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71-529: Harris Comics (sold in 2010 to Dynamic Forces ) published the former Warren Publishing character Vampirella for nearly two decades. Harris sold additional magazine brands including the basketball magazine Slam in 1998, African-American women's lifestyle magazine Honey in 1999, Guitar World in 2003 and XXL in 2014. Athlon Media acquired Harris Publications' magazine brands and websites in 2016 including Harris Farmers Almanac, American Frontiersman, Flea Market Style, Real Gardens and Music Icons. Harris Publications

142-463: A French law enforcement anti-terrorism operative. On the pad, he writes the word "Devil". More heroes released from the urn are popping up around the globe. In California, The Flame runs to the seashore, leaving a path of burning devastation in his wake. Placing his flame pistol to his head, he's about to commit suicide when a sudden tidal wave hits the beach and stops him. The wave is caused by his old friend Hydro who has also recently been released from

213-467: A Halloween Special, Dark Ages mini series, and Quest mini series, and Darkwing Duck with spin-offs including Negaduck and Justice Ducks, as well as Disney Villains characters including Maleficent , Scar (The Lion King) , Hades (Disney) and Cruella De Vil . They also have the first comic book series on Lilo & Stitch and will be the first American publisher of The Nightmare Before Christmas comics In October 2023, Dynamite announced

284-417: A Mexican cantina. In the 1940s, Mr. Face was just an unpowered adventurer in a fright mask, but his time in the urn has transformed him (as it did many of his fellow mystery men): now his mask causes others to experience their worst fears. As the village's inhabitants run screaming through the streets outside, Mr. Face and his drinking buddy confess their own worst fears. The nameless companion fears falling "off

355-451: A Middle Eastern bazaar, Samson tells Scarab the tale of how he lost his eyes. Samson was among the heroes who’d gone on a peace mission to Kokura, Japan, a mission gone horribly wrong. Kokura had been slated as the target of the second atomic bomb in 1945, so the costumed mystery men travelled there to convince the Japanese to surrender before the bomb could be dropped. The mission instead became

426-513: A U.S. military strike force (under the control of the Dynamic Family) is flying in en masse to destroy buildings, kill citizens, and essentially level the city. Led to the scene by Dynamic Forces micro-transmitters which were secretly placed on Black Terror’s uniform, the Crusaders wreak havoc as the vastly outnumbered heroes (Green Lama, Black Terror, and Fighting Yank) struggle to stop them. In

497-405: A battle which created so much smoke and dust that the U.S. military switched the bomb's target to Nagasaki instead. Samson flew off from Kokura to intercept the bombing mission. Arriving too late to prevent the bomb’s deployment, Samson is caught in the air burst and the blast literally melts his eyes. In Paris, the mute mystery man uses a pad and pencil to introduce himself to his new ally Justine,

568-404: A catalogue of the world's ills which have occurred since the mystery men were imprisoned in the urn: the rise of Dynamic Forces, a mega-corporation that plays on the world's greed and sloth by offering material creature comforts to the masses; a fascist police forces that cows the population and keeps them in line; a zombie army made from the decomposing bodies of America's dead military men, sent to

639-577: A connection with his old archenemy of the same name. Just then the Black Terror (accompanied by Masquerade and V-Man) arrives to gather up 'Devil'. Back in California, The Flame and Hydro have given themselves up to the Police Corp, unaware of the organization's stormtrooper tactics. As the Police Corp begin to savagely beat the handcuffed heroes, Pyroman arrives to lend the heroes a hand. It's goes badly for

710-446: A deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to create a new line of comics based on various properties, including Thundercats , Space Ghost , Jonny Quest , The Powerpuff Girls , The Wizard of Oz , The Flintstones , and We Bare Bears . Thundercats #1 sold over 170K copies. Project Superpowers Project Superpowers is a comic book limited series published by Dynamite Entertainment beginning January 2008. It

781-532: A distribution of Dynamite's comics and books, announced a partnership with Diamond Distribution in 2008, when Diamond had the rights to publishing the international versions of books made by Dynamite Entertainment. Dynamite Entertainment was founded by Nick Barrucci in 2004, initially publishing one comic: Army of Darkness , a miniseries it published through Devil's Due Publishing until it began self-publishing its own titles later that year. After devoting itself to publishing only Army of Darkness , which included

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852-555: A diving catch. Carter himself breaks the urn open and is surprised when nothing happens. Dynamic Man laughs as he informs the duo that he'd had the urn exorcised, while Dynamic Woman hints that the Family may be something more/other than human. Then the Family members grab Carter and Green Lama and throw them down an elevator shaft, despite the fact that the Lama can fly. The elevator car, its cables cut, hurtles down at them; Lama smashes through it and

923-524: A fascistic cadre of stormtroopers, and use them to manipulate the media, making martyrs of the Dynamic Family. Shangri-La has been destroyed. The Crusaders carry the Fighting Yank through the snow, while Yank's spirit guide realizes that he's lost and truly damned. Green Lama has renamed New York City "New Shangri-La". His meta-natural greenery has taken over the city; huge vines and foliage wrap around

994-577: A half-century or more. The battle between the Superpowers and F-Troop rages on. As more and more undead soldiers parachute down from the sky, the rapidly aging Green Lama tells Black Terror that "all of them" (the F-Troop) must arrive before Lama will spring a trap on them. Fighting Yank chooses to accept his ancestor's curse in order to help his endangered teammates. His sole request of the American Spirit

1065-599: A reprieve – I'm not going to kill you until after I kill Dynamic Man!" Mystery men of the 1940s, released from Pandora's Urn, are popping up all over the globe. A red-and-blue clad, boomerang wielding figure emerges from the fabled sewers of Paris in time to see a street riot in progress. Meanwhile, in New York City, the Fighting Yank and the Green Lama fight for their lives against the robotic Dynamic Family and their mechanical hordes. The Black Terror claws his way back up

1136-1013: A second miniseries, Dynamite published Red Sonja , starting with a 25-cent issue #0. It sold 240,000 copies. Issue #1 of Red Sonja , the first to sell at the full cover price of $ 2.99, sold 100,000 in initial orders, securing a stable position in the American comic book industry. By 2009, Dynamite was publishing 14–20 comic books and 2–10 collections per month. Dynamite focuses primarily on comic book adaptations of licensed properties, such as Sherlock Holmes , The Lone Ranger , and Red Sonja . The company also publishes original titles like Project Superpowers , and creator-owned comics like The Boys . Among its adaptations are those based on classic literature such as Alice in Wonderland , Dracula , and Zorro ; television series such as Xena: Warrior Princess Battlestar Galactica , and Buck Rogers , and films such as Darkman , The Good,

1207-457: A time. Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the mystery men are in Kokura, Japan, the intended target of the second atomic bomb. Their purpose is to stop the bombing by obtaining a Japanese surrender. Instead of surrendering, the Japanese army attacks the heroes, resulting in a large-scale battle. The U.S. military, in the mistaken belief that the resulting dust and debris are cloud cover obscuring

1278-467: A traitor with his own hidden agenda. Reaching Shangri-La, Carter is greeted by Tsarong, Green Lama's manservant, who takes him to his master. Jethro "Jet" Dumont, the Green Lama, who has apparently not aged since the 1940s, greets Carter warmly. Carter confesses to Lama that he's trapped all of their former allies inside Pandora's Urn, and is surprised by Lama's nonchalance at the revelation. Lama explains to Carter and The American Spirit that he's discovered

1349-609: Is fighting the war with the undead F-Troop soldiers which are also Dynamic's patented creation. Acting as a pair of thorns in Dynamic's side are the heroes Samson (possessed of superhuman strength and the ability to repel ballistic missiles) and The Scarab (clad in powered stealth armor), who meet and join forces to battle the F-Troop. The Flame appears in Hollywood, California; disoriented and frantic to find Flame Girl (Linda), he accidentally sets

1420-583: Is heavily restricted. In addition to all this, a terrorist movement called "The Claw" (which may or may not be related to the Golden Age villain of the same name ) is active around the world. It is into this setting that the released heroes first emerge. Bruce Carter III, formerly the World War II-era hero Fighting Yank, is now an elderly man. As he sits quietly in his home, thinking and wrestling with his regrets, he's confronted by an apparition. Carter mistakes

1491-455: Is indeed damned as a result. As it later transpires, Carter I's guidance of his descendant and namesake, the Golden Age hero known as The Fighting Yank, is some sort of atonement for his misdeed, but it seems that he's no more competent in death than he was in life. The Arrow's three shots appear to have been accidental, but also seem to be finishing off Yank. In New Shangri-La, Masquerade visits

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1562-424: Is the name of this Dickensian apparition). Through a series of flashback sequences, Fighting Yank's WWII backstory is explored. In a meeting between an unidentified general, Fighting Yank, Green Lama, Black Terror, The Flame, and "Big Blue" (1), it is revealed that Adolf Hitler has come into possession of a mystical object which is the original source of all the world's evil: Pandora's Box (actually an urn) described in

1633-446: Is to make war "acceptable" to the masses; Samson recognizes that the soldiers’ souls are thereby trapped and that the F-Troop is an abomination. He charges through the tents and begins the work of destroying the undead soldiers, releasing their souls. In Tibet, the dying Fighting Yank begins to understand how he was misled by his ancestor; it was never about "doing the right thing" but was instead about releasing Bruce Carter I's soul from

1704-505: Is using his meta-natural abilities to transport himself and his allies away from the lopsided fight. In Paris, the mysterious stranger saves a law enforcement officer from the rioters, taking down a few members of the mob in the process. After their escape it's revealed that the officer is a woman who identifies the mob as a group of terrorists and herself as Justine. The stranger remains ever silent. Back in Shangri-La after their escape from

1775-607: The public domain , including the protagonist, Fighting Yank . The story is set in a present-day world that is different from our own; it is implied that the absence of the world's heroes allowed the United States to become a virtual dictatorship, with the Dynamic Forces corporation manipulating world events for the sake of order and profit. The Police Corps consists of armored officers who show no mercy, wars are being waged for nothing more than business reasons, and even free speech

1846-462: The 1970s TV series, The Bionic Woman . The series was released in that December. In July 2019, Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios premiered an adapted television series of The Boys for Amazon Prime Video after a brand licensing agreement was granted by Dynamite. In 2022, Dynamite announced a deal with Disney to create a new line of comics based on various properties, including Gargoyles (TV series) with spin-offs including

1917-551: The Arrow, another hero released from the urn. In December 2008, Dynamite partnered with Wizard Magazine to produce a special #½ issue. The story takes place at Dynamic Boy's funeral (between issues #5 and #6 of the first series) and sees Dynamic Man reflecting on the past. Dynamic Man and Dynamic Boy in WWII Germany are admiring what Hitler has accomplished before playing the role of heroes when their super-powered allies arrive. Back in

1988-628: The Atom , and Turok . In July 2016, author Andy Mangels stated in a New York Times interview that he was writing a new intercompany crossover mini-series for the company, in conjunction with DC Comics, Wonder Woman '77 Meets the Bionic Woman , which brought together the Lynda Carter television version of the Amazon superhero with Jaime Sommers , the cyborg super-heroine played by Lindsay Wagner in

2059-952: The Bad and the Ugly , RoboCop , Highlander , and the Terminator franchise. Its film adaptations also include those of classic monsters such as Dracula , Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde , Frankenstein's Monster , and the Wolfman . The company gradually built its graphic novel program with titles like Howard Chaykin 's American Flagg! , reprints of Marvel Comics ' Red Sonja series, and material by creators like Jim Starlin and Jae Lee . In addition to publishing crossover storylines in which characters from these various properties meet, such as Terminator/RoboCop , and Vampirella / Dracula : Unholy! , Dynamite has also produced intercompany crossover books with other publishers. One, titled "Monster War",

2130-561: The Corp when Dynamic Boy suddenly appears and lends the Corp a hand. After wiping out his Crusader captors, the Fighting Yank continues to argue with his ancestor’s spirit; Yank has come to realize that his ancestor advised him to commit a hideous wrong for purely selfish reasons. The ghost says he’s in Hell; Yank merely replies, "Good". Dynamic Boy ambushes The Flame and Hydro. Pyroman arrives and electrocutes Dynamic Boy, apparently killing him (of course,

2201-411: The Dynamic Family, the heroes discuss what they've experienced. The American Spirit is of the belief that the urn's destruction has released the imprisoned mystery men who are likely to reappear randomly around the globe. The Black Terror continues to threaten Fighting Yank's life, while the ghostly Bruce Carter I continues to try to sway his descendant away from The American Spirit. War is being waged in

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2272-427: The Dynamic Forces skyscraper headquarters, Dynamic Man and Dynamic Woman look down upon the city. Godlike, they regard humanity as little more than the ants they appear to be from atop their glass and steel eyrie. As Bruce Carter, the former Fighting Yank, struggles through the snows of Tibet, he is beginning to realize that he has been badly misled by the ghost of his ancestor and namesake, that his ancestor might well be

2343-748: The Middle East to fight on the government's behalf, forced to battle and be reconstructed over and over endlessly, while the soldiers' souls languish in limbo. The American Spirit argues: "How can you say you've done anything to stop or contain evil?...All you've done...is to stop those who might have helped keep this from happening". Carter makes his decision. He asks The American Spirit what he must do to make amends. The answer lies in Tibet; despite his advanced age, Carter must journey there and seek counsel from The Green Lama, even though Carter suspects that Green Lama will kill him for what he's done. In New York City, atop

2414-496: The Middle East to help Samson and Scarab in their battle against the F-Troop. Scarab, meanwhile, reveals his identity to Samson and tells of how he once sold a scarab-shaped stone he found, used the money to establish a financial empire, and then built the powered armor he now wears. Dynamic Man appears before the shadowy cabal known as The Supremacy, petitioning them for full membership. Dynamic Forces has been working for The Supremacy, following their orders, but Dynamic Man believes

2485-428: The Middle East, but Green Lama first tells the team what they are about to do and what to expect. The world's governments have become corrupt, and the Superpowers will need to operate without them, outside the law if needed. The team will likely be vilified by governments, in the press, and by the public. They vanish, reappearing in the Middle East in time to aid Scarab and Samson in their fight against (and efforts to save

2556-454: The Middle East. The United States has replaced its traditional human soldiers with the F-Troop: the reanimated corpses of soldiers killed in previous wars. The war's goal is to destroy the world's petroleum source, which will prompt industrialized nations to switch to a new synthetic fuel created and monopolized by Dynamic Forces. Not coincidentally, Dynamic Forces also controls the U.S. military and

2627-1125: The Vampirella property. Small Business Magazine, a Harris bi-monthly publication for first time entrepreneurs was launched in 1988 by Susan Rakowski. Two spinoff publications were published and sold worldwide. Dynamic Forces Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book publisher founded in 2004 by Nick Barrucci in Mount Laurel, New Jersey , known for publishing comic book adaptations of licensed feature film properties, such as Army of Darkness , Terminator , and RoboCop ; licensed or public domain literary properties such as Zorro , Dracula , Sherlock Holmes , Alice in Wonderland , Red Sonja , Tarzan , and John Carter of Mars ; and superhero books including Project Superpowers , which revived classic public domain characters, and original creator-owned comics like The Boys . Creators who have produced Dynamite's books include Alex Ross , John Cassaday , Matt Wagner , Garth Ennis , Howard Chaykin and Frank Miller . Dynamic Forces ,

2698-468: The ability to reanimate the corpses), and Black Terror's location is constantly changing as Green Lama sends him around the globe to gather together the reemerging heroes. Dynamic Woman muses: "How could one old man have started this?" In Paris, the Death Defying 'Devil and Justine's "ad hoc" alliance is strengthened as 'Devil' learns of a terrorist organization called The Claw, and realizes there might be

2769-586: The ancient Greek myth. Bruce Carter in his guise as The Fighting Yank, is tasked by the U.S. Government to parachute into Nazi Germany and steal the urn. Pandora's urn introduced evil into the world, but also released hope; while the Axis powers are the representatives of that evil, the 1940s "mystery men" are conversely the embodiment of hope. The mystical creatures released when the urn was opened are visible as physical entities when special goggles (invented by Alan Oppenheimer and other atomic scientists) are worn. Yank puts on

2840-588: The announcement that the character Vampirella was now owned by Fangoria , however, in April Harris replied that this was not factual, and began publishing Vampirella Quarterly . Harris Comics also published a number of non-Vampirella comics in the superhero and science fiction genres. The 2002–2003 imprint Anarchy Studio published manga comics featuring the characters Vampi and Xin . Harris Comics operated until 2008, and in March 2010 Dynamite Entertainment acquired

2911-556: The artist. A new series called Project Superpowers: Fractured States will debut in April with writers Ron Marz, Andy Lanning and artist Emilio Utrera. Another series called Scarlett Sisters with Women in Red, Lady Satan and Miss Masque is scheduled for September 2022. The series resurrects a number of Golden Age superheroes originally published by companies including Fox Comics , Crestwood Publications , and Nedor Comics , many of whom are in

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2982-740: The assets of the defunct Warren Publishing , including their well-known horror magazines Creepy , Eerie , and Vampirella . Forming Harris Comics in 1985, Harris published a single issue of Creepy (#146), but legal murkiness and a 1999 lawsuit by Warren publisher James Warren resulted in his reacquisition of the rights to Creepy and sister publication Eerie . In the early 1990s Harris Comics revived Vampirella , publishing Vampirella stories in various series and formats from 1991 to 2007. A number of U.K. creators worked for Harris on its Vampirella titles, including Grant Morrison , Gary Frank , Mark Millar , John Smith , Ian Edginton , and Malachy Coney . In January 2007 Fangoria Comics made

3053-622: The book was cancelled six months into its run by DC Comics ' WildStorm imprint. In 2009 Dynamite announced it would publish new comics featuring Lee Falk 's The Phantom . In 2010, Dynamite began publishing comic books based on The Green Hornet , beginning with a miniseries written by Kevin Smith and followed by Green Hornet: Year One , which was written by Matt Wagner , and another written by Brett Matthews. In May 2010, Dynamite Entertainment acquired Chaos! Comics ' library, which included almost all of that publisher's associated assets, with

3124-500: The city, switch the target city to Nagasaki. Meanwhile, Carter takes advantage of the confusion to trap The Flame within the urn; it was necessary to imprison The Flame first as his power would help the other mystery men survive within the urn. The Flame is presumed killed, ironically, by the fires of Kokura. The Fighting Yank imprisons Flame Girl after The Flame's memorial service. In the years following World War II, Carter continues to imprison his fellow mystery men, one by one, including

3195-406: The curse it labored under. Inspired by The American Spirit, who reassures Yank that his misguided betrayal of his allies has not damned him, Fighting Yank challenges his Crusader captors to "do their worst". Events are moving too quickly even for the Dynamic Family. Communications have been cut with their Tibetan Crusader squadron, a Middle Eastern F-Troop unit has been totally destroyed (even beyond

3266-497: The exception of Lady Death . Among these properties were the publishing labels Black Label Graphics, Infinity Comics, and the properties Evil Ernie , Smiley The Psychotic Button, Chastity , Purgatori , Jade, Omen, Bad Kitty , Cremator, Lady Demon . In October 2013, Dynamite announced it would launch a line of comics based on titles originally published by Gold Key Comics , the first of which would be Magnus: Robot Fighter , The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor , Solar: Man of

3337-408: The famous "Hollywood" sign on fire with his flame pistol. In Shangri-La, Black Terror, also frantic to find his old sidekick, argues with The American Spirit and decks Fighting Yank. In New York, the Dynamic Family is unable to destroy the meta-natural greenery that has overrun their skyscraper; they've called on The Crusaders to deal with the returned heroes. Shangri-La is under attack. The Crusaders,

3408-529: The fascist troops. In the Middle East, Black Terror joins with Samson and the Scarab in a brutal battle against F-Troop zombies. Black Terror indicates that the other Superpowers will likely join later in an effort to destroy the F-Troop abomination. Back in Tibet, the Fighting Yank is slipping fast; only his power cloak is keeping him (barely) alive. Suddenly three arrows slam into the gaping wound in Yank's chest, fired by

3479-411: The ghost for that of his colonial-era ancestor, a spirit which guided and advised him throughout his WWII adventures. The ghost, shrouded in an American flag, is instead an amalgamation of the spirits of patriots, heroes, and martyrs who fought and died for their country. The apparition has come to accuse Carter of betrayal and warn him of his impending death. Carter flees from The American Spirit (for that

3550-457: The goggles and is immediately attacked by the creatures. After he removes the goggles, Yank's "spirit guide" (the ghost of his colonial-era ancestor, Bruce Carter I) tells him that since hope was the last thing released from the urn the only way to reimprison its evil is to first trap his fellow mystery men within it. Fighting Yank attempts to convince his allies to enter the urn voluntarily, but they refuse. Carter determines to imprison them one at

3621-492: The heroes exit onto the rooftop. Carter puts on his power cloak and mask to again become The Fighting Yank. The Dynamic Family attacks the heroes on the rooftop, while hundreds of Dynamic Forces employees rush into the fray. Suddenly another mystery man bursts through the rooftop and comes to the aid of Yank and Lama. He is The Black Terror, who has determined that no one but he should have the privilege of killing The Fighting Yank as revenge for Terror's decades-long imprisonment in

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3692-563: The hole Black Terror punched in the chest of Dynamic Man). Yank's power cloak keeps him alive, but he's left behind as Green Lama uses one of his meta-natural "leaf piles" to transport the heroes back to New York. After the departure Fighting Yank falls face first into the snow as The American Spirit flutters down and covers him like a star-spangled shroud. Dynamic Forces’ headquarters (and all of New York City) has been overrun by Green Lama's meta-natural foliage. The Dynamic Family abandons New York and relocates to Philadelphia. While there, they see

3763-477: The newer heroes which spring up after the war. One of the few heroes to escape this fate is The Green Lama, who returned to Tibet immediately after The Flame's memorial. Now, in Carter's twilight years, The American Spirit has come to indict Carter for this betrayal. Carter's ancestor arrives to argue with The American Spirit, to convince Carter that he did indeed do the right thing. The patriotic apparition counters with

3834-411: The plague. The Dynamic Family makes a televised media circus of Dynamic Boy's funeral. Dynamic Man accuses the superheroes of being "terrorists", while Dynamic Woman calls for the nations of the planet to unite for a war against the "Superpowers". The Target, another released hero, makes an appearance. The Police Corp attempt to take him down, but his ability to split into three separate beings confuses

3905-426: The power of the "meta-natural" world. It has provided him with new abilities, one of which he immediately demonstrates. Leafy vines suddenly spring up from the ground and engulf the trio; when the vines peel away, they find themselves in New York City. The American Spirit tells Carter that Pandora's Urn will be found in the possession of Dynamic Man, a former ally who, like the Green Lama, wasn't "chosen" to be trapped in

3976-476: The present, Dynamic Boy emerges from his grave and the next part of the Dynamic Family's plan is revealed. A flashback sequence shows Bruce Carter I during the American Revolution promising that he'd "be damned" if he failed to deliver a vital message. Stopping for a drink on his journey, Carter is ambushed and killed in the tavern by British soldiers who subsequently find the message he is carrying; Carter

4047-405: The quarantined V-Man and informs him that her "possession" power will also allow her to recover from the plague he carries; she can freely enter his "bubble", but V-Man is so consumed with self-pity that he rejects her. More importantly, she informs V-Man that Green Lama intends to use him as a "secret weapon" should the need arise. Lama arrives to round up Masquerade, as the Superpowers are bound for

4118-469: The reader knows that Dynamic Boy is a robot). Just as the Police Corp prepare to attack the heroes, Black Terror appears in a riot of meta-natural greenery to whisk the trio away to New Shangri-La where they are greeted by the Green Lama (who believes Fighting Yank to be dead). V-Man, unable to control his new "plague" power, is under quarantine in a plexiglass room. While there, Masquerade comes to visit him; it seems that removing her mask somehow cured her of

4189-407: The side of the skyscraper and rejoins the fray, but seems just as concerned with the fate of his kid sidekick Tim (Kid Terror) as he does with the struggle at hand. Now that they know their opponents are robots instead of flesh and blood, the heroes battle with furious abandon. With a massive rumbling, huge trees and vines suddenly sprout from the heart of the Dynamic Forces headquarters; the Green Lama

4260-446: The skyscrapers. Unable to remove the Dynamic Family's micro-transmitters from the Black Terror, Green Lama decides to send Black Terror across the globe to gather up the newly released superheroes as they appear and bring them back to New Shangri-La. In the Middle East, Scarab shows Samson a "Black Cross" facility, where the undead F-Troop soldiers are reconstituted and sent back into battle. The political goal of using these zombie troops

4331-423: The souls of) the F-Troop forces there. Meanwhile, American Spirit tells the dying Fighting Yank that his friends will die unless he saves them—by taking his ancestor's curse and damnation upon himself. The Superpowers' battle is going badly. Heavily outnumbered by F-Troop forces (with more being airdropped), the team decides a retreat is in order. But Green Lama has collapsed; when he rises, he appears to have aged

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4402-455: The television coverage of the destruction inadvertently caused by The Flame and Hydro. The recently released heroes are bombarded by media questions (including "Are you a couple?"; it would seem that many things have changed over the sixty years of their imprisonment within Pandora's Urn). Dynamic Man decides to change his strategy for combating the heroes; he will call out the nationwide Police Corp,

4473-419: The time has come for him to become a member instead of a pawn. The Supremacy rejects his request, but not before informing him that more F-Troop forces are being dispatched to the Middle East. The ground there is also being sown with a defoliating treatment that will prevent Green Lama's transportation powers from working; if the Superpowers appear there, they will be trapped. The Superpowers prepare to leave for

4544-453: The urn. At Dynamic Forces headquarters, Carter and Green Lama are ushered into the presence of the Dynamic Family who, like Jet Dumont, have also not aged. Dynamic Man is the caretaker of numerous artifacts, mystical and otherwise, left over from the dark days of World War II. Lama asks if Carter may see the urn. Dynamic Man makes to hand the urn to Carter but deliberately drops it instead. With surprising agility for one so elderly, Carter makes

4615-400: The urn. The scene shifts to Asia, where a disoriented, amnesiac Masquerade wanders the streets of a town in which the residents have been afflicted by a mysterious plague. There she encounters her former ally and lover V-Man, who is apparently the plague's unwitting source; just after they meet, Masquerade's face breaks out in angry red boils. Mr. Face and a nameless companion sit drinking in

4686-409: The urn. During the fight, Black Terror accidentally punches Dynamic Man too hard and discovers, to everyone's surprise, that Dynamic Man is actually a robot. The robot responds by hurling Black Terror from the rooftop. Cat-like, Black Terror lands on his feet on the sidewalk below, cratering it in the process. The Terror then shakes his fist at the rooftop and howls in rage: "OK, Bruce, Fighting Yank gets

4757-401: The wagon" back into alcoholism. Mr. Face's fear has already come true: he can’t remove the mask. In Shangri-La, the fight is going badly for the heroes. The city is dying; snow falls in Shangri-La for the first time in thousands of years. Green Lama's friend and manservant Tsarong is fried by a Crusader ray blast, while another Crusader burns a gaping hole in Fighting Yank's chest (which matches

4828-415: Was co-plotted by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross , with scripts by Jim Krueger, covers by Alex Ross, and interior art by Doug Klauba and Stephen Sadowski for issue #0, and Carlos Paul for the remainder of the series. Ross is also art director, which includes sketched pages, color guides, and redesigns of most of the characters. There was a new series in 2018 with Rob Williams as the writers and Sergio Davila as

4899-518: Was founded in 1977 by Stanley R. Harris , who had been in the magazine publishing business since the late 1960s. Harris's father William invented the Harris Press printing press. One of Harris Publications' first successful and long-running titles was Guitar World , which it published beginning in 1980, before selling the property to Future US in 2003. The company sold its music and millennial division including XXL to Townsquare Media in 2014. XXL

4970-409: Was one of the largest music sites focusing on hip-hop and urban culture. On April 28, 2016, Harris Publications operations and its magazine brands and trademarks were acquired by Athlon Media. Athlon integrated many of Harris' brands into its Decorating & Gardening group and announced plans to further distribute Harris' content through its newspaper distribution resources. In 1983, Harris acquired

5041-497: Was released through Image Comics in 2005, and consisted of several titles that pitted the classic monsters against Top Cow published characters Witchblade , the Darkness , Magdalena , and Tomb Raider . The other was a 2006 crossover with DC Comics' Red Sonja / Claw The Unconquered : Devil's Hands . In February 2007, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the publishing rights to Garth Ennis ' creator-owned series The Boys after

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