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Adventures in Comic Books
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Startup Escalation 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 . This Year: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. Threads: Tabloids Others Me . Superhuman World 2007Adventures in Comic Books
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Mind Control Hum, Activate! A superhuman and a giant antenna play poorly together. Apparently the flying saucers are to blame. (7 - 9 Jan) Outpost Mongolia. U.S. agents are welcomed to the center of Asia - because villains got there first. (14 Jan) |
Peerless. What happens when a superhuman goes into pro sports - and it's never happened before? (15 Jan) Mage Contract. Some of the superhumans of my world are evil mages. And they have as much chance as anyone else to work for governments. (21 Jan - 3 Feb) |
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Dinosaur Island. Those darn black mages have been trying to bring back the dinosaurs - from out of the Dreamtime! (13 - 15 Feb) The Saucer War, or, Mind Control Hum Activate, Continued. U.S. foreign policy is changing, because a war against the flying saucers is underway - tabloid style. (26 Feb) |
The Socotra Incident. People in this world worry about terrorists in Iraq, and occasionally Yemen and Somalia. What about all those other places terrorists might hide - like in between Yemen and Somalia? And if the U.S. is fighting the flying saucers, who's left to fight the terrorists? (19 Feb - 3 Mar) |
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Fine Green Paste. Some superhumans have way too much "healing factor" for their own good, to the point where they can be regenerated from a fine pink paste. What if plants got those same powers and refused to stay eaten? (2 Mar) Shootout. Some of our Heroes of the New Present have grudges from the old world. Fortunately they have protocols for resolving them. (3 Mar) Gorilla Mormon Leno Quest! The saucer aliens are using a gorilla as a pawn - and now he's a giant gorilla! (4-5 Mar) The Return of Private Danger. Runaways are encountering a World War II hero who calls himself "Private Danger". The old guy says he's been through a reality shift - and he's not even that old. (13 Mar) The Return of Barbuda. A Caribbean island is having a security crisis, because villains used to favor it as a villain base. (14 Mar) |
Ladder to the Moon. In the middle of the war between the U.S. and the flying saucers, people from the secret Lunar base have attacked my friends! That is something I will join the response to, without complaint or hesitation, even if it does inflame an interplanetary incident. (14 - 20 Mar) Recommended! doG Rest Ye Merry Gentlefolk, or, Mage Contract Continued. Politicians and Black Arts mages are joining together for a blasphemous "Think and Grow Rich" ritual. It is my pleasure to disrupt such crap, especially when my friends ask me to. (28 Mar) |
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On the Edge of Space, or, The Saucer War Continued. There's a plane which skims moisture off the clouds for its pilot; it's in polar trajectory now. Congress and Parliament are both debating how to finance it. (2 Apr) The Return of Saddam Hussein. The dead dictator's been spotted walking among the living... on someone's back. Now that's an extreme massage. (24 Apr) The People of the Graves. Death has new champions. Suicidal killers had best beware, because the grave won't protect them any more. (7 Apr) |
Life on Patrol. My superhuman friends want me on patrol against evil. My superhuman enemies want to neutralize me by putting me on patrol against the usual sorts of trivial evil. I guess I'm on patrol. (2 - 20 Apr) Hollywood Bunker. Richard Gere and his wife (no, not Julia Roberts, apparently one Carey Lowell) have opened up their mansion to lodgers, as part of a freelance disaster preparedness program. I got a card that gives me one room. So I saw a room in a Hollywood mansion. I appreciate the thought, but in case of disaster, I doubt I'll make it there. (28 Apr) |
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Telekinesis and the Prime Numbers. There's a "gifted" instructor who uses her powers for the public good, in the public schools. (9 May) Cyber-Strike. There's a new Secret War in virtual reality. And it might be Earth's last chance against an alien invasion. (8 - 9 May) |
The Siege of Raleigh. Uh oh, Osama bin Laden has his hands on a time machine, and his minions are on their way to meddle with the U.S. Civil War - and then the Russian Revolution and World War 2! (20 - 31 May) Recommended! |
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Somebody Else's Sandwich. Otherworldly villains are invading my world again. We're actually kind of busy right now, so let's just let them play through this time. (30 Jun) The Villain War. Featuring: The Solarian on Earth. The aliens in the Saucer War have enough Solarian doomsday weapons for the job right now (one being enough), but they're missing one. Chances are, he's making North Dakota bright and sunny right now. (12 - 13 Jun) The Return of MANIC 5. Hudson Ramo and Karen Bodil of the DuoPolarity Companies have been forced to work with Russell Anvernacht and an android of some sort to survive - and the android looks like the infamous MANIC 5! (19 Jun) The Saucer War, Status Report. The war is quiet, but the saucers are still in the news. (13 - 25 Jun) Make It Never Was 2. There's been a nuclear meltdown at Michigan City, Indiana, and three friends of a young mage get radiation poisoning. He goes on a quest to make it Never Was. It's like a new Harry Potter novel, only with... nuclear meltdown? (26 Jun) Recommended! |
Another Decision at Potsdam, or, The Siege of Raleigh Continued. Osama bin Laden and his time machine have gone to 1945... but what are Leon Trotsky, e-mail, and Hooters doing here? (1 - 18 Jun) Interlude. As part of my job, I'm expected to not take some well-deserved downtime after my last mission. Instead, I'm supposed to volunteer to help look for the superhuman former professional wrestler Crusher Joe Corrigan. It might be time to take this job and shove it. (22 Jun) The Villain War. Featuring: My Vampire Love, or, The People of the Graves Continued. Girlfriend situations never last long with me. Here's another reason why. (24 - 29 Jun) |
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The Villain War continues. DuoPolarity 3.1. Weird creatures from another universe are invading us again. My old universe actually had protocols (I actually helped write them) for when avatars of chaos show up. But this universe is out of luck. (5 Jul) Librarian to the Galaxy, or, Cyber-Strike Continued. The Earthling cyber-strike against the alien invaders is underway - but it has some unexpected results. (6 Jul) Return to Crusher Island. The hulking pro wrestler Crusher Joe Corrigan has retired from superhuman life. He's gotten so many superhuman applicants to join him, he's kind of impressed when a baseline human shows up. (16 - 17 Jul) |
The Villain War continues. New Pannonia. The Patriotic Homeland Corps is starting to think very specifically in terms of empire. And one of their imperial terms scares me more than any term I've heard since "Aleut Republic". (1 - 5 Jul) Recommended! Me and Mrs. James. Laura James (formerly known as the superheroine Morningstar) and I sit on a bed together and fool around with blankets and a remote control, while someone tries to debrief us. (3 July) Now What? I'm not sure what's going on, but there're weird customs, weird borders, weird currency, and Biblical warriors loose in the American heartland. (26 Jul - 2 Aug) |
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Mothers for Crusher Joe. Stonewater, superheroine-leader of Total Conversion, has been offered a contract to invade Crusher Island. But she's decided against it, because Crusher Joe's gotten some mothers to march in a parade. (7 Aug) High Priestess of Danger. An evil priestess is intimidated by an authentic World War II hero during a ritual, because he seems to be indestructible. (8 Aug) Iggy and the Aliens, or Welcome to the Occupation Continued. Even famous performers are getting sucked in to the occupation politics. (18 - 22 Aug) World on Fire. Some suspicious fires in Greece are explained. (20 Aug - 5 Sep) |
First Contact Con, or Welcome to the Occupation. The Saucer War is over - and the aliens won! Or at least they think they did. Now, they're introducing themselves in the human manner - with a convention. (13 - 17 Aug) |
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Happy Superhuman Birthday. Who could have guessed, the superhumans Ellipsis and the Mighty Tim had the same birthday? They've worked together practically forever, and even they never knew before this year. But now they're both iconic figures, and their mutual birthday is becoming a superhuman holiday. (9 Sep) Earthfall, or The Hero War. The villains have been teaming up this year. The heroes are finally catching on to this "team-up" concept, with spectacular effect. As often happens, I experience it first, and find out more after. (25 Sep) |
A Month in the Life. For once, I've spent a month without quite being sucked into any extradimensional incursions, alien invasions, or superhuman battle squads! That's such a special thing in my life, I'm going to tell the whole story. (1 - 30 Sep) |
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Unholy Game War. Role-playing games, escalated. (2 Oct) Trapped on Dinosaur Island! Two tourists got trapped on Dinosaur Island, when Dinosaur Island still had dinosaurs. (15 Oct) Moon Poker. On the Moon they have strange currency with big nickels, and strange rules for poker... The Earth is now getting exposed to the strange customs of its secret Lunar colony. (16 Oct) |
Secret Wings. The United States wants to harness superhumans. Most other countries crave the underlying superhuman technology instead. Friends of mine are in the crosshairs... so by extension, I am too. Recommended! (9 - 31 Oct) |
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Hung be the Heavens with Black 2. Superhumans are coming under attack throughout North America. (4, 5 Nov) Return of the Fine Green Paste. The Fine Green Paste is a virulent species of near-microscopic mold. Now the Paste is stepping up its activity. (29 Nov) |
Hung be the Heavens with Black 2, or, Secret Wings Continued. Is it the end of the world again? Maybe not, but it's some heavy international politics - including a nuclear attack on North America. Recommended! (1 - 5 Nov) Scouring of the New Shire. Even in grand old hobbit adventures, the victorious adventurers had to clean up their homelands afterward. It seems I have to do that too. (23 Nov) |
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Attack of the Fine Green Paste. Why is mold showing up in barracks in the desert - and then walking into a mansion on the other side of the world? (2, 26 Dec) |
Backlash. I've been declared a master villain! (11, 21, 23, 26, 27 Dec) What Have We Learned This Year? (31 Dec) |
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In this world, the superhumans are coping with the governments we all know and love, ever since 2005. But unlike in most comic books, they're changing things all around the world.
What'll happen to all the superhumans this year? That's worth its own story.
Of course I get to live here too. I'm vaguely superhuman, but I don't rely on that. I like to think my own adventures deserve their own special story anyway.
And there's still tabloid news of the weird. That's a story right there.
So think of this year's adventures as a 12-month three-threaded extravaganza. For some reason, discerning comic-book fans love that kind of thing this year. But unlike in comics, you can read the summary of the whole thing here and you can read each thread separately! Welcome to hypertext.
But comic book companies advertise their most pivotal stories, and so do I. I've felt free to mark one story every two months, "Recommended!"
By the end of this year, my adventures will have been published for ten years and chronicled for twenty. Some of the supporting characters go back 25 years. And it's all building up to something... again.
So I think this year will be special. Let's find out together... because the fictional me is stuck in this life and has no other choice. Even the real me doesn't know what's going to happen next.
(signed) Wyatt Ferguson / Scott Eiler
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My world is your world now! Believe me, I know something about the alternate worlds.
Two years ago I lived on an Earth which had a long full history of superhumans who'd changed their world since 1990. For instance, the U.S. President was Orrin Hatch. People who know about alternate Earths, called mine d1990.4.
Then we had reality shifts. After one of these, we woke up with President George Bush Junior. This was a lot like what some people call the "Real World". Those in the know call it that too, just because its alternate Earth designation is d29.1, so it is the senior Earth. The arrival of the superhumans changed it to d2005.2, but it wasn't much of a change. On this world they were so weak, the U.S. President could put them into internment camps.
But a few months later, the superhumans got better. And here we are, still in this world that's never had superhumans before. This world is now known as d2005.4. The fun has begun.
Some superhuman worlds are never-ending slugfests. This one is more like a chess game. Surely the factions could just beat each other up to see who's more powerful. Normal humans could too. But mostly we don't. I guess there's hope for us after all... assuming we survive the usual sort of dominance games.
All characters in this fiction and the phrase "Superhuman World 2007" are copyright © 2007 by Eiler Technical Enterprises. The map of the Superhuman World is based on one from Henry Bottomley's map software which is well worth a visit.
