As with Chapter One of this series, it looks as though this next edition will introduce us to even more heroes . . and villains. Well . . I guess the correct term would be . . reintroducing us . . since most of the characters seem to come from the pulp comics of the 40's and 50's. Specifically a line of comics called Nedor Comics. Alot of these characters were also reintroduced to us in Americomics . . remember them?, and some in Alan Moore's ABC line of comics. Chapter One brought them back into our world . . when they were released from the Urn by the Fighting Yank . . the man who had originally imprisoned them. That series also served to bring them up-to-date as characters . . updating their powers and abilities. The changes from the original comics . . who knew? . . were attributed to their confinement and stay with-in the Urn. We're also given a base of operations for them . . New York City. Basically, the Green Lama has made it a Utopia, has assured their fellow time-lost heroes that they will be welcomed and made at home, and . . they served notice to the rest of the world that now that they were back . . "They'll be watching!" They don't like the shape of the world . . it's politics or paradigms, that have evolved because of their absence. In that series, we also learn of a cabal . . the true leaders of the world, the Supremacy, and some of their machinations. This is a prelude to Chapter Two. It appears in it the Supremacy has decided that they've had enough of these 'heroes' actions. They've taken over New York City and attacked the White House. They've decided that it's time for them to strike back. So they're going to destroy New York City, and declare all of these 'supers' terrorists. We also find out that President West is actually a super-villain in disguise, Power Nelson. Although, I'm sure the line between 'super-villain' and 'super-patriot' is very vague at best. Oh yeah, and all the former side-kicks have banded together into a group, the Inheritors, and have decided that although they may not like the current state of the world, they like even less the path that their mentors have chosen to fix things. They are going to directly oppose their former guardians. As I said, this is the prelude so . . the stage has been set . . lets get ready to . . . well, you know. As usual, Alex Ross and Jim Krueger are the masterminds behind this series. Edgar Salazar does the art. I said in my last blog that the end of the Masquerade series really put me off. Hopefully this series will appease my tastes a little better.
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