Black Terror #4 - Dynamite Entertainment

I think the reason that it took a little longer for this issue to come out is because the future of Project Superpowers is hinged on what the Black Terror does in this issue. He, and his friends, had gone to Washington to confront the President. Basically, they don't like what's become of the country, the world for that matter, in the time of their absence. Well . . that's what he told everybody so they'd go along with him. Actually, he just wants to find his ward, Tim. He's been worried about him since the day he came out of the urn. Since it was a haphazard plan in the first place, of course things don't proceed as scheduled. The Terror ends up fighting the President, and some of the heroes that were locked up in the urn with him. Those with a patriotic theme immediately went to the President upon release and swore their allegiance. This issue ends with the Green Lama pretty much controlling the whole situation. He lets the President know how it's going to be from now on . . "Things are going to change Mister President. Whether you're in the White House or not. They're going to change. We'll be going now, Mr President. Be grateful we just took this house, and not the whole of the city. Don't bother trying to cut this tree down. Ask Dynamic Man how well that works." Afterwards the Super-American tells the President that they actually changed the future, "History has no record of this. They've done it. They've actually managed to change the future." But it turns out that the whole thing was actually a ruse. The President wanted them to believe that they could be beaten. His real power is the power of the media, "They really think they can beat us now. They have no idea how fast the public is about to turn on them." And the group that Tim's with has decided that they're going to do their part to make this a better world also, "You're taking power from them every time you face them, Lama. The same power that corrupted them in now growing in your hands. We've all been changed by our time in the urn. But now, you are all changing more. We all heard your announcement that you are going to be a check and balance to the world's superpowers. If you go too far, we the Inheritors, will be the same for you." I thought this was a great mini-series by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger. I think this one played more directly with the whole Project Superpowers concept, than did the other 2. Mike Lilly does the art on this one, and it's fantastic. He does some neat stuff with the framing this issue, and I think it worked out wonderfully. Now we just have to wait for Project Superpowers: Chapter 2 to come out. It should be soon.