Delsanteverse 1

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by vito delsante ^ ricardo venancio alejandro bruZzese LEe Gaston ‘ ‘ Andres Vera Martinez and ‘ ‘ Julian Lopez

year zero that’s it. this is the beginning of the end. humanity, as we know it, is lost.

no, look!

we never heeded the warning.

vessel, get up! we have to regroup!

vessel!

“there’s one last hope!”

we weren’t alone. there were beings out there in the universe. and they hate us.

oh, thank god! there’s two left! sorry, mr. president, but vessel is gone.

wait.

then it’ll have to be you.

on your own, your talents aren’t enough. you must make a deal with these devils.

vessel! you’re our only hope!

in this twilight of humanity, there can only be one winner. no, I’m afraid I’m not. I’m already fading. you are our last hero, hyperpower.

the good soldier. the omega.

me? i’m not---listen.

my violent heart.

yes. hyperpower? are you--

therefore, I bestow upon you one last gift. one last blessing to save your soul.

w-what is it?

are you ready, young lady? do it.

this is a living bio virus, developed using all of your former teammates blood.

so, a transfusion?

no, it’s been irradiated and there are nanobugs in the cells.

it will replace your blood with a rocket fuel.

...but you do this for the greater good.

godspeed, hyperpower.

I understand this isn’t ideal…

did it work? is she--? wait.

are you...?

...I would never tell you anything that wasn't absolutely true that hadn't come right from His mouth that He wants me to tell you...

“do you know what you are?” do you know who you are? d-d-d…

hy-hyperpower.

destroyer!

it’s time to meet your master!

destroyer!

I am the eater of dreams.

no. I alone am the great destroyer.

one million lives have I claimed, and I will claim one million more.

999,999!

wrong!

what now, mr. president? now?

there is no now.

she gave us all she had but we went and took some more. sir?

there is only us.

m a bl

I...I used to stand for something.

EnD

“sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange.

“the theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.”

move!

nyc has beEn broken into patrols. it was inevitable.

there were so many of us, we were runNing into each other. literalLy.

get out of the way! go!

and what, then, becomes of the old? what becomes of their sins?

hey, isn't that...the guy? one of our resident superheroes?

two heroes patrol every airport.

someone stop that plane!

yeah.

in today’s switchover, someone snuck a bracelet nuke onto that plane.

marisSa, we're just about ready. you can take your seat.

thank you, kaite.

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not on my shift.

gasp!

you.

The wages of sin...

...is DEATH!

MarisSa? What are you--

Flight atTendant, please come to the cockpit.

We seEm to have a defective--

I don't know how you figured it out, but I wilL not be denied, hero!

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Bravo!

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Alas, we're actors.

We're the opPosite of “people!”

you can’t stop us. we are legion!

Ugh!

Lady?

take a seat!

is that alL you have? fists and wise--

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Thank you! Thank you! I'lL be here alL weEk!

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to be continued