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Taken with my iPhone this morning from Battery Point, Tasmania. Normally from this view you would see the eastern shore, but with so many out of control bushfires in Tasmania the smoke haze has made our air quality the worst in recorded history. Right now 3% of Tasmania is on fire - this includes wilderness in the remote southwest. Very sad.
Simon Baz is a character of a fictional comic book. His powers:
hard light constructs, instant weaponry, force fields, flight, durability, alien technology, healing ability, precognitive capability.
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For #MacroMondays and this week's theme #Fictitious
Happy Macro Monday!
Thanks for all your faves and comments everyone!
I really appreciate them!
what is the most paranormal/inexplicable thing you've ever experienced? 👻🔮
i have had numerous seemingly precognitive dreams, ostensible moments of telepathy and shared dreams, and i may have once seen a ufo
also once i wrote a story and then realized that the plot followed experiences that a family member had, which i had never known about. note that the plot, and the experiences of the family member were not mundane; it was 7 yrs after writing the story the family member told me about their experiences and i was sitting there like "what?!"
The month of May fills me with a sense of hope and optimism. The landscape is filled with new growth, blossoms, and the trees leafing out. The bare trees that punctuated my yard for the past several months have now filled in. The effect is one of being closed in as the distant views through the woodland are now just a monolith of foliage. Always takes a week or so to adjust to this feeling of being cloistered. Soon enough my mind simply accepts it as normal, and I cruise merrily along until late autumn when my senses are once again jolted when the trees are laid bare.
Anyway back to my seasonal optimism, the pinnacle of which is planting the garden. Truly a labor of love, cultivating the planting beds and nurturing seeds to the point at which I set them into the ground. The oneness with nature and the good feelings of initiating growth are overwhelming. Yet even in the midst of this my mind often wanders to the end of the planting season. I get stark visualizations of the plants all withering and me there yanking them unceremoniously out of the ground. I get about three good months out of this if I'm lucky before it all slips away. I know then I will look back to now, a relatively short time in weeks, but a vast gulf my life. Have to force myself at times to just stay in the moment.
Absolute beauty of a weekend here in Chicago. Spent some time up in the suburbs to check out the Bahá'í temple after reading about it a while back. Its beauty and serenity didn't disappoint. Peace everyone!
Edit, post, fall asleep, wake up, repeat 😊
Déjà vu is the feeling that one has lived through the present situation before. The phrase translates literally as "already seen". Although some interpret déjà vu in a paranormal context, mainstream scientific approaches reject the explanation of déjà vu as "precognition" or "prophecy"
I love the TV series The Mandalorian and like all the internet, I became gaga because of baby Yoda. My first project was to build a Mandalorian Brickheadz in 8 by 8 instead of the usual 4 by 4 and as you can see, it's really big! But after seeing baby Yoda, I knew I had to build one. And I discovered that the huge Brickheadz I had made allowed me to build the baby in 3x3 as the official Yoda Brickheadz is. Chance or precognition ... it's the way of the moc ;)
A sunny early afternoon swim in a crystal-clear turquoise body of water.
Staring at my original photograph has triggered memories from the Minority Report film, with Tom Cruise. I think this is one of the best creations of Steven Spielberg and one of those movies I would definitely watch more than once.
The three young women holding hands in the water, making a star formation, resemble the Precogs (Precognitives) in the movie. Their powerful psychic abilities are key in predicting and projecting premeditated murders... but I'll let you watch the movie, if you haven't already.
I changed the water look, altered the daylight, added the rays, and gave the image more pop.
Poultry: Weak. Unintelligent. Delicious. But no more. Mankind's only remaining food source has been converted to the ultimate weapon against the evil alien overlords.
Once known as a flightless bird, Mega Chicken now owns the skies with its enhanced flight capabilities made from technology so cool, its wings are literally made out of swords.
With powerful exo-armor permanently grafted into Mega Chicken's flesh and our most cutting edge cyberpathic neural programming, Mega Chicken's reflexes are faster than a lightning bolt and its intuition is borderline precognitive. Avoid any further thermonuclear skirmishes by eliminating the alien threat before they even see it coming.
Our most versatile combat system yet, Mega Chicken supports different activity modes to adapt to any situation and instantly improvise to any changing factor.
Attack mode for targeting and engaging multiple targets on land and in the air.
Stealth mode allows zero detection for reconnaissance missions too dangerous or too precise for any other pilot or drone.
Grazing mode to refuel and reload.
Have the strength and firepower of an entire fleet of airships in a single combatant—and with an entire fleet of Mega Chickens in Earth's airspace, the rate of success can be only exponential, guaranteed.
The choice is clear. Donate your stock of poultry to an augmentation farm in your nearest quadrant and receive a hypersleep kit and that will grant you and your family access to the subterranean hibernation fields. You will be re-awoken to find our planet reclaimed and will live out your remaining days in a more peaceful age.
(Happy Easter!)
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The Young Shepherdess is an 1885 painting by the French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
looking at the future generation of her family
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Alias: Vandal
Real Name: Eva
Gender: Female
Alignment: Neutral
Powers: Limited precognition, being able to see one hour into the future.
Backstory: Eva grew up in Cardinal City. In her childhood, she enjoyed drawing and colouring. Her dream was to show her art off to the world. In her teenage years, she began her journey to becoming the infamous Vandal. She draws her art ahead of time in her black book, so she knows what she'll end up doing. Her signature tag is VNDL in a deep magenta colour. Spray paint is her weapon of choice. To this day, no one in Cardinal knows who Vandal is, due to her clever use of her precognition powers.
Status: Still in Cardinal, doing her thang
These amphibious Rahi live in swamps and wetlands, feeding on small flying insects with their sticky stretchy tongue. While they seem like easy prey for larger predators, Ghekula possess the uncanny ability to only come out of hiding when no threats are around. Their senses are not great beyond spotting bugs, so some believe they have precognitive abilities that allow them to stay safe.
The first of the Forever People I've ever done! There's not much to be said about Dreamer - she's a low-level telepath with precognition and very little of her history is well-known.
Wandering stars,
For whom it is reserved,
The blackness of darkness, forever,
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The first of the Forever People I've ever done! There's not much to be said about Dreamer - she's a low-level telepath with precognition and very little of her history is well-known.
When is Lego gonna get around to making more magenta minifigs??
Jennifer Walters is a lawyer who, after an injury, received an emergency blood transfusion from her cousin, Bruce Banner, and acquired a milder version of his Hulk condition. As such, Walters becomes a large, powerful, green-hued version of herself. Unlike Banner she largely retains her personality, in particular the majority of her intelligence and emotional control. Like Hulk, she is still susceptible to outbursts of anger and becomes much stronger when enraged.
She-Hulk has been a member of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Heroes for Hire, the Defenders, Fantastic Force and S.H.I.E.L.D. As a highly skilled lawyer who became a superhero by accident, she frequently leverages her legal and personal experience to serve as legal counsel to various superheroes and other metahumans. She-Hulk has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female heroes.
Jennifer Walters, the cousin of Bruce Banner (Hulk), is the small and somewhat shy daughter of Los Angeles County Sheriff William Morris Walters and Elaine (née Banner) Walters (who died in a car crash when Jennifer was 17).
Operatives of Nicholas Trask, a crime boss who had crossed paths with her father, shot and seriously wounded her on the day that Banner visited her to tell her about his transformation into the Hulk.
Since no other donors with her blood type were available, Banner provided his blood for a transfusion; as they already shared the same blood type and DNA, his gamma-irradiated blood, combined with her anger, transformed Jennifer into the green-skinned She-Hulk when the mobsters tried to finish her off at the hospital.
She then used her new powers to take down Trask, who was killed when the earth-boring device he rode malfunctioned, taking him to the center of the Earth.
As She-Hulk, Jennifer possessed powers similar to those of her cousin, though at a reduced level. She also possessed a less monstrous, more Amazonian appearance. Initially, anger triggered the transformation to her She-Hulk form (as with Bruce Banner's).
Like her cousin Bruce, his counterpart, the Leader, Doc Samson and most other persons mutated by exposure to gamma radiation over the years, her mutated form was originally explained as being molded by her subconscious desire to look like the ideal woman.
She eventually gains control of her transformations when Michael Morbius cures her of a lethal blood disease. As a criminal defense lawyer, she defended Morbius in his trial for his vampiric killings and managed to reduce the conviction to involuntary manslaughter, considering his medical condition.
Eventually, Jennifer decides that she will retain her She-Hulk form permanently—preferring the freedom, confidence, and assertiveness it gave her compared to her more timorous and fragile "normal" form. After her brief solo career, she joined the Avengers.
This led to her being transported to Battleworld by the Beyonder and her participation in the Secret Wars is most notable for sparking her long-standing rivalry with the newly empowered Titania.
After the heroes returned to Earth, she temporarily replaced the Thing (who, having been repeatedly de-powered during the event, opted to stay in Battleworld for some time as a form of soul-searching) as a member of the Fantastic Four.
During her tenure with the Fantastic Four, She-Hulk met and started a romance with Wyatt Wingfoot. One day, she had to prevent a radiation leak in a downed S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. This radiation exposure drastically affected Jennifer: she could no longer transform back into her original human form. However, this was an agreeable turn of events for her, since she preferred being She-Hulk, and it was revealed much later by Leonard Samson and Reed Richards that the block was purely psychological.
Shortly after that, she appeared before the Supreme Court, where she battled Titania again.
After her Fantastic Four years, She-Hulk rejoined the Avengers for a while. She became hypnotized by the Ringmaster into becoming a performer in the Circus of Crime, and battled the Headmen.
With Spider-Man, she defeated the Headmen and became an assistant District Attorney and began working for New York City district attorney Blake Tower. Here she met Louise "Weezie" Grant Mason, formerly the Golden Age superheroine the Blonde Phantom. She had a long series of unusual encounters, including when she battled Doctor Bong, first contended against Xemnu the Living Titan, encountered "Nick St. Christopher", and encountered "Spragg the Living Hill/Comet".
Jennifer underwent another change, transforming into a grey version of She-Hulk that appeared at night only and shared a lot in common with the Hulk, such as having a childlike mind, speaking in the third person and divorcing from her Jennifer Walters identity, referring to Jennifer as "puny Jennifer", She-Hulk quickly returned to "normal", with her green coloration returning.
She-Hulk later discovered that Louise Mason had manipulated Tower into hiring her, so that Mason might again perform as a super-heroine (and thus avoid dying of old age). Later, while doing legal work for Heroes for Hire, She-Hulk spent some time dating Luke Cage.
After a time, She-Hulk returns to the Avengers. Repeated exposure to the presence of her teammate Jack of Hearts, who has the innate ability to absorb radiation that is around him, leads to She-Hulk being unable to control her changes, which resulted in her tearing the Vision in half.
It is then revealed that all of the events were caused by the Scarlet Witch. Now, when she is afraid, she not only turns into She-Hulk but her mind becomes maddened by paranoia and rage. Jennifer flees, fearing that she will endanger her friends and others, leading to the "Search for She-Hulk".
The other Avengers track her to the town of Bone, Idaho, where Jennifer is lying low but the anxiety of being found prompts her to change, causing her to damage much of the town. Her cousin shows up but fails to reason with her; he "Hulks out" and the two fight—the devastation to the town subsequently being blamed on the Hulk.
Psychological limitations inhibit her transformation between her two forms. For a time, Jennifer works as a relief volunteer helping to repair Bone. She gains confidence after solving a murder mystery, reveals her green alter-ego to the entire town, and then uses her strength to make many more repairs. This, combined with Leonard Samson's new 'gamma-charger', gives her full control over her transformations for, as she said, 'the time being'.
She-Hulk registered under the Superhuman Registration Act, and is a supporter of Tony Stark (Iron Man). However, as an attorney, she advised individuals on both sides of the Civil War.
She agreed to file suit against Peter Parker for fraud on behalf of her father-in-law, Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson. Her intention is to keep the suit tied up in the courts indefinitely. She is also the lawyer for Speedball.
Then Clay Quartermain of S.H.I.E.L.D. informs Jennifer that she has been drafted into the organization as a result of her registration. Her mission is to fight various foes of the Hulk while training heroes under the Initiative. She serves with the Hulkbusters: Clay Quartermain, Agent Crimson, Agent Cheesecake and Agent Beefcake.
Due to her involvement in S.H.I.E.L.D., She-Hulk derives a bit of information suggesting that the organization knows of her cousin's whereabouts. Anticipating a problem, Tony Stark has She-Hulk secretly injected with S.P.I.N. Tech that transforms her to human form. Enraged, she tells Stark that, although he may have taken She-Hulk out of the equation, he still has to face Jennifer Walters, one of the best lawyers in the country. Jennifer informs Stark that he's miscalculated: She-Hulk would have just pummeled him, but Jennifer Walters has the ability to destroy him.
On her way home, Jennifer runs into Amadeus Cho, a young genius out looking for friends of the Hulk. Cho, whom the Hulk once saved, discovered what the Illuminati had done to the Hulk, and he wants help in finding him. Cho temporarily restores Jennifer's powers so that she can take out Doc Samson, who came to apprehend Cho for Reed Richards and Tony Stark. Cho says he can permanently restore Jennifer's powers if she will join him, but she politely refuses, instead directing him to Hercules and Angel.
During the "World War Hulk" event, a re-powered She-Hulk assists in the evacuation of Manhattan. She tries to reason with her cousin, who has just destroyed Stark Tower during his battle with Iron Man. The Hulk warns her to leave, but she stands her ground. After she lands a punch squarely to his face, the Hulk smashes her into the ground, creating a crater around her body. As he moves on to his next confrontation, all Jennifer can say is: "God help us all."
Jennifer is held captive with the other defeated heroes at Madison Square Garden, which the Hulk has converted into a gladiatorial arena. The heroes have been implanted with the same obedience discs that compelled the Hulk and his allies to fight one another during their time on the planet Sakaar.
Jennifer returns to the law firm to work on suing Tony Stark for stealing her powers. She is subpoenaed to give a testimony in a case in which Mallory Book is trying to prove that the Leader's criminal acts are the result of a shift of personality induced by his mutation, and an addiction to his gamma irradiated powers, and that he thus cannot be held accountable for his actions.
During her testimony, Jennifer realizes that she herself is "addicted" to being She-Hulk. After the testimony, Pug appears and the two spend an evening together as friends, which cheers her up. She confronts Mallory the next day and tells her that she will put a stop to her Leader case. However, it is revealed that the Leader has been acquitted of his crimes.
At some point after World War Hulk, Jennifer was brought before the Living Tribunal, and asked to weigh her universe against a newer, better "cosmic trophy wife" version, described by Walters as "an ultimate universe." Her universe wins, and she resigns from the Magistrati.
After the Leader's trial, Artie Zix reveals himself as RT-Z9 and holds the main staff of GLK&H hostage while asking them questions at the behest of a group of aliens from a corner of the galaxy recently discovered by the Watcher Qyre. The aliens, called the Recluses, wish to keep their existence a secret.
She-Hulk earlier decreed that Qyre not reveal knowledge of the Recluses' existence at the meetings of the Watchers.
This had serious repercussions: it is revealed that an evil being has conquered that portion of the galaxy, and is preparing an assault on all of creation. Qyre, who holds knowledge of the plan, is unable to speak of it to anyone else. At She-Hulk's time trial, it was revealed that her actions made a destructive event called the Reckoning War possible. However, comments made by the future Southpaw, divulge that the war, though a terrible and dark time, will be favorably resolved.
A permanently de-powered Jennifer Walters finds that tourists from an alternate universe – designated the Alpha universe – are crossing into her universe – which they call Beta – to gain access to superpowers and comes face to face with her own powered-up doppelganger.
Her anger quickly turns to sorrow as she realizes that without her abilities, the Alpha Jennifer Walters – while unfamiliar with superhuman law – is far better suited to life in the Beta universe. Realizing this, she decides that she will go to the Alpha universe and let the other Jennifer Walters take over for her.
As she steps through the portal, Reed Richards realizes he can use the previously stored configuration of the Alpha She-Hulk to restore Jennifer's powers by purging the nanites from her body and setting the teleporter to loop her back to this reality.
Having regained her abilities, Jennifer remains in her home reality, while the Alpha Jen Walters returns to her own universe and reconciles with her boyfriend, the Alpha Augustus "Pug" Pugliese.
At an unspecified time after World War Hulk, She-Hulk assists Tony Stark with Emil Blonsky's murder investigation.
While in Stark's Helicarrier, she is attacked and beaten by the Red Hulk who states to her that he's not Bruce. She-Hulk vows to get even for the deliberate humiliation.
She later helps to prevent casualties in San Francisco after the Red Hulk caused an earthquake in the area, and assembles Thundra and the Valkyrie together to capture him.
Some months after regaining her abilities, Jennifer was tasked to defend an accused killer named Arthur Moore. While she was successful in defending him, immediately after his freedom was secured he claimed to be guilty and showed her images of the crimes he had been accused of.
Jennifer's horror at what she was being shown, combined with Moore's gloating, was enough to push her rage so far that she became the savage She-Hulk once again. She attacked him and threatened to kill him if he was not given the death penalty. She also told everybody within earshot that he was guilty and backed up her accusation by revealing privileged information.
This resulted in her being disbarred. Jennifer later found out that Moore really was innocent; the images he had shown her had been false. It was also revealed, albeit not to Jennifer, that Moore had hoped to get her to react exactly the way she did since his employers wanted She-Hulk disbarred for purposes as yet unknown.
Unable to practice law any more, Jennifer began working for Freeman Bonds Inc. – a subsidiary of GLK&B – as a bounty hunter with her Skrull partner Jazinda.
She was later recruited by Stark as a member of an Initiative-sponsored incarnation of the Defenders for a short while until Tony Stark disbanded the team.
Afterwards, she continued to aid team leader Nighthawk for a brief time until she was fully able to join the team on Nighthawk's request and that it would be away from the Initiative.
Together they have several adventures, even encountering Hercules, but they soon ended up involved in the midst of the Secret Invasion.
During the Skrull takeover of Earth during Secret Invasion, She-Hulk and Jazinda hunt down a member of the Skrulls who functions as their religious leader.
X-Factor initially impedes her progress, but they part ways on uncertain terms. She-Hulk and Jazinda capture the Skrull and the two heroines take the Skrull to New York, where they encounter the Super-Skrull, Kl'rt.
Kl'rt came to kill his daughter, Jazinda, going so far as to shoot her in the head. Due to her regenerative properties, Jazinda was still not fully dead. The Skrull religious leader wants to completely remove her regenerative ability, but Kl'rt stops him after She-Hulk pleads to his fatherly nature, tapping into his guilt for not being able to save his son who had died in a previous war.
Some time after the Skrull invasion is defeated, the country of Marinmer suffers a devastating earthquake.
Because the victims of the earthquake are members of a minority religious group, the Marinmer government has confiscated all humanitarian aid packages, and because of Marinmer's strong ties to powerful countries such as Russia and China, other nations refuse to intervene for fear of sparking a war.
She-Hulk and several members of the Lady Liberators secretly enter Marinmer, intending to steal the confiscated aid packages and distribute them to the earthquake victims.
The Winter Guard attempts to stop them, but gives up after seeing the plight of the earthquake victims.
Afterwards, the US government attempts to arrest She-Hulk for her actions in Marinmer, but drops the charges to avoid political embarrassment. With public opinion overwhelmingly in her favor, She-Hulk seems poised to get her legal license back when Jazinda is captured by the Behemoth after he mistakenly attacks her, thinking she is the real She-Hulk.
Jazinda is then taken to a government lab and brutally experimented on when her ability to resurrect herself from the dead is discovered. Jazinda contacts She-Hulk telepathically through a secretly implanted mind reading device and warns her that the government will be coming to question her about their relationship.
Jazinda tells She-Hulk to say she did not know Jazinda was a Skrull. When she sees Jazinda about to be vivisected, she loses control and breaks Jazinda out.
The Behemoth tries to stop her, but She-Hulk defeats him with the help of the Lady Liberators. Later it is revealed that Mallory Book, her former boss, was behind all the bad things happening to She-Hulk along with a group called the "Fourth Wall". Yet when she saw She-Hulk risk herself to save her Skrull friend, Book "cancelled" the plan.
Later, Jennifer tasks Ben Urich to discover the identity of Red Hulk. She informs him that she is unable to as she has asked too many questions to the wrong people. She has Urich bring a photographer (Peter Parker), and meets him along with her insider, Doc Samson, and they venture into a S.H.I.E.L.D. base that is actually a front for A.I.M. and General Ross's Gamma Power Super Soldier Program.
Leonard Samson then appears to have a breakdown, but in reality he is changing into Samson. Samson claims to be stronger and faster (and is larger in size, has longer hair and a lightning bolt scar) than Jennifer.
The clashing duo are subdued by MODOK and the facility explodes in the aftermath of a fight between Red Hulk and Hulk; Jennifer, Samson (who has reverted to Leonard) and Red Hulk are caught in the explosion. Jennifer's status is unknown and Red Hulk does not reveal anything to Urich when the two meet a second time.
While She-Hulk is M.I.A., the Red She-Hulk makes her first appearance where she claims Jennifer Walters to be dead.
It was later shown in a flashback that Red She-Hulk prevented Jennifer Walters from escaping from A.I.M. custody. During this battle, Red She-Hulk brutally beat Jennifer and snapped her neck with a cable. In the last panel, Jennifer Walters appeared to be dead with the Red She-Hulk standing over her body, though the Red She-Hulk claims she did not know her own strength.
She then questions Doc Samson whether it was the real She-Hulk or a Life-Model Decoy, to which Samson answers "You're here to follow orders, not to ask questions". Lyra later infiltrates the Intelligencia, where she finds Jennifer in stasis. Following a brief fight with the Red She-Hulk, the three decide to team up to take down Intelligencia's forces.
Following the defeat of the Intelligencia, Jennifer begins traveling with her cousin Bruce, Skaar, Korg, Rick Jones and Betty Ross.
Shortly after the events of World War Hulks, Skaar becomes aware that his brother Hiro-Kala is approaching and that he intends to crash the planet K'ai into the Earth. She-Hulk is on the team as they manage to successfully avert disaster. Upon returning to Earth, they find the world in flames as it is in the grasp of the Chaos War. They journey to Hell, where they fight and defeat the Chaos King. Returning to a restored Earth, they are greeted as monsters.
At some point before or after these events, Jennifer and Lyra end up in New York, where Lyra begins to attend high school in an attempt to gain an understanding of humanity as it occurs in this timeline. As well as helping to integrate Lyra into society, they are also involved in trying to round up the remaining members of the Intelligencia.
They manage to round up the Intelligencia, but the Wizard is able to escape imprisonment and goes after Lyra at her high school prom, almost killing her before She-Hulk intervenes, knocking out Wizard but not before Lyra's secret identity has been compromised.
The rest of the pupils turn on Lyra as a result of her prom date being injured and the endangerment of everyone at the dance. She-Hulk explains to her afterwards that they have to leave and that despite being heroes, the life of a Hulk is often lonely.
During the Fear Itself evemt, She-Hulk joins with Howard the Duck, Nighthawk and the Frankenstein Monster to form a four-person team called the Fearsome Four to stop the Man-Thing from its destructive path. They later discover a plot by Psycho-Man to use the Man-Thing's volatile empathy to create a weapon.
Prior to a time- and multiverse-spanning trip by the Fantastic Four and family, the Thing asks She-Hulk to be a member of the Future Foundation.
When the Hulk is elevated into "Doc Green" – a version of the Hulk possessing Bruce Banner's intellect – after he is treated for a shot to the head as Bruce Banner by use of the Extremis virus, he sets out to attack and cure other gamma-based mutations.
Steve Rogers attempts to order the Hulk to stop before he goes after She-Hulk, but when Doc Green finally confronts her, he instead admits that he has come to recognize that he is coming dangerously close to the Maestro, as part of him enjoyed eliminating his 'rivals', having decided instead to accept the eventual loss of his intellect as Extremis wore off rather than risk that persona emerging.
Informing She-Hulk that she is the only gamma mutation whose life he felt had been legitimately enhanced by her condition, Doc Green provides her with the last injection of his cure, asking her to use it on him if he goes too far in his efforts to stop an A.I. version of himself that he created and unleashed.
In Gwenpool's first Christmas event, Howard the Duck invited her to She-Hulk's Christmas party on the provision that she has not killed any good guys recently. She shows up and karaokes with Ms. Marvel.
There were dozens of superhumans in attendance, proving that whether she is acting as a hero or not, She-Hulk keeps strong ties to the super-community.
During the 2016 Civil War II event, after the Inhuman Ulysses predicts Thanos' arrival on Earth, She-Hulk was mortally wounded by a direct attack from the villain in question.
When Iron Man learns that they used Ulysses' precognitive power to ambush Thanos, he vows to make sure that no one uses it again. Before She-Hulk goes into cardiac arrest, she tells Captain Marvel to fight for the future.
After Hawkeye was acquitted for shooting Bruce Banner, Captain Marvel visited She-Hulk, who came out of her coma. When She-Hulk angrily demanded to know the verdict of Hawkeye's trial, Captain Marvel remained silent.
Following Bruce Banner's funeral, Jennifer Walters left the superhero business and continued to work as a lawyer, where she gained her first client: Maise Brewn, who was an Inhuman descendant.
Due to the stress following the fight with Thanos, Jennifer started turning uncontrollably into her version of the Grey Hulk at different intervals. Jennifer helped Maise when she was recovering from the trauma and being evicted by her landlord Mr. Tick.
When Maise got impatient with Jennifer and summoned a Fear Golem that killed Mr. Tick and some police officers, Jennifer is nearly killed by it and transforms into the Hulk. She defeated the Fear Golem and prevented Maise from committing suicide when Maise was arrested for reckless endangerment afterwards.
Afterwards, Jennifer transformed into the Hulk and met the Hellcat. After changing back, Jennifer told the Hellcat that she was worried over the fact that her grey color could mean that she is like Bruce (since Bruce also had a grey incarnation).
Later, Jennifer was watching a live video on the internet when a baker named Oliver turned into a Hulk-like creature on-camera. Jennifer spent several days trying to track him down, eventually confronting him as the Hulk at the Brooklyn Bridge. During the following battle, she lost control of her Hulk persona, almost killing him, though the Hellcat managed to calm her down. However, the incident left Jennifer worried about losing control again.
Some time later, the Leader kidnapped Jennifer and forced her to transform into the Hulk in order to force her to kill his new assistant, Robyn, who willingly went through a blood transfusion in order to become a Hulk-like monster herself. The Hulk nearly killed Robyn, but Jennifer managed to regain control, before defeating the Leader by electrocuting him.
Jen then went with self-help writer Florida Mayer, who used a special pill to transport Jennifer to her subconscious, leading her to confront her Hulk persona and illusions of Thanos and Banner, finally overcoming her trauma in the process. Upon waking, Jennifer reverted to her standard green She-Hulk persona.
During the war against the Cotati, She-Hulk is revealed to have been killed and replaced by a Cotati, attacking the Avengers when they tried to negotiate a truce with their new enemy, the heroes only surviving the attack thanks to the Invisible Woman's forcefield, although the Cotati/She-Hulk then beats down the Thing and retreats.
Invisible Woman, Mantis, and Thing are locked in combat with the Cotati-possessed She-Hulk. Back in New York, Jo-Venn and N'kalla release their positive memories which revives She-Hulk enough to break the Cotati off of her and to stop the fighting between the Kree and the Skrull. When the Cotati are defeated, She-Hulk and Thor take Sequoia away.
It turns out that She-Hulk was able to return to life thanks to Leader who has mastered the way to control the Green Door.
⚡ Happy 🎯 Heroclix 💫 Friday! 👽
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Jennifer Walters
Publisher: Marvel
First appearance: The Savage She-Hulk #1 (February 1980)
Created by: Stan Lee (Writer)
John Buscema (Artist)
See Shulkie in action in Paprihaven! Standing up to fake goddesses:
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Getting slung around by giants:
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Driving her She-Hulk mobile:
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And hanging out A LOT with Ben Grimm:
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He has been featured in comic books, television shows, films, video games, novels, and plays.
Spider-Man's secret identity is Peter Benjamin Parker, a teenage high school student and an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker died in a plane crash.
Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and financial issues and gave him many supporting characters, such as Flash Thompson, J. Jonah Jameson, and Harry Osborn; romantic interests Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, and the Black Cat; and enemies such as the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and Venom.
In his origin story, Spider-Man gets his superhuman spider-powers and abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider; these include superhuman strength, agility, reflexes, stamina, durability, coordination, and balance, clinging to surfaces and ceilings like a spider, and detecting danger with his precognition ability called "spider-sense".
He also builds wrist-mounted "web-shooter" devices that shoot artificial spider-webs of his own design, which are used both for fighting and for web-swinging across the city.
Peter Parker originally used his powers for his own personal gain, but after his Uncle Ben was killed by a thief that Peter did not stop, he began to use his powers to fight crime by becoming the superhero known as Spider-Man.
When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist. The Spider-Man comic series broke ground by featuring Peter Parker, a high school student from Queens, New York, as Spider-Man's secret identity, whose "self-obsessions with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" were issues to which young readers could relate.
While Spider-Man had all the makings of a sidekick, unlike previous teen heroes such as Bucky and Robin, Spider-Man had no superhero mentor like Captain America and Batman; he had learned the lesson for himself that "with great power comes great responsibility" — a line included in a text box in the final panel of the first Spider-Man's origin story but later retroactively attributed to the late Uncle Ben Parker.
Marvel has featured Spider-Man in several comic book series, the first and longest-lasting of which is The Amazing Spider-Man.
Over the years, the Peter Parker character developed from a shy, nerdy New York City high school student to a troubled but outgoing college student, to a married high school teacher to, in the late 2000s, a single freelance photographer. In the 2000s, he joins the Avengers.
Doctor Octopus also took on the identity for a story arc spanning 2012–2014, following a body swap plot in which Peter appears to die.
Marvel has also published comic books featuring alternate versions of Spider-Man, including Spider-Man 2099, which features the adventures of Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of the future; Ultimate Spider-Man, which features the adventures of a teenage Peter Parker in the alternate universe; and then Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, which depicts a teenager named Miles Morales who takes up the mantle of Spider-Man after Ultimate Peter Parker's apparent death.
Miles later became a superhero in his own right and was brought into mainstream continuity, where he sometimes works alongside Peter.
Spider-Man is one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes. He has appeared in countless forms of media, including several animated TV series including the first original animated series Spider-Man with Paul Soles voicing Spider-Man, a live-action television series, syndicated newspaper comic strips, and multiple series of films. Spider-Man was first portrayed in live-action by Danny Seagren in Spidey Super Stories, a recurring skit on The Electric Company from 1974 to 1977.
In live-action films, Spider-Man has been portrayed by actors Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, by Andrew Garfield in two films directed by Marc Webb, and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Tom Holland. Reeve Carney starred originally as Spider-Man in the 2010 Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
Spider-Man was also been voiced by Jake Johnson and Chris Pine in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Spider-Man has been well-received as a superhero and comic book character, and he is often ranked as one of the most popular and iconic comic book superheroes of all time and one of the most popular characters in all fiction.
Creation and Development
In 1962, with the success of the Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee was casting for a new superhero idea. He said the idea for Spider-Man arose from a surge in teenage demand for comic books and the desire to create a character with whom teens could identify.
As with Fantastic Four, Lee saw Spider-Man as an opportunity to "get out of his system" what he felt was missing in comic books.
In his autobiography, Lee cites the non-superhuman pulp magazine crime fighter the Spider as a great influence, and in a multitude of print and video interviews, Lee stated he was further inspired by seeing a spider climb up a wall—adding in his autobiography that he has told that story so often he has become unsure of whether or not this is true.
Besides the name, the Spider was wanted by both the law and the criminal underworld (a defining theme of Spider-Man's early years), and had through years of ceaseless struggle developed a "sixth sense" which warns him of danger, the apparent inspiration for Spider-Man's "spider-sense".
Although at the time teenage superheroes were usually given names ending with "boy", Lee says he chose "Spider-Man" because he wanted the character to age as the series progressed, and felt the name "Spider-Boy" would have made the character sound inferior to other superheroes. He also decided to insert a hyphen in the name, as he felt it looked too similar to Superman, another superhero with a red and blue costume that starts with an "S" and ends with "man" (although artist Steve Ditko intended the character to have an orange and purple costume).
At that time Lee had to get only the consent of Marvel publisher Martin Goodman for the character's approval. In a 1986 interview, Lee described in detail his arguments to overcome Goodman's objections.
Goodman eventually agreed to a Spider-Man tryout in what Lee, in numerous interviews, recalled as what would be the final issue of the science-fiction and supernatural anthology series Amazing Adult Fantasy, which was renamed Amazing Fantasy for that single issue, #15 (cover-dated August 1962, on sale June 5, 1962).
In particular, Lee stated that the fact that it had already been decided that Amazing Fantasy would be canceled after issue #15 was the only reason Goodman allowed him to use Spider-Man. While this was indeed the final issue, its editorial page anticipated the comic continuing and that "The Spiderman [sic] ... will appear every month in Amazing."
Regardless, Lee received Goodman's approval for the name Spider-Man and the "ordinary teen" concept and approached artist Jack Kirby.
As comics historian Greg Theakston recounts, Kirby told Lee about an unpublished character on which he had collaborated with Joe Simon in the 1950s, in which an orphaned boy living with an old couple finds a magic ring that granted him superhuman powers.
Lee and Kirby "immediately sat down for a story conference," Theakston writes, and Lee afterward directed Kirby to flesh out the character and draw some pages. Steve Ditko would be the inker. When Kirby showed Lee the first six pages, Lee recalled, "I hated the way he was doing it! Not that he did it badly—it just wasn't the character I wanted; it was too heroic". Lee turned to Ditko, who developed a visual style Lee found satisfactory. Ditko recalled:
One of the first things I did was to work up a costume. A vital, visual part of the character. I had to know how he looked ... before I did any breakdowns. For example: A clinging power so he wouldn't have hard shoes or boots, a hidden wrist-shooter versus a web gun and holster, etc. ... I wasn't sure Stan would like the idea of covering the character's face but I did it because it hid an obviously boyish face. It would also add mystery to the character...
Although the interior artwork was by Ditko alone, Lee rejected Ditko's cover art and commissioned Kirby to pencil a cover that Ditko inked. As Lee explained in 2010, "I think I had Jack sketch out a cover for it because I always had a lot of confidence in Jack's covers."
In an early recollection of the character's creation, Ditko described his and Lee's contributions in a mail interview with Gary Martin published in Comic Fan #2 (Summer 1965): "Stan Lee thought the name up. I did costume, web gimmick on wrist & spider signal."
At the time, Ditko shared a Manhattan studio with noted fetish artist Eric Stanton, an art-school classmate who, in a 1988 interview with Theakston, recalled that although his contribution to Spider-Man was "almost nil", he and Ditko had "worked on storyboards together and I added a few ideas. But the whole thing was created by Steve on his own... I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands."
Ditko claimed in a rare interview with Jonathan Ross that the costume was initially envisioned with an orange and purple color scheme rather than the more famous red and blue.
Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962) first introduced the character. It was a gateway to commercial success for the superhero and inspired the launch of The Amazing Spider-Man comic book. Cover art by penciller Jack Kirby and inker Steve Ditko
Kirby later said the idea for Spider-Man had originated with Kirby and Joe Simon, who in the 1950s had developed a character called the Silver Spider for the Crestwood Publications comic Black Magic, who was subsequently not used.
Simon, in his 1990 autobiography, disputed Kirby's account, asserting that Black Magic was not a factor and that he (Simon) devised the name "Spider-Man" (later changed to "The Silver Spider"), while Kirby outlined the character's story and powers. Simon later elaborated that his and Kirby's character conception became the basis for Simon's Archie Comics superhero, the Fly.
Artist Steve Ditko stated that Lee liked the name Hawkman from DC Comics, and that "Spider-Man" was an outgrowth of that interest.
Simon concurred that Kirby had shown the original Spider-Man version to Lee, who liked the idea and assigned Kirby to draw sample pages of the new character but disliked the results—in Simon's description, "Captain America with cobwebs".
Neither Lee's nor Kirby's explanation explains why key story elements like the magic ring were dropped; Evanier states that the most plausible explanation for the sudden change was that Goodman, or one of his assistants, decided that Spider-Man, as drawn and envisioned by Kirby, was too similar to the Fly.
Author and Ditko scholar Blake Bell writes that it was Ditko who noted the similarities to the Fly. Ditko recalled that "Stan called Jack about the Fly", adding that "days later, Stan told me I would be penciling the story panel breakdowns from Stan's synopsis."
It was at this point that the nature of the strip changed. "Out went the magic ring, adult Spider-Man and whatever legend ideas that Spider-Man story would have contained."
Lee gave Ditko the premise of a teenager bitten by a spider and developing powers, a premise Ditko would expand upon.
Lee, while given credit for the initial idea, has acknowledged Ditko's role, stating, "If Steve wants to be called co-creator, I think he deserves [it]". He has further commented that Ditko's costume design was key to the character's success; since the costume completely covers Spider-Man's body, people of all races could visualize themselves inside the costume and thus more easily identify with the character.
Commercial Success
A few months after Spider-Man's introduction, publisher Goodman reviewed the sales figures for that issue and was shocked to find it was one of the nascent Marvel's highest-selling comics.
A solo ongoing series followed, beginning with The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (cover-dated March 1963). The title eventually became Marvel's top-selling series with the character swiftly becoming a cultural icon; a 1965 Esquire poll of college campuses found that college students ranked Spider-Man and fellow Marvel hero the Hulk alongside Bob Dylan and Che Guevara as their favorite revolutionary icons.
One interviewee selected Spider-Man because he was "beset by woes, money problems, and the question of existence. In short, he is one of us."
Following Ditko's departure after issue #38 (July 1966), John Romita Sr. replaced him as penciller and would draw the series for the next several years. In 1968, Romita would also draw the character's extra-length stories in the comics magazine The Spectacular Spider-Man, a proto-graphic novel designed to appeal to older readers. It only lasted for two issues, but it represented the first Spider-Man spin-off publication, aside from the original series' summer Annuals that began in 1964.
An early 1970s Spider-Man story ultimately led to the revision of the Comics Code. Previously, the Code forbade the depiction of the use of illegal drugs, even negatively.
However, in 1970, the Nixon administration's Department of Health, Education, and Welfare asked Stan Lee to publish an anti-drug message in one of Marvel's top-selling titles. Lee chose the top-selling The Amazing Spider-Man. Issues #96–98 (May–July 1971) feature a story arc depicting the negative effects of drug use.
In the story, Peter Parker's friend Harry Osborn becomes addicted to pills. When Spider-Man fights the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn, Harry's father), Spider-Man defeats him by revealing Harry's drug addiction. While the story had a clear anti-drug message, the Comics Code Authority refused to issue its seal of approval.
Marvel nevertheless published the three issues without the Comics Code Authority's approval or seal. The issues sold so well that the industry's self-censorship was undercut and the Code was subsequently revised.
In 1972, a second monthly ongoing series starring Spider-Man began: Marvel Team-Up, in which Spider-Man was paired with other superheroes and supervillains.
From that point on, there have generally been at least two ongoing Spider-Man series at any time. In 1976, his second solo series, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man began running parallel to the main series.
A third series featuring Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man, launched in 1985 to replace Marvel Team-Up. The launch of a fourth monthly title in 1990, the "adjectiveless" Spider-Man (with the storyline "Torment"), written and drawn by popular artist Todd McFarlane, debuted with several different covers, all with the same interior content. The various versions combined sold over 3 million copies, an industry record at the time.
Several miniseries, one-shot issues, and loosely related comics have also been published, and Spider-Man makes frequent cameos and guest appearances in other comic book series. In 1996, The Sensational Spider-Man was created to replace Web of Spider-Man.
In 1998 writer-artist John Byrne revamped the origin of Spider-Man in the 13-issue limited series Spider-Man: Chapter One (Dec. 1998 – Oct. 1999), similar to Byrne's adding details and some revisions to Superman's origin in DC Comics' The Man of Steel.
At the same time, the original The Amazing Spider-Man was ended with issue #441 (Nov. 1998), and The Amazing Spider-Man was restarted with vol. 2, #1 (Jan. 1999). In 2003, Marvel reintroduced the original numbering for The Amazing Spider-Man and what would have been vol. 2, #59 became issue #500 (Dec. 2003).
When the primary series The Amazing Spider-Man reached issue #545 (Dec. 2007), Marvel dropped its spin-off ongoing series and instead began publishing The Amazing Spider-Man three times monthly, beginning with #546–548 (all January 2008).
The three times-monthly scheduling of The Amazing Spider-Man lasted until November 2010, when the comic book was increased from 22 pages to 30 pages each issue and published only twice a month, beginning with #648–649 (both November 2010).
The following year, Marvel launched Avenging Spider-Man as the first spin-off ongoing series in addition to the still-twice monthly The Amazing Spider-Man since the previous ones were canceled at the end of 2007.
The Amazing series temporarily ended with issue #700 in December 2012 and was replaced by The Superior Spider-Man, which had Doctor Octopus serve as the new Spider-Man, his mind having taken over Peter Parker's body. Superior was an enormous commercial success for Marvel, and ran for 31 issues before the real Peter Parker returned in a newly relaunched The Amazing Spider-Man #1 in April 2014.
Following the 2015 Secret Wars crossover event, a number of Spider-Man-related titles were either relaunched or created as part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel" event. Among them, The Amazing Spider-Man was relaunched as well and primarily focuses on Peter Parker continuing to run Parker Industries and becoming a successful businessman who is operating worldwide.
Fictional character biography
Early years.
In Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, Midtown High School student Peter Benjamin Parker is a science-whiz orphan living with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May.
As depicted in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962), he is bitten by a radioactive spider (erroneously classified as an insect in the panel) at a science exhibit and "acquires the agility and proportionate strength of an arachnid".
Along with heightened athletic abilities, Parker gains the ability to adhere to walls and ceilings. Through his knack for science, he develops a gadget that lets him fire adhesive webbing of his own design through small, wrist-mounted barrels.
Initially seeking to capitalize on his new abilities, Parker dons a costume and, as "Spider-Man", becomes a novelty television star. However, "He blithely ignores the chance to stop a fleeing thief, [and] his indifference ironically catches up with him when the same criminal later robs and kills his Uncle Ben." Spider-Man tracks and subdues the killer and learns, in the story's next-to-last caption, "With great power there must also come—great responsibility!"
In The Amazing Spider-Man; issue #1 (March 1963), despite his superpowers, Peter struggles to help his widowed Aunt May pay the rent, is taunted by Flash, and as Spider-Man, he continues fighting crime and saving the city, but his heroic deeds engender the editorial wrath of newspaper publisher of the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson, who holds a grudge against Spider-Man, continues making false statements about Spider-Man despite his heroism.
Peter gets hired as a freelance photographer by Mr. Jameson to take pictures of Spider-Man, but Jameson is unaware that Spider-Man is Peter Parker.
Spider-Man fights his enemies including superpowered and non-superpowered supervillains - his arch-enemy and nemesis called the Green Goblin, and then Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Chameleon, Lizard, Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, Electro, and Mysterio, defeating them one by one - but Peter finds juggling his personal life and costumed adventures difficult.
In time, Peter graduates from high school and enrolls at Empire State University (a fictional institution evoking the real-life Columbia University and New York University), where he meets roommate and best friend Harry Osborn and girlfriend Gwen Stacy, and Aunt May introduces him to Mary Jane Watson.
As Peter deals with Harry's drug problems, and Harry's father, Norman Osborn, is revealed to be the Green Goblin, Peter attempts to give up his costumed identity for a while.
Gwen Stacy's father, New York City Police detective Captain George Stacy, is accidentally killed during a battle between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus (issue #90, November 1970).
1970s
In issue #121 (June 1973), the Green Goblin throws Gwen Stacy from a tower of either the Brooklyn Bridge (as depicted in the art) or the George Washington Bridge (as given in the text). She dies during Spider-Man's rescue attempt, and Spider-Man swears revenge against his nemesis; a note on the letters page of issue #125 states: "It saddens us to say that the whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey's webbing stopped her so suddenly was, in fact, what killed her."
The following issue, Spider-Man vengefully attacks and overpowers the Green Goblin who appears to have killed himself accidentally in the ensuing battle with Spider-Man.
Working through his grief, Peter eventually develops tentative feelings toward Mary Jane, and the two "become confidants rather than lovers".
A romantic relationship eventually develops, with Parker proposing to her in issue #182 (July 1978), and being turned down an issue later.
Parker went on to graduate from college in issue #185, and becomes involved with the shy Debra Whitman and the extroverted, flirtatious costumed thief Felicia Hardy, a.k.a. the Black Cat, whom he meets in issue #194 (July 1979).
1980s
The Amazing Spider-Man #252 (May 1984): The black costume debut that brought controversy to many fans. The suit was later revealed as an alien symbiote and was used in the creation of the villain Venom. Cover art by Ron Frenz and Klaus Janson
From 1984 to 1988, Spider-Man wore a black costume with a white spider design on his chest.
The new costume originated in the Secret Wars miniseries, on an alien planet where Spider-Man participates in a battle between Earth's major superheroes and supervillains.
He continues wearing the costume when he returns, starting in The Amazing Spider-Man #252. The change to a longstanding character's design met with controversy, "with many hardcore comics fans decrying it as tantamount to sacrilege. Spider-Man's traditional red and blue costume was iconic, they argued, on par with those of his D.C. rivals Superman and Batman."
The creators then revealed the costume was an alien symbiote which Spider-Man is able to reject after a difficult struggle, though the symbiote returns several times as Venom for revenge.
Parker proposes to Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man #290 (July 1987), and she accepts two issues later, with the wedding taking place in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 (1987)—promoted with a real-life mock wedding using actors at Shea Stadium, with Stan Lee officiating, on June 5, 1987.
David Michelinie, who scripted based on a plot by editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, said in 2007, "I didn't think they actually should [have gotten] married. ... I had actually planned another version, one that wasn't used." Parker published a book of Spider-Man photographs called Webs and returned to his Empire State University graduate studies in biochemistry in #310 (Dec. 1988).
1990s
In the controversial 1990s storyline the "Clone Saga", a clone of Parker, created in 1970s comics by insane scientist Miles Warren, a.k.a. the Jackal, returns to New York City upon hearing of Aunt May's health worsening.
The clone had lived incognito as "Ben Reilly", but now assumes the superhero guise the Scarlet Spider and allies with Parker. To the surprise of both, new tests indicate "Reilly" is the original and "Parker" the clone.
Complicating matters, Watson announces in The Spectacular Spider-Man #220 (Jan. 1995) that she is pregnant with Parker's baby. Later, however, a resurrected Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) has Watson poisoned, causing premature labor and the death of her and Parker's unborn daughter.
The Green Goblin had switched the results of the clone test in an attempt to destroy Parker's life by making him believe himself to be the clone. Reilly is killed while saving Parker, in Peter Parker: Spider-Man #75 (Dec. 1996), and his body immediately crumbles into dust, confirming Reilly was the clone.
In issue #97 (Nov. 1998) of the second series titled Peter Parker: Spider-Man, Parker learns his Aunt May was kidnapped by Norman Osborn and her apparent death in The Amazing Spider-Man #400 (April 1995) had been a hoax.
Shortly afterward, in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2) #13 (#454, Jan. 2000), Watson is apparently killed in an airplane explosion. She turns up alive and well in (vol. 2) #28 (#469, April 2001), but she and Peter become separated in the following issue.
2000s
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski began writing The Amazing Spider-Man, illustrated by John Romita Jr., beginning with (vol. 2) #30 (#471, June 2001).
Two issues later, Parker, now employed as a teacher at his old high school, meets the enigmatic Ezekiel, who possesses similar spider powers and suggests that Parker, having gained such abilities, might not have been a fluke—that Parker has a connection to a totemic spider spirit.
In (vol. 2) #37 (#478, Jan. 2002), May discovers her nephew Parker is Spider-Man, leading to a new openness in their relationship. Parker and Watson reconcile in (vol. 2) #50 (#491, April 2003).
He joins the superhero team the New Avengers in New Avengers #1–2. After their respective homes are destroyed by a deranged, superpowered former high-school classmate,
Parker, Watson, and May move into Stark Tower, and Parker begins working as Tony Stark's assistant while again freelancing for The Daily Bugle and continuing his teaching.
In the 12-part 2005 story arc "The Other", Parker undergoes a transformation that evolves his powers. In the comic Civil War #2 (June 2006), part of the company-wide crossover arc of that title, the U.S. government's Superhuman Registration Act leads Spider-Man to reveal his true identity publicly. A growing unease about the Registration Act prompts him to escape with May and Watson and join the anti-registration underground.
In issue #537 (Dec. 2006), May is critically wounded by a sniper hired by Wilson Fisk and enters into a coma. Parker, desperate to save her, exhausts all possibilities and makes a pact with the demon-lord Mephisto, who saves May's life in exchange for Parker and Watson agreeing to have their marriage and all memory of it disappear.
In this changed reality, Spider-Man's identity is secret once again, and in #545 (Jan. 2008), Watson returns and is cold toward him. The controversial storyline "One More Day" rolled back much of the fictional continuity at the behest of editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, who said, "Peter being single is an intrinsic part of the very foundation of the world of Spider-Man".
It caused unusual public friction between Quesada and writer Straczynski, who "told Joe that I was going to take my name off the last two issues of the [story] arc", but was talked out of doing so. At issue with Straczynski's climax to the arc, Quesada said, was ...that we didn't receive the story and methodology to the resolution that we were all expecting. What made that very problematic is that we had four writers and artists well underway on [the sequel arc] "Brand New Day" that were expecting and needed "One More Day" to end in the way that we had all agreed it would. ... The fact that we had to ask for the story to move back to its original intent understandably made Joe upset and caused some major delays and page increases in the series.
Also, the science that Joe was going to apply to the retcon of the marriage would have made over 30 years of Spider-Man books worthless, because they never would have had happened. ...[I]t would have reset way too many things outside of the Spider-Man titles. We just couldn't go there....
In this new continuity, designed to have very limited repercussions throughout the remainder of the Marvel Universe, Parker returns to work at the Daily Bugle, which has been renamed The DB under a new publisher. He soon switches to the alternative press paper The Front Line.
J. Jonah Jameson becomes the Mayor of New York City in issue #591 (June 2008). Jameson's estranged father, J. Jonah Jameson Sr., marries May in issue #600 (Sept. 2009).
During the "Secret Invasion" by shape-shifting extra-terrestrials, the Skrulls, Norman Osborn shoots and kills the Skrull queen Veranke. He leverages this widely publicized success, positioning himself as the new director of the S.H.I.E.L.D.-like paramilitary force H.A.M.M.E.R. to advance his agenda, while using his public image to start his own Dark Avengers. Norman himself leads the Dark Avengers as the Iron Patriot, a suit of armor fashioned by himself after Iron Man's armor with Captain America's colors.
Harry is approached by Norman with the offer of a job within the Dark Avengers. It is later revealed that it is a ruse to coerce Harry into taking the American Son armor, whom Norman had planned to kill, in order to increase public sympathy. When Harry has the option of killing Norman, Spider-Man says to decapitate him, since Norman's healing factor may repair a blow to the head. Spider-Man also cautions Harry that killing Norman will cause Harry to "become the son Norman always wanted". Harry instead backs down, and turns away from his father forever.
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Secret Identity: Peter Parker
Publisher: Marvel
First appearance: Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962)
Created by: Stan Lee (Writer)
Steve Ditko (Artist)
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Ravager is a code name used by multiple villains who have been taught by Slade Wilson, also known as Deathstroke. They wear a variation of his costume and mimic his methods and techniques.
The first was Slade's son, Grant Wilson. Grant died using a serum created by H.I.V.E. that he hoped would enable him to truly replicate his father's amazing abilities.
Slade Wilson blamed the Teen Titans and a series of new Ravagers followed, each failing to live up to Deathstroke's standards and failing to accomplish their tasks.
Finally, Slade's daughter, Rose Wilson, took up the mask. Unlike the Ravagers before her, and very unlike her father, Rose is a heroic metahuman.
While heroic in her affiliations and methods, Rose is unstable and has had psychotic episodes, including once gouging out her own eye to be more like her father.
Inheriting abilities from her father and having them enhanced via mainlining of the super soldier serum that gave Deathstroke his powers, Rose Wilson possesses increased reflexes, stamina, agility, speed, strength and heightened mental acuity.
She has received some training from Nightwing, including the virtues of being a hero. She also possesses a precognitive sense that lets her see into the immediate future. This allows her to react to oncoming attacks against her and to counter them accordingly.
She currently wields twin energy katanas that can cut through anything except flesh, and briefly merge into an energy shield.
She also carries with her a small stash of adrenaline, both because Clock King had briefly managed to make her addicted to the substance, and also because while high on adrenaline her precognitive sense heightens into the ability to glimpse scenes from her immediate future.
However, the more she uses adrenaline to enhance her powers, the more her metabolism is unbalanced, straining her health.
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Secret Identity: Rose Wilson
Publisher: DC
First appearance: Deathstroke 15 (October 1992)
Created by: Marv Wolfman (Writer)
George Perez (Artist)
Art Nichols (Artist)
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late afternoon climb to ala kul pass from the keldike yurt camp overnight stay high above altyn-arashan settlement in kyrgyz tian shan mountains
I have vehemently refused to stay put in the camp and decided I have to walk up there for the ala kul lake view in the waning hours of the day as my gut feeling told me there is some chance of good light (and some of the rain, too, but yeah... ). in her desperation my wife decided to trod along and verbally abuse me with slurs about me being old stubborn donkey (absolutely untrue, 45 is not that old!), being autistic *hole (guilty ass charged), taking risk with mine and her life (grossly incorrect), disobeying our mountain guide and general social norms (yes, I was... :| ), etc.
we made it all the way up. she was silent by then, not just by exhaustion from breathing thin air :) I was damn right with my precognition, 20 years spent chasing light outdoor ain't there for nothing :/
Raven is the daughter of Trigon, an other-dimensional being of great power and great evil. Raven's mother, Arella, is human.
Aware of Trigon's desire to subjugate and destroy Earth, Raven tries to alert the Justice League. However, Zatanna, sensing the evil of Trigon through Raven, warns the League away from her.
In desperation, Raven uses her powers as an empath to manipulate young heroes into forming the New Teen Titans, patterned after the original group. The team consisted of Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy (then known as Changeling).
Though Raven had manipulated the others, her motivation was for Earth to be protected. The Teen Titans came to understand these things and the team, though formed in guile, became a family.
With the Teen Titans, Raven battled a number of villains but, all the while, she watched and waited for Trigon's coming. As that time drew closer and Trigon's power and presence was more acutely felt by Raven, there were times when she was overpowered by him and took a form resembling him.
The Teen Titans fought for her during these times and never turned her away or lost trust in her.
When the battle with Trigon finally came, the team had bonded so that, despite Trigon's power and despite setbacks, losses, and very hard lessons along the way, the Teen Titans were victorious. Though they could not defeat Trigon, such is his power, they were able to deny him Earth.
Raven was cleansed of Trigon's control and influence.
As the daughter of the inter-dimensional destroyer Trigon, Raven is very powerful and has displayed a vast amount of abilities. Because Raven's nature is intensely emotion-based, her abilities have fluctuated wildly in power over her career, depending on the circumstances.
She is firstly an empath, able to sense and alter the emotions of others. She can induce calm, suppress negativity, and even make someone fall in love with her.
By absorbing the pain of the wounded into herself, she can induce rapid healing for the affected person while she suffers in their place.
Raven can astral project a solid black energy form that takes the shape of a bird, called her soul-self. Her soul-self can travel long distances, become intangible, and is able to telepathically communicate. It can act as a shield as it can absorb a limited amount of energy and solid matter, regurgitating them before reintegrating with Raven.
Using her soul-self, she can convert her physical body and carry or teleport herself and others over a limited distance.
Her soul-self can mentally subdue at least one person by enveloping them inside of itself. Raven's soul-self could initially stay outside her body for exactly five minutes; failure to reintegrate in time would cause mental torment for her, though she eventually overcame this limitation.
She has displayed the ability to control, manipulate and or generate pure shadows and darkness.
Raven can manipulate energy, emotions and, on rare occasions, even time.
Her empathic control is her primary ability and manifests in different variations, from causing supremely destructive pain, inducing tension, fear-based illusions, and stealing emotions from others.
Before she realized that she could never stop Trigon on her own, Raven studied magic and has displayed sorcerous abilities, such as inducing unconsciousness with a touch, releasing balls of fire "within the folds of her cloak" or hurling electric blasts strong enough to take down the Titans.
She was seen to completely annihilate the demon army of Rankor numbering more than three thousand individuals and which contained powerful individual demons that had taken the Titans down in ambushes previously.
Raven also has limited precognition, which allows her to predict future events that are about to happen, although this happens involuntarily and infrequently.
Though not a physical fighter, Raven has studied with Robin/Nightwing and has proven, when necessary, that she is not without hand-to-hand skills.
⚡ Happy 🎯 Heroclix 💫 Friday! 👽
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Rachel Roth
Publisher: DC
First appearance: DC Comics Presents 26 (October 1980)
Created by: Marv Wolfman (Writer) and George Pérez (Artist)
Raven has appeared on the Bijou Planks stage in BP 2018 Day 314:
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and in BP 2019 Day 24:
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Raven has been seen in action in the war in episodes like Paprihaven 1585:
Meantime last night or about so (my relationships with the Time are fascinating) I’ve begun or more precisely continued another project. It turned out to be small that time but promises to be big now (I’ll explain in a minute). We’ve taken photos for that project about a year ago and I feel closer to it just now. More or less. Rita run through the winter forest not just naked, which is relatively easy, but barefoot and sat bareass on snow-covered stumps, which is tough absolutely (the whole idea was all hers!). She’s my hero. Real artist. It was just pre-war like some presentiment or precognition. Homeless. Out of all the previous life. Wild. Rita called that project “Run wild”, so be it, I do like this title (decided I right now, translating the title Russian-English). It was getting dark in the forest because it took me that long to get out and that’s – because I didn’t believe that Rita really means it so why bother, let it go as it will. I’ll show you what we’ve got for you, hopefully pretty soon. So, I desire to upload all that that I’ve got for now in this previous project. It’s important for me as well. Cause I’m still bet on freedom in these awful times. Any times. How d’you like it?
Why do I still mention Behance and Patreon? Don’t get them till now. And insta? Just hate it. Fb and vk – about the dead either good or nothing. But what else do we have? What do you have?
Kamera: Nikon F3 (1989)
Linse: Nikkor-S Auto 50mm f1.4 (1970)
Film: Rollei Retro 400S
Kjemi: Rodinal (1:25 / 10:30 min. @ 20°C)
Ich schaue in die Ferne, bis ans Ende der Welt.
Und ieder Tag unwinsst kuntschen das Ende.
Erst kommt die Zeit in stürzen und dann die Erde.
Die Wolken kommen ins rasen, dann kocht die Erde.
Das ist das Zeichen.
Das ist der Anfang vom Ende.
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- Werner Herzog: Herz aus Glas (1976)
Sparkline, Negative G, Whirlwind, Presage, Harvest.
Alias: Sparkline
Real Name: Zora Vi-Lar
Gender: Female
Powers: Super speed and fire generation powers
Backstory: Zora was a criminal on Krypton, who ended up getting thrown in prison by the Military Guild. Zor El was the one to call the Guild, so now she hates him and his family. Upon landing in Death Valley on Earth, she makes her way to Leavenworth, after recognizing the House of El crest on Superboy and Supergirl's costume. She would end up losing the fight against Supergirl, and now she's locked up in the Scabbard.
Alias: Negative G
Real Name: Gary Myre
Gender: Male
Powers: Gravity Manipulation
Backstory: Through with being screwed over by "the man", Gary decides the best course of action is to topple the system as it is now. Ends up overexerting himself in a fight against Supergirl, and gets locked up. After a prison break, his current location is unknown.
Alias: Whirlwind
Real Name: Roman Segal
Gender: Male
Powers: Air Control/Manipulation
Backstory: A former LuthorCorp scientist, that wasted millions of company dollars on a prototype Whirlwind armor. When Samantha Arias found out, she had no choice but to fire him. Frustrated, he came back with vengeance on the mind. Chris Danvers happened to be in the building on a field trip that day, and was able to take him down with ease, as Superboy.
Alias: Presage
Gender: Female
Powers: Various Mental Based powers, like telepathy, precognition, and the like
Other: Harvest's Lieutenant. Was rescued by Harvest, and has served him ever since.
Alias: Harvest
Real Name: Simon Valentine
Gender: Male
Powers: None, but uses future tech.
Backstory: In the future, metahumans take over, and human lives mean nothing. Chris Danvers, now known as Black Zero, is the overlord. Hooked up on red kryptonite, his emotions are out of wack. Harvest is part of the resistance, but during one of the battles, Feyris is killed by Black Zero. He decides to travel back in time, to fix how broken 2027 is. The best way to do this is to eliminate metahumans altogether. He develops Nowhere with the help of future technology, and starts kidnapping teenaged metahumans from across the world. He pits them against each other in the Culling, with a promise the winner will be allowed to go free, provided they serve him as his Ravagers. His Slaughterhouse Six end up capturing both Superboy and Supergirl, which accelerates the Culling's timetable. Many metahumans are killed during the Culling, but ultimately, Harvest is taken down. He's currently locked up, but the location is unknown to everyone besides Superman.
Johnathan Stevens/Mr. Destiny
Born in 1980, Johnathan Stevens lived a fairly normal life up until 1999, in which his abilities of precognition had manifested. Confused with his new abilities, he travelled the world searching for people like him. He returned back to his hometown in Manhattan back in Mid 2003 with a new found appreciation and understanding of his powers. Around the same time he came back was the first appearance of the Infamous Bull King. Him, Capacitor I, and a few other heroes came together to put an end to the Bull King, and from that day forth they formed a team called The Sages. Before the disbanding of The Sages, In 2007 Johnathan had a son and retired to spend his time with his family. In 2019, Johnathan and his son had a mutual vision of an incoming apocalypse and decided to come out of retirement to help save the world.
Trip “Taka” Stevens
Born in 2007, Trip Stevens was born was trained at a young age to master his powers of Precognition and Light and Dark Matter manipulation, in which he inherited from his parents. In 2019, like previously stated, he had a mutual vision about the apocalypse and he traveled with his father to help save the world.
Madman is a comic book printed by Image comics.
Madman AKA Frank Einstein was born Zane Townsend, an agent of the Tri-Eye Agency. Townsend was killed in a car accident, then stitched back together and brought to life by two scientists, Dr. Egon Boiffard and Dr. Gillespie Flem. This resurrection left him amnesiac, and the resurrected John Doe was named after Boiffard's artistic and scientific heroes, Frank Sinatra and Albert Einstein, respectively. The procedure left Frank with supernatural reflexes and a slight degree of precognitive and empathetic power; however, he remembers nothing about his former life, but faint, troubling memories relating to his death. Madman's costume is based on the only thing he can clearly remember: a fascination with a comic book character called Mr. Excitement.
Passersby on the wonderfully named street of Pudding Chare in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. The lady on the right is covering her mouth, at a time when coronavirus was still probably a week or two from jumping the species barrier to us humans! A strange precognition of what was in late October 2019 the near future.
This issue is from Peter Parker's perspective.
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I love this wrestling gig. This precognitive sense that I have makes it impossible for anyone to get a hit in. I’m finally a success! Thank God for that spider bite; it was a true blessing.
“Yo, kid!”
Is it time for tonight’s pay?
“Your performance out there was amazing, but we can’t allow you to continue without revealing your identity.”
“Are you serious? I’ve already told you that it’s not an option. If you allow me to wear this mask, I’ll keep drawing in these huge crowds.”
“Oh, you can keep wearing the mask, but you’ll need to tell the organization who you really are. How do we know that you’re not an ex-con? Besides, paying you in cash is becoming a real pain in my—!”
“Look, just give me tonight’s pay and I’ll get out of your hair. I can get a better job somewhere else!”
Damn it! My first real job and I blew it. How typical of—!
Wait, there’s the tingling sensation in my head. That means that there’s danger somewhere.
“You in the mask! Put your hands behind your head and get on the ground!”
Great, there’s a gun pointed at my head and I didn’t do anything! There’s only one way out of this without revealing my identity. Too bad this’ll mean missing my pay.
The commotion fades as I dive out of the nearest window. Sure, they’ll run to it, but none of them will expect me to be on top of the building! Thank you, spider powers. What did they want me for, anyway? Sure, a man in a mask is suspicious, but I was just standing there talking to someone! I guess I’ll never find out.
Hopefully they won’t miss the costume.
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History:
Albert Abacus III made his first appearance in New Brickton years ago and became known as the criminal Mr. Digit. He dressed and spoke in a peculiar manner that seemed displaced even at the time. He worked as a banker and repaired watches as a hobby. Albert was a genius when it came to mathematics. He could have been much more with the intelligence he possessed, except for one obstacle. He was born with precognitive powers that while a gift, was also a curse. He knew when he would succumb to mortality and when his time would be up. Albert Abacus III took his powers and concentrated on how to cheat death and became obsessed with finding a way to prolong his life. It appears as though Mr. Digit was successful because he has reappeared this time in New Blok City, looking as if he hadn't aged a day. He continues to dress and speak the same, but somewhere along the line he has learned martial arts and wears a pair of special sunglasses. These tinted sunglasses are made of a bullet proof material and have a digital display that reads heat signatures and displays geometric and mathematical equations. Mr. Digit's motives are unknown, but there is a good chance he isn't in New Blok wasting time.
*Mr. Digit is a creation of Jeremy Green
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Built for the League of Lego Heroes
An extraterrestrial being from a sentient species that was the first to experience extinction.
Being the first, he was chosen from among his people for his appreciation of life, and given the opportunity to play against fate as The Augur. He who warns of the end.
But that was billions of years ago, though sightings of The Augur still appear now and then, typically seen as nothing more than madmen's tales.
But aren't all who warn against the impossible, of what surely couldn't happen, seen as mad?
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Upon taking his role as The Augur, he was granted several abilities on top of his pre-existing ability to create hard-light projections.
These include:
Instant Teleportation
Telepathy
Dream Projection
Precognition
Universal Translation
Limited Immortality
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So yeah, this is The Augur. A moc that started with "Hey, I want to use spring green and purple in a moc."
I must say, I had quite a bit of fun designing this character,
especially the torso. Originally it started off utilizing a design Renzari had provided me, but changed early on to incorporate a piece I'd never built with, 32307. That piece actually makes up most of the torso.
The Augur also has quite a bit of system, mostly as addons.
I should note the general body was somewhat inspired by the Saturnian from Lord Bung's The Giant from Sirius, while the head and hands were inspired by the harvesters from Independence Day.
So yeah, just overall a really fun moc to build. I'll likely update him with time, as I want to replace a fair number of the black pieces with purple counterparts, and maybe pick up some more spring green parts.
Psylocke (cosplayed by Panda Valentine)
Psylocke (Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock) is a fictional character depicted in comic books published by Marvel Comics, most notably those comics featuring the superhero team the X-Men. The character has also appeared in licensed adaptations. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe, she first appeared in the UK comic book Captain Britain #8 (Dec. 1976), by the Marvel imprint Marvel UK. She was initially a supporting character in the adventures of her fraternal twin brother, Captain Britain, briefly substituting for him in the role.
Later, she became the mutant superheroine Psylocke. Originally presented as a precognitive in the pages of Captain Britain and then as a telepath, the character was eventually written as unexplainedly acquiring the telekinesis of Jean Grey. Psylocke later possesses both telepathy and telekinesis.
Rogue
Rogue is a fictional character in most of the Marvel Comics award-winning X-Men related titles. She was created by author Chris Claremont and artist Michael Golden, and debuted in Avengers Annual #10 (August 1981) as a villain. An earlier story, intended for Ms. Marvel #25 (June 1979) went unpublished until 1992. Rogue was born as a mutant. More so than most, Rogue considers her powers a curse: she involuntarily absorbs and sometimes also removes the memories, physical strength, and (in the case of superpowered persons) the abilities of anyone she touches. For most of her life, this potentially fatal power prevented her from making any physical contact with others, including her longtime on-off love interest, Gambit, but after many years Rogue finally gained full control over her power.
Hailing from Caldecott, Mississippi (a fictional county), Rogue is the X-Men's self-described southern belle. A runaway, she was adopted by Mystique of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and grew up as a villain. After Rogue permanently absorbed Ms. Marvel's psyche and Kree powers, she reformed and turned to the X-Men, fearing for her sanity. Writer Chris Claremont played a significant role in the character's subsequent development. Rogue is unusual among the X-Men as her real name and her early history were not revealed until more than twenty years after her introduction. Until the back story provided by Robert Rodi in the ongoing Rogue series began in September 2004, Rogue's background was only hinted at. Her name was revealed as Anna Marie, although her surname is still unknown. She has sometimes been called Raven which is really the first name of her foster mother Mystique.
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The light sound of jazz music played in the Oblivion Bar, a secret location only available to those in tune with the mystic arts. Stepping into the room was Kent Nelson, the Sorcerer Supreme; Doctor Fate.
His golden cape draped over his shoulders, hovering only just before the hardwood floor. Kent felt multiple eyes lock onto him as he walked through the doorway, demons and warlocks he had faced in the past.
Surveying the room, he took note of familiar faces; Nightmaster, the owner of the Oblivion bar was currently pouring out a drink to a customer. In the back corner of the bar stood the Shade, who was conversing with a bald, bearded man Kent had never seen before. Finally he spotted an old friend, dressed in bright red and snow white.
The man looked up, smiling towards Kent. "Doctor!" Shouted the man, raising his pitcher. "It is good to see you!"
Kent smiled under his helmet, walking towards the jolly man's table. "Agios, it's been a while," he greeted, earning a nod. "You pick up drinking?"
The man let out a boisterous laugh, one that could bring joy to anyone's soul. "No, my friend, it is only eggnog," he clarified. "So what brings you here? You aren't here to bribe me about changing my lists for any little doctors, are you?"
Kent chuckled, shaking his head. "No… no little ones for us. Inza recently discovered that a very powerful artifact had been unearthed," Kent explained. "I believe the one who took it is here. You wouldn't happen to see Craddock today, have you?"
"As a matter of fact, I have," Agios said, pointing across the bar. "He was at Xanadu's table last I saw."
"Then I'll be off," Kent said with a nod. "It was nice seeing you again, Agios."
"The feeling is mutual, Doctor," Agios nodded, raising his pitcher to Kent.
Following the man's direction, Kent traversed through the bar to the back corner.
"Damn you!"
Kent's ears picked up the very distinct English accent, one he knew very well. Sat at a rather large table was James Craddock, the Gentleman Ghost. The man threw his hand onto the table, splaying out a king and queen.
"It seems, you lose once again," Xanadu snickered, pulling the pile of chips towards her. "Better luck next hand?"
Craddock shot up from the table, a ghastly flintlock pistol sliding out from his sleeve. "You are cheating, witch!" he shouted, gaining a bit of attention from other attendees.
"Sit down, would ye?" Daniel Cormac sighed, leaning back in his chair. "She's blind as a bat, how's she meant to careds?"
"She's got Precognition, you oaf!" Craddock said, snapping at the Irishman.
"If she were using some type of precognition to aid her, we could obviously sense it," the final person at the table, La Encantadora, said, placing her hand on the table. "Ever think you just might not be good at cards?"
"I'll take your head too if you-"
"Craddock."
The table all turned their heads as Kent made his presence known.
"Oi, what's up, Doc?" Daniel greeted Kent with a wave.
Kent gave a small nod back before refocusing on Craddock. "I'm sorry to disrupt your game, but I need to speak with you, urgently," Kent said, already turning to find a private space.
He could hear mumbling behind him before the footsteps of Craddock began sounding off behind him. The two traversed the bar before entering an enclosed bedroom.
"You do know what this room is for, right?" Craddock asked, leaning against the wall. "I hope you don't plan on seducing me, Doctor."
Kent shook his head disapprovingly. "Recently you came in contact with a red diamond," Kent began turning to face the ghost. "I need to know who you sold it to."
"A red diamond…" Craddock said, bringing his hand to his would-be chin. "Hmm… I don't recall anything of the sort, I'll be off then."
As Craddock stepped away from the wall, ready to exit the room, a golden chain wrapped around his torso. His ghost-white body disappeared, now replaced by a zombified corpse in red and black.
"Let go of me this instant, Doctor…"
"The Bloodwynd diamond is not a joking matter, Craddock," Kent shouted, tightening the chain. "The gem houses Pazuzu, if that demon is unleashed then it could kill millions!"
"I don't give a damn about that, it doesn't affect me!" Craddock shouted back, his hands beginning to glow purple. "I can't die… so free me, now!"
"I don't need to kill you… there are fates worse than death," Kent said, lighting the chain ablaze with ethereal flames. Craddock began to screech in pain as the blue fire coated his body. "Now answer me!"
"Th-three!" Craddock shouted through his cries. "Demons… three!"
The ghost audibly gasped as the flames and chain disappeared, coughing slightly. "That is… not good," Kent whispered, looking up at the coughing man. "Let's go then."
"I… believe you've got me mixed up," Craddock said, straightening his coat. "It's the other Brit that does the scavenger hunting."
"John Constantine is too much of a wildcard," Kent said, forming an ankh. "A simple flame can keep you in check. Now let's go."
Craddock sighed, following Kent through the ankh.
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Kent smelled the boiling blood flowing from dual gargoyle-fountains, even through his helmet. The Demons Three had once been feared rulers of a far away galaxy, but we're punished by a higher power and forced to earth. They now took up residence in hell, running a marketplace of mystical goods and artifacts.
"Can we please not stay here long?" Craddock mumbled, watching as a man in blue robes covered in eyes walked past, glaring at him. "I'm not a fan of this place."
"We'll be here until we secure the gemstone," Kent said, beginning to walk forward through the market. Like the Oblivion Bar, eyes all around shot to Kent immediately.
"You're popular here, it seems," Craddock said, waving at a few of the customers.
"I'm an agent of Order browsing through a marketplace in hell," Kent said, not turning to look at Craddock.
"And if they aren't fond of you being here?"
"They are free to act, but they won't be able to leave this place if they do."
"Agent of Order, he sa- Doctor… we're being-"
"I know," Kent said, still keeping his gaze forward. "What is it you want, Witch Boy."
"Aw, I didn't think you noticed me."
Floating from behind Kent and Craddock was Klarion, the Witch Boy. The boy was wrapped in chains, but his arms were freed, resting behind his head.
"Is that a child?" Craddock asked, pointing his cane to the boy.
"When did you start dragging around relics like him, Doc?" Klarion asked, pointing over to the ghost.
"A relic!?"
"Where is Teekl?" Kent asked, noticing the missing cat.
"Dunno," Klarion mumbled, shrugging his shoulders. "I haven't seen her since Uncle Jason and that girl banished me here."
"What is a Teekl?" Craddock asked.
"Go find the Demons, Craddock," Kent said, motioning the ghost to leave. "I'll be with you in a moment."
"Ah, yes, stall for a chit chat," Craddock mocked as he continued walking, leaving Kent and Klarion.
"You think you can get these off me, Doc?" Klarion asked.
Under his helmet, Kent smirked slightly. "I'm sure Jason had a good reason to place you in time out," Kent said, raising his hand. Suddenly the chains around Klarion realigned, pulling his arms back into the bind.
"Wh- You bastard!" Klarion shouted, struggling in the chains.
"You should take better care of your pets, they're a big responsibility," Kent said, forming a chain to gag the Witch Boy. "I'll know when these chains are broken, so I assume we'll be seeing each other again soon."
Kent could hear the boy's muffled anger as he walked away. Across the market he spotted Craddock, leaning against a small building. Approaching him, Craddock's top hat and monocle shook.
"It's not here," he informed, holding out a small list. "I took their purchase list, it seems there was an immediate buyer."
Kent took a hold of the list, eyeing the orders. "Damn," he mumbled, already forming an ankh portal. "We need to hurry."
"What's wrong?" Craddock asked, looking at the list again. "Who is Lycus?"
"The child of Ares, the Greek God of War."
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Kent's ankh opened, the two finding themselves deep in the Himalayas.
"If you were able to track the diamond…"
"I'm not," Kent said, closing his eyes. "I'm able to track Lycus' trail… he's sloppy."
"So he's in there, I assume?" Craddock asked, pointing inside the mountain cave.
"Yes, but… there's someone- something else inside…" Kent said, opening his eyes.
"Spooky, let's get it over with," Craddock said, a flintlock sliding from his sleeve into his hand.
Kent nodded, lifting off into the air and flying forward. Craddock, after summoning a skeletal horse, followed after the man. The two made their way deep into the cave, before reaching a large opening.
"Is that… a robot?"
Inside the opening was a large metal suit of armor. Stood in front of it was Lycus, chanting an incantation. The cave had a bright red glow, originating from the red jewel embedded in the armor's chest.
"He's giving Pazuzu a body…" Kent mumbled, his hands lighting up with golden rings.
Aiming his pistol, Craddock shot a flaming purple skull towards Lycus. Raising one hand, the demigod absorbed the skull.
"Damn."
"It seems," Lycus began, turning to face the duo, "I failed to conceal myself."
"Hand the Bloodwynd Diamond to us, now," Kent ordered, an ankh forming behind him.
"Ah, the Lords' of Order's puppet," Lycus said with a chuckle. "I wondered when I would cross paths with you… I don't seem to know you, spirit."
"The Gentleman Ghost," Craddock said, taking off his hat and bowing. "Now, please hand the gemstone over, I have a card game to return to."
"The diamond is mine!" Lycus goaded, running his hand along the robot's shell. "The Annihilator shall bring warfare unlike you've ever seen!"
"Craddock, retrieve the diamond," Kent ordered. "I'll deal with Lycus."
Craddock nodded, raising multiple skeletons from the ground. "Allow me to assist," he said before moving towards the suit of armor.
Lycus smirked, a sword and shield manifesting in his hands. "This shall be fun."
Kent flew forward, blasting arcane energy at Lycus. The demigod raised his shield, blocking the attack. Bringing his sword up, he countered one of Craddock's skeletons, shattering it. With a slash, a blast of flames ran along the ground, incinerating the rest of the bone-soldiers. Dragging his sword along the ground, the fire followed, creating a ring around him and Kent.
Kent summoned his ethereal chains, wrapping around the flaming sword. Lightning sparked along the chains, sending electricity to the sword. Lycus merely laughed as he sparked with electricity, slamming his shield on the chains, shattering them.
"I doubt even an Amazon could be hurt by mere lightning," Lycus mocked, twirling his sword. "Don't tell me Earth's strongest guardian is this weak."
Raising his arms, Kent formed multiple hand signs in succession, hieroglyphs forming around him. "Experience the light of Ammon-Ra!" Fate shouted.
The golden hieroglyphs merged together before blasting forward a beam of blinding light. Lycus brought his shield up, but the defense was shattered by the attack. As the light dulled, Lycus was pulling himself free from the wall, his exposed skin seared.
"That's what I want to see!" he shouted, a wicked smile on his face. "I haven't fought like this in centuries!"
Lycus leapt forward, a battle-axe replacing his sword. Kent brought up a golden ankh, blocking the upward slash from the demigod. Lycus followed up with a second swing, this time a downwards slash. The force shattered Kent's ankh, sending him crashing to the ground.
Lycus came down like a missile, his axe changing into a spear. A green skeleton threw itself on top of Kent, tanking the spear smash. Kent warped to safety, looking to see Craddock tip his hat while he worked on removing the diamond.
"I can call backup as well!" Lycus called out, bringing his hand to his mouth and letting out a loud whistle.
Suddenly, the floor beneath Kent crumbled, a gigantic hound erupting and latching it's teeth around Kent's torso, flailing him around. Kent attempted casting a spell, but the hound flung him, causing him to slam hard into the wall.
"Excellent work!" Lycus called, the hound trotting to stand next to the man.
Kent brought himself to a stand, panting. "Your hound… it drains divine energy," Kent said, looking to see Craddock still trying to free the diamond.
"I raised him myself," Lycus said, running his hand along the hellhound's head. "I made sure I'd never need to worry about someone like you."
"If order magic is simply ineffective," Craddock said, stepping through the ring of fire to stand in front of Kent. "Then let's see how a necromancer fairs."
"Craddock, the diam-"
"We can recover the diamond once we send this brat to his uncle," Craddock said, sliding his cane out from his sleeve.
Slamming the cane on the ground, an army of skeletons raised. The hound charged forward, diving into the group of skeletons. Kent raised back into the air.
"Your arcane energy is low, allow me to take over," Nabu spoke.
"Not yet, Nabu," Kent responded, forming more hand signs. "You know the risk to us if it fails."
Kent's hands both glowed a bright blue, the flames forming into a sword and shield. Diving towards Lycus, he slashed forward with the fire sword. Lycus brought up his own sword, blocking the attack.
A second sword formed in Lycus' off hand, the blade swinging at Kent's head. The flame shield was brought up, blocking the strike from connecting. With both of his flame weapons connected to Lycus' blades, Kent sent the fire forward. The blue flames trailed along the swords, connecting to Lycus' body.
"AGH!" Lycus cried, burning from the ethereal flames. The demigod quickly doused them with his own fire, kicking Kent's stomach.
Kent stumbled, looking up to see Lycus' fist slam into his helmet. His body was sent to the ground at the force of the punch, the cave's floor cracking. Kent rolled to the side, avoiding a lethal stab from Lycus' spear.
Craddock stood in place as the hellhound swiped at him, it's claws passing right through him. "No magical properties, it seems," he mumbled, raising a large skeletal hand from the ground, pinning the dog down.
A loud sound echoed in the cavern, alerting all of the combatants. The suit of armor's faceplate glowed red, the Bloodwynd diamond pulsing energy throughout the armor.
"No…" Kent mumbled, bringing himself to a stand. He raised his hands, but a club struck him in the back, knocking him to the ground once more.
Lycus stepped past Kent, laughing maniacally. "Excellent, it's time we go, Kratos," he called, the hellhound ripping itself free from the skeletal confinement and rushing to it's master.
A large portal appeared under the suit of armor, the object falling through the rift. Lycus and his hound followed suit, dipping into the portal after the armor.
As the portal shut, Kent stumbled to the floor, breathing hard. Craddock stepped towards him, sliding his cane up his sleeve. "What happens now?" he asked, crossing his arms. "You rally the Justice League and track him down?"
"He… he's concealing his presence…" Kent said, pulling himself to a stand. "I won't be able to locate him…"
"What does that mean?"
"We're sitting ducks until he strikes… but by then, it may already be too late."
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Rogue
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