DIDN'T
WORK

HE'D
BEEN
SO
SURE
OF
HIS
PREDICTION.

"A
WEEK
AFTER
HE
LEFT,
THE
DOCTOR
TOLD
ME
I
WAS
PREGNANT.

A
TEENAGER,
SHE
WENT
OUT
DIVING.

REST.
THEN,
I
WAS
PLEASED, в
NW...

"NOW
I
WISH

I'D
NEVER
TOLD
FF
HER
ABOUT
THAT
区
4
DAMNED
BOOK."

"YOURS
FAITHFULLY.

"MR.
KING,
I'VE
TOLD you
)/
ALL
I
KNOW.
"I
HOPE

IT
HELPS
YOU
CATCH
WHOEVER
IT
WAS
THAT
DID
THIS
TERRIBLE
THING
AND

YOU
SEE, š
MIRANDA
CREEL
WAS
A
VERY
MODERN
WOMAN.
SHE
NEVER
MARRIED
HER
BABY'S
FATHER
OR
TOOK
HIS
NAME,
RAISING
HER
DAUGHTER
AS
LEANNA

I'M
SAYING
THAT
RIPTIDE'S
FATHER
WAS
STORYBOOK
SMIT)

*MIRANDA
CREEL",

MORE
THAN
THAT,
I'M
SAYING
THAT
HER
GREAT,
GREAT
GRANDFATHER
WAS
THE
FALLEN
PURITAN
DELIVERANCE
DRUE.
I'M
SAYING
THERE
ARE
GENERATIONS
ENTANGLED
IN
THIS
MURDER!
ana

со мү
|
—
—7.
SOD,
MARC!
CAN
YOU
BELIEVE
THIS
STUFF?
IT'S
INCREDIBLE...

INC.
BECAUSE
THAT'S
HOW
HER
FATHER
HAD

CHILDHOOD:

HE...
Uh,
EXCUSE
ME
A
MOMENT.
YES?
WHAT

LADIES
AND
GENTLEMEN,
I'VE
JUST
РЕСЕ!
‘SOME
IMPORTANT y

WITH
<

THE
COURT'S

PERMISSION,
I'D

LIKE
TO
INTRODUCE

MY
CONCLUDING

PIECE
OF
EVIDENCE.
WOULD

Ny
Te
COURT
Ww
ATTENDANTS

9

Oh,
MAN!
THAT'S
IT]
IN
THAT
BOX,

>
MARCUS,
THAT'S
ELIZABETH!
THAT'S
YOUR
WIFE!

m

LADIES
AND
GENTLEMEN,
WHAT
I
HAVE
ІМ
THIS
BOX
WAS
FOLIND
AT
THE
RESIDENCE
OF
Mr.
MARCUS
LANGSTON
EARLIER
TODAY.

I
WONDER
IF
Mr.
LANGSTON
WOULD
LIKE
THIS
OPPORTUNITY
TO
EXPLAIN
TO
THE
ЛҮ үү y
CAME
BY
IT?
THERE'S

ALWAYS
SOME
PART
OF
THE
STORY
THAT
NEVER
GETS

FILLED
N y

WELL,
THAT
ISN'T
GOING
TO
HAPPEN
HERE.
Mr.
LANGSTON
№
CAN
REFLISE
TO
TESTIFY,
BUT
WE'RE
STILL
GOING
TO
HEAR
THE

THAT'S
BECAUSE
WHAT
I
HAVE
IN
THIS
BOX
ISN'T
JUST
ANOTHER.
|
PIECE
OF
EVIDENCE.
IT
ISN'T
JLIST
ANOTHER
PART
OF
THE

MERCIFUL
CREATOR.

OUT!
HE'S
OF
ENING
4

THIS
IS
QUITE
AN
OVERWHELMING
EXPERIENCE.
IT'S

JUST
Si

OF
THE
INFINITE
TALES
IN
THIS
VOLUME,
THIS
STORY
CONCERNS
JUST
ONE
MAN...

"HE'S
BEEN
CALLED
THE
FIRST
MODERN
SUPERHUMAN;
THE
FIRST
PROMINENT
HERO
TO
EMERGE
AFTER
MOST
OF
TI
‘SIXTIES
CHAMPIONS
MYSELF
INCLUDED.
DISAPPEARED
IN
EARLY
1970.
И

"FOUNDER
AND
LEADER
OF
TEAM
YOUNGBLOOD,
HE
HAS
RISEN
TO
BECOME
PERHAPS
THE
PREMIER
MEMBER
OF
THE
WORLD'S
MOST
FAMOUS
SUPER:

"BUT
WHERE
HAS
НЕ
RISEN
FROM?
TO
ANSWER
THAT,
WE
MUST
RETURN,
WITH
THIS
BOOK
AS
OUR
GUIDE,
TO
THE
NEW
YORK
OF
THE
1950'S...

"WE
MUST
RETURN
TO
THE
TROUBLED
|
HOUSEHOLD
OF
||
THE
LANGSTON
FAMILY.”

"STRANGELY,
THERE
ARE
TWO
VERSIONS
OF
MARCUS
LANGSTON'S
STORY
INCLUDED
HERE,
WITH
ONE
CROSSED
OUT
BUT
STILL
LEGIBLE,
AND
THE
OTHER
HAND-
WRITTEN
OVER
IT.

"THEY
EACH
START
OUT
THE
SAME
WAY:
А
VIOLENT
JUNKIE
FATHER,
A
HELPLESS
STREETWALKER
MOTHER
AND
A
TROUBLED
CHILD
WITH
LEARNING
DIFFICULTIES.

"THE
STORIES
DIVERGE
WHEN
FATHER
BROLIGHT
HOME
STOLEN
PROPERTY
ONE
NIGHT
IN
1958.
PART
OF
THE
HAUL,
AN
APPARENTLY
WORTHLESS
BOOK,
WAS
GIVEN
TO
MARCUS.

"MARCUS
READ
AT
LEAST
WELL
ENOUGH
|
TO
UNDERSTAND
WHAT
IT
WAS
AND
FIND
HIS
OWN
STORY
IN
IT.
HE
COULDN'T
HAVE
LIKED

WHAT
HE
READ...

"MARCUS
DIDN'T
LIKE
THAT
STORY
MUCH.
HE
DECIDED
TO
CROSS
IT
OUT.
HE'D
NOTICED
EARLIER
CROSSINSS-OUT
IN
THE
TEXT,
AND
UNDERSTOOD
WHAT
THEY
WERE.

"MARCUS
HAD
A
MUCH
BETTER
STORY
\м
MIND...

"YOU
SEE,
IN
THE
CROSSED-OUT
VERSION,
THE
LIFE
OF
MARCUS
LANGSTON
UNFOLDS
Б
WITH
MISI

222%
2

"А
РЕТТҮ
CRIMINAL
АТ
FOURTEEN,
А
PREGNANT
GIRLFRIEND
BY
FIFTEEN,
А
MILD
НЕКО!М
HABIT
BY
SEVENTEEN...

=

(ИФА
OSA

"АТ
МІМЕТЕЕМ,
MARCUS
LANGSTON
IS
SHOT

"IN
THIS
NEW
STORY,

5.
|
"PLEASED
WITH
THE
RESULTS
OF
©
Е
|
HIS
REVISIONS.
MARCUS
STARTS

MARCUS
GRADUATES
EN
MAKING
FURTHER
CHANGES.
HE
:
М
BECOMES
А
SUPER-HERO.
ES
- e.
m
"
——
OK
Î
ታጨ
EN
OTHER
SUPERHEROES
EEE
"ONE
DAY,
HE
DESIGNS
A
ኛ
,
CYBERNETIC
BATTLESUIT
W
HE
MAKES
SURE
HE
AND
GETS
A
HIGH-PAYING
Ч
ሺ
REMAINS
BEST.
HE

L|
JOB
WITH
THE
MILITARY.
и
WRITES
ІТ
THAT
WAY.
|?

SUPERHERO,
IN
THE
BESTEST
SUPER-TEAM
IN
THE
WORLD.

"HE
IS
TWENTY
TWO,
ALREADY
DEAD
FOR
THREE
YEARS
IN
THE
ORIGINAL
VERSION
OF
THE
STORY.

|
"HE
WRITES
HIMSELF
STUNNING
ADVENTURES,
|
ALTHOUGH
SOMETIMES
THEY'RE
TOO
TAME
FOR
THE
|

OLI
-MBITTERED
MARCUS
WHO'S
STILL
INSIDE
НІМ.
N

3

በ.
"HE
WRITES
HIMSELF
STUNNING
ADVENTURES,
"THERE
ISN'T
ENOUGH
/
E
TOO
TAME
FOR
THE

|
ALTHOUGH
SOMETIMES
THEY
RE
ТІ
SHOOTING.
HE
DOESN'T
OLD,
EMBITTERED
MARCUS
WHO'S
STILL
INSIDE
HIM.
BL)
GET
TO
KILL
ENOUGH
PEOPLE.
Z

EX
Z
Z

"AROUND
THE
MIDDLE
NINETEEN
EIGTHTIES,
MARCLIS
HAD
GROWN
BORED
OF
THIS.

HE
DECIDES
TO
WRITE
BA
|
THE
‘FIFTIES
AND
THE
А
NASTIER,
SHADOWIER
NOBILITY
OF

AND
MORE
VIOLENT
THE
'SIXTIES.
WORLD
FOR
HIMSELF...

ша
||
"WORKING
A
DREADFUL
REVERSE

P
ALCHEMY,
MARCUS
LANGSTON
„Ано
FOR
LET
OUR
WORLD
SLIDE
FROM
А
EVERYBODY
GOLDEN
AGE
TO
A
SILVER
AGE,
ELSE.
AND
FINALLY
TO
А
DARK
AGE.
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==
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жел е
-
,
||.
"our
ENTIRE
||ፎልህፐሃ
CHANGED
"NOW,
HEROES
MOTIVATED
ONLY
BY
MONEY
OR
PSYCHOPATHOLGY
[LAND
DARKENED.
STALKED
A
PARANOID,
APOCALYPTIC

LANDSCAPE
OF
POST-NUCLEAR
MUTANTS
AND
BAZOOKA
WIELDING
CYBORGS.

==

"OUR
UNIVERSE
HAD
BEEN
SUCKED

MOVIE
OF
CONSTANT,
|
MEANINGLESS
MAYHEM...

...
AND
THE
STAR
OF
THAT
MOVIE
WAS
ITS
WRITER
AND

DIRECTOR,
MARCUS

LANGSTON.”

т
WHAT
THERE
WAS
IT
WAS
DDLY,
CONCERNS
US
PROBABLY
FITTING
THAT
`
IS
HOW
LANGSTON
У
BARBECUE
AT
THE
DURING
THE
MARCUS
SHOULD
САМЕ
ТО
LOSE
LANGSTON
HOUSEHOLD,
BARBECUE
THAT
THE
THE
BOOK
А
FEW
МЕ
HAVE
FOOTAGE
FROM
LEANNA
CREEL
SAW
SHORT
MONTHS,
THE
ANDROID
DIEHARD
THE
BOOK
AND
AGO.
SHOWING
THE
BOOK
A,
RECOGNIZED
N
ON
LANGSTON'S
IT.
IT
TOO,
WHICH
)
‘SHELVES
AT
THIS ти
DISCUSS
P
TIME.
LATER.
|
E

Е
WITH
A
MINIATURE
WAVE,
SOAKING
HER
CARPET.

Armor ተ

ENTINEL'
А,
ABSORBED
THE
IMPACT
IPTIDE'S
ATTAC!

SENTINEL
REALIZED
WHO'D

А

|
"т
JUST
MADE
|
HIM
МАР.

НЕ
LOST
THE
BOOK.

"WHATEVER
THE
REASON,
HE
HIT
THE
ALREADY-SOAKED
RIPTIDE
TED
SHOCK,

AFTERWARDS,

BY
THIS
RETURNED
TO
THE
Li
TIME,
HE
COULD
THE
BOOK.

НЕ
Wi
ЕО
\
|
AFFORD
NO
WITNESSES.
‘SHIVERING
WITCI
BATTERING
THE
ALREAD'
Ë
5
IN
THROUGH
ER
>
S
ICKEY
TOMBS

"Mi
JUST

TWENTY
MINUTES
AFTER
KILLING
MISS
CREEL,
LANGSTON
STARTED
TO
С
Е,
THE
FOLLOWING m.
ENTRY...

"THEN
THIS,
AS
KNIGHTSABRE
STUMBLES
INTO
YOUN:

ISBLOOD
A
FULL
HOUR
AFTER
THE
TIME
TON
REPORTED
HIM
ARRIVING...

=

'ONLY
SENTINEL'S
STILL
AWAKE,

н.д.
LANI

SOME
DAMNED
THING
INDEED:
WHILE
KNIGHTSABRE
CROSSED
THE
LOBBY
TO
THE
ELEVATORS,
SENTINEL
WAS
WRITING
"MICKEY
",

PASSES
THE
DESK
ON

HIS
WAY
TO
THE

ELEVATORS.

APARTMENT.
HE
WROTE
KNIGHTSABRE
PASSING
OUT
ON
CREEL'S
BED.

ISN'T
THAT
RIGHT,

Mr,
LANGSTON?
IT'S
HERE
IN
YOUR
OWN
HANDWRITING.
IN
THIS
CASE,
THE
CRIME,

EVIDENCE
AND
CONFE:
ARE
ALL
THE
SAME
THING.
WHY
DON'T
YOU
TELL

YOU
WROTE
THE
STORY,
Mr.
LANGSTON.
YOU
WROTE
THE
EVENTS
THAT
LED
US

HAPPILY ever
AFTER, እ
YOU
IVY-LEAGUE
зи“!

Dr

MARCUS!
b ло!

HE'S
HEADED
FOR
NO!
TOO
MUCH
THE
OBSERVATION
COULD е!
DECK
BEYOND
THOSE

DOORS!
I
CAN

>
TAKE
НІМ...
I
Я
እ
5
SUPREMA!
“2
E
RADAR!
LET'S

KNOCK
OUT
THAT

CAREER
16
OVER.

7
THIS
ISN'T
IT!
THIS
ISN'T

JUST
A
LITTLE
MORE
TIME,
ONE
MORE

||
HMM.
I'M
SORRY т
ARRIVED
TOO
LATE
FOR
THE
TRIAL.
I'D
LIKE
TO
HAVE
SEEN
THAT
BOOK
AGAIN.

АМО
ES со
ANYWAY,
2
THAT'S
HOW
IT
HAPPENED.

WHAT
HAPPENED.
TO
SENTINEL
AND
YOUNGBLOOD?

SENTINEL'S
TRIAL
WAS
BRIEF,
ЧОНМ.ТНЕ
ONLY
REAL
QUESTION
WAS
WHAT
‘SHOULD
BE
DONE
WITH
HIM...

"IMPRISONING
HIM
WITH
ORDINARY
CRIMINALS

WOULD
BE
A
DEATH
SENTEI
A
NORMAL
PRISON
COULD
HOLD
HIM

NCE...
ALWAYS
ASSUMING

ሙ
YOU
KNOW,

Ў
IT'S
IRONIC
THAT
B/
SENTINEL
SHOULD
END
UP
IN
A
HELL,
GIVEN
HIS
FAMILY'S

PREVIOUS
CONNECTION
WITH
THE
BOOK.
€

YES,
I
7%
INTENDED
TO
А
ASK
ABOUT
THAT.
ነ
DURING
THE
TRIAL,
YOU
MENTIONED.
THE
LANGSTON'S
INVOLVEMENT...

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"YES,
I
DID.
IT
WAS
SOMETHING
I
DISCOVERED
DURING

"IT
SEEMS
THERE
WAS
А
REASON
WHY
КІР
THUNDER
WORE

A
FULL
HOOD
AND
GLOVES,
WITHOUT
AN
INCH
OF
SKIN
EXPOSED.

"KID
THUNDER
WAS
BLACK,
HE
WAS
AN
ESCAPED
SLAVE.
HIS
NAME
WAS
JUDD
LANGSTON."

"I
DON'T
KNOW
IF
YOU
REMEMBER
THE
CURSE
THAT
DELIVERANCE
DRUE
PLACED
ON
KID
THUNDER?
HE
SAID
"DAMN
YOU.."

"DAMN
YOU,
AND
ALL
YOUR
SEED.

"DAMN
THEM
TO
HELL."

INCREDIBLE.
THAT
BOOK
WAS
YOU
DIDN'T
TELL
ME
ALWAYS
FULL
OF
STRANGE,
WHAT
HAPPENED
=
DANGEROUS
TWISTS.
1
TO
YOUNG
HE
WAS
DEEP
IN
REMEMBER
MY
OWN
3
4
CONVERSATION
WITH
ENCOUNTER
WAXEY
DOYLE...
YOU
WITH
IT.
Sd
(||
REMEMBER
WAXMAN?
YOUNGBLOOD'S l|
DOYLE
WAS
MAKING
FINISHED,
DISBANDED
BY
HIM
SOME
SORT_OF
THE
GOVERNMENT...
FINANCIAL
OFFER.

"YOLINGLBLOOD
WAS
MENTIONED,
PROBABLY
AS
AN
EPITAPH.

а
E

RELUCTANT
TO

І
SAW
\
HIM
AFTER
THE
ДО
TRIAL...

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NECCESSARIL
Y,
S gano

IN,

SUGGESTED
P
TG
THE
TIME
MISHT

BE
RIPE
FOR
THE
EARLIER.
RETURN
OF
THE
ALLIE:

OO.

I
QUITE
LIKE
BEING
THE
ONLY
ТОКЕМ
FEMALE
IN

A
GROUP
ОР

£
SUPPOSE
THAT
ALL
DEPENDS
ON
WHO
GETS

AFTER
IT'S
FALLEN
FROM
THIS
HEIGHT?
SURELY
THERE
WON'T
BE
ANYTHING
LEFT_OF

THE
ALLIES
W
BACK
IN
ACTION?

WELL,
AS
AN
IDEA,

IT
CERTAINLY шоок
MY

YES.
YOU
KNOW,
I'VE
A
FEELING
THAT
SOMETHING
GOOD
COULD
COME
OUT
OF
THIS
MESS.
MORE
COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN
116,
FOR
ONE
THING.

YOU'RE
RIGHT.
1
SAW
THOSE
NEW
МЕМ
EARLIER,
DEEP
IN
CONVERSATION
WITH
BLACKY
CONQUEROR.

Y

empty now,
500 рен
(иши.
crew ond
0
"n wistful str qglers.
| suppose
I'd be one of them...

I have a big mouth, and
I've qot on opinion
For every hour of the doy,
Mt
I'm not quite used to having the
Final world.
It's kind of like saying good-bye, and
I've never been particularly good at that,
For whatever reason.

Sure, l'UE
OUENSEEN
JUDGMENT
DAY since it was just a conversation between
Rob ond myself about recruiting
Alan
Moore to write о really big story that would link all our characters together in some ingenious manner that only
Alan could think of, but that doesn't make it easier.
Putting a project like this together is such оп amazing experience, it's just hard to believe it's
Finally over.
And in light of what the story itself actually had to soy, what more could
| possibly add?
After giving it some thought,
| suppose the only thing
| con add
— the only thing that needs to be added
— is o resounding thank you,
Thanks,
First ond
Foremost, to
ALAN
MOORE.
Without
Alan,
JUVGNENT
DAY simply wouldn't have been.
It wos his unique vision that made this whole production possible ond, perhaps more to the point, mode it so exciting to be involved with.
There's really nothing quite like receiving a
Script
From
Alan
— his manuscripts are so incredibly detailed that they're o reading experience in and of themselves
= but
JUDGMENT
DAY took that to on even higher level,
| couldn't wait
For each script to come in
[and considering the
Fact that
| had
Alan's
SUPREME scripts coming in between issues, that's really saying something!), ond thanks to
Alan's unparalleled professionalism,
| never had to wait long
Thanks are also in order
For the throng of artists assembled to bring
Alan's vision to life.
Most importantly,
Rob
Liefeld and
Jon
Sibol, who penciled and inked the bulk of
JUDGMENT
DAT, but also
Dove
Gibbons,
Gil
Kane,
Stephen
Platt,
Keith
Giffen,
Adam
Pollina.
Dan
Jurgens.
Chris
Sprouse,
Steve
Skroce,
Jim
Storlin,
Terry û
Rachel
Dodson,
Jeff
Johnson,
Rick
Veitch, lan
Churchill,
Narat
Mychaels,
Cedric
Nocon,
Joe
Weems
V.
Bill
Wray,
Al
Gordon,
Lary
Stucker,
Alan
Weiss,
Don
Ропоз іал and
Norm
Ropmund.
Everybody did o wonderful job ond
| speak
Рог everybody here ot
Awesome when
| soy
I'm proud to have worked with all of you

I'd also like to thank
Richard
Starkings and
Comicroft
For a job extremely well done.
They were responsible not only
Рог lettering
JUDGMENT
DAY, but
For the design work оз well.
Pd be remiss, too, if
| didn't say thanks to
Tonga,
Donald
Skinner,
Brett
Euons,
Andy
Troy,
Richard
Horie.

Ron
Rife and
Jimmy
Tu
— the woman ond men of
Awesome
Color
—
For their
Fantastic color work over the course of the series.
You guys done good!

And before
|
Forget,
I'd like to extend o heartfelt thanks to you,
The
Readers.
Thanks
For picking up
JUDGMENT
DAT, thanks
For writing in to let us know what you thought, and thanks, most of all, for sticking with us through some positively elephontine delays.
We were glad to have you in the audience, and we hope you'll come back soon

And with that,
I'd better scoot.
| told you
| had a big mouth, ond the theater owner
15 telling me to shut it and clear out.
Time nou
For even the stragglers to vacate the premises.
We'll meet up өшіп soon, though

Until then, thanks and qood night

—

P.S.
Oh, yeah, and you con write us at
ІШІ
HAWKINS

AWESOMESITCRDL.COM, so keep in touch, okay?
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THROLIGH
THE
WONDER-HALINTED
FATHOMS
ОР
IDEA
SPACE,
THE
FREELANCE
IMAGINEER
DESCENDS,
HIS
INKJETS
LEAVING
ELEGANT
BLACK
AFTER-
TRAILS
ON
THE
HALLLICINATING
VOID.

А
ይ.
BELOW
HIM
HANGS
THE
CONCEPT-GENERATOR
STATION,
ONE
OF
MANY
IN
IMAGINARY
SPACI
WHERE
WAITS
HIS
NEXT
ASSIGNMENT.

THIS
PLATFORM,
AWESOMNIA,
IS
NEWLY
BUILT
AND
UTILIZES
MANY
NEW
TECHNOLOGIES,
/ ни
BUT
THE
IMAGINEER
REMAINS
ASSURED p)
YOU'RE
KANE,
BEHIND
HIS
BENDAY
SCREENS.
RIGHT?
1
THOUGHT б
І
RECOGNIZED

IN
THE
IMAGINEERING
CORPS
HE

16
ACKNOWLEDGED
AS
A
MASTER,

AND
HAS
WORKED
THESE
RADIANT
LATITUDES
FOR
DECADES
NOW.

Аһ,
YES.
THE
FIGHTING
AMERICAN.
YOU
WERE
ONE
ONE
OF
JACK'S

ETTER e.
НЕ"
т

4
THAN
EVER.
5
WORKING
OUT
АТ
THE
OLD
BOYS'
RANCH
WITH
WOODY
AND
SOME
OF
THE
OTHER
GUYS.

GREAT
^
GOD!
WHAT
INMELL
IS
/
ML
HEP ፆ

Heh.
YOU
KNOW,
T
REMEMBER
WHEN

Y
WELL,
GUESS
I'LL

LEAVE
YOU
Guys
TO

THAT
ARCHETYPAL
KANE
TOUCH...

KANE.
Е
NOW, с iste
Ses š
ANYTHING.
MEERE
VE

ТОБЕТ!
FT,
SUPREMA,
TWILIGHT,
DOC
ROCKET,
JOHNNY
PANIC
#
BIG
BROTHER
ІМ...

AFTER
THAT
TRIAL,
[A
BUT
WAXEY
IS
АМ
FRIEND
AND
HEN
NA
EXPERIENCED
YOUNG
TALENT.

'ALKED
INTO
THIS
FIASCO?

I
SAID
THE
SAME
THING
BEFORE
MY
ESSENCE
AND
NOW
HERE
Т

ONLY
AM
WITH...
WAIT!
fiver
RANIK,
‹
SLAVER
名
CAA s
WHERE
DID
ALL

EEZ, make
FOR
THE
55

ee
SAKI ከሮ
A
HATS ee
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UNBEL| ርብ

ይ
THESE,
‘NEW
CHARACTERS!

EVERYBODY
WANTS
ТО
BE
MODERN
SO
V.

LOOK
WAY
DOWN
THERE!
THERE'S
AN
AVALANCHE
COMING

'EAN
DRIVE

poc?
т
THOUGHT
I
HEARD
YOU
AND
JOHNNY
WERE
DEALING
WITH

STORMHEAD?

WE
WERE...
UNTIL
ONE
OF
JOHNNY'S
PROJECTIONS
PLUNGED
STORMHEAD
INTO
A
STATE
OF
COLD
FEAR!
THAT'S
WHAT
LISTEN,
THAT

PRODUCED
THIS
BLIZZARD!
AVALANCHE.

> т
WAS
DOING
/
SOMETHING
ABOUT
IT
BEFORE
1
SLOWED
DOWN
TO
CHAT
WITH
/ you!

MY
GRANPA
SAYS
THAT
THE
BEST
WAY
TO
HANDLE

STUFF
LIKE
THIS
IS
TO
CREATE
A
VORTEX..

"THE
AVALANCHE
15
HEADED
FOR
COAST

/
THAT'LL
CITY'S
HARBOUR!

JUST
SIPHON
HE
SNOW
SOME

WIPE
OUT
THE
BRIDGE,
AND
THERE
ARE
CARS
ОН,
JEEZ!
>
STALLED
ОМ
WE'RE
GOING
TO
ІТ!
SCREW

WITHDRAW
OUR
FUNDING...

WHO'S
IN
THOSE
BUILDINGS!

HEY,
8/67
NICE
SAVE!
І
GUESS
YOU
GOT
THE
EVACUEES р

PROPERLY!
7

НЫН?
LOOK,
WHAT
IS
IT
WITH
YOU,
GIDGET?
THIS
IS
BECAUSE
I'M
BLACK,
RIGHT?

SUPREMA?
1
CAN'T
SEE
JOHNNY
ANYWI

HERE,
BUT
THERE'S
SOME
SORT

OF
MONST!
IN
THE
STREET
AHEAD!

NOTHING.

YEAH,
APPARENTLY
LIGHTING
BOLTS
ARE
WHAT
HAPPENS
WHEN
STORMHEAD
GETS
ANGRY,
LIKE
IT
RAINS
WHEN
HE'S,
PRESSED...

HIM
FULL
OF
PROZAC.

PF suprema?
OH,
GREAT!
THE
FLYING
NUN
16
IN
TH

[አወ
BOLT
IGHTNING
BOL

AND
ALL
ITS
IM
N
HOLOGRAMS
ARE
TRYING
TO
|

c

SUPREMA,

Qo
/ mms
YOU
PEP
TALKS
THAT
DRIVE
PEOPLE
TO
DRUGS.

T
KNOW.
I'M
A
DOCTOR.

LET'S
TURN
STORMHEAD
IN,
THEN
RETURN
TO.

YOUNGBLOOD
MANSION
TO
CELEBRATE
LAUNCHING
THE
NEW
TEAM
WITH
BEER.

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A
:
MAZE!
BELOVED
GLORIANA,
SHOULD
|
|
WE
NOT
TAKE
ONE
ОДА
OF
THESE
SIDE-
)
TUNNELGP.

Y

I-I
МЕТ

EFORE,
WHEN
HERMIONE
AND
Т
GOT
LOST
IN
THE
TREE
DURING
MY

CHILDHOOD,

COME
ON,
HERMIONE!
THE
PALACE
OF
THE
MOON
MUST
BE

PRACTICALLY...

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I
SEE.
ВЕ
CAREFUL
WHAT

UNCONSCIOUS
ARE
THOSE
BY
WHICH
ALL
DREAMS
ENTER
THE
MATERIAL
WORLD,
AND
TAKE
ON
SOLID, й
FORM.

DESIRE
TO
WALK
AMONGST
THEM
AS
NOT
JUST

Li
Fi
GREAT
DEMETER'S
ISLE
OF
THULE
ALREADY!
THIS
IS
LUNACY!

„ВИТ
BEAR
IN
MIND
THAT
DREAMS
OFTEN
ENTAIL
A
RUDE

У
PRINCESS?
y
PRINCESS,
WHAT
IS
HAPPENING?
I

SEEM
TO
BE
FADING
AWAY
FROM
YOU,
AS
IF
I
WERE
JUST

‚A
CHARACTER...

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HELLO,
REIGN?
THIS
IS
BLACKY
CONQUEROR.
THERE'S
ONLY
ONE
WAY
YOU
CAN
GO

aN

с.
CAVE
І6
ONE
ОҒ
THE
FEw
PLACES
ОМ

CONQUEROR
ISLAND
THAT

WE'VE
NEVER
EXPLORED,
MAINLY
BECAUSE
OF
THE
HEAT
FROM
THE
VOLCANIC
VENT

BELOW
IT.
Е

ОР
COURSE,
NOW
WE

CONQUERORS
OF
THE
Ñ

UNCANNY
HAVE
SOME
NEW
SUPER-POWERED
RECRUITS,
WE
CAN
CHECK
IT
OUT

SAFEL

SOUNDS
COSY.

YOU
KNOW
ГО
BE
WITH
YOU
BOYS
IF
NOT
FOR
THIS
BUSTED
ANKLE.
[o]
ND
REIGN?
TRY
LD
THE
CAMERA

STEADIER...

p
ЕАК
FOR
FEAR
OF
ENDING
UP
HALFWAY
OLGI

RECENT
DISCOVERIES
OF
UNIQUE

YOU'RE
EXPECTING
LIFE
DOWN
HERE?
IT'S
HOT
AS
HELL
AND
THE
AIR'S
GETTING
UNBREATH-
ABLE...

„
ALTHOUGH
I
DON'T
SEE
WHY
US
NEWMEN
CHANGING.
DIRECTION
REQUIRES

BECALISE
THEY
KNOW
STUFF
WE
DON'T,
BYRD!
LOOK
UP

AHEAD.

wow.
r
DON'T
KNOW
IF

YOU'RE
GETTING
THI

DOCTOR
CONQUEROR,
BUT
THE
VENT'S

AROUND
THE
RIM,
AND
SOME
SORT
OF
FLYIN

^
SUBSTANTIAL?

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WHAT
EXACTLY
IT
IS
WE'RE
DEALING
WITH!

IT'S
RED!
IT'S
|
HOT!
IT'S
STARTING
TO
BURN
THROLIGH
THIS
OUTF.

IT!

TRYING,
BUT
I
DON'T
THINK
IT
HAS
А
FRONTAL

OF
SENTIENT
ROCK!

IT'S
NO
USE,

2
EXIT!
EVEN
KODIAK
DOESN'T
HAVE
THE
FEROCIOUS
MOTIVATION
THAT
THIS
CREATURE
POSSESES,
AND
LOOKING
INTO
HIS
VENT,
I'M
STARTING
TO
UNDERSTAND

У!
IE
IT
WAS
ONE

TERS,
THEN
THEY
MISIDENTIFIED
IT!
IT
ISN'T
MAGMAN.

INBORN
/
ONLY

BECAUSE
IT
FEELS
THREATENED!
4

REIGN,
SET
EVERYBODY
OUT
OF
THERE

YEAH,
WELL,
THAT
SOUNDS
LIKE
A
PLAN.
WE'RE el
OUT
RIGHT
WEILL
LEAVE
LAVA-
LADY
OR
WHATEVER
"МИ
SHE'S
CALLED
TO
SINK ሕረ
OBSCURITY

AND
ALL
HER
OTHER
‘FIFTIES
|
2

WELL,
BURNED
SYNTHETIC
TER
DON'T
SMELI
BETTER.
(бок, ise
EVERYBODY

OUT
US
TENN.
SCENT
EXPLORERS?

“YEAH,
Ме
De
А:
Т
МЕАМ
MAKIN
IN
KNOWLEDGE t
22
Sor
TO
BEAT
JUST
POUNDING
BAD
GUYS
EVERY
MONTH!

BESIDES,
WHERE
BETTER
TO
START
EXPLORING
THAN
A
PLACE
LIKE
CONQUEROR
ISLAND?

BESIDES,
I
SORT
OF
LIKE
EXPLORING.

END
OF
DISC
THREE.

FROM
THE
MAGICAL
JOURNAL
OF
LORI
SAUNDERS:
"ВУ
SUMMER'S
END,
NEW
YORK
MEAT:

"IN
CENTRAL
PARK
I уу
ROROK
THE
THIRSTY

"THE
HOUSE,
AN
OLD
VICTORIAN
LADY
NEAR
THE
HAIGHT,
STILL
HAD
A en
M
"OMMUNE
IT
ፉሪ

Е
Ci
"BEEN
ІМ
THE
‘SIXTIES.

“I
DIDN'T
KNOW
IF
ANYONE
STILL
LIVED
THERE,
HADN'T
CALLED

“ТНЕ
HOUSE,
AN
OLD

VICTORIAN
LADY
NEAR
i ox
= діре
*..
BUT
IT
SEEMS

EDEN
AS
EXPECTED.

HAD
BEEN
IN
THE
АГА

"I
DIDN'T
KNOW

IF
ANYONE
STILL
LIVED
THERE,
Н,

CALLED
TO
$А`
WOULD
BE
COMING...

an.
HOW т
А
WOMAN.
1
KNEW
SOMEONE
WOU
LIARTER
THE
MOON,
BE a
Xe)
Lelie.)
Я
„
MY
TELL
YOU
57
|

1
ШШЕ,

AFFAIR
WITH
STEPHEN
HUSH,
„
GHOST-BREAKER
IN
THE
‘TWENTIES.

MY
FATHER
WORKED
WITH
Dr.
MYSTIC
ІМ
THE
'FORTIES,
AND
LATER
ON
WITH

Mr.
COME...

I
WILL
SHOW
YOU
THE
REST
OF
YOUR
MANSION.

HERE,
FOR
EXAMPLE,
IS
THE
CANDLE
Y
5
--
AND
HERE
ARE
Mr.
IN
WHICH
Dr.
MYSTIC
BOUND
THE зла
AURA

DEMON
JALEEZL
-

THE
CHAIRS
WERE
ADDED
CHRISTOPHER
DIFFERENCE
TH
The
NIGHT-SCHOLAR
IN

THAT'S
HOW
LONG.
ከክ
HAVE
BEEN
WAITING
FOR
YOU.

THIS te
TING
Sver
YEAH,
SURE.

HERE,
THIS
TABLE
- зі
WELL,
IN
WITH ща ver d
THAT
CASE,

IT?
TE
PODES
WON'T
OBJECT
СТЕ!
ІРІ
SIT...

...
THEN,
BY
THE
2060
AD,
ALMOST
FIFTY
YEARS
AFTER
THE
GREAT
EVENT,
I
BECAME
THE
ALEMBIC,
BUT...

,,
NEED
HELP
AGAINST

„АМО
FROM
KELLY
WAS
OBTAINED
THE
RED
POWER...

SAT
AT
THIS
TABLE!
IF
THEY
DARE
ТО ww
UNTIL
I
^w
THREATEN
Dr.
TELL
CARNACKI ነ
MYSTIC,
THEY
ABOUT
THIS!

see
WILL
ENTRUST
THE
GRIMOIRE
ТО
MY
WINTER

WHERE'S
LEI-LING...
AND
DELLA?
DELLA
PSYCHIC?
YOU
MAY
WHERE
DID
YOU
ALL
|
МОТ
REMEMBER
MEETING
ME,
SUT
COME
FROM?
GROOVY,
FPI
AED
Uh.
MY
NAME'S
EDDIE
SAINT,
AND
I
NEED
HELP
AGAINST
I
FEEL
ON!
QELEPU,
OR...
LIKE
I'VE
BEEN
HERE
ONCE
BEFORE...

HUM?
WHO
ARE
УОШ?
ONE
MOMENT
I'M
IN
4 š
GERN
GATE
4
7
DDI
<
LORI,
YOU'RE
2 d
ALWAYS
SAYING.
THAT!
NOW,
FOR
THE
THOUSANDTH
TIME,
I'M
THE
ALEMBIC,
FROM
2065...

YOU'RE
REPEATING

FOR
ME,
IT'S
2004
AND
TM
ASSISTING
BLAKE

CONCENTRATE,

INCOHERENT.
INCOHERENT?

ALWAYS
BEEN
Сена.
መ
እ e
CONCENTRATE,
HERE,
LORI!
THAT'S
B
NEED
YOUR
T
MY
FRIENDS!
THE
GROOVY, à
HELP
WE'RE
BECOMING
FREAKED-OUT
INCOHERENT.
.
M

...
ALMOST
FIFTY
YEARS
|
[E т
|
HOLD
ON!
THIS
ISN'T እ
2004:
IT's
1998,
BUT
ДІЇ
TIME'S
BREAKING...
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OBTAINED
THE
Mr.
HUSH,
POWDEE.
THERE'S
NO
SUCH
THING
AS
TIME.
every

ATTE!
,
«u
DOWN!
DID
FROM
KELLY
WAS
||
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BE
MISTRESS
DELLA.
SHE
HUNG сс
SOONER
DO
IN
STAR
С!
SIT
DOWN
THAN
Mi

ОМС хом
JUMP
UP
ASYLUM,
LATE
¡GAIN!
1989.

THAT
Mr.
SAINT
WAS
THERE,
AND
THERE
WAS
THIS

REAL
FLOWER-

CHILD...

BEREIT

22
END
OF
DISK
FOUR.

SURRENDER,
ALLIES!
YOU
CANNOT
DEFEND
YOUR
ASTEROID
BASE
AGAINST
ALL
YOUR
OLD
FOES

AT
HEAD-
QUARTERS!
<f

7
DIANA.
I
—
I
JUST
REMEMBERED

(AN.
ሥ/ር///7ይ,
)
Ig...
y/

ШЕШӘ
Л,

MEANWHILE,
IN

BROOKLYN...

....
RIGHT
AFTER
1
RIDE
ATACHYON
BEAM
TO
ALLIES
ASTEROID
AND
ANSWER
THIS
|
SIGNAL!
`
№

— оди:

Huh?
YOU'RE
DAYDREAMIN',
CHIEF!
THAT
WAS
THE
QUEEN'S.
ENGLISH!

THIS
CASE.

THERE'S
NO
"SUPPOSED"
ABOUT
IT!
1
SAY
МҮ
OLD
FOE
KILLER
CRAB

PLAZA.
S'
ENOUGH,
ТО
JUST
BEEN
THINKING
ABOUT

HI

TACHYON
EXPRESS
RATHER
THAN
FLYING
HERE,
p.
LIKE
ME.

AS
FOR
YOUR
QUESTION,
ROMAN
WAS
ON
WATCH
DUTY.
HE
REPORTED
А
БИРРО6ЕО
ІМСІРЕКТ.

ЕМЕМІЕ6
IS
МО!
LIKELY?

INCREDIBLE!
OUR
OLDEST
IND-
MANIPULATING

«ss
IN
FACT,
AS
SOON
AS
WE'VE
DEFOLIATED
FL

CLEANING
DETAIL!

WE'RE
LUCKY
WE'RE
ONLY
FACING
THE
ITCHING

THERE'S
DUST
EVERY-
WHERE!...

^;
ALTHOUGH
YOU
VERY
SOON
COULD
Y
7
BE
ONCE
PRISMALO
THE
PAINTEI
CAPTURES
YOL
ON
HYPER-
CANVAS!
K

NICE
WORK,
BRYCE!
IT'S
GOOD
TO
SEE
THAT
STILL os

!
WE
WERE
BOTH
THERE
TO
SEE
IT!

I-
I
THINK.
U
THE
PROFESSOR'S
N
>
RIGHT,
BOYS...

N

ETHER
THAT,
OR
HULVER
RAMIK зе
SA
LOT
EASIER
№
LIKE
MY
FORTIES
© сорте вен,
FLAME,
REPORTER
TREVOR
TRACY!
`

CORALINE!

„WHILE
MAGNO
HERE
16
RECONSTITUTING

ARE
Made
D
OF
EDUST
PARTICLES...

THEM
SOON,
AN
OLDER
RACE
COULD
HAVE
CREATED ደ
THINGS
LONG
Al
AND
RELEASED
_

IT'S
WORKING!
THE
SHAPES
ARE

O
KNOI
<
SPACEMUNTER?
ONCE
IT
VOIDS төш

ROM
OUR
WA:
VERTS шү
PROBABLY
“ACROSS,
Te

STILL,
IT'S
SORT
OF
FUNNY
THAT
ON
AN
ASTEROID
CALLED
AMOR,
WE
AVERTED

POTENTIAL
ENEMY
USING
LOVE!

YOU
SAID
A
Мойту,

LONG
AND
FINDING
ALL
THE
TRANSPORTERS
AND
THINGS
STILL
WORKING!

OUR
MOONBASER,

LET
EM
ALL
P
BECAUSE с
WHEN
IT
COMES
ТО
KNOW,
WATCHING
OUT
FOR
A
ITS
A
SHAME
THAT ግ
WHOLE
UNIVERSE,
WE'RE
ЕРАЛЫ ye
FRE
BEST leer
WANT
ТО
REJOIN
THE
ALLIES!

I
AGREE,
ROMAN.

BUT
WE
CAN'T
REST
ON
OUR
LAURELS!
WE
HAVE
COMPETITION
LIKE
SHAFT'S

NEW
YOUNGBLOOD
OR
THAT
NEWMEN/CONQUERORS
>
AMALGATION.

"WE
VOW
TO
LIVE
AND
DIE
О
THE
TENFOLD

ACCORDING
Т:
LAW
OF
IEDAN,
THE
IMMENSE
EXTRA-DIMENSIONAL
NESS
NETWORK.

SHALL
W,
UPON
THEIR
NECKS,
THE
CHILL
NITROGEN
BREATH
OF
THE

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End of
Disc
Six.

STARTING
TO
HAVE
‚FUN
WITH
THAT
LAST
ONE,

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DISCS
YOU
WANT
PROCESSING?
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4 уж

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7”
BUT
THESE
/
SUPERHEROES
ON
THE
OTHER
HAND,
THEY'RE...
THEY'RE
JUST
AWESOME!
|
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ЕШ.
(тм
GLAD
YOU'RE ጅ
PLEASED.
7
I'LL
EXPECT
"ዊኣ
MY
TITHE
OF
ENERGY
TOKENS
BY
THE
USUAL
CHANNELS.

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PR
OVER
AT
ONE
OF
THE
OTHER
GENERATOR
STATIONS.
d

WELL,
I'M
SURE
WHATEVER
YOU
DO,
IT'LL
BE
GREAT!
|
YOU'RE
MY
VERY
FAVORITE š
IDON'T
IMAGINEER!
IT'S
BEEN
AN
DOUBT
IT.
WE
HONOR
WORKING
MUST
DO
IT
AGAIN
SOMETIME.

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€

THE
STATION
FALLS
AWAY
BENEATH
HIM,
DWINDLING
INTO
THE
MONSTROUS
DIAMOND
SWIRLS
OF
IDEA
SPACE.

AZA

PSYCHIC
NORTH,
THE
OF
THE

WAS
KANE.
I'VE
NEVER
MET
HIM
LIP
CLOSE
BEFORE.

EASTWARDS,
THE
SMOLILDERING
E]
HELLBUEN
OF
THE
HORROR-
%
WORLDS,
AND
WEST
THE
TRAIL-
DUST
NEBULAE
OF
FRONTIER š
DREAMS.
HIS
INKJETS
/ е
WILL
PROPEL
HIM
ANYWHERE.
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FOR
HE
IS
MASTER
|
OF
THE
MIND-SKIES,
MARINER
OF
EPIC
TIDES.

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ሯፎ

HEY!

If you've been picking up the
Awesome books for a while, you probably know that we're rapidly approaching the end of our formative first year as a publisher.
For those of you who've been with us since the beginning, you know it's been quite a ride these last few months.
From
JUDGMENT
DAY to
YOUNGBLOOD
+1, we've made it our priority to put out quality titles from top talent and we've had a blast doing so.
And, judging from your letters and e-mail messages, you've been having a pretty good time, too.

Don't fret, though, if you're just joining us.
One of the things you'll learn pretty quickly about
Awesome
Comics is that we're not big advocates of resting on past laurels.

Over the
Spring and into the
Summer, we've got a fantastic line of titles that should have something for just about everyone
AND make it seem like we were just slacking up to this point.
In no particular order, here's what we've got lined up:

Actress
JADA
PINKETT
[SCREAM
2,
SET
IT
OFF,
THE
NUTTY
PROFESSOR]
will be teaming up with
DAN
FRAGA
[GENERATION
X,
SPECTACULAR
SPIDER-MAN]
on
MENACE, a tale of redemption set against a backdrop of stark urban violence and gothic horror.

Fresh from relaunching
YOUNGBLOOD with
STEVE
SKROCE and continuing his on-going commitment to
SUPREME with
CHRIS
SPROUSE,
ALAN
MOORES next big project for
Awesome is
GLORY with
BRANDON
PETERSON
[ARCANUM,
MEDIEVAL
SPAWN/WITCHBLADE].

JIM
STARLIN,
STEPHEN
PLATT and
BATT will be producing
“Dogs of
War,”
the first story arc of an all-new
FIGHTING
AMERICAN on-going series.
The story centers around
Fighting
American's realization that he's not the only super soldier іп his country's service and introduces а number of powerful new characters.
Jim cooked up a doozy of a story, with a lot of surprises
(both for us and everybody's favorite super soldier)
and
Stephen's pencils are...there's no other word for it...awesome.

And in case you've been wondering when you can sample an entire issue of
RE:GEX, wonder no more, because this summer marks the debut of
ROB
LIEFELD's epic!
With script from
JEPH
LOEB and inks from
ВАТТ, it's easily the finest work of
Rob's career and has to be seen to be believed.
н

Оп top of all that, we've got тоге of everything that made the last several months so exciting.
More
COVEN.
More
SUPREME.
More
YOUNGBLOOD.
More
Toys
[just wait'll you see the new
KA-BOOM action figure that has everyone in the
Awesome
Army talking!]...
And that's just the beginning!

If there's something
I've left out, don't worry.
We've got a brand-spanking new website that you can log onto at
WWW.AWESOMECOMICS.COM and it's just the thing to keep you current on all the latest
Awesome news.
You can even send us e-mail from right there at the site, so why not drop by and let us know what you think.

Or write us at:

AWESOME
COMICS
P.0.
Box
18162
Beverly
Hills,
CA
90209

Thanks,

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Writer

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SPROUS

Penciler

Al
GORDON

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LOEB

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ПЕРЕ
RICHARD

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Hi ost
Awful
Dawn,

ዝ
That
Night ed the
Heavens
Fell.

Weave,
2
|
Terrors and
Desires,
AI
Come

ies,
АЙ
Strifes...,

PROPHET,
WE
HAVE
TO
TAKE
MY
BIPLANE
AND
GET
OUT
OF
HERE!
THE
ENTIRE
CHATEAU
IS
ABOUT
TO
EXPLODE.

IT'S
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
THING
,
ZANTAR
GAVE
IT
TO
ME
TEN
YEARS
786,
WHEN
НЕ
VISITED
AMERICA
DURING
THE
TWENTIES.

THIS
IS
THE
PHANTOM
AVIATOR
CALLING
HOME
BASE.
CHATEAU
LUCIFER
IS
DESTROYED.
REPEAT,
CHATEAU
LUCIFER
|S gs

DONT
THINK
THAT
EITHER
THE
FOG
OI

N
PROPHET
CAN
HAVE
ESCAPED

ALIVE.

AFRAID
IT'S
IN
THE
LAPS
OF
THE

GODS...

xe
0 im
ЖК, or
፡ኤዜ m
0 them,
AJI days are
One.
They know по!

те,
Whose
Past
And
Future are àt
Once in
Rhyme..

HELLO,
ZAYLA.
I
KNEW
I'D
MEET
YOU
HERE
IN
TIME
TOWER,
BECAUSE
LAST
WEEK,
I
WAS
IN
YOUR
SHOES!
YOU'RE
ALL
GOING
DOWN
TO
AUGUST
4TH,
1997
TO
HELP
SUPREME
FIGHT
DARIUS
DAX,
RIGHT?

ВИТ
WHAT
ARE
AND
GIGANTHRO,
DOING
HERE?

Oh,
WE'RE
JUST
ON
OUR
WAY
BACK
FROM
GIVING
EVIDENCE
AT
THE
YOUNGBLOOD
MURDER
TRIAL.
YOU'LL
FIND
ABOUT
IT
IN
A
DAY
OR
TWO.

Oh,
OF
COURSE!
IT
WAS
IN
THE
HISTORICAL
RECORDS
OF
THAT
TRIAL
THAT
WE
FIRST
LEARNED
BETTER
MOSY
OF
GIGANTHRO'S
ДОМ
DOWN
TO
THE

EXISTENCE...
TWENTIETH

'BYE,
ZAYLA.
I'LL
SEE
YOU
NEXT
WEEK.
I'M
GLAD
YOUR
TRIAL
SEEMS
ТО
HAVE
GONE
SMOOTHLY...

Oh,
DON'T
GET
TOO
CONFIDENT,
ZAYLA.

IT
HAS
MORE
TWISTS
AND
TURNS
THAN
YOU
IMAGINE...

WELL,
Т
GUESS
IF
THE
DEVIL
TAUGHT
ME
HOW
TO
SHOOT,
THERE
AIN'T

NO
HARM
IN
YOUR
HOCUS-POCUS.

МОМА!
ВЕАЕ!МО
WITNESS
АТ
А
TRIAL.
THROUGH
НЕЕ
EYES,
І
САМ
SEE
THEM...

BY
THE
SACRED

INGS...

My
Fable
Writhes a upon,
With
A m
‘and
Gods alike

Of
TOR
Of,
While
Nations were yet
Young,
Of
Wen with
Hirde
Fast
35 à
Serpent's
Tongue.

NIGHTEAGLE?
YOU
THINK
WE
DONE
RIGHT
LEAVIN'
KID
THUNDER
BACK
THERE
TO
FACE
DELIVERANCE
DRUE

>
ON
HIS
OWN?

WE
HAD
B.
СОСЕ,
You
О
MEN
CALL mm

I
HAVE
Еве
IN
THE
SPIRIT
WORLD.
THERE
IS
A
COUNCIL
THERE
ТНАТ
І
АМ
6ШММОМЕР
TO.

YOU
DO
NOT
SNORRETANG,
I
AM
THE
MASTER
MAGUS
OF
THIS,
AGE.
THERE
HAVE
BEEN
ИСН
AS
1
BEFORE,
“AND
SHALL
BE
SUCH
AGAIN.

ONE
OF
THEM
CALLS
ME
NOW,
THROUGH

TIME...

THE
GODS:

N
ШМ

it
Wordly or
Divine
Bend their
Knee ey
Study
Line by
(ле.

oh
W-WE
MY
GOD!
Oh
DON'T
KNOW
MY
GOD,
|S
SHE
WHAT
HAPPENED.
WE'RE
ALL
RIGHT?
LEANNA,
THERE
WAS
SOME
AWFUL
SORRY,
BABY,
SPEAK
SORT
OF
ACCIDENT...
MS.
CREEL..

TO
ME...
SOME
STRANGE
BUSINESS
WITH
LIGHTS
BENEATH

THE
WATER...

А
DIVING
ACCIDENT!
Oh
NO.
HER
FATHER...
HE
LEFT
BEFORE
ЭНЕ
WAS
BORN,
BUT
HE
ALWAYS
SAID
THIS
WOULD.
HAPPEN.

HITS
LIKE
HE
HAD
WORD
IN
ADVANCE...

LISTEN,
IT
WAS
JUST
A
FREAK
INCIDENT.

WAS
WEIRD
UNDERTOWS,
WHATEVER
THEY'RE
CALLED...

реве
EEE
LIS
IEOR

4
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|
JUDGMENT
D
DAY!

".
በ11 in the beginning, there was
The
Word.”

hot you hold in your hands
Is the
Beginning of ú
Magical process that sets the course
For በ
Пеш
Universe

What follows is an intimate look at some of the original script pages written by
ALAN
MOORE for
JUDGMENT
DAY, never before published, and the accompanying original character designs by
ВІСК
VEITCH ond
CHRIS
SPROUSE

JUDGMENT
ОВУ is a регу special project for us.
Itis literally the doorway out of the
EXTREME
Universe and into
AWESOME
ENTERTAINMENT.
|!
boasts the works of
len
Churchill,
Terry
Dodson,
Dove
Gibbons,
Keith
Giffen,

Dan
Jurgens,
Gil
Kane,
Rob
Liefeld,
Adam
Polling, опо

Steve
Skroce
[os well as
Rick and
Chris], not to mention
0
Feu
Surprises

But none o£ that would have been possible without
Alan
Moore

Unless you've been living under o rock or have never read a
comic bank before,
Alan
Moore
|!
ane of the most influential writers working our business.
He hos brought to the world

WATCHMEN,
V
FOR
VENDETTA, the definitive
SWANP
THING,
BIG

NUNDERG,
DA
MAN:
THE
KILLING
JOKE, and
FROM
HELL, each with unique visions that haue refined on industry that was once
little more than
“all in color
For a dime."

We are both honored and lucky to have
Alan working on
JUDGMENT
DAY and strongly recommend his work on
SUPREME, our flagship title, where
Alan begins his second incredible year writing
The
World's most
Powerful
Man.
We are ефша цу proud of
Alan's nomination for writing
SUPREME from the prestigious
EISNER
AWARDS.
Pick up the book!

/

Thanks and please,

Jeph loeb

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NERVOUS
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STANDS
ROUND,
IPREME
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Supreme.
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КОКОСКО
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AGREEING

MIRRORS.
SHONA
SHANE
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Well,
፤ hore you're not expecting
ME to go easy on tbe defendant because of my own brief career as a
SUPER

HEROINE?

PANEL
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ANGLE
SO
THAT
SHONA
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FACES
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3
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LEFT
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SHAFT
MAYBE
PLACES
ONE
ARM
ON
T
BEHIND
AS
НЕ
SUGGESTS
TO
HIM
THAT
THE
НЕ
COURTROOM.
TYLER
‘SMILES
POLITELY
REPLIES
TO
HER.

SHONA
SHANE
:
Before
1 was a costumed adventures
OR а lawyer
I wasa

WOMAN, just like the
VICTIM in this сазе.

TOBY
TYLER
:
Thank you,
Miss
Shane.
Well keep that in mind
SHAFT
‘Tyler?
Shouldn't we be getting imo the
COURTROOM?

NOW
WE
CHANGE
ANGLE
AGAIN.
UP
IN
THE
FOREGROUND
WE
HAVE
SOME
OF
THE
FLOATING
ANTLGRAVITY
DOMES
SHOWN
DURING
THE
PRESENT
DAY
SECTION
OF
SUPREME
#
43,

IN
2 ч
Б

MERMAID
IN
d
INFILDING
FROM
INSIDE
HIS
SUIT
JACKET.
SENTIN
iG
TOW.
¿THING
OFF
PANEL
ЖЕТ
ON
HER

E
BACKGROUND
WE
CAN
SEE
SHONA
SHANE
WALKING
(WAY
HIGH
HEELS
INTO
THE
LEFT
BACKGROUND.

PANEL
3.
FROM
OVER)

TYLER
You're probably right
According to this
MAP one of
Supreme's
ROBOTS gave me when
1 arrived, his converted
STADIUM is
THIS way...

SHAFT
*
Will you
LOOK at this place!
Thatsa

SENTINEL

CTUALLY
JUST
INSIDE
JGE
DOORS
AS
SHA
DE,
TO
THE
RIGH
G
ን

"
Sentinel,
You'd better come and
LOOK at this,
For once,
JUSTICE isat
BLINDFOLDED,

(
2
AGE
Я
АВЕ
INSIDE
THE
JM,
CONVERTED
TO
A
SUPER.
1
AN
TRE
GODS.

NET
ASTIC
FACE
EXTENDED

MARK
$
OF
Е
EROR!
AN
CLOTHE
IVILLIAN

ЛМР

ST
DLE
AGE,
PLU
DLE
PITE
ТН
DESIN

ALTERNATE
POSTURES,
MAYBE
DONE
AS
LINES
ON
SOLOR-HOLD?
1 лєт.
THOUGHT
IT
WOULD
BE
QOOD
IF
WE
GAVE
MERCURY
HIS
Qus.
TITLE
HAS
ICH

SPECIAL
EFFECT
THAT
HE
Үр
IMMEDIATEL y
DISTINGUISHES
Н
СЪД
ВЕТМО
WITH
HIS
OWA ኮር
IF
IDEA, шық
THIS
WOULONT порти ни
GET
IT.
IF
КЕ
THE
IDEA,
MABE
SEE
А
COUPLE
OF
AL:
TELY

WE
SEE
TERNA:
ITIONED
COLOUR-HOLD
ARMS
AND
HANDS
FLICKERING
AROUND
THE
PERIPHERIES
OF
HERMES
“REAL”
ARM
HERE,
CAPTION
;
*
We
ኤክ my
Mother's female
MYRMIDONS our
10 the ዷ à оче tethering barge

THE
CONFORNTATION
BETWEEN
ORY
AS
AN
ONLOOKER.
FIRS’
AND
GLORY
Fur}
ON
THE
TILES
;
TOWARDS
THE ioi

STOR.
AND
FUNINNA, is tat
RIGHT?

Little
GI ir
ከ1!
for so
በ har hair a,

4%
D as з banner for ғо
ӨЛҮ ү,
ENCHANTED
WI
Why.
до belev
Сіонала'я banner for
1o
“Эм was the banner
Соната»
поко и
1 did
NOT

ANEL
3.
NOW
WE
ON
8
THEE
S
VISIBLE
THE
LY
TOW.
р
WE

IN
CONFIDENTL
ER
TO
HER.
AND
ITS
EN
US
SMILE
AS

IN
СО
КЕЗ
CLOS!
ILING
АЙ
О
ው
(GEROU:

ድልው:
AND
COILING
IS
STARING
AT

AN
THESE
Wim.
GLORY
TOO
IS
57

THIS
STO
THE
5
PANI
-
ENTEROS
OF
OLOR
RYS
Е
HAND
OF
OLORYS
LOI
THE
WE
SEE
TH
CLENCHES
UPON
AND
AWA
IGHT
FROM ce
DIVINELY у.
HER
DAUGHTENDERLIT
"——
MW that?
You ought же”
PULL
FERMES
An, bur
“Silly m you
EN
SLITHERY wor
SELF.
DS know some specially
Soa mw

GLORY

EMETER
(OFF.
RIGHT)
DI

8788)
NOW
A
FOUR
PANEL
PAGE.
IN
Sad
ETRATED
DEEPE

EV

"^
ELS,
R beside а bottomless
CHAS!
Ў
CAPTION
:
"Upon it was ы something tho like
Ë
NI
“በ before, and had no
WORD e, king
DAWN
MAN

PANEL
2.
\
CHANGE
ANGLE
SO
Í
|
MAN
E

object was responsible for all the
«both his
OWN birth, and that of
DINO-

so
Dino-Man gave
4

FRA яа
0

ጋ
NOW
WE
JUMP
ТО
А
SCENE
DURING ላ
TEE
D лы
ENS w
A
RICH
AND
A^
Y
EVAL
2
IE
GOLDEN
STANDS
TOWARDS
THE
FOREGROUND,
FACING
AWAY
FRM
USN
， tO
[
-
EN
|
|
O
IS
NOW
PIE шуо
AT нім
WITH
SOME oF
THEM
RAISING
THEIR
HANDS
IN
+t
ПА e g
STANDS
122
193,
HERE
THEY
ARE
DRAWN
IN
А
MORE
IMPOSINO
AND
REALISTIC
1
>
ገገ
ONC
SITI
OIGANTIIRO
AND
DINO
MAN,
WITCH
WENCH,
FOR
EXAMPLE
НАЗ
А
|
Ü
|
S
THE
ONCOM.
BLACK
RAGGED
CLOAK
FLUTTERING
OMINOUSLY
AROUND
HER
AND
À
.
Ф
4
DARKER
LOOK
IN
HER
EYES
TILAT
IN
RICK'S
VERSION.
SHE
LEANS
UPON ገ
С
75
А
HER
BROOM
STICK
MORE
AS
IF
IT
WERE
А
STAFF,
GIVING
HER
A
WISE- й
©
WOMAN
LOOK.
ACHILLES
IS
DRESSED
PRETTY
MUCH
AS
RICK
HAD
HIM,
>
BUT
JUST
RENDERED
MORE
REALISTICALLY
FOR
A
MODERN አ
С
Пе
ПИВО
CHARACTER.
THE
SAME
GOES
FOR
YOUNG
BILL
MICKOCA
AND
FUTURS
ЩЙ
2
22
GIGANTHRO,
WE
CAN
SEE
THE
CRACKLING
EDGED
DOORWAY
THAT
—
N
( y
E
N
Е
GIGA!
,
WE
CAN
R
E
N
ГА

LEADS
TO
THEIR
TIME-TOWER
HANGING
OPEN
IN
THE
EMPTY
AIR
BEHIND
200
|
THEM.
FROM
THE
FOREGROUND,
GIGANTHRO
EYES
THEM
WITH
SURPRISE

CAPTION
:
ES eventually

-
AND
SUSPICION
MAN.
CAPTION
:
"Soon after that, my newly-formed
LEAGUE
OF
INFINITY approached
5
Ë д и
HEARD of him though de historioa!
RECORDS of
C
AI
'As the freakisk
CAPTION:
TESTRSONY i iis vary
TRIAL, бар merde
Pa федер
NOS.
co
+

him,
Giganthro knew wnat ne must
DU.
PAD
.
Ls eaicad the hank
The chasm eaped
BEFORE hi

STEVE
SKROCE
WRITER
PENCILER

LARY
STUCKER
AWESOME
COLOR
ККЕ
COLORS

ከ1
STARKINGS
ERIC
STEPHENSON
&
COMICRAFT
EDITOR
LETTERING

AWESOME
COLOR
IS:
BRETT
EVANS.
RICHARD
HORIE,
RICHARD
HORIE,
JEREMY
SHEPHERD
&
TANTA

BRETT
EVANS
YOUNGBLOOD
SPECIAL
EXCLUSIVE
EDITION
PRODUCTION
Vol.
1,
No.
1+.
Published by
Awesome
Comics.
Office of
Publication:
1888
Century
Park
East,
Suite
1777,
Los
JOY
LIEFELD
Angeles,
CA
90067.
Copyright
©1997
Awesome
LICENSIND
Entertainment,
LLC.
All
Right
Reserved.
Any similarities to

= persons living ог dead is purely coincidental.
YOUNG-
MAT
T
HAWKINS
BLOOD
(including all prominent characters featured in this
MARKETING issue and the distinct likenesses thereof)
is a trademark
JEPH
LOEB of
Awesome
Entertainment
LLC.
With the exception
一
一 of artwork used for review purposes, none of the
PUBLISHER contents herein may be reproduced without the

ROB
LIEFELD permission of
Awesome
Entertainment.
PRESIDENT
PRINTED
IN
CANADA.

THIS
REFORMED
MODERN
SUPER-TEAM
CALLED
YOUNGBLOOD.

“ye
7-
I
SOMETIMES,
LIFE
BLOWS
UP
IN
MM
YOUR
HANDS,
(

BADROCK
GOT
А й
PART
AS
HIMSELF
IN
5
YOUNGBLOOD

Ed
ህለው
COMPLANED apor
| й
ኒ
USING
THE
CAN
AFTER
НА

МЕМ
THOUGHT
OF
QUITTING
THE
CRIMEFIGHTING
THING
MYSELF
FOR
A
WHILE...

IN
OCTOBER,
|
GAVE
IN
ТО
CURIOSITY
AND
WENT
TO укыт
WAXEY
DOYLE,
THE
FURNITURE
POLISH
|
BILLIONAIRE
ГР
MET
АТ

^
IN
THE
40'S,
DOYLE
WAG
А
FIFTH-GTRING
SUPERHERO
CALLED
፪፪
ረ
NOW
HE
WANTS
TO
RELIVE
HIS
YOUTH
IN
PROXY,
№ î
BY
FOUNDING
A
NEW
YOUNGELOOD.

z
Ес
Ñ
==
Ware
HIG
MANSION
("HOUSE
OF
WAX",
Е
|
Ad

NATURALLY)
WILL
BE
TURNED if
`
OVER
TO
THE
NEW
TEAM
AG
А
$
LS

መ= n punni
©

BI

12
Y

DOYLE'S
A
NICE
ENOUGH
OLD
7
HE
DID
THIS
BIG
ROUTINE
ABOUT
Guy,
BUT
KIND
OF
BORING.
HOW
ALL
THE
BLACK
GUYS
N
|]
=
YOUNGBLOOD
TURNED
OUT то
|
BE
EVIL,
LIKE
CHAPEL
AND
SENTINEL.
2 duc ዉወዉ ዘ.
-
1
WAG
ABOUT
ТО
TELL
DOYLE
TO

ANYWAY,
|
SAID
YES
TO
WAXEY'G
PROPOSAL
AND
TEAM.
=
MOVED
INTO
THE
MANGION.
WAXEY
SAID
WE
НАР
TO
FOCUS
|
FRANKLY,
|
THINK
HE
JUST
LIKES
OUTH
TEENAGE
GIRLS,
BUT
|
DIDNT
GAY
:
ANYTHING.
HEY,
|
LIKE
TEENAGE
GIRLS.

MIND
YOU,
OUR
FIRST
CANDIDATE
WAG
TECHNICALLY
FORTY-FOUR

BIOLOGICALLY,
SHE'S
NINETEEN.
HER
REAL
NAMES
LINDA
KENDELL,
BETTER
KNOWN
AG
PROFESSOR
NIGHT'S
ASSISTANT
*
TWILIGHT,
THE
MARVEL
GIRL.

|
REMEMBER
THEIR
LICENSED
T.V.
SHOW
FROM
THE
'SIXTIES.
SHE
MUST
HAVE
BEEN
LIKE,
TWELVE
OR
SOMETHING
BACK
THEN.

USES
BLACKOUT
BOMBS.
DURING
|
GUESS
SHE'S
PALE,
ВИТ
OUR
PRACTICE
SKIRMISH,
SHE
INTERESTING.
ACTUALLY,
|
REALLY
DECKED
ME
BEFORE
|
GOT
OFF
LIKED
HER.
|
WISH
|
COULD
GAY
.
THE
SAME
ABOUT
OUR
NEXT
APPLICANT,
WHO
ARRIVED
LATE.

THIS
WAS
BECAUSE
SHED
BEEN
DARNING
A
BLACK
HOLE
NEAR
ANDROMEDA,
THEN
RESCUED
SOME
PUPPIES
FROM
A
KENNEL
FIRE.

SUPREMA:
IMAGINE
NANCY
DREW
WITH
A
THERMONUCLEAR
CAPACITY
AND
YOU'VE
PRETTY
MUCH
GOT
THE
IDEA.

AFTER
SCORCHING
МУ
FINGERS
WITH
A
SUPERSPEED

SHE
SAID
|
COULD
JOIN
HER
EAM,
BUT
THAT
|
SHOULD
GET

THEN
SHE
LEFT
BECAUSE
SHE
HAD
ТО
POLISH
THE
MOON
OR
SOMETHING.

THE
NEXT
CONTESTANT,
JOHN
PANECZIK.

TURNED
UP
WITH
HIG
MOTHER,
WHO
PROUDLY

DESCRIBED
THE
КІР
AS
AN
ІМ
VITRO

FERTILIZATION
FROM
SOME
UNNAMED
GENILIS
FATHER.
é р

FUNNY...
LINDA
WAS
RAISED
ВУ
HER
UNCLE.
LEONARD, ke
ADOPTED.

|
THINK
SUPREMA
WAS,
TOO.
DOESNT
NECESSARILY
MEAN
ANYTHING.
ГМ
JUST
SAYING,
IS
ALL.

WAXEY
TOOK
MRS.
PANECZIE
FOR
A
WALK
SOMEWHERE
OUT

|
HER
SON.
HE
GOT
CHANGED
INTO
THIS
SUIT
HE
DESIGNED.

MODULATED
SOUND.
A
"BUZZGUN"
FIRING
DESIGNER
DRUG
AMPULES.

ITS
SORT
OF
LIKE
BEING
ATTACKED
By
A
RAVE
PARTY.

JOHNNY
PANIC,
WHICH
HE
TELLS
ME

Б
А
QUOTATION
FROM
SYLVIA
PLATH.

Nu a
T
>
IM
NOT
SURE,
BUT
|
THINK
THAT'S
THE
LEAD
GINGER
FROM

GARBAGE.

AFTER
JOHNNY
AND
HIS
MOM
LEFT
WE
INTERVIEWED
THE
LAST
APPLICANT,

| j|
COLLEAGUE
OF
WAXEY'S
FROM ጨም
THE
40'S.
HE
USED
TO
BE
А сом
AS
DOC
ROCKET.

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REPLAY,
КАД!
1

LONE!
^
№
AE
04;
|
ГА)
|
STILL ромт
SEE
WHERE
UY dy,
|
`
М
Ё
SHE сот
THE
COSTUME
FROM.
Фе
\
3
M ии
Шр х
|

ም
LN

THINKING
IT
OVER.

THROUGH
EARLY
DECEMBER,
WE
BEGAN
TRAINING
TOGETHER
AS
A
TEAM.

IT
WAS
COMPLETELY
HOPELESS
THE
FIRST
DAY,
SUPREMA
MANAGED
TO
ALIENATE
EVERYBODY
EXCEPT
TWILIGHT,
WHO'S
ENOWN
HER
FOR
LONGER
AND
CAN,
LIKE,
ACTUALLY
STAND
HER.

NATURALLY,
THINGS
CHANGED
AS
WEEKS
WORE
ON.
THEY
GOT
WORGE.
SUPREMA
STARTED
INGISTING
THAT
WE
THROW
OUT
EVERYONE
EXCEPT
HER
AND
TWILIGHT.

SHE
WANTED
TO
ENLIGT
SA/PPER
Тогу
KING,

THE
LAWYER
WHO
BUSTED
SENTINEL)
AND
|
DIONT
ROMAN'S
NEPHEW,
THIS
KID
CALLED
LAMPREY x тор
НЕЕ.
IE
ИЕ
WHO
CANT
BREATHE
OUT
OF
WATER.
5

SHE
EVENTUALLY
ACCEPTED.

HELL,
|
DIDNT
EVEN
WANT
A
SEMOR
ALLIES,

BUT
ACCORDING
TO
THE
NEWS,
DIE
HARD
HAD
REFORMED
THEM
ANYWAY.
LIKE,
Y'KNOW,
WE

NEEDED
THE
COMPETITION.

ACTUALLY,
MAYBE
WE
DID.
EVERYBODY
SEEMED
TO
GOBER
UP
ONCE
THEY
REALIZED
HOW
AMATEURIGH
WE'D
LOOK.
BY
CHRISTMAS,
WE
WERE
А
GEMI-
FUNCTIONAL
TEAM.

UNFORTUNATELY,
CHRISTMAS
CAN
BE
EMOTIONALLY
STRESS-
FUL.
THIS
МАУ
BE
WHY
AN
EMOTIONALLY-FUELED
MUTANT
NAMED
STORMHEAD
CHOSE
CHRIGTMAS
EVE
TO
GO
NUTS
IN
COAST
СПУ.

OTHER
THAN
THAT,
CHRISTMAS
WAG
PRETTY
QUIET.
MAYBE
1990
WILL
ВЕ
A
BETTER
YEAR.

OH,
AND
|
GOT
SOCKS
FROM
MOM.
PROBABLY
THAT'S
WHAT
PUT

ALAN
MOORE
*
STEVE
SKROCE

DIFFERENT

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D
VARIANT

CHARACTERS!
COVERS!
YE
„ mA
|
ЛИЕШ
ШИЕ
МД
ТИЛД!

AMAZING
SPIDER-MAN
ARTIST:

$
INCREDIBLE
ARTWORK!
|

prar
—
=
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ARE
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AZURE
PROGRAM
CANT
AFFORD
TO
LOSE
VOLUNTEER.
KEEP
ME
UPDATED,
BISHOP.
THIS

M
7
N
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IT'S
GREAT,
JOHNNY.
AND
TOTALLY
UNPREDICTÄBLE.
IM
SORRY,
Wi

m

THAT'S
ALL
WE
NEED
TO
HEAR.
ASSEMBLE
DOWN
IN
LEONARD":

ISNT
SHE
SCRUBBING
AWAY
THE
RED
SPOT
ON
JUPITER
OR

то
DO
EXPERIMENTAL
CRAFT.

|715;

I
KNOW
EXACTLY
WHAT ied
PROBLEM
PES
AROUND

15:
SHE
MOI
IN
THE.
Dark
Too
MUCH!

SUPRE!
PLEASE
DON'T
GO
INTO
THAT
SMOKE!
I
HAVE
A
REALLY
BAD
FEELING
ABOUT

DONT
BE
SILLY?
WITH
MY
SIGHT
SUPREME,
X
CAN
SEE
WHERE
SHE
ШЕ

15
PERFECTLY
WELL,
NO
MATTER
HOW
MANY
BLACKOUT

ОН,
GREAT!
IT'S
YOU!
И
AND
SHE'S
BREATHING
ОКАУ.
M
JUST
AS
A
MATTER
YOU
ФОТ
HERI
WHEN
IT
‘SHE'S
NOT
HURT
ОК
ANYTHING.
OF
INTEREST,
HOW
NO
ВЕОКЕМ
BONES,
NO

8
ታሪ

ж

|
ይ.

BLOOD.
KEPEAT,
ATTENTION,
YOUNGBLOOD.
THIS
15
MAJOR
BLAKE
BARON
ON

EMERGENCY
INTERCEPTOR
FREQUENCY.
IF
YOU
CAN
HEAR
ME,
БЕ

IF
ВУ
BARGING
IN
YOU
MEAN
TRYING
TO
RELIEVE
СМС
DISTRESS
CAUSED
BY
ONE
OF
YOUR
EXPERIMENTAL

VEHICLES.

DIFFERENT
FORM
OF
SPACE.
OCCUPIES
Фо

/QU
MEAN
Амр
ІМ
THERE
THS

ТІМЕ

SAME
ITS
ABILITY
ТО
FUND
U5!
са

Ri
E
መ
Hean-
ER
4
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YOU
STAR-TREK-
SOUNDING
Mc
25

IOTHER-
27

THAT'S
A
GOOD
QUESTION.
YOU
KNOW,
I
THINK
I'M
GOING
TO
FADE
FROM
THE
SCENE,

WRAP
MYSELF
БЕ
А

ОН,
THAT'S
JUST
PERFECT/
RUN
AWAY
АТ
FIRST
HINT
OF
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THIS
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LITTLE
HANDS)

It all started way back in the
Ға
Оо!
'96, when we asked critically acclaimed writer
Alan
Moore
P would be interested іп helming a, ua relaunch of the
Extreme
Universe.
Alan had recently umed the writing chores on
5!
ME and ey, turned that book on its ear with one brilliant መም stroke of his pen, making it one of most talked about comics in the industry.\
What
Alan had done ith
SUPREME was and contin to be simply brilliant and if he could do for the entire line what he had done for
SUPREME, then
Жуу in the world could we pass up an opportunity\like that?
Alan answered us
JUDGMENT
DAY, which was not just a mini-series, but rather a blue- nt for the
Awesome
UnivgfSe; what had come before and, more importantly, what was yet to come.
long with
JUDGMENT
,
Alan proposed new directions for several other serieg that would launch
But of this re-vamp.
Ei synopsis was nothing short of spectacular and our excitement surged ard аз we began to абзетЫе an array of talent to execute
Alan's fantastic vision for these books.
Alan's visiogf0f
YOUNGBLOOD would require that once in a lifetime talent that could balance icter nuances that are so prevalent in
Alan's work with а bold, dynamic appr elling that the pace of the series demanded.
We looked and
Idoked and waited aited some more, all the while assuring
Alan that we were holding out for only th nciler for the job.
ahead many months later to the island of
Kauai, where
| am enjoyind a much needed my wife.
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Awesome
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"Oh, in case lerested,
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Skroce is available for work."

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Take a bow,
Alan, you deserve it.
Thank you to
StevefSkroce for absolutely attack- ig each and every page in this book and for his commitment to this р есі.
You rock!
Thanks also to proud papa
Lary
Stucker for going above апфбеуопа the call of duty and ink- this book with a passion while at the same time coping with being a brand new
Dad!
Best wishes б your wife,
Kari, and to your new son,
Joshua!
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Also, a tip of thé hat to the
Awesome
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FX,
Tanya,
Richard,
Don,
Ron,
Jeremy, and
Bretifand also
Richard,
John and alkthose somicrafters for their wonderful design and lettering.
Thank you all!
A big thanks to editor
Eric
Stephenson, who drove sme iE for three hours or more due to е combination of
El
Nino and the i"
traffic we enjoy ёге in
La
La
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and seeing them through the гай iterally!
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Jeph, thanks for the опе call.
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ICRAFT

YOUNGBLOOD
Vol.
3,
Number
2,
August
1998.
Published бу
Awesome-Hyperwerks.

Office of
Publication:
520
Washington
Blvd
#930,
Marina
Del
Rey,
CA
90292.
Copyright
©
1998
Awesome.
Any simillarities to persons living or dead is purely coincidental,
Youngblood is a trademark of
Awesome.
With the exception of artwork used for revie
, none of the contents herein may be reprinted without the permission of
Awesome.

Printed in
CANADA.

ESCAPED
FROM
THE
MISKATONIC
ASYLUM
LAST
WEEK.

CHOICE.

I'LL
TAKE
HIM.
WHAT
ABOUT
THIS
ONE,

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IN
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BENG
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SUSPENDED
ANIMATION,
I
MISSED
THE
‘EIGHTIES
AND
EARLY
‘NINETIES
WHEN
YOUR
GENERATION
WAS
COMING
UP.
WHAT
WAS

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ЖЕР

DOESN'T
THINK
SO.
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LINDA,
THEY
ALL
DRESS
LIKE
TROLLOPS^

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SUPER-
TEAM
FANS
LIKE
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COULDN'T
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UP
IN
THE
‘NINETIES!

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НА
HAL
YOU
DO
HER
VOICE
REALLY
WELL.
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SQUEAKY
THING
‚SHE
DOES.

DID
YOU

4
УРАН,
WHAT
WAS
THAT?
AND

LA
MOST
OF
THEM
SEEMED
EA
TO
BE
CYBORGS
LZ
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OR
MUTANTS!

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1
GUESS.
Д7
THERE
WERE
MORE
HEROES
WITHOUT
ADDITIVES
IN
YOUR
DAY:
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AND
THE
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THE
FISHERMAN,

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LIKE

RACHEL.
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OKAY.

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WITH
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LOUNGE
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YEAR
SENTENCE
ON
AN
ANDROMEDAN
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PLANET.

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CRAB

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MARLIN

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HEADING
TO
STAR
CITY.
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THINGS
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NEED
TO
CHECK
AND
THERE'S

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IN
HS
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WASN'T
JUST
ANYBODY.
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PROFESS:

Á

YUP.
LAST
YEAR,
DURING
THE
И
BATTLE
IN
SUPREME'S
|
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WHICH
MEANS
||
JACK-A-DANDY
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THE
ONLY
ALLY-OF-EVIL
CURRENTLY
ALIVE
AND
ON
THIS
PLANET.
SHAFT,
MAYBE
SOMEBODY
SHOULD
/
CHECK
THE
NIGHT
FILES
FOR
THE
LOCATIONS
OF
THOSE
VILLAIN
HIDEOUTS...
ОН,
AND
PAGE
SUPREMA,
SHE
COULD
HELP
WITH
THIS.

PROFESSOR
NIGHT'S
DEADLIEST
ENEMY,
SHAFT.

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WITH
А
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НАР
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TO
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WITH
THE
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GOT
A
TREASURE
HUNT
TO
ORGANIZE.

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CRAB'S

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WAS
EASIEST
ТО
FIND.

RIGHT.
НОЇ
ARE
WE
GOIN
FINO
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HIDEOUT?

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р,
“THERE
ARE
ONLY
А
FEW
AUNDRED
BILLION
(Š ок
50
STARS
©
IN
THE
MILKY ር p
HAY.
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LINDA,
1
DON'T
KNOW
IF
YOU
CAN
EVEN
HEAR
ME

OVER
THIS
DISTANCE,
BUT
I'VE
LOCATED
ARCTURN'S
SPACE-

SANCTUM!

THERE
WERE
SOME
DEFENSES
STILL

6)
SUPREMA, ሯን
THIS іє
SHAFT.
WE
CAN
JUST

THINGS
OUT
IN

CAN
FIND
THAT
STAR
CITY.
MONEY!
HOW
ARE
THINGS
OUT
NEAR
ALDEBARAN
OR
WHEREVER
YOU
ARE?

THEN
MAYBE
YOU.
SHOULD
HEAD

ARCTURA'S
HIDEOUT
ISN'T
VERY
NICE
AT
ALL.
ነዎ
SHE
SEEMS
TO
HAVE
THE
BODIES
OF
DEAD
¡A

SPACEHUNTERS
MS
A

TROPHIES.
my
SENSES

ILL
PUT
CALLED
THE
DEMON'S
IN
A
COURTESY

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HEAD,
BECAUSE
ОР

Ё
175
RESEMBLANCE
ТО

А
MALEVOLENT
AND

WINKING
EYE,

MEANWHILE,
THERE'S
STILL
FOUR
HIDEOUTS
TO
BE
TRACKED
DOWN
OF

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UH,

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VERY...
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HEARD
FROM
OF
EVIL
SUPREME
THAT
HIPEQUTS,
LOOKING
YOU
WANTED
TO
\
FOR
MISSING
7 coup
^
LUNCH
HOUR
AND
A
YOU
TELL
US

EVERYTHING,
BUT...
WHERE
DARIUS
DAX

НАР
A/S
SECRET.
HIDEOUT?

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MOST
OF
DAYS к»

DIED
WITH
HIM.

нак
CERTAN
DAK
NEVER
UT
MAY
NEVER
HAD
АСС!

LIFE
IN
LITTLEHAVEN
FOR
YEARS,
POSING

CAN
PROBABLY
ELIMINATE
DAX.
FROM
QUK
LIST

THAT
LEAVES
THREE,
THEN.
THE
HUMANDROID,
THE

MARLIN
AND...

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A ка.
AM
HALE
V
THATS
THREE
HOURS
SUBJECTIVE
TIME.
DURING

НУ, u

KNOW
THIS
PLACE
LOOKS
IN
PRETTY
GOOD
CONDITION.
THE

ET
БЕ
ALL

EVERYONE
FAN
OUT
AND
GIVE
THIS
PLACE
A
PROPER
—

TWILIGHT,
WHAT
/&
THIS?
WHAT'S
GOING

ON?

DONT
BOTHER
TRYING
TO
PUNCH
YOUR

RA-THER!
DEAR
DARIUS
HERE
DESIGNED
THE
SHIELD
DOORS
TO
BE
SUPREME-
PROOF!
ABSOLUTELY

GREETINGS,
ALLIES!
IF
YOURE

TEMPORARILY
DEFEATED
US,
AND
ARE
NOW
SEARCHING
FOR
THE
PROFITS
FROM
OUR
CRIMES!

<

7
Й

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SS
IT
WAS
PROBABLY
YOU,

15
SUPREME,
WHO
|
FOUND
THE
BASE
WITH
YOUR
SUPER-VISION
А
AFTER
YOU,
PROFESSOR
NIGHT,
DEDUCED
ITS
WHEREABOUTS!
`

JACKS
RIGHT,
OLD
FOES!
YOUVE
BEEN
SEALED
INSIDE
QUEM
THE
MAIN
REACTION
CHAMBER
OF
DR.
CLOCK'S
TIME-
TRADER!

SHALL
МЕР”
AGAIN,
PERHAPS,
IN
ETERNITY!

SHAFT,
THERE'S
STUFF
COMING
OUT
OF

THE
WALLS,

THIS
STUFF...

NO.

A
NOTHING'S
PROOF
AGAINST
THIS!
THIS
|9
ATTACKING
US
ON
A
PARTICLE
LEVEL!

Lol
CAN'T
HOLD
MYSELF
TOGETHER...

BRIGHTER
AND

MY
MONOCLE
MONITOR.

OH,
WELL
PLAAAAYED,

5559.

RN

Hey!

Welcome to the first issue of
Alan
Moore's
Awesome
Adventures.
This comic will for the foreseeable future, feature some of
Alan
Moor's finest work for
Awesome
Entertainment.
There is a well deserved long overdue
Alan
Moore renaissance currently sweeping the industry, largely a result of his excellent work on the award winning
Supreme and his
ABC line of comics;
“Tom
Strong",
“the
League of
Extraordinary
Gentlemen”
and
“Top
Ten".
These works represent a wide spectrum of
Alan's talents and shouldchecked out as soon as possi- ble, if you haven't already aquainted yourself with them.
Future
Alan
Moore's
Awesome
Tales include a new
Glory series in
September and the long awaited
Warchild maxi- series in mid-2000.

Write us at
:
awesome499@aol.com.
Let us know what you think of this inaugural issue of
Awesome
Adventures!
Issue
#2 will arrive in
September, so check it out and have an
Awesome summer!

Best,

Rob!

Ман
DIME

MAMA”

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PIO ወዝ

SUPREME
ILLUSTRATIONS
BY

ALEX
ROSS

YOUNBIOOD/GLORY
SYNOPSIS

ALAN
MOORE

YOUNGBLOOD
PREVIEW

ALAN
MOORE
STEVE
SCROCE

DESIGN/PRODUCTION

BRETT
EVANS

EDITOR

ERIC
STEPHENSON

PRESIDENT/CEO

ROB
LIEFELD

PUBLISHER

JEPH
LOEB

UNIVERSE
HANDBOOK

When we first approached
Alan
Moore about the prospect of rebooting our universe of titles, it was with tremendous anticipation.
Needless to say,
Alan didn’t let us down, in fact he opened up even more avenues of endless possibilities and poten-

tial.
It began with
Supreme and later contin- ved with
Judgement
Day,
Youngblood and the still to come,
Glory and the
Allies.

The benefit of working with
Alan is the awesome talent that he attracts to his

projects.
There are few people in the indus- try on par with
Alan in regards to sheer tal- ent and inspiration and
Alex
Ross happens to be one of them.
Alex’s groundbreaking vision of
Marvel's
KINGDOM
COME,
SUPERMAN:
Peace on
Earth and
EARTH
X has captivated the fan in all of us and made

him an industry powerhouse in the process.
Alex has been extremely vocal in his support and affection for
Alan's work on
Supreme and his desire to see it continue.
As a show of his support he provided us with the amaz- ing illustrations that proudly fill he pages of this book.
Alex's rendition of
Supreme is stunning and gives the character a unique

combination of raw strength, power and grace.
My favorite illustration is the
“Not
Dead
Yet”
spread.
| hope you enjoy his work

as much as the rest of us have.
We have also provided you with

Alan's original series synopsis
Юг
Youngblood and
Glory.
These are being presented for the first time anywhere and should provide an interesting behind the scenes view of
Alan's mind at work.
Finally

we provide a few pages of the upcoming
Alan
Moore's
Awesome
Adventures featur- ing
Younglbood illustrated by
Steve
(Gambit)
Scroce.

As always, let us know what you think and look for
Alan
Moore's
Awesome

ALAN
MOORE'S
AWESOME
UNIVERSE
HANDBOOK
Vol.
1
#1,
April
1999.
First
Printing
Published by
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Entertainment.
All rights reserved.
Price per copy;
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Canada.
Any similarities to persons living or dead is purely coincidental,
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Awesome
Universe
Handbook and all related characters are
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With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents herein may be reprinted with the permission of
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INTRODUCTION

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Supreme is an archetypol big-guy superhero in а cope, who stonds up os well ав all the others.
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| want to do, is to do a really supreme being.
| see this as not being а retro book, not in the way
1963 was.
What
I'd like to do is to try and infused this new
'90s model type superhero with all of the imaginative power of the super- heroes of the previous
50 years.
To give it that sort of humor and grace and see if we can come up with some composite that's viable for the next century.

Supreme looks like simple work, but there's а lot of complexity there even though what you've got on the surface is a fairly light, readable, entertaining modern comic.

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Suprema has the unbear- able wholesomeness of

complicate things, she has the body of
Madonna.

Suprema's personality is admirable to the point of being absolutely insufferable.
She is prudish, given to cracker-barrel moralizing, and almost thirty years out of date.
When told that the
Beatles no longer exist because they broke up and, any- way, one of them's dead, her response is
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Galaxies!
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Okay, the first thing
| think could use some brushing up is
Glory's mythological background.
For one thing, mythological source material an unquestionably rich vein for comics to mine...
wit- ness
Kirby's
Tales of
Asgard or
Neil
Gaiman's
Sandman...
and for another thing, if we handled this right, we could provide a coherent mythical backbone for the whole gamut of magical and mythological elements that might exist in the
Awesome
Universe, either now or in the future.
We can avoid all that
"Well, there is of course only
One
True
Christian
God, but then again we've got all these guys
Asgard and
Olympus, and that's before you get into that thing with the three heads that
Dr.
Strange keeps running into...".
Right from word one, we can adopt a system that is flexible enough to take the whole spectrum of possible gods, demons and monsters and still remains clear and coherent.
First off, we have to do something about the
Isle of
Paradise, which is slightly too close to
Paradise
Island, and really needs a twist to make it different and interesting.
Here's my proposal:
The
Island of
Paradise is just one of the names that have been given to this place.
Some cultures call it
"The
Heavenly
Archipelago."
Others call it
"The
Celestial
Stepping
Stone."
It's real name, however, is
Thule.
Ultima
Thule, the island beyond the edge of the material world.
This is where the
Goddess
Demeter oversees her realm...
which includes the entirety of our perceivable material
Universe of
SpaceTime...
and also a gateway to the higher reaches of which the realm of
Goddess
Demeter, including our entire
Universe, is only the lowliest part.

This super-structure, into which
Demeter's realm fits of the lower levels, is an inconceivably huge tree.
This is the equivalent of the
Kabbalist's
"Tree of
Life,"
and it is also all the other
"world trees"
from all of the world's different religions.

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For our purposes, the
Tree will be known mainly by its
Norse name, which is
YGGDRASIL.

The tree is infinitely tall and massive, with branches the size of eight lane super highways and boughs the size of continents.
Arranged through its branches are ten separate realms, or spheres of influence.
Demeter's realm, the physical world, is the lowest of these, and yet in some ways, every bit as important as any of the others.
To be fair, the realm doesn't belong to
Demeter alone, but also to
Ceres and the
Egyptian
Geb and various other
Earth
Gods and
Goddesses, who all share the same realm.
The
Isle of
Paradise is just
Demeter's private part of this particular sphere.
The realm immediately above
Demeter's
Earthly
Realm is the sphere of the
Moon, and of the
Unconscious and
Dreams and
Fantasy.
It is ruled by
Selene,
Diana,
Artemis, and the other gods and goddesses of the moon.
A little above the
Moon-
Realm and to either side, there is the
Realm of
Mercury
(or
Thoth, or
Odin), which is concerned with language,
Mind,
Magic,
Science and commu- nication; and the realm of
Venus
(or
Aphrodite, or
Nike, or
Erzulie
Freda), which is concerned with
Love and the
Emotions.
Above these is the
Solar realm of
Apollo,
Horus,
Jesus,
Balder,
Osiris or any of the risen and resurrected
Solar
Deities.
This is the realm of balance and
Spirit and the
Highest
Self.
Above these is the realm that relates to
Mars
(or
Ares, or
Tyr)
and to stern martial judgment, and also the realm that relates to
Jupiter
(or
Jove, or
Thor, or
Indra), which is the zone of paternal care and success in matters material and spiritual.
Above these zones is the
Abyss, and above the
Abyss are the final three zones, of which the high- est is the pure, immaculate whiteness of the
Christian or
Jewish
Yahweh, or the
Islamic
Allah, or any
Ultimate and all-embracing deity, including

perhaps the
Greek

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1 know all the above looks complex ot first glance, but it's nothing thot a cursory skim through a modern paperback on the
Qabalah...
like say,
"The
Living
Qoboloh"
by
Will
Parfitt...
wouldn't quickly sort out.
The thing is that within this very visual and easy to visualize system...
a finite num- ber of realms or palaces set in the boughs of a gigantic cosmic tree...
it is possible to assign а place to any sort of
God,
Demon or entity that it is possible to imagine.
The single
God of the monotheistic religions remains in position at the top of the tree, but the system also allows for a col- orful multiplicity of
Gods,
Goddesses, angels, demons and creatures from all the world's mythologies that abide in the lower reaches.
It's pretty well a perfect system of theology for comic books continuities, and since the
Qabalah is pretty well the basis of all serious magic systems, it's a set-up that can be carried over to
Maximage and other occult characters without limiting their poten- tial in any way.
Apart from the ten spheres, there is also the sphere of the
Underworld, which according to some interpretations, lies directly under the realm of
Demeter and the physical
Universe, below the roots of the world tree
Yggdrasil.
This would con- tain the demon realms where
Glory's father,
Lord
Silverfall, originates from.
Silverfall is probably only one of his titles, by the way, rather than his real name.
He may have met
Demeter during one of her visits to the
Underworld to see her other daughter
(and
Glory's half-sister)
Persephone, and her unwelcome son-in-law, the
God
Pluto, who is one of the rulers of that dark and marvelous sub- terranean sphere.
Okay, so
Demeter's paradisical
Island of
Thule is situated so that it floats at a halfway point between the
Physical
Universe and the soaring celestial and immaterial reaches of the
Tree itself.
| figure it is suspended not in a natural sea, but.in a swirl of endlessly changing psychedelic color that is called the
Rainbow
River by some cultures, the
Spectrum
Sea by others, and the
CHROMOCEAN by the inhabitants of
Thule itself.
This swirling rainbow state is another form of the
Rainbow
Bridge that stretched to the realm of the
Gods in the
Norse legends, and is probably also related to strange color effects reported in mystical experi- ences, drug experiences and other similar height- ened states.
And it will look great in a comic book.

The above is only a sketchy outline for some of the possibilities that the
Tree holds for us

and for
Glory.
I've not mentioned, for example, the many pathways between these ten realms or palaces, each of which is dominated and inhabit- ed by one of the symbol-creatures from the
Tarot cards, or any number of other things.
The impor- tant thing for our purposes is that it rules nothing out, it contradicts nothing that has been estab- lished before, and it gives us a rich and visually satisfying pool of ideas from which to draw entire stories, a point
I'll be returning to later.

For the moment, having established the broad mythical context, let's take a look at what sort of approach
| think might work for
Glory, the comic book.

The general strategy that
I'd suggest is perhaps not too dissimilar from the way
I've approached
Supreme:
Go back to the
"parent"
character,
Superman in the case of
Supreme, or
Wonder
Woman in the case of
Glory, and try to analyze all of the elements...
even the unlikely or absurd ones...
that made the initial character tick in the first place.
Having understood all these ele- ments, change them around slightly so that they have the veneer of novelty returned to them.
Don't duplicate ideas exactly, but mutate them slightly so that they become something different and still fas- cinating.
Instead of a
City in a
Bottle, inhabited by beings that have been shrunken, for example, in
SUPREME,
| have a refractive prism world inhabited by beings who've been turned into
"coherent light,"
whatever that might be.
For
Glory, let's look at the initial elements of
Wonder
Woman, starting with the obvious ones.
First, she's a myth-based character, a char- acteristic which she shares with, say,
Thor, for example.
So far so good, in light of the
Yggdrasil stuff above, in which we have an interesting vari- ant which alludes to earlier visions of a comic book world of mythology without duplicating them.
Wonder
Woman comes from a real, physical and terrestrial island.
Glory comes from a hyper-real, non-terrestrial island which exists in an altogether more mind-like realm than the material world.
Bother islands are populated entirely by women, but it
Glory's case,
| figure that the women war- riors who guard
Demeter are all women who were priestesses of
Demeter while in earthly life, and have been permitted to serve the
Goddess in their endless afterlife as well.
This keeps all of the obvi- ous comic book appeal of an island populated entirely by women, but it avoids the sometimes politcally suspect and frankly tiresome
"Gender
War"
elements that invariably come about when your main character is from a

race of
Amozons with lots of strange prejudices against men os a gender.

‚Another element of
Wonder
Woman was obviously
Steve
Trevor, who was surely one of the most truly pathetic love interests in comics.
This, of course, can be turned into а strength.
| suggest that during the
Forties and early
Fifties,
Glory received the constant and, after a while, tiresome attentions of wholesome
ЕВ.І.
agent
HOWARD
HENRY.
This guy's almost masochistic relationship with
Glory could be played entirely for cruel laughs at his expense, and there's also the possi- bility of getting some mileage out of reintroducing the characters in the present day as a balding and paunchy family man with grown up kids who still carries a hopeless torch for the ageless
Glory.
It could even be quite touching.
As an
ЕВ..
agent, there's even the possibility of some easy
(but con- vincing)
minor continuity tie-ins involving
F.B.l.- related characters like
Black
Baron,
Occult
Agent.
Then, of course, there was the invisible
Robot
Plane, which is exactly the sort of lovely, pointless idea that
| think we should encourage.
How about giving
Glory something every bit as magical and charming, but something fits more with both her mythological background and her role as a
Nineties super heroine?
What
| envisage is someone...
possibly her mother, or possibly some grateful alien race...
making
Glory a gift of something called the
DIAMOND
CHARIOT.
What it is, is an intelligent crystal growth that will reform itself according to any configurations that
Glory programs into it.
It will be a spaceship, a plane, a car, a submarine or a tunneling device.
It also talks, and has a personality, gradually becoming an important supporting character in its own right and providing room for some interesting visuals along the way.
It might even provide some story ideas all of its own:
What kind of
Celestial
Driving
Test might
Glory be required to take before she can use the
Chariot?
Who would be her instructor or examiner?
What could go wrong?
Sounds like a story idea to me.
Amongst other important
Wonder
Woman characters you could certainly class are
Mother
Hippolyte, and her other
"Paradise
Island"
characters like her friend
Paul
Von
Gunter.
| know that fresh faced youngsters like
Rob and
Eric won't remember these, but you'll just have to trust me that in some way they were an integral part of what made
Wonder
Woman work.
For
Hippolyte, we already have
Demeter, who is much more inter- esting because she is, in fact, a goddess, a fact we could maybe emphasize in future stories by having
her occasionally appear in other forms and being, at times, more truly awesome.
There are plenty of armored babes on the
Isle of
Paradise, so
| figure
Demeter can toke a more powerful and distinctive role without lowering our pulchritude quotient.

As for
Wonder
Woman's friend,
Paul
Von
Gunter,
| suppose this is as good a time as any to discuss my ideas about how the sexuality in
Glory should be handled.
As with my notes on
Youngblood, my central idea is to prime the story with plenty of open spaces for the readers!
filthy, disgusting thirteen year old minds to inhabit...
which is only natural...
without doing anything that is anything other than entirely innocent and in keeping with classic comic tradition.
| think the word for our best approach is
"disingenuous."
Now, as to how this relates to
Glory, let's consider the original approach of
Dr.
Charles
Moulton of
Wonder
Woman.
In my opinion, and
| hurry to point out that despite extensive pharmaceutical knowledge,
| am not actually medically qualified,
Dr.
Charles
Moulton was a barely-suppressed psy- cho-sexual lunatic who
Wonder
Woman with one hand in his pocket.
Consider the evidence:
As island full of women, who would lose their power forever if ever a man set foot upon their virgin isle.
One of their most frequently used expressions,
"Suffering
Sappho,"
is a reference to the poet
Sappho of
Lesbos, an island famous for its fondness of flat-top haircuts and k.d.
lang.
The book has a main char- acter who, instead of a phallic sword, carries а magic lasso which, if men are encircled by it, forces them to tell the truth.
She has wrist bands which, if they are ever fused together, compel her to become the slave of the man who has thus imprisoned her.
If this stuff was in
"Sweet
Gwendolyne"
or one of those
Stanton bondage books then one wouldn't raise an eyebrow, but this was in a comic supposedly designed by experts especially for the young and impressionable female reader.
Please don't think that the above is meant as a condemnation of
Moulton or of the early
Wonder
Woman.
On the contrary,
| think it was one of the only really interesting and unique things about the comic book, and
| think we'd do well to create a similarly coy, but suggestive edifice for the new
Glory.
As an example,
| don't think we should ever do anything to state that the
Isle of
Thule is a lesbian
Pornotopia, but
| don't think we should ever state that it isn't, either.
With regard to the
Paul
Von
Gunter character men-

tioned obove,
| think thot
Glory could do with a friend who would fill this role os well os, зау, the role played by the various
"Warriors
Three"
іп
THOR.
The character
| have in mind is a
Myrmidon
(or warrior)
from the ranks of
Demeter's female honor guard, whose name is
EURYDICE
SWEETLOVE.
This is a female warrior who has been
Glory's friend since girlhood and who is clearly absolutely in love with
Glory in a pure and spiritual way that nevertheless does not preclude the possibility that part of the attraction may have always been sexual.
We never say one way or the oiber.
We simply make their dialogues ambiguous enough to keep the vague possibility alive in the readers'
minds
While on the subject of sex, would it be possible to slightly soften
Glory's look, so that she isn't quite so silicone-pumped?
She can still be stunningly бокова ink of
Brion
Bollend's
Wonder
Woman covers...
without being so exag- gerated.
| really think that the key to this whole sex appeal thing is knowing understatement, and
| think that applies to the actual physical look of the characters as well.
Just a thought.
Okay, moving back to
Wonder
Woman's supporting cast, there were a group of minor char- acters from the
19605 called the
"Holiday
Girls,"
a sickening bunch of
Nancy
Drews, each one with a distinctive physical trait and a cute, punning name fhe fat girl was called
Esta
Candy; br example,
Oh, our sides!).
I've already had
Glory allude to а similarly embarrassing bunch from her own past called
THE
DANGER
DAMSELS in
Supreme
#44.
| figure there was a rich girl called
Masonica
Lodge; a tomboyish sporty girl called
Wanda
Beaboy, and so on.
These could either be used in an appropri- ately ludicrous flashback type story, or we could mask
Grown op end middle cased versions орат in present day continuity to either poignant or comic effect, or we could simply refer to them now and again to reinforce the sense of detailed past existence for
Glory without actually showing them
The only other major characters that
| can remember from
Wonder
Woman were the villains, and it is here that
| think
Glory could benefit most from aping her
Silver
Age counterpart.
We need a rogues gallery that are interesting, charismatic, and often sexy.
| came up with a few ideas that are partly based upon
Wonder
Woman antago- nists or in some cases are made up from whole cloth because they seemed appropriate.
First, we have
DR.
CLOCK, a time-bending villain originally from the
Forties who gives us opportunities for

\ both unusual time-gimmick stories or for
Glory to

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travel into worlds of the far past of distant future.
A good, steady, serviceable supervillian

Ай
EY аНЫ super lains, we also need an arch enemy, something that
WELE
Woran never гөсд hadita she'd have probably been better with one.
For this one,
| suggest we switch our point of comparison to
Kirby's
THOR, and look for an equivalent to
Loki.
Now, as it happens, according to the lore of the
Qabalah, the realm of
Demeter
(also called
Malkuth)
has а kind of resident goddess/ demoness who sort of represents the negative or
"evil"
side of the material world.
This is
LILITH, and
| think she'd be perfect as a main female vil lain for
Glory.
She was the first wife offered by
God to
Adam, but when he rejected her, she went off in a temper and started copulating with demons to produce a race of monsters and abominations, over whom she ruled as
Queen of the
Night, one of her other titles.
Imagine something like a
Kirby- ized and more beautiful version of the bad fairly
Malificence from
Disney's
Sleeping
Beauty and
| think you'll get the picture.
We also need a sort of scratchy, spitting vicious fetish-type villainess, but
| suggest that rather than a woman in a cat costume, we have a
ЕС аа
ЫЫ women
GE
ETE
LYNX.
Another villainess that occurred to me is a sort of tailor-made bondage villainess called
THE
VENUS
FLYTRAP, a villainess who is obsessed by traps in the way that the
Riddler is obsessed by rid- dies.
Probably, she looks something like the
Batman villainess,
Poison
Ivy, but with a costume based around a
Venus flytrap motif instead of ivy leaves.
| also had an idea for a sort of ridiculously macho male villain called
REAL
MAN, who is a sort of super-chauvinist version of
Superman and whose motivation for fighting
Glory is that
(a)
Women are no goddamn good, and
(b)
she should
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Okay, so that's at least o start on a cast of supporting characters.
Now, for some general botica hara

First,
| have this vague vision of how love- ly and poetic it would be to give
Glory a civilian identity as a waitress in a diner.
Where else would а demi-goddess work?
We don't have to dwell upon
Glory's civilian life to the point of turning things into a boring soap opera, but it might be nice to build up a small sit-com cast of charac-

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ters based around the diner thot we could refer to as necessary, use as human interest of light relief, and maybe, occasionally spin a really moving story out of one of them.
Maybe there's a
Tom
Waits-like bohemian poet who comes in just to get inspired by this celestial vision that works as the perfect waitress.
Or a bag lady who may conceiv- ably once have been vanished aviatrix
Amelia
Earhardt.
It's an
Eisner-Diner where
Damon
Runyonesque stories happen continually.
Secondly, should she have some specific iconic weapon or tool, the way
Wonder
Woman has her lasso and bracelets?
| think it's a nice idea, but
| must confess that nothing specific occurs to me.
Guns and edges weapons and bludgeons are out.
You need something that's both visually attractive and non-lethal...
almost non-violent.
More of a tool than a weapon.
Maybe her head- piece.
Maybe it has the capacity to absorb all the thoughts and memories of anyone that
Glory places it on, and maybe it will
"replay"
these memories to her when she replaces it upon her own head.
A sort of all-in-one lie detector, trans- lator/communicator and diagnostic tool.
Right,
| think that's most of the trivia sort- ed out.
Now, as to how we approach
Glory as a comic,
| suggest that we again take a variation on the
Supreme route.
The next year of
Glory stories should concentrate upon fixing the parameters of the character's universe in the same way that
I've tried to do in
Supreme.
Establish the mythic back- ground, the limits of
Glory's powers, the secret identity, the supporting cast and as many villains as you feel like including.
Have on time travel story, one outer space story
(there's always some- thing nice about the incongruity of ancient gods in space, which is why it worked so well whenever they did it in
Kirby's
Thor.
Maybe our story could guest-star some other
Awesome space heroine like
Janet
Planet), one story exploring the lower reach- es of the
World
Tree
Yggdrasil, one light relief story with the return of the
Danger
Damsels and so on.
Keep the stories varied and try to establish as wide a range of stories into which the character fits as possible.
Also,
| think a good rule of thumb with all the new
Awesome books would be to try and stick to complete-in-one issue stories, even if these are part of a longer story arc, just so that everything is kept tight.
That way, good stories, will leave them wanting more and bad stories won't outstay their welcome.
If someone has gen- vinely got something that is as epic an idea as, say,
War and
Peace, then they should allow them- selves to do what
Tolstoy did and take two issues

over it.
But not that often, so it'll remain sort of special.

There's plenty of room for stories in this book that are funny, exiting, sexy, nostalgic, charming or scary.
Or all of these at once.
Above all else, what's most essential is a stream of fresh ideas and inventiveness, of a kind that we could depend on back in the early
Sixties.
I'm not say- ing that all the stories should be like the early
Sixties, or indeed like any specific time, but that as far as sheer imagination goes, the story values of the
Sixties are hard to better,
As to how this should be structured, that's largely up to you,
| guess.
I'd like to suggest that there could be a lot of mileage in exploring
Glory's historical background, while establishing her background in the present day at the same time.
This could be done by the use of occasional eight or twelve page
"flashback"
pseudo-reprints like we've used in
Supreme
(I know а good
Harry
Peters stylist if anyone's interested), or if you want- ed something that would be unique to
Glory, why not introduce a regular eight page back up along the lines of
"Tales of
Asgard?"
Maybe it's called
YOUNG
GLORY, and details the adventures of
Glory as a girl in the many backwaters and byways of her mythical kingdom.
This could either be every issue or every other issue, ог irregularly, depending on whether you lead story demanded sixteen or twenty-four pages that issue.
Just as
Lee and
Kirby drew heavily on actual
Norse mytholo- gy for their
Asgard stories, so it should be possible not only to unearth nuggets from the lore of the
Qabalah itself, but also from the mythologies of the many separate myth-systems that are to be found within its branches.
Other random thoughts concerning
Glory include the notion that female guest-stars and vil- lains should be favored, though not to the com- plete exclusion of the male gender.
It'd just be nice to see how
Glory interacted with other super heroines.
Maybe even have an issue where five or six of them get together for a ladies night out, which could even have the charm of some of the girlie-superhero-fantasy stuff of the early
Jaime
Hernandez material in
Love and
Rockets.
There's no reason why we shouldn't draw on contempo- rary or even completely imaginary sources for our material here, as well as real sources from comic book history.

I'm sure
I'll probably have loads of after- thoughts about
Glory, but this will do for now.

ШШЕ
Г/Л

After
JUDGMENT
DAY, the
Government pull the plug on
Youngblood's finances and, effectively, the team is disbanded.
Sentinel is imprisoned at
Supreme's
Citadel in the
Hell of
Mirrors for the murder
Riptide.
Knightsabre has gone back to
Australia in disgust at how quickly his former team-mates had been willing to assume his guilt.
Badrock quits super- heroing to concentrate on a career in the media.
The
Katellans go back into space and, piece by piece, by the time
Judgment
Day is concluded, the entire team has gone.
Only
Shaft remains, with a feeling of being cheated out of something he'd worked to build.
He feels it shouldn't have ended like this
After the
Riptide murder trial, however,
Shaft is approached by
William
"Waxy"
Doyle, active dur ing the
Forties as the superhero
Waxman, but since retired from crime fighting to become a billionaire in the furniture polish business.
Since he still sometimes gets a hankering to contribute to his old career in some way, he offers
Shaft the use of a mansion that he no longer uses
(probably the mansion that had his famous headquarters,
"The
House of
Wax,"
some- where beneath it), so that
Shaft can use it as a base of operations around which to construct a new
Youngblood, a team which
Doyle is willing to finance.
He might also be able to help find members for the new group, since he still keeps in contact with some of his old friends.
His one proviso is that space be found in the group for his adopted son
Max, who has always wanted to be a superhero.
Although more than slight ly dubious about;this last part,
Shaft feels he can't look a gift horse in the mouth, and accepts
Waxman's offer.
All this, more or less, by the end of
JUDGMENT
DAY.
The first issue of
The
New
Youngblood will introduce all the various new team members, recount ing how they came to join the team, and will also fea- ture them in а brief but intense battle with a villain who is to become a major nemesis for the group.
This follows the formula of some of the
Lee
&
Kirby books.
notably the
X-Men, with its use of
Magneto in the first issue, setting up a conflict that will last as long as the series does, on and off.
We may start in the middle of

ІШІП,

a pitched battle with the villoin, and fill іп the woy the characters come to be working together and fighting him by use of flashback sequences, a variation on the technique
Marv
Wolfman and
George
Perez used to relaunch the
New
Teen
Titans.
Before
| get on to the details of the first issue, however, l'd better run through some of my thinking on the restructuring of both the book and the
Youngblood team into something at once new and at the same time
"classic,"
whatever that means in a field that produced
Brother
Power, the
Geek
Firstly,
| think the team should be designed as a smaller and sleeker unit.
Six members is the upper limit,
| think, and that's the number
I'm going to go for.
If you have more characters than that, the action gets cluttered and it becomes increasingly difficult for the writer and the artist to establish each character as a real and solid person in their own right.
It's like schooling.
In a class with six kids, each child will receive a lot more attention and thus get on a lot better than їп a classroom with thirty kids
Secondly, while the current trend for the inclusion of female superheroes for their stroke-book value has produced some regrettable excesses, you'd have to be pretty stupid not to accept that sex appeal is a large factor in today's comic book marketplace, and indeed, perhaps it always has been, though in
There's nothing wrong with giving comic books a strong element of sex appeal, so long

less overt ways.

as its handled right; not so emotion-drenched that it turns into soap opera; so single-mindedly carnal that it turns into the
XXX-Women or one of the
Eros super
porn titles; so blatant that it undermines the other qual
ities of the book in question.

For this reason,
I'm going for a team that is divided exactly equally in gender terms, with three boys and three girls.
All of the girls will have their own personality and identity and their own form of gorgeousness.
We may even go for something totally outrageous and vary their bra-sizes.
| want all of the six characters to have distinct personalities and quali- ties, rather than just distinct powers.
| want people
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keeps her private life very much to herself, and some- times give the impression, ever so slightly, thot there is room for no other mon in her life except her uncle апа mentor,
Professor
Night.

This is perhaps a good example of how
I'd like to treat of the sexuality in the new
Awesome
Universe:
Leave most of it the feverish minds of our adolescent audience.
We set up parameters in which the sexual imagination can run amok, and yet never show or say anything that isn't entirely innocent and in keeping with a fun superhero comic.
This is something far more subtle than innuendo:
It is more like forcing the reader to dwell on the subject in their throughts by avoiding it altogether and making it conspicuous by its absence.
We never suggest that
Twilight and her uncle,
Professor
Night, have been sleeping together for а while and have a passionate romantic and sexual relationship, but then we never suggest that they're not.
As an example,
| see
Twilight as the female mem- ber of
Youngblood that
Shaft is most likely to develop feelings for.
This would probably start as sheer admi- ration for her professional skill, and then turn into a real personal attraction when they were thrown togeth- er by their work in the field.
Shaft, hwoever, will get nowhere with
Twilight, and will never really under- stand why.
If she's got another boyfriend or if she's gay or something, then why doesn't she just tell him?
But
Twilight says nothing.
Her life is her business.
МІ be returning to this theme of the subtle but hopefully powerful and affecting treatment of sex in the
Awesome
Universe later, when we get to
Glory, but this should give you some preliminary ideas as to how
I'm thinking.

Twilight will provide a level of depth and experience to the team that event
Shaft simply doesn't have.
This kid was battling monsters from other worlds, arresting criminal lunatics like the
Jack-A-
Dandy and getting to hang out with
Supreme by the time she was eight for
God's sake.
She is tough, kind, sensitive, and sensible, and she's also very lovely.

The two other male members of
Youngblood alongside
Shaft are both new to the
Awesome
Universe, and are indeed probably the first two com- pletely contemporary new
'90s characters that
I've introduced into the continuity.

JOHNNY
PANIC is a truly postmodern teenage superhero who, if he were at another compa- ny, would probably get his own
Vertigo title where he could say
"fuck"
and, like, do it.
And have a beer.
As luck would have it, however, he's stuck in a team with someone like
Suprema, who
Johnny refers to as
"the flying nun."
Johnny
Panic is basically an eighteen year old scientific genius with a warped sense of humor and an attitude problem.
Also, interestingly, he was born to parents where the father was infertile by the agency of a sperm bank.
With his parents since divorced,
Johnny has been living with his mother, who

has finally reached her wit's end with the brilliant but troublesome youngster, and, at the urging of her expensive child psychiatrist, tries to foist him off onto
Youngblood as their responsibility.

Johnny, though semi-delinquent, is a very useful and fascinating young man.
His innate scientif- ic genius seems to know no bounds, although his inter- ests tend toward the general interests of his genera- tion:
Music.
Drugs.
Computers and cyberpunk; stuff like that.
This has led
Johnny to some interesting dis- coveries.
He has a self-invented hologram suit, which conceals lots of little lenses and reflectors in the trim- mings and is capable of creating an image of more or less whatever
Johnny has available in the image bank of his smart-clothes, wherever
Johnny wants it.
His suit is also wired into the
Net, so that he has the capacity for totally virtual adventures that take place completely in cyberspace.
Another aspect of the characters is one that hooks him into what they call
"the chemical gener- ation"
without removing him from the field of tradition- al classic comic book powers and abilities.
If you think back to characters like
DC's
HOURMAN with his
"miraclo"
pills, it's evident that there are a lot of superheroes who've traditionally gained their powers by chemical means.
In
Johnny
Panic's case, he has completely invented a whole range of designer drugs that do different things, not for sale or profit, but purely for his personal use.
Some drugs he would use on himself...
drugs to speed up his reflexes, drugs to temporarily increase his intel- ligence or endurance or whatever.
Other drugs might be more aggressively used, against other people:
Truth serums used on villains, for example, or knockout drugs to avoid anything vulgar like fist-fighting.
Sometimes these may have peculiar side effects that would perhaps provide either comic relief when need- ed or even a springboard for an entire story.
(I have on idea, for example, of
Johnny
Panic suddenly gain- ing а kid or even an animal superhero partner that only he can see or talk to, a side effect rather than a sidekick.)
These are just possibilities, but
| think that with the visual opportunities alone that are open for the character...
which
| see as possibly being a
'90s updating of the experimental visuals that
Steranko used to employ back in the
"605...
would make him а valuable member of the team.
BIG
BROTHER is the final male member of the team.
His real name is
Max
Doyle.
He's
Waxman's adopted son; he's seventeen; he's black; he's only about five feet tall, and he's crippled in both legs.
Though not without а certain mordant humor,
Max is somebody with a lot of pain and bitterness and hurt in him.
His interest is robotics, and, once he'd been adopted by the wealthy and generous
Waxy
Doyle and his wife, he suddenly had the money to put his ideas into action, designing the robot
(or actually, as it will turn out, series of robots)
that goes by the

has deep space when they go to the aid of the
Katellans, whose civilization is threatened by the approach of something called
THE
GOAT.
The
Goa!
is something much worse on the register of cosmic threats than something like
Galactus.
What the
Goat is, is a gigantic machine, built somewhere far away in the
Universe, in the remote past, by a race who no longer even exist as legends.
Тһе
Goat is a
Nano-
Machine of the kind envisioned by
Eric
Drexler, but on a vast scale.
What it does is to consume raw maleri- als which it breaks down using nano-technology into component atoms and then rebuilds as something use- ful, much like a goat turning grass into milk.
The thing, this thing is big enough to much its way through entire solar systems, since its creators wanted some- thing that could furnish them with every luxury they could imagine, on a planetary scale, which it did until at one point, it ate them, too.
It's been eating its way across the universe ever since.
It isn't even intelligent.
Unlike
Galactus, you can't argue with it or philoso- phize with it or even talk to it.
The only options are to get out of its way or get digested.
This should provide a couple issues of thrills for our heroes and the
Katellans, along with possible guest shots by new
Awesome space heroes like
Spacehunter and
Janet
Planet
ISSUE
FIVE is another one off story in which we introduce another major character and adversary, this being o hero/villain in the early
Submariner mold, the main difference being that what the
Submariner was to water and fishes, this character, named
CROW
JOHN, is to air and birds.
His birth was the result of crossbreeding between a human mountaineer and a beautiful winged female from a lost race of bird-peo- ple who live atop
Earth's tallest and most inaccessible peaks.
He hates humanity for what they have done to the bird kingdom and the atmosphere and you can probably imagine the rest, except
I'll make it more interesting.
He can
Йу, and hos control over all birds, which һе can also talk to.
He also is able to summon supposedly mythical birds like
The
Roc or the
Garuda, much as the
Submariner could summon mythical sea
He'll be a proud, arrogant, and yet undeniably sympathetic character who we'll doubtless be using again in the future, along with his entire
Avion race of bird people.

ISSUE
SIX features
Youngblood against an older, more sinister, fresh-out-of-retirement version of
Professor
Night's arch enemy, the
JACK-A-DANDY, probably through
Twilight's connection, and will end with the villain's defeat, capture and confinement until he escapes from the osylum the next time.

ISSUE
SEVEN gives us a one-off light relief story in which a fairly major adversary of the original
Youngblood team comes to attack the new
Team only find that they are all either convalescing from injuries

| sustained during the battle with
Jack-A-Dandy, or hap-

creatures on occasion

pen to be elsewhere.
In a tale which will incidentally give us a complete tour of
Youngblood's new mansion headquarters, we will see
Waxy
Doyle forced to tem- porarily come out of retirement as
Waxman and repel the intruder with only the awesome power of his wax at his disposal

ISSUE
EIGHT presents a story in which we bring together the two premiere teenage teams of the new
Awesome
Universe as
Youngblood meet and probably battle the
League of
Infinity
(shown as fully realized
1990s characters, rather than as the period- piece pastiches that they were shown as in their
Supreme flashback)
in a trans-time story that might also have cameo appearances from some of the his- torical characters that we introduce in
JUDGMENT
DAY.
Since
Suprema is a member of both teams, there should be an easy way to set up a natural connection between the two groups.
ISSUE
NINE features the return of
THUNDER-
HEAD, only this time he has taken the precaution of assembling a team of young evil counterparts too his
Youngblood adversaries, these being a so-called
"hypergang"
called
BADBLOOD.
Instead of
Suprema,
Badblood have
SATANA.
Instead of
Doc
Rocket, they have the daughter of an old
Glory foe from the
Fifties, who, like her mother, із called
SPINNING
JENNY.
Instead of
Big
Brother they have a kid who controls an entire army of deadly toy planes, tanks, men, and bat- tleships, this being
TOY
SOLDIER.
Instead of
Twilight, they have the eternally youthful
Professor
Night
Юе
FAKEFACE, and instead of
Johnny
Panic, there's a state-shifting teenage alien boy who turn to gloss or sand or crystal, and who is known as the
SILICONE
TEEN.
Completing the line-up is a weapons oriented
Shaft-counterpart called
ARENA, who is like a cooler version of the old
Daredevil foe, the
Gladiator,
These last three are only provisional, and
| may well have thought up better ones by the time we get round to actually doing this.
This issue ends with the evil team defeated and driven off, but no doubt they'll turn up again eventually.

ISSUE
TEN feature а
Mark
Il version of the
Allied
Supermen's old power-absorbing
Android for
MAGNO, who absorbs all
Youngblood's powers and does something nefarious using them until at the end they beat him using their natural human ingenuity and all get their powers back.

ISSUES
ELEVEN
AND
TWELVE are another two-part story:
What happens is the villain from issue two,
THE
OCCUPANT, returns.
This time, the person he decides to occupy is
BADROCK.
The resultant hor:
rific rampage involves a historic first team-up between the new
Youngblood and the newly-reformed post-
JUDGMENT
DAY
ALLIES, which
| figure should bring

our first year to o successful and suitably thrilling

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FAULT
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SHOULDN'T
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WONDERFUL.
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SO
MUCI
PICKED
A
PLACE
GOING
ON
ALL
THE
TIME,
FOR
INSTANCE,
THAT'S
RIGHT
IN
TODAY
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HAVE
SOMETHING
CALLED
CYSTITIS,
MY
MOTHER'S
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IN
AWE
OF
THEM.
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THULE,
WHERE
I
COME
FROM,
THERE
ARE
NO
UGLY
FACES,
NO
FAT
FACES.

ME
THE
RICHNESS,
THE
EXTRA-
ORDINARY
DIFFERENCE
OF
YOU
ALL.
ITS
OVERWHELMING.

GLORIA
HAD
SOMETHING
CALLED
SCHIZOPHRENIA.
RIGHT
NOW,
SHE
THINKS
SHE'S
MAKING
ME
UP.

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AS
GLORIA,
I
HAVE
A
LITTLE
APARTMENT,
AND
THIS
JOB,
BOTH
OF
WHICH
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WHEN
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EARTH
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THERE,
ВИТ
NEVER
VISITED
FOR
LONG
UNTIL
EARTHS
NINETEEN-
FORTIES.

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WAS
DURING
ONE
OF
THEIR
WARS,
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WAS

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MY
IMMORTAL
EYE
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CHANGED
SO
QUICKLY.
BY
NINETEEN
SEVENTY,
THERE
WERE
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ALL
THESE
ISSUES
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NEEDED
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YOUR
KINGDOM...
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ENDANGERED,
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KEPT
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THEMSELVES
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WITH
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WANTED
FOR
A
WHILE
TO
BE
IN
YOUR
MATERIAL
WORLD
AS
A
HUMAN
WHEN
I
AM
NOT
BEING
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DEMI-
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SUDDENLY
IT
WAS
NINETEEN
FIFTY.
ዊ፪
MY
FELLOW
CHAMPIONS
HAD
MOSTLY
RETIRED,
AND
I
SOLVED
MYSTERIES
ALONG
WITH
SEVERAL
HUMAN
SCHOOLGIRLS
CALLED
THE
DANGER
DAMSELS.

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WAS
AMUSING,
BUT
1
WAS
GLAD
IT
ONLY
LASTED
A
MOMENT

BEFORE
THE
NINETEEN
ДЕ

SIXTIES
ARRIVED.

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WERE
THE
COLORFUL
TIMES.
HEROES
THRIVED
AGAIN.
THERE

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SISTER-IN-LAW.

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CONDITION,
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GOT
EVERY
SYMPATHY,
BUT
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FRIGGIN’
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MEAN
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WITH
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REALLY
TRYING
TO
BE
MORE
GROUNDED.

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JUST
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SOMETIMES
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HAVE
THESE
SORT
OF
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ME
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DOWN
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EARTH.
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WORLD
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GLORJANA
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BECOME
ONE
OF
EARTH'S
GREATEST
HEROINES:

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IN
THE
UNITED
STATES
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JOINED
FORCES
WITH
MEN
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ROMAN
AND
DIE
HARD
TO
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THE
ACUEP
SUPERMEN
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HER
TIME
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THE
АШЕР
SUPERMEN,
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Mychaels

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Jones

Colors

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Michael
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Haley
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Martin
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December
2001.
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HER!
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SIR,
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FOR
MANY
MONTHS,
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TO
HER
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ME,
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FEAR
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RUBY
KINGDOM
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FIFTH
DUKE,
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MY
LADY
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DWELL
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MY
PALACE.

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MANY
NAMES.

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LAST.
AFTER
WHAT
SEEMS
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YEAR
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A
DAY
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THE
DEMON
KING'S
LAND,
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MAGICAL
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OFF.

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QUEEN?
Y-YOU
ARE

VANISHING.

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THE
DRINK
TO
YOUR
LIKING,
POOR
WOMAN?

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IN
THE
BLUE
PALACE
OF
THE
SKY
MIGHTY
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HIMSELF
BECOMES
ALARMED.

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ME
DREAM
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WORLDS,
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SHALL
CALL
HER
GLORIANA.
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BE
MY
COMFORT
WHEN
PERSEPHONE'S
NOT
HERE!

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THE
PALACE

OF
EMOTIONS,
YOU
HAVE

APHPODITE ç
BLESSING
OF
LOVE

BLESSING
OF
HORUS:
THAT
YOU
SHALL
KNOW
THYSELF

MARTIAL
PALACE,
KALI
BRINGS
HER
OFFERING
OF
STRONG
JUDGEMENT!

WH-WHAT
GIFT
DO
YOU
BRING
HER,
MOTHER
OF
MONSTERS?

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CHRISTENING,
THE
GODS
OF
HIGHER
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LILITH,
LADY
OF
THE
МЕНТ
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BRING
MY
GIFT
TO
THE
CHILD!

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DESTROY
YOU,
GLORIA
WEST!

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HAVE
SAID

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SAID.
THEY
SAID
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HAPPEN.
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1
MIGHT
START

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MESSAGES...

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IT
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STRAIGHT
FROM
THERE
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че
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LUTHS
CURSE
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DEMETER,
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IT
IS
FORGOTTEN
AS

WATCHES
GLORIANA
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UP
INTO
A
BEAUTIFUL
YOUNG
GIRL

2

SEE!
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IS
LOVED
BY
ALL/
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THE
ROGUISH
CENTAURS
WILL
PLAY
GENTLY
WITH
HER!

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THE
WORLD
TREE,
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ARE
LOST
FOR
MANY
MONTHS.

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TREE'S
THREE
HIGHEST
PALACES.

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BY
THE
APPOINTED
HOLY
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THAT
REGION,
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ARE
SOON
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AN
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DEMETER
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THAT
BEASTLY
LITTLE
МАМ/
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DRAGGING
THE
NAME
OF
YOUR
BEAUTIFUL
ISLAND
INTO
THINGS!

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ДА,

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To
WELL.
IF
YOU

СО
THERE
ASA

OH,
MOTHER,
LET
ME
GO
TO
EARTH
BE
SAFE
ENOUGH.

AND
PUNISH
HIM!
ТУЕ

ALWAYS
WANTED
TO
VISIT
YOUR
PHYSICAL ria
I
KNOW!
WE
GODS
HAVEN'T
INTERFERED
IN
HUMAN
WARS
SINCE
TROY,
BUT
I'D
LIKE
TO
TEACH
HIM
A
LESSON/

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K
PRINCESS
EN
GLORIANA
DEMETER
Сз уе
PRESIDENT
$
МАМЕ
STICKS.
AND
SOON
REPORTING
FOR
DUTY
THE
AXIS
POWERS
ARE
REELING
BEFORE
THE
MR.
PRESIDENT!
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ASSAULT
OF
GLORY
THE
SIREN
OF
SPLENDOR/

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WITH
WAR'S
END,
THERE
ARE
OTHER
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PECULIAR
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YOU
TRIBADIC
TURN-KEY!

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SHE
TRIUMPHS
AGAINST
THE
ODDS
TO
WIN
HER
PLACE
IN
THE
NATION'S
HEART
AS
GLORY
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PRINCESS
OF
PEA
=

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НЕР
ADVENTURES
EVERY
MONTH,
RIGHT
HERE
N
И
TEMPTATION
COMICS!
Су
ሚር
N
GS

THAT
WAS
GREAT

AND
EVERYBODY
LOV
EVEN
PRESIDENT
ROO!

WHY
GRANGER
TROY!
DONT
TELL
ME
YOU
FINALLY
COME
ROUND
HERE
TO
SEE
WHAT
ы
MISS
LILLIAN
GOT
ТО

HERE
FOR
ANY
STLINS
WITH
YOU.
М
JUST
GOING
THREE
ROUNDS
WITH
MY
CONSCIENCE.

ГМ
SERIOUS,

LIL.
SEE,
THERES
THIS
GIRL
IM
REALLY
NUTS
ABOUT,
THIS
WAITRESS.

AND,
LIKE
З
SHE'S
GIVEN
ME
HER
ADDRESS
AND
EVERYTHING,

CONSCIENCE?
OH,
I
THINK
I
HAD
ONE
ОТНЕМ
ONCE,

SWEETHEART

THINK
I
HAD
A
DIAPHRAGM
ONCE,
TOO,
NO
TELLING
А
WHERE
EITHER
OF,
"EM
GOT
ТО.

НОМЕУ,
STRIKES
МЕ,
IF
THE
POOR
CHILDS
CRAZY,
MAYBE
ITS
CUZ
SHE
JUST
AIN'T
GOT
ENOUGH
LOVIN’
IN
HER
LIFE,
YOU
KNOW
WHAT,
IM
SAYIN?

MAYBE
IF
SHE
JUST
HAD
А
GOOD
MAN
LIKE
YOU
WRAP
HIS
LOVIN'
ARMS
AROUND
HER,
SHE'D
BE
BETTER
IN
NO.
TIME.

BUT
SHE'S
CRAZY.
I
DONT
MEAN,
LIKE,
JIM

CARREY.
1
MEAN,
LIKE,
NORMAN
BATES.

JEEZ,
LIL,
I
WANT
TO
BE
WITH
HER
SO
BAD,
BUT
SHE'S
NUTS.
I'D
BE
LIKE,
I
DON'T
KNOW,
TAKING
ADVANTAGE...

WHY,
HONEY,
I
KNOW
SO.
YOU
CAN
GIVE
А
BODY
ALL.
THE
SHRINKS,
PILLS
AN'
TREATMENT
IN
THE
WORLD,
IT
AINT
NOTHN'
WITHOUT
LOVE.

YOU
WANT
MY
ADVICE,
YOU
QUIT
AND
YOU
@

HELL
BE
RIGHT
AS
RAIN,
Á
YOULL
SEE.

you
TAKE
МУ
WORD
FOR ከ2

AIN'T
NO
BETTER
CURE
IN
THE
WORLD
THAN
HONEST
LOVE!"

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LILLY,
LILLY,
LILLY:
I
WILL
WRITE
I
A
POEM
ABOUT
YOU
FOR
SURE,
BABY
YOU'RE
THE
ORIGINAL
TART
WITH ል а
HEART
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FEEL
STRAIGHT
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GO
TO
THE
APARTMENT
SHE

COURSE
SHE
WOULONT
GIVE
ME
HER
REAL
ADDRESS.

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А
TAA

ПА
ОА
ОЗУ
ШШШ

АМО
THEN
SHE
SHES
PLEASE!
DOESN'T
HAVE
РООМО
BIKER

=
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SHOULONT
JOKE,
ABOUT я
HER
BEING
CRAZY
ITS
ТОО
REAL.
I'VE
BEEN
THERE
=
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AINUTES,
SHE
TELLS
N
ME
HOW
SHE'S
BEEN
М)
HELPING
OUT
THIS
MERMAN.
45
-
2

И
THEN
ALL
OF
A
SUDDEN
ITS
LIKE
SHE
К!

GREAT
NOW
`
SHELL
BE
\
CRAZY
AND
›

—
A

м
HER
"WISEST
ROBOT"
+
VOICE
IS
TERRI
2

SHE
SITS
WITH
ME
ON
THE
BED
BECAUSE
THERE
ISN'T
A
SOFA,
AND
I'M,
YOU
KNOW

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AND
THEN
ӨНЕ,
LIKE,
BREAKS
OFF
IN
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THE
MIDDLE
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DO
I
LIKE
KISSING?

BRING
МЕ
MY
ТЕМ
DAGGERS
WITHOUT
PEMEDY.

он
GOD,
OH
GOD,
THIS
|”
IS
REAL.
IT
NEVER
FELT
LIKE
THIS.
NEVER.
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ТД

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AND
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LOVE
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WELL,
THAT
WAS
NEW.
THAT
WAS
ENJOYABLE.
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NEVEI
DONE
IT
AS
A
HUMAN
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DOESN'T
HAVE
TO
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Chapter
II:
THE
END
ОҒ
DEUGHT

DAMN!
miss
GLORY,
THAT
WAS
GREAT!
{T'S
REAL
GOOD

NEW
YORK
AGAIN.

MY
DAD
SAYS
YOU
SAVED
HIS

REMINDED
OF
HER,

18 an

>

in
LOOK,
I
HAVE

LADIES
SOME
TREATMENT?

MAYBE
I'LL
VISIT
THULE.

GOOD,
THEN
ILL
SEE
EVERYBODY
AROUND.

ОН.-АМО
GIVE
МУ
REGARDS
ТО
YOUR

WASN'T
IT?
RED
HAIR,
LIKE
YOURS,
TELL
HIM
І
HOPE
THAT
TOOTHACHE
(ФОТ
BETTER!

AN
APPOINTMENT

THAT
ALWAYS
IMPRESSES
THEM,
REMEMBERING
THEIR
NAMES
AND
DETAILS,
ALL
OF

THEM,
AFTER
SO
LONG,

THEY
DON'T
STOP
TO
THINK
THAT
FOR
ME,
OKINAWA
AND
WORLD
WAR
II
WERE
LIKE
THIRTY
SECONDS
AGO.

THIRTY
VERY
BUSY
AND
INTERESTING
SECONDS,
ADMITTEDLY.

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THATS
BECAUSE
IM
LIKE
YOU,
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SYMBOL.
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SYMBOLIZE
THE
GLORY
OF
EXISTENCE,
SO
IM
OFTEN
HELD
IN
RESTRAINT.
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WHAT
АРЕ
THE
OTHER
THREE

RULES
AGAIN?
NEVER
ЕАТ
АТА
ALLED
MOMS,
NEVER
ІТН
А
GUY
NAMED
DOC,

WITH
ANYONE
CRAZIER
THAN
I
АМ.

AND
THERE
WERE
TIMES
LAST
NIGHT
SHE
STARED
INTO
МУ
EYES
AND
I
SWEAR
TO
GOD
SHE
WAS
ANOTHER
PERSON.

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|
DOESN'T
MATTER,
DOES
|
|
|
ІТ?
NOT
WHEN
GRANGER
FEELS
HORNY

NOW
GOING
TO
WRITE
A
POEM
4
ABOUT
ІТ
OR
SOMETHING:

THAT
NUTTY
GODDESS
STUFF
THAT
GLORIA
TALKS
ABOUT
1
JUST
THOUGHT.

MAYBE
THIS
16
WHERE
SHE
GETS
IT
FROM.

ғ

Á
YOU'RE
DIAGNOSING
HER

WHAT
YOU
JUST
DID,
YOU
LAYED
А
SCHIZOPHRENIC
WHO
DOESN'T
KNOW

I
MEAN,
LOOK
AT
THIS
CRAP.
COMIC
BOOKS.
SHE'S
LIKE
A
TEN
YEAR
OLD.

Ze bt
=s
[e nd
Y
«NOW.
YOU
ARE
THE
KIND
4
THAT
OTHER
CONVICTS
QUITE
JUSTIFIABLY
RAPE
AND
7
STRANGLE
IN
JAIL.

THESE
ARE
OLD.
COMIC
GEEKS
PAY
MONEY
FOR
HIS
STUFF
THIS
ONE
[S..LET'S
SEE...
1954.

PROBABLY
MORALLY
UPLIFTING
GIRL
SCOUT

HOW
I
THRILL
TO
SÑ
THE
SWEET
MUSIC
OF
АСОМУ/
^

CAN
THE
PRINCESS
OF
PEACE
PREVAIL
AGAINST
THE
FEMME
FATALE
OF
FETTERS?
FIND
OUT.
AS
GLORY
AND
THE
DASHING
DANGER
DAMSELS
ARE

"Tied
Down
By
The
Temptress
Of
Torment”

Our
ENTANGLED
TAIL
BEGINS
ONE
DAY
WHILE
GLORY
RELAXES
IN
HER
PARLOR
OF
PERFECTION
ON
THE
SACRED
ISLE
OF
THULE...

x
4
ነ
ም
ሸብ“ ም
-
GAVE
МЕ
A
MENTAL

LINK
TO
MY
PALS
THE
GETTING
TELLS
ME
TM
GLAMOROUS
GAL
GLADIATOR.
|
DANGER
DAMSELS/
THEY
NEEDED
ON
ҒАРТН/
SPEEDS
ACROSS
THE
DIMENSIONS.
MUST
BE
IN
TROUBLE.

Амр
SO,
DRESSING
SWIFTLY,
THE

|
|
Ам
ICH,
WHEN
GLORY
REACHES
A
5
SCHOOL
FOR
GIRLS.
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La
||
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= к er

ID
SURE
ENOU
MISS
SMAI ғ
LITE

MEADMISTRESS,
WHERE
ARE
WANDA
AND
THE
OTHERS?
ТМ
WORRIED,

>
ABOUT
THEM!
-
ምራ

THANK
HEAVENS
YOU'RE
HERE!
THEY'VE
BEEN
ABDUCTED

3CHOKEÉ
HOW
MY
HEART
GRIEVES
FOR
THESE

TO
FIND
THEIR
MANACLE-OBSESSED ሥመ

MONARCH!
"E g

29,
=

АНН!
GLORY
MY
EASILY
BRUISED
LITTLE
PETAL/
THERE

FOR
YOURSELF!
HA
HA
HA/

.
Вл
GIRL.
тр
BREAK
THESE

ROPES
EASY!

SURELY

THERE
MUST
BEA
LOGICAL
SOLUTION?

MELISSA
VON
MANACLE,
THE
DEPRAVED
RULER
OF
SLAVERIA?
THEN
THERE'S
NOT
TIME
TO
LOSE/
TLL
FLY
TO
HER
KINGDOM
RIGHT
AWAY/

боор
LUCK,
DARLING
OF

MADAME
MANACLE/
WHY.

U
DERANGED
DISCIPLINARIAN/
YOU
BETTER
TELL
ME
WHERE
THE
DANGER
DAMSELS
ARE,
OR
BY
SAPPHO'S
SCENTED

BOMBSHELL/
YOUR
PRETTY
LITTLE
FRIENDS

ARE
BEING
KEPT
OUT
OF
=

==
QOO

)

Y
WELL,
T'M
SURE

MY
DADDY
WILL
BUY
US
OUT
OF
HERE!

CARES?
ARE
WE
GONNA
MISS
LUNCH?

NOW,
ТМ
PREPARED
TO
RELEASE
YOUR
CHUMS
ON
THE
CONDITION
THAT
YOU
AGREE
TO
SUBMIT
TO
FOUR
OF
MY
TRAPS...
ONE
FOR
EACH
DANGER
DAMSEL/

SUFFERING
STRUDEL,
GLORY!
YOU
DON'T
HAVE
TO
SACRIFICE

end
Шака

YOU
FIEND/
1
HAVE
NO
CHOICE
BUT
TO
АССЕРТ/

SHE'S
RIGHT,
2
MY
PART
OF
IT.
SO
GLORY
OTTA!
DON'T
WORRY,
1
SUSPECT
GLORY'S
Ë
ፍ
MUST
КЕЕР
HEPS/
TLL
BE
FINE.
OPTIMISM
IS
MISPLACED/
MADAME
MANACLES
PLANNING
SOMETHING!
J
|
)
-
HERE
IS
THE
FIRST
ТРАР

E
WIDE
YOU
MUST
ENDURE,
MY
VIVACIOUS
LITTLE

DADDY
SAYS
YOU
CAN'T

HMMM!
WE
OUGHTTA

KEEP
TABS
ON
THINGS
RIGHT
Й
SA
WHAT
A
BIZARRE

„
AFTER
WE
FIND
SOMEPLACE
THAT
DEVICE...BUT
I
MUST b a
SERVES
РАМСАКЕ$/
"
SUBMIT!
І
GAVE
MY
«208
|
—
WORD!

THERE!
AT
78
REVOLUTIONS
PER
MINUTE,
MY
DIAMOND
STYLUS
WILL
LEAVE
NASTY,
IRRITATING
SCRATCHES
IN
EVEN
YOUR
STEEL
SKIN!
BETTER
STILL,
MY
GRAMOPHONE
S
НОРМ
WILL
AMPLIFY
YOUR
YELPS
OF
PAIN
FOR
MY
WHOLE
KINGDOM
TO
ENJOY!

2YOWCH/É
THAT
MANACLE
-MOTIVATED
MINX
IS
RIGHT!
ГР
BETTER
THINK
OF
SOMETHING...
AND
FAST!

WAIT!
MAYBE
HA
HAIT
J
BAH/
YOULL
BE
"FAST"
IS
THE
ANSWER!
IF
Looks
Like
Your
|f
SMIRKING
ON
THE
OTHER
SIDE
BY
SHIFTING
MY
WEIGHT
[
CAN
RECORD
КА
OF
YOUR
LOVELY
FACE
WHEN
YOU'VE
ACCELLERATE
THIS
DISC
TO
SMASH
HIT!
SEEN
MY
NEXT
TRAP
FIGHTING
SUPERSPEED,
ITLL
FLY
RIGHT
7
Ау!
OFF
ITS
SPINDLE/

MY
VICTODOLA
OF
VIOLENCE!
SHE'S
ВРОКЕМ
IT!

WHAT'S
THE
MATTER,
VOLUPTUARY
OF
VALOR?
NOT
FEELING
SO
CHIRPY
NOW
YOU'RE
CONDEMNED
TO
MY
CHEMISTRY
SET
OF
CRUETLY?

Зее
THIS
WATER
THE
LADY
OF
LOCKS
IS
DISTILLING
WILL
DROWN
ME
UNLESS
T
USE
MY
GODDESS

НА!
Т
KNEW
IT
SULPHURIC
ACID
TIPPED
INTO
WATER...
RATHER
THAN
THE
OTHER
WAY
ABOUT...
WILL
PRODUCE
A
VIOLENT
EXPLOSION!
TM
FREE.

HMM!
THIS
МАУ
SEEM
CRAZY,
BUT
IF
T
ROCK
THIS
FLASK
SO
HARD
THAT
IT

UPSETS
THAT
TUBE
OF
ACID,
1

MAY
HAVE
A
WAY
OUT/

I
JUST
HOPE
I
REMEMBER
MY
SCIENCE
LESSONS
PROPERLY!

НИН!
NOT
YET,
MY
SWEET!
YOU'VE
STILL
TWO
TRAPS
TO
UNDERGO!

Soon.
AFTER ል
TRIP
ТО
MADAME
MANACLE'S
STABLES.

THIS
IS
THE
WORST
TRAP
УЕТ/
ТМ
BEING
PULLED
APART
BY

WILD
HORSES,
BUT
1
CAN'T
USE
MY
GODLY

STRENGTH
WITHOUT
HURTING
THE

SUFFER,
YOU
DIVINE
DEBUTANTE!
WHICH
OF
YOUR
CELESTIAL
ATTRIBUTES
WILL
SAVE
YOU
NOW?
YA
HA
НА/

CURSES!
SHES
USED
HER
HEAVENLY
НА
HA
НА!
ካዮ
POWER
OF
LOVELINESS
CUT
THAT
OUT/
TO
CHARM
THOSE
ІТ
ТІСКІ.Е</

መመ<“ፖ“
PREPARE
MY
FINAL,
|
Тт”)
МОСТ
FORMIDABLE
TRAP
FOR
HER!

Т
WONDER
WHERE
MADAME
MANACLE
IS?
AFTER
T

єў

ма

DONT
WORRY
ABOUT ግቐ
El
HER.
SWEETHEART!
SHE
RAN
AWAY
WHEN
I
ARRIVED!

Ако
SHORTLY
МА
NEARBY
CHAMBER...

IT
THERE!
МУ
SKILLS
AT
DRESSING
ИР
HAVE
MADE
Ve
ME
A
DEAD
RINGER
FOR
GLORYS
|)
NEWSHOUND
SWEETHEART,
_Д
TREVOR
TRACEY!
A

NOW
TO
SET
MY
ULTIMATE
SNARE
N
MOTION!

WHY.
ТРЕМОР
WHATEVER
ARE
YOU

WHEN
T
HEARD
YOU

WERE
IN
DANGER,
1
CAME
RIGHT

AWAY/
IT
MADE
ME
REALIZE
HOW.
ID
HATE
LOSING
YOU!

MARRY
МЕ,
GLORY!
PLEASE
SAY
YES/

ОН,
TREVOR!

WHEN
I
FEEL
YOUR
МАМУ
HEART
BEATING
NEXT
TO
MINE,
HOW
CAN
I
RESIST?
YES,
MY
DARLING,
YES/

НЕН
НЕНІ
IF
ONLY

GLORY
KNEW
SHE
WAS
DON'T
WORRY,

SMOOCHING
HER
MOST
7
DEAREST!
AS
YOUR
NEFARIOUS
FOE/
^
FUTURE
BRIDE,
TLL
SOON

=
HAVE
IT
SPOTLESS!
de

NOW
THAT
WERE
ENGAGED,
1
CONSIDER
IT
MY
YOU'LL
NEVER
DUTY
TO
ATTEND
TO
YOUR
EVERY
WANT
FOR
ANYTHING
AGAIN,
MATERIAL
NEED/
MY
ANGEL!
I'M
DEVOTED
TO
7
NOTHING
BUT
YOU/

GEE,
THATS

у a
GREAT,
HONE
=>

ALTHOUGH
1
AM
STARTING
TO
FEEL
A
LITTLE
РЕСКІЄНІ
OH,
YOU
POOR
DARLING!

WHY
DIDN'T
YOU
SAY
SOMETHING?
Y
COOKING
FOR
A
HERE,
TLL
COOK
YOU
A
FOUR-COURSE
^
MAN?
BOYS
GET
ALL
THE

MEAN
RIGHT
AWAY/
1
|
FUN!
IT'S
NOT
FAIR/
HEH
HEH/
MY у

PLAN'S
WORKING!
\
THE
BONDS
OF
LOVE
АРЕ
Г
TLLSAY!
TM
HUNGRY
ALREADY

ou!
HOW
AWFUL!
GLORYS

SHOULDN'T
THE
HELP
BE

n
DONG
THAT?

T
DEDUCE
THAT
SOMETHING'S
AMISS
HERE,
GIRLS!
MADAME
MANACLE
WOULD
EVER
RELEASE
GLORY
AFTER
ONLY
THREE
TRAPS/

HUH!
THIS
WHOLE
MUSHY
SET-
UP
SOUNDS
LIKE
A
TRAP
TO
ME/

T
KNOW
THERE
MUST
BE
LOTS
OF
SILLY
OLD
DISASTERS
GOING
ON
IN
THE
WORLD
THAT
I
SHOULD
BE
ATTENDING
TO,
BUT
THESE
CHORES
COME
FIRST/

WHEN
THEY'RE
DONE,
LET'S
RELAX
IN
THE
LOUNGE!

B-BUT
TREVOR,
I
DONT
KNOW
IF
WE
SHOULD
BE
МЕСКМС
WHEN
WE'RE
NOT
PROPERLY
MARRIED
YET.
ALTHOUGH
WHEN)
YOU
HOLD
ME
TIGHT,
1
CAN
FEEL

DON'T
FIGHT
IT.
BABY!
І
WON'T
BE
SATISFIED
WITH
ANYTHING
LESS
THAN
FULL
SUBMISSION!
LET
ME
JUST

WANDA'S
RIGHTS
WE
OUGHTTA
INVESTIGATE!

BOY,
WHAT
A
FEAST!
YOU
CERTAINLY
KNOW
HOW
TO
CATER
TO
MY
EVERY
APPETITE,
BABY!

ANYTHING
YOU
WANT,
MY
HUBBY-TO-BE!
HERE...
ALLOW
ME/

THANKS,
BEAUTIFUL!
NOW.
WHAT
SAY
WE
GET
COMFORTABLE
ON
THE
SOFA?

HOLD
IT
RIGHT
THERE,
YOU
RAT!
TAKE
YOUR
PAWS
OFFA
HER!

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BAH/
ITS
THOSE
PESKY
KIDS/

WH-WHY
GIRLS/
CANT
YOU
SEE
TREVOR
AND
I

WANT
TO
BE
ALONE?

THAT
ISN'T
TREVOR,
PRINCESS!
IN
FACT
"ТРЕМОР"

WHAT
HAPPENS
NOW
IS
THAT
YOU
GET
A
TASTE
OF
YOUR
OWN
MEDICINE...
AND
WE
GET
BACK
TO
THE
GIRL'S
SCHOOL
IN
DOUBLE
-QUICK
TIME/

GIDDYAP/

AND
LATER...
8
22
= чү
YES...
ESPECIALLY
IN
SLUSHY
KISSING
STUFF!

PORTANT
LESSON
ABOUT
THE
MANY
WAYS
US
WOMEN
CAN
GET
TIED
UP/

2
-
WELL
GIRLS,
1
THINK
THAT
MADAME
MANACLE
SURE б
WE
VE
ALL
LEARNED
AN
HAD
A
МЕРУЕ/ ሪሽ

CASPE
ITS
MADAME
MANACLE/
ТУЕ

BEEN
SO
BLIND/
HOWEVER
ANF
YOU
GIRLS
FIGURE
IT
OUT?

“С
ELEMENTARY/
NO
REAL
Қ мам
WOULD
LET
A
LADY
OPEN.

NG

DEFEAT
IS
A
PLEASURE
FROM
HER
FAIR
HAND!

ALL
PEOPLE
WHO
TRY
TO
TIE
WOMEN
DOWN
HAVE
GOT
A
NERVE,
WANDA
ESPECIALLY
ONES
WHO'D
SCREW
A
POOR
LONELY

ресе)

I
BETTER
GET
OUT
OF
AÑ
HERE
BEFORE
THE
TV
>
GUIDE
TELLS
ME
I
SUCK.
М

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HE
HE iË srl

ДМ
(2)
=

ምሥ
HES
SO
LOVELY
AND
UNCOMPLICATED,
©
HERMIONE.
AND
THE
WAY
ШШШ

THING
HAPPENS
AT
THE
END
WHERE
FOR
A
MOMENT,
THEY'RE
PART
OF
THE
SAME
UNIVERSE
THAT

>
WE
ARE,
AND
THEY
GO

WELL,
IM
SURE
I
WOULDN'T
KNOW
ABOUT
THAT,
MY
Ж š
ADY
<2

WELL,
YOU
HAVEN'T
BEEN
ON
EARTH
SINCE
YOU
DIED
WHEN
YOU
WERE
Ad
EIGHT,
YOU
MISSED
Ë
SUCH
A
LOT,
HERMIONE,

MY
LADY,
WHAT
ARE
MEN
LIKE?
ASA
PRIESTESS,
1
NEVER
KNEW
АМУ.
О-ОО
YOU
LIKE
THEM
MORE
THAN

I
LIKE
THEM
DIFFERENTLY
TO
WOMEN
THEIR
BIGGEST
ADVANTAGE
15
THAT
THEY
SEEM
TO
WORRY
LESS
A

THAN
WOMEN
AND
GET
LOTS
|
`
PY
POETRY.
AND
HE
LIKES w
OF
THINGS
DONE.
ሮመ:

MALT
WHISKY,
ALTHOUGH
THAT'S
BAD
BECAUSE
MALT
IS
SACRED
TO
MOTHER
AND
DISRESPECTING
IT
WILL
MAKE
HIM
ILLA

BUT
HE'S
SWEET.
HE
LOVES
GLORIA
SO
MUCH,
AND
HE'S
AFRAID
OF
HURTING
HER.
IT'S

SO
SILLY.

OF
COURSE,
THAT'S
ALSO
THEIR
V
AND
THEY
WALK
A
BIT
NI
HEY
LK г
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THIS
LIKE
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HE
LIKE?

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GETS
ME
THE
HALOPERIDOL,
WHICH
IS
THIS
WEIRD
BLUE
STUFF

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EVEN
CHARGE,
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THINK
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CALL
BY
THE
DINER
AROUND
WHEN
GLORIA
GETS
ОРЕ
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CHARLES
IS
THERE,
AND
"GIVE-ME-FIFTY-CENTS-IM
‚AMELIA-ERAHARDT",
THE
REGULARS.

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SO
PLEASED
TO
SEE
ME.
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MEAN,
E
SHE
LIGHTS
UP
LIKE
A
CHRISTMAS
TREE.
^
WHEN
DID
A
WOMAN
LAST
SMILE
AT
ME

LIKE
THAT?

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BACK
TO
HER dj
APARTMENT
WE
BUY
PIZZA
AND
І
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UP
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TO
MAKE
-
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IT'S
BLUE,
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MAIN
THING.
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AT
HER
PLACE,
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SERVES
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UP
PIZZA
WHILE
I
FIX
DRINKS.

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SHE'S
TALKING
ALL
Ш
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THIS
STUFF,
LIKE

WORRIED
ABOUT
ЩЩ
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MUST

NENNEN
Kow
ELGAR
WHILE
Ё
HE'S
WRITING
THE
DREAM

THAT'S
WHY
1
LIKE
MOTHERS
ART
PAVILLIONS.
ALL
THE

POETS
EVER
INSPIRED
ВУ
THE
EARTHLY
REALM
PASS
THROUGH
HERE
IN
THEIR
IMAGININGS.

І
SAW
WORDSWORTH
HERE`
THE
OTHER
DAY,
AND

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THE ነ
COMPOSER...
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ТМ
МОТ
SURE.
IS
IT?
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EXPECT
IM
BEING
WARMED
BY

HUMAN
LOVE,
HERMIONE,
ITS
A
BIT ረ
LIKE
WHEN
YOU
CANT
DECIDE
WHETHER
YOU
NEED
TO
@O
TO
THE
TO/LET

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PRINCESS,
THIS
SKY
LOOKS
STORMY.
PERHAPS
WE
SHOULD
RETURN
TO
MY
LADY
DEMETERS
TEMPLE?

OF
GERONTIUS
HE'S
HERE
NEARLY
ALL
THE
TIME.
HE'S
'ጊ
AN
ELDERLY
MAN,
IN
A
WHEELCHAIR.

1
THINK
I

MAY
HAVE
SEEN,

HIM
ONCE.

PRINCESS?
DO
I
IMAGINE
THINGS,
OR
16
THE
BREEZE
MORE

CHILLY
NOW?
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YES,
PERHAPS
WE
SHOULD.
THINGS
DO
SEEM
RATHER
DARK
ALL
OF
A
SUDDEN,
DON'T
THEY?

А
HOPE
SHE'S
ALL
RIGHT...

OVER
THERE.
ISN'T
THAT
THE
TEN
OF
SWORDS?
IT
LOOKS
LIKE
HES
SHOUTING
SOMETANO

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ОКАУ,
BABY?
IS

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DRINK
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NAME

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|
THE
HELL
АМ
I
TALKING
ABOUT?

ALL
THIS
TIME,
Š
WHEN
I
THOUGHT
I
WAS.
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NOW
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EVERYTHING'S
GOING
=
TO
BE
FINE.

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HEAD,
ALL
THE
DREAMS

AND
STUFF;
THAT'S
ALL
GONE
NOW

ITS
LIKE
YOU
WOKE
UI
YOU
WOKE
UP,

BABY.

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